Furuno FI-504 manual Timer category, Wind category

1. OPERATION

Timer category

Display title	Indication	Function
Count up timer	UP	Count-up timer.
Count down timer 1	DOWN 1	Count-down timer 1.
Count down timer	DOWN 2	Count-down timer 2.

Wind category

Display title				Indication				Function
Wind speed			APP (or TRUE)			Wind speed, in knots or meters/second.
Maximum true wind			MAX TRUE			Maximum true wind speed.
speed
Maximum true wind				MAX TRUE		Set maximum true wind speed alarm. Audio
speed alarm						and visual alarms are released when the
						wind speed goes higher than the threshold
						value.
Low true wind				TRUE LO		Set low true wind speed alarm. Audio and
speed alarm						visual alarms are released when the wind
						speed goes lower than the threshold value.
Wind angle			APP (or TRUE)			Apparent (or true) wind angle, in degrees.
High apparent wind				APP HI		Set high apparent wind angle alarm. Audio
angle alarm						and visual alarms are released when the
						wind angle at starboard goes higher than
						the threshold value.
Low apparent wind				APP LO		Set low apparent wind angle alarm. Audio
angle alarm						and visual alarms are released when the
						wind angle at port goes lower than the
						threshold value.
Beaufort wind			BFT			Beaufort wind speed. Beaufort speeds up to
speed						12 are shown. See the table below for Beau-
						fort no. and wind speed.
Ground wind angle			GWIND			Angle of wind over ground, in degrees.
						Bearing reference in Magnetic (MAG) or
						True (TRUE).
				Beaufort no. and wind speed
	Beaufort			Wind speed		Beaufort		Wind speed
	no.					no.
			kt		m/s		kt		m/s
	0	0			0-0.2	7	28-33		14.4-17.4
	1	1-3			0.5-2.0	8	34-40		17.5-21.0
	2	4-6			2.1-3.5	9	41-47		21.1-24.6
	3	7-10			3.6-5.6	10	48-55		24.7-28.8
	4	11-16			5.7-8.6	11	56-63		28.9-32.6
	5	17-21			8.7-11.2	12	64		32.7-32.9
	6	22-27			11.3-14.3

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