Introduction Our Thanks to You and Customer Assistance Our Thanks to You Thank you for purchasing a CobraMarine VHF radio. Properly used, this Cobra® product will give you many years of reliable service. ® Owner’s Manual Introduction Radio Controls and Indicators Belt Clip • Distress Key How Your CobraMarine VHF Radio Works DISTRESS DISTRESS Antenna This radio is a battery-powered portable transceiver for use afloat.
Backlit Screen and Product Features Introduction Backlit Screen Rewind-Say-Again® Icon Bluetooth VOX Icon Weather Icon Battery Power Icon MENU Soft Key USA 6W MEM TIME:10:00 DATE:06/01 41° 54.523N 087° 47.192W MENU WX 16 EMERG GPS Icon Product Features Signal Level Icon Transmit and Receive Icons Active Channel Channel Description CALL Soft Key Floating This radio will float if dropped overboard. It has an orange stripe so it’s easy to retrieve. Must use included battery to float.
Main Icons Table of Contents Main Icons Introduction Intro Main Icons Intro Intro Operation Secondary Icons Main Icons Installation Secondary Icons Intro Operation Notice Installation Secondary Icons Main Icons Notice Intro Operation Customer Assistance Installation Warranty Secondary Icons Intro allation Customer Assistance Warranty Notice Caution Warning Installation Included in this Package. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
o ons Main Icons Main Icons Main Icons Important Safety Information Intro Introduction Intro Operation Customer Assistance Important Safety Information Customer Assistance Warranty Customer Installation Caution Notice Introduction • WARNINGS WARNING Notice Caution Warning Statements identify conditions that could result in personal injury or loss of life. Warning Caution NOTICE Statements identify conditions that could cause damage to the radio Warning equipment.
o Operation Installation Customer Assistance Warranty Main Icons General Precautions Customer Assistance Introduction ons Intro Notice Caution Main Icons Operation Customer Assistance Warranty Intro AVOID using or storing the radio at temperatures below -4˚F (-20˚C) or above Customer Installation Assistance 140˚F (60˚C). Secondary Icons KEEP your radio at least 3 ft (0.9 m) away from your vessel’s magnetic navigation compass. DO NOT attempt to service any internal parts yourself.
Main Icons Main Icons FCC & IC Licensing Information Introduction Intro Intro Operation Operation Customer Assistance Customer Warranty Assistance Canadian Ship Station License Warranty You need a Radio Operator’s Certificate if your vessel is operated in Canadian waters. Radio Operator training and certification is available from the Canadian Power Squadron. Visit their website at http://www.cps-ecp.ca/.
Intro Operation VHF Marine Radio Protocols Installation Installation Customer Assistance Warranty Install/Remove Antenna Secondary Icons Main Icons Notice Intro Operation Customer Assistance Installation Customer Assistance Secondary Icons LiON Battery Pack Notice Caution Install Battery Pack Installation • 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.
Main Icons Intro Operation VHF Marine Radio Protocols Installation Power Sources Installation Secondary Icons Notice Main Icons Initial Battery Charge Intro Operation Customer Assistance Main Icons Installation Customer Assistance Secondary Icons Intro Notice Main Icons Caution Customer Assistance Warranty Intro Batteries and Charger Customer Assistance Charging The Cobra-provided LiON battery pack may be charged at home, in a car or in a boat using the appropriate 12V or 120V power
Main Icons Main Icons VHF MarineYour Operating Radio Radio Protocols HH600 Radio Intro Operation Installation Secondary Icons Notice Getting Started Customer Assistance VHF MarineYour Operating Radio Radio Protocols Warranty Getting Started Intro • Refer to the foldout at the front of this manual to identify the various controls and indicators on your radio.
Main Icons Main Icons Main Icons VHF MarineYour Operating Radio Radio Protocols Intro Operation Speaker/Mic Port Intro Installation Secondary Icons Secondary Icons Getting Started Customer Assistance Notice Warranty Intro Radio Speaker and Microphone Operation Customer Warranty The internal Radio Speaker and Microphone are located on the bottom Assistance front face of the radio below the lower control buttons.
Main Icons Main Icons 16 USA 6W MEM Getting Started TIME:10:00 VHF MarineYour Operating Radio Radio Protocols DATE:06/01 SCAN Button SCAN 41° 54.523N Press and release the SCAN soft key to scan all channels. Scanning EMERG 087° 47.192W begins at the selected lower channel, and scans to higher channels. Intro MainOperation Icons Customer Assistance Installation Intro MEM H/M/L SCAN Secondary Icons Notice Secondary Icons Customer Press the Channel Up/Down button to change the scan direction.
Main Icons Main Icons VHF MarineYour Operating Radio Radio Protocols Intro Operation Setup Mode Programming Customer Assistance Backlight Lamp Adjust Warranty The LCD has a Backlight lamp to make it visible in the dark. This lamp can be adjusted for brightness or turned Off. Installation Menu Soft Key Secondary Icons Channel Up/Down Buttons Notice LAMP ADJUST 2 MED EXIT ENTER 2.
Main Icons Main Icons VHF MarineYour Operating Radio Radio Protocols Intro Operation Time Adjust Setup Mode Programming Customer Assistance Warranty All VHF, DSC, and GPS activities use a 24-hour clock and Universal Coordinated Time (UTC) which was formerly known as Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). Time Adjust uses your built-in Customer GPS to gather time input. Time Adjust will allow the radio to display the time as Local time Installation Assistance or UTC time.
Main Icons Main Icons VHF MarineYour Operating Radio Radio Protocols Intro Operation Weather Alert Setup Mode Programming Customer Assistance Warranty This setting will allow you to choose whether activate the Weather Alert feature. When NOAA broadcasts a Weather Alert Signal and your radio is in the Weather Alert Customer Installation mode, you will hear a continuous Assistance audible tone and the radio will automatically switch to Weather Radio mode.
Main Icons Main Icons VHF MarineYour Operating Radio Radio Protocols Intro Operation Menu Soft Key Setup Mode Programming Customer Assistance Warranty Satellite Based Augmentation (SBAS) The SBAS can be turned ON or OFF. Some areas of the earth need it turned off for greater accuracy. It is set ON by default. Customer Installation To Select the Satellite Based Augmentation System: Assistance Channel Up/Down Buttons 1.
Main Icons Main Icons VHF MarineYour Operating Radio Radio Protocols Intro Menu Soft Key Operation Setup Mode Programming Customer Assistance Warranty Distance Measurement Select STATUTE MILE, NAUTICAL MILE or KILOMETER to change the unit used to display distance. This is used Customer Installation mainly for navigation and indicating a distance to a point. Assistance To Distance Measurement Units: Channel Up/Down Buttons Secondary Icons 1.
Main Icons Main Icons VHF MarineYour Operating Radio Radio Protocols Intro Operation Bluetooth® Mode Pairing and Programming Customer Assistance Warranty Bluetooth® Mode Pairing and Programming Bluetooth® wireless technology is a standard which has been developed for use in mobile phones and other devices. This process of linking your mobile phone and this radio requires Customer Installation Assistancethe two devices can be “connected” when they are within a one-time “pairing” after which range.
Main Icons Main Icons Main Icons Main Icons VHF MarineYour Introduction Operating Radio Radio Protocols Intro Operation Intro Standby/Receive and Transmit Customer Operation Assistance Warranty Customer Assistance Standby/Receive and Transmit • Marine Standby mode is the default mode for the radio whenever it is turned on.
Main Icons Main Icons VHF MarineYour Operating Radio Radio Protocols Intro Operation Main Icons Weather Mode Programming Customer Assistance Warranty Intro Weather (WX) Standby Mode Installation Intro Secondary Icons Main Icons Notice Secondary Icons Weather Standby Intro The Weather Standby Mode will show the currently selected Customer Assistance weather channel and the Weather Alert setting status as On or Off.
Main Icons VHF MarineYour Operating Radio Radio Protocols Intro Operation Advanced Operation Customer Assistance Advanced Operation Installation Secondary Icons Channel 16 or Channel 9 Notice VHF MarineYour Operating Radio Radio Protocols Warranty Channel 16+ Mode Channel 16/9 Button Intro • Channel 16+ mode gives you quick access to calling on Channel Customer 16 and Channel 9 from any operational mode. Assistance To Switch to Channel 16+ or Channel 9: 1.
Main Icons Main Icons VHF MarineYour Operating Radio Radio Protocols Intro Operation Advanced Operation Memory Channels Customer Assistance Warranty Intro You can program (or tag) any or all channels to be scanned in the Memory Scan mode. Secondary Icons Installation Memory Scan During Memory Scan, the radio will rapidly switch from tagged channel to tagged channel. Whenever any activity is detected, the radio will stop the scan to allow you to listen to the activity on that channel.
Main Icons Main Icons VHF MarineYour Operating Radio Radio Protocols Intro Operation Rewind Operation Customer Assistance Warranty Operation of Rewind-Say-Again ® 1. From the Standby mode, press the Rewind soft key after the last inbound audio transmission. The last recording will immediately start to play back. 2. Using the Up/Down soft keys or the channel Up/Down buttons scroll to the PLAY RECORDING menu option. Channel Up/Down Buttons 3.
Main Icons Intro Operation Main Icons Customer Assistance Warranty VHF MarineYour Operating Radio Radio Protocols Installation Secondary Icons Intro Customer Assistance Operation Mobile Phone Operation With Bluetooth® Customer Assistance Warranty VHF MarineYour Operating Radio Radio Protocols Intro Operation Mobile Phone Operation with Bluetooth® NOTE Customer Please referInstallation to the Bluetooth Assistance Mode Pairing and Programming section on page 28 for Notice Caution Warning instru
Main Icons Main Icons Main Icons Intro VHFHH600 Operating MarineYour Radio Radio Protocols MARINE DSC+GPS Intro Bluetooth Soft Key Operation 16 USA 6W TIME:10:00 LOC DATE:06/30 A Secondary Icons 32 49.800N EMERGENCY 999.11.077W SOG: 3.
Main Icons Main Icons VHF MarineYour Operating Radio Radio Protocols Intro Operation Mobile Phone Operation With Bluetooth® Customer Assistance General Bluetooth Operation and Frequently Asked Questions hat is the Industry Standard Range for Bluetooth® Wireless Technology? W The industry standard range for Bluetooth wireless technology is 30 feet Customer Installation Assistance (10 meters).
Main Icons Main Icons Main Icons VHF MarineYour Operating Radio Radio Protocols Intro Floating Radio Operation Main Icons Intro Installation Secondary Icons Main Icons Intro Secondary Icons Notice Intro This radio is designed to float if dropped overboard. The flashing Customer Warranty Assistance light at the bottom of the radio will activate as soon as it makes Customer with water and the orange center makes it visible and contact Assistance easy to retrieve.
Main Icons Main Icons Introduction VHF Marine Radio Protocols Intro Main Icons VHF Marine Radio Procedures Operation Intro Customer Operation Assistance Warranty Customer Assistance VHF Marine Radio Procedures Warranty Maintain Your Watch Intro • Whenever your boat is underway, the radio must be turned On and be tuned to Channel 16 Customer Customer Installation except when being used forInstallation messages.
Main Icons Intro Main Icons Main Icons Intro Operation Customer Assistance Warranty VHF Marine Radio Protocols Intro Operation Voice Calling Voice Calling Customer Assistance Main Icons Warranty Customer Assistance Installation Customer Assistance Intro To call another vessel or shore installation (e.g, lock or bridge tender): n M ake sure the radio is On. n M ake sure you are in standby listening mode on Channel 16. Make sure Channel 16 is Notice not in use.
Main Icons Main Icons VHF Marine Radio Protocols Intro Operation Digital Selective Calling (DSC) Customer Assistance VHF Marine Radio Protocols Intro Warranty Digital Selective Calling (DSC) • n Notice Warning Caution Warning An MMSI is a nine (9) digit number used on a marine radio capable of using digital selective calling (DSC). It is used to selectively call other vessels or shore stations and is similar to a telephone number.
Main Icons Main Icons VHF Marine Radio Protocols Intro Operation DSC Set-Up Digital Select Calling (DSC) Setup Customer Assistance Operating Your Radio VHF Marine Radio Protocols Intro Warranty • Digital selective calling — DSC — employs digital RF signals which tend to carry further and be less susceptible to distortion from noise and atmospheric conditions than analog ones. The result is greater range and more reliable message delivery Customer Installation Assistance per watt of output power.
Operating Your Radio Digital Select Calling (DSC) Setup If You Transfer Your Radio To A Different Vessel ontact the MMSI issuing agency from which you obtained your number and change the C information associated with your number to correspond to vessel in which it will be mounted. To View Your MMSI Number At Any Time: 1. Enter the DSC SETUP MENU menu and scroll to RADIO MMSI ENTRY with the Up/Down soft keys or the Up/Down channel buttons. RADIO MMSI MMSI 123456789 EXIT 2.
Operating Your Radio Digital Select Calling (DSC) Setup Position Request Reply Type The ability to send your position to another station is an added feature of DSC radios that have GPS. It is handy for rendezvous and rescue situations. Your CobraMarine VHF radio allows you to choose whether to have the radio automatically respond to all Position Requests it receives or to alert you to a Position Request and allow you to choose whether to respond or not — manual reply.
o Main Icons Main Icons VHF Marine Radio Protocols Intro Operation Radiotelephone Calls Customer Assistance Radiotelephone Calls Operation Installation ons Notice VHF Marine Radio Protocols Warranty Intro • Boaters may make and receive radiotelephone calls to and from any number on the telephone Customer network Warranty by using the services of public coast stations. Calls can be made — for a fee — Assistance Customer between your radio and telephones on land, sea and in the air.
Main Icons Introduction VHF Marine Radio Protocols Intro Main Icons Main Icons Operation Intro Emergency Messages and Distress Procedure Customer Operation Assistance Warranty Customer Assistance Marine Emergency Signals Warranty The three (3) spoken international emergency signals are: MAYDAY Installation Customer Customer Installation Assistance Assistance The distress signal MAYDAY is used to indicate that a station is threatened by grave and imminent danger and requests immediate assistance.
Main Icons Main Icons Introduction VHF Marine Radio Protocols Intro Operation Intro For Example Main Icons Main Icons Emergency Messages and Distress Procedure Customer Operation Assistance Warranty Customer Assistance Warranty Introduction Warranty Intro Operation “This is Corsair — CorsairCustomer — Corsair”Customer [or “IL 1234 AB” Installation Assistance “Mayday Corsair (or IL 1234 AB)” Secondary Icons Installation Assistance Secondary Icons Secondary Icons “Navy Pier bears 220 degree
Main Icons Main Icons Main Icons Product Service Customer Service Introduction Intro Secondary Icons Operation Customer Intro Warranty Operation Customer Warranty Assistance Cobra first! DOAssistance NOT RETURN THIS PRODUCT TO THE STORE! See customer assistance on page A1. If your product should require factory service, please call Cobra first before sending your radio. This will Customer ensure the fastest turn-around time on your repair.
Main Icons Main Icons Main Icons Appendix VHF Marine Radio Protocols Introduction Intro Secondary Icons Operation Intro Customer Assistance VHF Marine Channel Assignments Operation Warranty Customer Assistance VHF Marine Channel Assignments Warranty • Three (3) sets of VHF channels have been established for marine use in the U.S.A., Canada and the rest of the world (International).
Main Icons Main Main Icons Icons VHF Marine Channel Assignments Appendix Intro Operation Customer Assistance Warranty Channel Assignments (English) Main Icons VHF Marine Channel Assignments Introduction Appendix Intro Intro Operation Intro Operation Customer Operation Customer Assistance Assistance Warranty Customer Warranty Assistance Warranty Asignaciones de canales (Español) Sea Tow Automated Radio Check (ARC) Control de radio automatizado remolque del mar (CAR) Installation Channels 24
Main Icons Main Main Icons Icons VHF Marine Channel Assignments Appendix Intro Operation 01 01A Installation EE.UU. Secondary Icons Int’l Customer Assistance nternac • Intro Intro Frequency Frecuencia Mapa de canales USA Appendix Warranty Channel Map Channel Number Número de canal Customer Assistance Canada Transmit Canadá • Transm. 156.
Main Icons Main Icons Main Icons VHF Marine Channel Assignments Introduction Appendix Intro Operation Intro Channel Map Channel Number Número de canal 14 15 Secondary Icons Customer Operation Assistance Warranty Customer Assistance Installation EE.UU. • • Secondary Icons Int’l Customer Introduction Appendix Intro Warranty Operation Intro Frequency Canada Transmit Customer Installation nternac Transm.
Main Icons Main Icons Main Icons VHF Marine Channel Assignments Introduction Appendix Intro Operation Intro Warranty Customer Assistance USA Installation EE.UU. Int’l Canada Transmit Customer Customer Installation Assistance Canadá nternac AssistanceTransm. 23A • 23B • Secondary Icons Intro Secondary Icons 157.
Main Icons Main Icons Main Icons VHF Marine Channel Assignments Introduction Appendix Intro Operation Intro Channel Map Channel Number Número de canal Customer Operation Assistance Warranty Customer Assistance USA Installation EE.UU. Int’l Customer Intro Frequency Canada Transmit Customer Installation nternac Transm.
Main Icons Main Icons Main Icons VHF Marine Channel Assignments Introduction Appendix Intro Operation Intro Warranty Customer Assistance USA Installation EE.UU. Int’l Canada Transmit Customer Customer Installation Assistance Canadá nternac AssistanceTransm.
Main Icons Main Icons Main Icons VHF Marine Channel Assignments Introduction Appendix Intro Operation Intro Warranty Customer Assistance Channel Map Channel Number Número de canal Customer Operation Assistance Mapa de canales USA Installation EE.UU. Intro Frecuencia Int’l Canada Transmit Customer Customer Installation Assistance Canadá nternac AssistanceTransm.
Main Icons Intro Main Icons Main Icons Operation Customer Assistance Warranty Introduction Appendix Main Icons Secondary Icons Intro Secondary Icons Installation Intro Operation Intro Customer Assistance VHF Marine Channel Assignments Customer Operation Assistance Warranty Customer Assistance NOTE Customer Customer Installation Installation Assistance Assistance such as 01, 02 and 03, transmit and receive on Many of the plain-numbered channels, Operation Customer Warranty Notice Caution Warn
ain Icons Main Icons Main Icons econdary Icons Intro Operation Intro Customer Warranty Main Icons Assistance Operation Customer Assistance Accessories Operation Warranty Customer Assistance Customer Assistance Intro Customer Installation Assistance Alkaline Battery Tray Secondary Icons Secondary Icons Notice Notice Caution Secondary Icons Caution Warning Installation Secondary Icons A special alkaline battery tray (P/N CM 110-035) is available as an optional accessory to have as an emer
ain Icons Main Icons World City Time Zones Introduction Accessories Intro econdary Icons Intro Operation Operation Warranty Customer Warranty World CityCustomer Time Zones Assistance Assistance • In order to set correct local time as compared to different World City Time Zones, enter the hour “offset” as listed below. The correct local time appears on the VHF for Cities all over the world. See page 43 for setup information.
