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AR-2018-MARK-2
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Model
MARINE RADAR
2
Table of Contents
IMPORTANT NOTICES
3
SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
4
TABLE OF CONTENTS
7
FOREWORD
14
SYSTEM CONFIGURATION
19
1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW
27
1.1 Controls Overview
27
1.1.1 Control Unit RCU-014
27
1.1.2 Control Unit RCU-015/RCU-016
29
1.2 How to Turn the Radar On/Off
30
1.3 How to Adjust the Brilliance
30
1.4 Display Indications
31
1.4.1 InstantAccess bar™ buttons
32
1.4.2 Radar display and shortcuts
33
1.4.3 Information and settings
35
1.5 Menu Operations
36
1.5.1 How to open and close the main menu
36
1.5.2 How to operate the menus
36
1.6 How to Use the On-screen Box Menus
38
1.7 How to Use the CURSOR Menu
39
1.8 Cursor Data
40
1.8.1 How to change the cursor data attributes (B/W-type only)
41
1.9 How to Set Up Function Keys
41
1.10 How to Customize Operation
43
1.11 How to Select the Interface for Heading Input
45
1.12 How to Set Own Ship’s Speed
45
1.12.1 Automatic speed input (log or EPFS navigator)
45
1.12.2 Manual speed input
47
1.13 How to Set the Own Ship Position
47
1.14 How to Adjust the Date and Time
48
1.15 User Settings
49
1.15.1 How to reset the user settings
51
1.15.2 How to save/load user settings
51
1.16 How to Start/Stop Transmission
52
1.17 How to Tune the Receiver (Magnetron Radars Only)
53
1.17.1 How to select the tuning method
53
1.17.2 How to initialize tuning
53
1.17.3 How to tune the receiver manually
53
1.18 How to Select a Pulselength
54
1.18.1 How to select a pulselength
54
1.18.2 How to change the preset pulselength
54
1.19 How to Adjust Sensitivity
55
1.20 How to Reduce Sea Clutter
55
1.20.1 How to select the method of clutter adjustment
55
1.20.2 How to fine-tune sea clutter reduction
56
1.20.3 How to manually reduce sea clutter
56
1.20.4 How to use the BERTHING STC function
57
1.21 How to Reduce Rain Clutter
57
1.21.1 How to select the method of rain clutter reduction
58
1.21.2 How to manually reduce the rain clutter
58
1.22 Interference Rejector
60
1.23 Echo Stretch
61
1.24 Echo Averaging
62
1.25 Automatic Clutter Elimination (ACE) Function
64
1.25.1 How to turn the Automatic Clutter Elimination (ACE) function on/off
64
1.25.2 How to adjust the gain in Automatic Clutter Elimination (ACE) mode
64
1.25.3 How to get high sensitivity
65
1.25.4 How to suppress false echoes
65
1.26 Noise Rejector
66
1.27 Wiper
66
1.28 How to Preset Controls for a Specific Navigation Purpose
67
1.28.1 How to select a customized echo
70
1.28.2 How to edit a customized echo
70
1.28.3 How to restore a user customized echo to the saved settings
71
1.28.4 How to restore a user customized echo to the factory default settings
72
1.28.5 How to edit the available customized echoes
72
1.29 How to Reject Second-trace Echoes
73
1.30 Orientation Modes
74
1.30.1 How to select an presentation mode
74
1.30.2 Description of presentation modes
74
1.31 How to Select a Range Scale
76
1.32 How to Measure Range
77
1.32.1 How to show/hide the range rings
77
1.32.2 How to measure range with the variable range marker (VRM)
78
1.32.3 How to set the VRM unit of measurement (B-type only)
79
1.32.4 How to show TTG to VRM
79
1.33 How to Measure Bearing
80
1.33.1 Methods to measure bearing
80
1.33.2 True or relative bearing
81
1.34 Collision Assessment by Offset EBL
82
1.34.1 How to assess risk of collision using the offset EBL
82
1.34.2 How to set the origin point reference for EBL OFFSET
83
1.35 How to Measure Range and Bearing Between Two Targets
84
1.36 How to Off-Center the Display
86
1.37 Target Trails
87
1.37.1 True or relative trails
87
1.37.2 Trail time
88
1.37.3 Trail gradation
89
1.37.4 Trail level
89
1.37.5 Narrow trails (B/W-type only)
90
1.37.6 How to hide the trails temporarily
90
1.37.7 Trail stabilization in true motion
90
1.37.8 How to erase/restart trails
91
1.37.9 How to prevent sea clutter in true trails
91
1.37.10 How to show/hide OS trails
92
1.37.11 How to show/hide land trails (B/W-type only)
92
1.37.12 How to set the trail length (B/W-type only)
93
1.37.13 How to set the trail color (B/W-type only)
93
1.37.14 How to remove the colors from a section of a multicolor trail (B/W-type only)
94
1.37.15 How to offset the colors for multicolored trail (B/W-type only)
95
1.38 Target Analyzer (B/W-type only)
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1.38.1 How to activate/deactivate the target analyzer
97
1.39 Target Alarm
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1.39.1 How to set a target alarm
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1.39.2 How to mute the target alarm
99
1.39.3 How to deactivate a target alarm
99
1.39.4 How to change target alarm attributes
99
1.40 PI (Parallel Index) Lines
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1.40.1 How to show/hide the PI lines
100
1.40.2 How to set the maximum number of lines to display
100
1.40.3 How to change PI line bearing and interval
101
1.40.4 How to change the PI line bearing reference (B/W-type only)
101
1.40.5 How to change the PI line orientation
102
1.40.6 How to reset the PI lines to default (ship’s heading)
102
1.40.7 How to change PI line length (IMO/A/B/R-types only)
102
1.41 How to Use the Net (Diamond) Cursor (B/W-type only)
103
1.41.1 How to activate the net cursor
103
1.41.2 How to set the net cursor dimensions and orientation
104
1.42 Zoom
105
1.43 How to Use Marks
106
1.43.1 Heading line mark
106
1.43.2 How to hide/show the stern mark
106
1.43.3 North mark
107
1.43.4 How to set up the own ship symbol
107
1.43.5 How to set the barge marker
107
1.43.6 Antenna mark
108
1.43.7 Latitude/longitude grid
108
1.44 Drop Mark
109
1.44.1 How to activate the drop mark
109
1.44.2 How to inscribe a drop mark
109
1.44.3 How to erase drop marks
109
1.45 Brilliance and Color Schemes
110
1.45.1 How to select a brilliance and color scheme
110
1.45.2 How to change the color and brilliance assigned to a palette
110
1.45.3 How to change the color palette
112
1.46 How to Display and Set Up Navigational Data
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1.46.1 How to set up the navigational data
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1.46.2 How to display navigational data
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1.47 How to Use the Information Box
115
1.48 Interswitch
117
1.48.1 How to display antenna information
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1.48.2 How to preset antenna and display combinations
118
1.48.3 How to clear the interswitch
120
1.49 Performance Monitor
120
1.49.1 How to activate/deactivate the performance monitor
120
1.49.2 How to check the radar’s performance
122
1.50 How to Change the Reference Position
123
1.51 Anchor Watch
124
1.52 Alerts
125
1.52.1 What is an alert?
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1.52.2 How to interpret the [ALERT] box
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1.52.3 How to acknowledge an alert
126
1.52.4 How to silence the alert buzzer
126
1.52.5 Alert list
127
1.52.6 Alert icons and their meanings
129
1.52.7 Responsibility transfer alert
130
1.53 Icing Prevention
131
1.54 How to Select a Display Mode (B/W-type Only)
132
1.55 How to Manage SD Card Data
133
1.55.1 Formatting the SD card
133
1.55.2 Cautionary notes on handling SD cards
133
1.55.3 Compatible SD cards
133
1.55.4 How to insert SD cards
134
1.55.5 How to remove SD cards
134
1.55.6 How to save data to an SD card
135
1.55.7 How to read (load) data from an SD card
135
1.55.8 How to delete data from an SD card
135
1.56 How to Take a Screenshot
136
1.57 How to Use the Watch Alert (A/B/W-types only)
136
1.58 Dual Radar (A/B-types only)
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1.58.1 How to toggle control of each dual radar display
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1.58.2 Operating considerations for the dual radar display
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1.59 Wave Mode
141
1.60 Doppler Feature (X-band Solid State Radars only)
142
2. RADAR OBSERVATION
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2.1 General
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2.1.1 Minimum range
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2.1.2 Maximum range
143
2.1.3 X-band and S-band
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2.1.4 Radar resolution
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2.1.5 Bearing accuracy
145
2.1.6 Range measurement
145
2.2 False Echoes
145
2.3 SART (Search and Rescue Transponder)
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2.3.1 SART description
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2.3.2 How to show SART marks on the radar display
148
2.3.3 General remarks on receiving SARTs
148
2.4 RACON
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2.5 Radar Target Enhancer (RTE)
149
2.6 Solid state radar
150
3. TARGET TRACKING (TT)
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3.1 Precautions when Using Target Tracking
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3.2 TT Controls
152
3.3 TT Box Overview
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3.4 How to Select the TT mode
153
3.5 How to Acquire and Track Targets
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3.5.1 How to manually acquire a target
154
3.5.2 How to automatically acquire targets
155
3.6 How to Enter Own Ship Speed
155
3.6.1 Echo-referenced speed input
155
3.7 How to Cancel Target Tracking
157
3.7.1 How to cancel tracking for individual TT targets
157
3.7.2 How to cancel tracking for all TT targets
157
3.8 TT Lost Alert
158
3.8.1 How to set the TT lost filter
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3.8.2 How to enable/disable the lost alert
158
3.9 TT Symbols and Attributes
159
3.9.1 How to adjust symbol brilliance
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3.9.2 How to set the symbol color
159
3.9.3 How to select a TT symbol (B/W-types only)
160
3.10 How to Display/Remove Target Data
160
3.10.1 TT pop up information
160
3.10.2 How to show/remove target data in the data display area
161
3.10.3 How to display, hide and sort the target list
162
3.11 How to Assign a Preset Name to TT Targets (B/ W-type only)
164
3.11.1 How to activate the preset name function
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3.11.2 How to setup preset names
164
3.11.3 How to assign a name to a TT
165
3.12 Vector Modes
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3.12.1 Description of vectors
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3.12.2 Vector mode and length
168
3.13 Past Position Display
169
3.13.1 How to display past position points and select the plotting interval
169
3.13.2 How to select the number of past position points to be displayed
169
3.14 Set and Drift
170
3.15 Collision Alarm (CPA, TCPA)
171
3.15.1 How to set the CPA and TCPA ranges
171
3.15.2 How to acknowledge the TT collision alarm
172
3.16 Acquisition Zone
172
3.16.1 How to enable the acquisition zones
172
3.16.2 How to activate the first acquisition zone (AZ1)
173
3.16.3 How to set a polygon acquisition zone (AZ2)
173
3.16.4 How to sleep/deactivate an acquisition zone
174
3.16.5 How to acknowledge the acquisition zone alert
174
3.16.6 How to select the target type to acquire (B/W-types only)
174
3.16.7 How to change the acquisition zone reference
175
3.16.8 How to set acquisition zone shape and stabilization (B/W- types only)
175
3.17 Trial Maneuvers
177
3.17.1 Types of trial maneuvers
177
3.17.2 How to perform a trial maneuver
178
3.17.3 How to stop the trial maneuver
180
3.18 TT System Messages
181
3.19 TT Simulation Mode
182
3.20 Criteria for Tracking Target Selection
183
3.21 Factors Affecting Target Tracking
184
4. AIS OPERATION
187
4.1 Controls for AIS
189
4.2 AIS Box Overview
190
4.3 How to Select the AIS Display Mode
190
4.4 AIS Symbols and Their Meanings
191
4.5 How to Use the AIS Display Filter
191
4.6 How to Activate AIS Targets
193
4.6.1 How to activate specific targets manually
193
4.6.2 How to set the AIS auto activate function
194
4.7 How to Sleep AIS Targets
195
4.7.1 How to sleep individual AIS targets
195
4.7.2 How to sleep all AIS targets
195
4.8 How to Set Up For a Voyage
196
4.8.1 How to access the VOYAGE DATA menu
196
4.9 How to Display AIS Data
197
4.9.1 AIS pop-up information
197
4.9.2 How to display basic AIS data
198
4.9.3 How to display expanded AIS data
199
4.9.4 How to remove AIS data from the display area
199
4.9.5 AIS object type and available AIS data
200
4.10 How to Change AIS Symbol Attributes
201
4.10.1 How to adjust the AIS symbol brilliance
201
4.10.2 How to change the color of the AIS symbol
201
4.10.3 How to change the color of the ATON symbol
201
4.10.4 How to change the size of the AIS symbol
202
4.11 Past Position Display
202
4.11.1 How to display past position points and select the plotting interval
202
4.11.2 How to select the number of past position points to be displayed
203
4.11.3 Past position display orientation
203
4.11.4 Stabilization in true motion
203
4.12 AIS Lost Alert
204
4.12.1 How to set the AIS lost filter
204
4.12.2 How to enable/disable the AIS lost alert
205
4.13 ROT Setting
205
4.14 AIS Collision Alarm (CPA, TCPA)
206
4.14.1 How to set the CPA and TCPA ranges
206
4.15 How to Associate TT and AIS Targets
207
4.16 How to View Own Ship Data
209
4.17 How to Use AIS Messages
210
4.17.1 How to create and save messages
210
4.17.2 How to transmit messages
211
4.17.3 How to view messages
212
4.17.4 How to set up the AIS message notification
214
4.17.5 How to show the unread message symbols
214
4.17.6 How to mark the AIS messages as read
214
4.17.7 How to delete the AIS messages that meet the criteria
215
4.18 AIS System Messages
216
5. VIDEO PLOTTER OPERATION
217
5.1 Orientation Modes
217
5.2 How to select a mark type
217
5.3 How to select the mark inscription position
218
5.4 Radar Map
219
5.4.1 How to show/hide radar map marks
219
5.4.2 How to select the mark color (B/W-type only)
220
5.4.3 How to inscribe marks
220
5.4.4 How to delete marks
222
5.4.5 How to align the radar map
223
5.5 Origin Mark
224
5.5.1 How to inscribe origin marks
224
5.5.2 How to set origin mark stabilization
225
5.5.3 How to delete origin marks
225
5.6 How to Change the Shape of the Own Ship Mark
226
5.7 How to Use ECDIS Chart Marks
227
5.8 Own Ship and Other Ship’s Track
228
5.8.1 How to show/hide tracks
228
5.8.2 How to set the plotting interval
229
5.8.3 How to set the track color (A/B/W-types only)
230
5.8.4 How to automatically plot target tracks (A/B/W-types only)
230
5.8.5 How to delete tracks
231
5.9 How to Use Waypoints
232
5.9.1 How to set the data source for waypoints
232
5.9.2 How to enter waypoints
233
5.9.3 How to erase waypoints
234
5.9.4 How to display the waypoint list
235
5.9.5 How to show/hide the waypoint name/number
235
5.10 Routes
236
5.10.1 How to set/edit an internal route
236
5.10.2 How to display routes
237
5.10.3 How to delete internal routes
239
5.10.4 How to view the routes list
239
5.10.5 How to use the waypoint arrival distance function
240
5.11 Chart Functions
241
5.11.1 How to show/hide the chart
241
5.11.2 How to align the chart position
242
5.11.3 How to select the chart type
243
5.11.4 Chart settings menu
243
5.11.5 How to show/hide land mass emphasis
245
5.11.6 How to check your charts/symbol versions
246
6. MAINTENANCE, TROUBLESHOOTING
247
6.1 Periodic Maintenance Schedule
248
6.2 How to Replace the Fuse
249
6.3 Life Expectancy of Major Parts
250
6.4 Trackball Maintenance
251
6.5 Easy Troubleshooting
251
6.6 Advanced-level Troubleshooting
252
6.7 Diagnostics
254
6.8 Sentence Monitor
259
6.9 Fallback Arrangements
260
APPX. 1 MENU TREE
261
APPX. 2 LONGITUDE ERROR TABLE (96 NM SCALE)
269
APPX. 3 ALERT LIST
271
APPX. 4 DATA COLOR AND MEANING
294
APPX. 5 ABBREVIATIONS
295
APPX. 6 SYMBOLS
300
APPX. 7 PARTS LOCATION
307
APPX. 8 RADIO REGULATORY INFORMATION
317
SPECIFICATIONS
318
INDEX
327
A
327
B
327
C
327
D
327
E
327
F
327
H
327
I
327
L
328
M
328
N
328
O
328
P
328
R
328
S
328
T
328
V
329
W
329
Declaration of Conformity
330
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Furuno FAR-2018-MARK-2 Specifications
General
Antenna Type
Open Array
Weight
Approx. 35 kg (Antenna Unit)
Transmitter Output
12 kW
Power Output
12 kW
Display Type
LCD
Frequency
9410 MHz ± 30 MHz
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