Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra
®
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Operating Your Radio
Operating Your Radio
Advanced Operation
Advanced Operation
Receiving An Individual Call
When another station makes an
Individual
call to your radio:
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The Individual alarm sounds.
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The caller is identified on the LCD.
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If
Automatic Channel Switch
is on, the radio switches to
the channel selected by the caller.
n
Call information is placed in the
Call Log
.
To Receive An Individual Call:
Press the
Talk
button and greet the caller.
Sending A Group Call
Sending a Group call is like sending an Individual call, but the group MMSI information
is used and the resend and DSC responses do not apply. See pg.
41
for creating and
entering a group MMSI.
To Send A Group Call:
1.
Press the
CALL soft key
and scroll to
GROUP CALL
with
the
Up/Down soft keys
or the
channel Up/Down
buttons
and press the
ENTR
soft key.
2.
Using the
Up/Down soft keys
or the
channel Up/Down
buttons
to highlight a previously entered directory entry
or use the
MANUAL
entry option.
3.
Press the
ENTR
key.
4.
Using the
Up/Down soft keys
or the
channel Up/Down
buttons
, select the voice channel all radios will tune to
after the Group Call message is sent and press the
ENTR
key.
5.
Press the
ENTR
soft key to send the Group Call.
6.
The radio will tune to the voice channel previously selected.
7.
Press the
EXIT
soft key to exit the Group Call mode and
return the radio to the idle screen.
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All radios switch to the channel selected in step 1. Press
and hold the
Talk
button to send a voice message to
everyone in the group.
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Anyone in the group can transmit on the channel.
Receiving A Group Call
When another station makes a Group call to the radio, the
Individual
alarm sounds,
the caller is identified on the LCD, call information is placed in the
Call Log
, and the
radio is switched to the channel selected by the caller, similar to an Individual call.
Press any button to turn Off the alarm.
To Receive A Group Call:
1.
Listen for the group voice message.
2.
Press the
Talk
button and respond
only if appropriate.
Sending A Position Request
Position Request
mode enables a DSC radio to obtain the position (latitude and
longitude) of a station that has a GPS device connected to the DSC radio at that
station. In most cases, a reply will be forthcoming. If for some reason, your request is
not acknowledged in five (5) minutes, the user will be prompted to Resend the request
or exit the menu.
To Request The Position Of Another Station:
1.
Press the
CALL soft key
and scroll to
POSITION
REQUEST
with the
Up/Down soft keys
or the
channel
Up/Down
buttons
and press the
ENTR soft key
.
2.
Using the
Up/Down soft keys
or the c
hannel Up/Down
buttons
to highlight a previously entered directory entry
or use the
MANUAL
entry option.
3.
Press the
ENTR
key.
4.
Press the
ENTR
soft key to send the Position Request
Call.
5.
The radio will show the
WAITING FOR ACK
screen
while waiting for the acknowledgement from the called
radio. And will show the
ACKNOWLEDGED
screen after
the called radio responds.
stop alrm any key
Received: 0:15
not replied
friends boat
individ Receive
rsnd
connect time -:--
connected
friends boat
individ Receive
quit
exit entr
group call
manual
boat group
Up/Down Buttons
Soft Keys
exit entr
group call
voice call on
channel 06 ?
exit
group call
boat group
waiting for ack
elasped time00:15
rept
exit entr
select channel
06
08
09
exit
group call
boat group
connected
elapsed time00:32
stop alrm any key
type: routine
received: 0:19
boat group
group Receive
ok
type: routine
received: 0:24
boat group
group Receive
quit paus
exit entr
position request
manual
friends boat
Up/Down Buttons
Soft Keys
exit entr
position request
safety
urgency
exit entr
position request
friends boat
transmit?
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