Standard Horizon GX2200 Owner's Manual page 53

Transmitting a DSC Distress Alert with Manual Position of Input
When the GX2200 is not connected to a GPS receiver, you may input the
latitude and longitude of your vessel manually before you send a DSC
distress alert.
1. Press the
appear.
2. Rotate the CH knob to select " DISTRESS ALERT
MSG ".
3. Press the
soft key.) The " DISTRESS ALERT MSG "
menu will appear on the display.
4. Press the
5. Enter UTC time in the 24-hour format and the lati-
tude and longitude of your vessel. Rotate the CH
knob to select the number and press the
soft key to move the cursor to the next character.
You may backspace the cursor by pressing the
soft key if you make a mistake.
6. When you have completed your selection, press
and hold in the
save the setting.
7. Press and hold the
8. Perform the steps 1 through 6 of the basic operation described in the
previous section.
Pausing a DSC Distress Call
After a DSC distress call is transmitted, the DSC distress call is repeated
every 4 minutes until the call is canceled by the user or until the radio is
turned on and off again. The GX2200 has provision to suspend (pause) the
retransmitting of the distress call by the procedure below.
1. After the distress call is transmitted, the radio will
show the top display to the right.
Looking at this display you will notice " TX in:
0 2 : 2 5 ", this is the time when the radio will
re-transmit the DSC distress call.
2. To suspend re-transmitting the DSC call, press
the soft key.
3. To resume counting down to transmit the DSC
Distress call, press the
GX2200
key. The " D S C M e n u " will
CALL
MENU
soft key. (To cancel, press the
soft key.
soft key for two seconds to
key until a distress alert is transmitted.
DISTRESS
soft key.
-POS/POS Time Input-
Position: -- --.---_
- -- --.---_
POS Time:--:--[UTC]
ENT BACK QUIT
-POS/POS Time Input-
Position: 33 37.120
118 09.580
POS Time:10:00[UTC]
QUIT
ENT BACK
!DISTRESS ALERT!
Nature of:Undesignated
Position: 33 37.120
118 09.580
POS Time: 10:00
TX in: 02:25
Wait for ACK
PAUSE CANCEL
!DISTRESS ALERT!
Retransmission is
now pausing!
TX in: 02:25
RESUME CANCEL
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