User manual COBRA MRF75

[. . . ] Introduction Intro Our Thanks To You And Customer Assistance Operation Customer Assistance Warranty Thank you for purchasing a CobraMarineTM VHF radio. Properly used, this Cobra® product will give you many years of reliable service. Installation How Your CobraMarineTM VHF Radio Works Assistance Customer Owner's Manual This radio is a VHF transceiver for fixed mounting on your boat. It gives you 2-way Secondary Icons vessel-to-vessel and vessel-to-shore station communications, primarily for safety and secondarily for navigation and operational purposes. With it, you can call for help, get information from other boaters, talk to lock or bridge tenders, and make radiotelephone calls to anywhere in Caution the world through a marine operator. [. . . ] Press the Call/Set button to return to the Settings menu. Three (3) sets of VHF Channel Maps have been established for marine use in the U. S. A. , Canada, and the rest of the world (International). Most of the channels are the same for all threeCustomer (3) maps, but there are definite differences (see table Installation Assistance on pages 14 through 23). Your radio has all three (3) maps built into it and will Secondary correctly in whichever area you choose. operateIcons Weather/UIC Button Notice Active Channel Map To Set Your Radio For The Area In Which You Will Be Using It: From 1. Caution Standby mode, press and hold the Weather/UIC Warning button. The radio will shift one (1) channel map and the active channel map will show on the top line of the LCD. Repeat step 1 to shift to the next channel map(s) in the sequence USA, INT (International), CAN (Canada) then back to USA. 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. ) Main Icons Time Offset Intro Set Time Secondary Icons To Change The Time Offset: 1. Enter the Settings menu and scroll to TIMEOFST (time offset) with the Up/Down buttons. Use Assistance 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 Warning theCaution as UTC. If you enter the hour offset for your time time zone, the LCD will show the local time. In either event, DSC messages will always be based on UTC. Notice 40 English Nothing comes close to a Cobra® 41 Operating Your Radio Intro Operation Voice Transmission Customer Assistance Warranty Operating Your Radio Intro Operation Voice Transmission Customer Warranty Voice Transmission · Assistance Transmit Power Output 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 Customer Installation procedures and to observe the courtesies that govern its use so everyone benefits. Assistance (The tables on pages 14 through 23 will help you select the proper channels. ) Secondary Icons Before pressing the Talk button to transmit a message, you should select the appropriate channel and 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 Customer and to avoid overpowering nearby stations with your signal. Use the high power Installation Assistance setting for long-range communications or when you do not receive a response Secondary Icons sent at one (1) watt. to a signal High/Low Power Button Channels Caution Notice You can transmit voice messages onWarning VHF Channels. Refer to the VHF marine most channel assignments on pages 14 through 23 to select a channel according to the type of message you are going to send. Notice High/Low Power Up/Down Buttons 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. [. . . ] This warranty 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 the Cobra® Factory Service 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. This warranty gives you specific legal rights, and you may also have other rights which may vary from state to state. [. . . ]