Furuno RC-1500-1T Manuel D’Utilisation

The 

 provides the minimum distress reporting require-

ments: own vessel’s ID, speed, course, L/L position and nature of
distress. After receiving the distress alert acknowledgment and you
are not pressed for time you may send detailed information as fol-
lows:

1. Press [F1] followed by [Enter] to display the editor screen.

2. Prepare distress communication message. Figure 6-7 shows a

sample distress message.

3. Press [F3].

4. Press [Enter]. The screen should look something like Figure 6-8.

The cursor is on the Priority line.

5. Press [Enter] to open the selection window.

6. Press [

] to select “Distress”.

7. Press [Enter] to close the selection window.

8. Press [

] to go the LES ID line.

9. Press [Enter] to open the LES list.

10.Select the LES where the distress alert was transmitted.