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Gettingstarted
Keepinmindthatinthebasicscalewith12colours,eachdiscretecolourrepresents
a3dBrangeofechosignalstrength.Thisimpliesthatthenextcolourisselected
everytimetheechostrengthisdoubled.
However,asthenumberofcolourscandiffer,anddedicatedcolourschemescanbe
used,thisisnotnecessarilycorrect.AhighnumericTVGvaluedisplaysweakecho
signalsproperlywhilethestrongersignalssaturateintothedarkercolours.Alow
numericvaluedisplaysstrongechosignalsproperly.Weaksignalsbelowthelower
limitofthecolourscalearenotdisplayed(thedisplaybackgroundcolourisused).
Ifyouchoosetousemanycolours,theresolutionoftheEK15presentationisgreatly
improved.Itistheneasiertodistinguishthedifferencebetweenthevariousechoes
ofdifferentsizeand/ortargetstrength.
Tochangethecolourscale,usetheColourSetupdialogboxontheDisplaymenu.
YoucanalsoaccessthecolourscaleusingtheColourScaleinformationpane.
EDate
ThiseldontheStatusBarpresentsthecurrentdate.
Notethatduringreplay,thedateofthereplayleisshown.
An“R”isdisplayedinfrontofthedatetoidentifythis.
FTime
ThiseldontheStatusBarpresentsthecurrenttime.
Notethatduringreplay,thetimeinthereplayleisshown.
Relatedtopics
•TitleBaronpage106
•Screencapturesonpage130
•ColourScaleinformationpaneonpage126
•ColourSetupdialogboxonpage160
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