Furuno FAR-1513 - How to Preset Controls for a Specific Navigation Purpose

1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW
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2. Select [ECHO], then push the ADJUST knob.
3. Select [WIPER], then push the ADJUST knob.
4. Rotate the ADJUST knob to cycle through and select the desired setting. The op-
tions, in order, are: OFF  1  2  OFF...
With the desired setting selected, push the ADJUST knob.
5. Close the menu.
1.27 How to Preset Controls for a Specific Navigation
Purpose
Every time your navigating environment or task changes, you must adjust the radar,
which can be a nuisance in a busy situation. Instead of changing radar settings case
by case, it is possible to assign the function keys to provide optimum settings for often-
encountered situations.
The radar's internal computer offers several picture preset options to be assigned to
each function key for your specific navigating requirements. For instance, one of the
presets is [HEAVY RAIN], and is designed to be used in heavy rain.
Two user-programmable presets are also provided (labeled as [CUSTOM1], [CUS-
TOM2]), so that you can have the radar automatically set to those conditions which
are not covered by the provided setup options.
Below are the preset options provided with this radar.
Each picture option defines a combination of several radar settings for achieving op-
timum setup for a particular navigating situation. These include interference rejector,
echo stretch, echo average, noise rejector, automatic anti-sea and anti-rain clutters,
video contrast, pulse length and sea and radar conditions.
Changing these features from the [CUSTOMIZE ECHO] menu changes the original
function key settings. To restore the original settings for a particular customize option,
it is necessary to select the default setting. For this reason, we recommended that you
use the user-programmable presets ([CUSTOM1] or [CUSTOM2]) when frequent ad-
justment of the radar image is necessary.
The default settings for the custom presets are listed in a table on the following page.
Label Description Label Description
[CUSTOM1] User-defined custom set-
tings.
[CUSTOM2] User-defined custom set-
tings.
[NEAR] Optimum setting for short
range detection using a range
scale of 3 NM or less on calm
seas.
[FAR] Optimum setting for long
range detection, on a range
scale of 6 NM or larger.
[HEAVY RAIN] Optimum setting for rough
weather or heavy rain.
[SHIP] Optimum setting for detecting
other vessels.