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QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE ........................................................................................................ 3
1. GENERALA 4
1.1 INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................... 4
1.2 RF EXPOSURE SAFETY STTEMENT................................................................... 4
2. ACCESSORIES ...................................................................................................................... 5
2.1 P ........................................................................................................... 5
2.2 OPTIONS ..................................................................................................................... 5
3. ABOUT THIS RADIO ............................................................................................................6
3.1 ABOUT MARINE BAND .......................................................................... 6
3.2 ABOUT RESISTANCE ................................................................................. 6
3.3 DISTRESS
(
CHANNEL
)
............................................................ 6
3.4 CALLING
(
CHANNEL 16 OR 9
)
............................................ 7
3.5 OPERACHANNEL13 ............................................................................... 8
3.6 OPERACHANNEL67 ............................................................................... 8
3.7 SIMPLEX/DUPLEX CHANNEL USE ......................................................................... 8
4. GETTING STARTED ............................................................................................................ 10
4.1 RADIO CARE ............................................................................................................ 10
4.2 BEL 10
4.3 BAAND CHARGERS ............................................................................... 1
4.3.1 BAY SAFETY ....................................................................................... 1
4.3.2 BAALLAREMOV 12
4.3.3 BAY CHARGING ................................................................................. 13
5. CONTROLS INDICAORS ......................................................................................... 14
5.1 CONTROLS SWITCHES ................................................................................ 14
5.2 LCD INDICA .................................................................................................... 17
6. BASIC OPERATION ............................................................................................................ 18
6.1 PROHIBITED COMMUNICAONS ......................................................................... 18
6.2 INITIAL SETUP ......................................................................................................... 18
6.3 RECEPTION .............................................................................................................. 18
6.4 TRANSMISSION ....................................................................................................... 19
6.4.1 TRANSMIT TIME-OUT
(
TOT
)
........................................................... 19
6.5 USA, CANADA, INTERNACHANNELS .............................................. 20
6.6 KEYPLOCKING .................................................................................................. 20
6.7 NOAATHER CHANNELS ............................................................................... 21
6.7.1 NOAAAT ............................................................................. 21
6.7.2 NOAAALERT TESTING ............................................................ 21
6.8 PRESET CHANNELS
(
0 ~ 9
)
: INSTACCESS ................................................ 22
6.8.1 PROGRAMMING .......................................................................................... 22
6.8.2 OPERATION ................................................................................................. 22
6.9 SCANNING ................................................................................................................ 23
6.9.1 SELECTING THE SCAN TYPE .................................................................... 23
6.9.2 PROGRAMMING SCAN MEMORY ............................................................ 24
6.9.3 MEMORY SCANNING
(
M-SCAN
)
................................................................ 24
6.9.4 PRIORITY SCANNING
(
P-SCAN
)
................................................................ 24
6.10 DUALWA ........................................................................................................... 25
7. MENU
(
“SET”
)
MODE .......................................................................................................... 26
8. MAINTENANCE .................................................................................................................... 28
8.1 GENERAL .................................................................................................................. 28
8.2 REPLACEMENT PRTS .......................................................................................... 28
8.3 TROUBLESHOOTING CHART ................................................................................ 29
9. VHF MARINE CHANNEL .......................................................................... 30
10. WY .......................................................................................................................... 36
1 INTION OF OPTION .............................................................................................. 39
1 FBA-42 ALKALINE BACASE ........................................................................ 39
12. SPECIFICATIONS ................................................................................................................. 40
12.1 GENERAL .................................................................................................................. 40
12.2 TRANSMITTER ......................................................................................................... 40
12.3 RECEIVER ................................................................................................................ 40
13. FCC & CANADA LICENSE INFORMA 41
14. FCC NOTICE ....................................................................................................................... 42
