■ Receiving a Distress Call(JRC VHF, JHS-770S/780D)

Warning
If a distress call is received,make sure to inform the ship's captain or office in charge.
This affects life of the crews and passengers on the ship in distress

1. When a distress call is received, the message will be displayed
   (The alarm light will start blinking, and an alarm will sound growing louder gradually)
2. Press [CANCEL] to stop the alarm, and then press [ENT] and keep watch on CH16.
   (Keep watch on CH16 for at least 5 minutes, and notify the coast station as appropriate)
3. When responding due to watching on  CH16 and coordinating with the coast station, select the menu of 4.1 Received distress and send the acknowledgement(If permitted by ship's captain). After sending it, commence distress traffic via radiotelephony on CH16 as follows,
   - "MAYDAY"
   - repeat the 9-digit identify(MMSI) of the ship in distress 3 times
   - "this is"
   - repeat the own ship's 9-digit identity (MMSI) 3 times
   - " RECEIVED MAYDAY"