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the Off-center mode, press [CLR] and [0]. This will replace the ship’s
position back at the center of the display. If the radar system is turned
off while the Off-center mode is on, at next power up the offset mode
will still be on.
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• PLOT function – will require that a heading sensor (Gyro or Com-
pass) is connected to the CRXX. If so, then you can plot the actual
cursor position on the radar display by pressing the [PLOT] key from
the radar display, and thereby save the position in the WP-list as a
waypoint i.e. you can give the plotted waypoint a new name/number,
symbol, color, etc.
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• Radar colors - There are two color settings to choose from for the
radar display i.e. DAY and NIGHT. See Palette setup
([MENU],[7],[6]).
Palette setup 1 to 4 are pre-set from the factory and can not be
changed. Palette 5 to 9 can be customized according to your wishes.
However, the radar colors are restricted in all palette setups to DAY or
NIGHT.
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• Range rings:
The extension of the range depends on how powerful the connected
radar antenna is. There are several ways of adjusting the range on the
screen, the quickest way is:
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Use one of the shortcut keys to quickly go to a different range:
Press [1] = 24nm [2] = 12 nm [3] = 6 nm
[4] = 3 nm [5] = 1.5 nm [6] = 0.75 nm
[7] = 0.50 nm [8] = 0.25 nm [9] = 0.125 nm
ZOOM
Or you may use the IN/OUT
[ZOOM]
keys to go to a different range
- each press will increase/decrease the range scale with 50 percent.
Or from the active control panel: use the cursor key to highlight the
current range scale, then adjust the range scale with approx. 10 percent
+/-
each time you press the +/- keys.
Table for range rings and displayed range
Range (nm)
0.125 0.25 0.5 0.75 1.5 3 6 12 24 36 48
Range rings
2 2236666648
Interval
0.0625 0.125 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.5 1 2 4 8 6
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