Getting Started
Operating Your Radio
Getting Started
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Refer to the foldout on the front cover 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. Press means a momentary press, then release; press and hold means to hold the button.
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
Confirmation Tone
Single
Error Tone
Single
DSC Distress Alarm
Loud, continuous,
Getting Started
Operating Your Radio
DSC Geographical Alarm
Loud, continuous,
sounds when a geographical call is received. Press any button to turn it Off.
DSC Position Request Alarm
DSC Individual Alarm
Weather Alarm
Power On-Off
Transceiver power can be turned On or Off by the
■Distress call send, receive, and acknowledgement
■Distress relay call received
■All ships call received
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.
To Turn Your Radio On Or Off:
Turn the
When the radio is powered On, the confirmation tone will sound.
The radio will return to the settings in effect when it was last powered Off, the LCD will show the corresponding information, and all controls will be operative. The radio will then be in Standby mode.
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