User manual NORTHSTAR R2D 2KW Install Guide

[. . . ] R2D 2KW RADAR INSTALLATION MANUAL Part No. A Northstar 30 Sudbury Road Acton, Massachusetts 01720 a unit of Brunswick New Technologies Marine Electronics www. NorthstarNav. com Service: 978/897-6600 Sales: 800/628-4487 Contents SECTION ONE: Introducing the Northstar radar SECTION TWO: Installing and wiring the radar ------------------- 1 -------------------- 3 Installing the antenna - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4 Wiring the radar - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7 SECTION THREE: Setting up the radar - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 13 13 15 18 18 Configuring the navigator - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Calibrating the radar - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Adjusting the appearance settings - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Finishing up - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - SECTION FIVE: Using manual control functions - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 21 Gain and clutter adjustments - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 21 Other functions - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 23 SECTION SIX: Servicing the radar - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 25 25 26 26 26 Contacting Northstar - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Hearing from you - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Using the Dealer Express web pages - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Returning a radar for service - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - APPENDIX A: Specifications and Drawings - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 27 APPENDIX B: Manual Tuning Procedure - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 29 SECTION ONE: Introducing the Northstar radar WARNING! Microwave Radiation Hazard The microwave energy radiated by a radar antenna is harmful to humans, especially to one's eyes. Never look directly into an open waveguide or into the path of radiation from an enclosed antenna. Radar and other radio frequency radiation can upset cardiac pacemakers. [. . . ] To tune the unit manually see Appendix B. To check the tuning mode or change it to Auto: 1. From Page 4 (selected above), press Install. . . If necessary, press Tune mode repeatedly until it displays Auto. R2D Radar Installation Manual, Rev. A Page 15 SECTION THREE: Setting up the radar Recalibrate mode The system is shipped from the factory with its tuning fully calibrated for optimum operation. northstar strongly advises that this calibration not be changed, unless the transmitter/receiver module has been replaced, or if the automatic tuning is otherwise badly misadjusted. Tuning can be recalibrated if necessary by pressing Recalibrate on the tuning screen. This operation is fully automatic, but it requires up to 15 minutes. Do not change the display while recalibration is in progress. Setting the Trigger Delay There are two methods that can be used to set the Trigger Delay. The two methods should produce very similar settings. The installer may use either or both methods. Method One is the easier method to perform; Method Two may produce more accurate results. The procedure should be performed after the factory settings have been restored as described above, or by manually turning off the Interference Rejection, Trails and Expand functions. Method 1: This method should be used while the vessel is in open water with few or no nearby echoes. First, we need to set the rain clutter and sea clutter to 0 and the gain to 50. From the main radar screen, press Page 2. Press the zoom IN key several times to zoom in to the most magnified image (1/8 nm). If necessary, press Mode to make it read Manual. Press Rain Cutter to activate the control. Press the "0" key on the keypad to set the rain clutter value to zero. Press the "0" key on the keypad three times to set the sea clutter to zero. Press "1, " "5" and "0" on the keypad to set the gain to 150. The screen will display a green ring with black center (assuming you are using the standard green screen colors). If this gain setting does not display the green ring on the screen, try other gain settings until the green ring is displayed clearly. [. . . ] A Page 27 APPENDIX A: Specifications and Drawings Page 28 R2D Radar Installation Manual, Rev. A APPENDIX B: Manual Tuning Procedure Important: The following manual tuning procedure is provided only for possible situations where the unit's automatic tuning does not perform well. At present, Northstar is not aware of any such situation and recommends that automatic tuning be used unless a reason is found to use this manual procedure. Begin by restoring all radar settings to their factory settings (except trigger delay, heading calibration and whether or not a heading sensor is installed), as follows: 1. [. . . ]