Turning The Unit On And Off; Setting Up - Furuno 1830 Operator's Manual

TURNING THE UNIT ON AND OFF
having eonfirmed that the SCANNER switch is turned on, press the
oH touchpad and power is appUed to all circuits of the radar system. The
touchpad panel will Hght up, the antenna will begin to rotete, but no
targets appeal* on tha CRT. This is becauae the eiagnetroii ijeeda
approximately 2 min. and 30 sec. to warm up before the radar can be
operated. The time remaining for warm up of the magnetron is displayed at
the center of the CRT. from 2;29 to 0:01.
Press both the
off.
JS-
and
touchpads at the same time to turn the system
SETTING UP
After power is apphed and the magnetron has warmed up, the message
"ST-BV" (Standby) will appear at center of the display screen, indicating
the radar is ready to transmit. However, no targets will appear on the
screen untll the radar Is put into tran smit by pressing the CS touchpad
(TX is short for "transmit"). In ST-BY the radar is available for use at
any time the scanner is rotating, but no radar waves are being transmitted.
Press the touchpad to begin transmission; the display screen will light
up, and the status of the y^cators on the display screen will default to the
ON, and all other indicators, OFF. Fig.23
Additionally, the screen brilliance will
following: [jD2)±| , 3nm;
shows the location of the inUTcators.
be medium-bright and the heading mark, the cursor, the distance/bearing to
the cursor and the tuning bar are displayed. (The ship's heading is also
displayed if
a
gyrocompasa is connccted.)
When the
radai' is transmiUing,
any echoes from targets will be displayed on the CRT,
At this time you may want to take a doser look at the display screen, The
outeriiiost ring on the screen defines the effective diameter of the display.
Every onc degree on the ring is marked by a short dashed line, and every
ten degrees by a longer dashed Une.
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