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Chapter 1: Overview
How to Use This Handbook
This handbook describes the following displays:
SL70MRC PLUS Pathfinder Radar/Chartplotter, 7" Mono Display
SL70CRC PLUS Pathfinder Radar/Chartplotter, 7" Colour LCD Display
If you are installing the display system yourself, you should read
Chapter 8
before you start the installation. This chapter also provides information that
will be useful if you are connecting your system to other equipment.
For an overview of the display unit controls and the radar/chartplotter system,
read
Chapter 1
.
Chapter 2
will help you start using your system.
For detailed information on radar operations refer to
Chapter 3:Standard
Radar Operations
and
Chapter 4:Integrated Radar Operations
.
For chartplotter operating details, refer to
Chapter 5
and
Chapter 6
.
To change the system set up defaults, read
Chapter 7
.
Details for installing a radar scanner are provided in the
Pathfinder
Radar
Scanner Owner’s Handbook
supplied with your scanner.
Note:
Many illustrations in this handbook show example screens. The screen
you see on your display depends on your system configuration and set up op-
tions, so it may differ from the illustration.
This handbook is organized as follows:
Chapter 1
provides an overview of the features and functions of the Display.
This chapter also provides an overview of the controls. You should read this
chapter to familiarize yourself with the system.
Chapter 2
explains how to start using the display and describes how to use
some of the basic radar and chart functions. Chapter 2 also provides operating
guidelines for typical chartplotter scenarios; these guidelines introduce you to
many of the chartplotter functions.
Chapter 3
provides detailed operating information for the main radar
functions - adjusting the radar picture; measuring distances and bearings;
setting guard zones and alarms; using MARPA for target tracking.
Chapter 4
provides detailed operating information for integrated radar system
functions, including using marks, man overboard and cursor echo.
Chapter 5
provides detailed operating information for the standard
chartplotter functions - using chart cards, plotting waypoints and routes,
following routes and showing tracks.
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