Furuno RP-250 manual AIS Operation, Turning AIS Feature On/Off, AIS1 menu, AIS symbols

7 AIS OPERATION

The AIS (Automatic Identification System) feature automatically provides navigation data on AIS-equipped ships. AIS symbol and AIS menus 1-3 are available in the Radar/Video Plotter and Video Plotter displays. It is not available in the Radar mode.

WARNING

Confirm compass reading on radar and gyrocompass readout when the bearing of AIS targets do not match that of radar targets.

7.1Turning AIS Feature On/Off

1. Press the [AIS MENU] key to open the AIS menu.

[AIS(1)]

1 ACTIVATE TARGET

2 SLEEP TARGET

3 BASIC DATA

4 [EXTENDED DATA]

5 LOST TARGET

6[MESSAGE]

7ACTIVATE ALL TARGETS

8SLEEP ALL TARGETS

9AIS OFF/ON

0 [AIS(2)]

Not displayed on IMO type when using dead reckoning navigation. The AIS feature is disabled in the above condition.

AIS1 menu

2.Press the [9] key once or twice to choose OFF or ON as appropriate. ON: When DISP: ON is shown, all targets received from the AIS

transponder are displayed with symbols. OFF: All AIS symbols disappear.

3.Press the [ENTER] key. “AIS FUNC: ON” or “AIS FUNC: OFF” appears at the top right hand corner on the display.

4.Press any menu key to close the AIS menu.

Then, AIS targets are marked with appropriate AIS symbol as below.

Activated target	Sleeping target	Dangerous target	Lost target	Target selected
				for data display

AIS symbols

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