Sailor 6222 User Manual page 37

PIRACY (armed robbery attack)
MAN OVERBOARD
3. Press the selector wheel knob to accept the selected nature of distress.
4. Then lift the cover of the red distress button and push the
Distress button for 3 seconds.
To receive acknowledgement of own distress
When the SAILOR 6222 VHF DSC receives an acknowledgement of distress
from another vessel or station, a 2-tone alarm sounds. The display shows a
pop-up window with the MMSI number of the station who sent the distress
acknowledgement call.
• Press SILENCE or any other key to switch
off the 2-tone alarm.
• Press the soft key VIEW to display further
data for this call.
• Press VIEW again to return to the working
display.
If the same Distress call comes in more than
once, the 2-tone alarm sounds briefly and terminates automatically.
To cancel own distress
If you need to cancel a sent distress message do as follows:
1. The display shows that a distress message has been sent. Press the soft key
ANNUL. A pop-up window is displayed.
2. Press the soft key YES to go ahead with the cancelling process. At this stage
you have the option to press the soft key NO to return to distress sending
procedure.
QUIT
HOLD
VIEW
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DSC calls
Chapter 2: Operation
DISTRESS ACKN.
CAT: DISTRESS
FROM: 219005678
MMSI:223344556
LAT: N 12°34.5678
LON:E 123°45.6789
POS-TIME: 12:28
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