Receiving A Distress Alert - Standard Horizon ECLIPSE GPS GX1400GPS/E Owner's Manual

10.2.2 Receiving a Distress Alert

1. When a DSC distress alert is received, an emergency alarm sounds.
The display will show the MMSI (or name) of the vessel transmitting the
distress.
2. Press any key to stop the alarm.
3. On the display you will notice 3 soft key selections.
These selections are described below:
[ACCEPT]: Press this key to accept the distress
alert and to switch to Channel 16.
NOTE: If a key is not pressed for 30 seconds or longer the radio will
automatically switch to Channel 16. ("AUTO CHANNEL CHANGE" timer
settings can be changed in "DSC SETUP" menu. The default setting is 30
sec.)
[PAUSE]: Press this key to temporarily disable automatic switching to
Channel 16.
[QUIT]: Press this key to quit the automatic Channel 16 switching and revert
to the last selected working channel.
4. After accepting the distress call, press the [INFO]
soft key to show information of the vessel in
distress.
5. Press the [▲] or [▼] key to scroll the screen and
see the MMSI (or name), nature of distress, and
GPS position of the vessel in distress.
If the received call does not include position data,
the LCD will show "NO POSITION".
6. Press the [QUIT] soft key to return to radio opera-
tion mode.
• You must continue monitoring Channel 16 as a coast station may re-
quire assistance in the rescue attempt.
• When there is an unread distress alert, " " icon will appear on the
display. You may review the unread distress alert from the DSC log,
refer to the section "10.11.2 Reviewing a Logged DSC Distress Call".
NOTE
RX DISTRESS
YAESU
UNDESIGNATED
NOT ACKNOWLEDGED
SINCE: 00:05
ACCEPT PAUSE QUIT
RX DISTRESS
YAESU
UNDESIGNATED
NOT ACKNOWLEDGED
SINCE: 00:05
INFO INFO QUIT
RX DISTRESS
DIST INFO
DIST: 366901234
YAESU
UNDESIGNATED
BACK QUIT
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