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Comes Close to a Cobra
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Operating Your Radio
Operating Your Radio
Position Request Reply Type
The ability to send your position to another station is an added feature of DSC radios that have
GPS. It is handy for rendezvous and rescue situations.
Your Cobra Marine VHF radio allows you to choose whether to have the radio automatically
respond to all
Position Requests
it receives or to alert you to a
Position Request
and allow you
to choose whether to respond or not — manual reply.
To Set The Position Request Reply Type:
1.
Enter the
DSC SETUP MENU
menu and scroll to
POSITION REPLY with the
Up/Down soft keys
or the
UP/Down channel buttons.
2.
Press the
ENTER
soft key and observe the current
highlighted setting —
AUTO or MANUAL
.
3.
Use the
Up/Down soft keys
or the
Up/Down channel
buttons
to select the desired setting.
4.
Press the
ENTER
soft key to select the setting and return
to the
DSC SETUP MENU
.
Auto Channel Switch
This setting allows your radio to automatically switch to the requested channel when
receiving an Individual Call. In some cases, automatically switching channels may not be
wanted, especially if the radio is being used for Bridge to Bridge communications in a busy
port or waterway.
To Set The Automatic Channel Switch On or Off:
1.
Enter the
DSC SETUP MENU
menu and scroll to AUTO
CHANNEL SWITCH (Automatic Channel Switch) with the
Up/
Down soft keys
or the
Up/Down channel buttons
.
2.
Press the
ENTER
soft key and observe the current highlighted
setting —
ON or OFF
.
3.
Use the
Up/Down soft keys
or the
Up/Down channel buttons
to select the desired setting.
4.
Press the
ENTER
soft key to select the setting and return to
the
DSC SETUP MENU
.
Individual Call Reply
The Individual Call Reply feature is used when receiving Individual DSC calls. When receiving a
Individual DSC Call, you may not want the radio to reply to the call automatically. This setting
allows you to disable the automatic reply.
Digital Select Calling (DSC)
Setup
Digital Select Calling (DSC)
Setup
To Set The Individual Reply Auto or Manual:
1.
Enter the
DSC SETUP MENU
menu and scroll to
INDIVIDUAL CALL REPLY with the
Up/Down soft keys
or the
Up/Down channel buttons.
2.
Press the
ENTER
soft key and observe the current
selected setting —
AUTO or MANUAL
.
3.
Use the
Up/Down soft keys
or the
Up/Down channel
buttons
to select the desired setting.
4.
Press the
ENTER
soft key to select the setting and return
to the
DSC SETUP MENU
.
Manual Position Entry
The Manual position entry feature allow you to enter the time (UTC time), Latitude and
Longitude.
To Enter the Time, Latitude, and Longitude:
1.
Enter the
DSC SETUP MENU
menu and scroll to MANUAL ENTRY
with the
Up/Down soft keys
or the
Up/Down channel buttons
.
2.
The cursor will begin to blink at the first number of the
UTC time entry.
3.
Use the
Up/Down soft keys
or the
Up/Down channel buttons
to scroll through the
number list.
4.
Press the
ENTER
soft key to select a number. This will also move the blinking cursor to the
next number under UTC Time.
5.
Repeat steps 3 and 4 to enter additional numbers.
6.
After entering the UTC time, press the
ENTER
soft key to move the blinking cursor to the
first number under
LAT (Latitude)
.
7.
Repeat steps 3 and 4 until the seven (7) digit of the LAT is entered.
8.
After entering the LAT (Latitude), press the
ENTER
soft key to move the blinking cursor to the
first number under LON (Longitude).
9.
Repeat steps 3 and 4 until the eight (8) digit of the LON is entered.
10.
Press the
ENTER
button to save the entry and the radio will return to the
DSC SETUP MENU
.
MENU EXIT:
You can exit the menu at any time by pressing the
EXIT
soft key on any screen. This
method will exit to the next highest menu. Repeated presses of the
EXIT
soft key will return the radio
to the radio standby mode.
EXIT
ENTER
DSC SETUP MENU
RADIO MMSI ENTRY
INDIVIDUAL DIRECTORY
GROUP MMSI
POSITION REPLY
AUTO CHANNEL SWITCH
INDIVIDUAL CALL REPLY
EXIT
ENTER
POSITION REPLY
AUTO
MANUAL
EXIT
ENTER
DSC SETUP MENU
RADIO MMSI ENTRY
INDIVIDUAL DIRECTORY
GROUP MMSI
POSITION REPLY
AUTO CHANNEL SWITCH
INDIVIDUAL CALL REPLY
EXIT
ENTER
AUTO CHANNEL SWITCH
ON
OFF
EXIT
ENTER
DSC SETUP MENU
RADIO MMSI ENTRY
INDIVIDUAL DIRECTORY
GROUP MMSI
POSITION REPLY
AUTO CHANNEL SWITCH
INDIVIDUAL CALL REPLY
INDIVIDUAL CALL REPLY
AUTO
MANUAL
EXIT ENTER
BACK
NAVIGATION
BRG
T
131°
SOG
KTS
8.8
DIST
NM
0.01
MOB
01
01:27 PM
03/07
SCALE:
0.5NM
N
E
S
W
