WARNING! FCC RF EXPOSURE REQUIREMENTS ..................................................................... 2
1. GENERAL INFORMATION ......................................................................................................... 4
1.1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................. 4
1.2 RF EXPOSURE SAFETY STATEMENT ............................................................................. 4
2. ACCESSORIES .......................................................................................................................... 5
2.1 PACKING LIST .................................................................................................................... 5
2.2 OPTIONS ............................................................................................................................ 5
3. ABOUT THIS RADIO .................................................................................................................. 6
3.1 ABOUT THE VHF MARINE BAND ...................................................................................... 6
3.2 ABOUT THE LMR CHANNELS ........................................................................................... 6
3.3 ABOUT WATER RESISTANCE ........................................................................................... 6
3.4 EMERGENCY
(
CHANNEL 16 USE
) ................................................................................... 6
3.5 CALLING ANOTHER VESSEL
(
CHANNEL 16 OR 9
) ......................................................... 7
3.6 OPERATING ON CHANNEL 13 .......................................................................................... 8
3.7 OPERATING ON CHANNEL 67 .......................................................................................... 8
3.8 SIMPLEX/DUPLEX CHANNEL USE ................................................................................... 8
4. GETTING STARTED ................................................................................................................. 10
4.1 RADIO CARE .................................................................................................................... 10
4.2 BELT CLIP INSTALLATION............................................................................................... 10
4.3 BATTERIES AND CHARGERS ......................................................................................... 11
4.3.1 BATTERY SAFETY .................................................................................................. 11
4.3.2 BATTERY INSTALLATION AND REMOVAL ............................................................ 12
4.3.3 BATTERY CHARGING ............................................................................................ 13
5. CONTROLS AND INDICATORS ............................................................................................... 14
5.1 CONTROLS AND SWITCHES .......................................................................................... 14
5.2 LCD INDICATORS ............................................................................................................ 17
6. BASIC OPERATION ................................................................................................................. 18
6.1 INITIAL SETUP ................................................................................................................. 18
6.2 RECEPTION ..................................................................................................................... 18
6.3 TRANSMISSION ............................................................................................................... 18
6.3.1 TRANSMIT TIME - OUT TIMER
(
TOT
) .................................................................... 19
6.4 USA, CANADIAN, AND INTERNATIONAL CHANNELS ................................................... 19
6.5 NOAA WEATHER CHANNELS ......................................................................................... 20
6.5.1 NOAA WEATHER ALERT ........................................................................................ 20
6.5.2 NOAA WEATHER ALERT TESTING ....................................................................... 20
6.6 KEYPAD LOCKING ........................................................................................................... 21
6.7 PRESET CHANNELS
(
0 ~ 9
)
: INSTANT ACCESS ........................................................... 21
6.7.1 PROGRAMMING ..................................................................................................... 21
6.7.2 OPERATION ............................................................................................................ 21
6.8 MEMORY SCAN ............................................................................................................... 22
6.8.1 PROGRAMMING SCAN MEMORY ......................................................................... 22
6.8.2 OPERATION ............................................................................................................ 22
6.9 PRIORITY SCAN .............................................................................................................. 23
6.10 DUAL WATCH ................................................................................................................. 24
6.11 TRI-WATCH ..................................................................................................................... 24
7. MENU
(
“SET”
)
MODE .............................................................................................................. 25
8. MAINTENANCE ........................................................................................................................ 28
8.1 GENERAL ......................................................................................................................... 28
8.2 REPLACEMENT PARTS ................................................................................................... 28
8.3 FACTORY SERVICE ......................................................................................................... 29
8.4 TROUBLESHOOTING CHART ......................................................................................... 29
9. VHF MARINE CHANNEL ASSIGNMENTS .............................................................................. 30
10. WARRANTY ............................................................................................................................ 33
ON-LINE WARRANTY REGISTRATION ................................................................................ 35
11. INSTALLATION OF OPTION .................................................................................................. 36
11.1 FBA-40 ALKALINE BATTERY TRAY ............................................................................... 36
12. SPECIFICATIONS ................................................................................................................... 37
12.1 GENERAL ....................................................................................................................... 37
12.2 TRANSMITTER ............................................................................................................... 37
12.3 RECEIVER ...................................................................................................................... 38
FCC AND CANADA RADIO LICENSE INFORMATION ................................................................ 39
