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Furuno FAR-2218 User Manual

Furuno FAR-2218
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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
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

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Furuno FAR-2218 Specifications

General IconGeneral
TypeMarine Radar
Display TypeLCD
Screen Size10.4 inches
Power Output25 kW
Antenna TypeOpen Array
WeightApprox. 45 kg (Antenna Unit)
Power Supply24 VDC
Display Size10.4 inches
Range Scales0.25, 24, 48 nautical miles
Antenna Size6 feet
Operating Frequency9410 MHz ±30 MHz
FrequencyX-band
Antenna Length1.2 m
Beamwidth1.9° (Horizontal)
Rotation Speed24 RPM

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