5. CUSTOMIZING YOUR UNIT

Contents of radar display setup menu

Item

Description

Settings

Default Setting

EBL

References EBL bearing, shown in

True, Relative

Relative

Reference

the EBL data box, to North (True) or

 

 

 

heading (Relative). Relative with no

 

 

 

heading input. True only in

 

 

 

course-up, north-up and true

 

 

 

motion.

 

 

Cursor

Chooses how to display cursor

LAT/LON: Lat/Long

RNG &

Position

position.

position of cursor

BRG-REL

 

 

TD: Loran C or

 

 

Note: “RNG & BRG-TRUE”

Decca TDs

 

 

RNG & BRG-REL:

 

 

requires heading data, true bearing.

 

 

Range and bearing

 

 

Reverts to relative bearing when

 

 

in relative bearing.

 

 

heading data is lost.

 

 

RNG & BRG-TRUE:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Range and bearing

 

 

 

in true bearing.

 

Tuning

Selects receiver tuning method. For

Auto, Manual

Auto

 

further details see the paragraph

 

 

 

“2.6 Tuning.”

 

 

TX Sector

Turns on/off dead sector graphic,

On, Off

Off (0°)

Blanking

which shows area where no echoes

 

 

 

are transmitted. To set sector, select

 

 

 

ON, then enter range. Max. sector

 

 

 

is 135°. Dashed lines mark the

 

 

 

dead sector. Note that noise may

 

 

 

occasionally appear in the TX

 

 

 

sector when the echo trail feature is

 

 

 

turned on.

 

 

 

Dead sector

 

 

Noise

Electrical noise, appearing on the

On, Off

Off

Rejection

screen as “speckles,” may be

 

 

 

suppressed with the noise rejector.

 

 

 

Note that some forms of

 

 

 

interference cannot be suppressed.

 

 

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1833C, 1933C, 1943C specifications

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