Furuno FAR-3220-BB Marine RADAR User Manual


 
2. RADAR, CHART RADAR OPERATION
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2.10 Automatic Clutter Elimination (ACE) Function
This radar has the Automatic Clutter Elimination (ACE) function. This function detects
sea and rain clutter from received echoes’ range and bearing trend and automatically
reduces sea and rain clutter according to the Automatic Clutter Elimination (ACE)
threshold setting.
Note: Use this function with caution. Weak target echoes may disappear from the
screen.
2.10.1 How to turn the Automatic Clutter Elimination (ACE) function
on/off
Click the [ACE] button on the InstantAccess bar to turn the Automatic Clutter Elimina-
tion (ACE) function on or off. When the Automatic Clutter Elimination (ACE) function
is [ON], the indications for [RAIN] and [SEA] on the Status bar are grayed out.
Note: When [PERFORMANCE MON] (see section 2.31) or [SART] (see section 2.36)
is ON, [ACE] is OFF and the indication is grayed out.
2.10.2 How to adjust the gain in the Automatic Clutter Elimination
(ACE) mode
Control Unit: Rotate the GAIN control to adjust the sensitivity.
Trackball module: For coarse adjustment, put the cursor within the slider bar area on
the Status bar then push the left button. For fine adjustment, put the cursor at the end
of the slider bar then roll the trackball while pushing and holding down the left button.
Release the button to finish.
ON
OFF
ACE
ACE
Put cursor on slider bar and push and
hold left button. Drag cursor to new
location then release left button.