How To Adjust Video Level; Heading Alignment - Furuno FR-1918V-BB Installation Manual

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3. ADJUSTMENTS
4. Click [7 TIMING ADJ] and [AUTO] to activate the automatic adjustment, which
takes approx. two minutes.
5. After the adjustment is completed, set the radar to the minimum range. Confirm
that no echoes are "missing" at the center of the radar screen.
If echoes are missing, click [9 TIMING ADJ OFFSET] and use the setting knob to
adjust the timing manually.
3.5

How to Adjust Video Level

Set the pulse length to LONG, confirm that tuning is stable then do the following.
Note: Manual adjustment is not possible when auto adjustment is selected.
1. Open the [MAIN]>[CONFIGURATION] menu.
2. Click [INSTALLATION] to show the [INSTALLATION] menu.
3. Click [3 VIDEO ADJ] and [AUTO] in order to automatically adjust the video level.
When using the manual adjustment, refer to the following table.
3.6

Heading Alignment

You have mounted the antenna unit facing straight ahead in the direction of the bow.
Therefore, a small but conspicuous target dead ahead visually should appear on the
heading line (zero degrees). In practice, you will probably observe some small bearing
error on the display because of the difficulty in achieving accurate initial positioning of
the antenna unit. The following adjustment will compensate for this error.
3-4
Length of the signal cable (m)

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