How To Send Distress Alert By Distress Key With Distress Information Edited - Furuno FS-1575 Operator's Manual

2. Press the CANCEL key to silence the audio alarm. Then, the LED stops flashing,
and the pop-up message disappears.
3. Communicate with the coast station via radiotelephone, following the instructions
below. If the distress alert was sent using the MULTI mode, the radiotelephone
automatically sets the working frequency on which the distress acknowledge call
is first received.
a) Say "MAYDAY" three times.
b) Say "This is ..." name of your ship and call sign three times.
c) Give nature of distress and assistance needed.
d) Give description of your ship (type, color, number of persons onboard, etc.).
4.1.2 How to send distress alert by DISTRESS key with distress in-
formation edited
If you have a time to prepare the distress information, send the distress alert as fol-
lows:
1. Press the DISTRESS MSG key to display the following screen.
2. With [NATURE] selected, push the ENTER knob.
3. Rotate the ENTER knob to select nature of distress, among the following 11 se-
lections, then push the knob.
• UNDESIGNATED
• COLLISION
• SINKING
• PIRACY
° °
09 12.1234' N/ 123 45.1234' E / 12 : 34
• FIRE
• GROUNDING
• DISABLED&ADR(IFT)
• MAN OVERBOARD
4. DSC DISTRESS OPERATIONS
Count up the elapsed time
after receiving distress
acknowledge call.
Icon for DISTRESS transmission
• FLOODING
• LISTING
• ABANDONING
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