User manual FURUNO FA-150

[. . . ] FA-150 OPERATOR'S MANUAL OPERATOR'S MANUAL UAIS Transponder FA-150 (Elemental Chlorine Free) The paper used in this manual is elemental chlorine free. C Your Local Agent/Dealer 9-52 Ashihara-cho, Nishinomiya 662-8580, JAPAN Telephone : +81-(0)798-65-2111 Fax : +81-(0)798-65-4200 All rights reserved. Printed in Japan FIRST EDITION A2 : DEC. OME-44310 ( DAMI ) FA-150 http://www. furuno. co. jp/ SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS WARNING ELECTRICAL SHOCK HAZARD Do not open the equipment. Only qualified personnel should work inside the equipment. Immediately turn off the power at the switchboard if water leaks into the equipment or something is dropped in the equipment. [. . . ] For an example of a received message, see paragraph 1. 8. 2. [TX LOG] CHANGE YOUR COURSE TO 350 DEGREE. QUIT[MENU] Transmitted message example 5. Press the DISP key to close the log. 1-27 1. OPERATION 1. 9 Regional Operating Channels AIS operates primarily on two dedicated VHF channels, CH 2087 and CH2088. Where these channels are not available regionally, the AIS is capable of being automatically switched to designated alternate channels by means of a message from a shore facility. Where no shore based AIS or GMDSS sea area A1 station is in place, the AIS should be switched manually as in paragraph 1. 9. 2. A regional operating area is set with the procedure shown below. The most recent eight areas are memorized. Automatic setting of VHF DSC (channel 70) from shore-based AIS Automatic setting by AIS message from shore-based AIS Setting by shipboard system such as ECDIS Manual setting The default area is as follows: Tx power: 12. 5 W Channel no. 2087, 2088 Frequency bandwidth: 25 kHz Tx/Rx mode: Tx/Rx 1. 9. 1 Viewing channels, Tx power Do the following to view current channels. Choose CHANNEL SETTINGS and then press the ENT key. [CHANNEL SETTINGS] VIEW CHANNEL EDIT CHANNEL QUIT[MENU] CHANNEL SETTINGS menu 3. Choose VIEW CHANNEL and then press the ENT key. Power [VIEW CHANNEL] POWER : 12. 5W CHANNEL NO. CH-A: 2087 CH-B: 2088 Channel QUIT[MENU] VIEW CHANNEL display 4. Press the DISP key to close the display. 1-28 1. OPERATION 1. 9. 2 Displaying, editing regional operating area status You may display the status of regional operating areas currently memorized in the equipment. Nine of any combination of AIS message from shore-based AIS, DSC message, manual settings and commands from ECDIS or a PC may be registered and one will be HIGH SEA. About registering areas AIS and DSC messages registered within last two hours cannot be edited. An item labeled HIGH SEA cannot be registered. ("HIGH SEA" are data used for international waters not controlled by shore-based AIS. ) If two areas overlap one another the older data is deleted. Area data is deleted when it is more than 500 miles from the area for which it was registered. Choose CHANNEL SETTINGS and then press the ENT key. Choose EDIT CHANNEL and then press the ENT key. [EDIT CHANNEL] SELECT NO. : 0 TIME - -/- - - - -: - -: - FROM MMSI: - - - - - - - - TYPE: MANUAL QUIT [MENU] EDIT[ENT] EDIT CHANNEL sub-menu, page 1 SELECT NO. : File number, 0-9. [. . . ] 1-33 M Maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1 Memory clear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12 Memory test (transponder) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5 MENU key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ]