Furuno FR-8122, FR-8252 Zoom, Manual off center, How to zoom, Activating automatic off center

1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW

Activating automatic off center

Press the OFF CENTER key to display OFF CENTER (A) at the top of the screen. Own ship posi- tion is placed at stern position and shifts according to own ship’s speed. To cancel automatic shift press the key again.

1.21.2Manual off center

The own ship position may be shifted to the cursor position on any mode, within 75% of the effec- tive display area.

1.Place the cursor where you want to locate sweep origin.

2.Press the OFF CENTER key to show OFF CENTER (M) at the top of the screen.

3.To cancel shift, press the OFF CENTER key again.

1.22Zoom

The zoom function enlarges an area of interest as large as twice the normal viewing size, in the zoom window. You choose the target of interest to zoom with the zoom cursor and that target is zoomed in the zoom window.

Three types of zoom are available: Relative, True and Target.

Relative: The zoom cursor moves relative to own ship.

True: The zoom cursor is fixed at set geographical position.

Target: The zoom cursor is fixed to the zoomed AIS or ARP target.

1.22.1How to zoom

1.Press the ZOOM key to turn on the zoom feature.

ZOOM appears at the top right hand corner of the screen and the zoom window and zoom cursor in the effective display area. The zoom cursor is a dashed line square in case of true or relative zoom mode or a solid line square in case of target zoom mode. The location of the zoom window depends on the location of the zoom cursor. If the zoom cursor is on the left-half of the screen, the zoom window is located at the right side of the screen and vice versa.

3	NM
	0.5

Zoom cursor + (Dashed line

in True or Relative mode)

ZOOM Zoom ON (Dashed line in True or Relative mode)

+

Zoom

window

+ 180.1°R 2.121 NM

Zoom

1-27