User manual FURUNO GP-1610CF OPERATORS MANUAL

[. . . ] C Yo u r L o c a l A g e n t / D e a l e r 9-52, Ashihara-cho, Nishinomiya, Japan Te l e p h o n e : Te l e f a x : 0 7 9 8 - 6 5 - 2 111 0798-65-4200 All rights reserved. Printed in Japan FIRST EDITION G : : MAR. OME-43861 (DAMI) GP-1610CF SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Safety Instructions for the Operator WARNING Do not open the equipment. Hazardous voltage which can cause electrical shock, burn or serious injury exists inside the equipment. Only qualified personnel should work inside the equipment. [. . . ] Press the CURS key to turn off the cursor. Press the CNTR key. Indices and chart enlargement When the ZOOM OUT key is pressed you will see several frames. These frames are called indices and they show you what parts of the chart can be enlarged in the current picture range. The areas circumscribed with smaller frames can be enlarged, but the area enclosed by the largest frame cannot. 4. 7 Changing Chart Scale/ Range Chart scale (range) may be selected with the ZOOM IN and ZOOM OUT keys. The ZOOM IN key blows up the chart; the ZOOM OUT key shrinks it. Note: When the display is blown up or shrunk beyond the range of the chart card in use the message NO CHART appears to alert you. 4. 8 Chart Cards The chart cards contain nautical charts. When you insert a suitable chart card in the drive and your boat is near land, a chart appears with the land portion arranged according to the "land settings" in the DISPLAY SETUP menu. Figure 4-8 Sample chart (Japan and South Korea) showing indices 4-4 Remarks on chart display A chart will not be displayed in the following conditions: · When the chart scale is too large or too small. · When scrolling the chart outside the indices. When this happens, the message NO CHART appears for a couple of seconds. FURUNO chart symbols The table below shows FURUNO charts symbols and their meanings. Table 4-2 FURUNO chart symbols Symbol Description Summit Wreck Lighthouse Lighted Buoy Buoy Radio Station Position of Sounding Obstruction Fishing Reef Platform Anchorage Table 4-3 NAVIONICS chart symbols Type Lighthouse Color Red Green White Others Lighted-buoy Red Green White Others Foghorn 5 Symbol R G W ¡ R G W Lighthouse R R The arc is viewable range and alphabet is lighting color. Red Green White Orange R Cyan C G Yellow Y W Blue B O R For multiple colors 4-5 Difference between FURUNO and NAVIONICS charts Table 4-4 Comparison of chart systems Item Dot scrolling capability Course-up display Lighthouse data presentation Zoom at cursor position Range at Equator FURUNO YES YES YES *3 YES 1, 1. 5, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 12. . . 8192 nm YES YES NAVIONICS YES NO YES *1 0. 125, 0. 25, 0. 5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 8. . . 1024 nm Lighthouse and buoy data display You can find data of lighthouses and buoys by placing the cursor on them. Lighthouse and buoy data are displayed as shown in Figure 4-9. Lighthouse or buoy data FL 12S 27M Place the cursor on a lighthouse or buoy mark. Example of data displayed FL(2) G 12S 15M NO *2 Visibility in nautical mile (ex. : 15 miles) Period (ex. : 12 seconds) Light color Number of flashes per period (ex. :2) FL F F FL MO Oc : Flashing : Fixed light : Fixed and Flashing light : Morse code light : Occulting light Chart offset data entry Centering *1 NAVIONICS chart may not center cursor perfectly. *2 NAVIONICS chart may not center own ship's position perfectly. *3 Newly designed chart cards containing lighthouse data. Chart cards for North America area are completed, and others are in production. Figure 4-9 Lighthouse and buoy data 4-6 TRACK 5. 1 Stopping/Restarting Plotting of Track When your boat is at anchor or returning to port you probably won't need to record its track. You can stop recording the track, to conserve the track memory, as follows: l. Press the MENU key. Track plotting stopped Track plotting restarted Hollow own ship mark means track plotting has been stopped. Own ship mark Track not recorded is not plotted. 2. Press the [2] key to select TRACK/ MARK SETUP. The track/mark setup menu appears. TRACK/MARK SETUP MARK SHAPE LINE TYPE MARK COLOR TRACK COLOR MARK SIZE PLOT PLOT INTVL RED YEL GRN LBLU PPL BLU WHT RED YEL GRN LBLU PPL BLU WHT Figure 5-2 Own ship mark appearance when track is not being recorded/track is being recorded 5. 2 Changing Track Color Track can be displayed in red, yellow green, light blue, purple, blue or white. It can be useful to change track color on a regular basis to discriminate between previous day's track, past track, etc. [. . . ] The higher the transducer frequency the better the resolution. A-7 Returning signal The ultrasonic pulse transmitted by the transducer "strikes" intervening objects such as the bottom and fish schools and returns to the transducer. The signal received at the transducer is called the returning signal. Sounding range Sounding range refers to the maximum depth observable in the range in use. For example, if the range selected is 0-100 meters, the maximum depth which you can observe is 100 meters. [. . . ]