Operating instructions for your WX ST COMPACT REMOTE MOUNT CB RADIO WITH SOUNDTRACKER COBRA ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 6500 W. Cortland Street Chicago, Illinois 60707 “Cuts Noise Coming In... Strengthens Signals Going Out” www.cobra.com Printed in China 75WXST_MANL.indd 1-2 Cobra Electronics Corp.© 2012 Part no.
INTRODUCTION How to use your WXST CITIZENS BAND RADIO WITH SOUNDTRACKER® CONTENTS: Introduction ......................................... 3 Features ............................................ 3 Technical Support and service ......... 3 Controls and Indicators ................. 4/5 Included with your 75WX ................... 6 Installation ........................................... 7 Connector Box Location .................. 7 Mounting Connector Box ................. 8 Microphone Hanger.................
INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION CONTROLS AND INDICATORS 4 4 5 CONTROLS AND INDICATORS 6 7 3 2 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 5 SoundTracker® Key Memory Key Channel 9 / 19 Key / Memory Location 1 Key LCD Display Panel Dual Watch / Memory Location 2 Key Scan / Memory Location 3 Key CB-Weather Channel / Memory Location 4 Key On / Off / Volume Control Lock Key Squelch Control Channel Up Channel Down PTT (Push-To-Talk) Key Microphone Speaker 11 8 1 9 12 13 14 15 10 75WXST_MANL.
INTRODUCTION INSTALLATION COMPONENTS INCLUDED CONNECTOR BOX LOCATION 6 LOCATION 7 Mount your Cobra 75WXST Connector Box in a convenient location, away from moisture and direct sunlight, in a location that will not interfere with driving. Cobra suggests mounting it either under the front seat or on the fire wall. UNDER THE FRONT SEAT INSTALLATION 75WXST Transceiver Connector Box Operating instructions for your WX ST COMPACT REMOTE MOUNT CB RADIO WITH SOUNDTRACKER “Cuts Noise Coming In...
INSTALLATION INSTALLATION CONNECTOR BOX MICROPHONE HANGER 8 9 MOUNTING CONNECTOR BOX INSTALLING MICROPHONE HANGER 1. Hold Cobra 75WXST Connector Box in exact location desired for mounting. 1. Hold microphone hanger in location desired for mounting. Make certain that nothing will interfere with the hanger’s installation. 2. Using it as a template, mark the location for the mounting screws (included).
INSTALLATION CB ANTENNA INSTALLATION SPEAKERS/NOISE INTERFERENCE 10 11 For the most reliable operation and maximum range, Cobra recommends using a vertically polarized, quarter–length whip antenna (illustration 1). Shorter, loaded-type whips are adequate when maximum range is not required (illustration 2). NOTE: Mobile installations (cars, trucks, boats, etc) should be made only with a non-directional antenna system.
OPERATION OPERATION TURNING ON/ACTIVATING SOUNDTRACKER® TESTING SOUNDTRACKER® 12 13 TESTING SOUNDTRACKER® TURNING YOUR CB ON 1. Rotate the power ON-OFF Volume Control clockwise. 2. Open the Squelch Control counterclockwise until noise is heard. SOUNDTRACKER TM SOUNDTRACKER TM SOUNDTRACKER TM 3. Adjust volume to a comfortable level. 1. Select any unused channel on your CB ® ACTIVATING SOUNDTRACKER S 2. Open the squelch control fully by turning the knob counterclockwise until it stops.
OPERATION OPERATION SETTING THE SQUELCH SELECTING A CHANNEL 14 15 SETTING THE SQUELCH Think of your Squelch Control as a gate for incoming signals. If you turn the Squelch Control fully clockwise, you effectively close the “gate” and no signals will pass through. If you turn the Squelch control fully counterclockwise, you open the gate and all signals come through. SELECTING A CHANNEL Channel UP 1. Change channels by pressing either the channel s up or channel t down key .
OPERATION OPERATION LCD READOUT TRANSMIT/RECEIVE 16 17 TO RECEIVE 1. Your 75WXST is automatically in the receive mode. TO TRANSMIT 2. Press the Press-To-Talk (PTT) key. LCD DISPLAY Your Cobra 75WXST CB is designed with a liquid crystal display that indicates channel number, frequency and the operating mode.
OPERATION OPERATION ONE TOUCH CHANNEL 9 AND 19/KEY LOCK FREQUENCY DISPLAY 18 EMERGENCY CHANNEL 9 OR INFORMATION CHANNEL 19 1. To access emergency channel 9, press Channel 9/19 key once. 2. To access information channel 19, press Channel 9/19 key twice. 19 5 DIGIT FREQUENCY DISPLAY 1. Push and hold Memory key for approximately 3 seconds. 2. Display will change to the 5 digit frequency of the channel selected. 3. Press again to return to the original channel selected. 3.
OPERATION OPERATION CHANNEL SCAN WEATHER CHANNELS/CHANNEL SAVER 20 WEATHER CHANNELS ALL CHANNEL SCAN 21 1. Press the CB/WX key. 1. Set Squelch Control (SQL) to desired setting. SOUNDTRACKER TM 2. Press Scan key. When activity is found on a channel scanning will stop. 2. Press Up/Down Channel keys to change stations. 3. Press the CB/WX key again to resume normal CB operation. 3. Press any key to stop scanning sequence. NOTE.
OPERATION OPERATION MEMORY CHANNELS DUAL WATCH 22 SAVING CHANNELS IN MEMORY 1. Select desired channel to store in memory. 23 DUAL WATCH Allows you to simultaneously monitor any two preselected channels at one time. 1. Adjust squelch (SQL) setting. SOUNDTRACKER TM 2. Press and RELEASE the Memory key. 2. Set CB to one of the stations you wish to monitor. 3. Press and hold the desired Memory Location key to lock channel into memory. 3. Push and hold the DW key until a beep is heard.
24 25 HOW YOUR CB CAN SERVE YOU • • • • • • • • • • Warn of traffic tie-ups ahead. Provide weather and road information. Provide help fast in event of emergency or breakdown. Suggest good spots to eat and sleep. Make long trips more interesting, and help keep you awake. Provide direct contact with your office or home. Make friends as you travel. Provide “local information” to find your destination. Communicate with friends and family during outdoor activities.
26 USE CHANNEL 9 FOR EMERGENCY ONLY Operating Procedure for Emergency Communications 1. For EMERGENCY communications, set radio to Ch. 9. For nonemergency communications, select desired Channel by rotating the CHANNEL UP/DOWN tuning knob until reaching the desired Channel. Be sure the antenna is properly connected to the radio before transmitting. Prolonged transmitting without an antenna, or use of a poorly matched antenna, could cause damage to the transmitter. 2.
28 29 75WXST SPECIFICATIONS FREQUENCY RANGE Your COBRA transceiver represents one of the most advanced AM two-way radios used as a Class D station in the Citizens Radio Service. This unit features advanced Phase Lock Loop (PLL) circuitry providing complete coverage of all 40 CB channels and 10 weather channels as shown below. CB Channel Freq. Channel in MHz CB Channel Channel Freq. in MHz 1 2 3 4 5 26.965 26.975 26.985 27.005 27.015 21 22 23 24 25 27.215 27.225 27.255 27.235 27.245 6 7 8 9 10 27.
30 31 LIMITED TWO YEAR WARRANTY COBRA ELECTRONICS CORPORATION warrants that its COBRA CB Radios, and the component parts thereof, will be free of defects in workmanship and materials for period of two (2) years from the date of first consumer purchase. This warranty may be enforced by the first consumer purchaser, provided that the product is utilized within the U.S.A.
