Cobra Electronics MR F80B-D owner manual Getting Started, Tones and Alarms

Getting Started

Operating Your Radio

Getting Started

•

Refer to the foldout at the front of this manual to identify the various controls and indicators on your radio.

Throughout this manual you will be instructed to press, or to press and hold buttons on the transceiver or on the microphone/speaker. Press means a momentary press, then release; press and hold means to hold the button down.

Tones and Alarms

When your CobraMarine VHF radio is On, you can expect to hear the following tones and alarms. The volume of these sounds is controlled by the circuitry in the radio and is not affected by the volume set with the On-Off Power/Volume

knob or Volume Up/Down buttons.

Confirmation Tone

A single, high-pitched beep confirms all button presses except the Talk button. It can be turned On or Off. See setup routines on page 41.

Error Tone

Three (3) medium-pitch tones indicate an invalid button press (error).

DSC Distress Alarm

High—low—high—low—high. Pause, then repeat. The volume of this alarm will increase after 10 seconds. Press any button to turn it Off.

NOTE

This alarm sounds only for DSC distress calls on Channel 70. It does not sound for voice calls on Channel 16 — you still must listen for those.

24 English

Getting Started

Operating Your Radio

Distress Acknowledgement Alarm

High—low. Long pause, then repeat. Press any button to turn it Off.

DSC Routine Call Alarm

High—pause—high—pause—high. Long pause, then repeat. Press any button to turn it Off.

DSC Geographical Alarm

Loud, continuous, medium-pitched, high-low tones (warble) — sounds when a geographical call is received. Press any button to turn it Off.

DSC Position Request Alarm

Medium-loud, continuous, low-pitched series of closely spaced, four (4) beeps [three (3) short – one (1) long] groups — sounds when a POSITION REQUEST call is received. Press any button to turn it Off.

DSC Individual Alarm

Medium-loud, continuous, medium-pitched, three (3) beep groups — sounds when an Individual call is received. Press any button to turn it Off.

Weather Alarm

Medium-loud, continuous, medium-pitched series of one-half second beeps spaced one-half second apart — sounds when weather alert is turned On and NOAA sends a 1050 Hz weather alert tone on the selected weather channel. Press any button to turn it Off.

Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra® 25