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The Ocean Signal MOB1 AIS personal-overboard device requires three distinct tests, and this walkthrough covers all of them aboard the Swan 47 S&S Saga during a passage down Long Island Sound from Newport to New York.0:03 The functional test presses the T-button until a red flash appears, then releases; a green light confirms the device is operational, amber signals low batteries, and the number of flashes indicates remaining charge.1:27 The DSC transmission test holds the button through a five-second steady red phase before release, then verifies the call on the VHF radio under the "others" menu, where the device's individual number appears.2:10 The AIS/GPS transmission test requires going on deck; the button is held through a red-flash phase, a five-second steady phase, and a slow-flash phase before release, then the chartplotter below triggers an AIS safety message reading "MOB test."3:09 Ocean Signal recommends the functional test monthly and the DSC and AIS/GPS tests up to twice a year; the presenter suggests combining all three with PFD servicing and adding an extra AIS/GPS test before any major offshore passage.4:59

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