Furuno FM-8900S Manuel D’Utilisation
3. DSC DISTRESS OPERATIONS
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2. Press the CANCEL key to silence the audio alarm. Then, the LED stops flashing,
and the pop-up message disappears.
3. Communicate with the coast station via radiotelephone, following the instructions
below.
a) Say “MAYDAY” three times.
b) Say “This is ...” name of your ship and call sign three times.
c) Give nature of distress and assistance needed.
d) Give description of your ship (type, color, number of persons onboard, etc.).
a) Say “MAYDAY” three times.
b) Say “This is ...” name of your ship and call sign three times.
c) Give nature of distress and assistance needed.
d) Give description of your ship (type, color, number of persons onboard, etc.).
3.1.2
How to send a distress alert by DISTRESS key with distress in-
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If you have a time to prepare the distress information, send the distress alert as fol-
lows:
lows:
1. Press the DISTRESS MSG key to display the following screen.
2. With [NATURE] selected, push the CHANNEL/ENTER knob.
3. Rotate the CHANNEL/ENTER knob to select the nature of distress, among the
3. Rotate the CHANNEL/ENTER knob to select the nature of distress, among the
following 11 selections, then push the knob.
• UNDESIGNATED
• FIRE
• FLOODING
• COLLISION
• GROUNDING
• LISTING
• SINKING
• DISABLED&ADR(IFT)
• ABANDONING
• PIRACY
• MAN OVERBOARD
Count up the elasped time
after receiving distress
acknowledge call.
after receiving distress
acknowledge call.
Icon for DISTRESS transmission