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Operating Your Radio Getting Started Getting Started • Refer to the foldout on the front cover of this manual to identify the various controls and indicators on your radio. Throughout this manual you will be instructed to press or to press and hold buttons on the transceiver or on the microphone. Press means a momentary press, then release; press and hold means to hold the button. Tones And Alarms When your CobraMarine VHF radio is On, you can expect to hear the following tones and alarms. The volume of these sounds is controlled by the circuitry in the radio and is not affected by the volume set with the On-Off Power/Volume knob. Confirmation Tone Single high-pitched beep confirms all button presses except the Talk button. It can be turned On or Off. See set-up routines on page 40. Error Tone Two low-pitched beep indicates an invalid button press. DSC Distress Alarm High-low-high-low-high. Pause, then repeat. The volume of all alarms will increase after 10 seconds. Press any button to turn it Off. NOTE This alarm sounds only for DSC distress calls on Channel 70. It does not sound for voice calls on Channel 16 - you still must listen for those. Distress Acknowledgement Alarm High-low-high-low-high. Pause, then repeat. The volume of all alarms will increase after 10 seconds. Press any button to turn it Off. DSC Routine Call Alarm High-pause-high-pause-high. Long pause, then repeat. Press any button to turn it Off. DSC Geographical Alarm Loud, continuous, medium-pitched, high-low tones (warble) - sounds when a geographical call is received. Press any button to turn it Off. 24 English Operating Your Radio Getting Started DSC Position Request Alarm Medium-loud, continuous, low-pitched series of closely spaced, four (4) beeps [three (3) short - one (1) long] groups - sounds when a POSITION REQUEST call is received. Press any button to turn it Off. DSC Individual Alarm High-pause-high-pause-high. Long pause, then repeat. Press any button to turn it Off. Weather Alarm Medium-loud, continuous, medium-pitched series of one-half (1⁄2) second beeps spaced one-half (1⁄2) second apart - sounds when weather alert is turned On and NOAA sends a 1050 Hz weather alert tone on the selected weather channel. Press any button to turn it Off. Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra® 25

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Nothing
Comes Close to a Cobra
®
Getting Started
25
DSC Position Request Alarm
Medium-loud, continuous, low-pitched series of closely spaced, four (4) beeps
[three (3) short – one (1) long] groups — sounds when a POSITION REQUEST call
is received. Press any button to turn it Off.
DSC Individual Alarm
High—pause—high—pause—high. Long pause, then repeat. Press any button to
turn it Off.
Weather Alarm
Medium-loud, continuous, medium-pitched series of one-half (
1
/
2
) second beeps
spaced one-half (
1
/
2
) second apart — sounds when weather alert is turned
On
and NOAA sends a 1050 Hz weather alert tone on the selected weather channel.
Press any button to turn it
Off
.
Operating Your Radio
24
English
Getting Started
Getting Started
•
Refer to the foldout on the front cover of this manual to identify the various
controls and indicators on your radio.
Throughout this manual you will be instructed to press or to press and hold
buttons on the transceiver or on the microphone. Press means a momentary
press, then release; press and hold means to hold the button.
Tones And Alarms
When your CobraMarine VHF radio is
On
, you can expect to hear the following tones
and alarms. The volume of these sounds is controlled by the circuitry in the radio
and is not affected by the volume set with the
On-Off Power/Volume
knob.
Confirmation Tone
Single high-pitched beep confirms all button presses except the
Talk
button.
It can be turned
On
or
Off
. See set-up routines on page 40.
Error Tone
Two low-pitched beep indicates an invalid button press.
DSC Distress Alarm
High—low—high—low—high. Pause, then repeat. The volume of all alarms will
increase after 10 seconds. Press any button to turn it Off.
NOTE
This alarm sounds only for DSC distress calls on Channel 70.
It does not sound for voice calls on Channel 16 — you still
must listen for those.
Distress Acknowledgement Alarm
High—low—high—low—high. Pause, then repeat. The volume of all alarms will
increase after 10 seconds. Press any button to turn it Off.
DSC Routine Call Alarm
High—pause—high—pause—high. Long pause, then repeat. Press any button to
turn it Off.
DSC Geographical Alarm
Loud, continuous, medium-pitched, high-low tones (warble) — sounds
when a geographical call is received. Press any button to turn it Off.
Operating Your Radio