CAUTION: Before proceeding to install, test or use your new ACR
Electronics’ product, please read this Product Support Manual in its
entirety.
If you have questions regarding the contents of the manual, please
contact our Technical Service Department at ACR Electronics, Inc.,
Telephone +1 (954) 981- 3333. Please be ready to provide the
technician with the page number you wish to discuss. If you have a
question that is not covered in the manual, please visit our website and
access the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) section for further
information or call our Technical Service Department. The website
address is www.acrelectronics.com. If in the future you lose this manual,
you may access and print a replacement on the ACR website.
Call Sign: ______________________________________
Vessel: ________________________________________
Battery Expiration Date: ___________________________
About Cobham Life Support, ACR Products
Cobham Life Support, ACR Products, www.acrelectronics.com, designs
and manufactures a complete line of safety and survival products
including EPIRBs, PLBs, AIS, SARTs, Strobe Lights, Life Jacket Lights,
Search Lights and safety accessories. The quality systems of this
facility have been registered by UL to the ISO 9001:2000 Series
Standards. Recognized as the world leader in safety and survival
technologies, ACR has provided safety equipment to the aviation and
marine industries as well as to the military since 1956.
About Cobham plc
Cobham plc is an international company engaged in the development,
delivery and support of advanced aerospace and defence systems for
land, sea, air and space, The company has four divisions that
collectively specialize in the provision of components, subsystems and
services that keep people safe, improve communications and enhance
the capability of aerospace and defence platforms.
PLEASE READ ALL WARNINGS, CAUTIONS
AND NOTES CAREFULLY
Table of Contents
SECTION 1 – INTRODUCTION ______________________________ 3
SECTION 2 – PREPARING TO INSTALL ________________________ 4
SECTION 3 – INSTALLING THE SR-103™ SURVIVAL RADIO ________ 6
SECTION 4 – OPERATING THE SR-103™ SURVIVAL RADIO ________ 6
SECTION 5- SENDING DISTRESS COMMUNICATIONS ____________ 9
SECTION 6 – MAINTAINING THE SR-103™ SURVIVAL RADIO ____ 10
APPENDIX A – OPERATING FREQUENCIES ____________________ 15
APPENDIX B – BATTERIES AND CHARGERS ___________________ 17
APPENDIX C – TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS ___________________ 17
APPENDIX D – WARRANTY, USEFUL LIFE POLICY, NOTICES _______ 18
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SECTION 1 – INTRODUCTION
OVERVIEW
This manual contains necessary information for the operation,
maintenance and performance of distress communications utilizing the
ACR/2727 Multichannel Survival Craft Portable Two-Way
Radiotelephone. The user is strongly recommended to read this manual
in its entirety. A photocopy of the suggested procedures for distress
communications outlined in Section 5 should be kept with each
radiotelephone to aid the designated operator and maximize the
intelligibility and success of his radio distress request.
The Multichannel Survival Craft Portable Two-Way VHF Radiotelephone
is intended to be used for on-scene emergency communications
between survival craft and ship, and survival craft and rescue units. The
radio is equipped with a 5 year lithium survival battery pack which is
user replaceable. With the lithium battery pack installed, the unit meets
all IMO, SOLAS and FCC requirements for survival craft two-way VHF
transceivers. An optional rechargeable MaxCap™ battery pack is also
available.
RADIO LICENSE REQUIREMENTS
This radio is FCC Type Accepted and GMDSS listed (FCC Part
80.1101) as a survival craft two-way VHF radiotelephone apparatus
which complies with the 1988 GMDSS SOLAS amendments. To install
the radio on a survival craft, the host ship must have a valid Ship Station
License as required by law. To obtain an application for an FCC Ship
Station License (U.S. ships), the user should contact the nearest FCC
office.
In the USA, contact the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) at
www.fcc.gov on the internet. You will need Form 605, “Quick-Form
Application for Authorization in the Ship, Aircraft, Amateur, Restricted
and Commercial Operator, and General Mobile Radio Services”, which
may be downloaded or completed online. You may also call FCC’s
Forms Distribution Center at 800-418-3676.
Please note that regulations for VHF radios may be different in different
parts of the world. Always contact your local authority to determine the
requirements that apply to you.
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Figure 1ACR Multichannel Survival Craft Portable
Two-Way Radiotelephone
SECTION 2 – PREPARING TO INSTALL
ITEMS INCLUDED IN PURCHASE:
1. Multichannel Survival Radio with lithium battery, wrist
lanyard and radio cover
2. Warranty card
3. Commercial Registration Advisory
4. Product Support Manual
If any of the above is missing, please contact ACR
Electronics’ Technical Service by email at
service@acrelectronics,com or by phone at +1 (954) 981-
3333.
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ANATOMY OF THE SR-103™ RADIO
The key components of the SR-103™ Radio are:
Figure 2-
SR-103™ Main Features
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