1.5Adjusting Display Contrast, Brilliance

1.With the power turned on, press the [POWER/BRILL] key momentarily to show the brilliance/contrast adjustment window.

BRILL/CONTRAST

TX/ST-BY - PRESS [MODE]

LOW HIGH

CONT: 4

LOW HIGH

BRILL:9

[MENU/ESC] : Exit.

Brilliance/contrast adjustment window

2.Press ◄ or ► to adjust contrast.

3.Press ▲ or ▼ to adjust brilliance.

4.Press the [MENU/ESC] key to escape.

Note: The radar starts up with the last-used brilliance level after the startup screen appears. Therefore, adjust the brilliance if it is too low at startup.

1.6 Choosing the Range

The range selected automatically determines the range ring interval, the number of range rings and pulse repetition rate.

Press the [RANGE+] or [RANGE-] key to choose the range. The range and range ring interval appear at the top left corner on the screen.

Range 6 nm

Range ring

2

 

interval

 

EBL - - - .-°

 

RNG 3.652nm

VRM - - - -nm

 

BRG 60.2°

 

TTG 00H40M

 

 

 

Location of range and range ring

interval indications

1. OPERATION

1.7 Receiver Sensitivity

The gain control adjusts the sensitivity of the receiver. It works in precisely the same manner as the volume control of a broadcast receiver, amplifying the signals received. The proper setting is such that the background noise is just visible on the screen. If you set up for too little sensitivity, weak echoes may be missed. On the other hand excessive sensitivity yields too much background noise; strong targets may be missed because of the poor contrast between desired echoes and the background noise on the display.

To adjust receiver sensitivity, adjust the gain control so background noise is just visible on the screen.

1.Press the [GAIN] key consecutively until the display shown below appears.

 

 

 

GAIN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AUTO

: MODERATE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MANU

 

 

20

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[GAIN]

: A/C SEA MENU

[MENU/ESC] : Exit.

Gain adjustment window

2.Press ▲ or ▼ to choose AUTO or MANU as appropriate.

Automatic gain adjustment

1)Press ► to open the automatic gain options window.

ROUGH

MODERATE

CALM

Automatic gain options

2)Press ▲ or ▼ to choose ROUGH, MODERATE or CALM depending on sea conditions.

3)Press ◄ to close the window.

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Furuno 1715 Adjusting Display Contrast, Brilliance, Choosing the Range, Receiver Sensitivity, Automatic gain adjustment