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RADAR OPERATION MANUAL
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Copyright 2008. STANDARD HORIZON All rights reserved. Printed in Japan. No part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without prior written permission of the publisher. CODE: Issue A - 160108e Page 4 Radar Operation Manual
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TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................ 7 1.0 CONVENTIONS USED ..................................................................................... 7 1.1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................... 7 1.2 GENERAL INFORMATION ............................................................................... 7 Product Support Inquiries ...
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4.2.1 Gain Adjustment ................................................................................ 26 4.2.2 Sea Clutter ......................................................................................... 27 4.2.3 Rain Clutter ........................................................................................ 28 4.3 FEATURES ..................................................................................................... 28 4.3.0 Orientation ....................................
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1. INTRODUCTION 1.0 CONVENTIONS USED Please refer to the legend below: [MENU] If you see brackets around a bold and capital letter word this refers to a key press. [CHART] If you see brackets around a bold and small capital letter word this refers to a Soft Key press. GENERAL SETUP When a word(s) is in bold capital letters and underlined, this refers to a menu selection item. 1.1 INTRODUCTION Any menu operation and functions activation in this Operation Manual is related to the following Chart P
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Page 8 Radar Operation Manual
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2. RADAR PAGES 2.0 DISPLAYING THE RADAR PAGES The Chart Plotter has the capability to select the following Radar pages*: FULL PAGE CHART/RADAR/FISH RADAR/CHART FISH/RADAR/CHART RADAR/FISH RADAR COMBO RADAR HIGHWAY RADAR OVERLAY* *external heading sensor required Figure 2.0 - Radar pages To select a Radar page: 1. Press [MENU]. Move the ShuttlePoint knob to highlight RADAR (or RADAR/FISH FOR CP180/CP180i) and press [ENT]. 2. Move the ShuttlePoint knob to highlight the desired Radar page* and pres
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When the Radar is connected, any Soft Key can be assigned any of the Radar pages (the default Soft Keys configuration can be customized (for details see the next paragraph). 1. Press any of the Soft Keys to show the key descriptions. WAAS 3D Figure 2.1 - Example of Radar page selection by Soft Keys 2. Press the selected Soft Key (if it has been customized to see the Radar page you want). 2.1.0 Customizing the Soft Keys To customize a Soft Key, from Chart page: 1. Press any of the Soft Keys. 2. P
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The RANGE Soft Key Selects the Radar range among 1/8, 1/4, 1/2, 3/4, 1, 1 + 1/2, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 24, 36 and 48 Nm (the maximum range depends on the antenna used). The GAIN Soft Key Controls the Radar Gain. To see more details on the screen, increase the receiver sensitivity by selecting a higher gain percentage. If there is too much detail or if the screen is cluttered, lowering the sensitivity may increase the clarity of the display. The RAIN Soft Key* Reduces the effects of rain, snow,
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Figure 2.3 - Selection of active window 3. Move the ShuttlePoint knob to highlight the desired window and press [ENT]. The red boarder is moved to the focused window. Page 12 Radar Operation Manual
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3. OPERATIONS 3.0 WARMING UP The Radar needs time from 90 to 120 seconds to heat up the magnetron (microwave emitting tube). To warm up the magnetron, turn on the Radar switch connected to the Green and Blue wires discussed in the Installation Manual. During this time it is not possible to turn on the transmission. Radar pages are visible but with a small overlapping message window showing the time remaining to Warm Up completion: Figure 3.0 - Radar Warming Up (I) At completion of the Warm Up se
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3.1 SET UP After the Radar Antenna is installed, select FULL PAGE and perform the following steps in the order shown below. 3.1.0 Transmission Trigger Delay Tuning the Transmission Trigger Delay sets up the Radar to accurately show distance of targets. 1. From the Full Page Radar display, press [MENU]. Move the ShuttlePoint knob to highlight RANGE and press [ENT]. Figure 3.1.0 - Range Menu 2. Move the ShuttlePoint knob to highlight ¼ NM range and press [ENT]. 3. Move the ShuttlePoint knob to hig
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12. Move the ShuttlePoint knob down to highlight MBS and adjust to 000 by moving the ShuttlePoint knob to the right. 13. Move the ShuttlePoint knob down to highlight TX TRIGGER DELAY and adjust moving the ShuttlePoint knob to the right to a point that the center looks as a solid circle as shown in the diagram below. 14. To save the TX Trigger Delay setting, move the ShuttlePoint knob down to Done and press [ENT]. 098 Figure 3.1.0c - Adjusting Trigger Delay MBS (Main Bang Suppression) Adjustment
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1. Select the Full Page Radar window (see Par. 2.0). 2. Turn the external Radar Switch On. After the magnetron warms up (refer to previous Par. 4.0) follow the procedure: a. Press [MENU]. b. Move the ShuttlePoint knob to highlight TUNING and press [ENT]. c. Move the ShuttlePoint knob to highlight AUTOMATIC TUNE and press [ENT]. Figure 3.1.1 - AutomaticTune (I) d. A warning screen will be shown, move the ShuttlePoint knob to highlight YES and press [ENT]. Figure 3.1.1a - AutomaticTune (II) e. Whe
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Figure 3.1.2 - Save Tuning 3. Move the ShuttlePoint knob to highlight SAVE TUNING TO C-CARD and press [ENT]. 4. The file name is given automatically as TUNING1. 3.1.3 Load Tuning from User C-CARD Loads the complete settings from the User C-CARD and changes the active menu settings. To load this information from a User C-CARD: 1. Insert the optional User C-CARD into the Chart Plotter. 2. Press [MENU]. Move the ShuttlePoint knob to highlight TUNING and press [ENT]. Figure 3.1.3 - Load Tuning 3. Mo
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Figure 3.1.4 - Heading Line (I) d. Press [CLR] until the Radar page is shown. 2. Select a target about 1- 2NM and adjust the vessels speed to accurately head to the to the target (preferably on a flat calm day). 3. If the target is not shown directly ahead on the Radar full page display, adjust heading the line to correct the target heading. 4. Press [MENU]. Move the ShuttlePoint knob to highlight TUNING and press [ENT]. 5. Move the ShuttlePoint knob to highlight HEADING LINE and press [ENT]. 6.
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Figure 3.1.5 - Antenna Position setting 2. Move the ShuttlePoint knob to highlight ANT PARKING and press [ENT]. 3. Use the ShuttlePoint knob to adjust the position (between 0 and 90). The displayed number represents the change from the default setting. The final setting that parks the Antenna straight ahead will likely be a few degrees left or right from the default setting. 3.1.6 Sector Transmission Off (ONLY FOR MDS-9 DOME & MDS-10-4/MDS-10-5 OPEN ARRAY ANTENNAS) This is used to block transmi
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4. UNDERSTANDING THE RADAR DISPLAY N E W S Figure 4 - Example of Radar Display page 4.0 RADAR WINDOW 4.0.0 Cursor When on the Full Radar page or when the focus is on the Radar window, moving the ShuttlePoint knob will show the cursor on the screen. It is automatically hidden when the Cursor is not used for more than 5 seconds. It can temporarily be hidden to check for small targets under it by pressing [CLR]. When the ShuttlePoint knob is moved a popup window will show the position of the Cursor
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Figure 4.1.0 - Range selection by Soft Key 4.1.1 Motion Mode Allows choosing between two different presentation of targets and ship position over the Radar screen Relative Motion (RM) and True Motion (TM). See the following table: True In True Motion, fixed Radar targets maintain a constant position on the screen, while your own ship moves across the Radar image at the appropriate speed and heading. A map-like image is thus displayed, with all moving vessels travelling in true perspective to ea
