Cobra MRHH350FLT - Manual

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 ...

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...

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...

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 ...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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 ...

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 ...