Marine Radar
First Edition NOV
Keep heater away from equipment
Do not operate the equipment with wet hands
Use the proper fuse
Do not open the equipment
Do not disassemble or modify the equipment
Table of Contents
Declaration of Conformity FR-1760DS
SP-1
Word to the Owner of This Furuno Radar
Features
Introduction
FR-1760DS
System Configuration
Antenna Unit Display Unit
FR-1710/1725
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Menu Tree
Plot Menu Mark Disp OFF Erase VEC REF REL True VEC Time
Curs RNG
INT REJ OFF Stretch Enhance Contrast Auto
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Transmitter on
Turning on the Power
Operational Overview
Control description
Control Description
Control Panel Backlighting
Tuning the Receiver
CRT Brilliance
Initializing the Compass Readout
Degaussing the Screen
On-screen legends and markers
On-screen Legends and Markers
Presentation Modes
Selecting presentation mode
Course-up Mode
Screen shows
Selecting the Range Scale
Manual speed input
Entering Own Ship’s Speed
Automatic speed input
10 Echo stretch
Pulselength, Echo Stretch
S1P
Suppressing Sea Clutter
Adjusting the Sensitivity
Manual adjustment by the A/C SEA control
Automatic adjustment by the A/C Auto control
Interference Rejector
Suppressing Precipitation Clutter
Measuring range by the variable range marker VRM
Measuring the Range
Measuring Bearing
Measuring range by the fixed range rings
Measuring Range and Bearing Between Two Targets
Collision Assessment by the Offset EBL
18 Measuring range and bearing Between two targets
Setting a Target Alarm Zone
Off-centering shift
Acknowledging alarm
Deactivating target alarm zone
Inward and outward alarms
23 Echo SIG menu
Echo Averaging
Plotting a target
Electronic Plotting Aid EPA
Reading the target data
True or relative vector, vector time
Target data
Terminating target plotting
CPA/TCPA Alarm
Setting CPA/TCPA alarm ranges
Silencing CPA/TCPA audible alarm
Lost target alarm
True or relative trails
Target Trails Echo Trails
Past plot points
Displaying, erasing target trails
Trail gradation
Selecting trail time
Restoring trails
Trail afterglow
Resetting target trails
Trail brilliance
Thin trails
Origin Mark
Parallel Index Lines
Markers
Zoom
Function Keys
Presetting the user keys
Presetting the function keys
User Keys F1, F2, F3
42 FUNC1 menu
Func key objectives
Suppressing Second-trace Echoes
Adjusting Brilliance of Screen Data
Enhanced Video
Time Alarm
Noise Rejector
Navigation Data
Degaussing Interval
Outputting Target Position
Video Contrast
Clutter Sweep
Available color combinations
Background Color
Selecting Range Scales
Selecting Bearing Scale Format
Enlarging Close-in Targets
46 A/D Converter Curve Setting
A/D curve settings
Alarms
Alarms
Peformance Monitor
Alarms con’t
Minimum and maximum ranges
Radar resolution
Radar Observation
General
Multiple echoes
False Echoes
Bearing accuracy
Range measurement
Shadow sectors
Sart Search and Rescue Transponder
Virtual image
Radar bandwidth
Sart range errors
Showing Sart marks on the radar display
General remarks on receiving Sart
SEA control
Racon Radar Beacon
Radar side lobes
Gain
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MAINTENANCE, Troubleshooting
Periodic Maintenance Schedule
Maintenance schedule
Life expectancy of major parts
Maintenance schedule con’t
Life Expectancy of Major Parts
Easy troubleshooting
Fuse Replacement Simple Troubleshooting
Replacement of Batteries
Battery replacement information
Service call
Advanced-level Troubleshooting
Serviceman qualification
Problem Check point Remedy Probable cause
Advanced-level troubleshooting
Advanced-level troubleshooting con’t
Sequence for diagnostic test
Diagnostic Test
Test results screen
Display circuit test
Left side view
Parts Location
Display unit, top view
Scanner unit, left side view
FR-1760DS Scanner Unit
Scanner unit, right side view, RF section removed
FR-1760DS Scanner Unit con’t
FR-1760DS Power supply unit
FR-1760DS Power Supply Unit
RF module Upper part
FR-1710/1725 Scanner Unit
Module Lower part
Specifications of Marine Radar
Radar Display
Dimension and Mass
Coating Color
Racon
Index
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