Furuno 1823C manual Automatic shift, Setting automatic shift maximum speed

2. RADAR OPERATION

2.16.2Automatic shift

The amount of automatic shift is calculated according to ship’s speed, and the amount of shift is limited to 50% of the range in use. For example, if you set the shift speed setting for 15 knots and the ship is running at 10 knots the amount of shift will be about 34%. The formula for determining shift amount is as shown below.

Ship's speed

X 0.5 = Amount of shift(%)

Shift speed setting

Automatic shift mode is only available in the head-up mode.

Setting automatic shift maximum speed

1.If not displayed, press the [HIDE/SHOW] key to show the radar soft keys.

2.Press the RADAR DISPLY soft key.

3.Press the SHIFT soft key to show the shift soft keys.

4.Press the AUTO S.SPD soft key to display the auto ship speed setting window.

AUTO SHIP SPEED

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Auto ship speed setting window

5.Adjust the trackball or [ENTER] knob to set the maximum speed of your vessel, and then push the [ENTER] knob or the ENTER soft key to set. The setting range is 1-999 kt and the default setting is 15 kt.

Automatic shift

Press the AUTO key to automatically shift the sweep origin. To cancel shift, press the RADAR DISPLY, SHIFT and OFF soft keys.

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