Furuno CH-250 manual Selecting Sector Center, Automatic shifting of own ship position

3.6Selecting Sector Center

The center direction of the sounding beam in the vertical direction can be changed with the [TILT] control. The setting range is 0° to 180° in increments of 6° . Select the setting which places the sector center in the middle of the detection range.

	Sector center angle
	set with TILT control	In the example display at left, the sector
		center indicator is starboard, and the
PORT	STBD	width of the sector is 48˚.
		Sector	0˚
		range
		180˚
	Sector center
	indicator

Sector of 48˚ set with [SECTOR] control

Figure 3-8 Sector center

Automatic shifting of own ship position

Own ship position on the screen is automatically shifted either rightward or leftward according to the direction of the sector center and display sector width.

The figure below shows the own ship position has been shifted rightward on the screen to provide the wider view at the port side.

Sector center 0° to 60°: Sector center 66° to 114°: Sector center 120° to 180°:

Own ship position shifted to port side Own ship position shifted to center Own ship position shifted starboard

Display sector

Sector center

Figure 3-9 How automatic shifting works

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