E-Series Reference Manual
7.11 Setting up your radar ........................................................................................179
7.12 Warnings of potential dangers ..........................................................................181
Chapter 8:
Using the Radar (Digital) ................................................................... 183
8.1 Radar setup ......................................................................................................183
Select scanner .............................................................................................183
Scanner setup .............................................................................................183
8.2 Radar alarms ....................................................................................................185
8.3 Powering on/off the various scanner operating modes .....................................186
Radar status ................................................................................................186
8.4 Radar range and image quality .........................................................................187
Range ..........................................................................................................187
Image quality ..............................................................................................187
8.5 Radar window overview ...................................................................................191
Your position ...............................................................................................191
Operation modes ........................................................................................191
Other vessels or objects ...............................................................................191
Factors affecting echo strength ...................................................................192
8.6 Using waypoints with the radar ........................................................................192
8.7 Radar display options .......................................................................................192
Orientation .................................................................................................192
Setting the motion mode ............................................................................194
Changing the bearing mode for EBLs ..........................................................196
8.8 Dual range ........................................................................................................196
8.9 Tuning the radar display: ...................................................................................197
Gain ............................................................................................................197
Gain ............................................................................................................198
Color Gain ...................................................................................................198
Rain clutter ..................................................................................................198
Sea clutter ...................................................................................................198
Super HD adjustments .................................................................................199
8.10 Tuning the radar display: ENHANCE ECHOES ...................................................199
Interference rejection ..................................................................................199
Expansion ...................................................................................................200
Wakes .........................................................................................................200
8.11 Radar range ......................................................................................................200
Synchronizing radar range and chart scale ..................................................201
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