1. OPERATION
1.3 Turning Power On/Off
Press the [POWER/BRILL] key to turn on the power. The unit beeps, the startup screen appears, and then the equipment checks the ROM and RAM for proper operation and displays program number. The ROM and RAM check shows OK or NG (No Good). If NG appears, try to press any key except the [POWER/BRILL] key to start operation. However, the equipment may not work properly. Contact your dealer for advice.
6" LCD MARINE RADAR
MODEL 1623
FURUNO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
ROM : OK RAM : OK
Program No:
XX.XX = Program version no.
Startup screen
After the completion of the startup test, a timer displays the time remaining for warm up of the magnetron (the device which transmits radar pulses), counting down from 1:00 to 0:00.
To turn off the power, press and hold down the [POWER/BRILL] key until the screen goes blank. The time remaining until power is turned off is counted down on the screen.
Note: In a cold environment the screen appears “foggy” when the power is turned on but is soon restored to normal condition.
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1.4 Transmitting, Standby
After the power is turned on and the magnetron has warmed up,
To toggle between transmit and standby, do the following:
1.Press the [POWER/BRILL] key momentarily to show the brilliance/contrast adjustment window.
BRILL/CONTRAST
TX/STBY - PRESS [MODE]
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[MENU/ESC] : Exit.
Brilliance/contrast adjustment window
2.Press the [MODE] key to go to standby and transmit alternately.
Note: If you attempt to transmit before
3.Press the [MENU/ESC] key to close the window.
When radar pulses are transmitted the radar receive is automatically tuned. Echoes appear in four levels of digitized video according to echo strength. When a target is beneath a marker (VRM, EBL, heading line, range ring) the part of the marker where the target lies is displayed in reverse video.
Note: This can be done with the
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