3
RADAR OPERATION
3-3
q
Turn the power ON.
q
If any screen other than Radar screen appears,
hold down [LAYOUT](FOCUS) for 2 seconds to
enter the screen selection mode.
w
Rotate [DIAL] to select Radar, and then push
[ENTER].
w
Turn the Radar TX ON.
q
Push [BRILL], and then push [
] once, to select
the Radar TX menu.
w
Rotate [DIAL] to select “TX,” and then push
[ENTER] to start scanning.
• The warming up is started. No operation is possible
while the warming up (for 90 seconds).
• After the warming up, targets and Heading Line appear.
• The screen appears approximately 2 seconds after
pushing [ENTER], when “Auto” is selected in the
“TUNE” of the “GAIN” menu.
e
Push [+] or [–] one or more times to select the dis
-
play range.
• The screen range readout shows the distance between
the center and top edge of the screen.
r
Push [ENTER]
, and then rotate
[DIAL] to set the gain
level.
• Clockwise rotation increases the gain.
• Increased gain may increase screen noise.
t
Push [ENTER], and then [
] once to select the
SEA menu, to set the sensitivity time control, rotate
[DIAL] counterclockwise to set the SEA to mini
-
mum.
y
Push [ENTER], and then [
] twice to select the
RAIN menu, to set the RAIN clutter control, then
rotate [DIAL] counterclockwise to set RAIN to mini
-
mum.
u
Select Radar Display mode.
•
The external heading data is required
. (p. 5-34)
➥
Push [MENU], then rotate [DIAL] until the
“Radar Display Mode” menu becomes high
-
lighted.
➥
Push [ENTER], and then rotate [DIAL] to select
one of Head-up; H-UP, North-up; N
-
UP, Course-
up; C-UP or True Motion; TM screens.
• N-UP and C-UP screens require external Heading
data.
•
TM screen requires Heading, position, COG and SOG
data.
(See p. 3-10 for details)
➥
Push [ENTER], and then push [CLEAR], to exit
the menu screen.
CAUTION:
When setting the SEA in maximum level,
close targets are blanked.
D
Heading Line
The Heading Line is a line that shows your ship’s bow
direction. (This marker will appear in the center of the
screen when the Head-up screen H-UP is selected.)
The Heading Line can be hidden when the desired
target is located under the Heading Line.
• Push [ENTER] to enter the Quick Menu 2, and then push [
]
four times to select the Heading Line menu. Hold down
[ENTER] to hide the Heading Line. Release [ENTER] to return.
The Heading Line hides while holding down [ENTER].
D
Fixed range rings
The
fixed range rings can be used for rough distance
measurement. (p. 3-22)
D
Manual tuning
The receiver tuning can be manually adjusted.
➥
Push [MENU], and then [ENTER], to enter the
GAIN menu. Then rotate [DIAL] until the “Tune”
menu becomes highlighted.
➥
Push [ENTER], then rotate [DIAL] to select the “Man
-
ual...” menu and push [ENTER] to turn the manual
tuning level indicator, and then rotate [DIAL] to set the
“Tune Level” meter to the maximum level (p. 3-7).
➥
Push [ENTER] to exit the manual tuning screen.
MENU
WPT
FOCUS
LAYOUT
MOB
CLEAR
SUB
BRILL
u
[DIAL]/
[ENTER]
[CLEAR]
[MENU]
[
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]
[LAYOUT]
[+] or [–]
(RANGE)
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