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xxx = keys to press 5.5.1 Mark Menu Setting for markers and cursors (Up to the point when "MARK" menu is selected from the main menu) Press the "MENU" key and select "MARK" from the displayed 4 main menus using the left-right cursor. (The contents of the selected MENU will appear on a pull-down display in accordance with the movement of the left-right cursor.
5.5.1.2 Determining the distance (VRM1) .75 .25 (1) Select VRM1 from the pull-down display items using the HU up-down cursor key, and press the "ENT" key. (2) When the ON/OFF sign is displayed beside the letters VRM1, select ON with the up-down cursor keys and press the "ENT" + key. (3) If you press the "ENT" key, the variable range marker1 (VRM1) and its distance in a reverse display appear in the lower left 1 0.00NM corner of the screen (See Note).
(c) Measuring Perform the operations in the above mentioned "Common operation for the MARK menu" and "measuring the distance(VRM2)", and place the VRM2 on other target. VRM2 will be shown on the screen around the fixed cross cursor. The distance display " 2 xx. NM" will be shown in the lower right corner of the screen, showing the distance between the two targets. To measure the distance between two targets Center of VRM2 .75 .75 .25 HU .
To measure the angle between two points Origin of EBL2 .75 .75 .25 HU .25 HU small cross mark cross mark SET START POINT 2 20.3° indication of EBL2 5.5.1.7 Erasing heading marker temporarily (HDG OFF) (1) Use the up-down cursor key to select HDG OFF from the pulled down menu. (2) Press the “ENT” key to turn off the heading marker, it stays off as long as you press and hold the key. Up/Down FL EBL2 Not displayed while the ENT key is held down. .75 .
5.5.1.9 Establishment of the indication of the RANGE RINGS (RINGS) (1) Press the up-down cursor key to select RINGS from the pull-down menu, and then press the “ENT” key. (The ON/OFF sign will appear beside the letters RINGS) (2) Use the up-down key to select ON or OFF and press the “ENT” key Select ON Range Rings ON Select OFF Range rings OFF Up/Down → ENT → → (Select RINGS) Up/Down (Select ON) → ENT -------------Range rings appear. Up/Down (Select OFF) → ENT --------- Range rings disappear.
5.5.1.11 To output the Cursor ( TARGET ) position data to external equipment Move the cross cursor with the up-down and left-right keys to the position which position data to be output. Use the up-down cursor keys to select TARGET from the pull-down menu, and press the "ENT" key. The latitude and longitude data of that position will be output to NMEA port with TLL format.
(2) When the MODE sign is displayed beside the MODE item, select a mode with the up-down cursor keys and press the "ENT" key. (3) The display mode indicates upper-left on the screen. NAVIGATION .75 .25 HU MARK L NAV ECHO MODE >>> 0.
(3) The GZ IN sign appears in the left side of the screen, showing the present mode setting. A small cross cursor appears on the screen center for setting up the guard zone. A prompt "SET CENTER POINT appears at the bottom, requesting to define the center of the guard zone. (4) Move the cross cursor to the center of the warning zone to be set, using the up-down and left-right cursor keys, and then press the "ENT" key. The guard zone appears now.
Up/Down → ENT → Up/Down (Select OFF-C) |→(Select ON) ENT → Left/Right & Up/Down → ENT ------- Set OFF-C →(Select ENT OFF) ------------------------------------- Cancel OFF-C Note: The VRM2 and EBL2 do not follow the OFF-C function while they are floated. The function operates only on PPI screen. indicates "OFF-C" state is entered Move the cross cursor .75 .75 .25 HU .25 HU OFF-C SET OFF-C POINT 5.5.2.
-- What happens if a key is pressed after a SLEEP mode setting? If a transmission has started and you press a key after setting a SLEEP mode, power-saving mode will be activated 30 seconds after a key is pressed. -- What happens if a key is pressed during the SLEEP mode? a)If you press a key during the power-saving mode, the SLEEP function will be canceled and the 2-minute timer starts. b) If you press a key while the 2-minute timer is in active, or during transmission, the SLEEP function will be canceled.
5.5.3.2 Removing sea clutter (STC) Refer to the section, “Sensibility adjustment (GAIN)”. Up/Down → ENT → Up/Down |->(Select MANU) → ENT → Control knob → ENT - Set to MANU mode (Select STC) | (STC adjustment) |->(Select AUTO) → ENT Note: Note: ------------------------------------Set to AUTO mode When you select the MANU mode, the GAIN and FTC functions will be switched to MANU mode, too. When you select the HARBOR mode, FTC will be switched to MANU mode. 5.5.3.
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(3) A small cross cursor and the prompt "SET ZOOM POINT" will be displayed on the screen center and at the bottom respectively. (4) Use the cursor keys to move the cross cursor to the point to be magnified, and press the "ENT" key to complete the setting. The area around the cross cursor is displayed in 2x magnification, with blinking "ZOOM" displayed in the upper right corner of the screen, indicating that a ZOOM display is shown.
5.5.4 SETUP Menu Using this menu, you can select and set up the following picture presentation modes: (1) PPI: A basic presentation mode composed of a complete PPI screen, with status displays on the left side, and an array of the soft keys on the right side of the screen. (2) SEMI3D/PPI: A small complete PPI on the left side and a semi-3D screen on the right side.
Up/Down → → ENT → (Select PPI) Up/Down (select WINDOW) → ENT (a) → (Select PPI+SEMI3D) → ENT (b) → (Select PPI+PPI) → ENT (c) → (Select PPI+NAV) → ENT (d) → (Select ALL PPI) → ENT (e) → (Select ALL PPI+PPI) → ENT (f) → (Select MOB) ENT (g) → -Available functions on each screen mode SCREEN ITEM RANGE VRM1, EBL1 VRM2, EBL2 FL VRM2/EBL2 RINGS ON/OFF ZOOM, OFF CENT ///CSR HDG OFF STERN M NORTH M GAIN, STC, FTC TUNE ST GZ SEL WIN TXON/OFF PPI ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ X ¡ PPI/SEMI3D
All controls, such as EBLs, VRMs are active on both screen. The functions such as ZOOM, OFF-C, FL EBL2, and FL VRM2 are not availabel in this mode. In the "SEMI3D" screen, ship's heading direction always stays on the center vertical line denoted 000. .75 .25 HU + 280 320 000 040 080 PPI/SEMI3D Screen (c) PPI/PPI Screen Each radar screen is updated one then the another on every two antenna scans, as shown in the following illustration.
b) Adjusting GAIN of LEFT screen. 1) When the RIGHT range indicator is displayed reverse, use the "SEL WIN" function to make the LEFT screen to be active. 2) Press the "GAIN" key and the letters "G50" will be displayed in reverse, indicating the GAIN adjustment is available. 3) Adjust GAIN with the rotary control. Adjust STC and FTC in the same manner as GAIN. Note: While the adjustment of GAIN, STC, or FTC is in process, the radar picture update will be frozen.
(f) ALL PPI/PPI Screen .75 .25 HU S Note1: The RANGE, RINGS interval, and Display mode are shown on top of the screen. Note2: When you press any key except "MENU", "RANGE UP/DOWN", "BRILL", and "POWER", the screen will return to PPI/PPI mode. Note3: Each radar picture is updated every two antenna scans. The right screen picture is frozen while the left screen is updated, and vice versa. When your ship navigates at high speed, use a single PPI screen to obtain faster picture update.
5.5.4.3 Changing the color of screen (PICTURE) Changing the color of screen depending on weather and day / night environment conditions will be effective for easy viewing . When "PICTURE" is selected with the up-down cursor keys from among the pull- down display items, select "DAY" and press "ENT" key to set to day display. Night display appears if "NIGHT" is selected Up/Down → ENT → Up/Down (select PICTURE) → (select DAY) → ENT → day display → (select NIGHT)→ ENT → night display . 75 75 .
While watching the screen , check the following: i) Whether all items are marked “OK”. (If any item is marked “NG”, the indicated location may be faulty.) ii) Press a front-panel key and see if the corresponding display on the screen is highlighted. iii) Turn the control knob and see if the lower-right indicator move to right or left.
5.5.4.5 Changing the content of the setting (CUSTOM) Note) The items included in the CUSTOM menu are the settings and adjustments to be carried out during installation. These items are not required during normal operations. -Common operations for CUSTOM Use the up-down cursor keys to select CUSTOM after ”the common operations for the SETUP” menu, and press the "ENT" key.
5.5.4.5.1 Changing the settings of the soft keys (KEY ASSIGN) To change the function settings that have been assigned to soft keys, numbered 1 to 7, use the following procedures.
(4) To complete the settings After you have finished the settings, press the ENT key to exit from KEY ASSIGNMENT. Example of an operation (The process up to the selection of KEY ASSIGNMENT from the SETUP menu is omitted. Only the process after the above chart will be described.) Example 1) Changing the OFF-C function, allocated to key 6 in setting 2, to the HDG OFF function.
5.5.4.5.2 Changing the content of settings 1(PRESET1) (1) Select PRESET1 from CUSTOM items and then press the "ENT" key to show the PRESET1 screen (See chart below). (2) Select the item with up or down key and then contents with left or right key. The selected item will be enclosed by a rectangular and the contents will appear in reversed display. (a) Repeat the above procedures for the rest of settings.
KM: Kilometer SM: Statute mile g) Water temperature To select water temperature unit C: Celsius F: Fahrenheit h) Depth Unit To select Depth unit M: Meter FT: Feet FM: Fathom i) EBL Mode To select Mode of EBL REL: Relative bearing from HM TRUE: True bearing MAG: Magnetic bearing j) WayPoint Mode To select WayPoint bearing mode TRUE: True bearing MAG: Magnetic bearing k) Heading Source To select the source of bearing information.
5.5.4.5.3 Changing the content of settings 2 (PRESET2) Refer to the section, “Changing the content of setting 1(PRESET1)”.
j) Ship's Speed k) On-screen Language l) Scan Speed m) Color Own ship's speed setting NMEA: The speed data fed from an external speed sencor in NMEA sentence form. MANU: MANUAL speed input set by an operator using the rotary control. LOG: The speed is calculated by log pulse. Set the pulse rate with the rotary control. To select the language used for MENU and SOFT KEY ( Note2: ) Scanning speed setting STD: Standard HIGH: High speed ( The setting can be changed in stand-by mode only.
5.5.4.5.4 Changing the content of priority for NMEA input(NMEA PRESET) (1) (1) When NMEA PRESET is selected from CUSTOM items and the "ENT" key is pressed, the NMEA PRESET screen (See chart below) appears. (2) (2) Select items with up-down cursor keys and contents of NMEA formatter with left-right cursor keys. (3) (3) Change the priority of NMEA formatter with encoder knob. (4) (4) The formatter in the left position has a higher priority than that of the right position.
(2) Adjusting angle (HEAD ADJ) The purpose of this adjustment is to exactly orient the Heading Mark on the screen with the ship’s bow direction. Note: Heading offset value for open antenna is different from that of a radome antenna. (1) In preparation for adjusting the angle, the following adjustments are to be conducted. (1)-1 Find one small target within a 0.5 to 1.5 NM range which, lying in the bow direction, can be visually observed and is clearly recognized on the radar screen.
(4) Rotate the rotary control either CW or CCW to obtain the largest echo presentation on the screen. (5) Select MANUAL with the down cursor key. (6) Rotate the rotary control again to obtain the largest echo presentation. (7) When the adjustment is finished, press the "ENT" key to exit from the TUNING CALIBRATION screen. Operate of (3) to (7) Up/Down → Control knob → Select AUTO Up/Down → Adjust tuning Control knob → Select MANU ENT Adjust tuning 3 1 HU Echo remain.
(5) Setting the receiver GAIN (GAIN) Using this function, you can set up the automatic and manual gain level. As widely accepted convention, the receiver gain should be set to the level that the noise speckles is slightly shown on the screen. There are two modes of setting for AUTO and MANUAL, to each mode you can independently set the GAIN level. Use the following procedure to set up. In MANUAL mode, you can preset the MANUAL GAIN to current MANUAL gain level as standard.
5.6 ATA Operation (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) 5.6.1 ATA Board Specifications Acquisition Manual A target is acquired manually by a cross cursor driven by the Pointing Device. Tracking Automatic Number of tracked targets 10 targets maximum ATA data output Target Number, distance, bearing, speed, course, CPA and TCPA Alarm Collision alarm, activated when a target enters the preset CPA and TCPA ranges. Lost alarm, activated when a target can no longer be tracked.
5.6.2.3 Operation (1) Acquisition of a target Firstly, select the target to track. Place the cursor on the target image and acquire it by using the ACQ (acquisition) function. Press the ACQ key. When operating from the MENU, place the cursor on NAVI/ACQ and press the ENT key. Select the target when it is displayed clearly and no other targets are displayed around it. If other targets are displayed around it, the ATA may track a different one.
(5) ATA indications In the PPI and ALL PPI modes, symbols and data are displayed. In other modes, target tracking is still continued though the ATA display and operation are disabled. The symbols are as follows: Acquired target Tracked target Target with data display Lost target Dangerous target under automatic tracking (6) Ship's speed setting The ship's speed can be set in the SPD SET item in the SET UP/CUSTOM/PRESET2 menu.
