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T ABLE OF CONTENTS
Quick Reference Guide .................................................................................................................................... 3
1. GENERAL INFORMA TION ........................................................................................................................ 4
1.1 INTRODUCTION............................................................................................................................ 4
1.2 RF EXPOSURE SAFETY ST A TEMENT ........................................................................................ 4
2. ACCESSORIES .......................................................................................................................................... 5
2.1 P ACKING LIST .............................................................................................................................. 5
2.2 OPTIONS .................................................................................................................................... ... 5
3. ABOUT THIS RADIO ................................................................................................................................ 6
3.1 ABOUT THE VHF MARINE BAND ............................................................................................ 6
3.2 ABOUT W A TER RESIST ANCE ................................................................................................... 6
3.3 DISTRESS AND HAILING
(
CHANNEL 16
)
................................................................................ 6
3.4 CALLING ANOTHER VESSEL
(
CHANNEL 16 OR 9
)
............................................................... 7
3.5 OPERA TING ON CHANNEL 13 AND 67
(
USA Channel Group Only
)
..................................... 8
3.6 SIMPLEX / DUPLEX CHANNEL USE .......................................................................................... 8
4. GETTING ST ARTED................................................................................................................................ 10
4.1 RADIO CARE ............................................................................................................................... 10
4.2 BA TTERIES AND CHARGERS .................................................................................................. 10
4.2.1 BA TTERY SAFETY ..........................................................................................................1 1
4.2.2 BA TTERY INST ALLA TION / REMOV AL .......................................................................... 12
4.2.3 BA TTERY CHARGING .................................................................................................... 13
4.3 BEL T CLIP INST ALLA TION / REMOV AL ................................................................................... 14
HAND STRAP INST ALLA TION .................................................................................................. 14
4.4 INST ALLA TION OF OPTION ..................................................................................................... 15
4.4.1 FBA-44 ALKALINE BA TTERY CASE ............................................................................ 15
5. CONTROLS AND INDICA TORS ............................................................................................................ 16
5.1 CONTROLS AND SWITCHES ................................................................................................... 16
5.2 LCD INDICA TORS ...................................................................................................................... 19
6. BASIC OPERA TION ................................................................................................................................ 21
6.1 INITIAL SETUP ........................................................................................................................... 21
6.2 RECEPTION ................................................................................................................................ 21
6.3 TRANSMISSION .......................................................................................................................... 22
6.3.1 TRANSMIT TIME-OUT TIMER
(
TOT
)
.............................................................................. 22
W A TER ENABLED LIGHT ........................................................................................................... 22
6.4 USA, CANADIAN, AND INTERNA TIONAL CHANNELS .......................................................... 23
6.5 KEYP AD LOCKING ..................................................................................................................... 23
6.6 PRESET CHANNELS
(
0 ~ 9
)
: INST ANT ACCESS ................................................................... 23
6.6.1 PROGRAMMING ............................................................................................................. 23
6.6.2 OPERA TION ..................................................................................................................... 24
6.6.3 DELETING A PRESET CHANNEL ................................................................................ 24
6.7 SCANNING .................................................................................................................................. 24
6.7.1 PROGRAMMING SCAN MEMORY ............................................................................... 24
6.7.2 SELECTING SCAN TYPE .............................................................................................. 25
6.7.3 OPERA TION ..................................................................................................................... 26
6.7.3.1 Priority Scan ....................................................................................................... 26
6.7.3.2 Memory Scan ..................................................................................................... 26
6.8 DUAL WA TCH ............................................................................................................................. 27
6.9 TRI-W A TCH ................................................................................................................................. 28
7. A TIS SETUP ............................................................................................................................................. 29
7.1 A TIS CODE PROGRAMMING ..................................................................................................... 29
7.2 A TIS CH GROUP ......................................................................................................................... 30
8. MENU
(
“SET”
)
MODE .............................................................................................................................. 31
9. MAINTENANCE ........................................................................................................................................ 33
9.1 GENERAL .................................................................................................................................... 33
9.2 REPLACEMENT P ARTS................................. ............................................................................ 33
9.3 TROUBLESHOOTING CHART ................................................................................................... 33
10. VHF MARINE CHANNEL ASSIGNMENT ............................................................................................. 34
1 1. SPECIFICA TIONS .................................................................................................................................... 38
1 1.1 GENERAL .................................................................................................................................... 38
1 1.2 TRANSMITTER............................................................................................................................ 38
1 1.3 RECEIVER ................................................................................................................................... 38