Standard Horizon HX600S User Manuals

Table of Contents

• RF EXPOSURE SAFETY STATEMENT

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• FCC AND CANADA RADIO LICENSE INFORMATION

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• FCC NOTICE

  4
• 1. GENERAL INFORMATION

  5
• 1.1 INTRODUCTION

  5
• 2. ACCESSORIES

  6
• 2.1 PACKING LIST

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• 2.2 OPTIONS

  6
• 3. ABOUT THIS RADIO

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• 3.1 ABOUT THE VHF MARINE BAND

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• 3.2 ABOUT RECEIVE ONLY CHANNELS AND FREQUENCIES

  7
• 4. GETTING STARTED

  9
• 4.1 BATTERIES AND CHARGERS

  9
• 4.2 CONNECTING A GPS TO THE CD-33

  13
• 5. CONTROLS AND SWITCHES

  14
• 6. BASIC OPERATION

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• 6.1 INITIAL SETUP

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• 6.2 RECEPTION

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• 6.3 TRANSMISSION

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• 6.4 NOAA WEATHER CHANNELS

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• 6.5 PRESET CHANNELS (0 ~ 9)

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• 6.6 ENABLING S.O.S STROBE OPERATION

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• 7. ADVANCED OPERATION ON THE MARINE BAND

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• 7.1 USA, CANADA, AND INTERNATIONAL CHANNELS

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• 7.2 MEMORY SCAN

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• 7.3 PROGRAMMABLE PRIORITY SCAN

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• 7.4 DUAL WATCH

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• 7.5 TRI WATCH

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• 7.6 EMERGENCY CHANNEL 16

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• 7.7 CHANNEL 9

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• 7.8 OPERATING ON USA or CANADIAN 13, OR USA CHANNEL 67

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• 7.9 OPERATING ON USA CHANNEL 67

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• 7.10 DIGITAL SELECTIVE CALLING

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• 7.11 SIMPLEX/DUPLEX CHANEL USE

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• 8. SCRAMBLER OPERATION

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• 8.1 VOICE SCRAMBLER UNIT

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• 9. OPERATING PRACTICE

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• 9.1 EMERGENCY (CHANNEL 16 USE)

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• 9.2 CALLING ANOTHER VESSEL (CHANNEL 16 OR 9)

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• 9.3 OPERATING ON CHANNEL 13 AND 67

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• 9.4 NOAA WEATHER ALERT TESTING

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• 10. MENU (“SET”) MODE

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• 11. INSTALLATION OF OPTIONS

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• 11.1 FVP-31 VOICE SCRAMBLER UNIT

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• 11.2 FBA-25A ALAKLINE BATTERY TRAY

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• 12. MAINTENANCE

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• 12.1 GENERAL

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• 12.2 REPLACEMENT PARTS

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• 12.3 TROUBLESHOOTING CHART

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• 13.VHF MARINE CHANNEL ASSIGNMENT

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• 14. WARRANTY

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• 15. SPECIFICATIONS

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