Standard Horizon HX851 Owner's Manual page 38

RECEIVED ACK: acknowledgment signal is received.
RECEIVED RLY: relay signal is received from another vessel or coast sta-
8. To cancel the DSC distress alarm signal from the speaker, press any key.
7.3.2 CANCELING A DSC DISTRESS ALERT
If a DSC Distress Alert was sent by error the HX851 allows you to send a
message to other vessels to cancel the Distress Alert that was made in error.
Press the [ CLR ( WX )] key, then press the
[ CALL ( ENT ) MENU ] key.
7.3.3 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 [ ] key several times to show information
on the vessel in distress.
4. If you wish to display the position of the vessel in dis-
tress on the "WAYPOINT" screen, go to next step, oth-
erwise press the [ CLR ( WX )] key to return to radio op-
eration.
5. Press the [ CALL ( ENT ) MENU ] key to enter the
"Waypoint Input" menu, then enter the desired waypoint
name (up to 11 characters), described previously (se-
lect the letter/number by pressing the [
a n d m o v e t h e c u r s o r b y p r e s s i n g t h e
[ CALL ( ENT ) MENU ] / [ H/L (
6. The ID is the MMSI from the vessel in distress.
7. When you are finished entering the waypoint name, press and hold the
[ CALL ( ENT ) MENU ] key several times to show the
"WAYPOINT" screen. The display indicates the distance
and direction of the vessel in distress, and also the
compass indicates the vessel in distress by dot ( ) .
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