Table Of Contents - Standard Horizon HX210 Owner's Manual

1. GENERAL INFORMATION .................................. 1
1.1 INTRODUCTION ............................................ 1
2. SAFETY PRECAUTIONS .................................... 2
3. ABOUT THIS RADIO ........................................... 4
3.1 ABOUT THE VHF MARINE BAND ................. 4
3.2 ABOUT WATER PROTECTION ..................... 4
3.3 DISTRESS AND HAILING ( CHANNEL 16 ) .... 4
3.4 CALLING ANOTHER VESSEL ( CHANNEL 16 OR 9 ) .. 5
3.5 BRIDGE CHANNELS 13 AND 67 .................. 6
3.6 SIMPLEX/DUPLEX CHANNEL USE .............. 6
3.7 AUTOMATED RADIO CHECK SERVICE ...... 7
4. ACCESSORIES ................................................... 8
4.1 PACKING LIST ............................................... 8
4.2 OPTIONS ....................................................... 8
5. GETTING STARTED ............................................ 9
5.1 RADIO CARE ................................................ 9
5.2 BATTERIES AND CHARGERS ...................... 9
5.2.1 BATTERY SAFETY ............................... 9
5.2.2 BATTERY CHARGING ........................ 10
5.3 BELT CLIP INSTALLATION / REMOVAL ..... 11
6. CONTROLS AND INDICATORS ........................ 12
6.1 CONTROLS AND SWITCHES ..................... 12
6.2 LCD INDICATORS ....................................... 14
7. BASIC OPERATION .......................................... 16
7.1 PROHIBITED COMMUNICATIONS ............. 16
7.2 INITIAL SETUP ............................................ 16
7.3 RECEPTION ................................................ 16
7.4 TRANSMISSION .......................................... 16
7.4.1 TRANSMIT POWER ........................... 17
7.4.2 TRANSMIT TIME - OUT TIMER ( TOT ) ... 17
7.5 USA, CANADIAN, AND
INTERNATIONAL CHANNELS ... 17
7.6 KEYPAD LOCKING ...................................... 18
7.7 NOAA WEATHER CHANNELS .................... 18
7.7.1 NOAA WEATHER ALERT ................... 18
7.7.2 NOAA WEATHER ALERT TESTING ... 19
7.8 PRESET CHANNELS: INSTANT ACCESS.... 20
7.8.1 PROGRAMMING PRESET
CHANNEL BANKS ... 20
7.8.2 OPERATION on a Preset Channel ...... 20
7.8.3 Deleting a Preset Channel .................. 21
7.9 SCANNING .................................................. 22
7.9.1 PROGRAMMING SCAN MEMORY .... 22
7.9.2 SELECTING SCAN TYPE ................... 22
7.9.3 SCANNING OPERATION ................... 23
7.10 MULTI WATCH (TO PRIORITY CHANNEL) ... 24
7.10.1 Setting up the Multi Watch Operation .... 24
7.10.2 Starting the Dual Watch .................... 24
7.10.3 Starting the Triple Watch ................... 25
7.11 Listening to the FM Radio .......................... 25
Frequency sweep operation for
the FM radio mode ... 26
Store the FM frequency ................................ 26
Memory Frequency Recall ........................... 26
7.12 Soft Keys .................................................... 27
Key Assignment............................................ 27
Key Timer ..................................................... 27
8. MENU ("SETUP") .............................................. 28
CHANNEL SETUP ............................................. 28
CHANNEL GROUP ...................................... 28
WEATHER ALERT ....................................... 28
SCAN MEMORY .......................................... 28
SCAN TYPE ................................................. 28
SCAN RESUME ........................................... 29
MULTI WATCH ............................................. 29
PRIORITY CH .............................................. 29
SUB CH ........................................................ 29
FM SETUP ......................................................... 30
ADD .............................................................. 30
EDIT ............................................................. 31
DELETE ....................................................... 31
CONFIG ............................................................. 31
KEY BEEP .................................................... 31
BATTERY SAVE ........................................... 32
STROBE LED............................................... 32
KEY SETUP ................................................. 33
BACKLIT LEVEL .......................................... 33
BACKLIT TIMER .......................................... 34
CONTRAST .................................................. 34
RESET ......................................................... 35
ABOUT... ............................................................ 35
8. MAINTENANCE ................................................. 36
8.1 GENERAL .................................................... 36
8.2 FACTORY SERVICE .................................... 36
9. VHF MARINE CHANNEL ASSIGNMENTS ....... 37
10. WARRANTY ..................................................... 43
Marine Products Limited Warranty ..................... 43
11. SPECIFICATIONS ............................................ 46
11.1 GENERAL .................................................. 46
11.2 TRANSMITTER .......................................... 46
11.3 RECEIVER ................................................. 46
11.4 FM BROADCAST RECEIVER.................... 46
12. FCC AND CANADA RADIO LICENSE INFOR-
MATION .................................................................. 47
MARITIME STATION LICENSE ......................... 47
MARINE RADIO CALL SIGN ............................. 47
CANADIAN SHIP STATION LICENSING ........... 47
FCC / INDUSTRY CANADA INFORMATION ..... 47
13. RF EXPOSURE SAFETY STATEMENT .......... 48
SAFETY INFORMATION ................................... 48
CONSIGNES DE SECURITE ............................ 48
14. FCC NOTICE .................................................... 48