Furuno RP-180, Operator'S Manual

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OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW
1.1 Introduction
The Video Plotter RP-180 is an optional circuit board (RP board) which is accommodated in
the display unit of the FR-1500 MK3 series radar. It permits use of two memory cards, a
memory card (RAM card) for storing own ship and other ship tracks and marks, and the
other is a chart card (ROM card) for digital charts.
With connection of an AIS (Universal Automatic Identification System) transponder to the
RP board, the RP-180 provides navigation data about vessels which carry an AIS
transponder.
10 navigation lines may be stored and each line may contain up to 30 waypoints. 100
waypoints are available. The user may enter position data in waypoints 01-98. (Waypoint 00
is for own ship position when destination is set; waypoint 99 is for waypoint from external
equipment.) Own ship and other ship tracks may be stored at a selected interval.
Charts are superimposed on the radar picture without disturbing the radar observation. The
chart area is dependent on the radar range in use. The RP-180 comes in two versions
according to chart to be used: FURUNO/NAVIONICS and FURUNO/C-MAP.