Icom M604A Instruction Manual - Page 27
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DSC OPERATION 6 r After receiving the acknowledgment, reply using the microphone. 9 +06 6#) 4GEGKXGF &KUVTGUU#%1UCMC $C[ %.4 $GGR 1HH %#..+0) ➥ A distress alert contains (default); • Kind of distress : Undesignated distress • Position data : The latest GPS or manual input position data is held for 23.5 hours, or until the power is turned OFF. ➥ The Distress call is repeated every 3.5 to 4.5 minutes, until receiving an 'acknowledgement.' ('Call repeat' mode) ➥ Push [DISTRESS] to transmit a renewed Distress call, if required. ➥ Push [CLR] to cancel the 'Call repeat' mode. ➥ "!!" may blink instead of position and time displays when the GPS data is invalid, or has not been manually updated for 4 hours. D Regular call The nature of the Distress call should be included in the Distress call. q Enter "&KUVTGUU5GVVKPI" in the DSC menu. ❮&5%/GPW❯ ➪ ❮&KUVTGUU5GVVKPI❯ (Push [MENU]) (Rotate [SELECTOR], then push [ENT].) 6 w Rotate [SELECTOR] to select the nature of the distress, then push [ENT]. • 'Undesignated,' 'Explosion,' 'Flooding,' 'Collision,' 'Grounding,' 'Capsizing,' 'Sinking,' 'Adrift (Disable adrift),' 'Abandoning (Abandoning ship),' 'Piracy (Piracy attack)' and 'MOB (Man overboard)' are selectable. • The nature of the distress is stored for 10 minutes after a selection is made. &5% /GPW 5GNGEV 0CVWTG 7PFGUKIPCVGF 'ZRNQUKQP (NQQFKPI %QNNKUKQP %.4 'ZKV '06 1- When a GPS receiver (NMEA0183 ver. 2.0 or 3.01) is connected, steps e and r (Current position/time programming) do not appear. Go to step t. 21