User's Manual

Nothing comes close to a Cobra
®
Getting Started
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English
External Devices
and Connections
External Speaker (Not Included)
An external speaker can provide greater volume
to hear messages than the speaker incorporated
in the CobraMarine
™
microphone/speaker.
To Install An External Speaker:
1.
Connect the speaker lead to the standard jack
on the back of the transceiver.
The speaker portion of the CobraMarine
™
microphone/
speaker will be muted when an external speaker is connected.
Public Address Speaker (Hailer)
(Not Included)
At times, it may be handy to hail other boats or
give instructions to line handlers on the dock.
Your CobraMarine
™
VHF radio can be switched
to operate in the
Public Address mode through
an attached PA speaker.
To Install A Public Address Speaker:
1.
Connect the PA speaker lead to the standard
jack on the back of the transceiver.
Getting Started
•
Refer to the foldout on the front cover 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 radio or on the microphone/speaker. Press means
a momentary press, then release; press and hold means to hold the
button down for three (3) seconds or more.
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.
Confirmation Tone
Single high-pitched beep confirms all button presses except the
Talk button. It can be turned On or Off. See Set-up Routines on
page 40.
Error Tone
Single low-pitched beep indicates an invalid button press.
DSC Distress Alarm
Loud, continuous, low-pitched series of closely spaced, three (3)
beep groups. Press any button to turn it
Off. This alarm sounds for:
■
Distress call send, receive, and acknowledgement
■
Distress Relay call received
■
All Ships call received
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 Operating Your Radio
External Speaker
PA Speaker