Back DSC/WATCH RECEIVER DSC-60 www.furuno.co.jp The paper used in this manual is elemental chlorine free. FURUNO Authorized Distributor/Dealer 9-52 Ashihara-cho, Nishinomiya, 662-8580, JAPAN Telephone : +81-(0)798-65-2111 Fax : +81-(0)798-65-4200 All rights reserved. Printed in Japan A : FEB . 2000 H6 : MAY 09, 2007 Pub. No. OME-56280-H6 (TATA ) DSC-60 *00080894011* *00080894011* *00080894011* DISTRESS Call Procedure Do the following when a life-endangering situation arises on your vessel: 1. Open the DISTRESS button cover and press the [DISTRESS] button more than three seconds to show the following display, then release the [DISTRESS] button. Distress call in progress! NATURE: UNDESIGNATED POS: 12°34N 123°45E AT 12:34 TELEPHONE 2182.0 KHZ DSC FREQ : TIME TO GO : 2187.5 KHZ 38S 2. After the distress call is transmitted the following displays appear in order. Wait for distress acknowledgement. NATURE: UNDESIGNATED POS: 12°34N 123°45E AT 12:34 2182.0 KHZ TELEPHONE DSC FREQ : TIME TO GO: 2187.5 KHZ 3M10S When distress call is acknowledged by coast station (within 1 min to 2 min. 45 sec). Distress acknowledge call received. FROM COAST: 001234567 SHIP IN DIST: 123456789 NATURE: UNDESIGNATED POS: 12°34N 123°45E AT 12:34 2182.0 KHZ TELEPHONE STOP ALARM 3. The audio alarm sounds; press the [CANCEL] key to silence the alarm. 4. Communicate with the coast station via radiotelephone as follows: a) b) c) d) Say MAYDAY three times. Say "This is ... " name of your vessel and your call sign three times. Give nature of distress and assistance needed. Give description of your vessel (type, number of persons onboard, etc.) and any other information which may aid in rescue. For detailed information see page 3-1. i SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS WARNING ELECTRICAL SHOCK HAZARD Do not open the equipment. Only qualified personnel should work inside the equipment. Immediately turn off the power at the switchboard if water leaks into the equipment or something is dropped in the equipment. Continued use of the equipment can cause fire or electrical shock. Contact a FURUNO agent for service. Do not disassemble or modify the equipment. Fire, electrical shock or serious injury can result. Do not place liquid-filled containers on the top of the equipment. Fire or electrical shock can result if a liquid spills into the equipment. Immediately turn off the power at the switchboard if the equipment is emitting smoke or fire. Continued use of the equipment can cause fire or electrical shock. Contact a FURUNO agent for service. Make sure no rain or water splash leaks into the equipment. Fire or electrical shock can result if water leaks in the equipment. A heater can melt the equipment's power cord, which can cause fire or electrical shock. Do not operate the equipment with wet hands. Electrical shock can result. IN CASE OF ACCIDENTAL TRANSMISSION OF THE DISTRESS ALERT If the distress is accidentally transmitted, contact the nearest coast station and inform them of the accidental transmission as follows: a) Ship's name b) Ship's call sign and DSC number c) Position at time of transmission d) Time of transmission WARNING Keep heater away from equipment. CAUTION A warning label is attached to the equipment. Do not remove the label. If the label is missing or illegible, contact a FURUNO agent or dealer. WARNING To avoid electrical shock, do not remove cover. No user-serviceable parts inside. Name: Warning Label (1) Type: 86-003-1011-0 Code No.: 100-236-230 ii TABLE OF CONTENTS FOREWORD ................................................................................................................. vi SYSTEM CONFIGURATION ....................................................................................... viii 1. DSC SYSTEM OVERVIEW...................................................................................1-1 1.1 What is DSC? ............................................................................................................................. 1-1 1.2 DSC Call ..................................................................................................................................... 1-1 1.2.1 Distress alert call and reply ............................................................................................... 1-3 1.2.2 Individual call ..................................................................................................................... 1-4 1.3 Audio Alarms .............................................................................................................................. 1-4 1.4 Remote Control and Automatic Acknowledge ............................................................................ 1-5 1.4.1 Remote control .................................................................................................................. 1-5 1.4.2 Automatic acknowledge..................................................................................................... 1-5 1.4.3 Both remote control and automatic acknowledge ON ....................................................... 1-5 1.5 Interpreting Call Displays............................................................................................................ 1-6 1.5.1 Receive calls...................................................................................................................... 1-6 1.5.2 Send calls .......................................................................................................................... 1-8 1.6 Remote Control of SSB Radiotelephone .................................................................................... 1-9 2. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW ................................................................................2-1 2.1 Controls, LED Description .......................................................................................................... 2-1 2.2 Turning the Power On/Off ........................................................................................................... 2-3 2.3 DSC Standby Screen, Radiotelephone Setting Screen and Their Indications........................... 2-3 2.3.1 DSC standby screen.......................................................................................................... 2-3 2.3.2 Radiotelephone setting screen .......................................................................................... 2-3 2.4 Panel Backlighting, LCD Contrast and Brightness ..................................................................... 2-4 2.5 Loudspeaker, Buzzer On/Off ...................................................................................................... 2-5 2.6 Starting, Stopping Scanning DSC Routine Frequencies ............................................................ 2-6 2.7 Automatic Acknowledge On/Off.................................................................................................. 2-7 2.8 Intercom On/Off .......................................................................................................................... 2-8 2.9 Selection of On-screen Items ..................................................................................................... 2-9 2.10 Manual Entry of Position and Time ......................................................................................... 2-10 2.11 Remote Control of FURUNO SSB Radiotelephone ................................................................ 2-12 3. DISTRESS OPERATIONS....................................................................................3-1 3.1 Sending Distress Alert ................................................................................................................ 3-1 3.1.1 Sending distress alert by DISTRESS button ..................................................................... 3-1 3.1.2 Sending distress alert with nature of distress specified..................................................... 3-3 3.2 Receiving a Distress Alert........................................................................................................... 3-7 3.2.1 Distress alert received on MF band................................................................................... 3-7 3.2.2 Distress alert received on HF band ................................................................................. 3-10 3.3 Sending Distress Relay on Behalf of a Ship in Distress........................................................... 3-13 3.3.1 Sending distress relay to coast station ............................................................................ 3-13 3.3.2 Sending distress relay to all ships ................................................................................... 3-16 3.4 Receiving Distress Relay All Ships from Ship .......................................................................... 3-19 3.5 Receiving Distress Relay from Coast Station........................................................................... 3-19 iii 4. CALLING ............................................................................................................. 4-1 4.1 All Ships Call ...............................................................................................................................4-1 4.1.1 Sending all ships call .........................................................................................................4-1 4.1.2 Receiving all ships call.......................................................................................................4-3 4.2 Individual Call..............................................................................................................................4-4 4.2.1 Sending individual call........................................................................................................4-4 How to set working frequency............................................................................................4-6 How to set DSC frequency.................................................................................................4-8 4.2.2 Receiving individual call...................................................................................................4-12 4.3 Group Call .................................................................................................................................4-17 4.3.1 Sending a group call ........................................................................................................4-17 4.3.2 Receiving a group call......................................................................................................4-19 4.4 Geographical Area Call .............................................................................................................4-20 4.4.1 Sending a geographical area call.....................................................................................4-20 4.4.2 Receiving a geographical area call ..................................................................................4-23 4.5 Neutral Craft Call.......................................................................................................................4-24 4.5.1 Sending a neutral craft call ..............................................................................................4-24 4.5.2 Receiving a neutral craft call............................................................................................4-25 4.6 Medical Transport Call ..............................................................................................................4-26 4.6.1 Sending a medical transport call......................................................................................4-26 4.6.2 Receiving a medical transport call ...................................................................................4-27 4.7 Polling Call ................................................................................................................................4-28 4.7.1 Sending a polling call .......................................................................................................4-28 4.7.2 Receiving a polling call ....................................................................................................4-31 4.8 Position Call ..............................................................................................................................4-33 4.8.1 Position call: requesting other ship's position ..................................................................4-34 4.8.2 Position call: other ship requests your position................................................................4-36 4.9 PSTN Call .................................................................................................................................4-39 4.9.1 Sending PSTN call, receiving acknowledge back (ACK BQ) ..............................................4-39 4.9.2 Sending PSTN call, receivi ...