Standard Horizon HX600S owner manual

HX600S

VHF/FM Marine Handheld Transceiver

Owner's Manual

Contents

Main HX600S TABLE OF CONTENTS Page 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 1.1 INTRODUCTION 2. ACCESSORIES 2.1 PACKING LIST 2.2 OPTIONS 3. ABOUT THIS RADIO 3.1 ABOUT THE VHF MARINE BAND 3.2 ABOUT RECEIVE ONLY CHANNELS and FREQUENCIES Page 4. GETTING STARTED 4.1 BATTERIES AND CHARGERS Page Page Page 4.2 CONNECTING A GPS TO THE CD-33 Page Page [16/9] KEY [WX] KEY [H/L] KEY [SCAN] KEY [PRESET] KEY [MEM] KEY BUSY/TX INDICATOR [DISTRESS] KEY 6. BASIC OPERATION 6.1 INITIAL SETUP 6.2 RECEPTION 6.3 TRANSMISSION 6.4 NOAA WEATHER CHANNELS Page EAS Event (NWR-SAME) Codes HX600SPage 22 6.5 PRESET CHANNELS (0 ~ 9): INSTANT ACCESS 6.6 ENABLING S.O.S STROBE OPERATION 7. ADVANCED OPERATION ON THE MARINE BAND 7.1 USA, 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 16 7.7 CHANNEL 9 7.8 OPERATING ON USA OR CANADIAN 13, OR USA CHANNEL 67 7.9 OPERATING ON USA CHANNEL 67 7.10 DIGITAL SELECTIVE CALLING 7.11 SIMPLEX/DUPLEX CHANNEL USE 8. SCRAMABLER OPERATION 8.1 VOICE SCRAMBLER UNIT 9. OPERATING PRACTICES 9.1 EMERGENCY (CHANNEL 16 USE) 9.2 CALLING ANOTHER VESSEL (CHANNEL 16 OR 9) 9.3 OPERATING ON CHANNELS 13 AND 67 9.4 NOAA WEATHER ALERT TESTING 10. MENU (SET) MODE Page Page Page Page 12. MAINTENANCE 12.3 TROUBLESHOOTING CHART TROUBLESHOOTING CHART SYMPTOM PROBABLE CAUSE REMEDY 13. VHF MARINE CHANNEL ASSIGNMENTS HX600S Page 41 HX600SPage 42 HX600S Page 43 HX600SPage 44 Page 14. WARRANTY Page Page 15. SPECIFICATIONS 15.1 GENERAL 15.2 TRANSMITTER 15.3 RECEIVER Page Page Page Marine Division of VERTEX STANDARD