Basic Operation; Turning The System On And Off; Adjusting Display Brightness; Selecting Radar Source - Simrad R2009 User Manual

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Basic operation

Turning the system on and off

The system is switched ON by pressing the STANDBY/BRILL key on the control unit.
Press and hold the STANDBY/BRILL key for 5 seconds to turn the control unit and the radar
antenna off
Note:
The R2009 Control unit can be wired and configured for power control. If the unit
is configured as a power slave, the unit will turn on and off when the power master is
turned on and off. Refer to "Power Control" on page 48.

Adjusting display brightness

At first start-up the display brilliance is set to 100%. When the unit is restarted the brilliance is
automatically set to the level it was prior to switching the unit off.
The brilliance is adjusted from the Brilliance/Standby pop-up.
• Display the pop-up by pressing the STANDBY/BRILL key, then adjust the display
brilliance by turning the rotary knob.
The system includes a Day and a Night color palette, optimized for day and night light
conditions. When the brilliance is set to 40% or lower, the system switches to use the night
palette.
• With the pop-open, you switch between Day and Night palette by pressing the left (40%)
or right (100%) arrow keys.
You remove the pop-up from the panel by pressing the EXIT key.

Selecting radar source

More than one antenna can be connected to the radar control unit.
You select active antenna from the main menu.

Switching between Transmit and Standby mode

You toggle between Transmit and Standby mode by pressing the STANDBY/BRILL key
when the Brilliance/Standby pop-up is displayed.

Adjusting the radar range

You increase or decrease the range by one step by pressing the + and - icons on the Range
key.
The radar range is shown in the upper left corner of the radar panel.
The range available depends on the connected radar antenna. Refer to the specifications for
your radar antenna for information.

Using the cursor

The cursor can be used to measure a distance and to aquire and select targets within the PPI
area.
The cursor is by default not active after power on.
• You activate the cursor and display the cursor icon by pressing one of the Arrow keys
• You move the cursor within the PPI area by pressing one of the Arrow keys
• You deactivate the cursor and remove the cursor icon from the PPI by pressing the EXIT
key
Note:
The cursor cannot be activated, deactivated or moved when a menu or a Settings
dialog is open.
When the cursor is active on the radar PPI, the cursor information area will show range and
bearing from the vessel to the cursor position. If the system is connected to a position source
(i.e. EPFS), the cursor information area includes the geographic position of the cursor.
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