Icom MR-1000RII - Basic Operation; Initial Setup and Power

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PANEL DESCRIPTION
o EBL2 (VRM2) SWITCH [EBL2 (VRM2)]/
[
] (pp. 14, 15)
Push to display the electronic bearing line 2 (EBL2)
and the variable range marker 2 (VRM2), and acti-
vate the [t] [u] for the electronic bearing line se-
lector and [p] [q] for the range marker selector.
• When VRM1 and EBL1 ($9 %2) are displayed, the center
of VRM2 appears at the intersection point of VRM1 and
EBL1.
!0 PARALLEL INDEX LINE FUNCTION [PI]/[ ]
Push [EBL1]/[ ] and [EBL2]/
[ ] simultaneously to toggle the paral-
lel index line ON and OFF.
• Push [t] [u] to rotate the lines, and push [p] [q] to
adjust the line spaces.
!1 MENU SWITCH [MENU]/[ ] (pp. 5, 6)
Push [MENU]/[ ] to toggle the VIDEO, FUNC-
TION, ATA, INT. SETTING and SERVICE MAN
menus. Push [p] [q] to select the items and push
[t] [u] to change the setting.
!2 HEADING LINE OFF FUNCTION [HL OFF]/
[
] (p. 8)
Push [BRILL]/[ ] and [MENU]/[ ] simultane-
ously to turn OFF the heading line temporarily.
!3 GAIN CONTROL [GAIN]/[
] (p. 8)
Adjusts the receiver amplifier gain.
• Clockwise rotation increases the gain.
• Increased gain may increase screen noise.
!4 SEA CLUTTER CONTROL [SEA]/[ ] (p. 9)
This function serves to eliminate echoes from the
waves at close range.
Reduces the receiver gain for close objects within a
radius of 8 nautical miles (approximately) to elimi-
nate sea clutter.
Rotate the control fully clockwise to activate the au-
tomatic SEA control function. SEA indicator (@6) ap-
pears in the upper left of the screen.
• Under normal conditions set the SEA to a minimum.
• Use this control with caution when the sea is rough.
!5 RAIN CLUTTER CONTROL [RAIN]/[ ]
(p. 9)
This function eliminates echoes from rain, snow,
fog, etc.
Rotate the control fully counter clockwise to deacti-
vate the RAIN function.
RAIN indicator (@8) disappears.
!6 MAN OVERBOARD [MOB]/[
]
Push to mark the man overboard point on the
screen. When a crew member falls overboard, hold
down [MOB]/[ ] for 1 second to display the MOB
symbol ( ) on the screen.
• The MOB readout shows the bearing, distance and es-
timated time to the MOB point with current speed.
• Hold down [MOB]/[
] for 1 second to cancel the
function.
• Position and bearing data are necessary.
!7 TARGET SWITCH [ATA]/[ ] (pp. 17–19)
A setup of target caught by ATA (up to 10 targets
can be set).
• Push [p] [q] [t] [u] to move the cross cursor on the
echo which you want to plot, before turning ON the func-
tion.
• Set the “ATA” function to ON in the “ATA” menu, then set
the appropriate No. DISP, VECT, OWN VECT, ALARM,
CPA LIMIT and TCPA LIMIT settings.
!8 ALARM SWITCH [ALM]/[ ] (p. 16)
➥Push [ALM]/[ ] to toggle the alarm function
ON and OFF.
➥Hold down [ALM]/[ ] for 1 second to enter the
alarm area setting condition.
• Push [p] [q] [t] [u] to move the cross cursor to the
zone starting point, then hold down [ALM]/[
] for
1 second. The starting ring of the zone is created.
Then push [p] [q] [t] [u] to fix the finish point, and
the desired alarm zone will automatically form.
!9 EBL1 (VRM1) SWITCH [EBL1 (VRM1)]/
[ ] (pp. 14, 15)
Push to display the electronic bearing line 1 (EBL1)
and the variable range marker 1 (VRM1) and acti-
vate [t] [u] for the electronic bearing line selector,
and [p] [q] for the range marker selector.
• EBL1 bearing and VRM1 distance are displayed, in the
bottom window.
• When EBL1 and VRM1 are displayed, the beginning
of EBL2 appears at the intersection point of EBL1 and
VRM1.
@0 DISPLAY BRILLIANCE SWITCH [BRILL]/[ ]
(p. 8)
➥ Push to increase or decrease the brilliance of the
picture on the display.
➥ Hold down for 1 second to select the maximum
brilliance.
The brightness of the symbols, characters and il-
luminations can be independently adjusted in the
“SYMBOL”, “CHARACTER” and “KEY ILLUM” of the
INT. SETTING menu.