Furuno FS-1570 (150W) Manual De Usuario

1  OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 

The automatic acknowledge feature of the DSC/watch receiver automatically transmits the 
acknowledge back (ACK BQ) signal to the sending station when an individual, position or 
polling call is received. (For position and polling calls, respective item on the AUTO ACK 
menu must be turned on to enable automatic acknowledge.) Automatic acknowledge can 
be turned on or off at the DSC standby screen by the [5/ ACK/SQ] key. The message ACK: 
AUTO or ACK: MANUAL appears at the bottom of the DSC standby screen with each 
press of the key.   
 
Note 1: To give priority to own ship’s communications while own ship is communicating, 

show ACK: MANUAL by the above procedure. 

Note 2: Automatic acknowledge is not possible under the following conditions:   

Priority: 

 

    Distress, Urgency or Safety 

Com Type: Morse, Fax, Data, No Info 
Com Freq: No Info 
Off Hook 

 

If there is no EPFS (Electronic Position-Fixing System) connected to this equipment or the 
EPFS connected is not working (EPFS error indication appears), manually enter position 
and time as follows: 
 
1.  At the DSC standby screen, press the [#/SETUP] key to display the Setup menu. 

     

  

    Setup menu   

  

   

ALARM        

   AUTO ACK          AUTO FREQ

ERASE

PRINT OUT

 MESSAGE

 SCAN FREQ

POSITION     

 VOLUME

 TEST

 SYSTEM

 

2.  Rotate the [ENTER] knob to choose POSITION and then push the [ENTER] knob. 

 

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       Position setup       

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   LAT :   34

°

 41 NORTH

   LON : 135

°

 30 EAST

   TIME:   09: 00 UTC