Cobra Electronics MRF45 owner manual Position Request Reply Type, Individual Directory

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DSC Set-Up

Operating Your Radio

Position Request Reply Type

The ability to send your position to another station is an added feature of DSC radios that have GPS attached. It is handy for rendezvous and rescue situations.

Your CobraMarine VHF radio allows you to choose whether to have the radio automatically respond to all Position Requests it receives or to alert you to a Position Request and allow you to choose whether to respond or not — manual reply.

Operating Your Radio

New Individual

DSC Set-Up

4.

Press the Call/Set button to select the memory location.

 

The cursor will begin to blink at the first character under

 

NAME.

5.

Use the Up/Down buttons to scroll through the character list.

6.

Press the Call/Set button to select a character. This will also

 

move the blinking cursor to the next character under NAME.

7.

Repeat steps 5 and 6 to enter additional characters —

Position Reply

Auto/Manual/Exit

To Set The Position Request Reply Type:

1.Enter the Settings menu and scroll to POS RPLY (position reply) with the Up/Down buttons.

2.Press the Call/Set button and observe the current setting — AUTO or MANUAL.

3.Use the Up/Down buttons to change the setting.

4.Press the Call/Set button to select the setting.

5.Use the Up/Down buttons to scroll to EXIT.

6.Press the Call/Set button to return to the Settings menu.

Enter MMSI

Next/Exit

up to a maximum of nine (9) — for the name.

NOTE

Press the High/Low Power button to backspace and erase the last selected character.

8.

After entering the name, press and hold the Call/Set

 

button to move the blinking cursor to the first character

 

under MMSI.

9.

Use the Up/Down buttons to scroll through the number list.

10. Press the Call/Set button to select the number and

 

move the cursor to the next character under MMSI.

11. Repeat steps 9 and 10 until the nine (9) digit

Individual Directory

DSC calling allows you to call another vessel or station directly if you know its MMSI number. Your CobraMarine VHF radio allows you to store up to 10 names and their associated MMSI numbers for quick access.

MMSI is entered.

12. Press and hold the Call/Set button to move to the

next memory location or exit.

13. Select NEXT or EXIT with the Call/Set button.

Individual Directory

Location 01

To Enter Or Edit Names And MMSI Numbers In The Directory:

1.Enter the Settings menu and scroll to INDV DIR (individual directory) with the Up/Down buttons.

2.Press the Call/Set button to enter a memory location (1-10).

3.Use the Up/Down buttons to scroll through the memory locations to one you want to select.

If NEXT is selected, pressing the Call/Set button will

move to the next memory location where another

name can be entered by repeating steps 3 through 11.

If EXIT is selected, pressing the Call/Set button will return you to the Settings menu.

You can enter a total of 10 names and MMSI numbers in the directory.

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