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Our Thanks to You and

Customer Assistance

Introduction

Thank you for purchasing a CobraMarine

VHF radio.

Properly used, this product will give you many years 
of reliable service.

How Your  CobraMarine

VHF Radio Works

This radio is a battery powered portable transceiver for use afloat. It gives you 
2-way vessel-to-vessel and vessel-to-shore station communications, primarily 
for safety and secondarily for navigation and operational purposes. With it, you 
can call for help, get information from other boaters, talk to lock or bridge tenders 
and make radiotelephone calls to anywhere in the world through a marine operator.

Customer Assistance

Should you encounter any problems with this product, or not understand 
its many features, please refer to this owner’s manual. If you require further
assistance after reading this manual, please contact your local dealer.

NOTE
Your equipment will be black. White images are shown in this manual for
illustration purposes only.

This equipment is intended for use in:

For Warranty, Product Service and 
Accessory Information

Please contact your local dealer or distributor. 
See the enclosed leaflet that provides contact 
information for the CobraMarine

international 

distributors.

Customer Assistance

©2004 Cobra Electronics Europe Limited

Dungar House

Northumberland Avenue

Dun Laoghaire

County Dublin, Ireland

www.cobra.com

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Summary of Contents for MR HH100 VP EU

Page 1: ...ms Accessories GPS Global Positioning System HighGear Accessories CobraMarine VHF Radios Power Inverters The Cobra Electronics Corporation line of quality products includes Nothing comes close to a Co...

Page 2: ...ssistance Should you encounter any problems with this product or not understand its many features please refer to this owner s manual If you require further assistance after reading this manual please...

Page 3: ...Icon Backlit LCD Liquid Crystal Display Screen Power Saver Uses battery saver circuitry to extend the life of your batteries Keystroke Tones Can be turned On or Off Waterproof Pouch Makes the unit com...

Page 4: ...Licensing Information 5 VHF Marine Radio Procedures 6 Voice Calling 7 Radiotelephone Calls 8 Emergency Messages and Distress Procedure 8 VHF Marine Channel Assignments 12 Installation Included in this...

Page 5: ...sed properly Please read the assembly and operating instructions carefully before assembling and using it Special attention must be paid to the WARNING and CAUTION statements in this manual WARNING St...

Page 6: ...ensing Information The radio operates on all currently allocated marine channels and is switchable for use according to international Canadian or U S A regulations It features instant access to emerge...

Page 7: ...ach message Prohibited Communications You MUST NOT transmit False distress or emergency messages Messages containing obscene indecent or profane words or meaning General calls signals or messages mess...

Page 8: ...any event do communicate with the coastguard as soon as you experience difficulties and before your situation becomes an emergency Use the emergency message procedures only after your situation has b...

Page 9: ...swer If not repeat the call beginning at item 3 above For medical problems such as crew hit by sailboat boom or heart trouble make a PAN PAN call as above with the word medico added PAN PAN MEDICO PAN...

Page 10: ...ages must be about business or needs of the ship Use Channels 8 67 88 and 88A only for ship to ship messages Public Correspondence marine operator Channels 1 2 3 4 5 7 23 24 25 26 27 28 60 61 62 63 64...

Page 11: ...cial VTS in selected areas 12 Port Operations VTS in selected areas 13 Intership Navigation Safety bridge to bridge in U S waters large vessels maintain a listening watch on this channel 14 Port Opera...

Page 12: ...blic Correspondence marine operator 28 Public Correspondence marine operator 60 Public Correspondence marine operator 61 Public Correspondence marine operator Port Operation Ship Movement 61A U S gove...

Page 13: ...cial Fishing 65 Public Correspondence marine operator Port Operations Ship Movement 65A Port Operations 66 Public Correspondence marine operator Port Operations Ship Movement 66A Port Operations 67 U...

Page 14: ...tion on page A2 Channel Use 79 Port Operations Ship Movement 79A Commercial also non commercial only in Great Lakes 80 Port Operations Ship Movement 80A Commercial also non commercial only in Great La...

Page 15: ...Contact your local CobraMarine dealer for optional accessories Wrist Strap Your radio comes with the Wrist Strap already attached It can be easily removed if you choose not to use it Belt Clip Use the...

Page 16: ...ide Batteries part No FA BP and a wall mount charger part No MRC 100 in the package Your wall charger is capable of recharging one radio with batteries installed in the battery compartment A UK compat...

Page 17: ...and hold buttons on the radio Press means a momentary press then release press and hold means to hold the button down Whenever you press any button except the Talk button on your radio a brief tone b...

Page 18: ...Getting Started 28 English Nothing comes close to a Cobra 29 Volume The On Off Power Volume knob also controls the speaker Volume The Volume adjustment applies only to what you hear from the speaker a...

Page 19: ...he corresponding routines in your radio NOTE Coastguard alerts are broadcast on Channel 16 While in Standby mode you will receive any messages sent on the channel to which you are tuned Transmit Trans...

Page 20: ...can while receiving an incoming transmission you can choose from the following a Press the Talk button to remain on that channel and end scanning This will return the radio to Standby mode b Press the...

Page 21: ...itch to 2 watts or move closer Move until you have a line of sight to the other station Troubleshooting Maintenance 34 English Nothing comes close to a Cobra 35 Operating Your Radio Operating Your Rad...

Page 22: ...al Directive 1999 5 EC 2 May operate in some non harmonised frequency bands and or may be subject to licensing conditions in the country of use The user should be sure to check that the model and prog...

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