Table Of Contents - Standard Horizon HX850S Owner's Manual

TABLE OF CONTENTS

RF EXPOSURE SAFETY STATEMENT .................................................................................... 5
FCC AND CANADA RADIO LICENSE INFORMATION ........................................................... 6
MARITIME STATION LICENSE ............................................................................................ 6
MARINE RADIO CALL SIGN ................................................................................................ 6
CANADIAN SHIP STATION LICENSING ............................................................................... 6
FCC / INDUSTRY CANADA INFORMATION ........................................................................ 6
FCC NOTICE ................................................................................................................................ 7
1 GENERAL INFORMATION .................................................................................................... 8
1.1 INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................... 8
2 ACCESSORIES ...................................................................................................................... 9
2.1 PACKING LIST ........................................................................................................... 9
2.2 OPTIONS ..................................................................................................................... 9
3 ABOUT THIS RADIO .......................................................................................................... 10
3.1 ABOUT THE VHF MARINE BAND ......................................................................... 10
4 GETTING STARTED ............................................................................................................ 11
4.1 BATTERIES AND CHARGERS ............................................................................... 11
4.1.1 BATTERY SAFETY ........................................................................................ 11
4.1.2 BATTERY INSTALLATION / REMOVAL .......................................................... 13
4.1.3 BATTERY LIFE INFORMATION .................................................................... 13
4.1.4 BATTERY CHARGING ................................................................................... 14
4.1.5 USING THE CD-38 CHARGER CRADLE .................................................... 14
4.2 CONNECTING A CHART PLOTTER TO THE CD-38 ......................................... 15
5 CONTROLS AND SWITCHES ............................................................................................ 16
6 BASIC OPERATION ............................................................................................................ 20
6.1 PROHIBITED COMMUNICATIONS ......................................................................... 20
6.2 INITIAL SETUP ......................................................................................................... 20
6.3 RECEPTION .............................................................................................................. 20
6.4 TRANSMISSION ....................................................................................................... 21
6.4.1 TRANSMIT TIME-OUT TIMER (TOT) ........................................................... 22
6.5 DISPLAYING THE GPS RECEIVING DATA .......................................................... 22
6.6 USA, CANADA, AND INTERNATIONAL CHANNELS ............................................. 23
6.7 SIMPLEX/DUPLEX CHANNEL USE ....................................................................... 23
6.8 NOAA WEATHER CHANNELS ............................................................................... 24
6.8.1 NOAA WEATHER ALERT ............................................................................. 24
6.8.2 NOAA WEATHER ALERT TESTING ............................................................ 24
6.9 SCANNING ................................................................................................................ 25
6.9.1 SELECTING THE SCAN TYPE ................................................................... 25
6.9.2 MEMORY SCANNING (M-SCAN) .................................................................. 25
6.9.3 PRIORITY SCANNING (P-SCAN) ................................................................. 26
6.10 DUAL WATCH ........................................................................................................... 27
6.11 EMERGENCY (CHANNEL 16 USE) .......................................................................... 28
6.12 CALLING ANOTHER VESSEL (CHANNEL 16 OR 9) ............................................. 28
6.13 OPERATING ON CHANNEL 13 ............................................................................. 29
6.14 OPERATING ON CHANNEL 67 ............................................................................. 29
6.15 ENABLING S.O.S STROBE OPERATION .............................................................. 30
7 DIGITAL SELECTIVE CALLING ........................................................................................ 31
7.1 GENERAL .................................................................................................................. 31
7.2 MARITIME MOBILE SERVICE IDENTITY (MMSI) ................................................ 31
7.2.1 WHAT IS AN MMSI? ..................................................................................... 31
7.2.2 PROGRAMMING THE MMSI ........................................................................ 32
7.3 DSC DISTRESS ALERT .......................................................................................... 33
7.3.1 TRANSMITTING A DSC DISTRESS ALERT .............................................. 33
7.3.2 RECEIVING A DSC DISTRESS ALERT ..................................................... 35
7.4 ALL SHIPS CALL ..................................................................................................... 36
7.4.1 TRANSMITTING AN ALL SHIPS CALL ....................................................... 36
7.4.2 RECEIVING AN ALL SHIPS CALL .............................................................. 37
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