Cobra Electronics MR HH300 EU User Manual
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Introduction
Table of Contents
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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
Licensing Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
VHF Marine Radio Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Voice Calling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Radiotelephone Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Emergency Messages and Distress Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
VHF Marine Channel Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Installation
Included in this Package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Antenna, Wrist Strap and Belt Clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Operating Your Radio
Standby/Receive and Transmit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Advanced Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Declaration of Conformity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
CE Marking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Backlit LCD Screen
and Product Features
Introduction
Dual Power
Selectable to 1 or 5 watts output
power for near or distant calling.
International/Canada/U.S.A. Channels
Allows operation on any of the three
different channel maps established
for these areas.
Waterproof
Submersible to 1 metre of water for
30 minutes — meets JIS7 Standards.
Channel Scan
Lets you scan through channels to
find conversations in progress.
Button Lock
Prevents accidental changes to your
settings when you set this feature.
Instant Channel 16
Instant access to priority Channel 16.
Dual-Watch
Lets you monitor two channels at
once — Channel 16 and one user
programmable channel.
Product Features
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Battery
Power Icon
Simplex
Operation
Icon
Channel
Numbers
Dual-Watch
Icon
Scan
Icon
Button
Lock
Icon
U-I-C Active
Channel Map
Icons
Transmit/Received
Signal Strength Icons
High/Low
Power Icons
Transmit
Icon
Backlit LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) Screen
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A2
Radio Controls
and Indicators
Introduction
A3
English
English
Dual-Watch/
Scan Button
Instant
Channel 16
Button
Backlit
LCD Screen
Wrist
Strap
Connector
UIC Button
High/Low
Power Button
Speaker/
Microphone
Channel
Up/Down
Buttons
Talk
Button
Antenna
Belt Clip
Engagement
Knob
Battery
Compartment
Squelch
Knob
On-Off Power/
Volume Knob
Backlight/
Key Lock
Button
Charging
Contacts
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