Main Icons Our Thanks to You and Customer Assistance Introduction Intro Operation Customer Warranty Our Thanks to You Assistance • Thank you for purchasing a CobraMarine® VHF radio. Properly used, this Cobra® product will give you Customer Installation many years of reliable service.Assistance How YourSecondar CobraMariney Icons VHF Radio Works This radio is a battery-powered portable transceiver for use afloat. It gives you two-way vessel-to-vessel and vessel-to-shore station communications, primarily for safety and secondarily for navigation and operational purposes. With it, you can call for help, get informationNotice fromCaution other boaters,Warning talk to lock or bridge tenders, and make radiotelephone calls to anywhere in the world through a marine operator. Besides two-way communications, the radio can provide quick access to receive all the NOAA (National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration) weather Main Icons channels and alert you to weather emergencies with a tone on a weather channel you can tune in for your area. Customer Assistance IntroCustomerOperation AssistanceCustomer Wa rranty Assistance • Should you encounter any problems with this product, or not understand its many features, please refer to this owner’s manual. If you require further assistance after reading this manual, Cobra Electronics offers the following customer Customer assistanceInstallation services: Assistance Secondary IconsFor Assistance in the U.S.A. Automated Help Desk English only. 24 hours a day, 7 days a week 773-889-3087 (phone). Customer Assistance Operators English only. 8:00 a.m.Notice to 5:30 p.m.Caution EasternlWa rTimening Mon. through Fri. (except holidays) 773-889-3087. Technical Assistance English only. www.cobra.com (on-line: Frequently Asked Questions). English only: [email protected] (e-mail). For Assistance Outside the U.S.A. Contact Your Local Cobra Dealer ©2019 Cobra Electronics Corporation™ 6500 West Cortland Street Chicago, Illinois 60707 USA www.cobra.com English Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra® English A1 Main Icons Main Icons Radio Controls Backlit LCD Screen and Indicators and Product Features Introduction Introduction Intro Operation Customer Warranty Intro Operation Customer Warranty Assistance Backlit LCD (Liquid CrystalAssistance Display) Screen Antenna Wrist Strap • Connector Weather Icon Key Tone Icon Roger Beep Icon External Speaker/ Microphone Jack Dual Watch Icon Scan Icon Customer Customer Installation Installation Assistance Weather Alert Icon Assistance Receive & Transmit Icons Backlit LCD Secondary Icons Secondary Icons Signal Strength Icon Screen Belt Clip Active Channel Numbers Engagement Button Lock Icon Battery Battery Power Icon Push to Talk Compartment Memory Channel Icon Low/Med/High Power Icons Notice Caution Warning Notice Caution Warning Broadcast Receive Icon Battery Door Simplex Operation Icon UIC Active Channel Map Icons Backlight/ Product Features Key Lock • Power Settings Roger Beep Tone (Selectable) Power Level/ Select 0.5, 1 or 3 watts of output power Confirmation tone indicates the completion Weather for near or distant calling. of the user’s transmission and signals to FLOATING MARINE HH150 others it is clear to talk. USA/International/Canada Channels On or Off selectable. Squelch ESC WEATHER SETUP Operate on any of the three different Defeat Enter/Setup channel maps set up for these areas. Rechargeable NiMH (Nickel-Metal PWR MEM H-M-L ENTER Hydride) Batteries Memory/ All NOAA Weather Channels Escape Five rechargeable NiMH batteries supplied CHANNEL Instant access to all National Weather with the unit provide extended operating SC/DW +16 Instant Channel Channels, 24 hours a day. 16/9 time and have no memory effect. Five Dual Watch/ Emergency Weather Alert AAA alkaline batteries may also be used Scan for emergency backup power. VOL VOL Receive NOAA alerts when threatening weather is nearby. Channel Up/Down 12V Power Cord Included Charge the NiMH batteries in a car or boat. Volume Up/ Down SUBMERSIBLE Submersible Meets JIS7/IPX7 waterproof standards. Speaker/Mic Jack Allows connecting optional Cobra Lapel Key Lock Speaker/Mic. Prevents accidental setting changes Charge Jack when key lock is set. Memory Channels Allows programming of up to ten VHF Speaker Channel Scan/Memory Scan memory channels. Scan through all or memorized channels Signal Strength Meter Microphone to find conversations in progress. Shows the strength of incoming Instant Channel 16/9 or outgoing signals. Provides instant access to priority Channel 16 and calling Channel 9. Illuminated Buttons Allows high visibility of all function buttons. Dual-Watch Use to monitor two (channels at once – Channel 16 and one user selected channel. A2 English A3 English Main Icons Table of Contents Main Icons Introduction Intro Operation Customer Warranty Assistance Introduction Our Thanks to You ......................................................................................... A1 Customer Assistance .....................................................................................Customer A1 Main Icons Intro Operation CustomerInstallation Warranty Radio ControlsAssistance and IndicatorsAssistance ....................................................................... A2 BacklitSecondar LCDy Icons (Liquid Crystal Display) Screen .................................................. A3 Product Features ........................................................................................... A3 Important Safety Information ............................................................................ 2 Customer Installation Marine CommunicationAssistance and Radio Procedures ................................................. 4 Intro Operation Customer Warranty Secondary Icons FCCAssistance Licensing InformationNotice ................................................................................Caution Warning 5 Installation Included in this Package ................................................................................... 6 Main Icons WristCustomer Strap, Belt Clip and External Speaker/Mic ............................................... 7 Installation Installing,AssistanceNotice ChargingCaution and MaintainingWarning Batteries ................................................. 8 Secondary Icons Operating Your Radio Getting Started ................................................................................................ 10 Setup Mode Programming............................................................................... 14 Intro Operation Customer Warranty NOAAAssistance All Hazards/Weather Radio and Alert .................................................... 17 Notice Caution Warning Standby, Receive and Transmit ....................................................................... 18 Advanced Operation ........................................................................................ 21 Main Icons Maintenance .................................................................................................... 27 Customer Installation TroubleshootingAssistance ............................................................................................... 27 Secondary Icons VHF Marine Radio Protocols VHF Marine Radio Procedures ......................................................................... 28 Voice Calling .................................................................................................... 30 Intro Operation Customer Warranty Main Icons RadiotelephoneAssistance Calls ....................................................................................... 31 Notice EmergencyCaution MessagesWarning and Distress Procedure ............................................... 32 Warranty and Trademark Main Icons Customer Installation Limited 1-Year Warranty ................................................................................. 35 Assistance Trademark Acknowledgement ........................................................................ 35 Intro Operation SecondarCustomery Icons Warranty Assistance Customer Service Product Service ............................................................................................... 36 Specifications .................................................................................................. 37 Intro Operation Customer Warranty Customer Installation AssistanceNotice Caution Warning Assistance Appendix – English/Español VHF Marine Channel Assignments .................................................................. 38 Secondary Icons Weather Channel Assignments ....................................................................... 55 Customer Installation Accessories ..................................................................................................... 56 Assistance ® Secondary Icons Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra 1 Notice Caution Warning Notice Caution Warning Main Icons Main Icons Main Icons Main Icons Intro Operation Customer Warranty Important Safety Information Assistance Important Safety Information Introduction Introduction Intro Operation Customer Warranty Intro Operation Customer Warranty Important Safety InformationAssistance General Precautions Assistance Main Icons • • ® Customer Intro Operation Customer Warranty Before using your CobraMarine VHF radio, please read these general precautionsInstallation The following WARNINGS and NOTICE information on the following page will make you Assistance Assistance and warnings. aware of RF exposure hazards and how to assure you operate the radio