Cobra MR F57W User Manual

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Operating Your Radio Operating Your Radio
Advanced OperationAdvanced 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.
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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.
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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 channel 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?

Cobra MR F57W Specifications

General

Brand	Cobra
Model	MR F57W
Category	Radio
Language	English