Furuno FAR-2107 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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