User manual COBRA MR F75

[. . . ] 480-086-P VHF MARINE RADIO MR F75 Nothing comes close to a Cobra® English Introduction Our Thanks To You And Customer Assistance Thank you for purchasing a CobraMarineTM VHF radio. Properly used, this Cobra® product will give you many years of reliable service. How Your CobraMarineTM VHF Radio Works This radio is a VHF transceiver for fixed mounting on your boat. It gives you 2-way vessel-to-vessel and vessel-to-shore station communications, primarily for safety and secondarily for navigation and operational purposes. [. . . ] The radio will return to Standby mode each time the button is released. Time Offset All VHF, DSC, and GPS activities use a 24-hour clock and Universal Coordinated Time (UTC) which was formerly known as Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). For time inputs to be converted to local time, you need to enter the hour offset of your local time zone from Greenwich. (See world city time zone chart on page 24. ) Time Offset Set Time To Change The Time Offset: 1. Enter the Settings menu and scroll to TIMEOFST (time offset) with the Up/Down buttons. Use the Up/Down buttons to change to the setting for your local time zone. NOTE If you leave the time offset at zero, the LCD will show the time as UTC. If you enter the hour offset for your time zone, the LCD will show the local time. In either event, DSC messages will always be based on UTC. 40 English Nothing comes close to a Cobra® 41 Operating Your Radio Voice Transmission · Operating Your Radio Voice Transmission Voice Transmission Transmit mode gives you the ability to communicate with safety services, other vessels, and shore stations. When you use this capability, be sure to follow the procedures and to observe the courtesies that govern its use so everyone benefits. (The tables on pages 14 through 23 will help you select the proper channels. ) Before pressing the Talk button to transmit a message, you should select the appropriate channel and transmit power output. Transmit Power Output Your radio can Transmit selectively at one (1) or 25 watts of power. Cobra® suggests you maintain the low power setting for short-range communications and to avoid overpowering nearby stations with your signal. Use the high power setting for long-range communications or when you do not receive a response to a signal sent at one (1) watt. High/Low Power Button Channels You can transmit voice messages on most VHF Channels. Refer to the VHF marine channel assignments on pages 14 through 23 to select a channel according to the type of message you are going to send. Up/Down Buttons High/Low Power Channel 16/9 Buttons To Change The Channel You Can Choose From One (1) Of The Following: a. (When on Channel 88A, the next higher channel is Channel 1 and vice versa. ) For rapid advance, press and hold the Up or Down buttons. (The confirmation tone will sound only for each button press, not during rapid advance. ) b. This will take you to Channel 16 with one (1) press and to Channel 9 with a second press. Press and hold the Channel 16/9 button to return to Standby mode. To Toggle Between The High And Low Power Modes: 1. Your radio will automatically set the power to Low Power mode when you select those channels. channel map, if, in an emergency, you need to increase the output power on Channel 13 and Channel 67 for your signal to be heard, you can override the Low Power mode by pressing and holding the High/ Low Power button. Transmit A Message Low Power Setting 2 Inches From Mouth Talk Button To Transmit A Message: 1. Check to see that your unit is set to a proper channel for the type of message you plan to send. With the microphone/speaker about two (2) inches [five (5) cm] from your mouth, press and hold the Talk button and speak into the microphone/speaker. Your unit can only operate in either the Transmit or the Receive mode at any given time. [. . . ] You must pay any initial shipping charges required to ship the product for warranty service, but the return charges will be at Cobra®'s expense, if the product is repaired or replaced under warranty. This warranty gives you specific legal rights, and you may also have other rights which may vary from state to state. In the event of misuse or abuse of the product or as a result of unauthorized alterations or repairs. All implied warranties, including warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose are limited in duration to the length of this warranty. [. . . ]