7. CUSTOMIZING YOUR UNIT

Contents of general setup menu (con’t from previous page)

Item

Description

Settings

Range &

Chooses how to calculate range and

Great Circle: Shortest course between

Bearing

bearing.

two points on the surface of the earth.

Mode

 

Rhumb Line: Straight line drawn

 

 

between two points on a nautical chart.

 

 

 

Bearing

Chooses bearing display format for

True, Magnetic

Readout

course, course over ground and cursor

 

 

bearing.

 

 

 

 

Magnetic

The magnetic variations for all areas of

Auto, Manual

Variation

the earth are preprogrammed into this

 

 

unit. The preprogrammed variation is

 

 

accurate for most instances, however

 

 

you may wish to manually enter a

 

 

variation. For manual input, select

 

 

Manual, hit the EDIT soft key, enter

 

 

value, then hit the ENTER soft key to

 

 

set. “AUTO” requires position data.

 

 

 

 

AIS OPTION

See chapter 5.

 

soft key

 

 

 

 

 

7.2Radar Setup

This paragraph explains how to customize the radar display to suit your operational needs.

7.2.1Radar display setup

The radar display may be set up from the RADAR DISPLAY SETUP menu, which contains items such as EBL reference and cursor position format.

1.Press the MENU key to show the main menu.

2.Press the RADAR DISPLAY SETUP soft key.

EBL REFERENCE

RELATIVE

CURSOR POSITION

RNG & BRG-REL

TUNING

AUTO

TX SECTOR BLANKING

OFF 000° 001°

NOISE REJECTION

OFF

BACKGROUND COLOR

BLACK/GREEN

ECHO COLOR

GREEN

2ND ECHO REJECTION

OFF

WATCHMAN TIME

5 minutes

RANGE UNIT

nm

TRAIL MODE

RELATIVE

 

 

DISPLAY SETUP

EDIT

D. BOX

RETURN

Radar display setup menu

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Furuno 1824C manual Radar Setup, Radar display setup menu, AIS Option