Standard Horizon HX890E Owner's Manual page 39

1. Press the [POS/TM] soft key.
2. Press the [CH▼]/[CH▲]/[◄]/[►] key to
select the first number of latitude, then press
the [SELECT] soft key to step to the next
number.
3. Repeat step 2 to set the position and time.
If a mistake was made, press the [CH▼]/
[CH▲]/[◄]/[►] keys to select "←" or "→",
press the [SELECT] soft key until the wrong
character is selected, then perform step 2.
4. W hen finished programming the position and time, press the [FINISH] soft
key. The display will return to the previous screen.
5. Press and hold the DISTRESS key until the Distress Alert is transmitted.
Pausing the Distress Alert
When the Distress Alert is transmitted, it is repeated every 4 minutes until the
Distress Alert is canceled by the user, or until the radio is turned OFF and
ON again. The HX890 Distress Alert may be suspended (paused) using the
procedure below.
1. After the Distress Alert is transmitted, the
radio will show the display as on the right.
Looking at this display you will notice "TX
IN: 00:15", this is the time when the radio
will re-transmit the DSC Distress Alert.
2. To suspend re-transmitting the Distress
Alert, press the [PAUSE] soft key.
3. To resume counting down to transmit the
Distress Alert, press the [RESUME] soft key.
Canceling the Distress Alert
If a DSC Distress Alert was sent by error the
HX890 allows sending a message to other
vessels to cancel the Distress Alert that was
made.
1. Press the [CANCEL] soft key, then press
the [YES] soft key.
2. After the cancel message has been trans-
mitted, press the [OK] soft key.
DIST ALERT MSG
NATURE OF:
UNDESIGNATED
POSITION:
24 ° 25.9755
N
118 ° 59.4566
E
DIST ALERT MSG
12:56
TIME:
UTC
POSITION/TIME
[DISTRESS]
Hold for 3sec.
Lat
BACK NATURE POS/TM
Lon
UTC
1
BACK
!!DISTRESS!!
UNDESIGNATED
24 ° 25.9755
POS: N
118 ° 59.4566
W
12:56
TIME:
UTC
00:15
TX IN:
Waiting for ACK
PAUSE CANCEL
TX IN:
RESUME
!!DISTRESS!!
UNDESIGNATED
!!DISTRESS!!
CANCEL
Do you want to
cancel a DIST?
YES NO
24˚25.9755
N
118˚59.4566
E
12:56
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
Delete
FINISH SELECT
!!DISTRESS!!
UNDESIGNATED
Retransmission
is now pausing
00:15
CANCEL
UNDESIGNATED
DIST CANCEL
Transmitted
OK
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