Related Manuals for Uniden MHS335
Summary of Contents for Uniden MHS335
- Page 1 MHS335 FLOATING VHF MARINE RADIO RADIO VHF MARITIME FLOTTANTE OWNER’S MANUAL GUIDE D’UTILISATION...
-
Page 2: Making A Voice Distress Call
Lift the red cover. Press and hold the MAKING A DISTRESS CALL for three seconds. Your radio transmits Lift the red cover DISTRESS key your ship’s location every few minutes until you and press the white receive a response. DISTRESS button underneath. - Page 3 Soulevez le couvercle noir. Maintenez FAIRE UN APPEL DE DÉTRESSE enfoncé pendant trois secondes. Votre radio DISTRESS transmettra l’emplacement de votre bateau toutes Soulevez le les quelques minutes jusqu’à ce que vous receviez couvercle et une réponse. appuyez sur le bouton DISTRESS blanc en dessous.
-
Page 4: Table Of Contents
Table of Contents SCAN Soft Key ....... E-17 COMP Soft Key ....... E-17 NAV Soft Key ......E-17 INTRODUCTION .......E-3 WPT Soft Key ......E-17 FEATURES ........E-3 BT Soft Key ......E-17 WHAT'S INCLUDED ....E-4 SPKR Soft Key......E-18 PARTS OF THE MHS335BT ..E-4 OPERATION MODES ....E-18 Front View ......... - Page 5 Setting WX Alert Mode .... E-26 Resending an Automatic Setting FIPS Codes ....E-26 Distress Call ....... E-33 Adjusting the Backlight.... E-26 Receiving an Automatic Adjust the LCD Contrast ..E-27 Distress Call Turning the Key Beep Acknowledgement ....E-33 On and Off ......
- Page 6 UNIDEN MARINE APP ...E-40 REGULATIONS AND SAFETY WARNINGS ...E-51 MAINTENANCE AND Maritime Radio Services TROUBLESHOOTING ..E-40 Operation .......E-51 SPECIFICATIONS ....E-42 Basic Radio Guidelines ....E-51 REFERENCE TABLES ....E-43 RBRC Information ....E-52 Channel Descriptions and COMPLIANCE ......E-53 What They Mean ....E-43...
-
Page 7: Introduction
Uniden's MHS335BT is a floating, hand-held class D DSC radio with an integrated GPS receiver. It is also Bluetooth capable so you can use Uniden's smartphone app (iOS and Android) to set up the radio and text message other VHF text message capable radios. -
Page 8: What's Included
1 meter NMEA cable MHS335 Radio Wrist Strap DC Adapter AC Adapter Mounting Hardware Charging Cradle If any pieces are missing or damaged, contact Customer Service at www.uniden.com. PARTS OF THE MHS335BT Front View DISTRESS Microphone VOL/ Function Keys Ext. Speaker/... -
Page 9: Back View
Press once: Adjust volume. VOL/SQ key Press twice: Adjust squelch. DISTRESS key Activate DISTRESS screen. Send out default distress signal. Back View Wrist strap slot Battery Battery Belt clip latch Battery charging contacts Uniden MHS335 Radio Owner’s Manual... -
Page 10: Charger
LAT:32˚53,6604N LON:096˚59,3158W TIME:20:47 Local DATE:Aug 23,2017 < > CALL Display Icons and What They Mean Number Icon What it means Battery level Channel mode (USA, INTL, or CAN) Displays when mail is available. Weather Alert Uniden MHS335 Radio Owner’s Manual... - Page 11 GPS Data Latitude, Longitude, Time, and Date at current position. Displays when Weather mode active. Displays when a channel is saved into memory. Displays TRI (Triple) or DUAL (Dual) watch mode as set in Menus. Channel Current channel number. Number Uniden MHS335 Radio Owner’s Manual...
-
Page 12: How It Works
HOW IT WORKS The MHS335 uses a 3-part operating structure: Menus, Soft Keys, and a pop-up keyboard. These elements work with each other to quickly set up and operate your radio. Menus - Press the MENU key to access the menus (see page E-8). - Page 13 Establish Waypoint and route directories and Page E-12 routing information. BLUETOOTH Turn Bluetooth on and off and provide a Page E-12 SETUP broadcast identifier (name) for your radio. DSC SETUP Configure DSC calling and directories. Page E-12 Uniden MHS335 Radio Owner’s Manual...
-
Page 14: Distress Message Menu
Set how bright the backlight is and how long the backlight stays on. Backlight level: Off, 1 - 5 (Default = 3). Backlight duration: Always on, 5 sec , 10 sec, 20 sec, or 30 sec. E-10 Uniden MHS335 Radio Owner’s Manual... -
Page 15: Radio Setup Menu
Scan Pause Set how long scanning will pause when the SCAN soft key is Timer pressed. Channel Name Rename a channel (see page E-40). Noise Cancel Select noise cancelling for received or transmitted signals. Uniden MHS335 Radio Owner’s Manual E-11... -
Page 16: Gps Menu
Add, edit, or delete individual directory entries. Group Directory Set up a group with an Group MMSI. Send this GROUP MMSI number to other ships.Those ships are now part of the group you created. E-12 Uniden MHS335 Radio Owner’s Manual... -
Page 17: About Menu
For example, you can add ships to call (name and MMSI numbers) through MENU/DSC SETUP/Individual Directory. Then select CALL/INDIVIDUAL CALL through the soft keys and the ship you added through the menus displays. Uniden MHS335 Radio Owner’s Manual E-13... -
Page 18: Mob Soft Key
Some call types use the information previously set up in the menus to configure the call parameters. For example, if you select INDIVIDUAL CALL through the CALL soft key, a list of ships that were set up through MENU/DSC SETUP/Individual Directory displays. E-14 Uniden MHS335 Radio Owner’s Manual... - Page 19 Press the CALL soft key and select through MENU/DSC POSITION REQUEST. The list of the SETUP/Individual ships entered previously displays Directory. Select a ship and press SELECT. A Position Send screen displays your current GPS location. Press SEND. Uniden MHS335 Radio Owner’s Manual E-15...
-
Page 20: Hilo Soft Key
/Dual/Tri Watch. Select DUAL or TRI. OPERATION Press TRI soft key. The screen scans the current channel and the priority channels set in the menus. The TRI icon displays on the LCD (see page E-6). E-16 Uniden MHS335 Radio Owner’s Manual... -
Page 21: Mem Soft Key
MENU/WAYPOINT SETUP /Edit screen. For example, search for "Key West Naval Hospital coordinates." BT Soft Key You can send a text message, review text messages, and turn Bluetooth on and off through this soft key. Uniden MHS335 Radio Owner’s Manual E-17... -
Page 22: Spkr Soft Key
SENDING TEXT MESSAGES NOTE: You can send texts from your radio or from your mobile device using the Uniden Marine app, available for Android and iOS. Press the BT soft key and select TEXT MESSAGING.A pop-up keyboard displays (NEW MESSAGE) with the TO: area highlighted. -
Page 23: Normal
Dual to turn Dual Watch on (and = 9) Triple Watch off). Note: Private ships must monitor channel 16. Whenever they are underway. Water-going ships should have either Triple Watch or Dual Watch on at all times. Uniden MHS335 Radio Owner’s Manual E-19... - Page 24 If the radio detects a signal on a channel, it stays on that channel as long as the signal is received; when the signal stops, the radio continues scanning. E-20 Uniden MHS335 Radio Owner’s Manual...
- Page 25 If the radio receives a weather alert while scanning, it beeps to alert you that there is an alert on a weather channel. Press any key to stop the alert. A Weather Alert Reception Confirnation screen displays. Select OK to display a confirmation screen. Uniden MHS335 Radio Owner’s Manual E-21...
- Page 26 Weather Alert mode, the radio sounds an alert tone. USING THE RADIO IN WEATHER MODE You cannot transmit while in Weather mode. To enter Weather mode, press the WX soft key. To turn off the radio’s alert tone, press any key. E-22 Uniden MHS335 Radio Owner’s Manual...
-
Page 27: Setting Up The Hardware
Charging the Battery Your radio includes a charger and a rechargeable battery pack. You can recharge the battery pack in the charger by itself or installed in the radio. Being able to charge the battery Uniden MHS335 Radio Owner’s Manual E-23... -
Page 28: Charging The Radio With Battery Pack Installed
SETTING UP YOUR RADIO TURNING IT ON Press the POWER key for at least two seconds until the UNIDEN splash screen displays. Release the POWER key. Press and hold it to turn the unit off. ENTERING THE USER MMSI When you power up your radio for the first time, it displays MMSI Not Entered and then displays a Marine mode screen. -
Page 29: Setting It Up
STRONG SIG. MEDIUM SIG. WEAK SIG. OPEN NOTE: Setting the squelch level too high may prevent you from hearing weaker transmissions. If you are having difficulty hearing a transmission, try setting the squelch level lower. Uniden MHS335 Radio Owner’s Manual E-25... -
Page 30: Setting The Uic Channel Mode (Usa/Can/Intl
Select Backlight Level and press ▲ or ▼ to adjust the brightness (Off, 1 - 5). Select Backlight Timeout and press ▲ or ▼ to set the length of time the backlight stays on before turning off: 5 sec E-26 Uniden MHS335 Radio Owner’s Manual... -
Page 31: Adjust The Lcd Contrast
NOTE: If you try to change transmission power output but the channel is only 1W, the radio sounds an error tone and stays at 1W. Some channels (for example, channels 13 and 67) limit the transmission power to 1W. Uniden MHS335 Radio Owner’s Manual E-27... -
Page 32: Saving The Channel Into Memory
MMSI NUMBERS In order to use DSC features, you must be assigned an individual User MMSI number and program that number into your radio. You can get more information on MMSI numbers at these resources: E-28 Uniden MHS335 Radio Owner’s Manual... -
Page 33: Entering Mmsi Numbers
MMSI number and name, press Select. To cancel this MMSI number entry, press Delete. EDIT Press MENU then select DSC SETUP/Individual Directory/EDIT. The Individual DIR screen displays with a list of all the names entered into the directory. Uniden MHS335 Radio Owner’s Manual E-29... -
Page 34: Group Directory
Select a group name and press SELECT. The group entry is deleted. MAKING DSC CALLS There are essentially four different types of DSC voice calls: E-30 Uniden MHS335 Radio Owner’s Manual... - Page 35 You see a rowboat entering the area, but since it doesn’t have a radio, you can’t communicate with the rowboat. You use all ships calling to alert all the other ships in the area of the possible danger. All ships call All ships call Group call Individual call Uniden MHS335 Radio Owner’s Manual E-31...
-
Page 36: Calling A Single Station (Individual Call
Select either option and then enter the channel to transmit on. Select SEND. The next screen displays the type of ALL SHIPS CALL sent, the channel the call was sent on, and a random countdown clock. E-32 Uniden MHS335 Radio Owner’s Manual... -
Page 37: Making An Automatic Distress Call
NOTE: This radio does not have the ability to acknowledge a distress call. Only the Coast Guard or an authorized Search and Rescue agency can acknowledge a DSC distress call. The soft keys change to QUIT (return to the Idle screen), PAUSE, and INFO (view Uniden MHS335 Radio Owner’s Manual E-33... -
Page 38: Dsc Calls
The radio displays the last 50 transmitted calls and the last 50 received calls that it received. If you have unread incoming DSC calls, the radio displays a Message icon. When you display all Distress and Other receiving logs, the message icon disappears. E-34 Uniden MHS335 Radio Owner’s Manual... -
Page 39: Making Or Returning A Call
Select either TRANSMITTED LOG or RECEIVED LOG. A list of calls displays. Scroll up or down to select a call. The VIEW LOG displays the dall details. Select CALL from the VIEW LOG soft keys. Uniden MHS335 Radio Owner’s Manual E-35... -
Page 40: Test Calls
Select CALL soft key. The CALL screen displays. Select POSITION REQUEST. The POSITION REQUEST screen displays the list of ships you entered into the Individual directory. E-36 Uniden MHS335 Radio Owner’s Manual... -
Page 41: Position Send
Overboard) soft key (see page E-14) lets you immediately save your current position so rescuers can converge on that exact man overboard location. The Favorites menus let you create a directory of favorite places and their coordinates so you can easily return there. Uniden MHS335 Radio Owner’s Manual E-37... -
Page 42: Gps Menu
Choose Course Up (oriented by your course direction) or North Up (oriented to compass north). Location Accuracy Location in degrees (DDD), minutes (mm), and seconds (ss). D-GPS D-GPS is a means of correcting GPS variances. Turn D-GPS off in the southern hemisphere. E-38 Uniden MHS335 Radio Owner’s Manual... -
Page 43: Nmea Features
NMEA sentences contain different sets of data related to your ship. The MHS335BT supports the following sentences: DATA UTC Time Status (Valid/IInvalid) Latitude/Longitude Speed Course Date X = Data Not Provided O = Data Provided Chartplotter Connection Connect to Chartplotter Uniden MHS335 Radio Owner’s Manual E-39... -
Page 44: Nmea Output
When you are satisfied with the channel list, select CLR to return to the Idle screen. UNIDEN MARINE APP Uniden's Marine Radio app lets you configure your MHS335BT and send text messages from your mobile device. The app is available for iOS and Android. Go to the Apple App store, Google Play, or Amazon to download this free app. - Page 45 You are responsible for continued FCC technical compliance of your radio. Arrange for periodic performance checks with your Uniden dealer. Problem Things to Try - Verify that the battery is installed correctly. The radio won’t turn on. - Charge the radio.
-
Page 46: Specifications
0.449 oz (12.75g) Transmitter Frequency Range 156~158 MHz Frequency Stability ±2.5 PPM max Power Output 1W, 2.5W, and 6W Spurious Emissions -30 dBm @ HI; -30 dBm @ LO (nominal) Current Drain 1.5 A (6W) E-42 Uniden MHS335 Radio Owner’s Manual... -
Page 47: Reference Tables
NAVIGATIONAL/BRIDGE TO passing or meeting other ships, maneuvering BRIDGE through locks, or navigating around drawbridges. Messages must be short! Uniden MHS335 Radio Owner’s Manual E-43... -
Page 48: Marine Radio Channel Chart
156.300 Inter-ship safety Public Correspondence (Marine 156.350 160.950 Operator) 156.350 156.350 Commercial 156.400 156.400 Commercial (Inter-Ship Only) Boater Calling, Commercial and 156.450 156.450 Non-Commercial 156.500 156.500 Commercial 156.550 156.550 Commercial, VTS in selected areas E-44 Uniden MHS335 Radio Owner’s Manual... - Page 49 161.700 Port Operations, Ship Movement US and Canadian Coast Guard Liaison and Airtime Safety 157.100 157.100 Information Broadcasts Announced on Channel 16 Public Correspondence (Marine 157.150 161.750 Operator) 157.150 157.150 US Coast Guard Only Uniden MHS335 Radio Owner’s Manual E-45...
- Page 50 VTS, Port Operations Public Correspondence (Marine 156.225 160.825 Operator) 156.225 156.225 Canada: Commercial Fishing Only Public Correspondence (Marine 156.275 160.875 Operator) Port Operations 156.275 156.275 Canada: Towing West Coast Public Correspondence (Marine 156.325 160.925 Operator) E-46 Uniden MHS335 Radio Owner’s Manual...
- Page 51 Port Operationsx 157.025 157.025 Commercial, Inter-Ship 157.075 161.675 Port Operations 157.075 157.075 Government, Canadian Coast Guard 157.125 161.725 Port Operations 157.125 157.125 Government, Canadian Coast Guard 157.175 161.775 Port Operations 157.175 157.175 Coast Guard Uniden MHS335 Radio Owner’s Manual E-47...
-
Page 52: Weather Channels And Frequencies (Us, Can, And Intl
162.400 MHz WX03 162.4750 162.475 MHz WX04 162.4250 162.425 MHz WX05 162.4500 162.450 MHz WX06 162.5000 162.500 MHz WX07 162.5250 162.525 MHz WX08 161.6500 161.650 MHz WX09 161.7750 161.775 MHz WX10 163.2750 163.275 MHz E-48 Uniden MHS335 Radio Owner’s Manual... -
Page 53: Emergency Alert (Same) System
Hurricane Watch Watch Hurricane Warning Warning Hurricane Statement Statement Severe Thunderstorm Watch Watch Severe Thunderstorm Warning Warning Severe Weather Statement Statement Special Marine Warning Warning Special Weather Statement Statement Tornado Watch Watch Tornado Warning Warning Uniden MHS335 Radio Owner’s Manual E-49... -
Page 54: No Response Event Code
Warning Volcano Warning Warning Test Message Test Practice/Demo Warning Test Required Monthly Test Test Required Weekly Test Test No Response Event Code Transmitter Backup On Transmitter Carrier On Transmitter Carrier On Transmitter Primary On E-50 Uniden MHS335 Radio Owner’s Manual... -
Page 55: Regulations And Safety Warnings
Unauthorized changes or modifications to this equipment may void compliance with the FCC Rules. Any change or modification must be approved in writing by Uniden. Changes or modifications not approved by Uniden could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment. -
Page 56: Rbrc Information
In case of exposure to the cell contents, wash the affected area thoroughly, and seek medical attention. RBRC INFORMATION As part of our commitment to protect the environment and conserve natural resources, Uniden voluntarily participates in an RBRC® industry program to collect and recycle used Li-Ion batteries within the US. -
Page 57: Compliance
à l’utilisateur de faire fonctionner cet équipement. Tout changement ou modification doit être approuvé par écrit par Uniden. Avis de conformité à la FCC : Ce dispositif a été testé et s’avère conforme à l’article 15 des règlements de la Commission fédérale des communications (FCC). -
Page 58: Three Year Limited Warranty
(E) used in any conjunction with equipment or parts or as part of any system not manufactured by Uniden, or (F) installed or programmed by anyone other than as detailed by the Operating Guide for this product. - Page 60 QUESTIONS? Visit our website at www.uniden.com. QUESTIONS? Contactez-nous au www.uniden.com. Printed in Vietnam Imprimé au Vietnam Issue 1, November 2017...