Furuno 1942 Radar Detector User Manual


 
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
FOREWORD ...................................iii
SPECIFICATIONS ...........................v
EQUIPMENT LIST ........................viii
CONFIGURATION OF
MODEL 1832/1932/1942 .............x
1. PRINCIPLE OF OPERATION ......1
1.1 What is Radar? .................................... 1
1.2 How Ships Determined Position Before
Radar .................................................. 1
1.3 How Radar Determines Range ........... 1
1.4 How Radar Determines Bearing ......... 1
1.5 Radar Wave Speed and Antenna Rota-
tion Speed ........................................... 1
1.6 The Radar Display .............................. 1
2. BASIC OPERATION .................... 3
2.1 Control Description ............................3
2.2 Display Indications and Markers ........ 4
2.3 Turning the Radar On and Off ............ 5
2.4 Transmitting ........................................ 5
2.5 Stand-by .............................................. 5
2.6 Selecting the Range ............................ 6
2.7 Adjusting Picture Brilliance................ 6
2.8 Adjusting Receiver Sensitivity ........... 6
2.9 Adjusting the A/C SEA Control (reduc-
ing sea clutter) .................................... 6
2.10 Adjusting the A/C RAIN Control
(reducing rain clutter)......................... 7
2.11 Erasing the Heading Line, North Mark
.......................................................... 8
2.12 Measuring the Range ........................ 8
2.13 Measuring the Bearing...................... 9
2.14 Using the Offset EBL .......................9
2.15 Shifting (off centering) the Picture . 10
2.16 Zoom ............................................... 11
3. MENU OPERATION...................12
3.1 Basic Menu Operation ...................... 12
3.2 Selecting the Presentation Mode ...... 12
3.3 Magnifying Long Range Echoes (echo
stretch).............................................. 13
3.4 Echo Trail.......................................... 13
3.5 Suppressing Radar Interference ........ 14
3.6 Selecting Pulsewidth......................... 15
3.7 Guard Alarm ..................................... 15
3.8 Watchman ......................................... 16
3.9 Displaying Navigation Data ............. 17
3.10 OTHER MENU Description........... 18
3.11 Function Keys ................................. 19
3.12 Suppressing Noise .......................... 19
3.13 Adjusting Brilliance of Markers ..... 19
3.14 Outputting Target Position .............. 19
4. FALS ECHOES ..........................20
4.1 Multiple Echoes ................................ 20
4.2 Side-lobe Echoes .............................. 20
4.3 Indirect Echoes ................................. 20
4.4 Blind and Shadow Sectors ................ 21
5. MAINTENANCE & TROUBLE-
SHOOTING ................................22
5.1 Preventitive Maintenance ................. 22
5.2 Replacing the Fuse............................ 22
5.3 Troubleshooting ................................ 23
5.4 Self Test ............................................ 24
5.5 Life Expectancy of Magnetron ......... 24
6. INSTALLATION ......................... 25
6.1 Antenna Unit Installation .................. 25
6.2 Display Unit Installation ................... 30
6.3 Exchange of Fuse for 24/32V Power
Supply .............................................. 32
6.4 Checking the Installation .................. 32
6.5 Adjustments ...................................... 32
MENU TREE ............................. AP-1
ARP-10 (OPTION) .................... AP-2
Declaration of Conformity