Furuno far-2805 series User Manuals

Table of Contents

• SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

  3
• TABLE OF CONTENTS

  5
• INTRODUCTION

  7
  • A Word to the Owner of FURUNO Radar

    7
  • About This Manual

    8
  • Features

    9
  • Specifications

    11
  • SYSTEM CONFIGURATION

    14
• 1. OPERATION

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  • 1.1 Turning on the Power

    16
  • 1.2 Transmitter ON

    16
  • 1.3 Controls

    17
  • 1.4 CRT Brilliance

    21
  • 1.5 Tuning the Receiver

    21
  • 1.6 On-screen Legends and Markers

    22
  • 1.7 Degaussing the CRT Screen

    23
  • 1.8 Initializing the Gyro Readout

    24
  • 1.9 Presentation Modes

    24
  • 1.10 Selecting the Range Scale

    27
  • 1.11 Selecting the Pulsewidth

    27
  • 1.12 Adjusting the Sensitivity

    29
  • 1.13 Suppressing Sea Clutter

    29
  • 1.14 Suppressing Precipitation Clutter

    30
  • 1.15 Interference Rejector

    30
  • 1.16 Measuring the Range

    31
  • 1.17 Measuring the Bearing

    31
  • 1.18 Collision Assessment by Offset EBL

    32
  • 1.19 Measuring Range and Bearing Between Two Targets

    33
  • 1.20 Setting a Guard Zone (Guard Alarm)

    33
  • 1.21 Off-Centering

    34
  • 1.22 Echo Stretch

    35
  • 1.23 Echo Averaging

    36
  • 1.24 Electronic Plotting Aid (EPA)

    37
  • 1.25 Target Trails (Echo Trails)

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  • 1.26 Parallel Index Lines

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  • 1.27 Anchor Watch

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  • 1.28 Origin Mark

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  • 1.29 Zoom

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  • 1.30 Markers

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  • 1.31 Menu Keys

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  • 1.32 RADAR 1 and 2 Menu Settings

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  • 1.33 Function Keys

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  • 1.34 EPA Menu

    54
  • 1.35 NAV INFORMATION Menu and Navigation Data Display

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  • 1.36 Radar Map

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  • 1.37 Suppressing Second-trace Echoes

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  • 1.38 Adjusting Relative Brilliance Levels of Screen Data

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  • 1.39 Set and Drift (Set and Rate)

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  • 1.40 Display of Ancillary Information

    60
  • 1.41 Alarms

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• 2. OPERATION OF ARPA

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  • 2.1 General

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  • 2.2 Keys Used for ARPA

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  • 2.3 ARPA Menu Operation

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  • 2.4 Start-up Procedure

    64
  • 2.5 Automatic Acquisition

    65
  • 2.6 Manual Acquisition

    68
  • 2.7 Changing Plot Symbol Size

    68
  • 2.8 Adjusting Brilliance of Plot Marks

    71
  • 2.9 Displaying Target Data

    71
  • 2.10 Mode and Length of Vectors

    72
  • 2.11 Past Position Display

    72
  • 2.12 Setting CPA/TCPA Alarm Ranges

    73
  • 2.13 Setting a Guard Zone

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  • 2.14 Operational Warnings

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  • 2.15 Trial Maneuver

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  • 2.16 ARPA Track Test

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  • 2.17 Criteria for Selecting Targets for Tracking

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  • 2.18 Factors Affecting ARPA Functions

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• 3. RADAR OBSERVATION

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  • 3.1 General

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  • 3.2 False Echoes

    83
  • 3.3 SART (Search and Rescue Transponder)

    84
  • 3.4 RACON (Radar Beacon)

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• 4. MAINTENANCE

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  • 4.1 Periodic Maintenance Schedule

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  • 4.2 Life Expectancy of Major Parts

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• 5. TROUBLESHOOTING

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  • 5.1 Easy Troubleshooting

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  • 5.2 Advanced-level Troubleshooting

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  • 5.3 Diagnostic Test

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• APPENDIX

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  • A.1 Performance Monitor

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  • A.2 For Fishing Vessel

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  • A.3 Navigation Data (IEC 61162-1 Edition 1 and Edition2)

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  • A.4 Sentence Description

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• MENU TREE

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• MECHANICAL PARTS LISTS

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• ELECTRICAL PARTS LISTS

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• OUTLINE DRAWINGS

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• Declaration of conformity to type

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• Declaration of conformity (FR/FAR-2855, FR/FAR-2855W, FR/FAR-2865SW)

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