User manual COBRA MR HH325 VP

[. . . ] Introduction Our Thanks to You and Customer Assistance · Our Thanks to You Owner's Manual Thank you for purchasing a CobraMarine® VHF radio. Properly used, this Cobra® product will give you many years of reliable service. How Your CobraMarine VHF Radio Works This radio is a battery-powered portable transceiver for use afloat. It gives you two-way vessel-to-vessel and vessel-to-shore station communications, primarily for safety and secondarily for navigation and operational purposes. [. . . ] Engage the battery pack into the radio until battery pack is fully seated against the radio housing. Pivot the locking tab up until it snaps into place on the back of the battery pack. Notice Caution Intro Warning Operation Installation Secondary Icons Notice 32 E ng lis h No th ing Comes Close to a Cobra® 33 Intro Operation Customer Assistance Warranty Intro Operation Customer Assistance Warranty Main Icons In t r odu c t io Installationn Intro Installation Batteries and Charger To Remove Battery Pack from Radio Operation Customer Warranty 1. Pivot the locking tab off of the back of the battery pack to Assistance unlock. Lift the bottom of the battery pack slightly to remove it Assistance from the radio housing. Pull battery pack out of the radio housing. Intro In t r odu c t io Installationn Operation Batteries and Charger Customer Assistance Warranty Locking Tab Secondary Icons Intro Operation Customer Assistance Customer Assistance Warranty Intro Installation Fully Charged Secondary Icons Installation Maintaining the Battery Charge As you use your radio, the battery power icon will show the Customer Assistance battery power remaining. When the icon begins to flash, it is Customer time to recharge or change the batteries. Installation Assistance Operation Customer Assistance Customer Assistance Warranty Secondary Icons Main Icons Secondary Icons Notice Secondary Icons Notice Main Icons Secondary Icons Partially Charged Notice Battery Pack Charging Only Notice Intro Operation Notice Customer Assistance Installation Customer Assistance NOTE Caution Warning The NiMH battery pack can also be charged in the Caution Warning Warranty battery charger without being installed in the radio. Insert the spacer into the battery charger to support the battery pack during this charging process. Follow the same procedures in "Initial Charge" to charge the battery pack. Warning Some marine suppliers accept old battery packs for recycling and some municipal waste disposal agencies have special provisions for battery disposal. NOTICE Warning Use only the drop-in charger provided by Cobra. Do Caution not Warning the charger with alkaline batteries; only the use NiMH battery pack is rechargeable. Caution Warning Caution Operation Assistance It is a good idea to keep a set of fresh, high-quality AA alkaline batteries with your radio. Should the rechargeable battery pack become discharged and no electrical power source isCustomer available, you can insert the optional alkaline Installation Assistance battery tray with fresh alkaline batteries and continue to use your radio. Customer Warranty Intro Fully Discharged Secondary Icons Secondary Icons Main Icons Notice Caution Notice NOTE Some radios with NiMH batteries have AA or AAA Caution Warning battery packs which only allow low-power transmit. The optional AA battery tray for the MR HH325 and a fresh set of alkaline batteries will allow for full-power emergency transmissions. Alkaline Battery Tray Intro Operation Customer Assistance Alkaline Batteries Warranty An optional alkaline battery tray (P/N CM 110-011) can be purchased for this radio. The alkaline battery tray acts as a backup or "Emergency" power source should the battery pack run low on power and needs to be recharged. The radio will transmit at full power when using six (6) new AA alkaline batteries. Installation Customer Assistance Secondary Icons Notice Caution Warning WARNING Never attempt to recharge alkaline batteries. They are not made to be recharged, and should be disposed of in a proper manner. 34 E ng lis h No th ing Comes Close to a Cobra® 35 In t r odu c t i n OperatingoYour Radio Intro Intro Operation Getting Started Operation Customer Assistance Customer Warranty Assistance Warranty In t r odu c t i n OperatingoYour Radio Intro Intro Operation Getting Started Squelch Control Squelch is controlled by turning the lower rotary concentric knob located directly below the Customer Customer On/Off/Volume switch. Installation Assistance Assistance With the power On, turn the knob counterclockwise until you hear a hissing sound, then turn the knob clockwise until the hissing stops. By turning the knob further in a Operation Customer Warranty Assistance clockwise direction, you will filter weak and mediumNotice Caution Caution Warning strength signals. Warning By turning the knob in a counterclockwise direction (further from your baseline Customer Installation setting), you will receive weaker signals. Squelch Assistance Control filters weak signals and radio frequency (RF) noise so that you will clearly hear the signals you want. [. . . ] (228 g) without batteries 156. 050 to 163. 275 MHz Double Conversion Super-Heterodyne 0. 35 uV 0. 30 uV -60 dB -60 dB -60 dB 250 mW @ 8 Ohms 156. 025 to 157. 425 MHz 1, 3 or 5 watts -60 dB @ High Power, -55 dB @ Low Power Condenser +/-10 ppm 40 dB Installation Secondary Icons Notice Current Drain: Standby Receive (Rx) Transmit (Tx) Temperature Range Radio Dimensions Cobra Electronics Corporation warrants that its CobraMarine VHF radio, and the Customer Customer Installation component parts thereof, will be free of defects in workmanship and materials Assistance Assistance for a periodSecondary Icons(3) years from the date of first consumer purchase. This warranty of three may be enforced by the first consumer purchaser, provided that the product is utilized within the U. S. A. Cobra will, without charge, repair or replace, at its option, defective radios, products or component parts upon delivery to Warning the Cobra Factory Service Notice Caution Caution Warning department, accompanied by proof of the date of first consumer purchase, such as a duplicated copy of a sales receipt. 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. [. . . ]