Plastimo VHF FX-500 Instruction Manual page 71

·Press [◄]/[►], then press softkey [
call, press [
4. When you receive an Acknowledgement, an alarm sounds, press [
OFF the alarm.
5. Hold down [PTT], and then explain your situation.
6. After you have finished your conversation, then press [
A default Distress alert contains:
·Nature of Distress: Undesignated distress.
·Position Information: The latest GPS, or manually input position, which is held for 23.5 hours, or until
turning OFF the transceiver.
◆ Regular Call
Select the nature of the Distress call to include in the Regular Distress call.
1. Press softkey [
2. Press [OK] or softkey [
3. Press [▲]/[▼] or rotate [DIAL] knob to select the nature of the Distress, then press [OK] or softkey
[ ].
·If no valid GPS data is being received, press [▲]/[▼] or rotate [DIAL] knob to select "Position", then
enter the latitude, longitude and UTC.
·The nature of distress includes Undesignated, Fire, Explosion, Flooding, Collision, Grounding,
Capsizing, Sinking, Adrift, Abandoning Ship, Piracy, Man Overboard.
4. While lifting up the key cover, hold down [DISTRESS] for 3 seconds until you hear 3 short countdown
beeps and a long beep sound.
·The backlight blinks.
5. After sending, wait for an Acknowledgement call, "Waiting for ACK" is displayed.
·The Distress call is automatically sent every 3.5~4.5 minutes, until an Acknowledgement is received,
or a Distress Cancel call is sent.
·Press softkey [
·Press [◄]/[►], then press softkey [
you have sent.
·Press [◄]/[►], then press softkey [
call, press [
] to pause the countdown to resend the next Distress
] to resume the countdown.
] or [ ], the "DISTRESS" screen is displayed.
] to enter the Nature selection mode.
] to manually resend the Distress call.
] to display the information of the Distress call that
] to pause the countdown to resend the next Distress
] to resume the countdown.
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] to return to the operating screen.
] to turn