Cobra Electronics MRHH350FLT manual

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MEM SAME A TIS VOX L OMEDHI ROG VHF T R A B GMRS X C I U English Introduction Ba ckl it LC D ( L iq uid C rys ta l D i sp lay ) Scr ee n • UIC Activ e Ch anne l M ap I cons Butt on L ock Icon Low/ Medi um/H igh Powe r Ic ons Power Settings Selectable power settings produce 1, 3 or 6 watts of output power for near or distant calling. USA/Internati[...]

Introduction 1 Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® T able of Contents In tr od uc ti on Our Thanks to Y ou . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A1 Customer Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A1 Radio Controls and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

2 3 Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® General Precautions Ge ner al Pr ec au tio ns • The following WARNINGS and NOTIC E 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 rad io gen era tes el ectr oma gne tic RF (r adi o f req[...]

Introduction 5 Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® FCC Licensing Information Sea T ow Automated Radio Check (ARC) System Please try the Sea T ow Automated Radio Check service. Areas where the safety check service is available include the East Coast, Gulf of Mexico, and Southern California, as well as in select inland regions. The first and only boati[...]

7 Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® Included in this Package In clu d ed in t his Pa c ka ge • Y ou should find all of the following items in the package with your CobraMarine VHF radio: 6 English FCC Licensing Information International Station License If your vessel will be entering the sovereign waters of a country other than the U.S.A. or Cana[...]

9 Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® W rist Strap and Belt Clip In sta ll /Re mov e A nte nn a • 1. T o install the antenna turn the antenna into the radio clockwise to tighten. Do not overtighten 2. T o remove the antenna turn the antenna counter clockwise. This radio transmitter IC: 906A-MRHH350 has been approved by Industry Canada to operate wi[...]

VHF Marine Radio Protocols Installation 1 1 Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® T o Remove Battery Pack from Radio 1. Loosen the screw on the back of the battery pack. 2. Lift the bottom of the battery pack slightly to remove it from the radio housing. 3. Pull battery pack out of the radio housing. NOTE The LiO N b att ery pack ca n a lso be ch arg e[...]

VHF Marine Radio Protocols Operating Y our Radio 13 Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® Getting Started Ge tti ng St art e d • Refer to the foldout at the front of this manual to identify the various controls and indicators on your radio. Throughout this manual you will be instructed to “Press” or to “Press and Hold” various buttons (except[...]

VHF Marine Radio Protocols Operating Y our Radio 15 Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® Getting Started Channel Up/Down Buttons Y our radio will Receive (Rx) and T ransmit (Tx) VHF signals on the channel indicated on the LCD display . Y ou can change the channel at any time using the Channel Up/Down buttons. T o Change Channels: Press the Channel Up/[...]

VHF Marine Radio Protocols 17 Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® Setup Mode Programming Se tup M ode Pr og ra mmi ng • The following series of procedures is designed to allow you to set the programmable features of your radio. Correctly following these steps results in a minimal amount of radio setup programming time. During setup programming, the[...]

VHF Marine Radio Protocols Operating Y our Radio 19 Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® Setup Mode Programming USA/International/Canada Channel Maps Three (3) sets of VHF Channel Maps have been established for marine use in the USA, Canada, and the rest of the world (International). Most of the channels are the same for all three (3) maps, but there [...]

21 Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® MEM SAME A TIS VOX L OMEDHI VHF T R A B GMRS X C I U Roger Beep Mode MEM SAME A TIS VOX L OMEDHI VHF T R A B GMRS X C I U Call T one Select VHF Marine Radio Protocols Operating Y our Radio 20 English Setup Mode Programming Call T one Select This setting will also allow you to transmit a unique Call T one alert t[...]

VHF Marine Radio Protocols Operating Y our Radio 23 Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® Standby/Receive and T ransmit T o Set WX Auto Search (SCAN) On or Off: WX auto search setup is only shown if WX Aler t is set to ON . 1. Display will show Weather icon and the matrix will display WX SCAN with ON or OFF flashing. 2. Press Channel Up/Down button to [...]

VHF Marine Radio Protocols Operating Y our Radio 25 Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® Standby/Receive and T ransmit NOTE If the T alk button is held down for five (5) minutes, the radio will automatically sound a series of beeps and cease transmitting to prevent unwanted signal generation and battery drain. As soon as the T alk button is released, [...]

VHF Marine Radio Protocols Operating Y our Radio 27 Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® Advanced Operation T ri-W atch Mode T ri-Watch mode gives you one (1) button access to scan a total of three (3) channels of most importance to you. Channel 16 is preprogrammed and will always be one (1) of the scanned locations. T wo (2) other channels of your ch[...]

VHF Marine Radio Protocols Operating Y our Radio 29 Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® Advanced Operation Memory Location Mode Y our radio has unlimited memory locations for storing your most frequently used channels. These memory locations can be selected individually or can be scanned. (See page 32 under Memory Location Scan .) T o enter Memory mo[...]

31 Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® Advanced Operation Channel Scan Mode During Channel Scan mode, the radio will rapidly switch from channel to channel through all the channels. NOTE The radio must be squelched for Channel Scan mode to function. See page 18 for Squelch procedure. T o Enter Channel Scan: 1. From Marine Standby mode, press the SCAN[...]

33 Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® Floating Feature VHF Marine Radio Protocols Operating Y our Radio 32 English Advanced Operation Memory Location Scan Mode During Memory Location Scan mode, the radio will rapidly scan through all pre-assigned memory channels. NOTE The radio must be squelched for Memory Location Scan mode to function. See page 18[...]

34 English Maintenance and T roubleshooting Introduction 35 Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® VHP Marine Radio Procedures No display on LCD when radio is turned On Batteries are exhausted Batteries not installed properly Recharge or replace batteries Remove batteries and reinstall according to polarity markings Batteries run down quickly Batteries [...]

37 Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® V oice Calling Prohibited Communications Y ou MUST NOT transmit: ■ False distress or emergency messages. ■ Messag es con tai ning ob sce ne, in dec ent or pro fan e l ang uag e. ■ Genera l c all s, sign als or me ssa ges (m ess age s no t a ddr ess ed to a p art icu lar sta tio n) on C han nel 16 , e xce p[...]

VHF Marine Radio Protocols 39 Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® Emergency Messages and Distress Procedure Em erg en cy Mes sa ges an d D ist r ess Pr oc ed ur e • The ability to summon assistance in an emergency is the primary reason to have a VHF marine radio. The marine environment can be unforgiving, and what may initially be a minor problem c[...]

VHF Marine Radio Protocols 41 Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® Emergency Messages and Distress Procedure Marine Distress Procedure Speak slowly — clearly — calmly . 1. Make sure your radio is On. 2. Select Channel 16. 3. Press T alk button and say: “MA YDA Y — MA YDA Y — MA YDA Y .” (Or “P AN — P AN — PAN,” or “SECURITE — S[...]

43 Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® VHF Marine Radio Protocols 42 English For Example Emergency Messages and Distress Procedure “Ma yday — May day — May day ” “Th is i s C ors air — Cor sai r — Co rsa ir” [o r “I L 1 234 AB ,” rep eat ed thr ee (3) ti mes ] “Ma yday Co rsa ir (or IL 12 34 AB) ” “Na vy P ier be ars 22 0 d [...]

44 English Product Service 45 Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® Specifications Pr od uc t S ervi ce • If you have any questions about operation or installing your new Co braMa rine V HF pro duct or if you ar e mis sing p arts… Please call Cobra first! DO NOT RETURN THIS PRODUCT TO TH E STORE! See customer assistance on page A1. If your product [...]

Introduction 47 Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® VHF Marine Channel Assignments Appendix 46 English A s i g n a c i ó n d e c an a l e s d e VH F p a r a ra d i o c o m u ni c a c i ó n ma r í t i m a • Existen tres (3) juegos de canales VHF para uso marítimo en los EE.UU., Canadá y el resto del mundo (internacional). La mayoría de los can[...]

49 Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® VHF Marine Channel Assignments Appendix 48 English VHF Marine Channel Assignments Sea T ow ARC (Automated Radio Check) Channels 24, 25, 26, 27, 28 T un e y our r ad io to t he prope r ch ann el fo r you r com munit y . C on du ct a ra dio c hec k as yo u nor mally w oul d. Upo n re lea si ng the m ic , t he sy s[...]

50 Appendix 51 Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® /Nada se compara a Cobra ® VHF Marine Channel Assignments Appendix English VHF Marine Channel Assignments 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 c[...]

Appendix 53 Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® /Nada se compara a Cobra ® VHF Marine Channel Assignments Appendix 52 English VHF Marine Channel Assignments 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[...]

Appendix 55 Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® /Nada se compara a Cobra ® VHF Marine Channel Assignments Appendix 54 English VHF Marine Channel Assignments 24 ••• 157.200 161.800 Se a T ow A RC (Au tom a te d R a di o C h ec k) RMCAR (Chequeo Automatizado de la Radio) 25 ••• 157.250 161.850 Se a T ow A RC (Au tom a te d R a di o C h ec [...]

Appendix 57 Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® /Nada se compara a Cobra ® VHF Marine Channel Assignments Appendix 56 English VHF Marine Channel Assignments 66A •• 156.325 156.325 Po rt Ope r at ion s Operaciones portuarias 67 ••• 156.375 156.375 68 ••• 156.425 156.425 No n-C omm e r c ia l ( R ec rea t io nal ) No comercial (recreat[...]

Appendix 59 Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® /Nada se compara a Cobra ® VHF Marine Channel Assignments Appendix 58 English VHF Marine Channel Assignments 78 • 156.925 161.525 Pu bli c C orr esp on den ce (Ma r in e O p er ato r ) Co rre spo nde n ci a p úb lic a ( ope r ad or m ar íti m o) 78A •• 156.925 156.925 No n-C omm e r c ia l ( R [...]

Appendix 61 Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® /Nada se compara a Cobra ® W eather Channel Assignments Appendix 60 English NOAA Weather Channels and Alert VH F M ar in e C ha nn el As sig nm en ts NOTE Ma ny of t he pl ain -n umb er ed ch ann el s, su ch as 0 1, 02 an d 03, t r an sm it a n d re ce ive o n d if fer en t f re que nc ies . Thi s is t[...]

62 Introduction Optional Accessories Ac ces so rie s • Y our Cobra radio has several optional accessories available to enhance the use of the radio. Some are listed below: Alkaline Battery T ray A special alkaline battery tray (P/N CM 110-024) is available as an optional accessory to have as an emergency backup. By using five (5) high-quality AA [...]