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Furuno FAR1518/DC Operator's Manual (203 pages)

Brand: Furuno | Category: Marine Radar | Size: 5 MB

Table of Contents
7
Foreword
12
System Configuration
14
Operational Overview
17
Controls
17
How to Turn the Radar On/Off
19
How to Adjust the Brilliance
19
Display Indications
20
Menu Operations
22
How to Access the Main Menu
22
How to Operate the Menus
22
How to Use the On-Screen Box Menus
23
How to Use the CURSOR Menu
24
Cursor Data
25
How to Set up Function Keys
26
How to Customize Operation
27
How to Select the Interface for Heading Input
28
How to Set Own Ship's Speed
28
Automatic Speed Input (Log or GPS Navigator)
28
Manual Speed Input
29
How to Set the Own Ship Position
30
User Settings
31
How to Reset the User Settings
32
How to Store/Load User Settings
32
How to Start/Stop Transmission
33
How to Tune the Receiver
34
How to Select the Tuning Method
34
How to Initialize Tuning
34
How to Tune the Receiver Manually
34
How to Select a Pulselength
35
How to Change the Pulselength
35
How to Adjust Sensitivity
36
How to Reduce Sea Clutter
36
How to Select the Method of Clutter Adjustment
36
How to Fine-Tune Sea Clutter Reduction
37
How to Manually Reduce Sea Clutter
37
How to Reduce Rain Clutter
38
How to Select the Method of Rain Clutter Reduction
38
How to Manually Reduce Rain Clutter
38
Interference Rejector
40
Echo Stretch
40
Echo Averaging
41
Automatic Clutter Elimination (ACE) Function
42
How to Turn the Automatic Clutter Elimination (ACE) Function On/Off
42
How to Adjust the Gain in Automatic Clutter Elimination (ACE) Mode
42
How to Get High Sensitivity
42
How to Suppress False Echoes
43
Noise Rejector
43
Wiper
43
How to Preset Controls for a Specific Navigation Purpose
44
How to Select a Customized Echo
45
How to Edit a Customized Echo
46
How to Restore a User Customized Echo to the Saved Settings
46
How to Restore a User Customized Echo to the Factory Default Settings
47
How to Reject Second-Trace Echoes
47
Presentation Modes
48
How to Select an Presentation Mode
48
Description of Presentation Modes
48
How to Select a Range Scale
50
How to Measure Range
51
How to Show/Hide the Range Rings
51
How to Measure Range with the Variable Range Marker (VRM)
51
How to Set the VRM Unit of Measurement (Non-IMO Type Only)
52
How to Show TTG to VRM
53
How to Measure Bearing
53
Methods to Measure Bearing
54
True or Relative Bearing
55
Collision Assessment by Offset EBL
55
How to Assess Risk of Collision Using the Offset EBL
56
How to Set the Origin Point Reference for EBL OFFSET
57
How to Measure Range and Bearing between Two Targets
57
How to Off-Center the Display
60
Target Trails
61
True or Relative Trails
61
Trail Time
62
Trail Gradation
62
Trail Level
63
Narrow Trails (Non-IMO Only)
63
How to Hide the Trails Temporarily
63
Trail Stabilization in True Motion
63
How to Erase/Restart Trails
63
How to Prevent Sea Clutter in True Trails
64
10How to Show/Hide Land Trails (Non-IMO Only)
64
Target Analyzer (Non-IMO Only)
65
How to Activate/Deactivate the Target Analyzer
66
Target Alarm
67
How to Set a Target Alarm
67
How to Mute the Target Alarm
68
How to Deactivate a Target Alarm
68
How to Change Target Alarm Attributes
68
PI (Parallel Index) Lines
69
How to Set the Maximum Number of Lines to Display
69
How to Change PI Line Bearing and Interval
69
How to Change the PI Line Bearing Reference
70
How to Change the PI Line Orientation
70
How to Reset the PI Lines to Default (Ship's Heading)
70
How to Change PI Line Length
71
Zoom
72
How to Use Marks
73
How to Select a Mark Type
73
How to Select the Mark Inscription Position
74
How to Select the Mark Color (Non-IMO Type Only)
74
How to Inscribe Marks
75
How to Set Origin Mark Stabilization
75
How to Delete Marks
75
How to Hide the Heading Line Marker
76
How to Hide/Show the Stern Mark
76
How to Set up the Own Ship Symbol
76
10How to Use the ins Marker
77
11How to Show/Hide Radar Map Marks
77
12How to Set the Barge Marker
77
Drop Mark
78
How to Inscribe a Drop Mark
78
How to Erase Drop Marks
78
How to Adjust Brilliance of On-Screen Data
79
How to Change Color Palettes
79
How to Change the Echo Color
80
How to Display and Set up Navigational Data
81
How to Set up the Navigational Data
81
How to Display Navigational Data
81
How to Use the Information Box
82
Interswitch
83
How to Display Antenna Information
83
How to Preset Antenna and Display Combinations
83
Performance Monitor
85
How to Activate/Deactivate the Performance Monitor
85
How to Check the Radar's Performance
86
How to Change the Reference Position
87
Anchor Watch
88
How to Interpret the ALERT Box
89
Alert Descriptions
89
Alert List
90
Alert Icons and Their Meanings
91
How to Assign Alarm Priority to an Alert
91
How to Select a Display Mode (for Non-IMO Types Only)
92
How to Manage SD-Card Data
93
How to Access the SD-Card Menu
93
How to Save Data
93
How to Read (Load) Data
93
How to Delete Data
93
Radar Observation
95
General
95
Minimum and Maximum Ranges
95
False Echoes
97
SART (Search and Rescue Transponder)
100
SART Description
100
How to Show SART Marks on the Radar Display
100
General Remarks on Receiving Sarts
101
Racon
102
Radar Target Enhancer (RTE)
102
Target Tracking (Tt)
103
Precautions for Target Tracking Usage
103
TT Controls
104
TT Box Overview
104
How to Select the TT Mode
104
How to Acquire and Track Targets
105
How to Manually Acquire Targets
105
How to Automatically Acquire Targets
105
How to Enter Own Ship Speed
106
Echo-Referenced Speed Input
106
How to Cancel Target Tracking
107
How to Cancel Tracking for Individual TT Targets
107
How to Cancel Tracking for All TT Targets
107
Lost Target
108
How to Set the Lost Target Filter
108
How to Enable/Disable the Lost Target Alert
108
TT Symbols and Attributes
109
TT Symbols
109
How to Adjust Symbol Brilliance
109
How to Set the Symbol Color
110
How to Display/Remove Target Data
110
How to Display Target Data
110
How to Remove Target Data
111
How to Display, Hide and Sort the Target List
111
Vector Modes
112
Description of Vectors
112
How to Change the Vector Length (Time)
114
Past Position Display
114
How to Display Past Position Points and Select the Past Position Plotting Interval
114
How to Select the Number of Past Position Points to be Displayed
114
Set and Drift
115
Collision Alarm (CPA, TCPA)
116
How to Set the CPA and TCPA Ranges
116
How to Acknowledge the TT Collision Alarm
116
Acquisition Zone
117
How to Activate the First Acquisition Zone (AZ1)
117
How to Set a Polygon Acquisition Zone (AZ2)
118
How to Sleep/Deactivate an Acquisition Zone
118
How to Acknowledge the Acquisition Zone Alert
118
How to Change the Acquisition Zone Reference
119
How to Set Acquisition Zone Shape and Stabilization
119
TT System Messages
120
TT Simulation Mode
121
Criteria for Tracking Target Selection
122
Factors Affecting TT Functions
123
Ais Operation
125
Controls for AIS
126
AIS Symbols and Their Meanings
127
How to Use the AIS Display Filter
129
How to Activate AIS Targets
129
How to Activate Specific Targets Manually
129
How to Enable/Disable the AIS Auto Activate Function
130
How to Limit the Functions of the AIS Auto Activate Function
130
How to Sleep AIS Targets
131
How to Sleep Individual AIS Targets
131
How to Sleep All AIS Targets
131
How to Set up for a Voyage
131
Target Data
133
How to Display Target Data in the Data Display Area
133
How to Remove Target Data from the Display Area
133
How to Change AIS Symbol Attributes
134
How to Adjust the AIS Symbol Brilliance
134
How to Change the AIS Symbol Color
134
How to Change the ATON Symbol Color
134
Past Position Display
135
How to Adjust the Past Position Plotting Interval
135
How to Select the Number of Past Position Points to be Displayed
135
Past Position Display Orientation
135
Stabilization in True Motion
135
Lost Target
136
How to Set the Lost Target Filter
136
How to Enable/Disable the Lost Target Alert
136
ROT Setting
137
AIS Collision Alarm (CPA, TCPA)
137
How to Set the CPA and TCPA Ranges
137
How to Associate TT and AIS Targets
138
How to View Own Ship Data
139
How to Use AIS Messages
140
How to Create and Save Messages
140
How to Transmit Messages
141
How to View Messages
141
How to Automatically Display Received Messages
142
How to Display AIS Alert Messages
142
AIS System Messages
142
Video Plotter Operation
143
Orientation Modes
143
Radar Map
144
How to Show/Hide the Radar Map
144
Radar Map Marks
144
How to Align the Radar Map
145
How to Disable the Map Alignment
145
Own Ship's Track
146
How to Set the Plotting Interval
146
How to Set the Own Ship Track Color
146
How to Delete the Own Ship Track
147
How to Use Waypoints
148
How to Enter Waypoints
148
How to Erase Waypoints
149
How to Display the Waypoint List
149
How to Show/Hide the Waypoint Name/Number
149
Maintenance, Troubleshooting
151
Periodic Maintenance Schedule
152
How to Replace the Fuse
153
Life Expectancy of Major Parts
153
Trackball Maintenance
154
Easy Troubleshooting
154
Advanced-Level Troubleshooting
155
Diagnostics
157
Fallback Arrangements
158
Appendix 1 Menu Tree
159
Appendix 2 Longitude Error Table (96 Nm Scale
166
Appendix 3 Alert Codes, Messages and Meanings
168
Appendix 4 Data Color and Meaning
174
Appendix 5 Abbreviations
175
Appendix 6 Symbols
180
Appendix 7 Parts Location
185
Appendix 8 Radio Regulatory Information
191
Specifications
192
Index
198

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