Heading Alignment, Draft And Stroke Adjustments - Furuno CH-500 Installation Manual

3.3 Heading Alignment, Draft and Stroke Adjust-
ments
Do as follows to compensate the heading line and set own ship's draft and stroke
length of the hull unit.
1. Locate a target (buoy, etc.) in the bow direction and display it on the screen at
close range.
The heading alignment is correct when the target is displayed at 12 o'clock on the
screen.
Heading
2. Press the MENU key to open the menu.
Menu
TX Power
TX Pulselength
TX Rate
Interference
AGC
Auto Filter
Reverberation
Volume
: Select
3. Press
4. Press
Menu
Delete Track
White Marker
Erase Color
Echo Colors
BKGD. Colors
Bearing
Heading
Roll Offset
Pitch Offset
Sensor Correct
Delete sonar track.
: Select
5. Press
6. Press
7. [Heading] is selected with the cursor; press
adjust the setting value.
Adjust the setting value so that the target echo se-
lected at step 1 appears at the 12 o'clock position (+:
clockwise direction, -: counterclockwise direction).
Buoy
COM1 COM2 HOR. VERT ES FUNC Key
High
Long
1 0
On
0
Wide
Off
0. 0
: Change Menu: Apply
For CH-500
on the cursorpad to select [COM2] on the menu bar.
to move the cursor inside the menu.
COM1 COM2 HOR. VERT ES FUNC Key
No
Off
Off
32
3
Relative
+0
+0.0
+0.0
+0
: Change Menu: Apply
For CH-500
several times to select [Heading].
to open the setting window.
3. CHECKING AND INITIAL SETTINGS
12 o'clock position
System Menu COM1 COM2
TX Power High
TX Pulselength Long
TX Rate 1 0
Interference-LF On
Interference-HF On
AGC-LF 0
AGC-HF 0
Auto Filter-LF Wide
Auto Filter-HF Wide
Reverberation Off
Volume 0. 0
: Select : Change
System Menu COM1 COM2
Delete Track No
Mix Mode Compress
White Marker Off
Erase Color Off
Echo Colors 32
BKGD. Colors 3
Bearing Relative
Heading +0
Roll Offset +0.0
Pitch Offset +0.0
Sensor Correct +0
Delete sonar track.
: Select : Change
or to
When on-screen target is
skewed right, transducer
heading is skewed left.
HOR. VERT ES FUNC Key System
Menu: Apply
For CH-600
HOR. VERT ES FUNC Key System
Menu: Apply
For CH-600
Heading +0°
(-180~+179 ° )
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