Icom IC-M504A Instruction Manual page 27

r After receiving the acknowledgment, reply using the micro-
phone.
25W
TAG
Received
DistressACK
<Osaka Bay
<CLR ˘
Beep Off>
A distress alert contains (default);
data is held for 23.5 hours, or until the
power is turned OFF.
The Distress call is repeated every 3.5 to 4.5 minutes, until
an 'acknowledgement' is received. ('Call repeat' mode)
Push [DISTRESS] to transmit a renewed Distress call,
if required.
Push [CLR] to transmit the Cancel Ack call, then cancel
the 'Call repeat' mode.
"??" may blink instead of position and time displays
when the GPS data is invalid, or has not been manually
updated for 4 hours.
INT
CALLING
D Regular call
The nature of the Distress call should be included in the Dis-
tress call.
q Enter "Distress Setting" in the DSC menu.
DSC Menu Distress Setting
(Push [MENU]) (Rotate [DIAL], then push
w Rotate [DIAL] to select the nature of the distress, then
push .
'Capsizing,' 'Sinking,' 'Adrift (Disable adrift),' 'Abandoning (Aban-
doning ship),' 'Piracy (Piracy attack)' and 'MOB (Man overboard)'
are available.
The nature of the distress is stored for 10 minutes after a selec-
tion is made.
--DSC Menu--
Select Nature
Undesignated
˘Explosion
Flooding
Collision
<CLR˘Exit / ENT ˘ OK>
When a GPS receiver (NMEA0183 ver. 2.0 or 3.01) is con-
nected, steps e and r (Current position/time program-
ming) do not appear. Go to step t.
6
DSC OPERATION
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