Furuno FEA-2807 - 21. AIS Target Functions; 21.1 Introduction; 21.2 AIS Symbols on ECDIS; 21.3 How to Display AIS Targets

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1. Introduction
1.1 Contents of This Manual
This manual provides the following information:
• System configuration
• Screen interpretation and use of the control unit
• Set up before departure
• Rules to replace paper charts with electronic ones
• Chart material management
• Manual updates, which are used to manually enter Notices to Mariners and Navtex warnings
• Chart alert calculation
• Route planning and monitoring
• Various operator tools such as user charts, Notes and navigation tools
• Backup operations
• Common reference system
• Use of navigation sensors
• Use of Tracked Targets (TT)
• Use of AIS (Automatic Identification System) targets
• Radar overlay
• Various recording functions
• Essential information of the datum used by the charts and the ECDIS
• Steering related operations
• List of alerts