User manual COBRA MR HH400 XVP

[. . . ] Introduction Intro Our Thanks to You and Customer Assistance Operation Customer Assistance Warranty Thank you for purchasing a CobraMarineTM VHF radio. Properly used, this Cobra® product will give you many years of reliable service. Assistance How your CobraMarineTM VHF radio works Secondary Icons This radio is a battery powered portable transceiver for use afloat. It gives you 2-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 information from other boaters, talk to lock or bridge tenders, and make radiotelephone calls to anywhere in the world through a marine operator. [. . . ] Some marine suppliers accept ones old batteries for recycling and many municipal waste disposal agencies have special provisions for battery disposal. n ra ar W ty No tic e Ca uti on Secure Radio ar W nin g 26 English Nothing comes close to a Cobra® 27 Intro Operation Customer Assistance Warranty Main Icons Intro Operation Customer Assistance Warranty Installation Installation Batteries And Charger Initial Charge The Cobra® provided NiMH batteries can be Charged at home, in your automobile, or in your boat using the appropriate 12 or 120 volt power cord with the charger. Insert one (1) of the power cords into the back of the Warning Caution drop-in charging cradle. Insert the other end of the power cord into the appropriate 12 or 120 volt power source. The metal pads Warranty on the radio will contact mating pads in the charger to transfer the charging current. Observe that the red light on the front of the charger glows to indicate that the radio is properly seated and Operation the charger isWarranty Customer operating. Allow the batteries to charge for 15 to 18 hours. WARNING Customer Only the rechargeable NiMH batteries Assistance can be recharged. NOTE If the drop-in charger is to be used on a boat, Caution Warning Cobra® recommends you attach it to a shelf or bulkhead (using the screw holes provided) to prevent damage due to the boat rolling or pitching. Customer Assistance snocI niaM Installation Installation Batteries And Charger Customer Assistance Maintaining The Battery Charge Warranty As you use your radio, the battery power icon will show the battery power remaining. When the icon begins to flash, it is time to recharge or change the batteries. You can monitor incoming calls while the radio is charging. Customer Warning Caution Assistance However, you should remove it from the charger to transmit. Charging will be quicker if the radio is turned Off. Customer Assistance Operation Power Sources Secondary Icons Fully Charged Secondary Icons Intro Main Icons Partially Charged Installation Notice Notice remotsuC ecnatsissA noitarepO ortnI W Secondary Icons Insert Radio Intro remotsuC ecnatsissA Fully Discharged Notice Caution Operation noitallatsnI Main Icons Customer Assistance snocI yradnoceS CAUTION Use only the drop-in charger provided by Cobra®. DoWarning use the charger with alkaline batteries; only not the NiMH batteries are rechargeable. Spent alkaline batteries must be discarded and replaced. Installation Customer Assistance Intro Secondary Icons W noituaC ecitoN Installation Notice Caution Secondary Icons Warning It is a good idea to keep a set of fresh, high quality alkaline batteries with your radio. Should the rechargeable batteries become discharged and no electrical power source be available, you can insert the alkaline batteries and continue to use your radio until you can return to using the rechargeable ones. Notice 28 English Nothing comes close to a Cobra® 29 Operating Your Radio Intro Operation Getting Started Customer Assistance Warranty Operating Your Radio Intro Operation Getting Started Customer Assistance Volume Warranty Getting Started Refer to the foldout on the front cover of this manual to identify the various controls and indicators on your radio. Customer Installation Throughout this manual you will be instructed to press or to press and hold buttons Assistance on the radio. Press means a momentary press, then release; press and hold means Secondary Icons to hold the button down. Whenever you press any button except the Talk button on your radio, a brief tone (beep) will sound to confirm the button press. With all button presses, the appropriate icon will appear on the LCD and the backlight will turn On. The backlight will stay Caution Warning Notice On for five (5) seconds after the button is released. At times you will hear two (2) other sounds. [. . . ] You may be asked to send your radio to the Cobra® factory. It will be necessary to furnish the following to have the product serviced and returned: Caution Warning Notice 1. For warranty repair include some form of proof-of-purchase, such as a mechanical reproduction or carbon of a sales receipt. If you send the original receipt, it cannot be returned. [. . . ]