QUICK REFERENCE ............................................. 1
1. GENERAL INFORMATION .............................. 2
1.1 INTRODUCTION ....................................... 2
2. SAFETY PRECAUTIONS ................................ 3
3. ONLINE WARRANTY REGISTRATION .......... 4
4. ABOUT THIS RADIO ....................................... 4
4.1 ABOUT THE VHF MARINE BAND ............ 4
4.2 ABOUT WATER PROTECTION ................ 4
4.3
DISTRESS AND HAILING (CHANNEL 16)
... 4
4.4 CALLING ANOTHER VESSEL
(CHANNEL 16 OR 9)
... 5
4.5 BRIDGE CHANNELS 13 AND 67 .............. 6
4.6 SIMPLEX/DUPLEX CHANNEL USE ......... 6
4.7
AUTOMATED RADIO CHECK SERVICE
(in the USA only) ... 6
4.8 NOTES TO ASSURE WATERPROOF
INTEGRITY ... 7
4.9 RADIO CARE ............................................ 7
5. ACCESSORIES ................................................ 8
5.1 PACKING LIST .......................................... 8
5.2 OPTIONS .................................................. 8
6. GETTING STARTED ........................................ 9
6.1 BATTERIES AND CHARGERS ................. 9
6.1.1 BATTERY SAFETY ............................. 9
6.1.2 BATTERY CHARGING ...................... 10
6.1.3 BATTERY LIFE INFORMATION ........ 11
6.2
BELT CLIP INSTALLATION / REMOVAL
... 11
7. CONTROLS AND INDICATORS .................... 12
7.1 CONTROLS AND SWITCHES ................ 12
7.2 LCD INDICATORS .................................. 14
8. BASIC OPERATION ...................................... 16
8.1 PROHIBITED COMMUNICATIONS ........ 16
8.2 INITIAL SETUP ....................................... 16
8.3 RECEPTION ........................................... 16
8.4 TRANSMISSION ..................................... 16
8.4.1 TRANSMIT POWER .......................... 17
8.4.2
TRANSMIT TIME - OUT TIMER (TOT)
.... 17
8.5 CHANNEL GROUP ................................. 17
8.6 KEYPAD LOCKING ................................. 18
8.7 NOAA WEATHER CHANNELS
(In USA and Canada only) ... 18
8.7.1 NOAA WEATHER ALERT .................. 18
8.7.2
NOAA WEATHER ALERT TESTING
... 19
8.8
PRESET CHANNELS: INSTANT ACCESS
... 19
8.8.1 PROGRAMMING PRESET
CHANNEL BANKS ... 19
8.8.2 OPERATION on a Preset Channel .... 20
8.8.3 Deleting a Preset Channel ................. 20
8.9 SCANNING ............................................. 21
8.9.1 PROGRAMMING SCAN MEMORY ... 21
8.9.2 SELECTING SCAN TYPE ................. 21
8.9.3 SCANNING OPERATION .................. 22
8.10
MULTI WATCH (TO PRIORITY CHANNEL)
.... 23
8.10.1
Setting up the Multi Watch Operation
... 23
8.10.2 Starting the Dual Watch ..................... 24
8.10.3 Starting the Triple Watch ................... 24
8.11 Listening to the FM Radio ....................... 25
8.11.1 FM broadcast Frequency
sweep operation ........ 25
8.11.2 Store the FM frequency ..................... 25
8.11.3 Memory Frequency Recall ................. 26
8.12 Soft Keys ................................................. 26
8.12.1 Key Assignment ................................. 26
8.12.2 Key Timer .......................................... 27
9. MENU
(“SETUP”).......................................... 28
9.1 CHANNEL SETUP .................................. 28
9.1.1 CHANNEL GROUP ........................... 28
9.1.2 WEATHER ALERT
(In USA and Canada only) ........... 28
9.1.3 SCAN MEMORY ................................ 28
9.1.4 SCAN TYPE ...................................... 28
9.1.5 SCAN RESUME ................................ 29
9.1.6 MULTI WATCH .................................. 29
9.1.7 PRIORITY CH ................................... 29
9.1.8 SUB CH ............................................. 29
9.2 FM SETUP .............................................. 30
9.2.1 ADD ................................................... 30
9.2.2 EDIT .................................................. 31
9.2.3 DELETE ............................................. 31
9.3 CONFIG .................................................. 31
9.3.1 KEY BEEP ......................................... 31
9.3.2 BATTERY SAVE ................................ 32
9.3.3 KEY SETUP ....................................... 32
9.3.4 BACKLIT LEVEL ................................ 32
9.3.5 BACKLIT TIMER ................................ 32
9.3.6 CONTRAST ....................................... 33
9.3.7 RESET ............................................... 33
9.4 ABOUT... ................................................. 33
10. ATIS SETUP (HX40E only)............................ 34
10.1 ATIS CODE PROGRAMMING ................ 34
10.2 ATIS CH GROUP .................................... 35
11. MAINTENANCE ............................................. 36
11.1 GENERAL ............................................... 36
11.2 FACTORY SERVICE ............................... 36
11.3 TROUBLESHOOTING CHART ............... 37
12. VHF MARINE CHANNEL ASSIGNMENTS .... 38
12.1 HX40
(USA Version) ................................ 38
12.2 HX40E
(EXP Version) ............................. 41
13. SPECIFICATIONS .......................................... 43
14. FCC AND CANADA RADIO LICENSE
INFORMATION .... 44
14.1 MARITIME STATION LICENSE .............. 44
14.2 MARINE RADIO CALL SIGN .................. 44
14.3
CANADIAN SHIP STATION LICENSING
... 44
14.4 FCC / ISED INFORMATION .................... 44
15. RF EXPOSURE SAFETY STATEMENT ........ 45
15.1 SAFETY INFORMATION ......................... 45
15.2 CONSIGNES DE SECURITE .................. 45
16. FCC NOTICE .................................................. 46
STANDARD HORIZON Limited Warranty .......... 48
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