Chapter 2: Getting Started

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GAIN

Controls the presentation of radar targets. GAIN controls background noise (speckle). SEA controls sea clutter.

RAIN controls rain clutter around the vessel. FTC controls rain clutter at a distance.

- Press for soft keys display.

 

 

MANUAL

MANUAL

O

O

 

 

F

F

75%

 

F

F

 

 

 

FTC

RAIN

SEA

GAIN

Select a slider using the soft key or trackpad.

Toggle between Auto/Man or off/on by pressing soft key again. Adjust slider using trackpad, and press ENTER to finish.

VRM/EBL

Used to measure range and bearing to/between targets.

-Press to place VRM/EBL if one not already placed.

Adjust position using trackpad, and press ENTER to finish.

-Press to display soft keys if VRM/EBL already placed.

VRM/EBL1

VRM/EBL2

 

VRM/EBL

FLOAT¬

DATABOX

OFF

ON

 

 

OFF

ON

OFF

ON

 

Use soft key to toggle VRM/EBL on or off.

Press FLOAT to access float options for existing VRM/EBL. Press VRM/EBL DATABOX to toggle data box display off/on.

MULTI

Controls guard zone alarm sensitivity, and tuning the receiver. Also controls display lighting and brightness.

- Press to display sliders.

Press and hold MULTI key to set brightness to 100%.

ON

 

75%

A

 

U

25%

 

 

T

 

 

 

 

O

ALARM

LIGHT

TUNE

Select a slider using the soft key or trackpad.

Toggle between Auto/Man or off/on by pressing key again. Adjust slider using trackpad, and press ENTER to finish.

Soft Key Labels:

Change when you press a key.

Default soft key labels are shown.

HDG MODE

TARGETS

SCREEN

MARPA

 

 

 

 

Soft keys

Press to select option, or highlight option or slider. Labels change when you press soft/dedicated key. Elipses (...) after the text indicate that pressing soft key leads to a further display of soft key options.

ENTER

Confirms selection and (if appropriate) clears current soft key labels. It performs the selected task, accepts changes, or leads to display of more options. When cursor text is displayed, takes cursor control of the object.

When arrow-head cursor symbol is displayed, drops the object under cursor control.

CLEAR

Cancels operation in progress and returns to the previous display.

Deletes an object/function under cursor control.

Trackpad

Controls cursor position on the screen, and also the sliders and setup options.

Hold the trackpad down to move the cursor faster.

POWER

Press and hold until unit beeps to turn on display. Press to toggle between Standby and Transmit. Press for 3 seconds to turn off display.

DISPLAY

Controls display mode and windows.

-Press for display mode and soft keys display.

-Press again to toggle through display modes, and ENTER

-Press and hold for 2 seconds for full screen display of the upper window.

WINDOWS

SELECT

 

OFF

ON

WINDOW

ZOOM...

 

 

 

 

Press soft key to toggle window on/off, or return to full screen. Zoom: Press ZOOM key to display zoom window option. Move Zoom box using trackpad, press ENTER to finish.

MARKS / MOB

Controls placing marks, and Man Overboard function.

-Press to place mark at cursor position, and use trackpad to move mark. Press ENTER to finish.

-Press and hold for 2 seconds to activate or cancel MOB.

RANGE

Controls range scale. Range scale and range rings are shown in the Status Bar.

-Press top of key to increase the range scale.

-Press bottom of key to decrease the range scale.

-Press and hold to change the scale faster.

ALARMS

Used to control guard zones.

-Press to place guard zone if one not already placed. Adjust size/shape using trackpad, press ENTER to finish.

-Press to display soft keys if guard zone already placed.

GUARD 1

GUARD 2

OFF

ON

 

 

OFF

ON

Use soft key to toggle zone on or off.

Adjust size/shape using trackpad, and press ENTER to finish.

MENU

Provides access to setup options. - Press to display soft keys.

SYSTEM

RADAR

MARPA

SET UP¬

SET UP¬

SET UP¬

Press soft key to display required setup menu, then use trackpad to select option and soft key to change setting.

Press ENTER to close menu, and CLEAR to to finish.

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