User manual COBRA MR F45

[. . . ] Introduction 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. How Your CobraMarine VHF Radio Works This radio is a VHF transceiver for fixed mounting on your boat. It gives you 2-way vessel-to-vessel and vessel-to-shore station communications, primarily for safety and secondarily for navigation and operational purposes. [. . . ] Press the Call/Set button to select the setting. Use the Up/Down buttons to scroll to EXIT. Press the Call/Set button to return to the Settings menu. Time Offset All VHF, DSC, and GPS activities use a 24-hour clock and Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) which was formerly known as Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). Time Offset uses your connected GPS to gather time inputs. For time inputs to be converted to local time, you need to enter the hour offset of your local time zone from Greenwich. (See world city time zone chart on page 24. ) Time Offset Set Time To Change The Time Offset: 1. Enter the Settings menu and scroll to TIME OFFST (time offset) with the Up/Down buttons. Press the Call/Set button and observe the current setting. Use the Up/Down buttons to change to the setting for your local time zone. Press the Call/Set button to select the setting. Use the Up/Down buttons to scroll to EXIT. Press the Call/Set button to return to the Settings menu. NOTE If you leave the time offset at zero (0), the LCD will show the time as UTC. If you enter the hour offset for your time zone, the LCD will show the local time. In either event, DSC messages will always be based on UTC. 40 English Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra® 41 Operating Your Radio Voice Transmission · Operating Your Radio Voice Transmission Voice Transmission Transmit mode gives you the ability to communicate with safety services, other vessels, and shore stations. When you use this capability, be sure to follow the procedures and to observe the courtesies that govern its use so everyone benefits. (The tables on pages 14 through 23 will help you select the proper channels. ) Before pressing the Talk button to transmit a message, you should select the appropriate channel and transmit power output. Transmit Power Output Your radio can Transmit selectively at 1 or 25 watts of power. Cobra suggests you maintain the low power setting for short-range communications and to avoid overpowering nearby stations with your signal. Use the high power setting for long-range communications or when you do not receive a response to a signal sent at 1 watt. High/Low Power Button Channels You can transmit voice messages on most VHF Channels. Refer to the VHF marine channel assignments on pages 14 through 23 to select a channel according to the type of message you are going to send. High/Low Power Up/Down Buttons Channel 16/9 Buttons To Change The Channel You Can Choose From One (1) Of The Following: I Press the Up/Down buttons. This will take you to the next higher or lower VHF channel. (When on Channel 88A, the next higher channel is Channel 1 and vice versa. ) For rapid advance, press and hold the Up or Down buttons. [. . . ] If the serial number has been altered, defaced, or removed. If the owner of the product resides outside the U. S. A. All implied warranties, including warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose are limited in duration to the length of this warranty. Cobra shall not be liable for any incidental, consequential or other damages; including, without limitation, damages resulting from loss of use or cost of installation. [. . . ]