Furuno FAR-2807 Operator's Manual page 10

TABLE OF CONTENTS
2. RADAR OBSERVATION ............................................................................... 2-1
2.1 General ........................................................................................................................ 2-1
2.1.1 Minimum and maximum ranges ........................................................................ 2-1
2.2 False Echoes ............................................................................................................... 2-3
2.3 SART (Search and Rescue Transponder) ................................................................... 2-5
2.3.1 SART description ............................................................................................... 2-5
2.3.2 Showing SART marks on the radar display ....................................................... 2-6
2.3.3 General remarks on receiving SARTs ............................................................... 2-7
2.4 RACON ........................................................................................................................ 2-8
2.5 Radar Target Enhancer (RTE) ..................................................................................... 2-8
3. TARGET TRACKING (TT) ............................................................................. 3-1
3.1 Usage Precautions ....................................................................................................... 3-1
3.2 Controls for TT ............................................................................................................. 3-2
3.3 Activating, Deactivating TT .......................................................................................... 3-3
3.4 Entering Own Ship's Speed ......................................................................................... 3-3
3.4.1 Echo-referenced speed input ............................................................................ 3-3
3.5 Automatic Acquisition ................................................................................................... 3-5
3.5.1 Enabling auto acquisition .................................................................................. 3-5
3.5.2 Terminating tracking of targets (including reference targets) ............................. 3-6
3.6 Manual Acquisition ....................................................................................................... 3-7
3.6.1 Setting manual acquisition conditions ............................................................... 3-7
3.6.2 Manually acquiring targets ................................................................................. 3-7
3.7 Lost Target ................................................................................................................... 3-9
3.7.1 Setting the lost target filter ................................................................................. 3-9
3.7.2 Enabling, disabling the lost target alert .............................................................. 3-9
3.8 TT Symbols and Attributes ......................................................................................... 3-10
3.8.1 TT symbols ...................................................................................................... 3-10
3.8.2 Choosing TT symbol (B, C and W types) ........................................................ 3-11
3.8.3 TT symbol brilliance ......................................................................................... 3-11
3.8.4 TT symbol color ............................................................................................... 3-12
3.9 Displaying Target Data ............................................................................................... 3-13
3.9.1 Displaying target data ...................................................................................... 3-13
3.9.2 Target list ......................................................................................................... 3-15
3.10 Vector Modes ............................................................................................................. 3-16
3.10.1 Description of vectors ...................................................................................... 3-16
3.10.2 Vector mode and length .................................................................................. 3-17
3.11 Past Position Display ................................................................................................. 3-18
3.11.1 Displaying and erasing past position points, choosing past
position plot interval ......................................................................................... 3-18
3.11.2 Past position display attributes ........................................................................ 3-19
3.11.3 Past position display mode .............................................................................. 3-19
3.11.4 Stabilization in true mode ................................................................................ 3-20
3.12 Set and Drift ............................................................................................................... 3-20
3.13 TT Collision Alarm (CPA, TCPA) ................................................................................ 3-21
3.13.1 Setting the CPA and TCPA ranges .................................................................. 3-21
3.13.2 Acknowledging the TT collision alarm ............................................................. 3-22
3.14 Acquisition Zone......................................................................................................... 3-22
3.14.1 Activating an acquisition zone ......................................................................... 3-22
3.14.2 Sleeping, deactivating an acquisition zone...................................................... 3-23
3.14.3 Acknowledging the alert .................................................................................. 3-24
3.14.4 Acquisition zone reference .............................................................................. 3-24
3.14.5 Acquisition zone shape and stabilization ......................................................... 3-24
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