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Our Thanks to you and
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Introduction
Thank you for purchasing a CobraMarine
Properly used, this Cobra
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many years of reliable service.
How Your CobraMarine VHF Radio Works
Customer Assistance
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- Page 1 Our Thanks to you and Customer Assistance Introduction Thank you for purchasing a CobraMarine ® VHF radio. Properly used, this Cobra ® product will give you many years of reliable service. How Your CobraMarine VHF Radio Works Customer Assistance Customer Assistance For Assistance in the U.S.A.
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Page 2: Transceiver Controls, Indicators And Connections
Transceiver Controls, Indicators and Connections Product Features Introduction Introduction • Memory Scan Dual Power HI/LO Speaker Backlit Local Rewind Mode Button Screen Button Squelch Knob USA/International/Canada Channels Tri-Watch Power Volume Knob HI/LO All NOAA Weather Channels Power Button Noise Canceling Microphone Channel Knob Emergency Weather Alert with SAME... -
Page 3: Backlit Lcd (Liquid Crystal Display) Screen
Microphone/Speaker and Backlit LCD (Liquid Crystal Product Features (continued) Display) Screen Introduction Introduction • • Weather Waterproof NMEA Port for GPS, Chartplotter and Alert LOCAL ON Call Log Icon DSC Interfacing Radio SAME Alert Icons Icon Sensitivity Icon Active Channel Number Local Mode Radio Status and Data Display Fields... - Page 4 Table Of Contents Introduction Nothing...
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Page 5: Important Safety Information
Important Safety Information Important Safety Information Introduction Introduction WARNINGS NOTICE • Before installing and using your CobraMarine VHF radio, please read these general precautions and warnings. WARNINGS Warning and Notice Statements DO NOT WARNING KEEP NOTICE WARNING DO NOT NOTICE DO NOT Safety Training Information ALWAYS... -
Page 6: Fcc Licensing Information
Recommendations for Marine Communication FCC Licensing Information Introduction VHF Marine Radio Protocols NOTICE • AVOID NEVER DO NOT POSITION DO NOT DO NOT Station License DO NOT • International Station License Radio Call Sign Canadian Ship Station License English Nothing... -
Page 7: Voice Calling
VHF Marine Radio Procedures Voice Calling VHF Marine Radio Protocols VHF Marine Radio Protocols User Responsibility and Operating Locations Limits on Calling Change Channels NOTE Station Identification FCC Warnings: Prohibited Communications MUST NOT • Maintain Your Watch Power • To Call Another Vessel or Shore Installation (e.g. Lock or Bridge Tender): Calling Coast Stations NOTE Calling Other Vessels... -
Page 8: Digital Selective Calling (Dsc)
Maritime Mobile Digital Selective Calling (DSC) Service Identity (MMSI) VHF Marine Radio Protocols VHF Marine Radio Protocols For Example • The vessel Corsair calling the vessel Vagabond: The MMSI Number Is Available In The U.S.A. From Any Of Two (2) Sources: Corsair: Vagabond: Corsair:... -
Page 9: Radiotelephone Calls
Emergency Messages Radiotelephone Calls and Distress Procedure VHF Marine Radio Protocols VHF Marine Radio Protocols • • NOTICE Marine Emergency Signals MAYDAY MAYDAY SECURITE SECURITE 10 English Nothing... - Page 10 Emergency Messages Emergency Messages and Distress Procedure and Distress Procedure VHF Marine Radio Protocols VHF Marine Radio Protocols For Example If You Hear a Distress Call Marine Distress Procedure 3. Press Talk button and say: • 4. Say: Distress 5. Say: Standby 6.
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Page 11: Included In This Package
Mounting and Included in this Package Powering the Radio Installation and Start-Up Installation and Start-Up • • You should find all of the following items in the package with your CobraMarine VHF radio: Installing Your Radio Transceiver Transceiver Flush Mount Kit Transceiver Surface Mount Kit Operating Instruction Manual Microphone... -
Page 12: Powering The Radio
Mounting and Mounting and Powering the Radio Powering the Radio Installation and Start-Up Installation and Start-Up Microphone Bracket Mounting Kit Warning Sticker Microphone Bracket Warning Sticker Mounting Kit WARNING To Install The Microphone Bracket Mounting Kit: This equipment is designed to generate a digital maritime distress and safety signal to facilitate search and rescue. -
Page 13: Antenna Requirements
Mounting and Antenna Requirements Powering the Radio and Attachment Installation and Start-Up Installation and Start-Up NOTE • Antenna Requirements Length Wire Gauge WARNING Safe Maximum Permissible Exposure (MPE) Radius Installation Requirements 18 English Nothing... -
Page 14: External Devices
Antenna Requirements External Devices and Attachment and Connections Installation and Start-Up Installation and Start-Up WARNING • NMEA Communication Cable FAILURE TO OBSERVE THE ABOVE LIMITS MAY EXPOSE THOSE WITHIN THE MPE RADIUS TO RF ENERGY ABSORPTION IN EXCESS OF THE FCC MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE EXPOSURE. -
Page 15: External Devices And Connections
External Devices External Devices and Connections and Connections Installation And Start-Up Operating Your Radio Public Address Speaker (Not Included) Global Positioning System (GPS) Device NMEA/IO Cable (Not Included) Speaker/PA Cable To Install a Public Address Speaker: speaker positive speaker negative To Install a GPS Device: out negative in negative... -
Page 16: Getting Started
Getting Started Getting Started Operating Your Radio Operating Your Radio Distress Acknowledgement Alarm • DSC Routine Call Alarm DSC Geographical Alarm Tones and Alarms DSC Position Request Alarm Volume Up/Down Confirmation Tone DSC Individual Alarm Error Tone Weather Alarm DSC Distress Alarm NOTE 24 English Nothing... - Page 17 Getting Started Getting Started Operating Your Radio Operating Your Radio Channel Select Using Radio Knob Power On-Off – Volume/Squelch Channel Select Knob On-Off NOTE Volume On/Off Power/ Volume Knob Channel Select Rotary Rotary Channel Select Using Microphone Squelch Squelch Knob Channel Up Channel Down Local Mode Button...
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Page 18: Setup Mode Programming
Getting Started Setup Mode Programming Introduction Introduction Standby and Receive • Setup Menu Standby Setup Standby Mode From Standby Mode, You Can: Call/Setup Button NOTE Setup Setup Weather Alert Setup Menu Transmit Talk Standby Receive Basic Scrolling in the Setup Menus: Channel Select Knob Channel Select To Change the Channel You Are Listening to, You Can... - Page 19 Setup Mode Programming Setup Mode Programming Operating Your Radio Operating Your Radio Key Tone LCD Display Lamp Adjust Lamp Adjustment Talk LAMP ADJ KEY TONE To Turn the Confirmation Key Tone On or Off: To Adjust the LCD Display Lamp Level: Setup KEY TONE High/Medium/Low/Exit...
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Page 20: Special Features
Setup Mode Programming Special Features Operating Your Radio Operating Your Radio • NOTE Rewind-Say-Again™ Feature Rewind-Say-Again™ UIC Channel Map Example 1: U.S.A./International/Canada (UIC) Channel Maps Rewind-Say-Again™ Rewind- Say-Again™ UIC Select Example 2: To Set the Radio for the Area Used: Rewind-Say-Again™... - Page 21 Special Features Product Features Voice Transmission Operating Your Radio Introduction Operating Your Radio Make Your Own Recording PTT Menu • Transmit (TX) REWIND Talk Recording Stored Menu RECORD ENTER Channels Push to Talk (PTT) Choose One of the Following Options to Change the Channel: Channel Knob Channel...
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Page 22: Voice Transmission
Voice Transmission Product Features Voice Transmission Operating Your Radio Introduction Operating Your Radio Transmit Power Output NOTE Talk Talk To Toggle Between the High and Low Power Modes: Public Address HI/LO Power Button Public Address (PA) HI/LO Power To Broadcast on the PA Speaker: Low Power Standby Low Power Mode PA/ESC... -
Page 23: Noaa All Hazards/Weather Radio And Alert, W/Same
NOAA All Hazards/Weather NOAA All Hazards/Weather Radio and Alert, w/SAME Radio and Alert, w/SAME Operating Your Radio Introduction SAME Alert • NOTE Specific Area Message Encoding (SAME) SAME NOTE Weather Alert SAME WX/Enter Button SAME SAME To Listen to the Weather Channels: SAME Standby WX/ENTER... - Page 24 NOAA All Hazards/Weather Product Features Product Features Advanced Operation Radio and Alert, w/SAME Introduction Operating Your Radio Introduction Operating Your Radio • NOTE Weather SAME Channel 16/9 Channe EDIT Enter Channel Function (F1, F2) To Switch to Channel 16 or Channel 9: SAME Channel 16/9 Button Channel 16/9...
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Page 25: Advanced Operation
Product Features Advanced Operation Advanced Operation Introduction Operating Your Radio Operating Your Radio Tri-Watch Memory Channels Tri-Watch Button Tri-Watch Memory Scan To Program Memory Channels: Standby Channel Up/Down NOTE Memory Scan/Memory Clear Tri-Watch Memory Scan/ Clear Button Tri-Watch Mode Set Tri-Watch Channels: Standby Channel Memory Scan/Memory Clear... - Page 26 Product Features Advanced Operation Product Features Advanced Operation Introduction Operating Your Radio Introduction Operating Your Radio Scanning of Memory Channels Operation from the Microphone Scanning Memory Scan Function DSC and (F1/F2) Call/Setup Button Enter Button Memory Scan Push to Talk Microphone NOTE (PTT)
- Page 27 Digital Select Calling (DSC) Digital Select Calling (DSC) Product Features Product Features Setup Setup Introduction Operating Your Radio Introduction Operating Your Radio Setup USERMMSI • USERMMSI Menu Enter Channel F1 and F2 Function USERMMSI ID Entry Setup Setup NOTE User MMSI Number F1 Function F2 Function MMSI Final Change...
- Page 28 Digital Select Calling (DSC) Digital Select Calling (DSC) Product Features Product Features Setup Setup Introduction Operating Your Radio Introduction Operating Your Radio DSC Auto Channel Switching (Auto SW) To Enter a Group MMSI Number: GRP MMSI Menu Setup GRP MMSI Enter Channel Channel...
- Page 29 Digital Select Calling (DSC) Digital Select Calling (DSC) Product Features Product Features Setup Operation Introduction Operating Your Radio Introduction Operating Your Radio Individual Directory INDV DIR Menu • Send Distress NOTE Name Select Menu To Enter or Edit Names or MMSI Numbers in the Individual Sending Distress Calls Directory: Setup...
- Page 30 Digital Select Calling (DSC) Digital Select Calling (DSC) Product Features Product Features Operation Operation Introduction Operating Your Radio Introduction Operating Your Radio Distress Distress Button Standby Distress Auto Distress Send Standby Send an Automatic Distress Call: Distress Receiving Distress Calls Include a Nature of Distress Message with Distress Call: Distress Distress...
- Page 31 Digital Select Calling (DSC) Digital Select Calling (DSC) Product Features Product Features Operation Operation Introduction Operating Your Radio Introduction Operating Your Radio Regarding Distress Relay Calls Talk Receiving Distress Relay Calls Talk Sending an All Ships Call Standby Enter All Ships Call MMSI Receiving an All Ships Call Directory Match To Send an All Ships Call:...
- Page 32 Digital Select Calling (DSC) Digital Select Calling (DSC) Product Features Product Features Operation Operation Introduction Operating Your Radio Introduction Operating Your Radio Sending a Geographical Call Sending an Individual Call INDV DIR Menu To Send an Individual Call: Receiving a Geographical Call Call/Setup Call Setup Individual Directory...
- Page 33 Digital Select Calling (DSC) Digital Select Calling (DSC) Product Features Product Features Operation Operation Introduction Operating Your Radio Introduction Operating Your Radio Receiving an Individual Call Receiving a Group Call Caller Identified Caller Identified Individual Call Log Call Log To Receive a Group Call: To Receive an Individual Call: Talk Talk...
- Page 34 Digital Select Calling (DSC) Digital Select Calling (DSC) Product Features Product Features Operation Operation Introduction Operating Your Radio Introduction Operating Your Radio If You Receive a Position: Receiving a Position Request Receiving a Position MMSI DSC Setup Enter Standby Auto Reply Manual Reply When the Radio is in Auto Reply Mode: Position Request...
- Page 35 Digital Select Calling (DSC) Digital Select Calling (DSC) Product Features Product Features Operation Operation Introduction Operating Your Radio Introduction Operating Your Radio Sending a Position Send Call Log and Distress Log Call Log Menu Standby Mode Position Send Call Waiting Position Request To Send a Position Send Message: Standby...
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Page 36: Maintenance And Troubleshooting
Maintenance and Specifications Troubleshooting Operating Your Radio Operating Your Radio • • General • Problem Possible Cause(s) Solution(s) Receiver Transmitter 64 English Nothing... -
Page 37: Vhf Marine Channel Assignments
VHF Marine VHF Marine Channel Assignments Channel Assignments Appendix Appendix • • Distress, Safety, and Calling Channel 16 Auxilio, seguridad y llamadas Canal 16 Calling Channel 9 Llamadas Canal 9 Intership Safety Channel 6 Seguridad entre embarcaciones Canal 6 Coast Guard Liaison Channel 22A Enlace con la guardia costera Canal 22A... - Page 38 VHF Marine VHF Marine Channel Assignments Channel Assignments Appendix Appendix Channel Assignments (English) Asignaciones de canales (Español) Public Correspondence (Marine Operator) Correspondencia pública (operador marítimo) Channels 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 60, 61, 84, 84A, 85, 85A, 86, 86A, 87, 87A, 88* Canales 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 60, 61, 84, 84A, 85, 85A, 86, 86A, 87, 87A, 88* Port Operations Operaciones portuarias...
- Page 39 VHF Marine VHF Marine Channel Assignments Channel Assignments Appendix Appendix Channel Map Frequency Power Limits Channel Number Mapa de canales Frecuencia Límites de potencia Número Channel Use (English) Uso de canales (Español) de canal Government Only Entidades gubernamentales solamente West Coast (Coast Guard Only); Costa occidental (guardia costera solamente);...
- Page 40 VHF Marine VHF Marine Channel Assignments Channel Assignments Appendix Appendix Channel Map Frequency Channel Number Mapa de canales Frecuencia Número Int l Canada Transmit Receive Channel Use (English) Uso de canales (Español) de canal EE.UU. nternac Canadá Transm. Recepción International Distress, Safety and Calling Llamadas, seguridad y solicitud de auxilio internacional Canada (Coast Guard Only);...
- Page 41 VHF Marine VHF Marine Channel Assignments Channel Assignments Appendix Appendix Frequency Power Limits Channel Channel Map Number Mapa de canales Frecuencia Límites de potencia Número Int l Canada Transmit Receive Channel Use (English) Uso de canales (Español) de canal EE.UU. nternac Canadá...
- Page 42 VHF Marine VHF Marine Channel Assignments Channel Assignments Appendix Appendix Channel Map Frequency Channel Number Mapa de canales Frecuencia Número Int l Canada Transmit Receive Channel Use (English) Uso de canales (Español) de canal EE.UU. nternac Canadá Transm. Recepción U.S. (Government Only; Environmental EE.UU.
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Page 43: Weather Channel Assignments
VHF Marine Weather Channel Channel Assignments Assignments Appendix Appendix VHF Marine Channel Assignments (English) Asignaciones de canales meteorológicos • NOTE Channel Number RX Frequency MHz Número Frecuencia de recepción (MHz) de canal NOTE Asignación de canales de VHF para radiocomunicación marítima (Español) NOTA NOTA 78 English... -
Page 44: World City Time Zones
World City Time Zones Warranty and Trademark Operating Your Radio VHF Marine Radio Protocols • • For Products Purchased in the U.S.A. Longitudinal Zone Offset City Exclusions: This limited warranty does not apply: For Products Purchased Outside the U.S.A. • 80 English Nothing... -
Page 45: Product Service
Product Service Operating Your Radio • If you have any questions about operation or installing your new CobraMarine VHF product, or if you are missing parts… Please call Cobra first! DO NOT RETURN THIS PRODUCT TO THE STORE! See customer assistance on page A1. If you have any questions, please call 773-889-3087 for assistance.
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