Standard Horizon HX370S owner manual

HX370S

VHF/FM Marine

Handheld Transceiver

Owner's Manual

Contents

Main TABLE OF CONTENTS Page ABOUT VHF MARINE RADIO ABOUT LMR CHANNELS FCC RADIO LICENSE INFORMATION PROHIBITED COMMUNICATIONS STATION LICENSE RADIO CALL SIGN CANADIAN SHIP STATION LICENSING FCC NOTICE 1. GENERAL INFORMATION 1.1 INTRODUCTION 2. ACCESSORIES 2.1 PACKING LIST 2.2 OPTIONS 3. BATTERY 3.1 BATTERY CHARGING 3.2 BATTERY REMOVAL/INSTALLATION 3.3 USING THE NC-88 BATTERY CHARGER 3.4 FBA-25A Waterproof Alakline Battery Tray 3.5 BATTERY SAFETY Caution Page Page WX KEY H/L KEY SCAN KEY PRESET KEY MEM KEY Page Page 5. OPERATION 5.1 INITIAL SETUP 5.2 RECEPTION LMR (Land Mobile Radio) Channels 5.3 TRANSMISSION 5.4 TRANSMIT TIME - OUT TIMER (TOT) 5.5 USA, CANADIAN, AND INTERNATIONAL BANDS 5.6 NOAA WEATHER CHANNELS 5.6.1 NOAA WEATHER ALERT 5.6.2 NOAA WEATHER ALERT TESTING NOTICE 5.7 SCAN 5.8 PROGRAMMABLE PRIORITY SCAN 5.9 DUAL WATCH 5.10 EMERGENCY (CHANNEL 16 USE) 5.11 CALLING ANOTHER VESSEL (CHANNEL 16 OR 9) 5.12 OPERATING ON CHANNEL 13 5.13 OPERATING ON CHANNEL 67 5.14 PRESET CHANNELS (1 ~ 8): INSTANT ACCESS 5.14.1 Programming 5.14.2 Operation 5.15 SIMPLEX/DUPLEX CHANNEL USE 5.16 ENABLING S.O.S STROBE OPERATION 5.17 VOICE SCRAMBLER UNIT To activate the Voice Scrambler: 5.18 SETUP MODE 5.18.1 bEP (KEY BEEP) 5.18.2 CHF (CHANNEL FREQUENCY) 5.18.3 CHn (CHANNEL NAME) 5.18.4 dUL (DW DISPLAY) 5.18.5 LP (LAMP MODE) 5.18.6 SnL (SCAN LAMP) 5.18.7 SCn (SCAN DISPLAY) 5.18.8 SCr (VOICE SCRAMBLER) [Requires optional FVP-31] 5.19 CLONING 6. MAINTENANCE 7. PRODUCT SUPPORT INQUIRIES 8. CHANNEL ASSIGNMENTS VHF Marine Channel HX370SPage 34 HX370S Page 35 HX370SPage 36 Page Page 9. WARRANTY Page ON-LINE WARRANTY REGISTRATION 10. SPECIFICATIONS 7.1 General 7.2 Transmitter 7.3 Receiver