Ais Symbols; Activating Targets - Furuno FR-8062 Operator's Manual

4. AIS OPERATION
4.3

AIS Symbols

When the AIS is turned on, AIS targets are marked with appropriate AIS symbol as below.
Sleeping target
Note 1: AIS symbols are momentarily erased after the screen is redrawn when the heading is
changed in the Head-up mode.
Note 2: When no AIS data is received, the message "RECEIVE" appears in the text window.
Check the AIS transponder.
4.4

Activating Targets

When you convert a sleeping target to an activated target, that target's course and speed are
shown with a vector. You can easily judge target movement by monitoring the vector.
COG (Course over Ground) vector
To activate or sleep a target, place the cursor on the target and press the ENTER key.
4-2
Activated target Dangerous
target
AIS symbols
Appearance of an active target
Lost target
Rate of turn
(ROT)
Heading line
(If there is no heading data,
the line points in direction of COG.)
Target selected
for data display