Owner's Manual
Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra
®
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Operating Your Radio Operating Your Radio
Advanced OperationAdvanced Operation
Receiving Distress Calls
When a vessel is within range of a DSC Distress call, the radio receives the call,
sounds the Distress alarm, and switches to Channel 16. All DSC calls that are received
will sound one (1) alert alarm. See pages 10-13 for descriptions of the different
alarms. Press any button to turn Off the alarm. The received call information continues
to display on the LCD.
When A Distress Call Is Received:
1. Press any button to turn Off the alarm.
2. Read and write down the distress information that
displays on the LCD (position data may or may not be
shown); then determine whether to answer the call.
3. Respond, if appropriate, by pressing and holding the Talk
button to transmit on Channel 16.
4.
The received information is placed into the Call Log.
See page 62 for more information on viewing the Call
Waiting Log.
5.
If MMSI (Maritime Mobile Service Identify) matches a
contact from the Individual Directory entry stored in your
radio, the name identication displays and the alarm
sounds to identify the Name of the matching MMSI member.
6. Press ESC after viewing the display to return to normal
Standby mode.
NOTE
The radio automatically switches to Channel 16 upon
receiving a DSC Distress call and the alarm will sound for
approximately two (2) minutes. Press any button to clear
the Distress alarm instantly.
Regarding Distress Relay Calls
This radio cannot send Distress Relay calls. Only large ships and shore stations, with
specially equipped radios, can send Distress Relay calls.
Receiving Distress Relay Calls
This radio does respond to a Distress Relay call just as it responds to a regular
Distress call.
Sending An All Ships Calls
Use the DSC All Ships call for the same urgency and safety purposes as the Pan and
Securite voice calls as well as sending Routine messages to all stations at once.
The DSC All Ships call reaches all stations in radio range. Use the DSC All Ships call
for urgent, but not life-threatening situations or to broadcast a safety warning to all
vessels in the area.
To Send An All Ships Call:
1. Press the CALL soft key and scroll to
ALL SHIPS
CALL
.
2. Select either
SAFETY or URGENCY and press the ENTR
soft key.
3.
Scroll to select the voice channel all radios will tune to
after the All Ships message is sent and press the ENTR key.
4. Press the ENTR soft key to send the All Ships Call.
5. The radio will tune to the voice channel previously
selected.
6. Press the EXIT soft key to exit the All Ships Call mode
and return the radio to the idle screen.
stop alrm any key
Received: 0:34
MMSI: 123456789
not acknowledged
distress Receive
ok
Received: 0:34
MMSI: 123456789
not acknowledged
distress Receive
quit paus info
exit entr
call menu
individual call
group call
all ships call
Soft Keys
exit entr
select channel
16
06
08
exit entr
all ships call
transmit safety ?
exit
all ships call
safety
channel 16
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