Cobra Electronics MR HH300 VP - Manual (Page 3)

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Table of Contents
Introduction
Our thanks to you . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A1
Customer assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A1
Radio controls and indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A2
Backlit LCD screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A3
Product features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A3
Important safety information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Recommendations for marine communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
VHF Marine Radio Protocols
FCC licensing information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
VHF marine radio procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Voice calling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Radiotelephone calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Emergency messages and distress procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
VHF marine channel assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
NOAA weather channels and alert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Installation
Included in this package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Antenna, wrist strap, and belt clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Batteries and charger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Operating Your Radio
Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Standby/Receive and transmit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
NOAA all hazards/weather radio and alert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Advanced operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Warranty
Limited 3-Year warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Customer Service
Product service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Order form and optional accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
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