Receiving A Dsc Distress Alert - Standard Horizon HX850S Owner's Manual

and channel 16 is automatically selected. The display shows the MMSI of
the ship responding to your distress.
RECEIVED ACK: acknowledgment signal is received.
RECEIVED RLY: relay signal is received from another vessel or coast sta-
9. To cancel the DSC distress alarm signal from the speaker, press any key.
Cancel a DSC Distress Alert
If a DSC Distress Alert was sent by error the HX850S allows you to send a
message to other vessels to cancel the Distress Alert that was made in error.
Press the [ CLR ( MEM )] key, then press the
[ CALL ( ENT ) MENU ] key.

7.3.2 RECEIVING A DSC DISTRESS ALERT

1. When a DSC Distress Alert is received, an emergency
alarm sounds.
Then channel 16 is automatically selected.
2. Press any key to stop the alarm.
3. Press the [ CALL ( ENT ) MENU ] key, the display shows
the position of the vessel in distress.
4. If the position of the vessel distress data does not in-
clude position, the display will show the display on the
right.
You must continue monitoring channel 16 as a coast station may re-
quire assistance in the rescue attempt.
HX850S
tion.
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