Introduction to Furuno 21" Multi-Color High-Performance Shipborne Radar and Arpa Operator's Manual Model FR-2105/2105-B:
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Furuno 21" Multi-Color High-Performance Shipborne Radar and Arpa Operator's Manual Model FR-2105/2105-B Table of Contents:
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................................viii
A WORD TO THE OWNER OF FURUNO RADAR................................................................................................. VIII
SPECIFICATIONS OF FR-2105/2105-B SERIES RADAR AND ARPA.......................................................................XI
CHAPTER 1 OPERATION .1
1.1 TURNING ON THE POWER
1.2 TRANSMITTER ON
1.3 CONTROL HEAD
1.4 CRT BRILLIANCE
1.5 TUNING THE RECEIVER
1.6 ON-SCREEN LEGENDS AND MARKERS
1.7 DEGAUSSING THE CRT SCREEN
1.8 INITIALIZING THE GYRO READOUT
1.9 PRESENTATION MODES
1.10 SELECTING THE RANGE SCALE
1.11 SELECTING THE PULSELENGTH
1.12 ADJUSTING THE SENSITIVITY
1.13 SUPPRESSING SEA CLUTTER
1.14 SUPPRESSING PRECIPITATION CLUTTER
1.15 INTERFERENCE REJECTOR
1.16 MEASURING THE RANGE
1.17 MEASURING THE BEARING
1.18 COLLISION ASSESSMENT BY OFFSET EBL
1.19 MEASURING RANGE AND BEARING BETWEEN TWO TARGETS
1.20 SETTING A TARGET ALARM ZONE
1.21 OFF-CENTERING
1.22 ECHO STRETCH
1.23 ECHO AVERAGING
1.24 ELECTRONIC PLOTTING AID (EPA)
1.25 ENTERING OWN SHIP'S SPEED
1.26 TARGET TRAILS (ECHO TRAILS)
1.27 PARALLEL INDEX LINES
1.28 ORIGIN MARK
1.29 ZOOM
1.30 MARKERS
1.31 MENU KEYS
1.32 RADAR 1, 2 AND 3 MENU SETTINGS
1.33 FUNCTION KEYS
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1.34 BARGE INFORMATION
1.35 RADAR MAP
1.36 SUPPRESSING SECOND-TRACE ECHOES
1.37 DISPLAYING EXTERNAL WAYPOINT AND NAVIGATION LINE
1.38 ADJUSTING BRILLIANCE OF SCREEN DATA
1.39 DISPLAY OF WIND/TIDE/DEPTH INFORMATION
1.40 ALARMS
CHAPTER 2 OPERATION OF ARPA (OPTION) .1
2.1 GENERAL
2.2 KEYPADS FOR ARPA
2.3 ARPA MENU OPERATION
2.4 START-UP PROCEDURE
2.5 AUTOMATIC ACQUISITION
2.6 MANUAL ACQUISITION
2.7 CHANGING PLOT SYMBOL SIZE
2.8 ADJUSTING BRILLIANCE OF PLOT MARKS
2.9 DISPLAYING TARGET DATA
2.10 VECTOR MODES
2.11 PAST POSITION DISPLAY
2.12 SET AND DRIFT (SET AND RATE)
2.13 SETTING CPA/TCPA ALARM RANGES
2.14 SETTING A GUARD ZONE
2.15 OPERATIONAL WARNINGS
2.16 TRIAL MANEUVER
2.17 ARPA PERFORMANCE TEST
2.18 CRITERIA FOR SELECTING TARGETS FOR TRACKING
2.19 FACTORS AFFECTING ARPA FUNCTIONS
CHAPTER 3 RADAR OBSERVATION .1
3.1 GENERAL
3.2 FALSE ECHOES
3.3 SART (SEARCH AND RESCUE TRANSPONDER)
3.4 RACON (RADAR BEACON)
CHAPTER 4 OPERATION OF VIDEO PLOTTER .1
4.1 GENERAL
4.2 THE VIDEO PLOTTER DISPLAY
4.3 DISPLAY MODES
4.4 SET- UP OF VIDEO PLOTTER DISPLAY
4.5 TRACK
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4.6 MARKS, LINES
4.7 WAYPOINTS
4.8 NAVIGATION LINES
4.9 RECORDING & REPLAYING DATA
4.10 PLOTTER PRESENTATION MODE
4.11 INITIAL SETTINGS
4.12 LATITUDE ERROR TABLE (ON 96 NM RANGE SCALR)
CHAPTER 5 MAINTENANCE .1
5.1 PERIODIC MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE
5.2 LIFE EXPECTANCY OF MAJOR PARTS
5.3 REPLACEMENT OF BATTERY
CHAPTER 6 TROUBLESHOOTING .1
6.1 EASY TROUBLESHOOTING
6.2 ADVANCED-LEVEL TROUBLESHOOTING
6.3 DIAGNOSTIC TEST
CHAPTER 7 MENU OVERVIEW .1
CHAPTER 8 ANLILLARY EQUIPMENT .1
8.1 PERFORMANCE MONITOR
8.2 INTERSWITCHING UNIT
8.3 FOR FISHING VESSEL
CHAPTER 9 DIGITAL INTERFACE (IEC61162-1) .1
CHAPTER 10 PARTS LIST AND MAJOR PARTS LOCATION .1
Declaration of Conformity to Type (FR-21X5 series)
Declaration of Conformity (FR-2155, FR-2165DS)
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New standard of marine radar technology through 50 years of FURUNO's marine electronics activities 21" MULTI-COLOR HIGH-PERFORMANCE SHIPBORNE RADAR AND ARPA MODEL FR-2105/2105-B SERIES FURUNO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. NISHINOMIYA, JAPAN