Uniden POLARIS-BK English Owners Manual - Page 23

POLARIS_UT888ZL_UT01888ZA_0 10/3/02 4:18 PM Page 20 DISTRESS Note: You must set the user MMSI in order to send a Distress call. Please see page 40 to set the MMSI. This feature will allow you to transmit a Distress call. 1. In order to transmit a Distress call, press and hold DISTRESS for 5 seconds. Then, the following screen appears and select SEND or CANCEL. If you select CANCEL, the display returns to the channel display screen. 2. Press the PUSH - SELECT knob to send. 3. The Distress call is transmitted and it waits for about 210 - 270 seconds. This is continued internally. After the Distress call has been sent, the Distress alert will sound every other second, and it also "shadow-watches" for a transmission between CH16 and CH70 until an acknowledgment signal is received from the Coast Guard shore station. 4. To cancel the Distress call, press the PUSH - SELECT knob. 5. When the POLARIS receives a Distress call, the following screen appears. If an acknowledgment is not received, the Distress call is repeated until an acknowledgment is received from the Coast Guard shore station. DISTRESS SEND CANCEL DISTRESS ACK WAITING CANCEL DISTRESS 06/15 10:30A KENT NEWMAN FIRE 70.00.000 N 120.00.000 W DISTRESS 06/15 10:30A PAUL HUBER FIRE 70.40.000 N 150.00.000 E DISTRESS --/-- --:-135792468 UNDESIGNATED NO POSITION Note: If the POLARIS receives a Distress call, it will be displayed on the LCD display. An emergency alert will sound. The name will be displayed if it is the name registered in the directory. Otherwise, sender's MMSI is displayed. Latitude, longitude, and time information will also be displayed if the GPS module is carried in the vessel that transmitted a DSC Distress call. 20