Operational Controls (Cont.)
Operational Controls (Cont.)
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RDR-1600 Pilot’s Guide
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RDR-1600 Pilot’s Guide
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BCN
Pressing this button will select the two Beacon type
formats to be selected. Sequentially pressing the Beacon
button will select the following beacon modes:
Beacon Only Mode
Beacon A, Beacon B, Beacon A, Beacon B, . . .
Dual Mode (Beacon/Weather or Beacon/Search)
Beacon A, Beacon B, Beacon Off, Beacon Am . . .
Beacon Only Mode: If the starting mode of operation is
weather (or search), then pressing the beacon button will
place the system in Beacon/Weather (Search) mode. To
activate beacon only mode, press the weather (or search)
button to turn off weather (search) mode. To reactivate dual
mode, press either the weather or search buttons.
Beacon A – Standard 2-pulse beacon
Beacon B – DO-172 compatible beacon
Figure 3.4-1. Primary Mode Selectors
3.2 ANTENNA CONTROLS
PULL STAB OFF
This switch is connected to the Tilt Control Knob. When
the Tilt Control Knob is pressed in, the stabilization
function is active. When this knob is pulled out, the
stabilization function is turned off.
TILT
Adjusts antenna tilt angle.
Figure 3.2-1. Tilt Control
3.3 DISPLAY CONTROLS
The MFD has a brightness control to adjust the brightness of the screen.
3.4 PRIMARY MODE SELECTORS
(PUSH ON/PUSH OFF)
Wx
Selects weather mode, the primary mode of operation
(automatically selected at turn-on). Weather displayed and
Wx appear on screen. When pressed again, the weather
mode is removed. If no other mode button is active, the Wx
mode remains.
WxA
Selects weather alert mode causing red returns to flash if
the MFD is capable of performing this function. WxA
appears and Target Alert is enabled.
SRCH
Pressing this push button selects the three Search modes
in sequential cyclic manner (i.e., Search 1, Search 2,
Search 3, Search 1, Search 2, Search 3, etc.). Search
modes are as follows:
Search 1 –
Sea clutter rejection. Active on the ten-mile
range or less.
Search 2 –
Short range precision mapping. Active on the
ten-mile range or less.
Search 3 – Normal surface mapping.
Beacon mode is compatible with both weather mode and
Search mode.
