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Standard Horizon HX-870 User Manual

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HX870

Transmitting a DSC Distress Alert with Nature of Distress
The

HX870 is capable of transmitting a DSC distress alert with the following

“Nature of Distress” categories:
Undesignated, Fire, Flooding, Collision, Grounding, Capsizing, Sinking,

Adrift, Abandoning, Piracy, MOB.

1. Press the

MENU key to display “MENU”.

INDIVIDUAL

GROUP

BACK

DSC CALL

ALL SHIPS

POS REQUEST

POS REPORT

DIST ALERT MSG

SELECT

BACK

POS/TM

NATURE

DIST ALERT MSG

UNDESIGNATED

24°25.975

N

118°59.456

[DISTRESS]

Hold for 3sec.

E

UTC

POS TM:

12:56

POSITION:

NATURE OF:

UNDESIGNATED

BACK

DIST ALERT MSG

FIRE.EXPLSION

FLOODING

COLLISION

GROUNDIND

ENTER

NATURE OF

2. Press the

CH▼/CH▲// key to select

“DSC CALL”, then press the

[SELECT] soft

key.

3. Press the

CH▼/CH▲ key to select “DIST

ALERT MSG

”, then press the

[SELECT] soft

key. (To cancel, press the

[BACK] soft key.)

4. Press the

[NATURE] soft key. The “NATURE

OF

” menu will appear on the display.

5. Press the

CH▼/CH▲ key to select the

desired nature of distress category, then

press the

[ENTER] soft key.

6. Press and hold the

DISTRESS key until a distress alert is transmitted.

Transmitting a DSC Distress Alert by Manually Inputting Location and Time
In case the

HX870 fails to get a GPS position fix, you may input your latitude

and longitude, and time to transmit the distress alert.
1. Press the

MENU key to display “MENU”.

INDIVIDUAL

GROUP

BACK

DSC CALL

ALL SHIPS

POS REQUEST

POS REPORT

DIST ALERT MSG

SELECT

BACK

POS/TM

NATURE

DIST ALERT MSG

UNDESIGNATED

24°25.975

N

118°59.456

[DISTRESS]

Hold for 3sec.

E

UTC

POS TM:

12:56

POSITION:

NATURE OF:

BACK

SELECT

FINISH

!!DISTRESS!!

POSITION/TIME

2

4˚25.975

N

Lat

118˚59.456

E

Lon

12:56

UTC

1

5 6 7 8 9 0 S N

2 4

Delete

3

2. Press the

CH▼/CH▲// key to select

“DSC CALL”, then press the

[SELECT] soft

key.

3. Press the

CH▼/CH▲ key to select “DIST

ALERT MSG

”, then press the

[SELECT] soft

key. (To cancel, press the

[BACK] soft key.)

4. Press the

[POS/TM] soft key.

5. Press the

CH▼/CH▲// key to select

the first number of latitude, then press

the

[SELECT] soft key to step to the next

number.

6. Repeat step 5 to set the position and time.

If a mistake was made, press the

CH▼/CH▲// key to select “←” or

“→”, press the

[SELECT] soft key until the wrong character is selected,

then perform step 5.