Furuno FCR-28x9 (with 23.1" LCD) User manual

Brand: Furuno

Model: FCR-28x9 (with 23.1" LCD)

Category: Radar/lidar detectors

Type: User manual

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Furuno FCR-28x9 (with 23.1" LCD) is a high-performance marine radar system designed to enhance your situational awareness and navigation capabilities on the water. With its advanced features and user-friendly interface, the FCR-28x9 provides boaters with a comprehensive range of tools to navigate safely and efficiently.

One of the standout features of the FCR-28x9 is its ability to track multiple targets simultaneously, including other vessels, buoys, and landmasses. This Target Tracking (TT) capability allows you to monitor the movement of nearby objects, helping you to avoid collisions and maintain a safe distance from potential hazards.

Radar Controls

MARINE RADAR

FCR-21X9/21X9-BB/28X9

Operator's Guide

The purpose of this guide is to provide the

basic operation for this equipment. For more

detailed information, see the Operator's Manual.

All brand and product names are trademarks,

registered trademarks or service marks of their

respective holders.

English

See the next page.

BRILL

Rotate: Adjusts the

brilliance of a FURUNO

monitor.

Push: Selects a color

palette.

A/C RAIN

Rotate: Suppresses rain clutter.

Push: Toggles between manual

and automatic rain clutter

adjustment.

A/C SEA

Rotate: Suppresses sea clutter.

Push: Toggles between manual

and automatic sea clutter

adjustment.

GAIN

Adjusts the

sensitivity of the

radar receiver.

Status LED

The color and state of the LED change

according to alert or system status.

Trackball module

Operates similar to a PC mouse.

USB port (under cover)

For connection of USB flash memory.

Power switch

Turns the radar on or off. (This

switch may or may not control

monitor on/off depending on

monitor setting.)

InstantAccess knob

Selects the buttons on the

InstantAccess bar.

ESC

Goes back one step in current

InstantAccess bar operation.

VIEW/HIDE

Radar mode, chart radar mode:

Shows, hides AZ box, Drop mark

boxes, EBLs, Mark box, PI line box,

Trial box, VRMs.

Chart mode: Shows, hides EBLs,

InstantAccess bar, [Overlay/NAV

Tools] box, [Route information] box,

VRMs.

ACQ/ACT

TT: Acquires selected target, for target

tracking.

AIS: Activates selected sleeping AIS target.

TARGET DATA

Displays the detailed data for selected TT, AIS

target, in the TT/AIS information box.

TARGET CANCEL

TT: Stops tracking selected tracked target.

AIS: Sleeps selected activated AIS target.

Long-push to erase all displayed TT target

data.

UNDO

Undoes edit or text input

when creating a radar

map, route, user chart.

RANGE

Selects radar range (radar

and chart radar modes),

chart scale (chart mode).

ALARM ACK

Acknowledges alerts; silences the

audio alarm.

Rotary encoder for EBL

Adjusts the active EBL.

EBL1, EBL2

Activates, deactivates the respective EBL.

Rotary encoder for VRM Adjusts the diameter of the active VRM.

VRM1, VRM2 Activates, deactivates the respective VRM.

Model

Radar Controls (con’t.)

HL OFF

Temporarily erases everything except

echoes when pressed and held

down.

EBL OFFSET

Activates, deactivates the offset EBL.

MODE

Selects a presentation mode.

OFF

EBL

OFFSET

MODE

OFF CENTER

Puts sweep origin at the cursor location.

CU/TM RESET

Course-up: Resets heading line to 000°.

True motion: Moves own ship position 75% of

the radius in stern direction.

INDEX LINE

Short push: Selects an index line.

Long push: Activates, deactivates selected

index line.

OFF

CENTER

CU/TM

RESET

INDEX

LINE

STBY/TX

Toggles the radar between

standby and TX.

Opens, closes the menu.

CANCEL

Cancels the changes made on

the currently selected menu.

ENTER

Confirms selection on menu.

CANCEL

ENTER

STBY

TRAIL

Short push: Activates, deactivates the echo trail display.

Long push: Resets all trails.

PANEL

Adjusts the backlighting of the keys.

MARK

Inputs selected mark, at the position selected.

PANEL

TRAIL

MARK

VECTOR TIME

Sets the vector time (length) for TT and AIS targets.

VECTOR MODE

Sets the vector mode (relative, true) for TT and AIS targets.

TARGET LIST

Displays TT, AIS data in the target list.

VECTOR

TIME

VECTOR

MODE

TARGET

LIST

Radar Display Indications

Depth :

22.5 m

Water

TEMP :

10.5°C

REL :

006.3°R

Wind : 12.1 m/s

Current :

121.3°R

1.7 kn

NAV data

Route 1 Route 2

-30 -20 -10 min m

Message

area

Sensor information box

Shows your ship's heading, heading source, ship's speed, water tracking speed,

speed source, course over ground, speed over ground, position, chart datum.

Drop-down menu with various radar and chart radar functions.

TT/AIS setting box

Sets the conditions for TT

and AIS targets.

Past POSN, Trail box

Sets the conditions for the

past position display and

target trails.

Alert box

Shows alert messages by

alert name and alert number.

Acquisition zone box

Sets an acquisition zone for

TT, AIS.

Target List button

Displays the target list.

Trial maneuver

box

Sets the conditions

for the trial maneuver.

Drop mark box 2

Shows the bearing

and range to the drop

mark 2.

VRM1, 2 boxes

Range and TTG* to VRM1, VRM2.

* Function activated from menu.

PI line box

• Adjusts the direction and width of the parallel

index lines.

• Activates or deactivates the parallel index lines.

Watch box

Counts down the time remaining until the

buzzer sounds to alert the operator to view the

radar picture.

Mark box

Selects the mark to inscribe on the radar

display.

Tuning bar

Shows tuning

condition.

Range/Presentation

mode box

- Selects the radar range.

- Selects the presentation

mode.

Cursor position box

This box shows

- Cursor position and TTG to

the cursor position.

- Range and bearing to the

cursor position.

- X, Y coordinates of cursor

position.

EBL1, 2 boxes

Bearing to EBL1, EBL2.

Drop mark box 1

Shows the bearing

and range to the drop

mark 1.

InstantAccess bar (see page 6)

Quick access to often-used radar, chart radar functions.

REF point box

Selects the reference

point (antenna or CCRP)

for measurements

(range, bearing, etc.) and

markers (position, etc.)

Status bar

(see page 5)

Depth :

403 m

Water

TEMP :

3.7°C

Wind True-North

Current

25.9 kn

NAV data

Route 1 Route 2

100

200

300

400

500

-30 -20 -10 min m

177.6°T

20.1 kn

124.5°

NAV data/Route information box

Provides various navigation data and route information.

Radar Display Indications (con’t)

Depth :

22.5 m

Water

TEMP :

10.5°C

REL :

006.3°R

Wind : 12.1 m/s

Current :

121.3°R

1.7 kn

NAV data

Route 1 Route 2

-30 -20 -10 min m

Message

area

Heading line

Indicates ship's heading.

Bearing scale

The bearing scale provides an estimate of

the bearing to a target.

EBL1

Measures the bearing to a

target.

EBL2

Measures the bearing to a

target.

Own ship marker

(Blue horizontal line)

Marks your ship's position.

Stern marker

Marks location of stern.

North marker

Marks North.

VRM1

Measures the range to a target.

VRM2

Measures the range to a target.

Drop mark

Finds range and bearing to the

position selected.

Range rings

The range rings provide an

estimate of the range to a target.

Status Bar (radar, chart radar mode)

Status Bar

RAIN

Reduces rain clutter.

SEA

Reduces sea clutter.

User profile, Settings menu

Manages user profiles; displays

the Settings menu.

GAIN

Adjusts the gain of

the radar receiver.

Date

Displays the date and

the time format, UTC or

Local.

Working indicator

Rotates clockwise if the

system is working properly.

Time

Displays the time.

Operating mode

Selects the operating mode: radar or

chart for radar.

STBY TX

Toggles the radar between stand-by and transmit.

Antenna

Selects the antenna;

activates/deactivates

the dual radar display.

Picture preset Presets the radar controls for specific navigation purpose; for

example, set up to use the radar in congested waters.

Chart database Selects the IMO chart database (base, primary, standard or all).

Operative in the chart radar mode.

Instant Access Bar (radar, chart for radar mode)

MOB

Enters a MOB mark at the

current position.

Capture

Takes a screenshot.

UNDO

Undo last action (23-inch

monitor only).

OFF

EAV

OFF

CU/TM

reset

PULSE

TUNE

MAN

MAP

Chart

OFF

Chart

Disp

OWN

AIS

MOB

OFF

AIS

Day

TUNE

MAN

PULSE

Selects radar pulse

length.

TUNE

Tunes the radar

receiver.

OFF

Activates, deactivates the interference rejector.

Activates, deactivates echo stretch.

EAV

Activates, deactivates echo averaging.

HL OFF

Temporarily erases everything but radar echoes.

EAV

OFF

MAP ON/OFF

Shows, hides the radar map.

Chart ON/OFF

Shows, hides the electronic chart.

Chart Disp

Shows, hides various chart objects.

MAP

Chart

OFF

Chart

Disp

MAP

OFF

Chart

Disp

Radar mode

Chart radar mode

Chart ON/OFF

Shows, hides the electronic chart.

Coast

Line

Only

Chart

Top

Layer

Chart

DISP

Sel

DISP

Object

Chart

Legend

Shows only the coastline when clicked.

Puts the chart on the top layer when clicked.

Shows chart legend.

Opens the [SEL DISPLAY

OBJECT] menu.

Opens the [CHART DISPLAY] menu.

CU/TM reset

Resets ship's position in course-up and true motion modes.

CU/TM

reset

OWN

AIS

Day

OWN AIS

Shows the [VOYAGE DATA] menu, to set your ship’s

AIS data.

AIS

Displays screen for AIS message creation.

Palette

Selects a color palette.

BRILL

Adjusts the brilliance of a FURUNO monitor.

TT Operations

Symbol Name

Sleeping AIS target

(green)

Activated AIS target

(green)

Association AIS

target (green)

Dangerous AIS

target (red)

Dangerous association

AIS target (red)

Lost AIS target (green)

Click the

radar echo.

TT symbol

(under acquisition)

Click the

TT symbol.

Right-click the

display area to

show the

context-sensitive

menu.

Select

[Target

Cancel]

then

click the

TTsymbol.

FURUNO

TT symbol

(target acquired)

Click the

AIS target symbol.

Symbol Name

Target under automatic

acquisition (red)

Acquired target (green)

Dangerous target (red)

Lost target (green)

Target under acquisition

(green)

TT symbols

AIS symbols

How to manually acquire a target for tracking How to stop tracking a target

How to show a tracked target’s data

How to activate a sleeping target

How to show an AIS target’s data

AIS Operations

Sleeping

target

Click

When you convert a sleeping target to an activated target, the

activated target's course and speed are shown with a vector.

You can easily judge target movement by monitoring the vector.

Activated

target

Vector

ROT

Heading line

TT/AIS

The TT/AIS box shows or hides the TT and AIS displays, and sets the CPA/TCPA alarm, the past position display, vector time and reference, etc.

Sets TT

acquisition

method; hides

TT display.

Shows, hides the

AIS display.

Sets reference for TT

and AIS target vectors.

Sets TCPA condition for TT

and AIS CPA/TCPA alarm.

Sets TT and AIS lost target

filter conditions.

Sets the conditions for automatic

activation of AIS targets

when their

CPA is

within the

CPA set.

Sets plot

interval for

TT and

AIS past

position

displays.

Sets

reference

(true or

REL) for

TT and

AIS past position points.

Disables, enables

the TT/AIS

CPA/TCPA alarm.

Set CPA condition for TT

and AIS CPA/TCPA alarm.

Set TT and AIS vector time.

Click to set association criteria (with arrow).

<: AIS symbol used for association target.

>: TT symbol used for association target.

No indication

: Disable association.

EBL1 box,

EBL2 box

VRM1 box,

VRM2 box

Permanent warnings box

Chart scale, presentation mode box

Cursor position box

Electronic chart area

Status bar

(See page 10.)

Overlay/NAV

Tools box

Lower

section

InstantAccess bar

Upper

section

(See page 11.)

Chart Display Layout

Alert

box

Sensor information box

Own ship functions box

Route information box

TC:

ROT:

158

Course Difference

Status Bar (chart for radar mode)

Operating mode Selects operating mode, RADAR or CHART for RADAR.

NAVI Selects the Voyage navigation mode.

CHARTS Selects the Chart maintenance mode.

PLAN Selects the Voyage planning mode.

OTHERS Plays back log; sets system in standby.

CHART ONLY

Shows only the chart,

when left button is

pressed and held down.

STD DISP

Restores IMO standard

display.

No use.

Chart database

Selects the pre-defined presentations

of ENC content: IMO BASE, IMO

STD or IMO ALL.

Displays the operator's

manual, ECDIS

program no. and

system information.

User profiles,

Settings menu

Manages user profiles;

Opens the Setting

menu.

Date

Displays the date; selects the

time to use, local or UTC.

Time

Time (local or UTC).

Spinner

Rotates clockwise

if the system is

working properly.

How to open a drop-down list

Drop-down

list

Click button

Indicates a

drop-down list.

Instant Access Bar

Upper section (by operating mode)

Lower section

Voyage navigation mode

Chart maintenance mode

Voyage planning mode

Manage Data:

Deletes, imports routes and user charts;

exports routes and route data.

Guide Box:

Provides range and bearing information between the last

waypoint and the cursor position when creating a route.

Route:

Creates a route (see page 12).

User Chart:

Creates a user chart (see page 14).

Report:

See reports on waypoints and

voyage planning related routes

and user charts.

Opens the Message

dialog box to

manage AIS Safety

and NAVTEX

messages.

Manual Update:

Opens the manual

update dialog box

to insert chart

update symbols

manually.

Mini Conning:

Shows, hides the

mini conning

display.

Select:

Opens the Select Route dialog box

to select the route to follow.

Unselect:

Stops following monitored route.

Move to Plan:

Switches mode to Voyage planning

mode to edit route selected.

Route INFO:

Displays the Route Information

dialog box.

CHART

for RADAR

AUTO Load:

Starts automatic installation of the

chart data (CD or DVD ROM).

Manage Charts:

Manages chart cells (grouping,

deleting, etc.).

Cell Status:

Shows the chart catalog to get info

about charts installed in the system.

License:

Manages chart licenses.

Public Key:

Manages public keys.

CHART

for RADAR

CHART

for RADAR

Chart Legend:

Finds data about current

chart.

Viewing Dates:

Sets “display date” and

“approved until” dates.

Chart 1:

Provides overview of ECDIS

chart symbols.

Record:

Records user/position

events to the event log;

accesses various logs.

Adjusts brilliance of

monitor.

SET:

Shows, hides chart

features; sets chart alerts.

TWO DISP:

Splits the screen in two,

horizontally or vertically.

AIO:

Displays Admirality

Information Overlay.

Shows, hides soft-

ware keyboard.

Selects a color palette.

MOB:

Marks man

overboard position.

Takes a screenshot.

Undoes past action

(route, user chart).

Sync Config:

Selects ECDIS

units to synchronize.

Reconvert:

Reconverts outdated SENC charts to the

corresponding current ones.

Sync Status:

Displays sync status; does sync

status functions.

Instant Track:

Provides a temporary track to return

to or deviate from the monitored

route.

Instant

Track

Routes

Route

PLAN

How to create a route

Click [Save].

Click [OK].

Enter name

for route.

Click [New].

Continue entering waypoints.

WPT1

Click a position

to mark a waypoint.

WPT3

25.8°

1470.2NM

WPT2

106.9°

1748.5NM

WPT6

WPT5

161.4°

353.3NM

WPT4

309.0°

971.4NM

WPT1

201.5°

2137.2NM

At last waypoint,

right-click and

select [Finish].

Delete WPT

Finish

Plan

-ning

How to select a route to navigate

Routes (con’t.)

Route

PLAN

How to view route waypoint information

How to delete a route

Manage

Data

NAVI

Click [Select Route].

Select Route

Unselect

Move to Plan

Route INFO

Route

select

Click

[Waypoints]

tab.

Click [Route Info].

Select Route

Unselect

Move to Plan

Route Info

Right-click

[Route].

Right-click

[Route].

To stop navigating a route:

Route

selected.

Route32

AAAAAA

Route67

15 Nov 2013

13 Nov 2013

Route

selected.

Click

[Open].

Route32

AAAAAA

Route67

15 Nov 2013

13 Nov 2013

Select a route.

Check route(s)

to delete.

Click [Delete].

Delete

ROT:

How to create a user chart

User Charts

User

Chart

PLAN

(3) Click

(2) Click

(1) Click

(4) Right-click;

select [Finish].

How to draw a line How to draw a circle

How to draw an area

(1) Click

(2) Click

(3) Click

(4) Right-click;

select [Finish].

Click [Save].

Click [New].

Enter name

for user chart.

Example objects

Plan

-ning

(1) Click

(2) Move cursor;

double click.

Click object to draw.

Area

Circle

Label

- Label

- Point

Tidal:

- Predicted - Current

Clearing Line:

- NMT - NLT

Line:

- Coast - Route

- Nav - Depth

How to select objects to display in user chart

User Charts(con’t)

PLAN

Edit

Delete

DISP

Symbol

DISP

How to link a user chart to a route

How to delete objects from a user chart

How to delete user charts

SET

Route

Plan

-ning

Circle or area

Point on a line

Edit

DeletePoint

Select [Delete].

Select

[DeletePoint].

Manage

Data

User

Chart

Click [Mariner] tab.

Check item(s).

Right- click

Right- click the point

to delete.

Click [Select].

Click [Save].

UserChart1

Check chart(s)

to delete.

PLAN

UserChart1

UserChart2

UserChart3

Click [User Chart]

tab.

Click.

Select user chart to link.

(Multiple selections

possible.)

Click [Save].

Click [Delete].

Route32

AAAAAA

Route67

Route

selected.

Click [Open].

How to control visibility of chart objects

Chart Operations

Control chart

objects

Control navigational

features

Control basic

chart settings

SET

Basic

Setting

DISP

Chart

DISP

Symbol

DISP

Tick

How to set safety contours and chart alerts

How to set Display date and Approved until dates

How to find chart object information (ENC chart)

How to manually insert a “new” chart object

Chart

INFO

Viewing

Dates

NAVI

Manual

Update

Click object to add.

SET

DISP

Chart

Alert

Click [Approve All].

Put cursor on location

where to enter object

then click.

Click [Planning] tab.

Click

[Commit].

Select object from

Drawing type.

Click [Add].

Right-click

Select

[Object INFO].

Ship off center

Object INFO

Chart Legend

Manual Update

NAVI

Select an

object.

Click [OK].

Right-click.

Chart Operations (con’t.)

Set safety

contours here.

Click to put checkmark:

Red ( ): Audio+visual indications

Orange ( ): Visual indication

Yellow ( ): No indication

How to find target info

TT/AIS Operations

Click a target to show its information.

AIS symbols (main)

TT symbols (main)

Sleeping AIS

target

Activated AIS

target

Past position

marker

(Green)

Name

Symbol

(Color)

(Green)

Target under

acquisition

Past position

marker

(Green)

Acquired

target

Name

Symbol

(Color)

(Green)

How to set up TT and AIS on the TT/AIS page in Overlay/NAV Tools box

Shows, hides TT display.

Shows, hides

AIS display.

Title bar

MMSI

Bearing

Range

Course over ground

Speed over ground

CPA

TCPA

Bow crossing range

Bow crossing time

Position

Scroll buttons

Heading

Navigation

status

Rate of

turn

Click to switch level of detail

Title bar

TT No.

Bearing

Range

Course over ground

Speed over ground

CPA

TCPA

Bow crossing range

Bow crossing time

Vessel name

ABC

Scroll buttons

Vector

(ex. TT)

Sets TT/AIS

vector time.

Selects

TT/AIS vector

reference.

(ex. AIS)

Sets conditions for

automatic activation of AIS

targets whose CPA is within

CPA/TCPA setting.

Enables, disables TT/AIS

CPA/TCPA alarm.

Sets TT/AIS lost target alarm

conditions.

Select past position

point interval (time).

Selects reference for

TT/AIS past position

display.

Sets CPA and TCPA conditions for

TT/AIS CPA/TCPA alarm.

Check to select radar echo source also

as TT source.

Select TT source, radar antenna or TTM

data.

Set association method.

TT/AIS Operations (con’t)

Filters AIS targets

by target category.

Filters AIS targets

by range, speed.

Sleeps all activated

AIS targets.

Set the conditions to activate an AIS target

when its CPA is within the CPA alarm setting.

Sets the conditions

for the AIS lost

target filter.

Sets the conditions

for the TT lost

target filter.

AIS filter, auto activation of AIS targets by CPAAIS filter, how to sleep all AIS targets, auto activation of AIS targets by CPA

AIS and TT lost target filters, association target

Open the chart menu, select TT/AIS Setting and then Setting.1 or Setting.2 as appropriate.

Sets the conditions for association.

PUB. NO. OSE-36040-C

(1410, DAMI) FCR-21X9/21X9-BB/28X9

Alert Icons and Their Meanings

Alert priority: Warning

Icon Alert state Icon description

Not acknowledged, Not rectified

Buzzer temporarily silenced.

Caution

Red triangle with black loudspeaker in center

of triangle. Flashing every 0.5 s.

Acknowledged, Not rectified

Not acknowledged, Rectified

Red triangle with crossed out black loudspeaker

in center of triangle. Flashing every 0.5 s.

Red triangle with black exclamation point in

center of triangle.

Red triangle with black check mark in

center of triangle. Lights 3 s, off 1 s, repeat.

Not acknowledged, Not rectified

Buzzer temporarily silenced

Acknowledged, Not rectified

Yellow-orange circle with black loudspeaker in

center of circle. Flashing every 0.5 s.

Yellow-orange circle with crossed out black

loudspeaker in center of circle. Flashing every

0.5 s.

Yellow-orange circle with black exclamation

point in center of circle.

Yellow-orange circle with black check mark

in center of circle. Lights 3 s, off 1 s, repeat.

Steadily displayed yellow square with black

exclamation point in center of square.

Alert priority: Caution

Alert priority: Alarm

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