Page 2 - Backlit LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) Screen; Product Features; Backlit LCD Screen; Notes
MEM SAME ATIS VOX LOMEDHI ROG VHF T R A B GMRS X C I U English Introduction Backlit LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) Screen • UIC Active Channel Map Icons Button Lock Icon Low/Medium/High Power Icons Power Settings Selectable power settings produce 1, 3 or 6 watts of output power for near or distant cal...
Page 3 - Table of Contents
Introduction 1 Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® Table of Contents Introduction Our Thanks to You . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A1 Customer Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A1 Radio Con...
Page 4 - General Precautions; Important Safety Information; Warning and Notice Statements; Industry Canada Antenna Notice
2 3 Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® General Precautions General Precautions • The following WARNINGS and NOTICE information will make you aware of RF exposure hazards and how to assure you operate the radio within the FCC RF exposure limits established for the radio. WARNINGS Your radio generates e...
Page 5 - Sea Tow Automated Radio Check (ARC) System; FCC Licensing Information; Station License; NOTICE; Recommendations for Marine Communication
Introduction 5 Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® FCC Licensing Information Sea Tow Automated Radio Check (ARC) System Please try the Sea Tow Automated Radio Check service. Areas where the safety check service is available include the East Coast, Gulf of Mexico, and Southern California, as well as in ...
Page 6 - Included in this Package; International Station License; for licensing information.; Radio Call Sign; including when your boat is on its trailer.; NOTE; This device may not cause harmful interference, and
7 Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® Included in this Package Included in this Package • You should find all of the following items in the package withyour CobraMarine VHF radio: 6 English FCC Licensing Information International Station License If your vessel will be entering the sovereign waters of a...
Page 7 - Install/Remove Antenna; Installing the Battery Pack; Install/Remove Antenna; Wrist Strap and Belt Clip; Belt Clip
9 Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® Wrist Strap and Belt Clip Install/Remove Antenna • 1. To install the antenna turn the antenna into the radio clockwise to tighten. Do not overtighten 2. To remove the antenna turn the antenna counterclockwise. This radio transmitter IC: 906A-MRHH350 has been approv...
Page 8 - To Remove Battery Pack from Radio; Alkaline Batteries; Batteries and Charger; Initial Charge
VHF Marine Radio Protocols Installation 11 Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® To Remove Battery Pack from Radio 1. Loosen the screw on the back of the battery pack. 2. Lift the bottom of the battery pack slightly to remove it from the radio housing. 3. Pull battery pack out of the radio housing. NOTE ...
Page 9 - Getting Started; Talk; Common Radio Functions; Marine Standby; Maintaining the Battery Charge
VHF Marine Radio Protocols Operating Your Radio 13 Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® Getting Started Getting Started • 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 ...
Page 10 - Channel Up/Down Buttons; SAM; Radio Speaker and Microphone
VHF Marine Radio Protocols Operating Your Radio 15 Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® Getting Started Channel Up/Down Buttons Your radio will Receive (Rx) and Transmit (Tx) VHF signals on the channel indicated on the LCD display. You can change the channel at any time using the Channel Up/Down buttons...
Page 11 - Setup Mode Programming; WX
VHF Marine Radio Protocols 17 Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® Setup Mode Programming Setup Mode Programming • The following series of procedures is designed to allow you to set the programmable features of your radio. Correctly following these steps results in a minimal amount of radio setup progra...
Page 12 - Call Tone Alert; Squelch Control
VHF Marine Radio Protocols Operating Your Radio 19 Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® Setup Mode Programming USA/International/Canada Channel Maps Three (3) sets of VHF Channel Maps have been established for marine use in the USA, Canada, and the rest of the world (International). Most of the channels...
Page 13 - Call Tone Select
21 Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® MEM SAME ATIS VOX LOMEDHI VHF T R A B GMRS X C I U Roger Beep Mode MEM SAME ATIS VOX LOMEDHI VHF T R A B GMRS X C I U Call Tone Select VHF Marine Radio Protocols Operating Your Radio 20 English Setup Mode Programming Call Tone Select This setting will also allow y...
Page 14 - Standby/Receive and Transmit; and Transmit; LO
VHF Marine Radio Protocols Operating Your Radio 23 Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® Standby/Receive and Transmit To Set WX Auto Search (SCAN) On or Off: WX auto search setup is only shown if WX Alert is set to ON . 1. Display will show Weather icon and the matrix will display WX SCAN with ON or OFF ...
Page 15 - NOAA Weather Channels and Alert; NOAA Emergency Weather Alert; Receiving a Weather Alert
VHF Marine Radio Protocols Operating Your Radio 25 Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® Standby/Receive and Transmit NOTE If the Talk button is held down for five (5) minutes, the radio will automatically sound a series of beeps and cease transmitting to prevent unwanted signal generation and battery dr...
Page 16 - Advanced Operation; EN; ETUP
VHF Marine Radio Protocols Operating Your Radio 27 Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® Advanced Operation Tri-Watch Mode Tri-Watch mode gives you one (1) button access to scan a total of three (3) channels of most importance to you. Channel 16 is preprogrammed and will always be one (1) of the scanned ...
Page 17 - Memory Location Mode; CAN
VHF Marine Radio Protocols Operating Your Radio 29 Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® Advanced Operation Memory Location Mode Your radio has unlimited memory locations for storing your most frequently used channels. These memory locations can be selected individually or can be scanned. (See page 32 un...
Page 18 - Channel Scan Mode
31 Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® Advanced Operation Channel Scan Mode During Channel Scan mode, the radio will rapidly switch from channel to channel through all the channels. NOTE The radio must be squelched for Channel Scan mode to function. See page 18 for Squelch procedure. To Enter Channel S...
Page 19 - Floating Feature; Memory Location Scan Mode; ESC; Burp Feature
33 Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® Floating Feature VHF Marine Radio Protocols Operating Your Radio 32 English Advanced Operation Memory Location Scan Mode During Memory Location Scan mode, the radio will rapidly scan through all pre-assigned memory channels. NOTE The radio must be squelched for Me...
Page 20 - VHP Marine Radio; Key Lock; Problem; Maintenance
34 English Maintenance and Troubleshooting Introduction 35 Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® VHP Marine Radio Procedures No display on LCD when radio is turned On Batteries are exhausted Batteries not installed properly Recharge or replace batteries Remove batteries and reinstall according to polarit...
Page 21 - Prohibited Communications; MUST NOT; VHF Marine Radio; Voice Calling
37 Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® Voice Calling Prohibited Communications You MUST NOT transmit: ■ False distress or emergency messages. ■ Messages containing obscene, indecent or profane language. ■ General calls, signals or messages (messages not addressed to a particular station) on Channel 16,...
Page 22 - Emergency Messages and; Emergency Messages and Distress Procedure
VHF Marine Radio Protocols 39 Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® Emergency Messages and Distress Procedure Emergency Messages and Distress Procedure • The ability to summon assistance in an emergency is the primary reason to have a VHF marine radio. The marine environment can be unforgiving, and what ...
Page 23 - Marine Distress Procedure; Press Talk button and say:; Emergency Messages; Marine Emergency Signals; MAYDAY
VHF Marine Radio Protocols 41 Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® Emergency Messages and Distress Procedure Marine Distress Procedure Speak slowly — clearly — calmly. 1. Make sure your radio is On. 2. Select Channel 16. 3. Press Talk button and say: “MAYDAY — MAYDAY — MAYDAY.” (Or “PAN — PAN — PAN,” or...
Page 24 - Limited 3-Year Warranty; Exclusions: This limited warranty does not apply:; Trademark Acknowledgement
43 Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® VHF Marine Radio Protocols 42 English For Example Emergency Messages and Distress Procedure “Mayday — Mayday — Mayday” “This is Corsair — Corsair — Corsair” [or “IL 1234 AB,” repeated three (3) times] “Mayday Corsair (or IL 1234 AB)” “Navy Pier bears 220 degrees m...
Page 25 - Specifications; Product Service; Please call Cobra first! DO NOT RETURN THIS PRODUCT TO THE STORE!; General
44 English Product Service 45 Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® Specifications Product Service • If you have any questions about operation or installing your new CobraMarine VHF product or if you are missing parts… Please call Cobra first! DO NOT RETURN THIS PRODUCT TO THE STORE! See customer assista...
Page 26 - Asignación de canales de VHF para radiocomunicación marítima; cualquiera de las tres áreas.; canales 8, 67, 72 y 88A solamente para mensajes entre embarcaciones.; VHF Marine; VHF Marine Channel Assignments; whichever area you choose.; Channel 9
Introduction 47 Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® VHF Marine Channel Assignments Appendix 46 English Asignación de canales de VHF para radiocomunicación marítima • Existen tres (3) juegos de canales VHF para uso marítimo en los EE.UU., Canadá y el resto del mundo (internacional). La mayoría de los ca...
Page 27 - Channels Wx 1 Thru 10
49 Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® VHF Marine Channel Assignments Appendix 48 English VHF Marine Channel Assignments Sea Tow ARC (Automated Radio Check) Channels 24, 25, 26, 27, 28 Tune your radio to the proper channel for your community. Conduct a radio check as you normally would.Upon releasing t...
Page 30 - service by MCTS Canada
Appendix 55 Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® /Nada se compara a Cobra ® VHF Marine Channel Assignments Appendix 54 English VHF Marine Channel Assignments 24 • • • 157.200 161.800 Sea Tow ARC (Automated Radio Check) RMCAR (Chequeo Automatizado de la Radio) 25 • • • 157.250 161.850 Sea Tow ARC (Automa...
Page 31 - Digital Selective Calling
Appendix 57 Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® /Nada se compara a Cobra ® VHF Marine Channel Assignments Appendix 56 English VHF Marine Channel Assignments 66A • • 156.325 156.325 Port Operations Operaciones portuarias 67 • • • 156.375 156.375 68 • • • 156.425 156.425 Non-Commercial (Recreational) No ...
Page 32 - Protection Operations)
Appendix 59 Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® /Nada se compara a Cobra ® VHF Marine Channel Assignments Appendix 58 English VHF Marine Channel Assignments 78 • 156.925 161.525 Public Correspondence (Marine Operator) Correspondencia pública (operador marítimo) 78A • • 156.925 156.925 Non-Commercial (R...
Page 33 - between simplex and duplex.; Muchos de los canales de números simples, como 01, 02 y 03, transmiten; NOTA; cambiarse los modos de operación entre simple y dúplex.; Weather Channel Assignments; Asignaciones de canales meteorológicos; RX Frequency MHz
Appendix 61 Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra ® /Nada se compara a Cobra ® Weather Channel Assignments Appendix 60 English NOAA Weather Channels and Alert VHF Marine Channel Assignments NOTE Many of the plain-numbered channels, such as 01, 02 and 03, transmit and receive on different frequencies. This ...
Page 34 - Accessories; Optional Accessories
62 Introduction Optional Accessories Accessories • Your Cobra radio has several optional accessories available to enhance the use of the radio. Some are listed below: Alkaline Battery Tray A special alkaline battery tray (P/N CM 110-024) is available as an optional accessory to have as an emergency ...