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

4.  DSC DISTRESS OPERATIONS

2. If you do not receive the distress acknowledge call from a coast station and you 

have received the distress alert more than twice, contact the ship in distress over 
radiotelephone.

3. Rotate the ENTER knob to select [ACK] in the user options area then push the 

knob. The following message appears on the screen.

4. Rotate the ENTER knob to select [Yes] then push the knob to transmit the distress 

acknowledge call to the ship in distress. The screen changes as below.

Note: You can not edit the message for the distress acknowledge call.

If you receive a distress alert on the HF band, 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" ap-
pears on the screen. Press the CANCEL key to silence the audio alarm and stop the 
flashing of the LED. The screen for receiving the distress alert appears. Wait for the 
distress acknowledge call from a coast station. If you do not receive the distress ac-
knowledge call from a coast station, which usually takes about five minutes from the 
time of receiving a distress alert, follow the flow chart in this section to determine your 
action.

•  Watch on the distress frequency.

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