Furuno FAR-2XX7 User Manual 2

FAR-2xx7 SERIES MARINE RADAR

Operator’s Guide

The purpose of this Ope r ator's Guide is to provid e the basic ope r ating procedures for this equipment. F or
more detailed information, see the Operator's Manual. This manual describes operating procedures using
the trackball module, since it is common to both types of control units.

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EBL

HL

OFFSET

OFF

45

CU/TM

OFF

CENTER

RESET

78

VECTOR

VECTOR

MODE

TIME

0

CANCEL
TRAILS

BRILL

A/C SEAA/C RAIN

MODE

INDEX

LINE

TARGET

LIST

ENTER
MARK

GAIN

3

6

9

MENU

RANGE

ON

OFF

VRM

ACQ

TARGET

+

DATA

TARGET

-

CANCEL

F1

F2

F3

F4

Trackball
Module

Trackball
Module

OFFF2ON

F1

F3 F4

ALARM

ACK

BRILL

EBL

STBY

TX

RCU-014 RCU-015

Control Description

POWER Turns the system on and off.
EBL and VRM controls Adjust EBL and VRM, respectively.
EBL ON, EBL OFF Turns the EBLs on and off, respectively.
VRM ON, VRM OFF Turns the VRMs on and off, respectively
F1-F4 Execute menu short cut assigned.
ALARM ACK Silences audible alarm.
STBY TX Toggles between stand-by and transmit.
BRILL Adjusts screen brilliance of FURUNO-supplied monitor.
A/C RAIN Suppresses rain clutter.
A/C SEA Suppresses sea clutter .
GAIN Adjusts sensitivity of the radar receiver.
HL OFF Temporarily erases the heading line while pressed.
EBL OFFSET Enables, disables the EBL offset. Switches coordinate polarity (menu operation).
MODE Chooses presentation mode.
OFF CENTER Shifts own ship position.
CU/TM RESET Moves own ship position in 75% radius in stern direction.

Resets the heading line to 0° in course-up and true motion modes.
INDEX LINE Turns index lines on and off.
VECTOR TIME Chooses vector time (length).
VECTOR MODE Chooses vector mode, relative or true.
TARGE T LIST Displays ARP target list.
CANCEL TRAILS Cancels all target trails. In menu operation it clears line of data.
BRILL/O Chooses color scheme.
ENTER MARK Enters marks; terminates keyboard input.
MENU Opens and closes the MAIN menu; closes other menus.
ACQ - Acquires a target for ARP.

- Changes a sleeping AIS target to an activated one.
RANGE Chooses radar range.
TARGET DATA Displays target data for ARP or AIS target chosen with the trackball.
TARGET CANCEL Cancels tracking on ARP, AIS or reference target chosen with the trackball.

PICTURE Box, Main Picture Settings
PULSELENGTH Box

ANTENNA Box
PRESENTATION MODE Box
RANGE Box

DISPLAY MODE Box

Heading Marker

NM/1DISPLAY

6
HEAD UP TB RM

ANT 1 X-BAND 
PULSE S1

PICTURE4 
IR OFF

ES OFF
EAV OFF
AUTO RAIN
OFF

300

310

RADAR 

320

Index
Line

330

340

Heading
Line

290

280

270

Guard
Zone

No. 1
EBL

260

No. 2
EBL

250

No. 1

220

WATCH

11 : 28

VRM

210

200

IL1

ON

032. 0°T

5. 60NM
MARK 

190.0°T, 5.75NM
BRILL1 

HL

EBL1

OFF
TX

EBL2

STBY

240

230

+

26

>280.9°T<

240. 8°R

EBL2 Box
EBL1 Box

TX/STBY Box
HL OFF Box
BRILL Box

MARK Box
Bearing and range to mark

IL (Index Line) Box
Index line orientation,
Index line interval

<RADAR OPERATION>

000

350

Cursor

OS
Symbol

Stern
Marker

190

North
Marker

180

Origin Mark

WATCH Box
(Alarm watch
time)

Reference Point Box

Trial Maneuver (Elapsed time shown
when trial maneuver is active.)

SET and DRIFT Boxes

REF POINT

010

170

ANT POSN

020

030

No. 2
VRM

150

160

CURSOR DATA Box

GAIN Setting
A/C SEA Setting
A/C RAIN Setting

Note: Speed, Set and
Drift values not shown.

TUNING Setting

040

GAIN
SEA AUTO
RAIN
TUNE AUTO

050

34°40. 649 N

+

135°18. 303 E

060

070

080

25

HDG

22
19

SPD

SB

COG

000. 0°TSET

SOG

OS POSN

0. 9ktDRIFT

DGPS

TRIAL OFF

MENU

ALIGN

Range

ZOOM or ARP

Rings

DATA BOX

ZOOM, ARP,





000.0°T

0.0kt BT

0.0kt

00.0°T

0.0kt
34°40.00N

135°24.00E

Heading

WT

Speed, Source

MAN

Log Speed
Course over Ground

GPS

Speed over Ground,
Source

Position
MENU Box
Chart Align ON

or AIS DATA BOX

090

DISP

OFF



30M

TARGET LIST
Box

ARP ACQ
MODE Box*

AIS DISP Box

AIS Message Arrival

120

130

140

ALARM1
ALARM2

TRUE TRAIL OFF 

>3.682NM<

VRM1
VRM2

5.221NM

CU/TM
RESET,
ALARM ACK
Box

100

110

TARGET
LIST



GZ1
GZ2

CU/TM
RESET

ALARM
ACK

CPA LIMIT Box

PAST POSN Box

ARP,
AIS DATA BOX

OFF

ARPA

AIS

MANU 

VECTOR TRUE
PAST POSN REL 3M
CPA LIMIT 0. 5NM 22MIN

ALERT BOX

TARGET

CURSOR

DATA & A CQ

MENU

Guidance
Box

ARP VECTOR Box

VRM2 Box
VRM1 Box

TRAIL MODE Box
ALARM Box

*: "ATA" replaces
"ARPA" when
ATA function is
used.

Guard Zone (GZ) Box

Adjusting Screen Brilliance

Turning the Power On/Off

Open the power switch cover and press the
switch to turn on the ra dar system. To turn
off the radar, press the switch again.

Transmitting, Stand- by

Press the STBY/TX key alternately to
transmit radar pulses or set the radar to
stand-by.

1. Choose the brilliance level indicator in the
brilliance level indication box at the bottom
left corner of the screen.

2. Roll the wheel downward to increase
brilliance or roll it upward to decrease
brilliance.

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