Operation Manual

Radaroverlay
YoucancombinethechartwiththeradarandMARPAfunctions
toprovidetargettrackingortohelpyoudistinguishbetweenxed
objectsandothermarinetrafc.
Youcanenhancetheuseofyourchartbycombiningitwiththe
followingradarfeatures:
•MARPA.
•Radaroverlay(fordistinguishingbetweenxedandmoving
objects).
UsingtheradartoviewMARPAtargetsonthechart
TheMiniAutomaticRadarPlottingAid(MARPA)functionisusedfor
targettrackingandriskanalysis.Whentheradaroverlayison,all
MARPAtargetsaredisplayedinthechartwindowandassociated
MARPAfunctionscanbeaccessedviathechart.
Usingradaroverlaytodistinguishbetweenxedandmoving
objects
Youcanoverlayradarimagedataoveryourchartimageallowing
betterdistinctionbetweenxedobjectsandothermarinetrafc.For
bestresults,switchonRadar-Chartsynchronizationtoensureradar
rangeandchartscalearesynchronized.
Note:InordertousetheRadaroverlayfeatureyoumustusean
externalsourceformagneticheading(e.g.uxgatecompass),
youcannotuseCOGdataforradaroverlay.
Enablingradaroverlay
Withtheradarturnedonandtransmitting,withthechartapplication
in2Dview:
1.SelectMenu.
2.SelectPresentation.
3.SelectLayers.
4.SelectRadar.
Theradaroverlayopacitysliderbarcontrolisdisplayedshowing
thecurrentopacitypercentage.
5.Adjustthesliderbartotherequiredopacity,or
6.SelectOfftoturntheradaroverlayoff.
Accessingradarcontrolsonthechart
Fromthechartapplication:
1.SelectMenu.
2.SelectRadarOptions.
Note:Anychangesmadetotheradaroptionsfromthechart
applicationwillbeappliedtotheradarapplication.
Chartscaleandradarrangesynchronization
Youcansynchronizetheradarrangeinallradarwindowswiththe
chartscale.
Whensynchronizationisswitchedon:
•Theradarrangeinallradarwindowschangestomatchthechart
scale.
•‘Sync’isindicatedinthetopleft-handcornerofthechartwindow.
•Ifyouchangetheradarrange,inanyradarwindow,all
synchronizedchartviewschangescaletomatch.
•Ifyouchangethescaleofasynchronizedchartwindow,allradar
windowschangerangetomatch.
Synchronizingthechartandradarrange
Inthe2Dchartview:
1.SelectMenu.
2.SelectPresentation.
3.SelectChartSync.
4.SelectRadar.
Note:Radarrangesynchronizationisnotavailablewhenthe
chartmotionmodeissettoAUTORANGE.
NOWRadweatheroverlay
Withasuitableweatherreceiverconnectedtoyourmultifunction
display,youcanoverlayNOWRadweatherinformationonthechart
display.
TheNOWRadweatheroverlayprovidesNOWRadweather
informationandreportsinthechartapplication.Youcanadjustthe
intensityoftheoverlaytoachieveoptimalvisibilityofbothchart
andweatherinformation.
Note:TheNOWRadweatheroverlaycanonlybeusedinNorth
Americaanditscoastalwaters.
EnablingNOWRadweatheroverlayonthechart
Inthe2Dchartview:
1.SelectMenu.
2.SelectPresentation.
3.SelectLayers.
4.SelectNOWRad.
TheNOWRadopacitysliderbarcontrolisdisplayedshowing
thecurrentopacitypercentage.
5.Adjustthesliderbartotherequiredopacity,or
6.SelectOfftoturntheNOWRadoverlayoff.
Viewingweatherreportsfromthechartapplication
Inthe2Dchartview:
1.SelectMenu.
2.SelectWeatherReports.
3.SelectReportAttoswitchbetweenweatherreportsfromShip
orCursorlocation.
4.SelecteitherTropicalStatements,MarineWarnings,Marine
ZoneForecasts,orWatchboxWarnings.
Rangerings
1nm
2nm
3nm
D117 66-2
Rangeringsgiveyouanincrementalrepresentationofdistance
fromyourvesseltohelpyoujudgedistancesataglance.Therings
arealwayscentredonyourvessel,andthescalevariestosuityour
currentzoomsetting.Eachringislabelledwiththedistancefrom
yourvessel.
Enablingrangerings
Inthe2Dchartview:
1.SelectMenu.
2.SelectPresentation.
3.SelectLayers.
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