3.5 Other Settings
ECHO menu setting
Open the ECHO ADJ menu as described on page 3-3 and 3-4.
[ECHO ADJ]
1BACK
2CABLE ATT ADJ AUTO/MANUAL 30
3HD ALIGN 000.0°
4TIMING ADJ
0
5MBS 0
6DEFAULT ANT HEIGHT 5/7.5/10/15/20/ 25/30/35/40/45/ more 50 m
7NEAR STC CURVE 2/2.5/3/3.5/4.2
8MID STC CURVE
3/4/5/6
9FAR STC CURVE 6/7/8
0RING SUPPRESSION 0
ECHO ADJ menu
CABLE ATT ADJ
Before adjusting, set the radar as follows:
IR: 2, ES: off, EAV: off, 24nm range, long pulse (Same as default setting of PICTURE1)
To adjust the cable attenuation manually, choose MANUAL and push the thumbwheel. With the gain set to 80, spin the thumbwheel until noise just appears on the screen. Default setting is 30 for the antenna cable length of 15 m. The setting range is 0 to 73.
To adjust the cable attenuation automatically, choose AUTO and push the thumbwheel. The message "CABLE ATT ADJ" appears (in red) at the bottom of the screen. It takes about five min- utes to complete the adjustment, after which the radar goes into
DEFAULT ANT HEIGHT
Select height (m) of the radar antenna unit from the sea surface from among 5, 7.5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45 and "more 50 m".
NEAR STC CURVE, MID STC CURVE AND FAR STC CURVE
The default setting is suitable for most conditions. If necessary, change the setting according to sea conditions.
RING SUPPRESSION
This is mainly used to removes "ring" noise that appears in the