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VIDEO PLOTTER
RP-250
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SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS WARNING Be sure to insert the memory card battery correctly. Explosion may result if it is installed with polarity reversed. NOTICE No one navigational aid should be relied upon exclusively for the safety of vessel and crew. The navigator has the responsibility to check all aids available to confirm his position. Electronic aids are not a substitute for basic navigational principles and common sense. Digital charts cannot replace official nautical charts Digital charts a
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TABLE OF CONTENTS FOREWORD........................................... iv 4 WAYPOINTS, NAVIGATION LINES ...17 4.1 Entering Waypoints...........................17 1 OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW ............... 1 4.1.1 Entering waypoints at cursor 1.1 General............................................... 1 position...................................17 1.2 Controls .............................................. 2 4.1.2 Entering waypoints at specific 1.3 Choosing Display Mode .......
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7.4 Sleeping Targets............................... 33 8 MAINTENANCE.................................45 7.4.1 Sleeping an AIS target ........... 33 8.1 Replacing the Battery on the 7.4.2 Sleeping all AIS targets .......... 33 RP Board............................................ 45 7.4.3 Activating all sleeping AIS 8.2 Replacing the Battery in the Memory targets..................................... 34 Card ................................................... 45 7.5 Displaying Target Data ..
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FOREWORD A Word to the Owner of the RP-250 FURUNO Electric Company thanks you for purchasing the RP-250 Video Plotter. We are confident you will discover why the FURUNO name has become synonymous with quality and reliability. For over 50 years FURUNO Electric Company has enjoyed an enviable reputation for quality and reliability throughout the world. This dedication to excellence is furthered by our extensive global network of agents and dealers. Your equipment is designed and constr
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1 OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 1.1 General The Video Plotter RP-250 is an optional circuit board (RP board) which is accommodated in the display unit of the FR-2105 series radar. It permits use of two memory cards, a memory card (RAM card) for storing own ship and other ship tracks and marks, and the other is a chart card (ROM card) for digital charts. With connection of an AIS (Universal Automatic Identification System) transponder to the RP board, the RP-250 provides navigation data about
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1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 1.2 Controls Power switch Control head Card slot FR-2105 series radar display unit POWER HL PANEL MODE AUDIO RADAR PLOT NAV OFF BRILL OFF MENU MENU MENU 1 2 3 OFF LOST BRILLIANCE A/C RAIN A/C SEA GAIN VECTOR CENTER TARGET ON 4 5 6 OFF PM ACQ ANTENNA CHART EBL MARK ALIGN #1 #2 STBY TARGET OFF ON OFF ON 7 8 9 DATA TX TUNE TARGET CU, TM A/C AIS AIS TRAILS RESET AUTO EBL RANGE VRM TARGET DEGAUSS ERROR CANCEL DATA MENU CANCEL 0 ENTER Function set and labels attached at i
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1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 1.3 Choosing Display Mode 1. Press the [RADAR MENU] key. 2. Press the [9] key to choose display mode desired. The illustration at the bottom of the page shows a sample video plotter display. Note that the video plotter is not available when SHIP TYPE is set for DEEP SEA. Note: When the radar display is selected, the display shows the indication AIS: OFF and when the radar/video plotter display is in use the indication AIS: ON appears. AIS-related alarms will be re
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1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW About the radar/video plotter display When using the radar/video plotter display, you may erase marks, lines, grid, etc. from the display to give priority to the radar display. This is also useful for brightening charts. 1. Press the [NAV MENU] key to show the VIDEO PLOTTER 1 menu. 2. Press the [7] key to choose PLOTTER PRESENTATION. 3. Press the [7] key again to choose DEFAULT. 4. Press the [ENTER] key. 5. Press the [NAV MENU] key to close the menu. Note: T
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1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 1.5 Charts This section shows you how to display charts and correct their position. Both the chart card and memory card are susceptible to sunlight. Handle them carefully, following the guidelines below. • Keep them away from direct sunlight and heat sources. • Keep cards away from water and chemicals. • Keep the connector free of foreign material. • Do not drop the cards. 1.5.1 Displaying a chart To display a chart, do the following: 1. Insert the chart c
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1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW Canceling chart position correction 1. Press the [NAV MENU] and [0] keys to show the VIDEO PLOTTER 2 menu. 2. Press the [2] key to choose NAV DATA POSN. 3. Press the [ENTER] key to cancel correction. 4. Press the [NAV MENU] key to close the menu. Cursor position correction The cursor position can be corrected as follows: 1. Press the [NAV MENU] and [0] keys to show the VIDEO PLOTTER 2 menu. 2. Press the [3] key to choose ALIGN +CURSOR DATA. 3. Press the [3]
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1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 5. Press any menu key to close the menu. Note 1: LAND DENSITY fills (ON) or hollows (OFF) land on an electronic chart. Land will be hollow when wrong card or wrong scale is used, regardless of LAND DENSITY setting. Note 2: OWN SHIP PLOT functions as follows: OFF: Own track is neither plotted nor recorded. SEPARATE: Own track is neither plotted nor recorded when RECORD OWN SHIP PLOT of OWN SHIP, TARGET PLOT menu is OFF own ship plotting. CONTINUE: Own track is pl
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1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW For manual input of position (item 4), do the following: a) Press the [4] key. b) Enter latitude in six digits with the numeric keys. c) Press the [ENTER] key. (To change coordinate, press the [4] key and then press the [ENTER] key). d) Enter longitude in eight digits. e) Press the [ENTER] key. (To change coordinate, press the [4] key and then press the [ENTER] key). 3. Press the [0] key to go to next page, the NAV INFORMATION 2 menu. Choose options as you did o
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2 TRACK This section provides the information necessary for setting the track display conditions for own ship and other vessels. 2.1 Stopping Plotting of Own Ship's Track 1. Press the [NAV MENU] and [5] keys. [OWN SHIP, TARGET PLOT] 1 [VIDEO PLOTTER(1)] 2 RECORD OWN SHIP PLOT OFF/ON 3 OWN SHIP PLOT INTVL 10/30SEC/1/2/3/6MIN 4 OWN SHIP PLOT COLOR RED/MAGENTA/YEL*/ * = Not available GRN*/CYAN/BLU/WHITE* on IMO type. 5 RECORD TARGET PLOT OFF/ON 6 TARGET PLOT INTVL 10/30
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2. TRACK 2.3 Track Plotting Interval The memory stores ship's position in latitude and longitude at a sampling rate set on the OWN SHIP, TARGET PLOT menu. The position data so stored is used to display past own ship's track on the screen. The memory for own ship track and other ship track is 20,000 points each. The plotting interval affects track reconstruction. A shorter interval provides more accurate reconstruction of track, however storage time of the track is reduced. A longer interv
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2. TRACK 2.4 Smoothing Even when the vessel is sailing in a straight line the track shown on the display looks irregular. This is due to signal variation of the external navaid. You can compensate for this irregularity with smoothing. A smoothing factor between 1 and 9 is available. OFF provides no smoothing. In most cases a smoothing setting between 1 and 5 is satisfactory. 1. Press the [NAV MENU] and [5] keys. 2. Press the [8] key to choose smoothing factor. 3. Press the [ENTER]
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2. TRACK 2.6 Own Ship Track Color You may display own ship’s track in red, magenta, yellow*, green*, cyan, blue or white* as below. (* = Not available on IMO type.) 1. Press the [NAV MENU] key and the [5] key to choose OWN SHIP, TARGET PLOT. 2. Press the [4] key to choose color desired. 3. Press the [ENTER] key. 4. Press the [NAV MENU] key to close the menu. 2.7 Other Ship Track Color You may display other ship’s track in red, magenta, yellow*, green*, cyan, blue or white* as be
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3 MARKS, LINES You can inscribe marks on the display to note important points, for example, a buoy or a wreck. The mark memory capacity is 20,000 points. 3.1 Choosing Method of Entry Marks can be entered by cursor position, specific latitude and longitude or own ship position. 1. Press the [NAV MENU], [0] and [6] keys. 2. Press the [6] key to choose method of mark entry; CURSOR, L/L or OWN SHIP POSN. 3. Press the [ENTER] key. 4. Press the [NAV MENU] key to close the menu.
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3. MARKS, LINES 2. For entry at own ship’s position, enter mark number to choose desired mark, followed by the [ENTER] key. The chosen mark appears at own ship position. 3. For entry by cursor, operate the trackball to place the cursor on the position desired for the mark. Enter mark number to choose desired mark and then press the [ENTER] key. The chosen mark appears at the cursor position. 4. To inscribe a line, first select the mark entry method (see paragraph 3.1) for “cursor.” Then
