NorthStar 6000i, Quickstart Manual And Reference Manual

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Reference section 5 — Radar
Using the radar adjustment keys
Northstar 6000i
Manual settings directly control Rain
Clutter, Sea Clutter and Gain. They may be
applied in either of two ways, depending
on the setting of the Mode control on this
screen.
•
Mode = Manual: settings are applied
directly as entered
•
Mode = Range Rider: settings are saved
separately for each range, and the
last-used settings for each range are
reapplied when that range is selected.
To set the appearance of the sea clutter or
gain controls in manual mode:
1. From the main radar page, press
Page 2
.
2. Press
Mode
if necessary until it reads
Range Rider
or
Manual
.
3. Use the keypad or cursor pad to enter a
new value to change the appearance.
4. If necessary, continue adjusting the image
until it looks the way you want it.
The modes of rain clutter and sea clutter
are always locked together: if the user sets
one to manual, the other automatically
switches to manual, and vice-versa.
More information on using these settings is
given
Radar adjustments on Page 2, starting
on page 95.
Using the radar adjustment keys
Press
Page 2
to display the
first of several pages of radar
adjustments. Most of these
adjustments correspond to conventional
radar adjustments and are used in the
same way. All settings are retained while
the system is turned off.
Using the keys
Settings that have only a very few values
are adjusted by repeatedly pressing the
menu key to cycle through the available
choices.
Settings with a large adjustment range are
entered with the keypad or cursor pad. The
menu key for these adjustments must be
activated by pressing once, changing the
key from blue to red. (Any key that is red is
active and will respond immediately. A
blue key must first be pressed to activate
it.)
To make an adjustment to the radar (such
as rain clutter, or gain, etc.), use the
following procedure:
1. Press the key (such as Gain ) to activate it
(the key changes from blue to red).
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(adjustments)