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Table Of Contents

General Safety Precautions
List of Contents
1 Overview
- 1.1 RADARPILOT ATLAS 1000
- 1.2 CHARTRADAR ATLAS 1000
- 1.3 MULTIPILOT ATLAS 1000
- 1.4 The Equipment Components
- 1.5 Scope of Applicability of these Operating Instructions
2 Basic Settings; General Remarks about Operating
- 2.1 Switching the Radar System On and Off
- 2.2 General Remarks about the Operating and Display Elements
- 2.3 Brilliance and Colour Selection
- 2.4 Degaussing
- 2.5 Display Modes
- 2.6 An Overview of the Screen
- 2.7 The Menu Structure
- 2.8 Activating/Deactivating of Slave Keyboards/Trackballs
3 PPI Settings
- 3.1 Screen Stabilisation of the PPI: True Motion, Relative Motion
- 3.2 PPI Orientation: Head-Up, North-Up, Course-Up
- 3.3 Centering / Off-Centering of the Display (Center, Off-Center)
- 3.4 Range Selection (Range)
- 3.5 Range Rings, Grid
- 3.6 Own Ship Symbols and Target Symbols, Vectors, Past Position Plots
- 3.7 Trails
- 3.8 Setting the Display of Pre-planned Tracks
- 3.9 Defining the System Track and the Next Waypoint; System Track Display
- 3.10 Setting the Display of User Chart Objects on the RADARPILOT
- 3.11 Setting the Display of Charts and User Chart Objects on the CHARTRADAR
- 3.12 Setting the Display of the Map
- 3.13 Adjusting the Chart or Map to the Radar Video
4 Setting the Radar Function
- 4.1 Radar Function On/Off, Interswitch Functions, Master/Slave Switch-Over
- 4.2 Basic Setting of the Radar Video
- 4.3 Selection of the Antenna Revolution Rate
- 4.4 Radar Setting for High Speed of Own Vessel (HSC)
- 4.5 Radar Setting for the Display of RACON Codes
- 4.6 Radar Setting for SART Detection (X-Band only)
- 4.7 Suppression of the Synthetics and Video
5 Heading, Speed, Position
- 5.1 Compass
- 5.2 Speed Sensor
- 5.3 Position Sensor
6 Bearing and Range
- 6.1 Cursor Display
- 6.2 Variable Range Markers (VRM's)
- 6.3 Electronic Bearing Lines (EBL's)
- 6.4 Operating the VRM and the EBL Jointly
- 6.5 Parallel Index Lines
7 ARPA Functions
- 7.1 Symbols Used
- 7.2 Procedure of the Target Acquisition
- 7.3 Manual Target Acquisition
- 7.4 Automatic Target Acquisition; Settings of the Acquisition/Guard Zone
- 7.5 Deletion of Targets, Loss of Target
- 7.6 Target Data Display
- 7.7 Target Labels
- 7.8 Selecting the Reference Targets for Reference Target Tracking
8 EPA Functions (Electronic Plotting Aid)
- 8.1 Manual Target Acquisition and Semi-Automatic Plotting
- 8.2 Deletion of Targets
- 8.3 Target Data Display
- 8.4 Target Labels
9 Collision Avoidance (TCPA, CPA)
10 Trial Manoeuvres
- 10.1 General
- 10.2 Switch-On of the Trial Manoeuvre Display
- 10.3 Setting the Trial Manoeuvre in Relative Display Mode
- 10.4 Checking the Trial Manoeuvre in True Display Mode
- 10.5 Switching Off the Trial Manoeuvre Display
11 Editing of Pre-planned Tracks
- 11.1 Generating a New Pre-planned Track
- 11.2 Modifying an Existing Track
- 11.3 Generating a New Track on the Basis of an Existing Track
- 11.4 Managing the Pre-planned Tracks
12 Editing the Map
- 12.1 Preparing the Editing of the Map
- 12.2 Editing of Symbols
- 12.3 Editing of Lines
- 12.4 Ending the Editing of a Map
13 Displays in the Multidisplay
- 13.1 Docking Display
- 13.2 Zoom Display
- 13.3 Depth Display
- 13.4 Wind/Set+Drift Display
14 Quick Info Box
- 14.1 Contents of the Quick Info Box
- 14.2 Operating Procedure for the Stopwatch
- 14.3 Setting the Zone Time
15 Evaluation of the Radar Video
- 15.1 Achievable Radar Range
- 15.2 Distortions of the Radar Video
- 15.3 Undesirable Echo Displays and Effects
- 15.4 Sector Blanking
16 The Radar Keyboard
17 Alarm Management
18 List of Alarms
19 List of the Alarm Signal Outputs
20 Care and Maintenance Work
- 20.1 Care
- 20.2 Maintenance Work
21 Performance Monitor
22 System Maintenance Manager
- 22.1 Determining the Versions of Software, Hardware and Documentation
- 22.2 Listing the System Faults
- 22.3 Off-Line Selfcheck
- 22.4 Checking / Correcting the Computer Time
- 22.5 Distribution and Deletion of Map Data; Data Saving
- 22.6 Exchanging Track Files between the Indicators; Data Saving
- 22.7 The Handling of Diskettes
- 22.8 Aborting and Restarting the Program of the Radar System

ED 3038 G 232 / 01 (2002-06)

Operating Instructions

2 Basic Settings; General Remarks about Operating

2.3 Brilliance and Colour Selection

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RADARPILOT / CHARTRADAR

2.3 Brilliance and Colour Selection

For the approximate but usually adequate adaptation of the

screen brilliance to suit the brightness of the surroundings,

there is a choice between 6 colour palettes.

Fine adjustment of the overall brilliance and of the contrast is

possible. Furthermore, the brilliance of the PPI element groups

can be adjusted individually.

Selecting the Brilliance and the Colour Palette

Click on the BRILL button.

- By clicking on the DAY button, the medium daytime

colour palette NORMAL DAY is switched on.

- By clicking on the NIGHT button, the medium night-time

colour palette NORMAL NIGHT is switched on.

- To switch on the other daylight colour palettes, click on

the DAY button with the MORE key and select the

desired palette.

- To switch on the other night-time colour palettes, click on the NIGHT button with the MORE key and

select the palette.

Displaying Areas of the Electronic Chart in Grey Shades (on the CHARTRADAR only)

☞ On the CHARTRADAR, the BRILLIANCE menu in Chart

Display Mode additionally contains the GREY MODE

button. If this function is switched on, the areas of the Elec-

tronic Chart are displayed not in colour but in grey shades.

In this type of display, the coloured radar video and

symbols are visually easier to distinguish from the back-

ground.

How to Brighten a Very Dark Screen

If the screen is set very dark in a very bright environment, it might no longer be possible to recognise

anything on the screen. Thus, the brilliance can no longer be increased in the manner described. A way

out of this "trap" is offered by a brilliance increase by means of the DO and MORE keys:

Press the DO key and a MORE key; with the second MORE key, make the screen brighter step by step.

Fine Adjustment of the Monitor Brightness and Contrast

These adjustments are performed by means of the brightness and contrast knobs of the monitor. On

monitors which do not have these operating elements, the adjustments are performed as follows

1. Click on the BRILL button.

2. Click on the BRIGHTNESS area or on the CONTRAST

area.

3. Perform the desired adjustment with the trackball.

4. Press the DO key.

All colour information in these operating instructions refers to the average colour palette for daytime, namely NORMAL DAY.

Monitors are also used, which only have a brightness control and no contrast control.

BRILL

1.DO

2.DO

BRIGHTNESS

CONTRAST

PANEL

DAY

NIGHT

DEGAUSS

SETTINGS...

BRILLIANCE

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