How To Turn The Radar On/Off And Transmit; Quick Start - Furuno FR-8045 Operator's Manual

1. OPERATION
1.2

How to Turn the Radar On/Off and Transmit

Press the
until the screen turns off.
When you turn on the power, the initialization screen appears followed by the start-up
screen. The start-up screen shows the model name, program number and the results
of the ROM and RAM check, "OK" or "NG" (No Good). If "NG" appears, contact your
dealer for instruction.
After the self-tests have completed, the bearing scale and a digital timer appear. The
digital timer counts down the time necessary to warm the magnetron, which transmits
the radar pulses. The time to warm the magnetron is 90 seconds for FR-8045/FR-
8065 and FR-8125 radars, 180 seconds for FR-8255 radar.
After the timer reads 0:00, the STBY screen appears. The STBY screen has three
types. (See paragraph 1.44.2.) The radar is ready to transmit the radar pulses. Press
the STBY/TX key to transmit the radar pulses.
The STBY/TX key switches between standby and transmit. The antenna rotates in
transmit and is stopped in standby. The magnetron gets old with use. To increase the
life of the magnetron, set the radar in standby when you do not use the radar.

Quick start

If the magnetron is still warm, you can get the radar to TRANSMIT without the warm
up time. When the
seconds after you turn off the power.
1-2
key to turn on the radar.To turn off the radar, press and hold the key
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Start-up screen
key is turned off by accident, turn on the
Model name
appears here.
Program &
version no.
key within 10