Furuno 1824C Marine RADAR User Manual


 
2. RADAR OPERATION
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Cursor
Place cursor
where desired.
Press the MANUAL soft key.
SHIFT
AUTO SHIP SPEED
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2.16 Shifting the Picture
Own ship position, or sweep origin, can be displaced manually or automatically to expand
the view field without switching to a larger scale. Zoom is not available when the display is
shifted.
2.16.1 Manual shift
The sweep origin can be shifted in
any presentation mode to a point
specified by the cursor by up to 50%
of the range in use in any direction.
1. Locate the cursor anywhere within
the effective radius of the display.
2. If not displayed, press the
HIDE/SHOW key to show the
radar soft keys.
3. Press the RADAR DISPLY soft key.
4. Press the SHIFT soft key.
5. Press the MANUAL soft key to shift. The heading line shifts to the cursor location.
SHIFT appears at right-hand corner of the display.
To cancel shift, press the RADAR DISPLY, SHIFT and OFF soft keys.
2.16.2 Automatic shift
The amount of automatic shift is calculated
according to ship’s speed, and the amount
of shift is limited to 50% of the range in use.
For example, if you set the shift speed
setting for 15 knots and the ship is running at 10 knots the amount of shift will be about 34%.
The formula for determining shift amount is as shown below. Automatic shift mode is only
available in the head-up mode.
Setting automatic shift maximum speed
1. If not displayed, press the HIDE/SHOW key to show the radar soft keys.
2. Press the RADAR DISPLY soft key.
3. Press the SHIFT soft key to show the shift soft keys.
4. Press the AUTO S.SPD soft key to display the auto ship
speed setting window.
5. Adjust the Trackball or ENTER knob to set the
maximum speed of your vessel, and then push the
ENTER knob or the ENTER soft key to set. The setting
range is 1-99 kt and the default setting is 15 kt.
Automatic shift
Press the AUTO soft key. To cancel shift, press the RADAR DISPLY, SHIFT and OFF soft
keys.
Ship's speed
Shift speed setting
X 0.5 = Amount of shift(%)