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TABLE OF CONTENTS
RF EXPOSURE SAFETY STATEMENT .................................................................................... 4
FCC AND CANADA RADIO LICENSE INFORMATION .......................................................... 5
FCC NOTICE ................................................................................................................................ 6
1. GENERAL INFORMATION .................................................................................................... 7
1.1
INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................... 7
2. ACCESSORIES ...................................................................................................................... 8
2.1
PACKING LIST ........................................................................................................... 8
2.2
OPTIONS ..................................................................................................................... 8
3. ABOUT THIS RADIO ............................................................................................................ 9
3.1
ABOUT THE VHF MARINE BAND .......................................................................... 9
4. GETTING STARTED ............................................................................................................ 10
4.1
RADIO CARE ............................................................................................................ 10
4.2
BATTERIES AND CHARGERS ............................................................................... 10
4.2.1
BATTERY SAFETY ....................................................................................... 10
4.2.2
BATTERY INSTALLATION / REMOVAL ....................................................... 12
4.2.3
BATTERY CHARGING ................................................................................. 12
4.3
INSTALLATION OF OPTION ..................................................................................... 13
4.3.1
FBA-40 ALKALINE BATTERY CASE ........................................................... 13
5. CONTROLS AND INDICATORS ......................................................................................... 14
5.1
CONTROLS AND SWITCHES ................................................................................ 14
5.2
INDICATORS ............................................................................................................. 17
6. BASIC OPERATION ............................................................................................................ 18
6.1
PROHIBITED COMMUNICATIONS ......................................................................... 18
6.2
INITIAL SETUP ......................................................................................................... 18
6.3
RECEPTION .............................................................................................................. 18
6.4
TRANSMISSION ....................................................................................................... 19
6.4.1
TRANSMIT TIME-OUT TIMER (TOT) ........................................................... 19
6.5
USA, CANADIAN, AND INTERNATIONAL CHANNELS ....................................... 20
6.6
SIMPLEX/DUPLEX CHANNEL USE ....................................................................... 20
6.7
KEYPAD LOCKING .................................................................................................. 20
6.8
NOAA WEATHER CHANNELS ............................................................................... 21
6.8.1
NOAA WEATHER ALERT ............................................................................. 21
6.8.2
NOAA WEATHER ALERT TESTING ............................................................ 21
6.9
PRESET CHANNELS (0 ~ 9): INSTANT ACCESS ................................................ 22
6.9.1
PROGRAMMIMG ......................................................................................... 22
6.9.2
OPERATION ................................................................................................. 22
6.10
SCANNING ................................................................................................................ 23
6.10.1 SELECTING THE SCAN TYPE .................................................................... 23
6.10.2 MEMORY SCANNING (M-SCAN) ................................................................ 23
6.10.3 PRIORITY SCANNING (P-SCAN) ................................................................ 24
6.11
DUAL WATCH ........................................................................................................... 25
6.12
EMERGENCY (CHANNEL 16 USE) ........................................................................ 25
6.13
CALLING ANOTHER VESSEL (CHANNEL 16 OR 9) .......................................... 26
6.14
OPERATING ON CHANNEL 13 ............................................................................. 27
6.15
OPERATING ON CHANNEL 67 ............................................................................. 27
7. MENU (“SET”) MODE .......................................................................................................... 28
8. MAINTENANCE .................................................................................................................... 30
8.1
GENERAL .................................................................................................................. 30
8.2
REPLACEMENT PARTS .......................................................................................... 30
8.3
TROUBLESHOOTING CHART ................................................................................ 31
9. VHF MARINE CHANNEL ASSIGNMENT .......................................................................... 32
10. WARRANTY .......................................................................................................................... 38
11. SPECIFICATIONS ................................................................................................................. 48
11.1
GENERAL .................................................................................................................. 48
11.2
TRANSMITTER ......................................................................................................... 48
11.3
RECEIVER ................................................................................................................ 48
