Furuno FM-8800D - Manual (Page 72)

3. DSC OPERATION FOR NON-DISTRESS CASES
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3.8 Medical Transport Call
The medical transport call informs all ships, by urgency priority, that own ship
carries medical supplies.
To enable the medical transport call, set the MEDICAL CALL to ABLE in the
SPECIAL CALL menu. See section “4.9 Special Call Setup.”
3.8.1 Sending a medical transport call
1. Press the CALL key. The display changes from the standby display to the
COMPOSE MESSAGE screen and the CALL TYPE is displayed in reverse
video.
2. Press the ENT key to open the call type list.
3. Rotate the CH knob (or press up / down arrow key) to choose the SPECIAL
and press the ENT key.
NEUTRAL
MEDICAL
Note: The NEUTRAL and/or MEDICAL are indicated if each one is set to ABLE
in the SPECIAL MENU. See page 4-15.
4. Choose MEDICAL and press the ENT key.
** Compose Message **
CALL TYPE : MEDICAL
TRANSPORT
URGENCY
COMM MODE : TELEPHONE
KIND : MEDICAL TRSPRT
CH : 16
NO ACK REQ
5. Press the CALL key more than three seconds to transmit the call. After the
call is transmitted, the standby display appears, with CH16 selected.