Cobra Marine MR HH600 FLT GPS BT, Owner'S Manual

59

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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

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NAVIGATION

BRG 

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 131°

SOG

KTS

  8.8

DIST

NM

  0.01

MOB
  01

01:27  PM

03/07

SCALE:

0.5NM

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