Distress Alert Transmission With Nature Of Distress - Furuno FM-8800D Operator's Manual

2. DSC DISTRESS COMMUNICATION
2.2 Distress Alert Transmission with Nature of
Distress
If you want to transmit the distress alert with nature of distress specified, do as
follows:
1. Open the DISTRESS key cover and press the DISTRESS key momentarily.
The alarm sounds and the red lamp in the key blinks and after releasing the key
within four seconds the alarm stops and the red lamp goes off. The following
screen appears.
2. Rotate the channel knob to choose the nature of distress. On the remote
handset, press the up or down arrow key.
3. Press the ENT key. The screen changes as follows.
The own ship's position and current time in UTC are displayed if your
FM-8800D/8800S is connected to a navigation equipment, for example, GPS.
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Compose Message
CALL TYPE : DISTRESS
NATURE : UNDESIGNATED
UNDESIGNATED
POS : 12 34N 123
Fire
AT : 12 : 34
Flooding
SIMP TP
Collision
Grounding
Listing
NDESIGNATED
Fire
Flooding
Collision
Grounding
G
Listing
** Compose Message **
CALL TYPE : DISTRESS
NATURE : Flooding
POS : 34° 41. 1234' N
134° 30. 4321' E
AT : 08 : 00
TELEPHONE
ACK REQ
45E
Sinking
Disabled & Adr
Abandoning
Piracy
Man over board