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Operating Your Radio
Operating Your Radio
Advanced Operation
Advanced Operation
Advanced Operation
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Cobra
®
has incorporated several features in your CobraMarine VHF radio to give you quick
access to the voice calling channels and to let you monitor more than one (1) channel at
once.
Channel 16+
This function gives you quick access to calling Channel 16 or Channel 9 from any
operational mode.
To Switch To Channel 16:
1.
Press the Channel 16+ button to change to Channel 16 from
any channel.
Additional presses of the Channel 16+ button will toggle back
to the original channel and between channel 16.
Channel 16 Button
Dual-Watch
Dual-Watch
gives you one (1) soft key access to scan the two (2) channels of most
importance to you. Channel 16 will always be included as scanned channels. The remaining
channel will be the VHF channel in effect when you enter
Dual-Watch
mode.
NOTE
The radio must be squelched for dual watch to function. See page
26
for squelch
procedure.
To Enter Dual-Watch Mode:
1.
In
Standby
mode, use the
Up/Down buttons
to go to the
channel you want to add as the second channel to be
scanned.
2.
Press the
Dual-Watch soft key
.
Dual-watch will be indicated on the LCD and the radio will scan
between Channel 16, and the Dual-watch channel you selected.
A signal on any one (1) of the two (2) channels will stop the
scan to allow you to listen to the traffic on the channel. The
channel number will be displayed on the LCD.
To Exit Dual-Watch Mode:
1.
Press the
Dual-Watch
soft key. The radio will return to
Standby
mode
During Dual-Watch (while receiving an incoming
transmission), You Can Choose From The Following:
a.
Press the
Talk
button to remain on that dual-watch channel
and return to
Standby
mode.
If you do not press any buttons, your radio will automatically
resume scanning both channels when the incoming
transmission is complete.
During Dual-Watch (while not receiving a transmission):
b.
Press the
Talk
button to communicate on the last channel
scanned and return to
Standby
mode.
Up/Down Buttons
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