Icom IC-M506GE Instruction Manual page 53

D Receiving a Distress Acknowledgement
When a Distress Acknowledgement sent to another ship is
received:
➥ The emergency alarm sounds for 2 minutes.
➥ " RCVD DISTRESS ACK" appears and the backlight
blinks.
q Push [ALARM OFF] to stop the alarm and the blinking
backlight.
• Even if you do not push [ALARM OFF], the alarm stops after 2
minutes, and then the screen in step w is displayed.
w Push a softkey to select your desired action.
[IGN]
➥ Push to return to the nor-
mal operating mode.
• The transceiver exits the
DSC mode.
• By pushing [PTT], the trans-
ceiver also exits the DSC
mode.
• The " " icon continues to
blink and the Call is stored
in the Received Call Log.
[INFO]
➥ Push to display the Received call information. (p. 58)
[ACPT]
➥ Push to accept the call.
And then, push [CH 16] to switch the operating channel
to Channel 16, and then monitor it, as a coast station
may require assistance.
• Even if you haven't pushed [CH 16] within 10 seconds, the
operating channel automatically switches to Channel 16. (p.
69)
Push
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