Icom IC-M424G Instruction Manual - Page 34

Making a Regular call, Enter DISTRESS CALL in the DSC CALLS menu.

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7 DSC OPERATION ■ Making a Distress call (Continued) DDMaking a Regular call The nature of the Distress call should be included in the Distress call. qqEnter "DISTRESS CALL" in the DSC CALLS menu. MENU ➪ DSC Calls ➪ Distress Call (Push [MENU].) (Rotate Dial, then push [ENT].) wwSelect the nature of the distress using Dial or [Y]/[Z], then push Dial or [ENT]. • 'Undesignated,' 'Fire,Explosion,' 'Flooding,' 'Collision,' 'Grounding,' 'Capsizing,' 'Sinking,' 'Adrift,' 'Abandoning ship,' 'Piracy' or 'Man Overboard' are selectable. • T he nature of the distress is stored for 10 minutes after selecting. • Push [EXIT] to return to the normal operating mode. • Push [BACK] to return to the previous screen. eeThe Distress call confirmation screen is displayed. • Rotate Dial or push [Y]/[Z] to see the hidden lines. rrHold down [DISTRESS] for 3 seconds to transmit the Distress call. • W hile holding down [DISTRESS], count down beeps sound and both the key and display backlighting blink. • The selected nature of the distress is stored for 10 minutes. 24

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7
DSC OPERATION
Making a Distress call (Continued)
Making a Regular call
D
The nature of the Distress call should be included in the Dis-
tress call.
Enter “DISTRESS CALL” in the DSC CALLS menu.
q
Select the nature of the distress using Dial or [
w
Y
]/[
Z
], then
push Dial or [ENT].
•‘Undesignated,’‘Fire,Explosion,’‘Flooding,’‘Collision,’‘Grounding,’
‘Capsizing,’ ‘Sinking,’ ‘Adrift,’ ‘Abandoning ship,’ ‘Piracy’ or ‘Man
Overboard’ are selectable.
• The nature of the distress is stored for 10 minutes after select
-
ing.
• Push [EXIT] to return to the normal operating mode.
• Push [BACK] to return to the previous screen.
The Distress call confirmation screen is displayed.
e
• Rotate Dial or push [
Y
]/[
Z
] to see the hidden lines.
Hold down [DISTRESS] for 3 seconds to transmit the Dis-
r
tress call.
• While holding down [DISTRESS], count down beeps sound and
both the key and display backlighting blink.
• The selected nature of the distress is stored for 10 minutes.
MENU
DSC Calls
Distress Call
(Push [MENU].)
(Rotate Dial, then push [ENT].)