Raymarine LIGHTHOUSE 4 - Check and Adjust Bearing Alignment; Radar Modes

2.SelectthecorrectsizeforyourR
adar’santennafromthe[Antennasize]
option.
Checkandadjustbearingalignment
TheRadarbearingalignmentensuresthatRadarobjectsappearatthe
correctbearingrelativetoyourboat’sbow.Y oushouldcheckthebearing
alignmentforanynewinstallation.
ExamplemisalignedRadar
1.T argetobject(suchasabuoy)deadahead.
2.TargetdisplayedontheRadardisplayisnotalignedwiththeShip's
HeadingMarker(SHM).Bearingalignmentisrequired.
Checkingalignment
Alignthebowwithastationaryobjectbetween0.25and2NMaway.
Reducethegaintomakethetargetassmallaspossibleonthescreen.
NotethepositionoftheobjectontheRadarscreen.Ifthetargetisnot
undertheship’sheadingmarker(SHM),thenbearingalignmentadjustment
isrequired.
Adjustingalignment
Adjustthe[Bearingalignment]settinguntilthetargetobjectappearsunder
theSHM.
The[Bearingalignment]settingcanbeaccessedfromthe[Installation]tab:
[Menu>Installation>Bearingalignment].
Note:
Heading(HDG)isdisplayedintheRadarapplication.Pleasebeawarethat
bearingalignmentreferstotherelativebearingoftargetstothevessel's
bowusingvisualchecks/traditionalmeans.
20.6Radarmodes
TheRadarappprovidespresetmodesthatcanbeusedtoquicklyachieve
thebestpicturedependingonyourcurrentsituation.OnlyRadarmodes
supportedbyyourRadarscannerareshown.
TochangeRadarmodeselecttherequiredmodefromtheRadarappmenu.
Note:
ModesarenotavailableonlegacyDigitalradomes(non-HD).
Forthelistofmodesavailablewithyourradarscannerreferto:
p.279—Radarfeaturecomparison
R adarapp
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