General Information; Introduction; Rf Exposure Safety Statement - Standard Horizon HX290E Owner's Manual

1. GENERAL INFORMATION

1.1 INTRODUCTION

Congratulations on your purchase of the HX290E! The HX290E is a JIS-8/
IPX8 Submersible Floating 5-Watt portable two way marine transceiver. The
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transceiver has all allocated International, Canadian, or US channels. It has
emergency channel 16 which can be immediately selected from any channel
by pressing the
The HX290E includes the following features: 10 Programmable Preset Chan-
nels, Memory, Priority, Dual Watch Scanning, easy-to-read large LCD display,
EEPROM memory back-up, Battery Life displayed on LCD, Glow-In-The-Dark
strip, and a transmit Time-Out Timer (TOT).
The HX290E transmitter provides a full 5 Watt of transmit power and also is
selectable to 1 Watt to assist the user in ensuring maximum battery life.

1.2 RF EXPOSURE SAFETY STATEMENT

Your wireless handheld portable transceiver contains a low power transmitter.
When the Push-to-Talk (PTT:
radio frequency (RF) signals.
This device is authorized to operate at a maximum duty factor not to exceed
2:1 (this corresponds to 50% transmission time and 50% reception time), but
normal usage should not exceed 3:1 (25% transmission time and 75% recep-
tion/standby time).
This transmitter and its antenna must maintain a separation distance of at
least 2 cm from your face. Speak in a normal voice, with the antenna pointed
up and away from the face at the required separation distance.
Use only the supplied antenna. Unauthorized antennas, modifications, or at-
tachments could damage the transmitter.
This transceiver works on frequencies which are not generally permitted.
For frequency allocation, apply for a licence at your local spectrum man-
agement authority. For actual us-
age contact your dealer or sales
shop in order to get your trans-
ceiver adjusted to the allocated
frequency range.
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key.
) button is pushed, the transceiver sends out
Attention in case of use
JIS-8/IPX8: 1.5 m for 30 minutes
List of the practicable area
AUT BEL BGR CYP
ESP EST FIN FRA
IRL ITA LTU LUX
POL PRT ROM SVK
ISL LIE NOR
CZE DEU DNK
GBR GRC HUN
LVA MLT NLD
SVN SWE CHE
HX290E