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5.12 Routes Menu ............................................................................................................5-17
6. RADAR ..................................................................................................................6-1
6.1 Transmit, Stand-by .....................................................................................................6-1
6.2 Tuning.........................................................................................................................6-1
6.3 How to Adjust the Gain...............................................................................................6-2
6.3.1 Automatic Clutter Elimination (FAR-15xx connection only)............................6-2
6.4 How to Reduce the Sea Clutter..................................................................................6-3
6.5 How to Reduce the Rain Clutter.................................................................................6-4
6.6 Range Scale...............................................................................................................6-4
6.7 Orientation Mode ........................................................................................................6-5
6.8 How to Measure the Range and Bearing from Your Ship to a Target........................6-6
6.8.1 How to display the range rings .......................................................................6-6
6.8.2 How to set the number of the range rings ......................................................6-6
6.8.3 How to select the range rings mode...............................................................6-7
6.8.4 How to measure the range and bearing with the ruler ...................................6-8
6.8.5 How to measure the range with the VRM.......................................................6-8
6.8.6 How to measure the bearing with the EBL .....................................................6-9
6.8.7 How to select the EBL reference....................................................................6-9
6.9 How to Measure the Range and Bearing Between Two Targets .............................6-10
6.10 How to Off-center the Picture ...................................................................................6-10
6.11 Heading Line ............................................................................................................6-10
6.12 How to Reduce Radar Interference..........................................................................6-11
6.13 Guard Zone ..............................................................................................................6-11
6.13.1 How to set the guard zone ...........................................................................6-11
6.13.2 How to activate or deactivate the guard zone ..............................................6-11
6.13.3 How to hide the guard zone .........................................................................6-12
6.13.4 Guard zone menus.......................................................................................6-12
6.14 Watchman ................................................................................................................6-12
6.15 Echo Trails................................................................................................................6-14
6.15.1 How to show or hide echo trails ...................................................................6-14
6.15.2 How to clear echo trails to restart new echo trails........................................6-14
6.15.3 Echo trail time...............................................................................................6-14
6.15.4 Echo trail mode (reference)..........................................................................6-15
6.15.5 Echo trail color..............................................................................................6-15
6.15.6 Echo trail shading.........................................................................................6-16
6.16 Echo Stretch.............................................................................................................6-16
6.17 Echo Average...........................................................................................................6-16
6.18 Sweep Fade .............................................................................................................6-17
6.19 How to Show, Hide or Cancel an Active Route ........................................................6-17
6.20 How to Show or Hide the Boat Icon..........................................................................6-18
6.21 Echo Color................................................................................................................6-18
6.22 Background Color.....................................................................................................6-18
6.23 Radar Overlay Range Link .......................................................................................6-19
6.24 Dual-Range Display..................................................................................................6-19
6.25 Target Analyzer ........................................................................................................6-20
6.26 RezBoost
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6.27 Bird Mode .................................................................................................................6-21
6.28 FAR-2xx7/FAR-15xx Radar Series and NavNet TZtouch ........................................6-23
6.29 How to Understand the Radar Display .....................................................................6-24
6.29.1 False echoes ................................................................................................6-24
6.29.2 Search And Rescue Transponder (SART), Racon.......................................6-25
6.30 ARPA Operation.......................................................................................................6-27
6.30.1 How to show or hide the ARPA display........................................................6-27
6.30.2 How to manually acquire a target.................................................................6-28
6.30.3 How to automatically acquire a target ..........................................................6-28