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T ABLE OF CONTENTS
Quick Reference Guide .................................................................................................................................... 3
1. GENERAL INFORMA TION ........................................................................................................................ 4
1.1 INTRODUCTION............................................................................................................................ 4
1.2 SAFETY INFORMA TION .............................................................................................................. 5
2. ACCESSORIES .......................................................................................................................................... 6
2.1 P ACKING LIST .............................................................................................................................. 6
2.2 OPTIONS ....................................................................................................................................... 6
3. ABOUT THIS RADIO ................................................................................................................................ 8
3.1 ABOUT THE VHF MARINE BAND ............................................................................................ 8
3.2 ABOUT W A TER RESIST ANCE ................................................................................................... 8
3.3 DISTRESS AND HAILING
(
CHANNEL 16
)
................................................................................ 8
3.4 CALLING ANOTHER VESSEL
(
CHANNEL 16 OR 9
)
............................................................... 9
3.5 OPERA TING ON CHANNEL 13 ................................. ............................................................... 10
3.6 OPERA TING ON CHANNEL 67 ................................. ............................................................... 10
3.7 SIMPLEX / DUPLEX CHANNEL USE ........................................................................................ 10
3.8 AUTOMA TED RADIO CHECK SERVICE ..................................................................................11
4. GETTING ST ARTED................................................................................................................................ 12
4.1 RADIO CARE ............................................................................................................................... 12
4.2 BA TTERIES AND CHARGERS .................................................................................................. 12
4.2.1 BA TTERY SAFETY ......................................................................................................... 13
4.2.2 BA TTERY INST ALLA TION / REMOV AL .......................................................................... 14
4.2.3 BA TTERY CHARGING .................................................................................................... 15
4.3 BEL T CLIP INST ALLA TION / REMOV AL ................................................................................... 16
HAND STRAP INST ALLA TION .................................................................................................. 16
4.4 INST ALLA TION OF OPTION ..................................................................................................... 17
4.4.1 FBA-44 ALKALINE BA TTERY CASE ............................................................................ 17
5. CONTROLS AND INDICA TORS ............................................................................................................ 18
5.1 CONTROLS AND SWITCHES ................................................................................................... 18
5.2 LCD INDICA TORS ...................................................................................................................... 21
6. BASIC OPERA TION ................................................................................................................................ 23
6.1 PROHIBITED COMMUNICA TIONS ............................................................................................ 23
6.2 INITIAL SETUP ........................................................................................................................... 23
6.3 RECEPTION ................................................................................................................................ 23
6.4 TRANSMISSION .......................................................................................................................... 24
6.4.1 TRANSMIT TIME-OUT TIMER
(
TOT
)
.............................................................................. 24
W A TER ENABLED LIGHT ........................................................................................................... 24
6.5 USA, CANADIAN, AND INTERNA TIONAL CHANNELS .......................................................... 25
6.6 KEYP AD LOCK ........................................................................................................................... 25
6.7 NOAA WEA THER CHANNELS .................................................................................................. 25
6.7.1 NOAA WEA THER ALERT ................................................................................................ 26
6.7.2 NOAA WEA THER ALERT TESTING ................................................................................ 26
6.8 PRESET CHANNELS
(
0 ~ 9
)
: INST ANT ACCESS ................................................................... 27
6.8.1 PROGRAMMING ............................................................................................................. 27
6.8.2 OPERA TION ..................................................................................................................... 27
6.8.3 DELETING A PRESET CHANNEL ................................................................................ 27
6.9 SCANNING .................................................................................................................................. 28
6.9.1 PROGRAMMING SCAN MEMORY ............................................................................... 28
6.9.2 SELECTING SCAN TYPE .............................................................................................. 28
6.9.3 OPERA TION ..................................................................................................................... 29
6.9.3.1 Priority Scan ................................. ...................................................................... 29
6.9.3.2 Memory Scan ................................. .................................................................... 30
6.10 DUAL W A TCH ............................................................................................................................. 30
6.1 1 TRI-WA TCH ................................................................................................................................. 31
7. MENU
(
“SET”
)
MODE .............................................................................................................................. 32
8. MAINTENANCE ........................................................................................................................................ 34
8.1 GENERAL .................................................................................................................................... 34
8.2 REPLACEMENT P ARTS................................. ............................................................................ 34
8.3 F ACTORY SER VICE ................................................................................................................... 35
8.4 TROUBLESHOOTING CHART ................................................................................................... 35
9. VHF MARINE CHANNEL ASSIGNMENT ............................................................................................. 36
10. W ARRANTY.............................................................................................................................................. 42
1 1. SPECIFICA TIONS .................................................................................................................................... 45
1 1.1 GENERAL .................................................................................................................................... 45
1 1.2 TRANSMITTER............................................................................................................................ 45
1 1.3 RECEIVER ................................................................................................................................... 45
12. FCC AND CANADA RADIO LICENSE INFORMA TION ..................................................................... 46
13. FCC NOTICE ........................................................................................................................................... 47