Emergency operation with gps – Kannad Marine PRO PLB User Manual
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Switching off an active PLB
Press and hold the OFF button for a minimum of 5 seconds until the indicator lights go 
off. 
 
Emergency Operation with GPS
When the PLB is first activated the inbuilt GPS receiver will attempt to acquire a fix. 
 
Once a GPS position fix is acquired the GREEN indicator light will start to 
flash once every 3.5 seconds in sequence with the red indicator light. 
 
 
 
 
 
GREEN and RED indicator lights
‘long flash’ in sequence once every
50 seconds to indicate each 406 MHz transmission containing a valid 
GPS position. 
 
 
 
 
 
After 4 hours without a valid GPS position fix the GREEN light will go 
out completely. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Activation 
button 
Green light 
flashes when 
GPS position 
is good 
Red light
- 50 seconds -
- 3.5 seconds -
- 3.5 seconds -
- 50 seconds -
- 50 seconds -
GPS position acquired
Transmission with valid GPS position
GPS position lost
Self-test/OFF 
button 
GPS PLB controls
Even without GPS the PLB transmits approx. every 50 seconds 
so low-earth orbit satellites can 
‘triangulate’ your position