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    MH S1 35 DS C RAD IO VHF MAR ITI ME FL O TT ANT E GUI DE D’U TILI SA TIO N FL O A TING VH F MA RIN E R ADIO OW NER ’S MANU AL[...]

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     Lift the red cover. Press and hold the DISTRESS button for three seconds. Your radio transmits your boat’s location every few minutes until you receive a response.  #   ?[...]

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     Soulevez le couvercle noir. Maintenez Distress enfoncé pendant trois secondes. Votre radio transmettra l’emplacement de votre bateau toutes les quelques minutes jusqu’à ce que vous receviez une réponse.  # ?[...]

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     Introduction ................................. E-1 Features ........................................ E-1 Getting Started ............................ E-2 What’s included ............................. E-2 Parts of the MHS135DSC ............. E-2 Front view .................................... E-2[...]

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    E-1 Uniden MHS135DSC Radio Owner ’s Manual Returning a call from the Receive Log .......................... E-22 T est Calls .................................... E-22 Making T est Calls (T est) ........... E-22 Receiving T est Call Setup .......... E-23 Acknowledging T est Call Receipt............................ E-24 Position Request and Reply .[...]

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    E-2 Uniden MHS135DSC Radio Owner’s Manual x Dual and T riple Watch operation . These different watch modes let you monitor up to two Coast Guard Distress/Hailing channels and one weather channel along with one regular marine channel. x All marine VHF channels for the U.S., Canada, and international waters x National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admini[...]

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    E-3 Uniden MHS135DSC Radio Owner ’s Manual Back view Button Press to... Press and hold to... Push -to-T alk Transmit on a current TX power Boost Boost TX to 6 W . 16/9-T ri 1st press: Go to CH 16. 2nd press: Go to CH 9. 3rd press: Go back to the starting channel. Turn Triple W atch on and off. WX/SOS - Turn W eather mode on and off. - Move cursor[...]

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    E-4 Uniden MHS135DSC Radio Owner’s Manual   The LCD display shows different information depending on what you are doing. This sample screen shows some of this information. The table below shows possible icons and what they mean. Display icons and what they mean Icon Wha[...]

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    E-5 Uniden MHS135DSC Radio Owner ’s Manual Icon What it means LOW / MID / 6 W The transmitter power is set to LOW (1 W), MID (2.5 W), or 6 W . USA / CAN / INT The radio is set to use US channels, CANadian channels, or INT ernational channels. MEM The current channel is saved in memory . WX The radio is in Weather mode. SCAN The radio is in Scan m[...]

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    E-6 Uniden MHS135DSC Radio Owner’s Manual Menu Option What it does System Y ou can set system-wide features using the following settings: - Lamp Adjust. This setting adjusts the brighness of the backlighting. - Contrast/RVS. Y ou can adjust the brightness of the screen contrast higher or lower . Once you get to the bottom limit of the contrast, s[...]

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    E-7 Uniden MHS135DSC Radio Owner ’s Manual In addition to the three operation modes, your radio provides four different watch modes which you can activate during any operation mode. In the watch modes, the radio briey checks for activity on a specic channel, then returns to its previous operation. Watch mode What it does T o turn it on/off [...]

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    E-8 Uniden MHS135DSC Radio Owner’s Manual until your transmission is nished and then checks the channels.  If you activate DSC Watch while operating in Normal mode, the radio checks channel 70 every few seconds. Scan Y ou can save channels into memory and then use sc[...]

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    E-9 Uniden MHS135DSC Radio Owner ’s Manual turned on, the radio only checks channel 16:  Y ou can activate Weather Alert Watch and T riple/Dual Watch at the same time. The radio performs bo[...]

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    E-10 Uniden MHS135DSC Radio Owner ’s Manual  If you activate T riple Watch while operating in weather mode, the radio checks channels 16 and 9 every few seconds; with Dual Watch turned on, the radio only checks chann[...]

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    E-1 1 Uniden MHS135DSC Radio Owner ’s Manual 4. Insert the two hooks on the lower part of the case into the notches on the cover; close the cover . (The cover ts snugly but you should not have to force it closed.)  ?[...]

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    E-12 Uniden MHS135DSC Radio Owner ’s Manual  When you power up your radio for the rst time, it displays MMSI Not Entered and then displays a marine mode screen. User MMSI numbers are unique and cannot be entered more than once. See page E-15 for general information about MMSI nu[...]

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    E-13 Uniden MHS135DSC Radio Owner ’s Manual 30 FIPS codes. 1. Press MENU/CALL to bring up the Normal menu. 2. Select Setup , and then FIPS Codes . 3. [New] and a list of previously entered FIPS codes display . Enter a new FIPS code or select from the list of existing FIPS codes to edit or delete. Adjusng the Lamp The backlight LCD function can[...]

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    E-14 Uniden MHS135DSC Radio Owner ’s Manual Making a Transmission Select the channel you want to transmit on, then press and hold the Push to Talk button. Release the Push to Talk button when you’re nished talking to let the other party respond. x T o prevent stuck microphone problems or situations where the Push to Talk button is pushed acc[...]

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    E-15 Uniden MHS135DSC Radio Owner ’s Manual avoids the problems of busy voice channels.  Y our radio supports the following DSC features: Feature Menu Item Function Individual Call Individual Contact another vessel from your directory. Group Call Group Contact all vessels that shar[...]

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    E-16 Uniden MHS135DSC Radio Owner ’s Manual arrow ( GPS/MEM ) to move the cursor to the next space. Press the left arrow ( WX/SOS ) to back up. When using the CHANNEL UP and CHANNEL DOWN keys to enter a name, the alphabetic and numeric characters display in the following order: x Capital letters (A through Z) x Lower-case letters (a through z) x [...]

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    E-17 Uniden MHS135DSC Radio Owner ’s Manual Entering an individual MMSI number Follow the steps below to enter individual MMSIs and names of other vessels into the directory: 1. Press and hold MENU/CALL to display the Call Menu. 2. Scroll to DSC Setup and press ENTER-H/M/L .The DSC Setup menu displays. 3. Scroll to Directory and press ENTER-H/M/L[...]

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    E-18 Uniden MHS135DSC Radio Owner ’s Manual to the DSC Directory Edit screen. 8. T o delete the directory entry, select Delete . 9. When you are satised with the directory list, press CLR/SCAN to close the menu screen.  There are essentially four different types of DSC voice calls: Call type What[...]

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    E-19 Uniden MHS135DSC Radio Owner ’s Manual Calling a single staon (Individual Call) T o call a single station with DSC, follow these steps: 1. Press and hold MENU/CALL to display the Call menu. 2. Select Individual . 3. The radio displays the names listed in your directory; use CHANNEL UP and CHANNEL DOWN to choose the directory entry you wan[...]

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    E-20 Uniden MHS135DSC Radio Owner ’s Manual 6. The radio automatically switches to channel 70 to transmit the call request. x When the other station accepts the call, both radios switch to the selected response channel for voice transmission. x If the other station cannot respond on the channel you selected, the radio displays Not support CH . Ca[...]

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    E-21 Uniden MHS135DSC Radio Owner ’s Manual Undesignated Sinking Fire Overboard Adrift Flooding Abandoning Capsizing Collision Piracy , Armed Grounding Canceling an automac distress call While the radio is waiting for a response, it gives you the option of canceling the call. T o cancel the distress call, choose Exit and press CLR/SCAN . ?[...]

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    E-22 Uniden MHS135DSC Radio Owner ’s Manual DSC Call T ype Receive Log Information Distress MMSI (or name), position, time, nature code. Distress Acknowledge MMSI (or name), distress MMSI, position, time, nature code. Distress Relay MMSI (or name), distress MMSI, position, time, nature code. Distress Relay Acknowledge MMSI (or name), distress MMS[...]

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    E-23 Uniden MHS135DSC Radio Owner ’s Manual 1. Press and hold MENU/CALL to display the Call menu. 2. Select T est . 3. The radio displays the names listed in your directory; use CHANNEL UP and CHANNEL DOWN to choose the directory entry you want to send a test call to and press ENTER-H/M/L . 4. If you want to send a test call to a station that is [...]

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    E-24 Uniden MHS135DSC Radio Owner ’s Manual Acknowledging Test Call Receipt Different screens display depending on whether you set the T est Reply to Auto or Manual. If T est Reply is set to Auto : If T est Reply is set to Manual : 1 8 Test 1234567890 06/20 11:00 Safety Exit [CLR] A USA 1 8 Test 123456789 Reply Exit [CLR] A USA Send [ENT] No acti[...]

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    E-25 Uniden MHS135DSC Radio Owner ’s Manual 4. The radio displays the MMSI number you are about to contact and asks you to conrm. If you want to request the position of the displayed MMSI number , select Send . T o cancel the request, select Exit . 5. When the other station responds, the radio displays the MMSI number , the longitude, and the [...]

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    E-26 Uniden MHS135DSC Radio Owner ’s Manual 1. Press and hold MENU/CALL to display the Call menu. 2. Select Standby to place your radio in standby mode. 3. T o cancel standby and return to the mode your radio was in, press any button.  I[...]

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    E-27 Uniden MHS135DSC Radio Owner ’s Manual  Menu The Goto menu allows you to select from a list of saved coordinates or to input coordinates manually .  1. From the Goto Fav . screen, select [Manual] . 2. Manually input coordinates. When the last digit is entered, the screen[...]

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    E-28 Uniden MHS135DSC Radio Owner ’s Manual  Y our radio supports NMEA0183 V ersion 3.01, a standard for data communication between marine instruments. If you are connected to a chartplotter and the radio receives another boat’s position data (sentences) in a DSC call, the radio sends the position data to [...]

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    E-29 Uniden MHS135DSC Radio Owner ’s Manual  #       ?[...]

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    E-30 Uniden MHS135DSC Radio Owner ’s Manual  Problem Things to T ry The radio won’t turn on. Charge the radio. The power LED on the charger doesn’t turn on. - Don’t use the charger when the ambient temperature is below 0° C (32° F) or above 45° C (1 13° F). - Make sure the charging contact[...]

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    E-31 Uniden MHS135DSC Radio Owner ’s Manual Size (without antenna) 6.33 (H) x 2.57 (W) x 1.92 (D) inch 161 (H) x 65.5 (W) x 48.8 (D) mm Weight 10.9 oz (310g) (w/battery and antenna) T ransmitter Frequency Range 156~158 MHz Frequency Stability ±2.5 PPM Power Output 1 W , 2.5 W, and 6 W Spurious Emissions -40 dB @ HI; -40 dB @ LO. Current Drain 14[...]

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    E-32 Uniden MHS135DSC Radio Owner ’s Manual US Marine Channels Ch RX Freq TX Freq Status Name 19A 156.950 156.950 Simplex Commercial 20 161.600 157.000 Duplex Port operation 20A 157.000 157.000 Simplex Port operation 21A 157.050 157.050 Simplex Coast guard only 22A 157.100 157.100 Simplex Coast guard 23A 157.150 157.150 Simplex Coast guard only 2[...]

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    E-33 Uniden MHS135DSC Radio Owner ’s Manual Canadian channel frequencies and names Canadian Marine Channels Ch RX Freq TX Freq Status Name 1 160.650 156.050 Duplex Marine Operator 2 160.700 156.100 Duplex Marine Operator 3 160.750 156.150 Duplex Marine Operator 4A 156.200 156.200 Simplex Canadian Coast Guard 5A 156.250 156.250 Simplex Vessel T ra[...]

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    E-34 Uniden MHS135DSC Radio Owner ’s Manual Canadian Marine Channels Ch RX Freq TX Freq Status Name 70 156.525 Inhibit Receive only Digital Selective Calling 71 156.575 156.575 Simplex Non Commercial 72 156.625 156.625 Simplex Non Commercial 73 156.675 156.675 Simplex Port Operation 74 156.725 156.725 Simplex Port Operation 75 156.775 156.775 Sim[...]

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    E-35 Uniden MHS135DSC Radio Owner ’s Manual Ch RX Freq TX Freq Status Name on display 13 156.6500 156.6500 Simplex Bridge to bridge 14 156.7000 156.7000 Simplex Vessel trafc system 15 156.7500 156.7500 Simplex, 1 W Environmental 16 156.8000 156.8000 Simplex Distress, Safety, Calling 17 156.8500 156.8500 Simplex, 1 W Govt maritime control 18 16[...]

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    E-36 Uniden MHS135DSC Radio Owner ’s Manual Ch RX Freq TX Freq Status Name on display 75 156.7750 156.7750 Simplex, 1 W Port operation 76 156.8250 156.8250 Simplex, Port operation 77 156.8750 156.8750 Simplex Port operation (ship-ship) 78 161.5250 156.9250 Duplex Port operation 79 161.5750 156.9750 Duplex Port operation 80 161.6250 157.0250 Duple[...]

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    E-37 Uniden MHS135DSC Radio Owner ’s Manual the US Coast Guard website under the topic Radio Info for Boaters (the direct link is http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/marcomms/boater .htm ). Here are a few guidelines that affect nearly all boaters. x If you have a VHF radio on your boat, you must maintain a watch on channel 16 (156.800 MHz) whenever the ra[...]

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    E-38 Uniden MHS135DSC Radio Owner ’s Manual the one specied in the owner’s manual. Using another charger may damage the battery or cause the battery to explode. NOTE: Li-Ion batteries must be recycled or disposed of properly . Avoid exposing the battery (whether attached to the radio or not) to direct sunlight, heated cars, or temperatures b[...]