Furuno 1834C-NT Operator's Manual

SIRIUS SATELLITE WEATHER

REFERENCE MANUAL

The purpose of this manual is to provide operating procedures for NavNet VX2’s Sirius Satellite Weather capability. An optional Sirius Weather Receiver BBWX1 and Sirius subscription are required. This manual is provided in addition to the NavNet VX2 Operator’s Manual, which fully covers operating procedures for the NavNet VX2 system. Sample screens are shown in landscape format. Sirius weather coverage is curren tly avail able only in U.S. and Cana da.

Information provided by the Sirius Marine Weather service is advisory nature only. You, the customer, agree to release FURUNO ELECTRIC CO., LTD., Si ri us Satellite Radio Inc., Navcast Inc. and WSI Corporation from any and all claims arising from the use of this service, and you acknowledge that you have read the terms of your subscription agreement and agree to all the terms therein. If you do not have the subscription agreement, you will find a copy at: www.sirius.com/marineweatheragreement or call 1-800-869-5480 to have a copy sent to you.

Table of Contents

1. Overview............................................................................................................2

2. Weather Display Overview..................................................................................3

2.1 Settin g up th e we at her di splay...................................................................3

2.2 Exam pl e o f wea ther display.......................................................................3

3. Weather Icons....................................................................................................4

3.1 Showing/hiding weather dat a layers...........................................................5

3.2 Weather Icons descriptions........................................................................5

4. Weather Animation..........................................................................................12

5. Weather Reports.............................................................................................13

6. Weather Menu Settings..................................................................................14

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1. Overview

When connect ed to the Siri us Weather Receiver BBWX1, NavNet VX2 will display current and forec as ted weather informati on for your area. Real time updating ens ur es t hat you have up- to-the-minute weather informati on for your area, as well as any other area in the U.S.

Setting up th e we a th er app lic ati o n

Before you ar e able to use the weather application you will need to:

• Obtain an optional S irius Weather Receiver BBWX1.

• Obtain a Sirius w eat her s er vi c e s ubsc r iption. Contact S irius Satellite

Radio INC., for further detail s .

• Set up a “Hot Page” to enable access to the weather data display.

2. Weather Display Overview

After c onnec t ing and powering up both the B BWX1 and the ass oc iated NavNet VX2 dis play(s), it may take up to 30 mi nutes for your Nav Net VX2 dis play to receive/acc umulate WX data from the B BWX1.

2.1 Setting up the weather display

To enable the weather di s play, you mus t setup a hot page. Press the M E NU k ey, then press SYSTEM CONFIGURATION, SYSTEM SETUP, HOT PAGE & NAV DISP SETUP and HOT PAG E S ETUP soft k ey s . F ollow the on-scr een prompts . (Refer to sect ion 7.6 in the Operator’s Manual for more detailed instructi ons .) Note that the weather display is only avai lable as a full screen displ ay.

Weather icon

2.2 Example of we at her dis pl a y

WX DISP

WX PLAYER

WX REPORT

CNTRL

Exam ple of the weather display

3. Weather Icons

The table below shows the weather icons that appear the Sirius S at ellite Weather display. These icons can be shown or hidden on the WEATHER DISPLAY window, which may be ac c ess ed wit h the WX DISP soft key. (See next paragraph.)

Icon Color Meaning

Dark blue St or m c ast

Dark yel low (recorded in last 0-5 min. ) , Medium y ellow (recorded in last 5-10 min.), Light y ellow (recorded in last 10-15 min.)

Pink

Lightning

Surface observation stations

Black (Ar row or Vane feat her ) Wind

Grey Cities

Blues Waves

CANRAD

Dark green-yellow

Green-yellow-orange

Green-yellow-red ( Rain), Blues (Snow), Pinks (Mixture) Grey (Historical) Red (Current) Orange (Forecast)

(Canadian radar)

Sea surface temperature

NOWRAD (USA RADAR)

Storm tracks

For details, see page 10.

etc.

Surface pressure

3.1 Showing/hiding weather data layers

You can choose which data to show or hide on the display as below:

1. Press the WX DISP soft key to show the weather display window.

WEATHER DISPLAY

NOWRAD (USA RADAR) STORM CAST SEA SURFACE TEMP CANRAD (CANADIAN RADAR) STORM TRACKS LIGHTNING OBSERVATION STATIONS CITY FORECAST ICONS WIND WAVES SURFACE PRESSURE ALERT BOX MARINE ZONE COLOR SCALE

ON ON ON ON ON ON ON ON ON ON ON ON ON ON

2. Rotate the ENTER knob or trackball to choose the weather item that you want to show or hide.

3. Press the ENTER knob or ON/OFF soft key to choose on or off as appropriate.

4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 to show or hide other items.

5. Press the RETURN soft key to close the window.

3.2 Weather icons descriptions

NOWRAD (USA RADAR)

NOWRAD shows the type and level of precipitation. The “Level” number shown below is a figure of reflectivity from a weather radar. The larger the level number, the stronger the precipitation.

Color Precipitation type Level Light green Rain 15-19 dBz Medium green Rain 20-29 dBz Dark green Rain 30-39 dBz Yellow Rain 40-44 dBz Orange Rain 45-49 dBz Light red Rain 50-54 dBz Dark red Rain over 55 dBz Light blue Snow 5-19 dBz Dark blue Snow over 20 dBz Light pink Mixed 5-19 dBz Dark pink Mixed over 20 dBz

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