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T ABLE OF CONTENTS
Quick Reference Guide ............................................................................................................... 3
W ARNING! FCC RF EXPOSURE REQUIREMENTS ................................................................... 4
1. GENERAL INFORMA TION .................................................................................................... 6
1.1 INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................... 6
1.2 RF EXPOSURE SAFETY ST A TEMENT ................................................................... 6
2. ACCESSORIES .................................................................................................................. .... 7
2.1 P ACKING LIST ........................................................................................................... 7
2.2 OPTIONS ..................................................................................................................... 7
3. ABOUT THIS RADIO ............................................................................................................8
3.1 ABOUT THE VHF MARINE BAND .......................................................................... 8
3.2 ABOUT THE LMR CHANNELS ................................................................................ 8
3.3 ABOUT W A TER RESIST ANCE ................................................................................. 8
3.4 EMERGENCY
(
CHANNEL 16 USE
)
.......................................................................... 8
3.5 CALLING ANOTHER VESSEL
(
CHANNEL 16 OR 9
)
............................................ 9
3.6 OPERA TING ON CHANNEL 13 ............................................................................. 10
3.7 OPERA TING ON CHANNEL 67 ............................................................................. 10
3.8 SIMPLEX/DUPLEX CHANNEL USE ....................................................................... 10
4. GETTING STARTED ............................................................................................................ 12
4.1 RADIO CARE ............................................................................................................ 12
4.2 BEL T CLIP INSTALLA TION AND REMOVAL ............................................................ 12
4.3 BA TTERIES AND CHARGERS ............................................................................... 13
4.3.1 BA TTERY SAFETY ....................................................................................... 13
4.3.2 BA TTERY INST ALLATION AND REMOVAL ................................................. 14
4.3.3 BA TTERY CHARGING ................................................................................. 15
5. CONTROLS AND INDICA TOR S ......................................................................................... 16
5.1 CONTROLS AND SWITCHES ................................................................................ 16
5.2 LCD INDICA TOR S .................................................................................................... 19
6. BASIC OPERATION ............................................................................................................ 20
6.1 INITIAL SETUP ......................................................................................................... 20
6.2 RECEPTION .............................................................................................................. 20
6.3 TRANSMISSION ....................................................................................................... 20
6.3.1 TRANSMIT TIME-OUT TIMER
(
TOT
)
........................................................... 21
6.4 USA, CANADIAN, AND INTERNATIONAL CHANNELS ....................................... 21
6.5 NOAA WEATHER CHANNELS ................................................................................. 22
6.5.1 NOAA WEATHER ALERT ............................................................................. 2 2
6.5. 2 NOAA WEATHER ALERT TESTING ............................................................ 2 2
6.6 KEYP AD LOCKING .................................................................................................. 23
6.7 PRESET CHANNELS
(
0 ~ 9
)
: INST ANT ACCESS ................................................ 23
6.7.1 PROGRAMMING .......................................................................................... 23
6.7.2 OPERA TION ................................................................................................. 23
6.8 MEMORY SCAN ....................................................................................................... 2 4
6.9 PRIORITY SCAN ...................................................................................................... 25
6.10 DUAL W A TCH ........................................................................................................... 26
6.1 1 TRI-W A TCH ............................................................................................................... 26
6.12 VOICE SCRAMBLER ................................................................................................ 27
7. MENU
(
“SET”
)
MODE .......................................................................................................... 28
8. MAINTENANCE .................................................................................................................... 32
8.1 GENERAL .................................................................................................................. 3 2
8.2 REPLACEMENT P AR TS .......................................................................................... 32
8.3 F ACTORY SERVICE ................................................................................................. 33
8.4 TROUBLESHOOTING CHART ................................................................................ 33
9. VHF MARINE CHANNEL ASSIGNMENT .......................................................................... 34
10. W ARRANTY .......................................................................................................................... 38
1 1. INST ALLA TION OF OPTION .............................................................................................. 41
1 1.1 FBA-42 ALKALINE BATTERY TRA Y ...................................................................... 41
12. SPECIFICA TIONS .............................................................................................................. ... 4 2
12.1 GENERAL .................................................................................................................. 42
12.2 TRANSMITTER ......................................................................................................... 42
12.3 RECEIVER ................................................................................................................ 43
FCC AND CANADA RADIO LICENSE INFORMA TION ......................................................... 44