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BASIC OPERATION
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Ship speed indication
When the ship speed data in NMEA 0183 format is ap-
plied, the radar can display the ship speed. Knots (KT)
or kilometers/hour (KM/h) are automatically selected
in the normal screen (p. 3) by selecting nautical miles
(NM) or kilometers (KM) respectively.
q
Push [MENU]/[
] one or more times to call up
the FUNCTION menu.
w
Hold down [
q
] until the “DIST UNIT” section
becomes highlighted.
e
Push [
t
] [
u
] to select the ship speed indication to
NM or KM.
r
Push [MENU]/[
] one or more times to exit the
menu display or push [
q
] once to proceed to the
position display setting.
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Position indication
When latitude/longitude data in NMEA 0183 format is
applied, the radar can display the latitude and longi-
tude of your ship’s or cursor position in the bottom of
the display. (To display the CURSOR position, bearing
data is necessary.) (p. 38)
q
Push [MENU]/[
] one or more times to call up
the FUNCTION menu.
w
Hold down [
q
] until “POSN DISP” section becomes
highlighted.
e
Push [
t
] [
u
] to select the ship position or cursor
position.
r
Push [MENU] one or more times to exit the menu.
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Waypoint indication
When waypoint data received from navigation equip-
ment in NMEA 0183 format is applied, the radar can
display the waypoint. To display the waypoint marker,
bearing data is necessary. (p. 38)
q
Push [MENU]/[
] one or more times to call up
the FUNCTION menu.
w
Hold down [
q
] until the “WPT” section becomes
highlighted.
e
Push [
t
] [
u
] to turn the waypoint icon ON or OFF.
r
Push [MENU]/[
] one or more times to exit the
menu display.
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Long pulse function
To magnify the blips for easier viewing of small tar-
gets, the long pulse and echo stretch (p. 10) functions
are usable. When the long pulse is used in the
3
⁄
4
to 2
NM range, this function magnifies target echoes to the
backward direction of the target.
• Pulse selection
q
Push [MENU]/[
] one or more times to call up
the VIDEO menu. (p. 5)
w
Hold down [
q
] until the “PULSE” section becomes
highlighted.
e
Push [
t
] [
u
] to select SP (Short Pulse) or LP
(Long Pulse).
• When “LP” is selected, “ ” appears in the upper left of
the screen.
r
Push [MENU]/[
] one or more times to exit the
menu.
NOTE:
To select SP (Short Pulse) reduces the
target distance resolution. (p. 22)
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Bearing setting
The radar bearing interface accepts NMEA, N+1 or
AUX data format and the bearing can use a magnetic
or true north type. When a true north type bearing is
used, the variation from magnetic north, etc., can be
adjusted on 0.1˚ steps.
D
Setting the bearing type
q
Push [MENU]/[
] one or more times to call up
the FUNCTION menu.
w
Hold down [
q
] until the “BRG” section becomes
highlighted.
e
Push [
t
] [
u
] to select magnetic or true north type.
• All displayed bearing readouts show the selected bear
-
ing type.
D
Setting the magnetic variation
q
Push [MENU]/[
] one or more times to call up
the INT. SETTING menu.
w
Hold down [
q
] until the “MAG VAR” sections be
-
comes highlighted.
e
Push [
t
] [
u
] to select an AUTO* or MANUAL varia-
tion.
r
When a MANUAL variation is selected, push [
q
],
then push [
t
] [
u
] to set the bearing variation.
t
Push [MENU]/[
] to exit the menu display or
push [
q
] once to proceed to the bearing input set-
ting.
*
NOTE:
NMEA data is required for auto variation.
NEVER
select “AUTO” variation without NMEA data, incorrect varia
-
tion data may entered.
