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HX210

MENU/SET

HX210

Floating Transceiver

Owner’s Manual

Summary of Contents for HX210

Page 1: ...HX210 MENU SET HX210 Floating Transceiver Owner s Manual ...

Page 2: ...hannel 21 7 9 SCANNING 22 7 9 1 PROGRAMMING SCAN MEMORY 22 7 9 2 SELECTING SCAN TYPE 22 7 9 3 SCANNING OPERATION 23 7 10 MULTI WATCH TO PRIORITY CHANNEL 24 7 10 1 Setting up the Multi Watch Operation 24 7 10 2 Starting the Dual Watch 24 7 10 3 Starting the Triple Watch 25 7 11 Listening to the FM Radio 25 Frequency sweep operation for the FM radio mode 26 Store the FM frequency 26 Memory Frequency...

Page 3: ...rough Friday 8AM to 5PM Pacific time The HX210 is a Submersible Floating 6 Watt portable two way marine trans ceiver The transceiver has all allocated USA International or Canadian channels It has emergency channel 16 which can be immediately selected from any channel by pressing the 16 S key The HX210 includes the following features Memory Scanning Priority Scanning Dual and Triple watch NOAA Wea...

Page 4: ... device to malfunction and re sult in an accident Do not touch any liquid leaking from the liquid display with your bare hands There is a risk of chemical burns occurring when the liquid comes into contact with the skin or gets into the eyes In this case seek medical treatment immediately Do not touch any material leaking from the bat tery pack with bare hands The chemical that has stuck to your s...

Page 5: ...y to the child or damage to the transceiver may result Do not use any products other than the speci fied options and accessories Failure or miss operation may result If the transceiver will not be used for an ex tended period turn it OFF and remove the bat tery pack for safety Do not throw the transceiver or subject it to strong impact forces Physical abuse may result in component damage and equip...

Page 6: ...ts refer to section 9 VHF MARINE CHANNEL ASSIGNMENTS WARNING This radio is capable of transmitting on Marine VHF radio frequencies The FCC allows the use of VHF Marine band on water areas only Use of the VHF Marine band when on land is not permitted If persons use the VHF Marine Band on land and interfere with other communications the FCC will be notified and search for the interference Responsibl...

Page 7: ...n channel 16 resulting from its use as a hailing channel can be reduced significantly in U S waters by using Channel 9 as the initial contact hailing channel for non emergency communications Here also calling time should not exceed 30 seconds but may be repeated 3 times at 2 minute intervals Prior to making contact with another vessel refer to the channel charts in this manual and select an approp...

Page 8: ...rammed to automatically reduce power to this limit on these channels However in certain situations it may be necessary to temporarily use a higher power See page 14 for means to temporarily override the low power limit on these two channels 3 6 SIMPLEX DUPLEX CHANNEL USE Refer to the section 9 VHF MARINE CHANNEL ASSIGNMENTS for in structions on use of simplex and duplex channels NOTE All channels ...

Page 9: ...tly available in the areas listed below West Coast Sea Tow Newport LA Ch 27 Sea Tow San Diego Ch 27 Northeast Sea Tow Portland Midcoast Maine Ch 27 Sea Tow Boston Ch 27 Sea Tow South Shore Mass Ch 28 Sea Tow Rhode Island Ch 24 Sea Tow Eastern Long Island Ch 27 Sea Tow Huntington N Y Ch 27 Sea Tow Manasquan N J Ch 28 Mid Atlantic Sea Tow Northern Chesapeake Md Ch 28 Sea Tow Central Chesapeake Md Ch...

Page 10: ...1 5 dBi Impedance 50 ohm 4 2 OPTIONS SAD 23B C Uø AC Charger SSM 14A Submersible Speaker Microphone with Earphone Jack MH 73A4B Submersible Speaker Microphone SSM 64A VOX Headset SSM 55A Earpiece Microphone CN 3 Radio to Ship s Antenna Adapter SCH 11 Belt Clip Hanger B suffix is for use with 120 VAC Type A plug C suffix is for use with 230 VAC Type C plug and U suffixis for use with 230 VAC Type B...

Page 11: ...ATTERY SAFETY The built in battery of this transceiver contains Li ion batteries This type of battery stores a charge powerful enough to be dangerous if misused or abused especially when removed from the transceiver Please observe the following precautions DO NOT SHORT BATTERY PACK TERMINALS Shorting the terminals that power the transceiver can cause sparks severe overheating burns and battery cel...

Page 12: ...LAW in most areas Return batteries to an approved Li ion battery recycler This may be avail able you purchased the battery Contact your local waste management officials for other information regard ing the environmentally sound collection recycling and disposal of Li ion batteries 5 2 2 BATTERY CHARGING 1 Turn the transceiver OFF 2 Insert the DC plug from the SAD 23B into the DC jack at the bottom...

Page 13: ...it is not recommended for use adjacent to such devices When carefully maintained a built in battery should be useful for about 300 charge discharge cycles 5 3 BELT CLIP INSTALLATION REMOVAL r To install the Belt Clip align the Belt Clip to the groove of the rear of the transceiver then press the Belt Clip downward until it locks in place with a Click r To remove the Belt Clip press the Belt Clip T...

Page 14: ...on for the locations of the following controls switches and con nections HX210 ANT Jack Top Panel The supplied CAT460 flexible antenna is attached here PTT PUSH TO TALK Switch Left Side Panel When pushed activates the transmitter SQL Switch Press this key to SQL adjustment Secondary use Press and hold this key to open the squelch allowing you to monitor the operating channel Press the key to resum...

Page 15: ...rating channel or the squelch threshold level Press the key momentarily the channel or level will decrease one step Holding the key will decrease the channel or level continuously t u Key Press to toggle the on screen menus right or left MENU SET Key Press to access MENU Secondary use Press and hold to access SETUP Mode CLR Key Press to cancel a function or menu selection Secondary use Press and h...

Page 16: ...bove each key on the display Water Enabled Light When the HX210 comes in contact with water the light will blink white to assist finding the radio in low light conditions This feature operates when the radio is ON or OFF Speaker The internal speaker is located here 6 2 LCD INDICATORS Indicator This indicator appears during transmission Indicator This indicator appears when a signal is being receiv...

Page 17: ...r Full battery Lower battery Battery is low Battery is empty Blinking Prepare to charge the battery P Indicator Shown when the channel is programmed into the Preset Channel memory Channel Display The operating channel is shown on the LCD in both the transmit and the receive modes VOL Indicator This indicator shows the receive audio volume level SQL Indicator This indicator shows the squelch settin...

Page 18: ...he VOL VOL key until noise or audio from the speaker is heard at a comfortable level 4 Press the SQL switch to resume normal quiet monitoring 5 Press the p or q key to select the desired channel Refer to the chan nel chart on page 40 for available channels 6 When a signal is received adjust the volume to the desired listening level The indicator on the LCD is displayed indicating that the channel ...

Page 19: ...ain the PTT switch must first be released then wait 10 seconds and then pressed again This Time Out Timer TOT prevents a continuous transmission that would result from an accidentally stuck PTT switch WATER ENABLED LIGHT When the HX210 comes in contact with water a white light will blink to assist retrieving it in low light conditions The light will automatically turn off in about 15 seconds when ...

Page 20: ...r will revert to the channel you were using prior to switching to the weather channel mode 7 7 1 NOAA WEATHER ALERT In the event of extreme weather disturbances such as storms and hurri canes the NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration sends a weather alert accompanied by a 1050 Hz tone and subsequent weather report on one of the NOAA weather channels In the event of extreme weather d...

Page 21: ...Press YES to switch to the weather channel or press NO to return to the marine channel 7 7 2 NOAA WEATHER ALERT TESTING In order to test this system NOAA broadcasts the 1050 Hz tone every Wednesday sometime between 11 AM and 1 PM local time You may use this opportunity to test your transceiver periodically to confirm that the Weather Alert feature is working or for training crew members on how to ...

Page 22: ... at the bottom of the LCD 4 Press and hold the P SET soft key until the P SET icon and channel number are blink ing 5 Press the ADD soft key to program the channel into the preset channel memory P SET icon will appear 6 Repeat steps 1 through 5 to program the additional channels into the preset channels Up to 10 channels can be registered If you attempt to register an 11th channel the error beep w...

Page 23: ...e LCD 3 Press the P SET soft key then press the key to select the preset channel to be deleted 4 Press one of the soft keys then press and hold the P SET soft key until the P SET icon and channel number are blinking 5 Press the DEL soft key to delete the channel from the preset channel memory 6 To exit from deleting the preset channels press the BACK soft key ...

Page 24: ...LECT soft key 5 Press the key to select a desired channel to be scanned then press the MEM soft key The ON icon will appear at the right side of the selected channel 6 Repeat step 5 for all the desired channels to be scanned 7 To REMOVE a channel from the list select the channel then press the MEM soft key The ON icon of the selected channel will disappear 8 When you have completed your selection ...

Page 25: ...g will pro ceed from the lowest to the highest pro grammed channel number and preset chan nel described in the next section and will stop on a channel when a transmission is received The channel number will blink during reception 6 To stop scanning press the 16 S or CLR key 7 9 3 2 Priority Scanning P SCAN 1 Set the scan type to P SCAN in the SETUP menu refer to 7 9 2 SE LECTING SCAN TYPE 2 Press ...

Page 26: ...ult to another channel Refer to section PRIORITY CH or SUB SUB CH on page 29 to 29 for details 7 10 1 Setting up the Multi Watch Operation 1 Press and hold the MENU SET key 2 Press the key to select CHANNEL SETUP 3 Press the SELECT soft key then select MULTI WATCH with the key 4 Press the SELECT soft key 5 Press the key to select DUAL or TRIPLE DUAL Dual Watch The HX210 watches the activity of the...

Page 27: ...edly until the TW soft key is displayed at the bottom of the LCD 4 Press the TW soft key to activate the Triple Watch feature 5 When a transmission is received on the priority channel the HX210 will remain on the priority channel until the incoming signal disappears 6 When a transmission is received on the sub channel the HX210 will Dual watch the priority channel and the sub channel 7 When the HX...

Page 28: ...e key to scroll through the letters and choose the first letter of the name of the fre quency 5 Press the SELECT soft key to store the first letter in the name and step to the next letter to the right 6 Repeat steps 4 and 5 until the name is complete The name can consist of up to twelve characters and if you do not use all twelve characters press the key to move to the next spaces This method can ...

Page 29: ... and press the ENTER soft key Available func tions are listed below c 7 Press the CLR key to return to radio operation Display Function HI MD LO Selects transmit power DW TW Turns dual or triple watch scan ON OFF MEMORY Add or remove channels from memory channel scan SCAN Turns the scanning function ON OFF PRESET Programs or deletes the preset memory channel STROBE Turns on or off the strobe light...

Page 30: ...channels Refer to section 7 5 USA CANADIAN AND INTERNATIONAL CHANNELS for details WEATHER ALERT Enables disables the NOAA Weather Alert function The default setting is OFF 1 Press and hold the MENU SET key 2 Press the key to select CHANNEL SETUP then press the SE LECT soft key 3 Select WEATHER ALERT with the key then press the SELECT soft key 4 Press the key to select ON or OFF 5 Press the ENTER s...

Page 31: ...10 1 Setting up the Multi Watch Operation for details PRIORITY CH This procedure may be used to designate a different priority channel when priority scanning By default the radio priority channel is set to Channel 16 1 Press and hold the MENU SET key 2 Press the key to select CHANNEL SETUP then press the SE LECT soft key 3 Select PRIORITY CH with the key then press the SELECT soft key 4 Press the ...

Page 32: ...rong entry is selected then perform steps 5 and 6 8 After the four numbers have been entered press the SELECT soft key then press the ENTER soft key to save and exit to the ADD screen 9 Press the key then press the SELECT soft key 10 Press the key to scroll through the first letter of the name of the frequency 11 Press the SELECT soft key to store the first letter in the name and step to the next ...

Page 33: ...ed on an FM Broadcast memory 1 Press and hold the MENU SET key 2 Press the key to select FM SETUP then press the SELECT soft key 3 Press the key to select DELETE then press the SELECT soft key 4 Press the key to select the memory to be deleted then press the ENTER soft key The delete confirmation screen will appear 5 Press the key to select OK delete or CANCEL cancel then press the SELECT soft key...

Page 34: ...ting You can select one from OFF 50 70 80 or 90 5 Press the ENTER soft key to store the se lected setting 6 Press the CLR key to return to radio operation STROBE LED This selection is used to switch and set the function of the strobe LED Emergency 1 Press and hold the MENU SET key 2 Press the key to select CONFIG then press the SELECT soft key 3 Select STROBE LED with the key then press the SELECT...

Page 35: ...ns on even if the transceiver is OFF 6 Press the ENTER soft key to store the selected level 7 Press the CLR key to return to radio operation KEY SETUP The function assigned to the function screen Soft Keys can be changed see page 27 7 12 Soft Keys BACKLIT LEVEL The backlight brightness may be adjusted in 5 levels 1 Press and hold the MENU SET key 2 Press the key to select CONFIG then press the SEL...

Page 36: ...ected time when you press any key except the PTT switch CONTINUOUS Illuminates the display key pad continuously 5 Press the ENTER soft key to store the selected level 6 Press the CLR key to return to radio operation CONTRAST You may adjust the contrast in 30 levels 1 Press and hold the MENU SET key 2 Press the key to select CONFIG then press the SELECT soft key 3 Select CONTRAST with the key then ...

Page 37: ...the key to select CONFIG then press the SELECT soft key 3 Select RESET with the key then press the SELECT soft key 4 Press the key to select the desired category from CHANNEL CONFIG or ALL all settings except the MMSI will be initialized 5 Press the SELECT soft key 6 Press the key to select OK then press the ENTER soft key ABOUT Displays the version of the software currently operating on the trans...

Page 38: ... and replacement parts 8 2 FACTORY SERVICE In the unlikely event that the radio fails to perform or needs servicing please contact the following For repairs In USA Standard Horizon Attention Marine Repair Department 6125 Phyllis Drive Cypress California 90630 Telephone 800 366 4566 For repairs in Canada Westcom Marine 488 East 62nd Avenue Vancouver BC V5X2G1 Phone 604 327 6280 An RA Return Authori...

Page 39: ...n A adjacent to the alpha channels on the display on others alpha is not indicated but the proper channel is selected based on the U I C setting 3 Bridge to Bridge channels for example Channel 13 are for use by bridge operators on inter coastal waterways and rivers It is also used by marine vessels in the vicinity of these bridges for navigation and for com municating with the bridge operators Not...

Page 40: ...ation or the U S Coast Guard The use of these fre quencies outside VTS and ship movement sector protected areas is per mitted provided they cause no interference to VTS and ship movement communications in their respective designated sectors 10 Use of 156 875 MHz is limited to communications with pilots regarding the movement and docking of ships Normal output power must not ex ceed 1 watt 5 156 37...

Page 41: ...ide Puget Sound area and its approaches and the Great Lakes 157 425 MHz is also available for communications between com mercial fishing vessels and associated aircraft while engaged in commer cial fishing activities 14 When the frequency 156 850 MHz is authorized it may be used addition ally for search and rescue training exercises conducted by state or local governments 15 The frequency 156 850 ...

Page 42: ...mmercial Recreational 10 X X X S 156 500 Commercial 11 X X X S 156 550 Commercial VTS in selected areas 12 X X X S 156 600 Port operation VTS in selected areas 13 X X X S 156 650 Inter ship Navigation Safety Bridge to bridge 14 X X X S 156 700 Port operation VTS in selected areas 15 X S 156 750 Environmental Receive only 15 X X S 156 750 Commercial non commercial ship move ment 1 W 16 X X X S 156 ...

Page 43: ...X S 156 125 Public Coast Coast Guard East Coast commercial fishing only 63 X D 156 175 160 775 Public Correspondence Marine Operator Port operation ship movement 63A X S 156 175 Port Operation and Commercial VTS in selected areas 1063 X S 156 175 Port Operation and Commercial VTS in selected areas 64 X X D 156 225 160 825 Public Correspondence Marine Operator Port operation ship movement 64A X S 1...

Page 44: ... 1079 X S 156 975 Commercial 1079 X S 156 975 2079 X S 161 575 80 X D 157 025 161 625 Port operation ship movement 80A X S 157 025 Commercial 1080 X S 157 025 Commercial 81 X D 157 075 161 675 Port operation ship movement 1081 X S 157 075 U S Government Only Environmental protection operations 81A X S 157 075 Canadian Coast Guard Only 82 X D 157 125 161 725 Public Correspondence Marine Operator Po...

Page 45: ...urchased after 01 01 91 Associated Batteries 1 year Note Batteries will be deemed defective only if storage capacity drops below 80 of rated capacity or if leakage de velops Associated Accessories 1 year Includes Microphones Handsets Exter nal Speakers Antennas Carrying Accessories Power Supplies and Signal ing Boards To receive warranty service the purchaser must deliver the Product trans portati...

Page 46: ...ponsible in any way for ancillary equipment not furnished by STANDARD HORIZON which is at tached to or used in connection with STANDARD HORIZON s Products or for the operation of the Product with any ancillary equipment and all such equipment is expressly excluded from this warranty STANDARD HORIZON disclaims liability for range coverage or operation of the Product and ancil lary equipment as a wh...

Page 47: ... 8 00 5 00PST In addition to the warranty STANDARD HORIZON includes a lifetime flat rate program to provide service after the warranty period has expired If you wish to obtain the flat rate price for out of warranty repair you must include the information on the Owner s Record with the unit when you re turn it to your Dealer or to STANDARD HORIZON Lifetime Flat Rate Service Program For the origina...

Page 48: ...to 140 F 20 C to 60 C Case Size W x H x D 2 36 x 5 20 x 1 57 60 x 132 x 40 mm w o knob antenna Weight Approx 9 88 oz 280 g with hand strap belt clip antenna 11 2 TRANSMITTER RF Power Output 6 W 2 5 W 1 W 7 4 V Maximum Deviation 5 kHz Spurious Emission Less than 0 25 µW Microphone Impedance 2 k 11 3 RECEIVER Circuit Type Double Conversion Superheterodyne Intermediate Frequencies 1st 51 65 MHz 2nd 4...

Page 49: ...t at www fcc gov Forms Form605 605 html To obtain a form from the FCC call 888 225 5322 MARINE RADIO CALL SIGN Currently the FCC does not require recreational boaters to have a Ship Ra dio Station License The USCG recommends the boats registration number and the state to be used CANADIAN SHIP STATION LICENSING You may need a license when traveling in Canada If you do need a license contact their n...

Page 50: ...eaux de sécurité pour les appareils sans fil portatifs Le fonctionnement de cet appareil est autorisé à un facteur d utilisation ne dépassant pas 50 correspondant à 50 de la durée de trans mission et 50 de la durée de réception AVERTISSEMENT Pour assurer la conformité avec les directives d exposition RF de la FCC cet émetteur récepteur et son antenne doivent être maintenus à une distance mi nimum ...

Page 51: ...de l appareil doit accepter tout brouillage radioélectrique subi même si le brouillage est susceptible d en compro mettre le fonctionnement This radio transmitter identify the device by certification number or model number if Cat egory II has been approved by Industry Canada to operate with the antenna types listed below with the maximum permissible gain and required antenna impedance for each an ...

Page 52: ...na Copyright 2017 YAESU MUSEN CO LTD All rights reserved No portion of this manual may be reproduced without the permission of YAESU MUSEN CO LTD YAESU U S A 6125 Phyllis Drive Cypress California 90630 www standardhorizon com ...

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