TABLE OF CONTENTS
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) ........ 5
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 NOTES TO ASSURE WATERPROOF
INTEGRITY ....... 7
4.8 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 ........................................... 18
8.6 KEYPAD LOCKING .......................................... 18
8.7 NOAA WEATHER CHANNELS
(In USA and Canada only) ......... 18
8.7.1 NOAA WEATHER ALERT ......................... 19
8.7.2 NOAA WEATHER ALERT TESTING ........ 19
8.8 PRESET CHANNELS: INSTANT ACCESS ...... 20
8.8.1 PROGRAMMING PRESET
CHANNEL BANKS .................................... 20
8.8.2 OPERATION on a Preset Channel ........... 20
8.8.3 Deleting a Preset Channel ........................ 21
8.9 SCANNING ....................................................... 22
8.9.1 PROGRAMMING SCAN MEMORY .......... 22
8.9.2 SELECTING SCAN TYPE ........................ 22
8.9.3 SCANNING OPERATION ......................... 23
8.10 MULTI WATCH (TO PRIORITY CHANNEL) .... 24
8.10.1 Setting up the Multi Watch Operation ....... 24
8.10.2 Starting the Dual Watch ............................ 24
8.10.3 Starting the Triple Watch........................... 25
8.11 Listening to the FM Broadcast Radio ............... 26
8.11.1 FM broadcast Frequency
sweep operation............... 26
8.11.2 Store the FM frequency............................. 26
8.11.3 Memory Frequency Recall ........................ 27
8.12 Soft Keys ........................................................... 27
8.12.1 Key Assignment ........................................ 27
8.12.2 Key Timer .................................................. 28
9. ADVANCED OPERATION ............................... 29
9.1 Bluetooth
®
Operation ........................................ 29
9.1.1 Pairing the Bluetooth
®
Headset ................. 29
9.1.2 Transmit operation by pressing
the button on the Bluetooth
®
headset ... 31
9.1.3 Hands-free VOX operation
with a Bluetooth
®
headset .. 31
9.1.4 Connect to another paired
Bluetooth
®
headset ............ 31
9.2 VOX Operation .................................................. 33
10. MENU (“SETUP”) ......................................... 34
10.1 CHANNEL SETUP ........................................... 34
10.1.1 CHANNEL GROUP................................... 34
10.1.2 WEATHER ALERT
(in USA and Canada only)................. 34
10.1.3 SCAN MEMORY ....................................... 34
10.1.4 SCAN TYPE.............................................. 34
10.1.5 SCAN RESUME........................................ 35
10.1.6 MULTI WATCH.......................................... 35
10.1.7 PRIORITY CH ........................................... 35
10.1.8 SUB CH..................................................... 36
10.1.9 VOX........................................................... 36
10.2 FM SETUP ....................................................... 36
10.2.1 ADD........................................................... 36
10.2.2 EDIT .......................................................... 37
10.2.3 DELETE .................................................... 37
10.3 BLUETOOTH ................................................... 38
10.4 ATIS SETUP (HX320E only) ............................ 38
10.5 CONFIG ........................................................... 38
10.5.1 KEY BEEP................................................. 38
10.5.2 BATTERY SAVE........................................ 38
10.5.3 STROBE LED ........................................... 39
10.5.4 KEY SETUP .............................................. 39
10.5.5 BACKLIT LEVEL ....................................... 40
10.5.6 BACKLIT TIMER ....................................... 40
10.5.7 CONTRAST............................................... 40
10.5.8 RESET ...................................................... 41
10.6 ABOUT... .......................................................... 41
10.7 Tables of Setup Menu Operations ................... 41
11. ATIS SETUP (HX320E only) ......................... 43
11.1 ATIS CODE PROGRAMMING ......................... 43
11.2 ATIS CH GROUP ............................................. 44
12. MAINTENANCE ............................................ 45
12.1 GENERAL ........................................................ 45
12.2 FACTORY SERVICE ........................................ 45
12.3 TROUBLESHOOTING CHART ....................... 45
13. VHF MARINE CHANNEL ASSIGNMENTS ... 46
13.1 HX320
(USA Version) ....................................... 46
13.2 HX320E ............................................................ 49
14. SPECIFICATIONS ......................................... 51
15. FCC AND CANADA RADIO
LICENSE INFORMATION ........ 52
15.1 MARITIME STATION LICENSE ....................... 52
15.2 MARINE RADIO CALL SIGN ........................... 52
15.3 CANADIAN SHIP STATION LICENSING ........ 52
15.4 FCC / ISED INFORMATION ............................ 52
16. RF EXPOSURE SAFETY STATEMENT ........ 53
16.1 SAFETY INFORMATION .................................. 53
16.2 CONSIGNES DE SECURITE ........................... 53
17. FCC NOTICE ................................................. 54
STANDARD HORIZON Limited Warranty .......... 56
