Simrad BR24 User Manual
Installation
Manual
Navico Broadband Radar
BR24
English
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Preface
Industry Canada
Operation is subject to the following two conditions:
(1) this device may not cause interference, and
(2) this device must accept any interference, including interference that may cause undesired
operation of the device.
FCC Statement
This equipment has been tested and complies with the limits for a Class B digital device,
pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable
protection against harmful interference in a normal installation. This equipment generates, uses
and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the
instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no
guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. This device must accept
any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.
If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be
determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the
interference by one or more of the following measures:
• Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
• Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
• Connect the equipment into an output on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is
connected.
• Consult the dealer or an experienced technician for help.
• A shielded cable must be used when connecting a peripheral to the serial ports.
Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the manufacturer could void the
user’s authority to operate the equipment.
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CE Compliance
Hereby, Navico Auckland Ltd. declares that this BR24 is in compliance with the
essential requirements and other relevant provisions of Directive 1999/5/EC.
Navico Auckland Ltd. vakuuttaa täten että BR24 tyyppinen laite on direktiivin
1999/5/EY oleellisten vaatimusten ja sitä koskevien direktiivin muiden ehtojen
mukainen.
Hierbij verklaart Navico Auckland Ltd. dat het toestel BR24 in overeenstemming is met
de essentiële eisen en de andere relevante bepalingen van richtlijn 1999/5/EG.
Par la présente, Navico Auckland Ltd. déclare que ce BR24 est conforme aux exigences
essentielles et aux autres dispositions de la directive 1999/5/CE qui lui sont
applicables.
Härmed intygar Navico Auckland Ltd. att denna BR24 står i överensstämmelse med de
väsentliga egenskapskrav och övriga relevanta bestämmelser som framgår av direktiv
1999/5/EG.
Undertegnede Navico Auckland Ltd. erklærer herved, at følgende udstyr BR24
overholder de væsentlige krav og øvrige relevante krav i direktiv 1999/5/ EF.
Hiermit erklärt Navico Auckland Ltd., dass sich dieses BR24 in Übereinstimmung mit
den grundlegenden Anforderungen und den anderen relevanten Vorschriften der
Richtlinie 1999/5/EG befindet. (BMWi)
Με την παρουσα Navico Auckland Ltd. δηλωνει οτι BR24 συμμορφωνεται προς τις
ουσιωδεις απαιτησεις και τις λοιπες σχετικες διαταξεις της οδηγιας 1999/5/ΕΚ.
Con la presente Navico Auckland Ltd. dichiara che questo BR24 è conforme
ai requisiti essenziali ed alle altre disposizioni pertinenti stabilite dalla direttiva
1999/5/CE.
Por medio de la presente Navico Auckland Ltd. declara que el BR24 cumple con los
requisitos esenciales y cualesquiera otras disposiciones aplicables o exigibles de la
Directiva 1999/5/CE.
Navico Auckland Ltd. declara que este BR24 está conforme com os requisitos
essenciais e outras provisões da Directiva 1999/5/CE.
The equipment named in this declaration, is intended for use in international waters as well as
coastal sea areas administered by countries of the E.U. and E.E.A.
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Radar Transmit Emissions
This is the first marine recreational radar that has Human Exposure Level RF Radiation
of the Radar Transmitter outside the Radome well below the general public safety
emission level of 1 mW/cm
2
. This means the radar can be mounted safely in locations
impossible with other pulse radars.
The broadband radar will not trigger X Band radar transponders, beacons, and SARTs
due to the low output power and signal properties.
If a pulse radar and Broadband radar are mounted on the same vessel, do not
transmit simultaneously as excessive interference is possible.
Disclaimer
As Navico is continuously improving this product, we retain the right to make changes to the
product at any time which may not be reflected in this version of the manual. Please contact
your nearest distributor if you require any further assistance.
It is the owner’s sole responsibility to install and use the instrument and transducers in a
manner that will not cause accidents, personal injury or property damage. The user of this
product is solely responsible for observing safe boating practices.
NAVICO HOLDING AS. AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES, BRANCHES AND AFFILIATES DISCLAIM ALL
LIABILITY FOR ANY USE OF THIS PRODUCT IN A WAY THAT MAY CAUSE ACCIDENTS, DAMAGE
OR THAT MAY VIOLATE THE LAW.
Governing Language: This statement, any instruction manuals, user guides and other
information relating to the product (Documentation) may be translated to, or has been
translated from, another language (Translation). In the event of any conflict between any
Translation of the Documentation, the English language version of the Documentation will be
the official version of the Documentation.
This manual represents the product as at the time of printing. Navico Holding AS. and its
subsidiaries, branches and affiliates reserve the right to make changes to specifications without
notice.
Copyright © 2009 Navico Holding AS.
Warranty
The warranty card is supplied as a separate document.
It is shipped with the product registration card.
In case of any queries, refer to the brand web site of your display or system.
www.lowrance.com
www.northstarnav.com
www.simrad-yachting.com
Feedback from you
Your feedback is important and helps Navico ensure that this manual is a valuable resource for
all marine technicians. E-mail your comments or suggestions about this manual to the following
address: tech.writing@navico.com
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Contents
1 Introduction to the Navico Broadband radar system ................................... 5
Welcome .....................................................................................................5
What is Broadband radar?..............................................................................6
Radar system overview..................................................................................8
2 Install the radar........................................................................................... 9
Choose the scanner location......................................................................... 10
Mounting the scanner.................................................................................. 11
Mounting the radar interface box .................................................................. 12
3 Wiring the radar system ............................................................................ 13
Connect interconnection cable to the scanner ................................................. 13
Connect the interconnection cable to radar interface box.................................. 14
Connect the Broadband radar to your display.................................................. 16
HDS (USA only)...................................................................................................16
HDS (Non USA) ...................................................................................................16
HDS NMEA 2000 Heading......................................................................................16
NX40, NX45........................................................................................................17
M84, M121 .........................................................................................................17
NX40, NX45 SimNet Heading.................................................................................17
M84, M121 NMEA 0183 Heading ............................................................................17
GB40 .................................................................................................................18
GB40 SimNet Heading..........................................................................................18
8000i.................................................................................................................19
8000i NMEA 0183 Heading ....................................................................................19
8000i SimNet / NMEA2000 Heading........................................................................19
Connect power ........................................................................................... 20
4 Configure displays to use radar ................................................................. 21
Lowrance HDS radar setup........................................................................... 21
Simrad GB40 / Northstar 8000i radar setup.................................................... 22
Simrad NX40/45 or Northstar M84/M121 radar setup....................................... 23
5 Drawings ................................................................................................... 24
Scanner dimensions .................................................................................... 24
Radar interface box..................................................................................... 25
6 Maintenance .............................................................................................. 26
7 BR24 BroadBand radar scanner specifications........................................... 27
Navico Broadband radar part numbers........................................................... 28
RF exposure compliance certificate................................................................ 29
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1 Introduction to the Navico Broadband radar system
Welcome
Congratulations of your purchase of the latest technology available in recreational marine radar.
The special features designed into this radar are:
• “Revolutionary improvement in situational awareness” Provides unprecedented ability to
distinguish hazards and other objects
• Radar is finally easy enough for casual users – identifies targets clearly with out
complicated tuning adjustments.
• Navigation with unparalleled resolution and clarity at close ranges, where traditional radar
completely obscures targets.
• “Start faster, go longer” - 100% solid state design – no powerful microwave transmitter
required! – provides InstantOn™ power up capability and low power consumption
• Eliminate the 2-3 minute warm-up time typical of traditional radars
• Conserve power with a standby drain less than one tenth of the best existing radars –
especially great for sailboats and smaller power boats
• No expensive magnetron replacement is ever required
• “Incredibly approachable” - practically imperceptible transmit emissions are extremely
safe, allowing you to mount it anywhere
• Less than 1/10th the transmitted emissions of a mobile phone, can be safely mounted in
proximity to passengers
• Compatible with a wide range of Navico multi-function displays and heading sensors
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What is Broadband radar?
The Navico Broadband radar uses FMCW (Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave) radar
technology.
What is FMCW?
The current normal leisure radar generates microwave pulses with a thermionic device called a
magnetron. This ancient technology transmits bursts of high power microwave energy
periodically, and the radar detector listens to the echoes coming back from each pulse. As the
radar rotates, these echoes are built into a 360 degree image.
FMCW radar is different:
Firstly it is solid state – i.e. the transmitter is a semiconductor device, not based on magnetron
technology. Secondly, it transmits a 1ms long signal of increasing frequency, rather than a short
duration pulse. Thirdly, it measures the distance to a target not by timing the returned echoes,
but by measuring the difference between the current transmitted frequency and echoed
frequency. Hence FMCW – Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave.
The building up of the image over 360 degrees and the processing of the radar data is the same
as for a magnetron radar.
How does FMCW radar work?
FMCW = Frequency Modulated Continuous Wav e
The scanner transmits a ‘rising tone’ (Tx wave) with linearly increasing frequency. The wave
propagates out from the transmitter retaining the frequency it had when it was transmitted. If it
reflects off an object, it will return to the receiver, still at the frequency it had when originally
transmitted.
Meanwhile, the transmitter continues to output an increasing frequency.
The difference between both the currently transmitted and received frequencies, coupled with
the known rate of frequency increase, allows a time of flight to be calculated, from which
distance is calculated.
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Additional benefits of FMCW radar are:
Safety:
• low energy emissions. 1/10th of a mobile phone
• safe operation in anchorages and marinas
• instant power up. No warm up required
Short range performance -
• broadband radar can see within a few meters of the boat, compared to pulse radars which
can not see closer than 30 meters
• higher resolution clearly separates individual vessels and objects
• Up to five times better sea and rain clutter performance
Low power -
• suitable for small boats and yachts
• easier installation with lighter cabling
• great for yachts on ocean passage
Instant power-up -
• conventional radars take 2-3 minutes to heat up the filament: Safety – 2 minutes is a
long time if you are concerned about collision; and
• convenience – switch it on and use it.
Easy to use
• no constant adjusting required to obtain optimum performance
• no re-tuning between ranges. Means fast range change at all ranges.
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Radar system overview
The Navico Broadband radar is a state of the art navigation aid. It provides outstanding radar
performance without the limitations of conventional pulse radars such as: dangerous high power
microwaves, standby warm up time, 30 m blind spot (mainbang), high power consumption and
large open arrays - which is what would be required to obtain the same image quality at shorter
ranges.
The Navico Broadband radar has an effective range from 200 ft to 24 nm and has an operating
power consumption of 19 W and stand-by power consumption of 2 W.
The system consists of: radar scanner, an interface box and an interconnection cable. The
scanner is housed in a dome of similar size to most 2 kW radars on the market.
The interface box is used to connect displays, power and heading information. There are two
models: RI10 and RI11. Depending on the display system used, the main difference is that one has a SimNet (Simrad NMEA 2000) connector for heading input (RI10). The other interface
box (RI11) has a connector to interface to RS422 displays and NMEA 0183 heading sensors.
Both interface boxes have a Network connector to interface to Ethernet displays.
Lowrance HDS units sold in the USA do not require an interface box and the scanner connects
directly to the display or Ethernet switch
Brand Model Radar interface
box used
Lowrance HDS USA N/A Ethernet Yes* No
Lowrance HDS R.O.W RI11 Ethernet Yes* No
Simrad GB40 RI10 Ethernet Yes* Yes**
Northstar 8000i RI11 Ethernet Yes* Yes**
Northstar 8000i + N2k RI10 Ethernet Yes* Yes**
Northstar M series RI11 RS422 Yes* No
Simrad NX40/45 RI11 RS422 Yes* No
Data connection
protocol
Chart overlay MARPA
*For best chart overlay performance use a heading sensor. Course over ground can be used but
only when moving
** For MARPA it is essential to use a heading sensor with an output speed of 10 Hz. Heading
sensor needs to be a rate gyro stabilized compass or better.
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2 Install the radar
Installation includes:
• Mechanical mounting
• Electrical wiring
• Configuring the display or network system to work with the radar
• Adjusting the radar for proper performance
Follow these instructions carefully. Don't take any shortcuts!
The broadband radar is factory sealed. It is not necessary to remove the cover.
Removing the cover will void the factory warranty.
This section explains how to:
• Choose the correct location for the scanner
• Install the scanner on a power boat or a yacht
• Choose the correct location for the radar interface box if one is required
• Install the radar interface box (if required)
Please take a moment and check the separate packing list to make sure all components have
been supplied
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