Furuno 1824C manual Table of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS

FOREWORD ..............................................vi

A Word to the Owner of the Model 18x4C/19x4C Series Marine Radar, GD-1920C

Color Video Plotter			vi
Features			vi
Notice			vii
SYSTEM CONFIGURATIONS			viii
1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW			1-1
1.1	Operating Controls		1-1
	1.1.1	Display unit controls	1-1
	1.1.2	Remote controller	1-3
1.2	Inserting a Chart Card		1-4
1.3	Turning the Unit On/Off		1-5

1.4Display Brilliance, Panel Brilliance, Hue ..

....................................................... 1-6

1.4.1Display brilliance, panel brilliance .

		...........................................	1-6
	1.4.2	Hue	1-7
1.5	Selecting a Display		1-8
	1.5.1	Display modes	1-8
	1.5.2	Selecting a display	1-9
	1.5.3 Switching control in combination
		and overlay screens	1-10
	1.5.4	Selecting image source	1-11
1.6	Trackball, Cursor		1-12
1.7	Entering the MOB Mark, Setting MOB as
	Destination		1-13
1.8	Data Boxes		1-14
	1.8.1 Showing, hiding data boxes with
		soft key	1-14
	1.8.2	Rearranging data boxes	1-14
	1.8.3 Temporarily erasing a data box
		.........................................	1-14
1.9	Function Keys		1-15
1.10	Simulation Display		1-16

2. RADAR OPERATION			2-1
2.1	Radar Display		2-1
2.2	Transmitting, Stand-by		2-1
2.3	Tuning		2-2
2.4	Adjusting the Gain		2-2
2.5	Reducing Sea Clutter		2-3
	2.5.1	How the A/C SEA works	2-3
	2.5.2	Adjusting the A/C SEA	2-4
2.6	Reducing Precipitation Clutter		2-4
	2.6.1	Adjusting the A/C RAIN	2-4

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2.7	Range Scale		2-5
2.8	Pulselength		2-5
2.9	Presentation Mode		2-6
	2.9.1	Selecting a presentation mode 2-6
	2.9.2	Description of presentation modes
		...........................................	2-7
2.10	Measuring the Range		2-8
	2.10.1 Measuring range by range rings ...
		...........................................	2-8
	2.10.2 Measuring range by cursor		2-8
	2.10.3 Measuring range by VRM		2-9
	2.10.4 Various VRM operations		2-9
2.11	Measuring the Bearing		2-10
	2.11.1 Measuring bearing by cursor . 2-10
	2.11.2 Measuring bearing by EBL ....		2-10
	2.11.3 Various EBL operations		2-10

2.12Erasing the Heading Line, North Marker..

..................................................... 2-11

2.13	Reducing Noise Interference	2-11
2.14	Rejecting Radar Interference	2-11
2.15	Zoom	2-12
	2.15.1 Zooming radar targets	2-12
	2.15.2 Zooming ARP, TTM targets....	2-13
2.16	Shifting the Picture	2-14
	2.16.1 Manual shift	2-14
	2.16.2 Automatic shift	2-14
2.17	Using the Offset EBL	2-15
	2.17.1 Predicting collision course	2-15
	2.17.2 Measuring range & bearing
	between two targets	2-16
2.18	Echo Trails	2-17
	2.18.1 Trail time	2-17
	2.18.2 Starting echo trails	2-18
	2.18.3 Trail gradation	2-18
	2.18.4 Trail color	2-18
	2.18.5 Echo trail mode	2-19
2.19	Echo Stretch	2-19
2.20	Echo Averaging	2-20
2.21	Outputting TLL Data	2-21
2.22	Guard Alarm	2-22
	2.22.1 Setting a guard alarm zone....	2-22
	2.22.2 When the alarm is violated…. 2-23
	2.22.3 Cancelling the guard alarm....	2-23
2.23	Watchman	2-23
	2.23.1 How watchman works	2-23
	2.23.2 Turning on/off watchman	2-23