Furuno RP-25 FORWORD

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FORWORD

A Word to RP-25 Owners

Congratulations on your choice of the FURUNO RP-25 Video Plotter. We are

confident you will see why the FURUNO name has become synonymous with

quality and reliability.

For over 50 years FURUNO Electric Company has enjoyed an enviable

reputation for innovative and dependable marine electronics equipment. This

dedication to excellence is furthered by our extensive global network of agents

and dealers.

Your RP-25 is designed and constructed to meet the rigorous demands of the

marine environment. However, no machine can perform its intended function

unless installed function unless installed, operated and maintained properly.

Please carefully read and follow the recommended procedures for operation and

maintenance.

We would appreciate hearing from you, the end-user, about whether we are

achieving our purposes.

Thank you for considering and purchasing FURUNO equipment.

Features

The Video Plotter RP-25 is an optional circuit board which is accommodated in

the display unit of the FR/FAR-2805 series radars, and provides video plotter

functions such as waypoint making and route creation.

The main features are

! Radar map function

• Displays/hides the user-made map by one-touch simple operation.

• 1,500 of marks/lines maximum are storable.

! Radar Plotter function

• Chart overlay on radar display

• Target track is displayed on head-up mode.

• Memory card can be used together with chart card.

• Radar position correction

• Arrival alarm function

Contents

Main FIRST EDITION :FIRST EDITION : FEB.FEB. 19961996 *00080745701**00080745701* PUB.No.PUB.No. OME-30400OME-30400 *00080745701**00080745701* (( HIMAHIMA )) RP-25RP-25 * 0 0 0 8 0 7 4 5 7 0 1 ** 0 0 0 8 0 7 4 5 7 0 1 * *OME30400F00**OME30400F00* *OME30400F00**OME30400F00* i SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS CAUTION ii FORWORD A Word to RP-25 Owners Features Page iv TABLE OF CONTENTS v 1-1 1. RADAR MAP 1-2 1.1 Preparation Number of current used mark/line (Max. 1500 points) 1-3 1.2 Making a Radar Map 1.2.1 Selecting the entering way 1-4 00 00.000 N/S 5 - N 6 - S 0 00.000 E/W 7 - E 8 - W L/L entering field 1-5 1-6 1.3 Erasing Contents of the Radar Map 1.3.1 Erasing the mark/line independently Connecting point Erased line Starting/ending point Erased line 1.3.2 Erasing all mark/line 1.4 Position and bearing correction 1.4.1 Radar map correction 1.4.2 Cursor data correction 1.4.3 Releasing the radar map correction 2-1 2. VIDEO PLOTTER 2.1 Overview Keys for video plotter 2.1.1 Selecting Displays 2-2 2.1.2 Display modes 2-3 WARNING CAUTION 2.2.1 Displaying chart cards 2-4 2.2.2 Chart position correction 2.2.3 Canceling chart correction 2.2.4 Adding correcting value to cursor data 2.3 Setting up the Video Plotter 2.3.1 Hiding/showing graphics 2.3.2 Setting the navigation data 2-6 2-7 2-8 2.4 Track 2.4.1 Recording the own ships track 2-9 2.4.2 Recording other ships track 2.4.3 Smoothing 2-10 2.4.4 Erasing track 2-11 2.5 Marks, Lines 2.5.1 Entering mark 2-12 2-13 2.5.2 Entering line 2-14 2.6 Erasing Marks, Lines 2.6.1 Erasing individual marks/lines 2.6.2 Erasing marks/lines on a area 2-15 2.6.3 Erasing all marks 2-16 2.7 Waypoints 2.7.1 Entering waypoints 2-17 2.7.2 Waypoint list 2-18 2-19 2.7.3 Displaying a waypoint 2-20 2-21 2.8 Navigation Lines 2.8.1 Entering navigation line 2-22 2.8.2 Navigation line list 2-23 2.8.3 Deleting navigation lines 2-24 2.8.4 Setting up the navigation lines 2-25 2-26 2.8.5 Displaying navigation lines 2.9 Recording and Replaying Data 2.9.1 Formatting memory (RAM) card 2-27 2.9.2 Recording data 2-28 2.9.3 Replaying data 3-1 3. MAINTENANCE (FOR TECHNICIANS) 3.1 Initial Settings 3-2 3.2 Replacement of Battery on RP Board DANGER CAUTION A P-1 MENU TREE AP-2 A P-3 LATITUDE ERROR TABLE (ON 96 NM RANGE) SP-1 SPECIFICATIONS