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Furuno FAR-2107 Series Operator's Manual

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Fishing Vessel Specifications
The purpose of this manual is to provide the operating procedures for the functions available with
the fishing vessel specifications models (50 kW and 60 kW models) of the FAR-2107/FAR-2807
series radar. This manual is provided in addition to the Operator's Manual, which covers features
common to all radars in this radar series.
Specification type is set during installation. For details, contact a FURUNO agent or dealer.
Operation from the menu involves spinning the scrollwheel to select menu item or option then
pushing the scrollwheel or left button to confirm selection. For sake of brevity, we write "Select
XXX" (XXX=name of menu item) when you would spin the scrollwheel to make a selection and
"push the left button" when you confirm selection.
Contents
1. TARGET TRAIL FUNCTIONS................... 2
1.1 Long Trails.................................................... 2
1.2 Trail Color..................................................... 3
1.3 Trail Color Shift............................................. 4
1.4 Hiding Trails ................................................. 5
1.5 Trail Eraser................................................... 6
1.6 Narrow Trails ................................................ 7
2. CURSORS ................................................. 8
2.1 Crosshairs Cursor Size ................................ 8
2.2 Net Cursor .................................................... 9
2.3 Cursor Data Display ................................... 11
2.4 Bearing Scale Format................................. 12
3. OTHER FUNCTIONS............................... 13
3.1 Echo Display Area...................................... 13
3.3 Radar Picture Color.................................... 15
3.4 Bearing Reference ..................................... 16
3.5 VRM, Cursor Unit ....................................... 17
3.6 Pop-up Guidance ....................................... 17
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4. FUNCTION KEYS (F1 - F4) .....................18
4.1 F1, F2 and F3 Keys.................................... 18
4.2 Operating the F4 Key ................................. 27
5. ANCHOR WATCH ALARM......................31
6.2 Mark Settings ............................................. 33
6.3 Track Settings ............................................ 36
6.4 GPS Buoy .................................................. 41
7. ARP SYMBOLS .......................................42
EXTERNAL RADAR ................................43
9. MENU TREE.............................................44

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  • Page 1: Table Of Contents

    The purpose of this manual is to provide the operating procedures for the functions available with the fishing vessel specifications models (50 kW and 60 kW models) of the FAR-2107/FAR-2807 series radar. This manual is provided in addition to the Operator's Manual, which covers features common to all radars in this radar series.

  • Page 2: Target Trail Functions

    TARGET TRAIL FUNCTIONS Long Trails The fishing vessel specifications radar provides trail lengths of 12 h, 24 h and 48 h, in addition to the “standard” trail lengths of 15 s, 30 s, 1 min, 3 min, 6 min, 15 min, 30 min and continuous.

  • Page 3: Trail Color

    Trail Color The color of target trails may be chosen from among fuchsia, maroon, red, purple, yellow, lime, green, olive, teal, cyan, blue, and navy, when 2 TRAIL GRAD and 8 TRAIL LENGTH on the TRAIL menu are set for SINGLE and other than NORMAL, respectively.

  • Page 4: Trail Color Shift

    Trail Color Shift When there are many trails on the screen, especially when using long trails, it is diffi- cult to distinguish past tracks from current tracks since they are the same color. With the trail color shift feature, tracks are painted in a different color from the point when color shift is activated.

  • Page 5: Hiding Trails

    Hiding Trails Trails may be "hidden" (painted in light gray) for the period you specify, when 8 TRAIL LENGTH on the TRAIL menu is selected to other than "NORMAL". 1. Right-click the TRAIL MODE box. [TRAIL MENU] 1 TRAIL MODE REL/TRUE 2 TRAIL GRAD SINGLE/MULTI...

  • Page 6: Trail Eraser

    Trail Eraser The trail eraser allows you to erase a portion of a trail you select. This is useful when the screen becomes cluttered with trails. 1. Place the cursor inside the effective display area. 2. Spin the scrollwheel to show "T-ERASER L=ERASE / EXIT" in the guidance box at the bottom right-hand corner on the screen.

  • Page 7: Narrow Trails

    Narrow Trails Target trails may be painted with thinner lines if desired. This can be useful when there are a lot of target trails on the screen. 1. Right-click the TRAIL MODE box to display the TRAIL menu. 2. Select 3 NARROW TRAIL then push the left button. 3.

  • Page 8: Cursors

    CURSORS Crosshairs Cursor Size The size of the crosshairs cursor (+) can be chosen from small or large. The large cursor is useful when a large echo masks the small cursor. DISPLAY GAIN RADAR REF POINT SEA AUTO ANT POSN HEAD UP TB RM RAIN TUNE AUTO...

  • Page 9: Net Cursor

    Net Cursor The net cursor is used to depict your fishing net on the radar display. It is especially useful for bottom trawlers for knowing where the net is located. Enter the dimensions of your net in the menu to show the net in scale on the display. Activating the net cursor 1.
  • Page 10 5. Select 2 CURSOR then push the left button. 6. Select ON then push the left button to enable the net cursor. EBL2 is then auto- matically turned on. 7. Push the right button four times to close the menu. Setting net cursor dimensions, adjusting net cursor orientation 1.

  • Page 11: Cursor Data Display

    10. Use the EBL offset feature to anchor the net cursor at net origin point. 1) Push the EBL OFFSET key. 2) Use the trackball to set net origin point. 3) Press the EBL OFFSET key to anchor the net cursor. 11.

  • Page 12: Bearing Scale Format

    Bearing Scale Format The bearing scale can be displayed with numerical indications or 32 compass points. 1. Left-click the MENU box. 2. Select 2 [MARK] then push the left button. 3. Select 9 [EBL, VRM CURSOR SET] then push the left button. [EBL, VRM, CURSOR SET] 1 BACK 2 EBL1...

  • Page 13: Other Functions

    OTHER FUNCTIONS Echo Display Area Three types of echo display areas are available: circle, wide and all. "All" uses the entire screen, which allows you to view long-range targets. CIRCLE 1. Left-click the MENU box at the right side of the screen. 2.

  • Page 14: Turning On-Screen Boxes On/Of

    Turning On-screen Boxes On/Off If you are using the "wide" or "all" echo display area, the on-screen boxes and indica- tions outside the effective display area (data fields at right 1/4 of screen are not included) may obscure radar targets. To view those radar targets, you can turn the boxes and indications off, by a function key.

  • Page 15: Radar Picture Color

    Radar Picture Color Radar echoes may be displayed in a single color of yellow, green or white, or in multi- color. The multi-color feature paints echoes in red, yellow or green, in order of descending strength. 1. Set the cursor in the BRILL box at the lower left corner. BRILL1 2.

  • Page 16: Bearing Reference

    Bearing Reference The EBL bearing (and cursor bearing) can be referenced to your ship heading (relative bearing) or North (true bearing). This radar indicates true or relative bearings with an R or T in the EBL and cursor data boxes. In the head-up and cursor gyro modes you can switch between true and relative bearings.

  • Page 17: Vrm, Cursor Unit

    VRM, Cursor Unit The unit of range measurement for the VRM and cursor can be selected from among nautical mile, statute mile, kilometer and kiloyard. See the illustration on the previous page for location of VRM and cursor data. 1. Left-click the MENU box. 2.

  • Page 18: Function Keys (F1 - F4)

    FUNCTION KEYS (F1 - F4) F1, F2 and F3 Keys The F1, F2 and F3 keys can be used to automate complex or repetitive tasks. Each key may be programmed with ten functions. Simply press a key to execute program assigned.
  • Page 19 Programming the F1, F2 and F3 keys 1. Press a function key (F1, F2 or F3) twice. For example, press the F1 key. [F1 REGISTER] 1 [PICTURE] 2 [IR] 3 [ES] 4 [EAV] 5 [PULSE LENGTH] 6 [WIPER] 7 [ECHO AREA] 8 [NO FUNCTION] 9 [NO FUNCTION] 0 [NO FUNCTION]...
  • Page 20 [F1-1-ECHO] [F1-1-STD KEY] 1 BACK 1 BACK PICTURE/ ALARM ACK/ STBY TX/ HL OFF/ EAV/ MODE/ NOISE REJ/ OFF CENTER/ ANT SELECT/ CU TM RESET/ PULSE LENGTH/ INDEX LINE/ A/C SEA SELECT/ VECTOR TIME/ AUTO RAIN SELECT/ VECTOR MODE/ TUNE SELECT/ TARGET LIST/ VIDEO CONTRAST1/ TRAIL TIME/...
  • Page 21 Functions available with F1-F3 keys: ECHO category Item PICTURE Select picture setup condition. Enable/disable interference rejector. Enable/disable echo stretch. Enable/disable echo averaging. NOISE REJ Enable/disable noise rejector. ANT SELECT Select antenna unit. PULSE LENGTH Select pulse length. A/C SEA SELECT Select A/C SEA adjustment method.
  • Page 22 Functions available with F1-F3 keys: STD KEY category Item ALARM ACK Silence alarm buzzer. STBY TX Alternate between standby and HL OFF Hide heading line temporarily. MODE Select presentation mode. OFF CENTER Off center the display. CU TM RESET Reset position in course-up/true motion.
  • Page 23 Functions available with F1-F3 keys: ARP•AIS category Item DISP ARP Enable/disable ARP display. DISP AIS Show/hide AIS display. TARGET DATA&ACQ ARP: Acquire ARP target. Display ARP target data. AIS: Activated sleeping AIS target. Display AIS target data. PAST POSN INTERVAL Select past position interval.
  • Page 24 Functions available with F1-F3 keys: OPERATION category Item ECHO COLOR Select echo color. BACK COLOR Select background color. RING Show/hide fixed range rings. WATCH ALARM RESET Reset watch alarm. ZOOM Enable/disable zoom. DISPLAY SELECT Select display mode. RADAR COMBINE Select dual-range display format. Inscribe MOB mark.
  • Page 25 Description of functions available with F1-F3 keys: MARK category Item OWN SHIP MARK Enable/disable your ship mark. STERN MARK Enable/disable stern mark. INDEX LINE Select number of index lines to display. INDEX LINE MODE Select index line mode. EBL OFFSET BASE Select offset EBL reference point.
  • Page 26 Description of functions available with F1-F3 keys: PLOTTER category Item DANGER HIGHLIGHT Show/hide danger highlights PROHIBITED AREA Show/hide prohibited areas. DISP BUOY DISPLAY Show/hide buoys. GPS BUOY DISPLAY Show/hide GPS buoys. TARGET TRACK MODE Select target track color assignment method. MAP DISPLAY Show/hide radar map.

  • Page 27: Operating The F4 Key

    Operating the F4 Key The F4 key is a user-programmable macro key for automating complex or repetitive tasks. The user may program this key with as many as ten functions. Registering a program to the F4 key 1. Press the F4 key twice to show the F4 REGIS- TER menu.
  • Page 28 Menu functions recordable to F4 key [ECHO] menu (main menu) 2ND ECHO REJ SART WIPER ECHO AREA [MARK] menu (main menu) OWN SHIP MARK STERN MARK INDEX LINE BEARING INDEX LINE INDEX LINE MODE EBL OFFSET BASE POINT RING [BARGE MARK] menu (main menu) BARGE MARK BARGE SIZE ARRANGEMENT...
  • Page 29 Menu functions recordable to F4 key [NAV LINE/WPT] menu (main menu) NAV LINE DATA SOURCE NAV LINE WIDTH ARRIVAL WPT ALARM TURNING LINE DISP WPT NO. DISP WPT NAME [DATA BOX] menu (main menu) NAV DATA ZOOM [PICTURE] menu (box menu) INT REJECT ECHO STRETCH ECHO AVERAGE...
  • Page 30 On-screen box operations recordable to the F4 key DISPLAY MODE box Select display mode. ANTENNA box Select antenna. PRESENTATION MODE box Select presentation mode. PICTURE box Adjust radar picture. RANGE box Select display range. TRAIL MODE box Select echo trail time. ARP VECTOR box Select ARP vector length.

  • Page 31: Anchor Watch Alarm

    ANCHOR WATCH ALARM The anchor watch alarm informs you when your boat is moving when it should be at rest. When the anchor watch is active, a red dashed circle marks the anchor watch area. Setting range 1. Left-click the MENU box. 2.

  • Page 32: Video Plotter Functions

    VIDEO PLOTTER FUNCTIONS The fishing specification radar has three operating modes: radar, radar plus plotter, and plotter. Depth Contour with Depth Indication Depth indication can be shown on depth contours. 1. Left-click the MENU box. 2. Select 5 [PLOTTER] then push the left button. 3.

  • Page 33: Mark Settings

    Mark Settings You can enter a mark to denote a reef, fishing ground, navigation buoy. The position of a mark is saved at the time of entry. The radar can store up 20,000 marks and lines. This section shows you how to enter mark comment, and change its position and color.
  • Page 34 Entering mark comment, changing mark position Mark comments can be entered and mark position changed when MARK COMMENT and MARK L/L EDIT are set to ON. To show mark comments MAP DISPLAY on page 2 of the MARK menu must be set to ON.
  • Page 35 6. To edit mark position, select 2 POSITION then push the left button. 7. Spin the scrollwheel to select numeric. Numeric may also be directly entered in case of keyboard-equipped control unit. After setting position, the values entered are colored blue. 8.

  • Page 36: Track Settings

    Track Settings This section provides the procedures for how to select track recording parameters, select track color, and erase track. Track recording interval This radar can store 20,000 points of your track and 15,000 points of target tracks (1,000 points/target). The shorter the recording interval the smoother the track is drawn, however the recording time is greatly shortened.

  • Page 37: Changing Track Color

    Changing track color Track can be colored red, green, blue, yellow. cyan, magenta, and white. It can be useful to change the color of ship’s track to clearly differentiate past track from current track. Changing the color of your ship’s track 1.
  • Page 38 AUTO TARGET TRACK status and track color AUTO TARGET TRACK "ON" When track is drawn When a target is acquired its track is drawn in the color specified. When color is changed The color of all track is changed at the moment new color is selected.

  • Page 39: Erasing Track With The Cursor

    Erasing track with the cursor You may erase your ship’s track or any target’s track directly on the screen, by two points or area. Select the erasure method then erase track. Erase track between two points Selecting erasure method Select the erasure method for own track and target track as follows: 1.
  • Page 40 Erasing track between two points, area 1. Place the cursor inside the effective display area. 2. Spin the scrollwheel to show OWN TRACK DELETE/EXIT or TGT TRACK DELETE/EXIT in the guidance box at the bottom right-hand corner on the screen, whichever track you want to erase.

  • Page 41: Gps Buoy

    GPS Buoy With connection of a GPS radio buoy locator, the information (GPS buoy marker and GPS buoy track) for up to seven GPS buoys may be shown on the radar screen. One application of a GPS buoy is to tether it to a fishing net to monitor net position. Each track may contain up to 20 track points.

  • Page 42: Arp Symbols

    ARP SYMBOLS The ARP symbol is available in the 10 shapes shown in the illustration below. You can select shape desired as follows: 1. Select target with trackball. 2. Press the TARGET DATA key repeatedly to select symbol desired. Note: If you are using the trackball-type control unit (RCU-015, RCU-016), ARP symbol shape cannot be chosen by the above procedure.

  • Page 43: Displaying Picture From External Radar

    DISPLAYING PICTURE FROM EXTERNAL RADAR The picture from an external radar connected to the SUB DISPLAY termina can be displayed on the FAR-2xx7 series display. 1. Use the trackball to set the pointer on the triangle in the ANTENNA box at the upper left corner on the display.

  • Page 44: Menu Tree

    MENU OVERVIEW Menu tree MENU key 1 [ECHO] MENU box 2 [MARK] 3 [ALARM] (Continued on next page) 1 BACK 2 2ND ECHO REJ (OFF, ON) 3 TUNE INITIALIZE 4 PM (OFF, ON)* 5 SART (OFF, ON) 6 WIPER (OFF, 1, 2) 7 ECHO AREA (CIRCLE, WIDE, ALL) 8 PICTURE SELECT 1 BACK...
  • Page 45 (Continued from previous page) 1 BACK 4 [ARP AIS] 2 GUARD ZONE STAB (STAB HDG, STAB NORTH) 3 GUARD POLYGON (OFF, STAB GND, STAB HDG, STAB NORTH) 4 [TRIAL MANEUVER] 5 [ARP SYMBOL] 6 [AIS SYMBOL] 7 [FUSION] 8 AIS FUNCTION (OFF, ON) 9 AIS LOST ALARM (ACTIVATED TARGET, ALL TARGET, RANGE 0-99 nm) 0 AIS CPA AUDIO ALARM (ALL TARGET, IGNORE TARGET 0.0-9.9kt)) 1 BACK...
  • Page 46 (Continued from previous page) 7 [DISPLAY] 8 [GPS BUOY] 1 BACK 6 [CARD] 2 DRIVE SELECT 3 READ CARD 4 WR MARK 5 WR NAV LINE WPT 6 WR OWN TRACK 7 WR TARGET TRACK 8 WR SETTING DATA 9 WR INSTALL DATA 0 NEXT 1 BACK 7 [NAV DATA]...
  • Page 47 (Continued from previous page) 7 [WPT LIST] 8 [NAV LINE SET] 9 [NAV LINE LIST] 0 NEXT 9 [CUSTOMIZE 1 BACK TEST] 2 [DATA BOX] 3 [F1] 4 [F2] 5 [F3] (Continued on next page) 1 BACK 2 NAV LINE NO. SELECT 3 NAV LINE NAME 4 NAV LINE ENTRY 5 CLEAR DATA (NO, YES)
  • Page 48 (Continued from previous page) 1 BACK 2 [ECHO] 3 [STD KEY] 4 [ARP/AIS] 5 [OPERATION] 6 [PICTURE] 7 [MARK] 8 [PLOTTER] 9 [NAVLINE/WPT] 0 [NO FUNCTION] 6 [F4] (For recording keystrokes) (Continued on next page) 1 BACK 2 (PICTURE, IR, ES, EAV, NOISE REJ, ANT SELECT, PULSE LENGTH, A/C SEA SELECT, AUTO RAIN SELECT, TUNE SELECT, VIDEO CONTRAST, VIDEO CONTRAST 2, ANT HEIGHT, SEA CONDITION, 2ND ECHO REJ, PM,...
  • Page 49 (Continued from previous page) 7 [OPERATION] 1 BACK 2 WHEEL DRIVE (NORMAL, REVERSE) 3 KEY BEEP (OFF, LO, MID, HI) 4 REMOTE KEY (F*-KEY, DISPLAY SELECT) 5 POPUP GUIDANCE (OFF, ON) 6 OWN SHIP VECTOR (OFF, HDG, COURSE) 7 STERN UP (OFF, ON) 8 SHUTTLE FERRY (OFF, MODE1, MODE2) 9 [DUAL RADAR] 0 NEXT...
  • Page 50 Pop-up menus (access by [HDG MENU] 1 HDG SOURCE 1 SHIP SPEED AD-10 /SERIAL 2 GC-10 SETTING 000.0 2 MANUAL SPEED HDG menu 3 SET DRIFT [OS POSN MENU] 1 ARP SELECT 1 NAV AID GPS1/GPS2/ DEAD RECKONING/ 2 MANUAL L/L 00 00.000 N 000 00.000 W 3 SIO DATA LAN OUTPUT...
  • Page 51 [BRILL1 MENU (1/2)] 1 ECHO COLOR YEL/GRN/ WHT/COLOR 2 BKGD COLOR BLK-GRN/ BLK-RED/ BLU-CIR/ BLU/BRT-BLU 3 PANEL DIMMER 4 CHARACTER 5 CURSOR 6 ECHO 7 TRAIL 8 HL 9 RING 0 NEXT BRILL menu, page 1 [PICTURE MENU] 1 INT REJECT OFF/1/2/3 2 ECHO STRETCH OFF/1/2/3...
  • Page 52 : +81-(0)798-65-4200 All rights reserved. Printed in Japan Pub. No. OME-35221-B (DAMI ) FAR2157/2167DS(FISH) The paper used in this manual is elemental chlorine free. ・FURUNO Authorized Distributor/Dealer A : FEB B : OCT . 14, 2009 *00016425511* *00016425511* *00016425511* *00016425511*...

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