Furuno FR-8051 manual Turning the Radar On/Off, Selecting Range, Transmitting, Stand-by

1.1 Turning the Radar On/Off

DANGER

Before turning on the radar, make sure no one is near the antenna unit. Serious injury or death can result if a rotating antenna strikes someone standing nearby.

1.3 Selecting Range

The range selected automatically determines the range ring interval, the number of range rings and pulse repetition rate, for optimal detection capa- bility in short to long ranges.

	Range
Range	0.75NM
Range ring	0.25
interval	SP
	Range
Pulselength
	rings

Turning on the radar

Press the POWER key. The control panel lights and a timer displays the time remaining for warm up of the magnetron, counting down from 3:00 to 0:00.

Turning off the radar

Press POWER and ST BY/TX keys together.

1.2 Transmitting, Stand-by

Transmitting

After the power is turned on and the magnetron has warmed up, ST-BY (Stand-By) appears at the screen center, indicating the radar is ready to transmit radar pulses. In stand-by the radar is available for use at any time.

Press the ST BY/TX key to transmit. The radar displays echoes in eight intensities according to echo strength.

Stand-by

When you won’t be using the radar for an ex- tended period, but you want to keep it in a state of readiness, place it in stand-by by pressing the ST BY/TX key. The display shows ST-BY.

Figure 1-4 Location of range, range ring interval and pulselength indications

Procedure

Press the RANGE key at + or –. The range, range ring interval and pulselength appear at the top left corner of the display.

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