Introduction to FURUNO MARINE RADAR Operation's Manual FR-7062/7112/7252 :
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FURUNO MARINE RADAR Operation's Manual FR-7062/7112/7252 Table of Contents:
FOREWORD
MENU TREE
SYSTEM CONFIGURATION
1. PRINCIPLE OF OPERATION
1.1 What is Radar? -1
1.2 How Ships Determined Position
Before Radar -1
1.3 How Radar Determines Range -1
1.4 How Radar Determines Bearing -1
1.5 Radar Wave Speed and Antenna
Rotation Speed -1
1.6 The Radar Display -1
2. BASIC OPERATION
2.1 Control Description -1
2.2 Display Indications and Markers -2
2.3 Turning the Radar On/Off -3
2.4 Transmitting -3
2.5 Stand-by -3
2.6 Selecting the Range -4
2.7 Adjusting Picture Brilliance -4
2.8 Adjusting Receiver Sensitivity -4
2.9 Adjusting the A/C SEA Control
(reducing sea clutter) -4
2.10 Adjusting the A/C RAIN Control
(reducing rain clutter) -5
2.11 Selecting the Presentation Mode -6
2.12 Erasing the Heading Marker,
North Marker -6
2.13 Magnifying Long Range Echoes
(echo stretch) -6
2.14 Measuring the Range -7
2.15 Measuring the Bearing -7
2.16 Using the Offset EBL -8
2.17 Shifting (off centering) the Picture 2-9
2.18 Zoom -9
3. ADVANCED OPERATION
3.1 Basic Menu Operation -1
3.2 Index Lines -1
3.3 Suppressing Radar Interference -2
3.4 Selecting Pulsewidth -2
3.5 Displaying Navigation Data -3
3.6 Echo Trail -4
3.7 Guard Alarm -4
3.8 Watchman -6
3.9 OTHER MENU Description -7
3.10 Function Keys -8
3.11 Adjusting Brilliance of Markers -8
3.12 Suppressing Second-Trace Echoes 3-8
3.13 Suppressing Noise -8
3.14 Outputting Target Position -8
3.15 Tuning the Receiver -8
4. FALSE ECHOES
4.1 Multiple Echoes -1
4.2 Side-lobe Echoes -1
4.3 Indirect Echoes -2
4.4 Blind and Shadow Sectors -2
5. MAINTENANCE & TROUBLE-
SHOOTING
5.1 Preventative Maintenance -1
5.2 Replacing the Fuse -1
5.3 Troubleshooting -2
5.4 Self Test -3
5.5 Life Expectancy of Magnetron -3
6. ARP-10 (OPTION)
6.1 General -2
6.2 Keys Used for Auto Plotter -2
6.3 Activating the Auto Plotter -3
6.4 Manual Acquisition -4
6.5 Automatic Acquisition -4
6.6 Terminating Tracking of Targets -5
6.7 Displaying Target Data -5
6.8 Mode and Length of Vectors -6
SPECIFICATIONS
INDEX
Declaration of Conformity
vii
MENU TREE
RINGS (Off, 1, 2, 3, max)
INDEX LINE (Off, On)
DISP DATA (NAV, Auto plotter, NAV and Auto plotter)
INT REJECT (Off, On)
ARP-10 MENU
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MARINE RADAR MODEL FR-7062/7112/7252