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Furuno FRS1000 Quick Operating Manual page 5

Radar/plotter/sounder

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R R A A D D A A R R O O P P E E R R A A T T I I O O N N
S S E E L L E E C C T T I I N N G G T T H H E E R R A A D D A A R R D D I I S S P P L L A A Y Y
1. Press the [RDR] MODE key to turn Radar on
2. Press the [RDR] MODE key again if you want
to turn the Radar display off.
T T R R A A N N S S M M I I T T T T I I N N G G
1. Press the [ST-BY/TX] key to transmit
2. Press the [ST-BY/TX} key again if you want to
return to stand-by mode.
A A D D J J U U S S T T I I N N G G G G A A I I N N
1. Press or hold down the Radar GAIN [L] key to
increase gain or the Radar GAIN [M] key to
decrease gain
2. Observe the gain level indicator in the upper
right corner of the display along with the Radar
presentation to optimize your Radar's gain
setting. Adjust for maximum targets with slight
background noise or "speckle".
S S E E L L E E C C T T I I N N G G A A R R A A N N G G E E S S C C A A L L E E
1. Press the ZOOM [IN] key to decrease the
Radar range scale and the ZOOM [OUT] key to
increase the Radar range scale
2. You can see the currently selected range scale
by checking the indicator in the upper left cor-
ner of the display.
S S U U P P P P R R E E S S S S I I N N G G S S E E A A C C L L U U T T T T E E R R
1. Press the Radar STC [L] key to increase sea
clutter suppression and the Radar GAIN [M]
key to decrease sea clutter
2. You can see the amount you are increasing and
decreasing on the A/C SEA Level Indicator Bar
in the upper right corner of the display. The A/C
Sea Level indicator bar shows the amount of
A/C Clutter suppression being used.
Toggles between
stand-by and
transmit.
Decreases the Radar
range scale.
Increases the Radar
range scale.
Moves the
Radar cursor.
Toggles the Radar
display on and off.
Increases or
decreases the
Radar's Gain.
Increases or
decreases the
Radar's Sea Clutter.
Range scale indicator
For a complete and detailed description of all the Radar
functions, please refer to the FRS1000 Operations Guide.
Level Indicator Bars

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