Cobra Electronics MR F80B-D - Manual (Page 16)

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Getting Started
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Getting Started
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Distress Acknowledgement Alarm
High—low. Long pause, then repeat. Press any button to turn it Off.
DSC Routine Call Alarm
High—pause—high—pause—high. Long pause, then repeat. Press any button to
turn it Off.
DSC Geographical Alarm
Loud, continuous, medium-pitched, high-low tones (warble) — sounds when a
geographical call is received. Press any button to turn it Off.
DSC Position Request Alarm
Medium-loud, continuous, low-pitched series of closely spaced, four (4) beeps
[three (3) short – one (1) long] groups — sounds when a POSITION REQUEST call
is received. Press any button to turn it Off.
DSC Individual Alarm
Medium-loud, continuous, medium-pitched, three (3) beep groups — sounds when
an Individual call is received. Press any button to turn it Off.
Weather Alarm
Medium-loud, continuous, medium-pitched series of one-half second beeps spaced
one-half second apart — sounds when weather alert is turned On and NOAA sends a
1050 Hz weather alert tone on the selected weather channel. Press any button to
turn it Off.
Operating Your Radio
Getting Started
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Refer to the foldout at the front of this manual to identify the various controls and
indicators on your radio.
Throughout this manual you will be instructed to press, or to press and hold buttons
on the transceiver or on the microphone/speaker. Press means a momentary press,
then release; press and hold means to hold the button down.
Tones and Alarms
When your CobraMarine VHF radio is On, you can expect to hear the following tones
and alarms. The volume of these sounds is controlled by the circuitry in the radio
and is not affected by the volume set with the On-Off Power/Volume
knob or Volume Up/Down buttons.
Confirmation Tone
A single, high-pitched beep confirms all button presses except the Talk button.
It can be turned On or Off. See setup routines on page 41.
Error Tone
Three (3) medium-pitch tones indicate an invalid button press (error).
DSC Distress Alarm
High—low—high—low—high. Pause, then repeat. The volume of this alarm will
increase after 10 seconds. Press any button to turn it Off.
NOTE
This alarm sounds only for DSC distress calls on Channel 70. It does not
sound for voice calls on Channel 16 — you still must listen for those.
Operating Your Radio
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