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. Turn off the power immediately if water leaks into the equipment or the equipment is emitting smoke or fire. [. . . ] 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 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. 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. 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. Press the MENU key. L ON TIME 00 10 S OFF DIST 00. 10nm ESC: Esc AUTO : Cursor Figure 5-1 Track/mark setup menu 3. (Note that the "H" icon does not appear on the sounder, data, graphic or highway display. ) To resume recording and plotting, display "PLOT ON" at step 4 in the above procedure. H 2. Press the MENU key to close the menu. 5. 3 Erasing All Track You can erase all track. Be absolutely sure you want to erase all track; erased track cannot be restored. Press the [3] key to select ERASE TRACK/ MARK. 5-1 ERASE TRACK/MARK MARK ERASE NO YESNO YES TRACK ERASE NO MARK USED TRACK USED : Cursor : Go DIST: Plots ship's track only when the boat is moving, thus no track is saved to the memory when your boat is dead in water. Press the MENU key to close the menu. 15/100 PT 1200/2000 PT ESC: Esc Figure 5-3 Erase track/mark menu 3. You are asked if you are sure you want to erase all track. Are you sure?ENT: YES ESC: NO 5. 5 Smoothing Track Even when the vessel is sailing a straight line the track shown on the display looks crooked. Press the [2] key. PLTR SETUP NAVAID SCALE OWN SCALE 00 (00~15) 00 min TRUE AUTO 06. 3°W EVNT METHOD POSITION DISP Chain: Sec LOP CALIB EVENT L/L LC 7970: 11-26 +000. 0 µs +000. 0 µs : E/W, +/ESC: Esc MAG MAN 00. 0°E MARK LOP DE LC DE ALL RANGE 5. Press the MENU key. 5. 4 Changing Track Plotting Interval In drawing the track, first the ship's position (fed from the GPS plotter) is stored into this unit's memory at an interval of time, distance or automatic recording. (The default setting is l0 minutes. ) A shorter interval provides better reconstruction of the track, but the storage time of the track is reduced. [. . . ] The 200 kHz frequency offers a sharp, clear-cut picture since its beamwidth is narrow. However its use should be limited to shallow waters since its pulse is easily attenuated in water. The 50 kHz frequency provides a longer sounding range since its pulse it is not as easily attenuated. Pulselength is the length of time the transmitter in the transducer is turned on each transmitted ultrasonic signal. Pulse repetition rate The pulse repetition rate defines the number of pulses transmitted within a certain period. [. . . ]