How To Preset Controls For A Specific Navigation Purpose - Furuno FAR-1513-BB Operator's Manual

1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW
2. Select [ECHO], then push the ADJUST knob.
3. Select [WIPER], then push the ADJUST knob.
4. Rotate the ADJUST knob to cycle through and select the desired setting. The op-
tions, in order, are: OFF
With the desired setting selected, push the ADJUST knob.
5. Close the menu.
1.27 How to Preset Controls for a Specific Navigation
Purpose
Every time your navigating environment or task changes, you must adjust the radar,
which can be a nuisance in a busy situation. Instead of changing radar settings case
by case, it is possible to assign the function keys to provide optimum settings for often-
encountered situations.
The radar's internal computer offers several picture preset options to be assigned to
each function key for your specific navigating requirements. For instance, one of the
presets is [HEAVY RAIN], and is designed to be used in heavy rain.
Two user-programmable presets are also provided (labeled as [CUSTOM1], [CUS-
TOM2]), so that you can have the radar automatically set to those conditions which
are not covered by the provided setup options.
Below are the preset options provided with this radar.
Label
[CUSTOM1] User-defined custom set-
tings.
[NEAR] Optimum setting for short
range detection using a range
scale of 3 NM or less on calm
seas.
[HEAVY RAIN] Optimum setting for rough
weather or heavy rain.
Each picture option defines a combination of several radar settings for achieving op-
timum setup for a particular navigating situation. These include interference rejector,
echo stretch, echo average, noise rejector, automatic anti-sea and anti-rain clutters,
video contrast, pulse length and sea and radar conditions.
Changing these features from the [CUSTOMIZE ECHO] menu changes the original
function key settings. To restore the original settings for a particular customize option,
it is necessary to select the default setting. For this reason, we recommended that you
use the user-programmable presets ([CUSTOM1] or [CUSTOM2]) when frequent ad-
justment of the radar image is necessary.
The default settings for the custom presets are listed in a table on the following page.
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Description
OFF...
Label
[CUSTOM2] User-defined custom set-
tings.
[FAR] Optimum setting for long
range detection, on a range
scale of 6 NM or larger.
[SHIP] Optimum setting for detecting
other vessels.
Description