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Cobra Electronics MR F55 - page 1
A1 English Our Thanks T o Y ou Intro Operation Customer Assistance W arranty Notice Secondary Icons Caution Warning Installation Customer Assistance Introduction VHF MARINE RADIO MR F55 Owner’ s Manual Nothing comes close to a Cobra ® English Thank you f or pur chasing a CobraMarine ™ VHF radio. Properl y used, this Cobra ® product will give ...
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Cobra Electronics MR F55 - page 2
P ower Connection External Speaker Jac k Global P ositioning System (GPS) Jack Antenna Socket A3 English Micr ophone And Pr oduct Features Intro Operation Customer Assistance W arranty Notice Main Icons Secondary Icons Caution Warning Installation Customer Assistance Introduction A2 English T ransceiver Contr ols, Indicators And Connections Intro O ...
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Cobra Electronics MR F55 - page 3
Intro Operation Customer Assistance W arranty Notice Secondary Icons Caution Warning Installation Customer Assistance Introduction Nothing comes close to a Cobra ® T able Of Contents 1 I ntro Operation Customer A ssistance W arranty N otice Main Icons Secondary Icons C aution Warning I nstallation C ustomer Assistance Intro Operation Customer Assi ...
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Cobra Electronics MR F55 - page 4
Intro Operation Customer Assistance W arranty Notice Secondary Icons Caution Warning Installation Customer Assistance Intro Operation Customer Assistance W arranty Notice Secondary Icons Caution Warning Installation Customer Assistance Introduction Nothing comes close to a Cobra ® Impor tant Safety Inf ormation 3 The following WARNINGS and CAUTION ...
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Cobra Electronics MR F55 - page 5
Nothing comes close to a Cobra ® FCC Licensing Inf ormation 5 FCC LICENSING INFORMA TION • CobraMarine ™ VHF radios comply with the FCC (Federal Communication Commission) requirements that regulate the Maritime Radio Service. This CobraMarine ™ radio incorporates a VHF FM transceiver designed for use in the frequency range of 156.025 to 163. ...
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Cobra Electronics MR F55 - page 6
Nothing comes close to a Cobra ® V oice Calling 7 Limits On Calling Y ou must not call the same station for more than 30 seconds at a time. If you do not get a reply , wait at least two (2) minutes before calling again. After three (3) calling periods, wait at least 15 minutes before calling again. Change Channels After contacting another station ...
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Cobra Electronics MR F55 - page 7
Nothing comes close to a Cobra ® Maritime Mobile Service Identity (MMSI) 9 Intro Operation Customer Assistance W arranty Notice S econdary Icons Caution Warning Installation Customer Assistance VHF Marine Radio Protocols Intro Operation Customer Assistance W arranty Notice M ain Icons Secondary Icons Caution Warning Installation Customer Assistanc ...
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Cobra Electronics MR F55 - page 8
MA YDA Y P AN SECURITE Nothing comes close to a Cobra ® Emergency Messa ges And Distress Pr ocedure 11 Marine Emergency Signals The three (3) spoken international emergency signals are: The distress signal MA YDA Y is used to indicate that a station is threatened by grave and imminent danger and requests immediate assistance. The urgency signal PA ...
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Cobra Electronics MR F55 - page 9
F or Example Nothing comes close to a Cobra ® Emergency Messa ges and Distress Pr ocedure 13 Keep the radio nearby . Even after your message has been received, the Coast Guard can find you more quickly if you can transmit a signal for a rescue boat to hone in on. “Mayday — Mayday — Mayday” “This is Corsair — Corsair — Corsair” [or ...
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Cobra Electronics MR F55 - page 10
Nothing comes close to a Cobra ® VHF Marine Channel Assignments 15 Public Correspondence (Marine Operator) Channels 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 84, 84A, 85, 85A, 86, 86A, 87, 87A, 88* For calls to marine operators at public coast stations. Y ou can make and receive telephone calls through these stations. P ort Operations Channels 1A* , 5A* , 12* , 14* , 2 ...
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Cobra Electronics MR F55 - page 11
Nothing comes close to a Cobra ® VHF Marine Channel Assignments 17 Intro Operation Customer Assistance W arranty Notice S econdary Icons Caution Warning Installation Customer Assistance VHF Marine Radio Protocols Channel Us e 01 Public Correspondence (Marine Operator) 01A Port Operations and Commercial, VTS in selected areas 02 Public Corresponden ...
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Cobra Electronics MR F55 - page 12
Nothing comes close to a Cobra ® VHF Marine Channel Assignments 19 Channel Us e 18 Port Operations, Ship Movement 18A Commercial 19 Port Operations, Ship Movement 19A Commercial 20 Canada (Coast Guard Only); International (Port Operations, Ship Movement) 20A Port Operations 21 Port Operations, Ship Movement 21A U.S. (Government Only); Canada (Coas ...
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Cobra Electronics MR F55 - page 13
Nothing comes close to a Cobra ® VHF Marine Channel Assignments 21 Channel Us e 63 Public Correspondence (Marine Operator), Port Operations, Ship Movement 63A Port Operations and Commercial, VTS in selected areas 64 Public Correspondence (Marine Operator), Port Operations, Ship Movement 64A U.S. (Government Only); Canada (Commercial Fishing) 65 Pu ...
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Cobra Electronics MR F55 - page 14
Nothing comes close to a Cobra ® VHF Marine Channel Assignments 23 Channel Us e 78 Public Correspondence (Marine Operator) 78A Non-Commercial (Recreational) 79 Port Operations, Ship Movement 79A Commercial (Also Non-Commer cial only in Great Lakes) 80 Port Operations, Ship Movement 80A Commercial (Also Non-Commer cial only in Great Lakes) 81 Port ...
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Cobra Electronics MR F55 - page 15
Nothing comes close to a Cobra ® NO AA W eather Channels And Aler t 25 NOAA Weather Channels And Alert • Monitoring the weather will probably be a frequent use of your radio. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) provides continuous, around-the- clock broadcasts of the latest weather information. T aped weather messages run ...
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Cobra Electronics MR F55 - page 16
Nothing comes close to a Cobra ® Mounting And P owering The Radio 27 I ntro Operation Customer A ssistance W arranty N otice Secondary Icons C aution Warning Installation C ustomer A ssistance Installation And Start-Up Mounting And Powering The Radio • Before using your CobraMarine ™ VHF radio, it must be installed on your vessel. Installing Y ...
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Cobra Electronics MR F55 - page 17
I ntro Operation Customer A ssistance W arranty Notice M ain Icons Secondary Icons Caution Warning I nstallation C ustomer A ssistance Nothing comes close to a Cobra ® Mounting And P owering The Radio 29 W arning Stic ker FCC regulations require that the Warning Sticker supplied with this radio be applied to a spot where it is easily seen by the r ...
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Cobra Electronics MR F55 - page 18
Intro Operation Customer Assistance W arranty Notice Main Icons Secondary Icons Caution Warning Installation Customer Assistance Notice S econdary Icons Caution Warning Installation Customer Assistance Nothing comes close to a Cobra ® Antenna Requirements And Attachment 31 I ntro Operation Customer A ssistance W arranty N otice Secondary Icons C a ...
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Cobra Electronics MR F55 - page 19
Nothing comes close to a Cobra ® External Devices And Connections 33 Global P ositioning System (GPS) Device (Not Inc luded) Cobra ® strongly recommends that you obtain and connect a GPS device to your CobraMarine ™ VHF radio. By having a GPS connected, your position will be continuously indicated on the LCD and, most importantly , it will be i ...
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Cobra Electronics MR F55 - page 20
Nothing comes close to a Cobra ® Getting Star ted 35 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 . DSC Position Request Alarm Medium-loud, continuous, low-pitched series of closely spaced, four (4) beeps [three (3) short – one (1 ...
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Cobra Electronics MR F55 - page 21
Nothing comes close to a Cobra ® Getting Star ted 37 Standby And Receive Standby mode is the usual mode for the radio whenever it is turned On . From Standby Mode, Y ou Can: ■ Change your radio’ s settings using set-up routines. ■ Receive messages on the current channel as well as DSC messages. ■ Receive NOAA alerts if Weather Alert mode i ...
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Cobra Electronics MR F55 - page 22
Nothing comes close to a Cobra ® Set-Up Routines 39 LCD Backlight The LCD has a backlight lamp to make it visible in the dark. This lamp can be adjusted for brightness or turned Off . T o Adjust The Backlight Level: 1. Enter the Settings menu and scroll to LAMP ADJ (lamp adjustment) with the Up/Down buttons. 2. Press the Call/Set button and observ ...
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Cobra Electronics MR F55 - page 23
Nothing comes close to a Cobra ® Set-Up Routines 41 U .S.A./International/Canada Channel Maps Three (3) sets of VHF Channel Maps have been established for marine use in the U.S.A., Canada, and the rest of the world (International). Most of the channels are the same for all three (3) maps, but there are definite differences (see table on pages 14 t ...
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Cobra Electronics MR F55 - page 24
43 Nothing comes close to a Cobra ® V oice T ransmission Intro Operation Customer Assistance W arranty Notice S econdary Icons Caution Warning Installation Customer Assistance Operating Y our Radio T ransmit P ower Output Y our radio can T ransmit selectively at one (1) or 25 watts of power . Cobra ® suggests you maintain the low power setting fo ...
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Cobra Electronics MR F55 - page 25
Nothing comes close to a Cobra ® Adv anced Operation 45 W eather Alert Signal When NOAA broadcasts a Weather Alert signal and your radio is in the W eather Alert mode, you will hear a continuous audible tone and the radio will automatically switch to Weather Radio mode. The alert indicators will sound regardless of what channel you are operating o ...
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Cobra Electronics MR F55 - page 26
Nothing comes close to a Cobra ® Adv anced Operation 47 Scan During Scan , the radio will rapidly switch from channel to channel through all the channels. Whenever any activity is detected, the radio will stop the scan for ten (10) seconds to allow you to listen briefly on that channel. It will then continue to scan unless you switch out of the Sc ...
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Cobra Electronics MR F55 - page 27
Nothing comes close to a Cobra ® DSC Set-Up 49 T o Enter Y our MMSI Number: 1. Enter the Settings menu and scroll to USER MMSI with the Up/Down buttons. 2. Press the Call/Set button and the blinking cursor will appear at the first digit under USER MMSI I D ENTRY . 3. Use the Up/Down buttons to scroll through the number list to that digit of your n ...
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Cobra Electronics MR F55 - page 28
Nothing comes close to a Cobra ® DSC Set-Up 51 Group MMSI Number Nautical organizations such as yacht clubs and the organizers of events such as regattas can establish Group MMSIs . These allow a message to be sent a utomati cally to all members of the group without having to call each one individually . Each member of the group must enter the Gro ...
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Cobra Electronics MR F55 - page 29
Nothing comes close to a Cobra ® DSC Set-Up 53 4. Press the Call/Set button to select the memor y loca tio n. The cursor will begin to blink at the first character u nder NAME . 5. Use the Up/Down buttons to scroll through the character list. 6. Press the Call/Set button to select a character . This will also move the blinking cursor to the next c ...
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Cobra Electronics MR F55 - page 30
2. Choose one (1) of the following: a. T o Send An Automatic Distress Call: 1) Press and hold the Distress button. b. T o Send A Manual Distress Call: 1) Use the Up/Down buttons to move the arrow to MANUAL . 2) Press the Call/Set button to go to the position entry screen. 3) Use the Up/Down buttons to manually set the position of your vessel. 4) Pr ...
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Cobra Electronics MR F55 - page 31
Nothing comes close to a Cobra ® DSC Operation 57 Sending An All Ships Calls A DSC All Ships call is used for the same urgency and safety purposes as the Pan and Securite voice calls as well as to send routine messages to all stations at once. It will reach all stations within range of your radio. If you have an urgent, but not life-threatening, s ...
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Cobra Electronics MR F55 - page 32
Nothing comes close to a Cobra ® DSC Operation 59 Sending An Individual Call The DSC Individual call feature allows you to notify one (1), and only one (1), station that you want to communicate with that station. It does not alert all other stations within range that you will be sending a message as a voice call on Channel 16 or Channel 9 would. T ...
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Cobra Electronics MR F55 - page 33
Nothing comes close to a Cobra ® DSC Operation 61 Receiving A Group Call When another station makes a Group call to your radio, the individual alarm will sound, the caller will be identified on the LCD, and your radio will be switched to the channel selected by the caller , just as for an individual call. Press any button to turn Off the alarm. T ...
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Cobra Electronics MR F55 - page 34
Nothing comes close to a Cobra ® DSC Operation 63 c. If The Station Y ou Called Chose Not T o Reply: N O REPLY will show on your screen. Y ou will have two (2) choices: ■ RESEND the request. ■ EXIT the Position Request mode. a. T o Resend Y our Position Request: 1) Use the Up/Down buttons to scroll to RESEND . 2) Press the Call/Set button. b. ...
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Cobra Electronics MR F55 - page 35
Nothing comes close to a Cobra ® DSC Operation 65 Sending A P osition Send Position Send uses your connected GPS in similar fashion to the position request funct ion, ex cep t th at you initiate the activity to let another station know where you are. T o Send A Position Send Message: 1. In Standby mode, select a channel on which you want to commun ...
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Cobra Electronics MR F55 - page 36
Nothing comes close to a Cobra ® Specifications 67 Specifications • General Number of Channels All U.S.A., Canadian, and International 10 NOAA Weather Channels Channel Spacing 25 kHz Modulation 5 kHz Max. Input Voltage 13.8 VDC Current Drain: Stand-by 20 mA Receive 200 mA T ransmit 5A @ High power 1A @ Low T emperature Range -20˚ C to 60˚ C Un ...
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Cobra Electronics MR F55 - page 37
Nothing comes close to a Cobra ® Pr oduct Service 69 Product Service • If you ha ve an y questions about operation or installing your new CobraMarine ™ VHF pr oduct, or if you are missing parts… Please call Cobra ® first! DO NOT RETURN THIS PRODUCT TO THE STORE! See customer assistance on page A1. If your product should require factory ser ...
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Cobra Electronics MR F55 - page 38
Flush Mount T emplate / Plantilla para montaje empotrado Intro Operation Customer Assistance War ran ty Notice Main Icons Secondary Icons Caution War ning Installation Customer Assistance Customer Service Nothing comes close to a Cobr a ® 71 Intro Operation Customer Assistance War ran ty Notice Main Icons Secondary Icons Caution War ning Installat ...
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