Furuno RC-1500-1T - Manual (Page 57)

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5. Silence the alarm with the [CANCEL] or [ENT] key. The receive message appears as in the
figure below.
JUL-23-1999-23:59 ECC: OK
DISTRESS ACKNOWLEDGE
SHIP IN DIST: 123456789
POS: 12˚34N 123˚45E AT 12:34
TELEPHONE 2182.0 KHZ
FROM COAST: 001234567
NATURE: UNDESIGNATED
* Received message *
GO TO ALL VIEW
6. Communicate with the coast station via radiotelephone, which is automatically set to working
frequency and class of emission (telephone) specified in the distress acknowledge message.
a) Say MAYDAY three times.
b) Say “This is … “ name of your vessel and call sign three times.
c) Give nature of distress and assistance needed.
d) Give description of your vessel (type, color, number of persons onboard, etc.).
3.1.2 Sending distress alert with nature of distress specified
If you have the time to designate the nature of distress, send the distress alert as follows:
1. Open the DISTRESS button cover and press the [DISTRESS] button with a touch-and-
release action. The following display appears.
*** Send message ***
CALL TYPE
:Undesignated
POS.
COM.TYPE
DSC FREQ
: All ships
: 987654321
:
:
#
SINKING
DISABLE
ABANDONING
PIRACY
MAN OVERBOARD
NATURE
Use
$
to scroll
menu.
FIRE
FLOODING
COLLISION
GROUNDING
LISTING
$
UNDESIGNATED
2. Use  or to select nature of distress and press the [ENT] key.
3. Press the [ENT] key to open the POS. menu. This is where you enter your position,
automatically or manually. If the positioning device is connected, INPUT TYPE is AUTO and
the position is correct, press the [ENT] key twice and go to step 12. Note that “INPUT TYPE:
MANUAL” appears when position is input manually.
** Position setup **
INPUT TYPE: AUTO
LAT : 34˚ 41 NORTH
LON : 135˚ 30 EAST
TIME: 09: 00 UTC
Note: If the message “NO POSITION DATA” appears when you change INPUT TYPE from
MANUAL to AUTO, confirm the navigation device and select AUTO again.