Too high

Proper

Too low

Figure 3-4 Examples of proper

and improper gain

5.Press to select Range.

6.Press t or s to select basic range de- sired.

7.Press to select Shift.

Shift

Display

Figure 3-5 Shift concept

8.Press t or s to shift the basic range, if desired.

9.Press the MENU key.

3.4Suppressing Low Level Noise

Light-blue dots may appear over most of screen. This is mainly due to dirty water or noise. This noise can be suppressed by ad- justing CLUTTER on the VIDEO SOUNDER SETUP menu.

When the sounder mode is Auto, the clutter suppression setting is fixed at AUTO. To sup- press low level noise in manual sounder op- eration do the following:

1. Press the MENU key.

MAIN MENU

1.DISPLAY SETUP

2.TRACK/MARK SETUP

3.ERASE TRACK/MARK

4.ROUTE/ROUTE LIST

5.ALARM SETUP

6.VIDEO SOUNDER SETUP

7.MEMORY SAVE/LOAD

8.CLEAR MEMORY

0. SYSTEM MENU

: Cursor

ESC: Esc

Figure 3-6 Main menu

2.Press the [6] key to display the VIDEO SOUNDER SETUP menu.

 

VIDEO SOUNDER SETUP

 

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0 1

2

 

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CLUTTER

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AUTO

 

 

 

 

ADVANCE

STOP

 

 

 

 

 

 

1/8

 

 

 

1/4

 

40

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1/2

 

1/1

 

 

 

2/1

 

 

 

NOISE LM

OFF

 

NL1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NL2

NL3

80

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DEP CHIME ON

 

OFF

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TEMP GRP ON

 

OFF

 

 

 

 

 

 

SIG LEV

SL0

 

SL1

 

SL2

 

 

 

ZOOM

X2

 

X3

 

 

 

 

120

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

X4

X5

 

 

HUE

1

2

3

4

 

 

5

 

 

 

 

: Cursor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2D

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5:55

 

 

ESC : Esc

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

65 E

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Figure 3-7 Video sounder setup menu

3.Press to select CLUTTER.

4.Press t or s to select clutter rejection level desired; 0 (OFF), 1, 2, 3 or AUTO. The higher the number the higher the de- gree of suppression. Note that weak ech- oes may not be displayed when the clutter circuit is on.

5.Press the MENU key.

Clutter

Clutter removed

Figure 3-8 How the clutter function works

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Furuno GP-1610CF manual Suppressing Low Level Noise, Press the 6 key to display the Video Sounder Setup menu

GP-1610CF specifications

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