Standard Horizon Hx500s manual

HX500S

VHF/FM Marine Handheld Transceiver

Owner's Manual

HX500S

Contents

VHF/FM Marine Handheld Transceiver TABLE OF CONTENTS WARNING RF EXPOSURE SAFETY STATEMENT FCC AND CANADA RADIO LICENSE INFORMATION MARITIME STATION LICENSE MARINE RADIO CALL SIGN CANADIAN SHIP STATION LICENSING FCC/INDUSTRY CANADA INFORMATON FCC NOTICE 1.GENERAL INFORMATION 1.1INTRODUCTION 2.ACCESSORIES 2.1PACKING LIST 2.2 OPTIONS 3.ABOUT THIS RADIO 3.1ABOUT THE VHF MARINE BAND 4. GETTING STARTED 4.1 BATTERIES AND CHARGERS DO NOT INCINERATE 4.1.2 BATTERY CHARGING Note E-DC-19A E-DC-6 NC-90 4.1.4USING THE CD-35CHARGER CRADLE Important Note: 4.1.5MOUNTING THE CD-35ON THE VESSEL CD-35Desktop Mount 5. CONTROLS AND SWITCHES VOLUME CONTROL MIC/SP JACK ANTENNA CONNECTOR PUSH-TO-TALK (PTT) SWITCH SQUELCH (SQL) SWITCH POWER SWITCH KEY [H/L] KEY [SCAN] KEY [PRESET] KEY [MEM] KEY BUSY/TX INDICATOR 6.BASIC OPERATION 6.1INITIAL SETUP 6.2 RECEPTION 6.3 TRANSMISSION 6.4 NOAA WEATHER CHANNELS 6.5 PRESET CHANNELS (0 ~ 9): INSTANT ACCESS 6.6 ENABLING S.O.S. STROBE OPERATION 7.ADVANCED OPERATION ON THE MARINE BAND 7.1USA, CANADIAN, AND INTERNATIONAL CHANNELS 7.2 MEMORY SCAN 7.3 PROGRAMMABLE PRIORITY SCAN 7.4 DUAL WATCH 7.5 TRI WATCH 7.6 EMERGENCY CHANNEL 7.7 CHANNEL 7.8OPERATING ON USA OR CANADIAN 13, OR USA CHANNEL 7.9OPERATING ON USA CHANNEL 7.10 SIMPLEX/DUPLEX CHANNEL USE 8.OPERATING PRACTICES 8.1EMERGENCY (CHANNEL 16 USE) 8.2CALLING ANOTHER VESSEL (CHANNEL 16 OR 9) 8.3 OPERATING ON CHANNELS 13 AND 8.4 NOAA WEATHER ALERT TESTING 9. MENU (“SET”) MODE bEP (KEY BEEP) CHF (CHANNEL FREQUENCY) CHn (CH NAME SET) dUL (DW DISPLAY) LP (LAMP MODE) SnL (SCAN LAMP) SCn (SCAN DISPLAY) dt (DUAL WATCH MODE) 10.INSTALLATION OF OPTIONS 11.MAINTENANCE 11.1GENERAL 11.2 REPLACEMENT PARTS Marine Division of Vertex Standard 11.3 TROUBLESHOOTING CHART 12. VHF MARINE CHANNEL ASSIGNMENTS Channel Use 6.Marine vessels equipped with VHF radios are required to monitor Channel VHF Marine Channel Page Page Page Page 13. WARRANTY Page PRODUCT WARRANTY REGISTRATION 14. SPECIFICATIONS 15.1 GENERAL 15.2 TRANSMITTER 15.3 RECEIVER Page Marine Division of VERTEX STANDARD