Icom IC-M506 Instruction Manual - Page 33

Regular call, Enter DISTRESS CALL in the DSC menu.

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DSC OPERATION 7 D Regular call The nature of the Distress call should be included in the Distress call. qqEnter "DISTRESS CALL" in the DSC menu. MENU ➪ DSC ➪ Distress Call (Push [MENU]) (Select icon) (Rotate dial, then push [ENT].) w S elect 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' is selectable. • T he nature of the distress is stored for 30 seconds after a selection is made. 1 e The Distress call confirmation screen is displayed. 2 • Rotate dial or push [Y]/[Z] to see the hidden lines. 3 4 5 6 7 8 r H old down [DISTRESS] for 3 seconds to transmit the Dis- 9 tress call. • W hile holding down [DISTRESS], count down beeps sound and 10 both the key and display backlighting blink. • The selected nature of the distress is stored for 30 seconds. 11 12 13 14 15 16 + Continued on the next page. 24

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D
Regular call
The nature of the Distress call should be included in the Dis-
tress call.
Enter “DISTRESS CALL” in the DSC menu.
q
w
Select 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’ is selectable.
•The nature of the distress is stored for 30 seconds after a selec
-
tion is made.
e
The Distress call confirmation screen is displayed.
• Rotate dial or push [
Y
]/[
Z
] to see the hidden lines.
r
Hold down [DISTRESS] for 3 seconds to transmit the Dis-
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 30 seconds.
MENU
DSC
Distress Call
(Push [MENU])
(Select icon)
(Rotate dial, then push [ENT].)
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