Owner's Manual

Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra
®
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Operating Your Radio
Advanced Operation
Receiving A Group Call
When another station makes a Group call to the radio, the Individual alarm sounds,
the caller is identied on the LCD, call information is placed in the Call Log, and the
radio is switched to the channel selected by the caller, similar to an Individual call.
Press any button to turn Off the alarm.
To Receive A Group Call:
1. Listen for the group voice message.
2. Press the Talk button and respond
only if appropriate.
Sending A Position Request
Position Request mode enables a DSC radio to obtain the position (latitude and
longitude) of a station that has a GPS device connected to the DSC radio at that
station. In most cases, a reply will be forthcoming. If for some reason, your request is
not acknowledged in ve (5) minutes, the user will be prompted to Resend the request
or exit the menu.
To Request The Position Of Another Station:
1. Press the CALL soft key and scroll to
POSITION
REQUEST
with the Up/Down soft keys or the channel
Up/Down buttons and press the ENTR soft key.
2. Using the Up/Down soft keys or the channel Up/Down
buttons to highlight a previously entered directory entry
or use the MANUAL entry option.
3. Press the ENTR key.
4. Press the ENTR soft key to send the Position Request
Call.
5. The radio will show the
WAITING FOR ACK screen
while waiting for the acknowledgement from the called
radio. And will show the
ACKNOWLEDGED screen after
the called radio responds.
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exit entr
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Up/Down Buttons
Soft Keys
exit entr
position request
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urgency
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