User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- 0 General
- 1 BASIS SETTINGS TO USE THIS RADAR
- 2 OPERATING INSTRUCTION
- 2.1 Radar Operation
- 2.2 Set to Operation
- 2.3 Display Organization and Submenu Structure
- 2.3.1 Sensitivity Controls
- 2.3.1.1 Gain and Clutter Processing
- 2.3.1.2 Tune
- 2.3.1.3 Gain
- 2.3.1.4 Sea
- 2.3.1.5 Rain Rate
- 2.3.1.6 Automatic Clutter Reduction
- 2.3.1.7 Filtering Rain Clouds FTC
- 2.3.1.8 Search and Rescue Transponder SART ON/OFF
- 2.3.1.9 Pulse Width Selection (only available in Master mode)
- 2.3.1.10 Interference Selection IR ON/OFF
- 2.3.1.11 Echo Expansion EXP. ON/OFF
- 2.3.2 Radar Video Displays
- 2.3.3 Radar Video Settings
- 2.3.4 Navigational Elements MAP, PIL, EBL and VRM
- 2.3.5 Cursor Information
- 2.3.6 Cursor in Park Position
- 2.3.7 Information Panel
- 2.3.1 Sensitivity Controls
- 2.4 Select Target Information TGT INFO
- 2.5 Target Menu
- 2.6 Zone Management
- 2.7 Function Menu
- 2.7.1 Select the Backlight Menu Brightness Control and Color Palette
- 2.7.2 Select T-SCE (ON/OFF)
- 2.7.3 Select Route (Option)
- 2.7.4 Select Zoom Menu
- 2.7.5 Select Sector Blanking (ON/OFF)
- 2.7.6 System Clear
- 2.7.7 Performance Monitor (PMU)
- 2.7.8 Magnetron Current
- 2.7.9 Test Alert
- 2.7.10 Senc Menu
- 2.7.11 Chart Info
- 2.8 Chart Radar Function
- 2.9 Select ARPA Trial Manoeuvre
- 2.10 Sea Scout (Option)
- 2.11 Alarm and Warning messages and handling
- 2.12 Working Around the Radar Antenna
- 3 Theory of Operation
- 4 Index
Synapsis Radar
with Nautoscan NX Pedestal
Operator Manual
Edition July 2015
2-187
4265.DOC020102
2.7 Function Menu
This menu provides additional functions.
2.7.1 Select the Backlight Menu Brightness Control and Color Palette
This Backlight Menu allows the operator to switch over between the functions
CENTRAL and LOCAL backlight dimming. The SYNAPSIS INS generally
consists of several MFCs which are combined to groups. In this case the
selected CENTRAL function is used for one group.
This function menu allows the operator to find the optimum brightness for
graphical presentation located around the PPI.
DIMMER MENUs 1 or 2 provide several sliders which allow individual
adjustment of the various parts of the Radar display surface.
On the bottom side of the dimmer menus the operator can select a Color
Palette from five options.
Operator controls
Task
Step 1 Open the FUNC menu.
Step 2 Select the Sun symbol button.
Step 3 Switch over between CENTRAL or LOCAL
backlight dimming. The slider symbol follows the
changeover.
Step 4 Select the BACKLIGHT MENU button. DIMMER
MENU 1 fades in.
Step 5 Adjust your favoured slider by pressing the left
trackball button. Deselect the slider adjustment by
pressing the left trackball button again or wait for the
time out (10s), then the slider adjustment will deselect
automatically.
Step 6 Select the DIMMER MENU 1 button DIMMER
MENU 2 fades in.
Step 7 Adjust your favoured slider (see step 5).
Step 8 Select the DIMMER MENU 2 button the
BACKLIGHT MENU fades in again.
Step 9 Change COLOR PALETTE by pressing on one of
the numbered fields.