Furuno FS-1575 FS-2575 FS-5075 User Manual

4.  DSC DISTRESS OPERATIONS

5. Type and transmit your message, giving the following information:

•  Ship's name and call sign
•  Nature of distress and assistance needed
•  Description of your ship

6. Press the function key F10 to disconnect the line.
For NBDP details, see chapters 7 through 10.

When you receive a distress alert from a ship in distress, the audio alarm sounds and 
the LED flashes in red. The icon for DISTRESS receiving (

) appears in the tab area 

and the pop-up message "DISTRESS ALERT message received! [CANCEL]: Stop 
alarm" appears on the screen.

Press the CANCEL key to silence the audio alarm. Wait for the distress acknowledge 
call from a coast station. If you do not receive the distress acknowledge call from a 
coast station, which usually takes about five minutes from the time of receiving a dis-
tress alert, follow the flow charts in this section to determine your action.

Note: An asterisk (*) appearing in a distress alert message indicates an error at the 
asterisk’s location.

Do the following:

•  Continue watching on 2182 kHz. Wait for coast station to acknowledge the distress 

call. Watch until “SEELONCE FINI” is announced.

•  If multiple DSC distress alerts are received from the same ship in distress and it is 

near your ship, communicate with RCC or coast station and send distress acknowl-
edge call to the ship in distress under the direction of RCC or coast station.

•  Watch on the distress frequency.