President PM-2050 SWF User Manual

PM-2050 SWF

Owner’s Manual

Making a Distress Call

Speak slowly - clearly - calmly.

For future reference, write your boat’s name & call sign here:

1. Make sure your radio is on.

2. On the radio, press the 16/9-Tri button to switch to Channel 16 (156.8 MHz). (If the corner of the display does not show 16, press the 16/9-Tri button again until it does.)

3. Press the push to talk button and say: “MAYDAY – MAYDAY – MAY-

DAY.”

4. Say “THIS IS {name of your boat (three times) and call sign/boat registra- tion number (once)}.”

5. Say “MAYDAY {name or call sign of your boat}.”

6. Tell where you are: (what navigational aids or landmarks are near, or read the latitude and longitude from your GPS).

7. State the nature of your distress, (e.g. are you sinking, medical emer-

gency, man overboard, on re, adrift, etc.

8. State the type of assistance you need (medical, towing, pumps, etc.).

9. Give number of persons aboard and conditions of any injured persons.

10. Estimate present seaworthiness of your ship (e.g. how immediate is the

danger due to ooding or re or proximity to shore).

11. Briey describe your ship, giving the ship name (e.g. “Blue Duck is 32 foot

cabin cruiser, white hull, blue deck house”).

12. Say: “I WILL BE LISTENING ON CHANNEL 16.”

13. End message by saying “THIS IS {name or call sign of your boat}, OVER.”

14. Release the push to talk button and listen.

If you do not get an answer after 30 seconds, repeat your call, beginning at step 3, above.

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Table of Contents

Making a Distress Call .......................................................(inside front cover)

Introduction .................................................................................................... 4

Features .......................................................................................................... 4

Getting Started ............................................................................................... 6

What’s Included ............................................................................................... 6

Parts of the PM-2050 SWF.............................................................................. 7

Front view ......................................................................................... 7

Back view .......................................................................................... 7

Charger ............................................................................................. 9

Reading the Display ........................................................................................ 9

Display icons and what they mean ................................................. 10

How It Works .................................................................................................11

Normal Mode Operation ................................................................................ 12

Normal mode with Weather Alert Watch ......................................... 12

Normal mode with Triple Watch or Dual Watch .............................. 13

Scan Mode Operation.................................................................................... 13

Using the radio in Scan mode ......................................................... 14

Scan mode with Weather Alert Watch ............................................. 14

Scan mode with Triple Watch or Dual Watch .................................. 15

Both Weather Alert and Triple/Dual Watch in Scan mode............... 15

Weather Mode ............................................................................................... 16

Using the radio in weather mode .................................................... 16

Weather mode with Weather Alert Watch ....................................... 16

Weather mode with Triple Watch or Dual Watch ............................ 16

Setting Up the Hardware ............................................................................. 17

Attaching the Antenna ................................................................................... 17

Installing the Battery ...................................................................................... 17

Using the Alkaline Battery Tray...................................................................... 17

Mounting the Charger .................................................................................... 18

Charging the Battery...................................................................................... 18

Important notes on charging the battery ......................................... 19

Attaching the Belt Clip ................................................................................... 19

Using Your Radio ......................................................................................... 20

Turning It On .................................................................................................. 20

Setting It Up ................................................................................................... 20

Changing the volume ...................................................................... 20

Setting the Squelch level ................................................................ 20

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Reading volume and squelch level on battery icon......................... 21

Setting the UIC channel mode (USA/CAN/INT) .............................. 21

Using the WX Mode....................................................................................... 21

Making a Transmission .................................................................................. 22

Selecting a channel ......................................................................... 22

Making a transmission .................................................................... 22

Boosting the transmission power .................................................... 22

Saving Channels to Memory ......................................................................... 23

Special Features............................................................................................ 23

Using the Strobe SOS Light/Flashlight ........................................... 23

Turning the key beep on and off ..................................................... 23

Setting Key Lock ............................................................................. 23

Using the external speaker/Mic jack ............................................... 24

Using the Battery Save feature ....................................................... 24

Maintenance and Troubleshooting ............................................................ 25

Common Questions ....................................................................................... 25

Spécications .............................................................................................. 27

Channels and Frequencies (MHz) .............................................................. 28

US Channel Frequencies and Names ........................................................... 28

Canadian Channel Frequencies and Names................................................. 29

International Channel Frequencies and Names ............................................ 31

Weather Channel Frequencies and Names .................................................. 33

Regulations and Safety Warnings ............................................................. 34

Basic Radio Guidelines ................................................................................. 34

Three Year Limited Warranty ......................................................................... 35

Introduction

Features

Your radio provides the following key features:

standards, which means the radio can be submerged in 1.5 meters of water for 1 hour without damage.

Notes:

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The radio will only meet this rating if fully assembled and all rubber

seals and sealing plugs are well maintained and correctly tted. This

means that the speaker microphone is attached or the sealing plug

is tted, and the battery pack (or tray) and antenna are attached and

securely fastened.

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After your radio is submerged in water, you might notice that the sound is distorted. This is because there is still water remaining in and

around the speaker and microphone. Just shake the radio to clear excess water, and the sound will return to normal. If your radio is exposed to salt water, clean it thoroughly with fresh

water and dry it before turning it on. The charger is not waterproof.

in quick succession.

er from 1W to 2.5W or 6W for added transmission distance.

monitor up to one Coast Guard Distress/Hailing channel and one weather

channel along with one regular marine channel.

ters.

regular intervals to save battery power.

Channel watch. Sounds a warning tone when a hazard alert is issued.

SOS pattern or to be steady on.

these emergency channels regularly within normal scanning cycles.

ing data.

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What’s Included

Getting Started

Antenna Charging Cradle

Lithium Ion Poly

Battery

PM-2050 SWF Radio

Screws for Charging

Cradle

If any pieces are missing or damaged, contact PRESIDENT Customer Care (see back cover for contact information).

DC Charging

Adapter

Wrist Strap Belt Clip

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Alkaline Battery Tray

(batteries not included)

AC-DC Charging

Adapter

Parts of the PM-2050 SWF

Front view

Back view

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Button Press to... Press and hold to...

Power

PTT (Push

to Talk)

Boost

16/9/TRI

MEM/SOS

WX/ALERT

Channel

UIC/LOCK

L/M/H

Channel

Down

SCAN/

DUAL

VOL/SQ

NA

1st press: Go to channel 16. 2nd press: Go to channel 9. 3rd press: Go back to the starting channel.

Save a channel into memory or delete a channel from memory.

Places radio into Weather mode so you can listen to the weather channels.

Move up one channel or

Up

squelch/volume step at a time.

Switch from US to Canadian or International channels.

Change the transmit power (see page 22).

Move down one channel or squelch/volume step at a time.

Start scanning channels saved in memory.

Increase or decrease the volume.

Turn the radio on or off.

Talk/transmit on a channel.

Transmit with a higher power level.

Turn Triple Watch on and off.

Turn on the SOS signal. Press and hold again to turn

on ashlight. Press and hold again to turn off the LED light.

Turn Weather Alert Watch on and off.

Move quickly up the channels/ squelch/volume steps.

Lock the keys; press and hold again to unlock.

NA

Move quickly down the channels/squelch/volume steps.

Turn Dual Watch on and off.

Increase or decrease the squelch level.

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Charger

Reading the Display

The LCD display shows different information depending on what you are doing.

This sample screen shows some of this information. The following table shows all the possible icons and what they mean.

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Display icons and what they mean

Icon What it means

You are currently transmitting.

LO, MID, HI

LOCK

US, CAN, or INT

TRI or DUAL

MEM

SCAN

WX

The transmitter power is set to L (Low - 1W), M (Mid - 2.5W), or H (HIGH - 6W).

The keys are locked.

Indicates if the radio is set for US channels, CANadian channels, or INTernational channels.

TRIple Watch or DUAL Watch is turned on.

The current channel is saved in memory.

The radio is in Scan mode.

The radio is in Weather mode.

Weather Alert Watch is turned on.

The battery is fully charged, mostly charged, half charged, mostly empty, or completely empty.

Current channel number.

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How It Works

Your radio has three main operation modes: Normal, Scan, and Weather.

Mode

Normal

Scan

Weather

In addition to the three operation modes, your radio provides three different watch modes which you can activate during any operation mode. In the watch

modes, the radio briey checks for activity on a specic channel, then returns

to its previous operation.

Watch mode

Weather Alert Watch

Dual Watch

Triple Watch

Private boats must monitor channel 16 whenever they are un-

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derway. Water-going vessels should have either Triple Watch or Dual Watch on at all times.

What it does

Monitors a single marine channel and lets you talk on that channel.

Monitors all the channels you save into memory.

Monitors the selected NOAA weather channel.

What it does

Checks the last-used weather channel for hazard alerts every 7 seconds.

Checks channel 16 for activity every 2 seconds.

Checks channels 16 and 9 for activity every 2 seconds.

Use it when you

want to...

Monitor a channel or talk to another radio.

Check a small group of regularly-used chan-

nels for trafc.

Hear the current or forecasted weather.

To turn it on/off

Press and hold WX/ ALERT for 2 seconds.

Press and hold SCAN/ DUAL for 2 seconds.

Press and hold 16/9/TRI for 2 seconds.

To turn it

on/off

(default mode)

Press

SCAN/ DUAL.

Press WX/ ALERT.

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Normal Mode Operation

Talk. Release the button when you are nished talking.

mouth while you’re talking.

button to scroll quickly up the channels.

the button to scroll quickly down the channels.

the next transmit power each time you press this button.

Normal mode with Weather Alert Watch

If you activate Weather Alert Watch while operating in Normal mode, the radio checks the most recently used weather channel every few seconds. If it detects a weather or other hazard alert, it will switch to that weather channel. (If you are actively transmitting the radio waits

until you nish your transmission before

checking the weather channel.)

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