4.9Range Marker

The range marker functions to measure the range to a target echo (fish school, bottom, etc.)

1.Operate the Omnipad to place the cursor on the location desired.

2.Press the [R/B] key to display the range marker. The range marker appears along with range indication.

3.To erase the range marker, press the [R/B] key again, or place the cursor on the range marker and press the [R/B] key.

Range marker

 

 

NAV

Range

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DATA

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A-SCOPE

 

Depth,WaterTemp.Display

DISPLAY

Figure 4-6 Range marker

4.10 Adjusting the Picture

4.10.1 Displaying weak echoes clearly

Echoes from targets (such as the bottom or a fish) return to the transducer in order of the distance to them, and when their intensities are compared at the transducer face, those from nearer targets are generally stronger when their reflecting properties are nearly equal. The sonar operator will be quite inconvenienced if these echoes are directly displayed on the screen, since he won’t be able to judge the actual size of the target from the size of echoes displayed on the screen. To overcome this inconvenience, use the TVG function. It compensates for propagation loss of sound in water: amplification of echoes on short range is suppressed and gradually increased as range increases, so that similar targets are displayed in similar intensities irrespective of the ranges to them.

The TVG also functions to suppress unwanted echoes and noise which appears in a certain range area on the screen.

To adjust TVG:

1.Press the [MENU] key to open the menu.

2.Press to select MENU and then press or to select the ES menu.

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Furuno CH-250 manual Range Marker, Range marker