Furuno FAR-2218 User Manual

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
FOREWORD.................................................................................................................. xii
SYSTEM CONFIGURATION ....................................................................................... xvii
1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW.................................................................................1-1
1.1 Controls Overview ......................................................................................................1-1
1.1.1 Control Unit RCU-014 ....................................................................................1-1
1.1.2 Control Unit RCU-015/RCU-016 ....................................................................1-3
1.2 How to Turn the Radar On/Off....................................................................................1-4
1.3 How to Adjust the Brilliance........................................................................................1-4
1.4 Display Indications......................................................................................................1-5
1.4.1 InstantAccess bar
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buttons ...........................................................................1-6
1.4.2 Radar display and shortcuts...........................................................................1-7
1.4.3 Information and settings .................................................................................1-9
1.5 Menu Operations......................................................................................................1-10
1.5.1 How to open and close the main menu ........................................................1-10
1.5.2 How to operate the menus ...........................................................................1-10
1.6 How to Use the On-screen Box Menus ....................................................................1-12
1.7 How to Use the CURSOR Menu ..............................................................................1-13
1.8 Cursor Data ..............................................................................................................1-14
1.8.1 How to change the cursor data attributes (B/W-type only)...........................1-15
1.9 How to Set Up Function Keys...................................................................................1-15
1.10 How to Customize Operation....................................................................................1-17
1.11 How to Select the Interface for Heading Input..........................................................1-19
1.12 How to Set Own Ship’s Speed .................................................................................1-19
1.12.1 Automatic speed input (log or EPFS navigator) ...........................................1-19
1.12.2 Manual speed input ......................................................................................1-21
1.13 How to Set the Own Ship Position............................................................................1-21
1.14 How to Adjust the Date and Time.............................................................................1-22
1.15 User Settings............................................................................................................1-23
1.15.1 How to reset the user settings......................................................................1-25
1.15.2 How to save/load user settings ....................................................................1-25
1.16 How to Start/Stop Transmission...............................................................................1-26
1.17 How to Tune the Receiver (Magnetron Radars Only) ..............................................1-27
1.17.1 How to select the tuning method ..................................................................1-27
1.17.2 How to initialize tuning..................................................................................1-27
1.17.3 How to tune the receiver manually ...............................................................1-27
1.18 How to Select a Pulselength.....................................................................................1-28
1.18.1 How to select a pulselength .........................................................................1-28
1.18.2 How to change the preset pulselength .........................................................1-28
1.19 How to Adjust Sensitivity ..........................................................................................1-29
1.20 How to Reduce Sea Clutter......................................................................................1-29
1.20.1 How to select the method of clutter adjustment ...........................................1-29
1.20.2 How to fine-tune sea clutter reduction..........................................................1-30
1.20.3 How to manually reduce sea clutter .............................................................1-30
1.20.4 How to use the BERTHING STC function ....................................................1-31
1.21 How to Reduce Rain Clutter.....................................................................................1-31
1.21.1 How to select the method of rain clutter reduction .......................................1-32
1.21.2 How to manually reduce the rain clutter .......................................................1-32
1.22 Interference Rejector................................................................................................1-34
1.23 Echo Stretch.............................................................................................................1-35
1.24 Echo Averaging ........................................................................................................1-36
1.25 Automatic Clutter Elimination (ACE) Function..........................................................1-38

Furuno FAR-2218 Specifications

General

Brand	Furuno
Model	FAR-2218
Category	Marine Radar
Language	English