Table Of Contents - Furuno DSC-60 Operator's Manual

FOREWORD ................................................................................................................. vi
SYSTEM CONFIGURATION ....................................................................................... viii
1. DSC SYSTEM OVERVIEW...................................................................................1-1
1.1 What is DSC? ............................................................................................................................. 1-1
1.2 DSC Call ..................................................................................................................................... 1-1
1.2.1 Distress alert call and reply ............................................................................................... 1-3
1.2.2 Individual call ..................................................................................................................... 1-4
1.3 Audio Alarms .............................................................................................................................. 1-4
1.4 Remote Control and Automatic Acknowledge ............................................................................ 1-5
1.4.1 Remote control .................................................................................................................. 1-5
1.4.2 Automatic acknowledge..................................................................................................... 1-5
1.4.3 Both remote control and automatic acknowledge ON ....................................................... 1-5
1.5 Interpreting Call Displays............................................................................................................ 1-6
1.5.1 Receive calls...................................................................................................................... 1-6
1.5.2 Send calls .......................................................................................................................... 1-8
1.6 Remote Control of SSB Radiotelephone .................................................................................... 1-9
2. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW ................................................................................2-1
2.1 Controls, LED Description .......................................................................................................... 2-1
2.2 Turning the Power On/Off ........................................................................................................... 2-3
2.3 DSC Standby Screen, Radiotelephone Setting Screen and Their Indications........................... 2-3
2.3.1 DSC standby screen.......................................................................................................... 2-3
2.3.2 Radiotelephone setting screen .......................................................................................... 2-3
2.4 Panel Backlighting, LCD Contrast and Brightness ..................................................................... 2-4
2.5 Loudspeaker, Buzzer On/Off ...................................................................................................... 2-5
2.6 Starting, Stopping Scanning DSC Routine Frequencies ............................................................ 2-6
2.7 Automatic Acknowledge On/Off.................................................................................................. 2-7
2.8 Intercom On/Off .......................................................................................................................... 2-8
2.9 Selection of On-screen Items ..................................................................................................... 2-9
2.10 Manual Entry of Position and Time ......................................................................................... 2-10
2.11 Remote Control of FURUNO SSB Radiotelephone ................................................................ 2-12
3. DISTRESS OPERATIONS....................................................................................3-1
3.1 Sending Distress Alert ................................................................................................................ 3-1
3.1.1 Sending distress alert by DISTRESS button ..................................................................... 3-1
3.1.2 Sending distress alert with nature of distress specified..................................................... 3-3
3.2 Receiving a Distress Alert........................................................................................................... 3-7
3.2.1 Distress alert received on MF band................................................................................... 3-7
3.2.2 Distress alert received on HF band ................................................................................. 3-10
3.3 Sending Distress Relay on Behalf of a Ship in Distress........................................................... 3-13
3.3.1 Sending distress relay to coast station ............................................................................ 3-13
3.3.2 Sending distress relay to all ships ................................................................................... 3-16
3.4 Receiving Distress Relay All Ships from Ship .......................................................................... 3-19
3.5 Receiving Distress Relay from Coast Station........................................................................... 3-19

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