Cobra Electronics MR F80B-D manual

A 1 English Our Thanks to you and Customer Assistance Introduction VHF MARIN E RA DIO M R F 8 0 B - D P rinted in China Part No. 480-694-P V ersion A Owner’ s Manual No th i ng C om e s Cl os e t o a Co br a ® Thank you for purchasing a CobraMarine ® VHF radio. Properly used, this Cobra ® product will give you many years of reliable service. H[...]

A3 English Pr od uc t F ea tu re s Introduction A2 English T ransceiver Controls, Indicators and Connections Introduction Sque lch Knob Powe r V olume Knob Loca l Mode Butt on Back lit LCD Scre en HI/L O Powe r Butt on Rewi nd Butt on Spea ker Chan nel Knob T ri-W atc h Butt on Inst ant Chan nel 16/9 Butt on Publ ic Addr ess / Esca pe Chan nel Pres[...]

Waterproof Submersible to 3.28 ft (1 m) of water for 30 minutes — meets JIS7 Standards. Local Mode A dedicated button that allows user to lower unnecessar y noise interference from random RF noise in highly populated areas. Distress Call Button Allows sending a distress message at the touch of a button as well as specific station-to-station calls[...]

Introduction Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® T able Of Contents 1 In t r o du c ti o n Our Thanks to Y ou . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A1 Customer Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A1 T ransceiver Con[...]

Introduction Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® 2 English Important Safety Information Introduction Important Safety Information 3 The following WARNINGS and NOTICE information will make you aware of RF exposure hazards and how to assure you operate the radio within the FCC RF exposure limits established for the radio. WARNINGS Y our radio generates[...]

Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® 4 English Recommendations for Marine Communication FCC Licensing Information 5 NOTICE A VOID using or storing the radio at temperatures below -4°F (-20°C) or above 140°F (60°C). NEVER connect the transceiver to DC power greater than 16 volts or to any DC source with reversed polarity . Doing so will damage the [...]

Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® 6 English VHF Marine Radio Procedures V oice Calling 7 User Responsibility and Operating Locations All users are responsible for observing domestic and foreign government regulations and are subject to severe penalties for violations. The VHF frequencies on your radio are reserved for marine use and require a speci[...]

Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® Maritime Mobile Service Identity (MMSI) 9 8 English Digital Selective Calling (DSC) The vesse l Cors air calli ng th e vess el V aga bon d: Cor sair : “V ag abo nd, th is is Co rsai r (st ati on lic ens e numb er cal l sig n).” V ag abo nd : “C or sa ir , th is i s V ag ab on d. Ove r .” Cor sair : “V ag [...]

MA YDA Y P AN SECURITE Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® 10 English Radiotelephone Calls Emergency Messages and Distress Procedure 1 1 Ra dio te le ph on e Cal ls • Boaters may make and receive radiotelephone calls to and from any number on the telephone network by using the ser vices of public coast stations. Calls can be made — for a fee — [...]

For Example Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® Emergency Messages and Distress Procedure 13 12 English Emergency Messages and Distress Procedure If Y ou Hear a Distress Call Y ou must give any message beginning with one (1) of these signals priority over any other messages. ALL stations MUST remain silent on Channel 16 for the duration of the emerge[...]

Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® Mounting and Powering the Radio 15 14 English Included in this Package I nc lu d e d in t h i s P ac ka g e • Y ou should find all of the following items in the package with your CobraMarine VHF radio: NOTE Cobra Accessor y Harness CM 140-001 is an optional wire harness that is used to interface the MR F80 radio [...]

Microphone Bracket Mounting Kit T o Install The Microphone Bracket Mounting Kit: Install the microphone bracket mounting kit on a vertical sur face near the transceiver using the supplied stainless steel screws. Flush Mount A Flush Mount kit is included with your CobraMarine VHF radio to allow its installation in almost any flat surface. T o Moun t[...]

Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® Antenna Requirements and Attachment 19 18 English Mounting and Powering the Radio Installation and Start-Up Installation and Start-Up NOTE All wiring is best kept as short as possible. If the power leads must be extended, use a high-quality, marine-grade cable sized for up to 10 amps of current. T o minimize voltag[...]

Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® External Devices and Connections 21 20 English Antenna Requirements and Attachment WAR NING Do not transmit when anyon e is within the MPE radius of the ante nna unless that person or pers ons are shielded from the antenna by a grou nded metalli c barrie r . This is especially import ant on vessels with antenn as m[...]

Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® External Devices and Connections 22 English External Devices and Connections Public Address Speaker (Not Included) At times, it may be handy to address other boats or give instructions to line handlers on the dock. Y our CobraMarine VHF radio can be switched to operate in the Public Address mode through an attached[...]

24 English Getting Started Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® Getting Started 25 Distress Acknowledgement Alarm High—low . Long pause, then repeat. Press any button to turn it Off. DSC Routine Call Alarm High—pause—high—pause—high. Long pause, then repeat. Press any button to turn it Off. DSC Geographical Alarm Loud, continuous, medium-pit[...]

Channel Select Using Radio Knob Allows for the manual selection of all the VHF marine channels that have been established for use in the U.S.A., Internationally and in Canada. NOTE This knob will also allow scrolling in many of the setup and advanced operation menus. When the Channel Select knob on the radio is turned in a clockwise rotation, highe[...]

Introduction Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® Setup Mode Programming 29 28 English Getting Started Introduction Standby and Receive Standby mode is the usual mode for the radio whenever it is turned On. From Standby Mode, Y ou Can: ■ Change your radio’ s settings using setup routines. ■ Receive messages on the current channel as well as DSC [...]

Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® Setup Mode Programming 31 30 English Setup Mode Programming LCD Display Lamp Adjust The LCD display has a backlight lamp to make it visible in the dark. The lamp can be adjusted for brightness or turned off. Make all lamp adjustments in the LAMP ADJ menu. The lamp will operate at the HIGH level until adjusted to HI[...]

Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® Special Features 33 32 English Setup Mode Programming NOTE Whe n the tim e off set is at zero (0), th e LCD sho ws th e tim e as UTC. When a time zon e hour offs et is ent ere d, the LCD show s the local time. All DSC messa ges are bas ed on UTC . The radio will al so sho w the lo cal time as th e adj ustm ent is b[...]

Introduction Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® Product Features 35 V oice T ransmission 34 English Special Features Make Y our Own Recording The recor din g feat ure may als o be used to stor e othe r imp orta nt in form ati on li ke fue l cons ump tio n, wat er con diti ons , fish ing note s (suc h as the rmal clin e dept hs, type of bai t, etc .)[...]

Introduction Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® Product Features 37 36 English V oice T ransmission T ransmit Power Output The radio trans mit s sele cti vel y at 1 or 25 wat ts of po wer . Cob ra sug ges ts mai nta ini ng the low pow er set tin g for sh ort- ran ge com mun icat ion s to avo id ove rpo wer ing nearb y stat ion s wit h the sig nal . [...]

Introduction Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® NOAA All Hazards/Weather Radio and Alert, w/SAME 39 38 English NOAA All Hazards/Weather Radio and Alert, w/SAME N OA A A l l H az a r ds / W ea th e r Ra di o an d Al er t , w/ SA M E • NOA A broa dca sts we ath er inf orm ati on as des cri bed in the NOA A We athe r Cha nne ls sec tio n on page 25 o[...]

Introduction Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® Product Features 41 Advanced Operation A dv an c e d Op er a t i o n • The re are sever al fea tur es in the Cobr aMa rin e MR F80 VHF rad io tha t prov ide quick acce ss to the voic e call ing chann els and allow monit ori ng mor e tha n one (1) chan nel at a time. Channel 16/9 Thi s func tio n prov[...]

Operating Y our Radio Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® Advanced Operation 43 42 English Product Features Introduction Advanced Operation T ri-Watch Use T ri-Watch one- but ton acces s to sca n the th ree (3) cha nnel s of mos t impo rta nce . Chan nel 16 is alwa ys in clu ded as sca nne d loca tio ns. The rem aini ng lo cati ons can be se t usi ng[...]

Operation from the Microphone Use the microphone to select operation modes and accomplish approximately 90% of all radio functions. Microphone features include: ■ Instant Channel 16/9 button is used to access emergency channels. ■ Channel Up/Down button is used to change channels. ■ Push to T alk (PTT) button is used to send or record a radio[...]

1. Enter the Setup menu and scroll to USERMMSI menu. 2. Press the Enter button. A blinking cursor displays at the first digit under USERMMSI ID ENTR Y . 3. Rotate the Channel knob to scroll through the number list to the digit of the MMSI number being entered. 4. Press the F1 and F2 Function buttons to select the digit. The blinking cursor moves to[...]

DSC Auto Channel Switching (Auto SW) DSC Calling allows for your radio to automatically switch to the channel designated by the calling station. Automatic Channel Switching might cause a problem if your radio is being used to maintain a listening watch or to communicate on a designated bridge-to-bridge or vessel traffic services (VTS) channel. T o [...]

Introduction Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® Product Features 51 50 English Product Features Introduction D ig it a l Se le c t Ca ll i n g (D SC ) Op er a t i on • The Send menu dis pla ys whe n the Distress butto n is pre ssed . NOTE This radio follows Class-D DSC protocol with a dedicated Channel 70 receiver . Sending Distress Calls Sen ding[...]

Introduction Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® Product Features 53 52 English Product Features Introduction Digital Select Calling (DSC) Operation Digital Select Calling (DSC) Operation There are three (3) choices: ■ Send a distress call automatically , with your position, if you are connected to a GPS. Or send the call, without your position, if[...]

Introduction Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® Product Features 55 54 English Product Features Introduction Digital Select Calling (DSC) Operation Digital Select Calling (DSC) Operation Regarding Distress Relay Calls This radio cannot send Distress Relay calls. Only large ships and shore stations, with specially equipped radios, can send Distress R[...]

Introduction Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® Product Features 57 56 English Product Features Introduction Digital Select Calling (DSC) Operation Digital Select Calling (DSC) Operation Sending a Geographical Call This radio does not send Geographical calls. Only large ships and shore stations with specially equipped radios send Geographical calls.[...]

Introduction Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® Product Features 59 58 English Product Features Introduction Digital Select Calling (DSC) Operation Digital Select Calling (DSC) Operation Receiving an Individual Call When another station makes an Individual call to the radio: ■ The Individual alarm sounds. ■ The caller is identified on the LCD. ?[...]

Introduction Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® Product Features 61 60 English Product Features Introduction Digital Select Calling (DSC) Operation Digital Select Calling (DSC) Operation If Y ou Receive a Position: The requested position with the station name and MMSI will show on your screen. Press the Enter button to return to Standby mode after y[...]

Introduction Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® Product Features 63 62 English Product Features Introduction Digital Select Calling (DSC) Operation Digital Select Calling (DSC) Operation Call Log and Distress Log Call Waiting functions similarly to the Caller ID function on your telephone. It will capture the caller’ s MMSI identification number a[...]

Operating Y our Radio Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® Specifications 65 64 English Maintenance and T roubleshooting Operating Y our Radio No display on LCD when radio is turned On Improper power connection Ens ure po wer conne cti ons are prope r and se cure Will transmit at 1 watt, but not at 25 watts Selected channel is limited to 1 watt Switch[...]

Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® 67 66 English VHF Marine Channel Assignments Appendix VHF Marine Channel Assignments Appendix VH F M ar in e Ch ann el As si gn me n t s • Three (3) sets of VHF channels have been established for marine use in the U.S.A., Canada and the rest of the world (International). Most of the channels are the same for all [...]

Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® 69 68 English Appendix VHF Marine Channel Assignments Appendix VHF Marine Channel Assignments Public Correspondence (Marine Operator) Channels 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 60, 61, 84, 84A, 85, 85A, 86, 86A, 87, 87A, 88* For calls to marine operators at public coast stations. Y ou can make and receive telephone calls through[...]

Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® 71 70 English VHF Marine Channel Assignments Appendix VHF Marine Channel Assignments Appendix 01 •• 156.050 160.650 Public Correspondence (Marine Operator) Correspondencia pública (operador marítimo) 01A • 156.050 156.050 Port Operations and Commercial, Operaciones portuarias y comerciales; VTS in selected [...]

Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® 73 VHF Marine Channel Assignments Appendix VHF Marine Channel Assignments Appendix 14 ••• 156.700 156.700 Port Operations, VTS in selected areas Operaciones portuarias; VTS en áreas selectas 15 • Rx Only 156.750 Environmental (Receive Only). Medioambiental (recepción solamente). Usado por radiobalizas de [...]

Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® 75 74 English VHF Marine Channel Assignments Appendix VHF Marine Channel Assignments Appendix 24 ••• 157.200 161.800 Pu bli c C orr es pon de nce (M ari ne Ope ra tor ) Correspondencia pública (operador marítimo) 25 ••• 157.250 161.850 Pu bli c C orr es pon de nce (M ari ne Ope ra tor ) Correspondenci[...]

Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® 77 76 English VHF Marine Channel Assignments Appendix VHF Marine Channel Assignments Appendix 78 • 156.925 161.525 Pu bli c C orr es pon de nce (M ari ne Ope ra tor ) Cor r es p on d en c ia púb li ca ( op era do r ma rí tim o) 78A •• 156.925 156.925 No n -C o mm e r c ia l (R ecr ea tio na l) No c om e r c[...]

Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® 79 78 English W eather Channel Assignments Appendix VHF Marine Channel Assignments Appendix NOTE Ma ny o f t he pl a in -n u mb e re d c h an ne l s, su c h a s 0 1, 0 2 a nd 03 , tr an s mi t a nd re ce i ve on d if fe r en t fr eq ue n ci e s. Th i s i s t er m ed du p le x o p er at i on . Th e r es t of th e pl[...]

Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® 81 80 English W arranty and T rademark Operating Y our Radio Li mi t ed 3-Y ea r W ar r a n t y • For Products Purchased in the U.S.A. Cobra Electronics Corporation warrants that its CobraMarine VHF radio, and the component parts thereof, will be free of defects in workmanship and materials for a period of three [...]

82 English 83 F l u s h M ou n t T e m p l at e / P l a nt i l la p a r a m o n t aj e e m po t ra d o Customer Service Use the supplied template to mark and cut an opening in the flat surface. NOTICE Before cutting, be sure the area behind the flat surface is clear of any instruments or wires that might be damaged in the process. Use la plantilla [...]