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Furuno GP-1800F User's Manual

1. erret 2 28 2 11 Changing Track Plotting Interval cerent 2 29 2 12 Erasing Tracks Marks 2 31 PART 3 Video Sounder Operation 3 1 Principle of Operation ssccssssssecsccsssssssesesssecsecssscensscssssecsecesseasseessesees 3 2 3 2 Selecting Video Sounder Displays cerent 3 3 3 3 Basic Operation of the Video Sounder OA 3 6 colens ap do ccn M Hoe EMPIRE 3 6 TE TRAD oni ccimmenspsn tem t Ua RR re materia i ctrl ccushdadantiedbiben os 3 7 3 4 Adjusting the Video Sounder Picture cerent 3 9 Eliminating Low Level Noise os cecnnccrsccvsecomcnauancravesncaviraescntiiyeblanasiuueeMeestatbeesuctscen E 3 9 NUS PEI E nn ae 3 10 ESSIEN GPEC BOR ao ce sas erp bti Db UN ARCU ii 3 10 Displaying Strong Echoes Only c cccscsssseccccssesessecescecececesescsceacsesscevsesecsesesesee 3 10 Selecting Picture Advance Speed ccccccsssssssssecesesecsssssesescsescscsesscecsesececseeesesecee 3 10 SA gh Le aT 3 12 3 6 Fish and Bottom Alarms ssssssscsssesesesssssssessessscessorsecstesssstsssseseecere 3 13 SUNE IS DINI ttt ee an ae ect Eie de cid 3 13 Silencing the Aural Alarm and Closing Alarm Message Window 3 14 3 7 Displaying the Water Temperature Graph eene 3 15 PEOOOGUEO A 3 15 Corr
2. TUREI Anchor OFF ar us B c XTE Border Border OFF Alarm Range 00 250nm Ship Speed Within Over OFF Speed Range 10 Okt 12 0kt Water Temperature Within Over OFF Temp Range 11 0 15 0 C Fish Alarm ON 011 0ft 015 0ft Bottom Alarm ON 011 0ft 015 0ft AVY lt P Select ENT Enter MENU Escape Figure 4 3 ALARM SETTINGS menu 3 Operate the Arrow keys to select alarm desired 4 For other than Fish and Bottom alarms press the V key 5 Enter alarm range 6 Press the ENT key 7 Press the MENU key to close the menu NOTE Avoid exceeding the default arrival alarm range 00 500 nm to prevent release of the alarm on a distant waypoint When an alarm setting is exceeded both aural and visual alarms are released You can silence the aural alarm by pressing the CLEAR key To erase the visual alarm press the CLEAR key again The aural and visual alarms will be generated at the next violation of the active alarm s Disabling Alarms Select OFF in step 3 in Enabling the Alarms and then press the ENT and MENU keys n Correction In some instances chart position may be off by a few minutes For example the position of the ship is shown to be at sea while it is in fact moored at a pier You can compensate for this error by applying chart correction 1 Press the MENU key 2 Press the 0 key to select CHART OFFSET 3 Press the gt key to select Cu
3. 030 23 600 N 137 03 960 E Cross Track Error analog Cross Track Error Tyrum digital 20M Time to Go to ETA 1 12 0 Destination Estimated Time of Arrival at Destination Figure l 10 Plotter display plus Analog display Analog data display autopilot connection WP 21 Rng Brg 36 Auto Man Nav nm nm Figure 1 11 Analog display autopilot FAP 300 330 connection Digital data display Velocity to Destination Dst Run distance run is reset to zero by pressing the CLEAR key Figure 1 12 Plotter display plus digital data display 1 10 paration in This section introduces the basic functions of your unit in tuto rial form You will learn how to sail from your port to a destina tion and return to port For sake of illustration the procedures which follow explain how to sail between points A and B and vice versa in Figure 1 13 If your unit is installed and you have time for a short cruise try operating the unit as you review this section Don t worry if you don t understand everything which appears on the display You will learn more about your unit in later sections Figure 1 13 Insert coastline data card 1 Open the memory card drive lid 2 Insert the coastline data card label side up arrow forward 3 Close the lid Coastline Card A EJECT Button insert card label side up arrow forward The EJECT button pops out when the
4. Data display The navigation data display combines the plotter display the video sounder display and the analog ship s course display or the digital navigation data display The analog ship s course dis play is useful for monitoring your boat s progress during auto matic steering by autopilot The analog and digital displays can be alternately displayed by pressing the gt key while the dis play selection menu is displayed Orientation Two types of display orientations are provided north up and course up North up North is at the top of the display This mode is useful for long range navigation Course up Ship s course is at the top of the display This mode is useful for finding course error and the relation between own ship and waypoint North Mark Own A Own Ship Ship Mark Mark North up Course up Figure 2 2 North up and course up display orientations Selecting display orientation Press the NU CU key Each time the NU CU key is pressed the orientation changes to either course up or north up When course up is selected the north up mark appears on the display and the own ship mark s shape is a triangle 2 3 Function The cursor functions to e find latitude and longitude of a location e find range and bearing from your ship to cursor position and e enter and erase marks and waypoints The 0 key turns the cursor on off You can shift the cursor by operating the
5. Unit of Distance nm km sm Unit of Depth m Fa En PB Unit of Temp F Navaid Ex GPS LC DC All Scale Range Range Rec Resoluti 2 LOP Display LC No LA Chain 00 01 A 000 0 u s A 000 0 u s LC Chain 00 11 26 A 000 0 u s A 000 0 us Figure 4 6 SYSTEM SETUP menu position display method 3 Operating the Arrow keys select LOP on the Posn Dis play line on page 1 3 4 Operating the Arrow keys select LA or LC on the LOP DISPLAY line 5 Enter Loran A or Loran C data with the numeral keys for Loran A enter station code For example if you are somewhere between Japan Loran A stations 283 and 284 enter 18 283 19 284 for Loran C enter GRI and secondary codes Chai Si s2 3 Cemre f a Candin ast Coat 13550 11 25 38 Ed m T tA Se t2 Command ion Korea 123970 11 31 e Canadian WestCoast 0590 11 27 a1 W N J wt 4 eek EX oO ON Gutfor Aska 06 7860 1i 26 Meiemaensa 10 7990 11 m 47 entral USA entral USA NS ON ON Now Cental USA Now Saudi Arabia 17 8990 11 25 4 se 9 Gaes osse n m 4a South Genial USA 9 9610 TH 25 a 6 Wet Coat USA oso ii 27 NomemrUsA ors Ti 25 39 3 kdm c i amp 999 i 39 For example if you are currently in Osaka Bay Japan en ter O9 GRI 9970 30 S2 and 55 S3 6 Press the ENT key 7 Press the MEN
6. Escape Figure 4 8 RECORD menu 4 Operate the Arrow keys to choose items to record 5 Press the ENT key 6 Press the ENT key again to make a file name under which to record items You may write over an existing file if you wish press the A or W key to select file and press the ENT key twice 7 Enter file name using up to 16 characters Press Arrow keys to select character and then press the ENT key Re peat to complete file name Figures and may be entered by direct keyboard input 8 Select ENTER and press the ENT key 9 Press the MENU key to close the menu Data The memory card contains a switch which can prevent writing of information to the card This prevents accidental erasure of important information To write protect a memory card set the switch at the base of the card rightward as shown in the figure below Set tab right ward to write protect card Figure 4 9 Location of writing enableldisable switch on memory card Data stored on a memory card can be replayed on the display This feature is useful for analyzing past track restoring menu settings displaying user constructed charts etc 1 Press the MENU key 2 Press the 6 key to select MEMORY CARD OPERA TIONS 3 Press the 2 key to select REPLAY 4 Operate the Arrow keys to choose items to replay 5 Press the ENT key 6 Press the or V key to select file 7 Press the
7. Arrow keys The cursor moves in the direction of the Arrow key pressed n Latitude and Longitude of Range and Bearing from Current Cursor Position to Cursor 134 40 719 E Cursor large size Figure 2 3 Plotter display showing location of cursor data NOTE The size of the cursor can be set for large or small on the DISPLAY SETUP menu For details see 4 6 Customizing the Display on the DISPLAY SETUP Menu The coastline data cards display nautical charts When you in sert a suitable card in the drive and your boat is near land a chart appears with the land portion filled When a wrong card is inserted or improper chart scale is se lected the land will be hollow Chart icons appear to help you select suitable chart scale Table 2 1 explains chart icons and their meanings Table 2 1 Chart icons and their meanings Proper card is not inserted or chart scale is to small chart is overenlarged Press the Ge key to adjust chart scale Chart scale is too large Press the key to adjust chart scale Suitable chart scale is selected 1 Open the memory card drive lid Insert the card label side up arrow forward Close the lid NOTE Always keep the lid completely closed Foreign material or water may damage the drive and void the warranty 2 Press the Scale keys Ls J to display the chart Watch the chart icon to help you find suitable chart scale NOTE When changing cards press the Scal
8. Display Reverse Land Pattern Dark Light OFF OFF OFF OFF Place Name Grid Course Bar Time Mark MOB Data ON Waypoint Mark Size WEI Cursor Size AJE Select ENT Enter MENU Escape Figure 2 23 DISPLAY SETUP menu 3 Operating the Arrow keys select Mark Size and Large or Small 4 Press the ENT key 5 Press the MENU key k Shape and Tone 1 Press the MENU key 2 Press the 2 key to select TRACK MARK SETUP TRACK MARK SETUP Track Rec Auto Time 00 10 Dist 00 10nm Mark Shape fF A oH e Mark Tone Light Mark Line Event Mark AV QB Select ENT Enter MENU Escape Figure 2 24 TRACKIMARK SETUP menu 3 Operating the Arrow keys select Mark Shape and shape desired 4 Operate the Arrow keys to select Mark Tone and tone desired 5 Press the ENT key 6 Press the MENU key Erasing Marks Marks can be erased individually collectively or within an area you specify How to erase marks collectively and by area will be discussed in 2 12 Erasing Tracks Marks 1 Press the 0 key to turn on the cursor 2 Operate the Arrow keys to place the cursor on the mark to erase 3 Press the CLEAR key Marks can be connected with solid or dashed lines This feature is useful for denoting important areas You can even construct your own charts and save them to a memory card for future r
9. LA REUNION Mascarene Island 157 TOKYO Japan 073 L C 5 ASTRO Cayman Brac tsland 156 Korea 074 LIBERIA 1964 Liberia 159 Okinawa 075 LUZON Phlilppines Excluding Mindanao istand 160 TRISTAN ASTRO 1968 Tristan da Cunha 078 Mindanao island 161 VITI LEVU 1916 gt Viti Levu Island Fifi Isiands 077 MAHE t971 Mahe Island 162 WAKE ENIWETOK 1960 Marshall Islands 078 MARCO ASTRO Saivage Islands 163 ZANDER J Suriname 078 MASSAWA Eritraa Ethiopia 164 BUKIT AIMPAH Bangka and Belitung Islands indonesia 089 MERCHICH Morocco 165 CAMP AREA ASTRO Camp Memurdo rea Antarctica 081 MIDWAY ASTRO 1961 Midway Island 166 G SEGARA Katimantan Islands Indonesia 082 MINNA Nigeria 167 HERAT NORTH Afghanistan 083 NAHRWAN Masirah sland Oman 163 HU TZU SHAN Taiwan 084 United Arab Emirates 169 TANANARIVE OBSERVATORY 1925 Madagascar 085 Saudi Arabia 170 YACARE Uruguay A Alarms 3 13 3 14 4 2 4 4 See also individual alrams anchor watch alarm 4 2 arrival alarm 4 2 border alarm 4 3 bottom alarm 3 13 cross track error XTE alarm 4 2 fish alarm 3 13 ship s speed alarm 4 3 silencing aural alarm 3 14 4 4 water temperature alarm 4 3 Alarm message window 3 14 Analog data display 1 8 Antenna height 4 19 Aural alarm 3 14 4 4 Autopilot connection 1 8 B Bearing reference 4 17 Border proximity alarm 4 3 Bottom alarm 3 13 Bottom zoom display
10. On Off Figure 3 3 Video sounder setup menu 3 Operate the Arrow keys to select EXP Display and dis play type desired The Off position is for normal display 4 Press the ENT key 5 Press the MENU key to close the menu The video sounder can be operated automatically or manually Automatic operation is useful when you are preoccupied with other tasks and do not have the time to adjust the display Automatic Operation How it works In automatic video sounder operation the proper gain and range scale are automatically selected according to depth It works as follows e Range changes automatically to locate the bottom on the lower half of the screen It jumps to one step shallower range when bottom echoes reach a half way point of the full scale from the top and to one step deeper range when they come to the lower edge of the scale e The gain is automatically adjusted to display the bottom echo in dark tone e Clutter level on the VIDEO SOUNDER SETUP menu is automatically adjusted Basic procedure 1 Press the SNDR key to open the video sounder operation window D Current ONN ee RANGE A WV 120ft SHIFT Oft Press SNDR key to select AUTO mode MENU Escape Figure 3 4 Video sounder setup display 2 If the Man position is highlighted press the SNDR key to select Auto operation 3 Press the MENU key to close the window Manual operat
11. pears Cancel Waypoint m 2 E Press ENT to select destination ENT Enter MENU Escape Figure 1 18 2 Press the V key to select Cursor if it is not already se lected 3 Press the ENT key 4 Operate the Arrow keys to set cursor on destination 5 Press the ENT key Step 2 Sailing to destination 1 12 Navigation information A flag marks destination and a dashed line runs between it and own ship s position shown on the display as waypoint 00 The dashed line shows the shortest possible course to destina tion Range and bearing to the destination appear at the bottom of the display 1 23 45 mm Me gt Appears when Range Bearing destination is selected by cursor Figure 1 19 Steering to destination Set ship s course to be the same as the bearing of the destina tion While sailing confirm that ship s track on the display traces the dashed line Watch the XTE cross track error indication at the bottom right hand corner to help stay on course It shows the direction by arrows and amount in nautical miles to steer your boat to return to course set Select your port as destination Set your port as destination using waypoint 01 which you en tered in step 1 1 Press the GOTO key 2 Press the 4 key to select Waypoint 3 Enter waypoint 01 4 Press the ENT key The display would now look like Fig
12. ure 1 20 1 13 34 25736 N 26 2 nm 84 pica 137 36 584 E a 00 tinm Waypoint No Figure 1 20 5 Steer ship s wheel just an in Step 2 Sailing to destination Quitting operation Press the POWER key to turn off the unit 1 14 The plotter display traces the ship s track Ship s track is plotted continuously even when viewing the video sounder display 1 Press the DISPLAY SEL key The following display ap pears Plotter lt sex Video Sounder NO t ES S el e ct m O d e a Figure 2 1 Display selection menu 2 Press appropriate Arrow key to select a Plotter display among Plotter Plotter Sounder and Data 3 Press the same Arrow key if you want to change a display page Types of Plotter Displays Plotter display The plotter display traces the ship s track on the entire screen Coastline charts provided on coastline data ROM cards op tion display the coastline of your area Navigation data is digi tally displayed Plotter Sounder display The plotter sounder display provides the plotter display on the left half and video sounder picture on the right half They are useful for monitoring the seabed while cruising NOTE The Plotter and Plotter Sounder and Video Sounder displays have both normal and enlarged character displays You can alternately display them by pressing appropriate Arrow key while the display selection menu is displayed
13. 4 Low 0 9 High Pic Advance Stop Slow Normal Fast EXP Display Btm Zm Btm Lk Mkr Zm Off Bright Echo On Of Water Temp Graph On Off Noise Limiter Off Low Med High Erase Signal On Off gt Select ENT Enter MENU Escape Figure 3 7 VIDEO SOUNDER SETUP menu Eliminating Low Level Noise When blue dots appear on a large part of the screen mainly due to water contamination or unit s internal noise adjust Clutter to eliminate them Figure 3 8 How the clutter function works When you wish to display fish schools in dark tone Turn on the Bright Echo feature in the VIDEO SOUNDER SETUP menu Off Figure 3 9 Bright echo display Eliminating Interference Interference from other acoustic equipment or other electronic equipment may show itself on the display as depicted in the fig ure below Adjust the Noise Limiter to eliminate it Electronic equipment Video sounder Noise Limiter on interference interference Figure 3 10 How the noise limiter function works Displaying Strong Echoes Only You can erase the lowest strength level echo to clear the pic ture by turning on the Erase Signal on the VIDEO SOUNDER SETUP menu Selecting Picture Advance Speed Pic Advance sets the picture advance speed Stop freezes the picture indefinitely Procedure When selecting an advance speed keep in mind that a fast ad vance speed will expand the size of the fish
14. 4 15 distance 4 15 temperature 4 15 V Video sounder automatic operation 3 6 manual operation 3 7 preselectting display 3 4 principle of operation 3 2 settings 3 16 Visual alarm 44 VRM Variable Range Marker 1 6 3 4 W Water depth offset 3 16 Water temperature alarm 4 3 correction 3 15 graph 3 15 Waypoint arrival alarm 4 2 changing data 2 11 deleting waypoints by the cursor 2 11 through the waypoint list 2 12 entry by event position 2 8 by own ship s position 2 10 by the cursor 2 10 through the waypoint list 2 10 hiding showing 2 12 waypoint mark size 4 13 WPT key 1 12 X XTE alarm 42 See also Cross track error alarm Z Zoom marker 3 4 FURUNO ELECTRIC CO LTD YOUR LOCAL AGENT DEALER No 9 52 ASHIHARA CHO NISHINOMIYA CITY JAPAN TELEPHONE 0798 65 2111 CABLE FURUNO NISHINOMIYA TELEX 5644 325 326 FURUNO J TELEFAX 0798 65 4200 GI
15. MENU key 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 by pressing the PLOT ON OFF key The message Stopping plotting of track appears momen tarily H is displayed and own ship mark becomes hollow To resume recording press the key again The message Resuming plotting of track appears momentarily In drawing the track the ship s position fed from the naviga tion aid is stored into this unit s memory at an interval of time distance or automatic recording A shorter interval provides bet ter reconstruction of the track but the storage time of the track is reduced When the track memory becomes full the oldest track is erased to make room for the latest a Long plotting interval b Short plotting interval Figure 2 28 Track reconstruction and plotting interval 1 Press the MENU key 2 Press the 2 key to select TRACK MARK SETUP TRACK MARK SETUP Track Rec Auto Time 00 10 Dist 00 10nm Mark Shape Ot gt pue Mark Tone Light Mark Line Event Mark AV D Select ENT Enter MENU Escape Figure 2 29 TRACK MARK SETUP menu 3 Operate the Arrow keys to select Auto Time or Dist on the Track Rec line Auto stores ship s track at a rate of Rec Resolution set on the SYSTEM SETUP 1 3 menu See page 4 16 for details Dist plots ship s track only when t
16. ON OFF G gt e 4 gt 9 Centers cursor own EAS PAS ship s position 2 TONE nd BRILL Enters marks Enlarges plot display Adjusts LCD tone and brilliance MENU e Jon Opens closes menu ee ae escapes current screen a RECALL Enters event position or MOB mark m ES POWER Buzzer waterproof Figure 1 2 Front panel controls Shifts cursor picture VRM select items on menu selects display plotter video sounder or data Sets cancels destination Stops resumes track plotting Shrinks plot display Turns cursor on off Adjusts video sounder settings auto manual gain range shift Erases marks waypoints silences aural alarm Registers menu settings recalls event positions Turns power on off The DISPLAY SEL key selects plotter video sounder plotter video sounder and data displays Press it to open the display selection menu Plotter Displays North up presentation North is at the top of the display GPS status indication see page 5 8 for details Time Cursor Position Range to Cursor Small 434 23 000 N o This display character 137 05 000 E 16 6 nm 147 appears when page cursor is turned E to Water Depth s Temperature Position fixing Navaid Appears on small character Z Int GPS page External sensor required GPS EXtGPS for water temperature LC Loran C DC De
17. Press the GOTO key ncel Ca Press ENT to select destination ENT Enter MENU Escape Figure 2 17 Display for selection of destination 2 Press the V key to select Cursor 3 Press the ENT key 4 Operate the Arrow keys to place the cursor on the first destination waypoint 5 Press the key You can clear a wrong entry by pressing the key 6 Repeat steps 4 and 5 to complete the route 7 Press the ENT key 9 Enter route number If you do not want to store the route permanently press the ENT key to escape 9 Press the ENT key Flags mark waypoints and a dashed line connects all waypoints including own ship s position The range and bearing to the first waypoint appear at the bottom of the display 434 23 000 N 262 nm 137 05 000 E i 144nm 82 Appears when following cursor created route Figure 2 18 Appearance of cursor created route selected for navigation Through the route list One advantage of this method is that you can use waypoints which you have already entered 1 Press the MENU key 2 Press the 4 key to select ROUTE ROUTE LIST 2 17 Minus sign means waypoint is skipped ROUTE ROUTE LIST No Pts Total Dist TTG H M Status 01 5 1234 56nm 62 69 02 10 2345 67nm 51 78 In Use 03 15 3456 78nm 21 89 WV Cursor P Select MENU Escape Figure 2 19 ROUTE ROUTE LIST 3 Press the A or V k
18. WGS72 087 MAPARIMA BWI Trinldad and Tobago 003 TOKYO Mean Value Japan Korea and Okinawa 088 NORTH AMERICAN 1927 Westem United Statos 004 NORTH AMERICAN 1827 Mean Value CONUS 089 Eastem United States 005 EUROPEAN 1950 Mean Value 090 Alaska 008 AUSTRALIAN GEODETIC 1984 Australia and Tasmania Island 091 Bahamas Excluding San Salvador Istand 007 ADINDAN Mean Value Ethiopla and Sudan O82 Bahamas San Salvador Island 008 Ethiopla 093 Canada Including Nevwfoundiand Island cos Mall 094 Alberta and British Columbla 010 Senegal 095 East Canada Qil Sudan 096 Manitoba and Ontario 012 AFG Somalia 097 Northwest Territories and Saskalchewan 013 AIN EL ABD 1970 Bahrain istang 098 Yukon 014 ANNA 1 ASTRO 1965 Cocos Island 099 Canal Zone 015 ARC 1950 Moan Value 100 Caribbean ois Botswana 101 Cenral America 017 Lesotho 102 Cuba 018 Malawi 103 Graentand 019 Swaziland 104 Mexico 020 Zalra 105 NORTH AMERICAN 1983 Alaska 021 Zambia 106 Canada 022 Zimbabwe 107 CONUS 023 ARC 1960 Mean Value Kenya Tanzania 108 Mexico Central Amorica 024 Kenya 109 OBSERVATORIO 1956 Corvo and Flores islands Azores 025 Tanzania 110 OLD EGYPTIAN 1930 gt Egypt 026 ASCENSION ISLAND 1958 Ascension Island 111 OLD HAWAIIAN Mean Value 027 ASTRO BEACON E 1 iw Jima Island 112 Hawa ll 028 ASTRO B4 SOR ATOLL Te
19. _ and D2D D3D DGPS mode turned on Altitude Shows present altitude of GPS receiver when position fixing mode is set to 3D This is the index for position fixing accuracy The lower the value the higher the accuracy If the index exceeds 20 position fixing may not be possible Unhlthy Sat Unhealthy satellite numbers appear here Freq Dev f this figure exceeds 3000 Hz it may take a long time to fix position Rx Status This section shows elevation angle azimuth and signal levels Shows external Nav device normal or abnormal Shows status of DGPS transmitting station Dilution of Precision IIa The GPS receiver status is shown on the top right hand corner on the display In the normal state three squares filled appears and reliable position fixing is performed The table below ex plains about the GPS receiver status indicated by three charac ters Table 5 3 GPS Receiver status indicator indicates that the GPS receiver is acquiring the GPS satellites referring to the Almanac If it remains unchanged for a long period of time the GPS satellite signals may be not received indicates that the GPS receiver is collecting the Almanac of the GPS satellites being broadcast from each sattelite The Almanac contains estimated arrival time of all GPS satellites If the unit is not operated for a while and the Almanac becomes too old the GPS receiver cannot pick up the GPS receiver for a l
20. card is fully inserted Figure 1 14 Turn on the power adjust tone and brilliance 1 Press the POWER key 2 Press the TONE BRILL key Figure 1 15 3 Operate the 4 or gt keys to adjust display tone 4 Press the A or V key to adjust display brilliance Select plotter display 1 Press the DISPLAY SEL key and the 4 key to select Plotter 2 Press the NU CU key to select the north up mode Figure 1 16 34 25 736 N 26 2 nm o 137 36 584 E Course Bar Own Ship s Position 3 Press the 0 key to turn off the cursor 4 Press the CENTER key to center own position 5 Press the Scale keys Css Jb so the chart can be easily viewed Mark own ship s position This will enable you to use your current position as destination waypoint when returning to port 1 11 1 Press the WPT key The display shown in Figure 1 17 ap pears Event Posn Own Posn e p WPT List Cursor AV lt P Select ENT Enter MENU Escape Figure 1 17 2 Press the 4 key to select Own Posn 3 Press the ENT key 4 Enter waypoint number As an example enter 01 5 Press the ENT key 6 Press the MENU key to escape set destination by cursor There are several ways by which you can set destination Two are presented in this tutorial by the cursor and by waypoint num ber First by cursor 1 Press the GOTO key The destination selection display ap
21. fish ech oes two three four or five times on the left half of the screen The zone expanded is indicated by the zoom range markers on the normal display The zone automatically moves so that the bottom echoes locate on the lower half screen This mode is useful for observing hardness of the bottom closely together with bottom fish Many fishermen find the place where bottom fish are likely to be from the shape of bottom profile and length of bottom echoes The length of the bottom echo is an indication of bottom hardness the longer the echo the harder the bottom In addition as you become acquainted with this mode you may find a small school of bottom fish which might other wise be overlooked on other displays NOTE The zoom range EXP Range and the zoom range marker EXP Marker can be selected on the SYSTEM SETUP menu Marker zoom This mode expands any location on the normal display to full vertical size of the screen on the left half of the screen You may specify the portion to expand with the VRM and the zoom marker How to Preselect a Video Sounder Display 1 Press the MENU key 2 Press the 7 key to open the VIDEO SOUNDER SETUP menu Qmm Pic Advance EXP Display Bright Echo Water Temp Graph Noise Limiter Erase Signal VIDEO SOUNDER SETUP gt Select ENT Enter MENU Escape 4 Low 0 9 High Stop Slow Normal Fast Btm Zm Btm Lk Mkr Zm Off On Off On Off Off Low Med High
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23. the ENT key 7 Press the MENU key to close the window Deleting Waypoints The GP 1800F provides two ways by which you can delete waypoints e by the cursor or e through the waypoint list Waypoints which are part of a route cannot be deleted except through the route list Note that you can easily delete all waypoints by clearing the Plotter memory More on this later By the cursor 1 Operate the Arrow keys to set the cursor on the waypoint you want to delete 2 Press the CLEAR key Through the waypoint list Press the WPT key 2 Press the P key to select WPT List 3 Press the ENT key 4 Press the A or W key to select waypoint number 5 Press the CLEAR key 6 Press the ENT key 7 Press the MENU key You may choose to hide or show waypoints on the display 1 Press the WPT key 2 Press the gt key to select WPT List 3 Press the ENT key 4 Press the A or V key to select waypoint number 5 Press the p key several times to set the cursor in the Dis play column 6 Press the key to hide the waypoint No replaces Yes 7 Press the ENT key 8 Press the MENU key When you want to show the waypoint press the key in step 6 of the above procedure setting Destination Waypoint The GP 1800F offers four methods by which you can set desti nation waypoint e by the cursor e by waypoint number by ro
24. to warn you that your boat is moving when it should be at rest Arrival Alarm Anchor Watch Alarm pcc Alarm a e 7 sounds em f n 3 Radius SN Alarm 1 2 sounds UPSEE M BE em ded S dL SUIS Mim Wa aris aet ML Lue Figure 4 1 How the arrival and anchor watch alarms work Cross Track Error XTE Alarm Border Alarm XTE alarm Off course to waypoint alarm The XTE alarm warns you when your boat is off its intended course GU Border alarm Border proximity alarm The border defines an area comprised of a starting and destina tion waypoint which you do not want your boat to cross The alarm sounds when the boat crosses the area defined by the two waypoints XTE ALARM BORDER ALARM Al d Sounds SEO ee SO 4X ES Pil paasa AN Ese nue o Ne SS WOW NS eid S WO Alarm sounds Figure 4 2 How the XTE and border alarms work The ship s speed alarm sounds when your boat s speed is either within or over the alarm range set The water temperature alarm sounds when the water tempera ture is either within or over the preset temperature range This alarm is useful for searching for specific species of fish since each species of fish has its own habitable water temperature This alarm requires connection of a water temperature sensor Enabling the Alarms 1 Press the MENU key 2 Press the 5 key to select ALARM SETTINGS Deleting Aural and ALARM SETTINGS
25. 1 6 3 4 Bottom lock display 1 7 3 4 3 17 Bright echo 3 10 C Centering location ship s position 2 7 Chart position correction 4 5 Clearing the memory 4 20 Clutter removal 3 9 Coastline data card 1 10 2 5 Comments for waypoints 2 10 Contours data 4 14 Course bar 4 13 Course up orientation 2 3 Cross track error XTE alarm 4 2 Cursor 2 4 4 13 D Data display 2 3 Depth 3 12 Depth contours 4 13 Destination waypoint setting by past event position 2 26 by the cursor 1 12 2 13 by waypoint number 2 14 cancelling 2 15 DGPS mode 4 20 Disabled satellite 4 19 Display orientation 2 3 Display range 2 6 3 7 DISPLAY SEL key 1 11 DISPLAY SETUP menu 4 12 DOP threshold 4 19 E Echo level offset 3 17 Erase signal 3 10 Event mark entering 2 25 erasing 2 25 shape 2 26 EVENT MOB key 2 27 Event position entering 2 25 setting as destination 2 26 viewing past 2 25 Expansion zoom displays 3 3 Expansion markers 3 16 Expansion range 3 16 External device 4 18 F Fish alarm 3 13 3 17 Fix mode 4 19 Fuse replacement 5 3 G Gain 3 7 Geodetic datum 4 19 GOTO key 1 12 GPS monitor display 5 6 GPS position correction 4 5 GPS position speed smoothing 4 18 Grid 413 i Interference removal 3 10 K Keyboard test 5 4 L Land pattern 4 12 Loran LOPs displaying 4 7 enterring correction 4 8 Low level noise 3 9 Magnetic bearing variation 4 17 Marker zoom display 1 6 3 4 Marks changing shape and ton
26. 940 950KY teko 9409 TS DS ie jn v EOD S E102 AMET par E EATA ESASI S GESTARE SITAE wee ue CAT m yy AAN deve Vaaycattstust sc 2b Y M NS VARVARS NN EV NR RN aera Hu ECE rers ere CeereerUr errr ry POS et Petree DAE VAN APPENA AN V Y EP eM SSS USOPEMPNESEPERT SSE E Ee MAYA Yr aa UCUAMA TUR AN ETT I C444 eteca pay eara dS AM AA Dro A Dore erry Ska RER ES FAUST AA BEATE V EATS VANES SSNS NASP EV TENE REP EEN A aeree e AA AAAA see ce ee ua UE ANA EAS ANNY N A FERRE M keer a VEEP ME LEUNENTENVENN ET ELEN weve eee ee ONT Pope ena bhi IARNA 2o EAT AM AIR EPA STAI Vue Nr Y RN e rra T4 Pe Oe aa E Pe ee tee ivererrericsdarrs Vege tseN eee eM CEP VATI ANN RAT v MeWiINNA ee Pe eae ee ee esum ameet eee No single navigation aid including this unit should ever be relied upon as the exclusive method for navigating your vessel The navigator is responsible for check ing all aids available to confirm his position Electronic aids are intended to assist not replace the navigator The EVENT MOB key can function to mark man overboard position when MOB Data is turned on in the DISPLAY SETUP menu When the key is pressed the position at that exact moment is stored in the unit and the event mark appears at that position The display continuously shows the range and bearing from present posi tion to the man overboard position This unit is not a fail safe record keep
27. ENT key 8 Press the MENU key to close the menu Unwanted data on memory card files can be deleted 1 Press the MENU key 2 Press the 6 key to select MEMORY CARD OPERA TIONS 3 Press the 3 key to select DELETE 4 Operate the A or V key to choose items to delete 5 Press the ENT key 6 Press the A or V key to select file 7 Press the ENT key 8 Press the MENU key to close the menu Description of This chapter shows you how to turn items on or off and change their tone and size on the DISPLAY SETUP menu Procedure 1 Press the MENU key 2 Press the 1 key to select DISPLAY SETUP DISPLAY SETUP V Next page Display Reverse Land Pattern light OFF Place Name Light OFF Grid Light OFF Course Bar Light OFF Time Mark Light OFF MOB Data Waypoint Mark Size Small Mark Size Small Car Small ENT Enter MENU Escape Figure 4 10 DISPLAY SETUP menu 3 Press the Arrow keys to both select item and set option 4 Press the ENT key 5 Press the MENU key to close the menu LAY SETUP Menu Select normal black characters on white background or reverse tone Land Pattern Select land pattern hollow or filled choose tone Place Name Select tone of place name shown on chart Grid Select tone of grid Course Bar Select tone of ship s course bar Time Mark Turn tim
28. U key South S Southea estern 5 orh C meme n wpe 5 South C h2 CA You may wish to correct the Loran LOPs shown on the display to further refine position accuracy After entering Loran chain information enter correction at step 5 in the above procedure This chapter shows you how to use the optional RAM memory cards which record and replay plotter data The video sounder picture or data display cannot be recorded Formatting Memory Cards Before you can use a memory card it must be formatted For matting prepares the card for use with the system You can for mat cards which you have previously used in which case all data will be erased 1 Insert anew memory card into the memory card drive label side up arrow pointing forward 2 Press the MENU key 3 Press the 6 key to select MEMORY CARD OPERA TIONS MEMORY CARD OPERATIONS 3 DELETE 4 FORMAT WV Cursor B Select MENU Escape Figure 4 7 MEMORY CARD OPERATIONS menu 4 Press the 4 key to select FORMAT 5 Press the ENT key to format the card 6 Press the MENU key to close the menu 1 Press the MENU key 2 Press the 6 key to select MEMORY CARD OPERA TIONS 3 Press the 1 key to select RECORD RECORD Ma3 NO Mark Line YES NO Waypoint Route YES NO Initial Data YES gt Cursor ENT Enter MENU
29. UNDER SETUP menu considering current sea area and target fish To view the seabed echo while plotting ship s track select the Plotter Sounder combination display with the DISPLAY SEL key This is a basic display mode for observing fish school and sea bed Time Mark mark and space equal to 30 4 seconds 034 05 444 N j Transmission Water Surface Noise Line Temperature Transducer Scale position Tone Bar He VRM Water T Temperature Graph Depth Scale Depth Three types of the zoom displays are available bottom lock bottom zoom and marker zoom Bottom lock The bottom lock expansion display provides a compressed nor mal display on the right side and a narrow or wide layer distance depends on unit of measurement in contact with the seabed onto the rest of the screen with the seabed contour dis played by a straight line on the bottom lock display The range of expansion is marked by a dotted line on the normal display This display offers excellent bottom fish discrimination which is vital for bottom trawling NOTE For the bottom lock expansion display the seabed contour must be steadily and distinctly plotted in dark tone Adjust the Gain if necessary You may select the bottom lock expansion range EXP Range and turn on the expansion marker EXP Marker on the SYSTEM SETUP menu Bottom zoom The bottom zoom display expands bottom and bottom
30. a auemnteeeiserndnes 1 10 Step Z Sune tO CES AON Scie hec necis ve pode E ebd ea eie evo notaio ea dies rouen uade 1 12 Step S Remm Dor DOH ioo poe Gand e Lise poa eaae IS epe eis evas c orem Ue gU eu De dcus 1 13 DEPA OUDE OPETAN ON ua Gre dps taber soU eo erri I REFERO ERE EON a VR 1 14 PART 2 GPS Plotter Operation 2 1 Selecting Plotter Displays cere cree esee a eaaeune rus 2 2 Types OF Plotter DiS Olay S consid Perd evt ta cau o eq sooo ev eid PUER id 2 2 Display COMET AMON seii ae nove tib DE hn Pai a ave etm PEN RO RAE anions 2 3 22 NE GUN SOF d 2 4 2 9 COASTING Data Cal ise icsccecsadsexiasssscnnsnnensnanneasavasdnaoenswavannanaceessanscanuecvocsess 2 5 Display UI ECC DUIS Lieu eif conet neacdianenec ctusaeceeeiates S 2 5 IB DIAY CUT E CEPR 2 6 2 4 Shifting the Plotter Display Le eese esee eese ee eese enean nos 2 7 Centerine Ship s POSION os een basa eite tee MEE EIE 2 7 Conterno AL rare TO TR TRUE PT RR 2 7 Scrolling tbe Display unen Eae viai que e aedi baie a indie e 2 7 2 9 Waypoint Navigation s ssssuneeessennennnnnsnnnnnsseennnnnnsnnaaanaaannernnnrnnnnnnsnnssnononenns 2 8 WRG DISCERN Wy AY OI ES ensanse vaca a estie iba aaea is EE 2 8 Chano ins WaypDoIBE Dala au unidades vica a eeucuki ix PO qaa ovii oodd E ru HE 2 11 Deletine Wy OOM ss sss priua ce nia ges iud nia a Nn UN EL CEN eub AN 2 11 PINGING SOWIE Waypoints
31. aypoints 1 Press the MENU key 2 Press the 4 key 3 Press the A or V key to select route number 4 Press the gt key 5 Press the Arrow keys to set the cursor in the LAT or LONG column of the route point you want to change position 6 Enter new position 7 Press the ENT key 8 Press the MENU key twice to escape 1 Press the MENU M 2 Press the 4 key 3 Press the A Or Iv key t to select route number 4 Press the ENT key 5 Press the A or V s to sacle route waypoint which you want to delete 6 Press the CLEAR key 7 Press the ENT key 8 Press the MENU key twice to escape NOTE To delete entire route delete all waypoints Following a route is the process by which you use a registered route for navigation This unit displays navigation information to guide you from one waypoint to the next as it automatically switches from one waypoint to another in sequence 1 Press the GOTO key 2 Press the p key to select Route Frwd Rev Cancel Cursor Enter route number ENT Enter MENU Escape Figure 2 21 Display for selection of destination by route 3 Enter route number 4 If you want to navigate the waypoints of the route in the reverse order press the key 5 Press the ENT key Route appearance on the display e A dashed line connects all waypoints including own ship s position e Range and th
32. cape Figure 2 13 Display for selection of destination by waypoint number 3 Enter waypoint number in two digits 4 Press the ENT key When a waypoint is selected as destination e Adashed line runs between waypoint selected and own ship s position Therange and bearing to the destination appear at the bottom of the display 34 25 736 N 262 nm m 137 36 584 E 01 dinm 301 XTE Waypoint No Figure 2 14 Appearance of display when destination is selected by waypoint Cancelling Destination Waypoint 1 Press the GOTO key Cursor Press ENT to cancel destination ENT Enter MENU Escape Figure 2 15 Cancelling destination 2 Press the A key to select Cancel 3 Press the ENT key Often a trip from one place to another involves several course changes requiring a series of route points waypoints which you navigate to one after another The sequence of waypoints leading to the ultimate destination is called a route The GP 1800F can automatically advance to the next waypoint on a route so you do not have to change the destination waypoint repeat edly Destination v Own Ship Figure 2 16 Sample route Registering Routes You can store up to 10 routes and each route may contain up to 30 points The GP 1800F numbers them from 01 to 10 on the route list A route can be constructed two ways through the route list or by using the cursor By the cursor 1
33. carefully read and follow the operation and main tenance procedures set forth in this manual and the installation instructions contained in the installation manual We would appreciate hearing from you the end user about whether we are achieving our purposes Thank you for considering and purchasing FURUNO equipment Receives and tracks eight GPS channels simultaneously to ensure accurate position fixing Numerical and graphical displays of navigational data Menu driven operation Position display in latitude and longitude or Loran LOPs Outputs steering information to FURUNO Autopilots FAP 50 55 300 330 e Sensor inputs water temperature ship s speed Three tone monochrome echo presentation Wide variety of alarms arrival anchor watch border XTE water temperature speed fish bottom e Automatic video sounder operation range and gain automati cally adjusted according to depth Universal 10 2 to 30 VDC power supply drawing 20 W of power maximum This manual is laid out in as user friendly a manner as pos sible It is our intention to guide the user along in the use of the gear as gently and as comfortably as possible in a series of short easy to digest sections that start at a very basic level and pro ceed forward in complexity This manual consists of the follow ing parts PART 1 System Introduction This chapter introduces the GP 1800F system and includes a tutorial which presents the basic fu
34. cca Large character e apes Position Ship s Speed Course 034 23 000 N 11 4xt 268 23 45 This display 0 j appears when cost LUE ns E the cursor is is onm turned off Scale or Horizontal Range Course Bar P Own Ship Mark Figure 1 3 Plotter display north up presentation Course up presentation iti Position ship s Speed Course This display 04 1 23 45 appears when 034 14304 N 114k cursor is turned 137 03765 E off Course Ba Track g Figure 1 4 Plotter display course up presentation NOTE The enlarged character display does not show water temperature or depth It shows range and bearing from own ship to cursor or ship s speed and course plays One of the following four display modes is preselected on the VIDEO SOUNDER SETUP menu Press the MENU and 7 keys to open the menu Normal display Time Mark mark and space equal to mene seconds 034 05 444 N 114k Transmission Water Line Temperature Transducer Scale position Tone Bar VRM Water Temperature Graph ha PE 1 DRE bru MFLDIT Mot i d Depth Scale Depth Figure 1 5 Normal video sounder display NOTE The water temperature graph and water temperature display require a triducer or water temperature indicator option Marker zoom This display provides an expanded view of the area within the Variable Range Marker VRM and the zoom ma
35. d trouble shooting procedures for keeping your unit in good working or der Regular maintenance is essential for good performance A main tenance program should be established and should at least in clude the items listed in Table 5 1 Table 5 1 Recommended maintenance program Antenna Check for loosened an bolts Replace heavily corroded bolts Antenna cable Check connection point for Replace damaged parts watertightness Check connector for tightness and corrosion Check cables for damage isplay unit connectors Check for tight connection Tighten loosened connectors Ground terminal Check for tight connection and Clean or replace as necessary corrosion Display unit Dust and foreign material on the Dust on the display dims the display unit and screen picture Dust may be removed with a soft cloth If necessary anti static cleaner may be used Never use chemical solvents to clean the display they can remove paint and markings Transducer Check for marine life on transducer Carefully remove any marine face each time the boat is docked life with a piece of wood or sandpaper LI 4 The fuse on the power cable protects the system from reverse polarity of the ship s mains and equipment fault If the fuse blows find the cause before replacing the fuse Be sure to use a 5A fuse Using the wrong fuse will damage the unit and void the warranty The life of a memory card battery is abou
36. e keys to display the chart It takes several seconds to display the chart When the Scale keys are 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 chart scale The areas circumscribed with smaller frames can be enlarged but the area enclosed by the largest frame cannot Figure 2 4 Sample chart Japan and South Korea g Ship s Position 1 Press the 0 key to turn off the cursor if it is currently dis played 2 Press the CENTER key Centering a Location 1 Press the 0 key to turn on the cursor if it 1s not currently displayed 2 Operate the Arrow keys to set the cursor on the location you want to center 3 Press the CENTER key scrolling the Display 1 Press the 0 key to turn off the cursor if it is currently dis played 2 Operate the Arrow keys to scroll the display In navigation terminology a waypoint is a particular location on a voyage whether it be a starting intermediate or destination point A waypoint is the simplest piece of information the GP 1800F requires to get you to a destination in the shortest dis tance possible Waypoint selected as destination Wa oint Current Course m dd Position 4 o0 d Figure 2 5 Waypoint 01 selected as destination points About eniry of waypoints This unit has 98 waypoints into which you can ent
37. e smoothing the higher the speed and course smoothing the more smoothed the raw data If the setting is too high however the response to speed and course change slows For no smoothing enter 0 5 is suitable for most conditions Speed kt Course degree x gt x X x x rad x XN X X x x A x t x xxx Raw position fix Raw position fix A xxx x E dq After smoothing Time After smoothing Time Figure 4 15 GPS speed smoothing Antenna Height Enter antenna height above the waterline for accurate determi nation of GPS position DOP Threshold This is the index for position fixing accuracy When the HDOP threshold is lower than the preset HDOP position reliability worsens The default setting is 20 which is suitable for most all conditions Fix Mode Select position fixing mode 2D marine vessels 3D land mo bile vehicles Geodetic Datum Select the geodetic chart system you are using WGS 84 stan dard GPS chart system WGS 72 or Tokyo can be directly se lected For other charts select Other and enter chart number referring to Geodetic Chart List in the Appendix Position Offset You may apply an offset to position generated by the internal GPS receiver to further refine position accuracy Disabled Satellite Every GPS satellite is broadcasting abnormal satellite number s in the Almanac Using this information the GPS receiver elimi nates any malfunctioning satellit
38. e 2 23 Index 1 changing size 2 22 connecting with lines 2 24 entering 2 22 erasing all 2 31 erasing in specific area 2 31 erasing individual 2 23 Memory apportion 4 15 Memory card 4 11 battery replacement 5 3 Memory I O port test 5 4 MOB Man OverBoard 2 27 4 13 N Navaid 4 15 Navigation data display 1 8 Noise limiter 3 10 Normal display 3 3 North up orientation 1 4 2 3 NU CU key 1 11 2 3 O Off course to waypoint alarm 4 2 Output data format 4 18 Output power 3 16 P Picture advance speed 3 10 Place name 4 13 Plotter display 1 4 1 11 2 2 Plotter related settings 4 15 Plotter sounder display 1 7 2 2 Position display 4 16 Position offset 4 19 R Recording resolution 4 16 Route cancelling route navigation 2 21 changing L L position 2 19 deleting route waypoints 2 19 following a route 2 20 registering by the cursor 2 16 through the route list 2 17 restoring skipped route waypoints 2 19 skipping route waypoints 2 19 S Scale range 4 15 Scale keys 1 11 Scrolling the display 2 7 Seabed level 3 17 Self test 5 4 Ship s position 1 11 Ship s speed alarm 4 3 Smoothing factor 4 16 SNDR key 3 6 index 2 Speed averaging 4 17 Surface reflections 3 16 T Test pattern 5 5 Time difference 4 18 Time mark 4 13 Time To Go TTG 2 18 TONE BRILL key 1 11 Track erasing 2 31 plotting interval 2 29 stopping resuming plotting 2 28 Tutorial 1 10 TVG setting 3 16 U Units depth
39. e bearing to the first waypoint appear at the bot tom of the display e For cursor created routes flags denote waypoints 34 05 444 N 39 3 nm 117 m 137 47 400 E 25 198nm 58 XTE 0 8nmp Figure 2 22 Appearance of waypoint created route selected for navigation 1 Press the GOTO key 2 Press the A key to select Cancel 3 Press the ENT key NOTE For cursor created registered routes waypoint flags remain on the screen after cancelling route navigation If you do not require the route and want to erase the flags delete all route waypoints of the route through the route list 2 21 Entering N You can inscribe marks on the display to denote important loca tions for example buoy fishing point wreck Further marks can be connected with lines to depict important areas such as a hot fishing spot or danger area To enter a mark at cursor location 1 Press the 0 key to turn on the cursor 2 Operate the Arrow keys to place cursor on location 3 Press the MARK key To enter a mark at ship s position 1 Press the 0 key to turn off the cursor 2 Press the MARK key The mark currently selected on the TRACK MARK SETUP menu appears at the location selected Changing Mark Size You may change the size of marks to small or large 1 Press the MENU key 2 Press the 1 key to select DISPLAY SETUP DISPLAY SETUP V Next Page
40. e from the GPS satellite sched ule Once the malfunctioning satellite is returned to on line sta tus it is automatically restored to the satellite schedule when the Almanac is received In some instances however the Almanac may not contain information which announces that a satellite is now back on line If you hear of this through another source you can manually restore the satellite to the satellite schedule This is called enable Conversely you can manually disable a healthy satellite if you hear it is unhealthy 4 19 DGPS Mode Select to ON if the GP 1800F is connected to a Differential GPS Receiver RTCM Version Byte Format First Bit Parity Bit Bit Rate Baud Rate These are for use by service technicians Do not change the set tings Clear Memory There are times you may wish to clear the Plotter memory or GPS memory or both to start afresh The Plotter memory stores marks lines waypoints routes and settings of the DISPLAY SETUP and SYSTEM SETUP menus If you wish to restart op eration with the items stored in the Plotter memory and your settings on the menus mentioned above save them to a memory card before clearing the Plotter memory 1 Press the Arrow keys to select PLT GPS or AIL 2 Press the ENT key 3 Press the ENT key again to clear selected memory No machine can perform to the utmost of its ability unless prop erly maintained This section provides maintenance an
41. e mark on or off Course gt Bar 4 QOwn Ship Mark TOB8 Time Mark Figure 4 11 Time mark MOB Data Select function of the EVENT MOB key to event mark OFF or MOB ON Waypoint Mark Size Select size of waypoint mark to large or small Mark Size Select size of mark to large or small Cursor Size Select size of cursor to large or small Depth Contours Select tone of depth contours Contours Data Select tone of depth contour s depth figure Other Features Select tone of other chart features for example lighthouses buoys etc Descri pti on of SYS The SYSTEM SETUP menu menu 9 contains several items related to plotter operation which you may change according to your operating needs To display the menu press the MENU and 9 keys EM SETUP Menu Memory Apportion This unit can store up to 4 000 points of track and marks The default track storage capacity is 2 000 points If you want to change track storage capacity to 2 500 points for example en ter 2 5 0 0 here Unit of Distance You may set the unit of distance measurement to nautical miles kilometers or statute miles Unit of Depth The unit of depth measurement can be set to meters feet fath oms hiro or passi braza Unit of Temperature Select Centigrade or Fahrenheit Navaid Select navaid which is to feed position data internal GPS ex ternal GPS Loran C Decca or Al
42. ecting Water Temperature Readout eese 3 15 3 8 Changing Video Sounder Settings on the SYSTEM SETUP Menu 3 16 LE CL a pee 4 2 Arrival Alarm Anchor Watch Alarm aee Seca treo rao c e IV ese sa etat ox vobi ed pear adbdee 4 2 Cross Track Error XTE Alarm Border Alarm c cccccccccccscscccccscccccssscecessssecesees 4 2 SMPS Speed AE MO 4 3 Waler Tempetatite ATA Sga EE EEE dr diis 4 3 Pnaolme me Alaris wami ae A A 4 3 Deleting Aural and Visual Alarms anoo metet I p d R 4 4 IJISRDHIHS HAPUS ooo e ERE EOM ES EGER Ait EPI UN EE EU MU oes 4 4 4 2 Chart GPS Position Correction c cccssssseseccsssscencccscecccssssseccceessensnccesss 4 5 Chart Posion C OMe CHOM Po PP 4 5 GES POSIUOI Corecom c sisccivsecacsiusecuasiapcdvanceseavavecasecpsasunsspusinnversduesetaesaweateneiiens 4 5 4 9 DISpiaying Eoran LOPS ciprian sa VOR NINE DR aa P Iv ug in dup eua E EUR REGE OU 4 7 4 4 Memory Card Operations ecce eee eene e een nena us nena Re sanae panna an aac ia 4 9 Fonnattine Memory Cards oic ed toseseitec ec musei ferente e t oe evi eis dade die 4 9 Kocon oclo T R 4 10 Mte Protecting Data aoestunotteaipeibb e E tavi eels ae 4 10 IE Dati ge 4 11 Dele uno bo ec 4 11 4 5 Customizing the Display on the DISPLAY SETUP Menu 4 12 4 6 Changing Plotter related Settings
43. eplay 1 Press the MENU key 2 Press the 2 key to select TRACK MARK SETUP 3 Operate the Arrow keys to select Mark Line to other than single dot 4 Press the ENT key 5 Press the MENU key to close the menu 6 Press the 0 key to turn on the cursor 7 Press the Arrow keys to place the cursor on location de sired for mark 8 Press the MARK key 9 Pepeat steps 7 and 8 to continue entering and connecting marks Figure 2 25 Marks connected with lines To return to individual entry of marks set Mark Line to single dot in step 3 of the above procedure ad then press the ENT and MENU keys The event mark is used to mark present position It is useful for denoting important locations such as good fishing spots or wrecks You may enter 99 event marks The GP 1800F saves and numbers event positions from 01 to 99 01 being the latest When the event position memory is full the oldest event position is erased to make room for the latest g an Event Mark Press the EVENT MOB key The event mark appears at present position You can view past event positions as follows 1 Press the ENT RECALL key The latest event position 01 appears 01 is the latest 7701 Displaying event data event mark 34 25070 N 136 39 242 E A B Recall ENT Select Dest MENU Escape Figure 2 26 Event position display 2 Press the 4 or gt key to display e
44. er position information It numbers them 01 to 98 Waypoints 00 and 99 are special waypoints Waypoint 00 marks own ship s posi tion when a destination is selected and waypoint 99 is re served for event mark position from external navaid There are four methods by which you can enter a waypoint byevent position e by the cursor e through the waypoint list manual input of latitude and longi tude or by own ship s position Entry by event position 1 Press the WPT key Event Posn AV 4b Select ENT Enter MENU Escape Figure 2 6 Display for selection of waypoint entry method 2 Press the A key to select Event Posn 3 Press the ENT key The display shows the event data win dow 01 is the latest event mark 01 Displaying event data 34 25 070 N 136 39 242 E 4 P Recall ENT Enter MENU Escape Figure 2 7 Display for selection of event position 4 Press the 4 or gt key to recall desired event data 5 Press the ENT key The display shows the event position 34 55 740 N 136 03 600 W No RH Cmnt ENT Enter MENU Escape Figure 2 6 Display for entering waypoint number 6 Enter waypoint number NOTE You can let your unit automatically assign waypoint number if desired Simply press the ENT key The unit saves waypoint position information to the youngest empty waypoint 7 Pressthe V key to enter commen
45. erto Rico and Virgin Islands Islands 135 OATAR NATIONAL Qatar 050 England ireland Scotland and Shetland 36 QORNOQO South Groenland Islands 137 ROME 1940 Sardinia islands 051 Greece 138 SANTA BRAZ Sao Maguet Santa Maria Islands Azores 052 ran 1398 SANTO DOS Espirito Santo Island 053 Italy Sardinia 140 SAPPER HILL 1943 East Falkland Island 054 Italy Sicily 141 SOUTH AMERICAN 1959 Mean Value 055 Norway and Finiand 142 Argentina 056 Portugal and Spain 143 Boilvia 057 EUROPEAN 1979 Mean Value 144 Brazil 058 GANDAJIKA BASE Republic of Maldives 145 Chile 059 GEODETIC DATUM 1949 Naw Zealand 146 Colombia O60 GUAM 1963 Guam Island 147 Ecuador O61 GUX 1 ASTRO Guadaicanat Island 148 gt Guyana 062 HJORSEY 1955 Iceland 148 Paraguay 063 gt HONG KONG 1963 Hong kong 150 gt Peru 064 INDIAN Thailand and Vietnam 151 Trinidad and Tobago 065 Bangladesh india and Nepal 152 gt Venezuala 066 IRELAND 1965 Iretand 153 SOUTH ASIA Singapore 067 ISTS 073 ASTRO 1969 Diogo Garcia 154 SOUTHEAST BASE Porto Santa and Madelra Islands 068 JHONSTON ISLAND 1561 Jnonston Island 155 SOUTHWEST BASE Fala Graciosa Pico Sao Jorge and 069 KANDAWALA Sri Lanka Tarcelra islands 070 KERGUELEN ISLAND Kerguelen sland 156 TIMBALAT 1948 Brunel and East Malaysia Sarawak and 071 KERTAU 1948 West Malaysia and Singapore Sadah 072
46. et 1500 meters per second When a sound wave strikes an underwater object such as fish or sea bottom part of the sound wave is reflected back toward the source Thus by calculating the time difference between the transmission of a sound wave and the reception of the reflected sound wave the depth to the object can be determined The entire process begins in the display unit Transmitter power is sent to the transducer as a short pulse of electrical energy The electrical signal produced by the transmitter is converted into an ultrasonic signal by the transducer and transmitted into the wa ter Any reflected signals from intervening objects such as a fish school are received by the transducer and converted back into an electrical signal It is then amplified in the amplifier sec tion and finally displayed on the screen The picture displayed is made up of a series of vertical scan lines one for each transmission Each line represents a snap shot of what has occurred beneath the boat The series of snap shots are accumulated side by side across the screen and the resulting contours of the bottom and fish between the bottom and surface are displayed Figure 3 1 Typical video sounder display The GP 1800F provides four types of video sounder displays normal bottom zoom bottom lock and marker zoom Each dis play has its advantages and disadvantages You should select appropriate video sounder display on the VIDEO SO
47. ey to select route number 4 Press the gt key ROUTE ROUTE LIST Route 04 WPT LAT LONG LEG TTG H M B 20 34 44 567 N 131 22 320 E 0 00nm 0 00 02 21 35 43 568 N 132 23 321 E 78 96nm 6 14 03 22 36 42 569 N 133 24 322 E 89 95nm 7 35 04 23 37 41 560 N 134 25 323 E 98 94nm 3 68 AJA MENU Escape N E Restore S W Skip ENT Enter Figure 2 20 ROUTE ROUTE LIST waypoint entry display 5 Enter waypoint numbers in the order in which you will traverse them If a waypoint is already registered its posi tion appears Any waypoints you newly register here will also be registered on the waypoint list 6 Press the ENT key NOTE The Time To Go TTG between legs on routes is calculated based on the trial speed entered on the last page of a route The default speed is 10 knots 7 Press the MENU key skipping route waypoints 1 Press the MENU key 2 Press the 4 key 3 Press the A or Y key to select route number 4 Press the p key 5 Press the Arrow keys to set the cursor in the WPT column of the route waypoint you want to skip 6 Press the key to skip that point temporarily A minus sign appears to the left of route waypoint 7 Press the ENT key 8 Press the MENU key twice to escape Restoring route waypoints Press the key in step 6 of the above procedure to erase the minus sign Changing L L position of route w
48. he 3 key at the SELF TEST menu to start the test atiern Automatic Testing Keyboard Test L1 C C Lf E 3 Lj L Press CLEAR 3 times to quit the test Figure 3 3 Keyboard test 2 Press a key The key s location on the display lights in dark tone if the key is functioning normally 3 To escape press the CLEAR key three times The test patterns check whether the display circuit is working properly or not Press the 4 key at the SELF TEST menu to start the test Press the ENT key to display other test patterns This test continuously executes the memory I O test and key board test self tests It is mainly for use by service technicians Press the 5 key at the SELF TEST menu to start the test You may escape at anytime by pressing the MENU key The GPS monitor display provides information on all GPS sat ellites To display the GPS monitor display 1 Press the MENU key 2 Press the 8 key to select SELF TEST 3 Press the 1 key to select GPS Monitor Display GPS Monitor Display Fix Mode 2D Altitude Say DOP 1 3 Unhithy Sat Freq Dev 270Hz Program No HX Status No 03 14 ELV AZM LVL 28 034 89 05 000 27 18 08 321 38 11 11 196 11 Data RX Ref Sta MENU Escape Figure 5 4 Sample GPS monitor display Table 5 2 Description of GPS monitor display fixing mode 2D 3D
49. he boat is moving thus no track is saved to the memory when your boat is dead in water 4 For time or distance enter interval 5 Press the ENT key 6 Press the MENU key to close the menu You can erase track and marks individually collectively or by area 1 Press the MENU key 2 Press the 3 key to select ERASE TRACK MARK ERASE TRACK MARK Erase Mark Track Mark Erasure Rng All Area Track Pts Used Mark Pts Used ENT Enter 1984 2000Pt 5 2000Pt MENU Escape P Select Figure 2 50 ERASE TRACK MARK menu 3 Operate the Arrow keys to select item s to erase track mark or both track and mark 4 Operate the Arrow keys to select erasure range All or Area by cursor 5 Press the ENT key 6 If you selected ATL go to step 8 For erasure by area move the cursor to a beginning point which will enclose items to erase Press the ENT key 7 Operate the Arrow keys to enclose track marks by rect angle cursor Area to Erase at End Pointi Figure 2 31 How to erase track marks by the cursor 8 Press the ENT key twice nll The Video Sounder of the GP 1800F determines the distance between its transducer and underwater objects such as fish lake bottom or seabed and displays the results on an 8 inch LCD screen It does this by utilizing the fact that an ultrasonic wave transmitted through water travels at a nearly constant speed of 4800 fe
50. hing setting of 03 Track with no smoothing y Track with Smoothing Figure 4 12 Comparing track with smoothing and no smoothing For instance number 3 provides a weighting factor of 13 16 for new data and 3 16 for previous data The higher the smoothing the slower the position update becomes In the following figure the track shown by the broken line has a time delay more than the one shown by the dot dash line because of higher smooth ing uA INSINE LP a Track with no smoothing Track with smoothing of 12 16 T2 frack with smoothing of 14 16 Figure 4 13 Comparing track and different smoothing factors Spd Average Time Calculation of ETA and TTG etc is based on an average ship s speed over a given period If the period is too long and the ship s speed is changed suddenly calculation error will result The de fault setting is 01 Increase the setting if time calculations are in error Bearing Ref You may display bearing data in true bearing relative to True North or magnetic bearing relative to magnetic North Mag Variation The location of the magnetic pole is different from the geographi cal North pole This causes a difference between the true and magnetic North direction The difference is called magnetic varia tion and varies by the observation point on the earth This unit is programmed with the earth s magnetic variations However you may wish
51. ilability is lower DOP value The normal setting is 20 shorter in comparison with other ship track is not plotted plotting is stopped H appears on the display in this case check that correct magnetic compensation is entered Loran LOPs do not appear check that proper Loran chain codes are entered on the SYSTEM SETUP menu ship s speed display is not zero try to decrease ship speed smoothing setting E after ship 1s stopped 5 8 minutes no picture but marks an check if picture advance speed is set to 0 characters appear check for loosened transducer connector picture appears but no zero line range is shifted set shifting to zero to correct picture sensitivity is too low check gain setting if using manual operation marine life or air bubbles may be clinging to transducer face water may be dirty bottom may be too soft to return a suitable echo depth is not displayed adjust gain to display bottom echo in dark tone noise or interference obsructs check if transducer cable is not near ship s engine If it is the display relocate it check ground other video sounders may be operating nearby and on same frequency water temperature graph appears but no or wrong readout check for loosened sensor cable Specifications Geodetic Chart List Type 8 inch monochrom LCD 640 x 480 dot monochrom LCD 640 x 480 dot mn Frequency 50 kHz or 200 kHz Specif
52. ing device Important data should be recorded in a log or saved to a memory card The GPS satellites are under control of the US Department of Defense Thus their position fixing accuracy is subject to change If an autopilot is connected with this device the ship can be automatically steered to a destination However always maintain a vigilant watch to prevent collision or grounding If nothing appears on the display when the power is turned on operate the TONE BRILL key and the Arrow keys to adjust display tone and brilliance Keep the display unit out of direct sunlight or at least shaded to maintain display tone control by avoiding an excess heat that can build up inside the cabinet UN M a M cea a i ca a eae N A Word to GP 1800F Owners c ccccccccseccccececcssccccscaccaccesecsccccecccessccuncsccccscecccessccoes 1 A ALIS NAT EIEEE AE A AE EALE AAN EAEE DON 1 LI SYSTEM CONTGUTAUON EP 1 2 T2 GODUOIS agio tiii cto i Ea DEDI IecE Et ecd cp TUIS 1 3 1 3 What Appears on the Displays Lee eee eene eee e ee esos nennen nta une 1 4 Plotter DISIA yS qv P TREES 1 4 Video Sounder DIS DIA YS Loose one osi Rd e seule e wasiulsitn wes Ue uS di 1 5 Plotter and Video Sounder Combination Display cessere enne 1 7 Navigation Data DISDISV zisirei Pav AE a a 1 8 1 4 Getting Acquainted With the GP 1800F A Tutorial 1 10 DIGp E Prepara horn aI DOKL zaneseni
53. ion is useful for observing fish schools and the seabed using fixed gain range and shift settings Basic procedure 1 Press the SNDR key followed by the gt key to select Man manual operation if not already selected 2 Press the Arrow keys or the Scale keys to change set tings if required 3 Press the MENU key to close the window Selecting display range The basic range and range shifting functions used together give you the means to select the depth you can see on the screen The basic range can be thought of as providing a window into the water column and the range shifting as moving the window to the desired depth Display Figure 3 5 Basic range and range shifting concept NOTE The unit of depth measurement may be selected on the SYSTEM SETUP menu Adjusting gain The 4 or gt key adjusts the sensitivity of the receiver Nor mally set it to the point where excessive noise does not appear on the screen As a general rule of thumb use a higher gain setting for greater depths and a lower setting for shallower wa ters Too high Proper Too low Figure 3 6 Examples of proper and improper gain Sea conditions and electrical noise from external equipment can disturb the video sounder picture This chapter shows you how to adjust the picture All functions mentioned in this chapter are carried out through the VIDEO SOUNDER SETUP menu VIDEO SOUNDER SETUP gt Chil
54. l Select All for multiple navaid connection In this case position data is read in the order of GPS Loran C Decca etc Scale Range select chart scale display plotter display to scale or range Rec Resolution Set the number of dots to record when the plotting interval is set to automatic Automatic plotting stores ship s track every 10 seconds or 0 1 nautical miles The equation for determining number of dots to record is 5 x 2 For example if k is 2 the number of dots to record per plotting interval would be twenty 5 x 2k 20 dots Position Display Select position display format latitude and longitude or Loran LOPs LOP Display If Posn Display is selected to LOP enter Loran chain here For further details see 4 4 Displaying Loran LOPs smoothing Factor Even when the vessel is sailing a straight line the track shown on the display looks crooked This is due to signal variation of the external navaid To smooth out this irregularity change the smoothing factor In the following figure the actual ship s track is shown by a wide hatched arrow and the position being fed from the navaid is shown by black dots If no smoothing is applied the track shown on the display will look irregular due to signal variations Figures 0 6 are raw position data fed from navaid 2 P New Position Peg with smoothing d 8 3 16 dr i Previous Position le Delay because of smoothing Smoot
55. markers can be turned on or off Reducing near surface reflections TVG Raise the TVG setting when echoes near the surface clutter the picture Figure 3 14 Effect of TVG Echo level offset This value determines minimum echo sensitivity Reduce the setting when sensitivity appears to be too high Bottom lock range The bottom lock range can be set to wide or narrow In meters this is 5 and 10 meters respectively Fish alarm level This sets the minimum fish echo strength which will trigger the fish alarm seabed level This sets the minimum seabed echo strength which triggers the bottom alarm Operation on the SYSTEM SE 1 Press the MENU key 2 Press the 9 key to select the SYSTEM SETUP menu 3 Press the V key to select page 2 3 of the menu page and item 4 Press the 4 or gt key to change setting or select location where to enter data 5 Press the ENT key 6 Press the MENU key There are eight conditions including fish and bottom alarms which generate both aural and visual alarms in this unit For fish and bottom alarms see page 3 13 Arrival alarm waypoint arrival alarm The arrival alarm informs you that your boat is approaching a destination waypoint The area that defines an arrival zone is that of a circle which you approach from the outside of the circle The alarm will be released if your boat enters the circle Anchor watch alarm The anchor watch alarm sounds
56. nctions of your unit PART 2 Plotter Operation This chapter tells you how to op erate the GPS plotter PART 3 Video Sounder Operation This chapter provides the information necessary for operating the video sounder PART 4 Application This chapter describes how to use your unit effectively PART 5 Maintenance and Troubleshooting This chapter pro vides maintenance and troubleshooting procedures The GP 1800F mainly consists of a display unit a GPS antenna and a video sounder transducer The memory card drive in the display unit provides for storage and replay of memory cards and replay of electronic charts An autopilot can be connected to automatically steer vessel to destination External sensors such as ship speed and temperature indicators can also be connected DISPLAY UNIT Arrow Keys Keyboard LCD Memory Card l Drive j Ship s Mains 12 24 VDC External Equipment 1 Autopilot etc V External Equipment 2 Transducer Speed Temp DGPS receiver etc Sensor Option Figure 1 1 System configuration otion of Controls All operations of the GP 1800F are carried out with the controls on the front panel of the display unit All controls respond im mediately to your command and the unit emits a beep to signify it has accepted your command Invalid key input emits several beeps Selects presentation mode north up or course up l E E Registers waypoints z ES PLOT j MARK
57. ong period of time with ACQ indicated In this state cold start the GPS receiver to collect the latest Almanac using the SYSTEM SETUP menu Memory Clear indicates the GPS receiver is cold starting to collect the latest Almanac This is performed on the first power application or after clearing memory contents using the SYSTEM SETUP menu Memory Clear Impossible to receive satellite signals Check the antenna unit is not blocked by any obstacles within line of sight Position fixing is interrupted with a loss of necessary satellite signals Position fixing is resumed when lost satellite signal reappears The table which follows provides common operating problems and the means with which to restore normal operation Table 5 4 Troubleshooting table power is on but nothing appears press the TONE BRILL key and Arrow keys to adjust display brilliance and tone is pressed PI mm check for loosened antenna connector NES check for frequency deviation of GPS receiver check that three satellites are being received three filled squares should appear at the top right hand corner on the display Check a GPS receiver status indicator See pages 5 6 and 5 7 position is Wrong check that the correct geodetic chart system is selected on the SYSTEM SETUP menu enter chart correction value on the SYSTEM SETUP check that correct antenna height is entered position fixing ava
58. rker It is use ful for judging the size of midwater fish VRM Expansion Range This area is expanded de er Zoom Marker nati 1 ur i i m TIL MARKER ZOOM DISPLAY NORMAL spud i Figure 1 6 Marker zoom display plus normal display Bottom zoom This display is useful for discerning the shape and material of the seabed The seabed is automatically tracked so bottom ech oes locate on the lower half of the screen 934 05 444 N 30 3 117 24 BOTTOM ZOOM DISPLAY Expansion Range Area enclosed Moves with depth s by zoom 32 marker is expanded Figure 1 7 Bottom zoom display plus normal display Bottom lock The bottom lock display provides an expanded wide or nar row view distance depends on unit of measurement of the area above the seabed This display is useful for discriminating fish near the seabed 134 05444 N 39 3nm j ase 137 47 400 E 4 1 1 id 1 k i ie i1 TT vide an rn is n fe LI 40 034 05444 N 393k 137 o 47 400 E umm 22 I VIL e p s da BOTTOM ZOOM DISPLAY Seabed 26 7 ah 41 5 4 i Expansion Range Area enclosed X by zoom 32 marker is expanded Figure 1 9 Plotter and video sounder combination display The navigation display consists of two or three displays the digi tal or analog course display and the video sounder display the plotter display Analog data display Waypoint No
59. rn Island 113 Kaual 029 ASTRO POS 71 4 St Helena Island 114 Maui 030 ASTRONOMIC STATION 1852 Marcus Island 115 gt Oahu 031 AUSTRALIAN GEODETIC 1966 Australia and Tasmania Isilang 116 OMAN Oman 032 BELLEVUE IGN Efate and Erromango Islands 117 ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN 1936 Moan Value 033 BERMUDA 1957 Bermuda tsfands 118 England 034 BOGOTA OBSERVATORY Colombia 118 England Isle of Man and Wales 035 CAMPO INCHAUSPE Argentina 120 Scotland and Shetland Islands 036 CANTON ISLAND 1866 Phoenix Islands 121 Wates 037 CAPE South Africa 122 PICO DE LAS NIVIES Canary Islands 038 CAPE CANAVERAL Mean Vatue Florida and Bahama Islands 123 PITCAIRN ASTRO 1957 Pitcairn Island 038 CARTHAGE Tunisia 124 PROVISIONAL SOUTH CHILEAN 1963 South Chile near 53 S 040 CHATHAM 1971 Chatnam Island New Zealand 125 PROVISIONAL SOUTH AMERICAN 1956 Mean Value 041 CHUA ASTRO Paraguay 126 Bolivia 042 CORREGO ALEGRE Brazil 127 Chlie Northern Chilo near 19 S 043 DJAKARTA BATAVIA Sumatra Island Indonesia 128 Chite Southern Chile near 43 S 044 DOS 1968 Gizo Island Now Georgia Islands 129 Calambla 045 EASTER ISLANDS 1567 Easter Island 130 Ecuador 046 EUROPEAN 1959 Conrad Wastem Europe 131 Guyana 047 Cyprus 132 Peru 048 Egypt 133 Venezuela 049 Engiand Scotland Channel and Shetland 134 PUERTO RICO Pu
60. rough the waypoint list 1 Press the WPT key 2 Press the gt key to select WPT List 3 Press the ENT key The waypoint list appears WAYPOINT LIST No Lat Long Display Comment 01 34 44 567 N 135 22 321 W Yes CRAB 02 34 45 567 N 135 23 321 W Yes LOBSTER Route 03 34 46 567 N 135 24 321 y No BUOY 04 34 41 567 N 135 25 321 W 05 MEN 06 AM id dede d o m 07 W TETEE ET 08 FECE 09 C ML 10 ux j w Yes 4 e Cursor ENT Enter MENU Escape Figure 2 10 Sample waypoint list 4 Press the A or Y key to select waypoint number 5 Enter latitude and longitude For South latitude or East lon gitude press the or key 6 The cursor should be in the Display column and Yes selected You will learn a little while later what this column means For now press the gt key once if you want to enter comments or press the ENT key to register the waypoint 7 Press the ENT key 8 Press the MENU key to escape You may change the latitude and longitude position and com ments of waypoints you have entered through the waypoint list 1 Press the WPT key 2 Press the gt key to select WPT List 3 Press the ENT key The waypoint list appears 4 Operate the A or V key to select waypoint number 5 Operate the 4 or key to select column in which to edit or add data Change data as necessary 6 Press
61. rsor CHART OFFSET Chart S Off iet 00 000 N 00 000 E Geodetic TOKYO AY Select ENT Enter MENU Escape Figure 4 4 CHART OFFSET display 4 Press the ENT key 5 Set the cursor on correct position 6 Press the ENT key The chart offset icon f appears on the display 7 Press the MENU key To remove the correction select Off in step 3 of the above procedure and press the ENT and MENU keys GPS Position Correction You may correct the GPS position to further refine position ac curacy 1 Press the MENU key 2 Press the 9 key to select SYSTEM SETUP 3 Operate the Arrow keys to go to page 3 3 of the menu and select Position Offset SYSTEM SETUP 3 3 AV Next previous page ELUKA O00 000 N 00 000 E AV lt de Select ENT Enter MENU Escape Figure 4 5 SYSTEM SETUP menu page 3 3 4 Enter correction value with numeral keys 5 Press the ENT key 6 Press the MENU key L L appears on the left hand side of the display To remove the correction enter zeroes at step 3 in the above procedure and press the ENT and MENU keys Ship s position can be displayed in either latitude and longitude or Loran A or C LOPs To display position in Loran A or C LOPs do the following 1 Press the MENU key 2 Press the 9 key to select SYSTEM SETUP SYSYTEM SETUP1 3 A V Next previous page Memory Apportion Trk 2000Pt 4000Pt
62. school horizontally on the screen and a slow advance speed will contract it Fast Slow Figure 3 11 Comparison of picture advance speeds 1 Press the MENU key 2 Press the 7 key 3 Operate the Arrow keys to select the items desired 4 Press the ENT key 5 Press the MENU key The VRM Variable Range Marker which is always displayed measures depth Place it on the object you wish to know the depth by pressing the A or W key Depth is digitally dis played above the VRM pure Figure 3 12 How to use the VRM This alarm alerts you by aural and visual alarms when a fish echo is within the preset alarm range This alarm function alerts you when the seabed enters into the specified alarm zone 1 Press the MENU key 2 Press the 5 key to select ALARM SETTINGS 3 Press the A or V key to select Fish or Bottom alarm 4 Press the 4 key to turn on the alarm 5 Enter alarm range with numeral keys 6 Press the ENT key 7 Press the MENU key to close the menu When echo corresponding to active alarm enters alarm range aural and visual alarms are released Figure 3 13 How the alarms work 1 Press the CLEAR key and the aural alarm is silenced but the alarm message window is still open 2 Press the CLEAR key to close the alarm message window NOTE I The alarm icon K remains on the screen until alarm is disabled 2 The alarms will be relea
63. sed the next time an alarm setting s is violated Procedure By connecting a water temperature indicator a water tempera ture graph can be displayed 1 Press the MENU key 2 Press the 7 key to select the VIDEO SOUNDER SETUP menu 3 Operate the Arrow keys to display Water Temp Graph On 4 Press the ENT key 5 Press the MENU key Correcting Water Temperature Readout In some instances the water temperature readout may be off by a few degrees You can correct it as follows 1 Press the MENU key 2 Press the 9 key to select the SYSTEM SETUP menu 3 Press the Arrow keys to select Temperature Offset on page 2 3 of the menu 4 Enter correction with numeral keys 5 Press the ENT key 6 Press the MENU key The SYSTEM SETUP menu menu 9 contains several items related to video sounder operation You can adjust them to suit your operating needs Water depth offset To read actual sea depth the zero line can be offset by the depth of the transducer Output power Output power is normally set to Normal maximum power However you may want to lower it on TX Power on page 2 3 of the menu in the following cases Reduce strong seabed echoes when in shallow waters Avoid mutual interference when operating nearby other video SOUNCCES exe us eee vy PO 2 Expansion range You can set the expansion range to x2 x3 x4 or x5 Expansion markers The expansion
64. soeia a cci ree E so SEDE Od rusa e ve hne ee ces ewe aci VR Uu 2 12 Cancelling Destination Waypoint ccccocscessessccesscecensecsesasessecesesscececsesececeoses 2 15 2 6 Route Navigation scssssssssscssssssssesessescessnsessrsnsssnssecessesssescesesssnacenees 2 16 E e E Oaa 2 16 Eo ie hie ro dri att A 2 19 Deleting Route WaypPoiniS snes cssosensvescnzcasaxsasvsominnenomoeneneeneeeceraroernevareenveecevevencseavorax 2 19 FE OIA d i sae Gan 2 20 Cancelling Route Navigation s ccccsssssessessssssassscssscesscsessscssessesereecoesseoreceeeces 2 21 ET E a a RRE EAA AAN EEA I ANE EE A A 2 22 EOterme Matks aea a eni 2 22 GES ah aste AE 2 22 Changing Mark Shape and Tone ereere enson 2 23 PRETE PURPLE E 2 23 CA VN NG a a suet A as 2 24 2 8 The Event Mark secscscssssesssssecsesssnsssssecsesseereosesaranszansusvossuscasssesvessezsseareare 2 25 PEDE TOGBSERU BE rr uernied coti alant a EM uS pe enter LS 2 25 Viewing Past Event Positions ss iasssssesesscsvassssussersicaivssnseveerenonsoondcoreoesedeccerecicecevaessav 2 25 Eran FIV BOUES iacussase qoid Ante nmn med taedet auci de 2 25 Setting Past Event Position as Destination sees 2 26 Changing Event Mark Shape sscssssssssssssssssossosesseseccessscsaseceeveccessoeseseceoseses 2 26 2 9 Ihe MOB Function 1 adi inii a nac numum 2 27 2 10 Stopping Resuming Plotting of Track
65. t three years The first time you use a memory card record the date on the card When battery voltage is low the battery icon El appears on the display Replace battery at earliest convenience to be sure data stored on the card will not be lost The battery must be replaced within 10 minutes after its removal to prevent erasure of data 1 Using a jeweler s phillips head screwdriver unfasten the screw at the base of the card Remove the battery 2 Insert a new battery plus side facing up Refasten cover Record date of replacement on card Figure 5 1 Replacement of memory card battery This unit contains various self tests which check the display unit and antenna unit for proper operation Self tests may be selected on the SELF TEST menu which you can display by pressing MENU and 8 This test conducts a general check of the display unit and the antenna unit Press the 2 key at the SELF TEST menu to start the test The unit displays the check results for each device or component as either OK or NG No Good The following figure shows sample memory I O port test results Note that nothing appears for SIO AUX Memory I O Port Test ROM OK SRAM VRAM Memory Card Internal Battery OK Card Battery OK SIO GPS OK SIO AUX MENU Escape Figure 5 2 Sample memory I O port test results This test checks the keys of the display unit for proper opera tion 1 Press t
66. to further refine variation for a particu lar area If you enter compensation manually be sure to change it when magnetic variation changes 4 17 Output Data Format Select the format of data output to external equipment External Device Select external device connected to the GP 1800F Time Difference The GPS uses UTC time If you would rather use local time enter the difference in hours between local time and UTC Use the and keys for times later or earlier than UTC GPS Posn Smooth When the DOP or receiving condition is unfavorable the GPS fix may change greatly even if the vessel is dead in water This change can be reduced by smoothing the raw GPS fixes A set ting between 0 and 9 is available The higher the setting the more smoothed the raw data Note however that too high a setting slows response time to change in latitude and longitude This is especially noticeable at high ship s speeds 0 is the normal setting increase the setting if the GPS fix changes greatly LATITUDE xxxx RAW POSITION FIX AFTER SMOOTHING LONGITUDE Figure 4 14 GPS position smoothing GPS Speed Smooth During position fixing ship s velocity speed and course is di rectly measured by receiving GPS satellite signals The raw ve locity data may change randomly depending on receiving con ditions and other factors You can reduce this random variation by increasing the smoothing Like with latitude and longitud
67. ts if desired The follow ing display appears If you don t want to enter a comment press the ENT key after entering waypoint number Coment Ent Hf tig Comment Figure 2 9 Characters available for waypoint comment 2 9 About comments You may attach a comment to waypoints during or after entry A comment may contain up to ten characters All comments are stored in the waypoint list See Changing Waypoint Data page 2 11 8 Operate the Arrow keys to select character You can enter figures and by direct keyboard input 9 Press the ENT key 10 Repeat steps 8 and 9 to complete comment 11 Operate the Arrow keys to select ENTER 12 Press the ENT key twice Entry by the cursor 1 Press the WPT key 2 Press the V key to select Cursor 3 Press the ENT key 4 Operate the Arrow keys to place the cursor on the position desired Cursor latitude and longitude appear at the top of the display 5 Press the ENT key 6 Enter waypoint number and comments as explained above or enter waypoint number and press the ENT key to regis ter waypoint and escape 7 Press the MENU key to escape S Entry by own ship s position 1 Press the WPT key 2 Press the 4 key to select Own Posn 3 Press the ENT key 4 Enter waypoint number 5 Press the V key to enter comments as explained above or press the ENT key to register waypoint and escape Entry th
68. ute number discussed in next chapter or by event position discussed in 2 8 The Event Mark When you select a destination waypoint range and bearing from own ship to that point appear at the bottom of the display By the cursor B Setting a dev naton by the cursor allows you to enter multiple points leading to the ultimate destination In the next section you will learn how to set multiple points and store them as a route The procedure which follows shows you how to set ulti mate destination single waypoint 1 Press the GOTO key The following display appears Press ENT to select destination ENT Enter MENU Escape Figure 2 11 Display for selection of destination 2 Press the Y key to select Cursor 3 Press the ENT key 4 Operate the Arrow keys to set the cursor on destination 5 Press the ENT key When a single destination point is selected by cursor A flag marks destination and a dashed line runs between it and own ship s position marked as 00 Therange and bearing to the destination appear at the bottom of the display 434 25 736 N 26 2 nm 137 36 584 E Appears when Range Bearing destination is selected by cursor Figure 2 12 Appearance of display when destination is selected by cursor 2413 By waypoint number 1 Press the GOTO key 2 Press the 4 key to select Waypoint Cancel Cursor Enter waypoint number ENT Enter MENU Es
69. vent position desired You can press and hold down those keys to scroll the display faster 3 Press the MENU key to escape Erasing Event Marks 1 Press the 0 key to turn on the cursor if it is not currently displayed 2 Operate the Arrow keys to me the cursor on the event mark you want to erase 3 Press the CLEAR key Event Position as Destination 1 Press the ENT RECALL key 2 Press the 4 or gt key to display event position desired 3 Press the ENT key 1 Press the MENU key 2 Press the 2 key to select TRACK MARK SETUP 3 Operate the Arrow keys to select Event Mark and shape desired 4 Press the ENT key 5 Press the MENU key to close the menu The MOB Man OverBoard function can be enabled on the DISPLAY SETUP menu When enabled the EVENT MOB key functions to mark man overboard position The range and bearing to the MOB position are continuously updated on the display to help you navigate to the MOB position Range Current Bearing Position Man Overboard Press sos when someone falls overboard MOB VB Ww wae ey 25 19 8nm 58 MOB O5nm 25 Range and Bearing to MOB Position Figure 2 27 The MOB function Enabling the MOB Function 1 Press the MENU key 2 Press the 1 key to display the DISPLAY SETUP menu 3 Operate the Arrow keys to display MOB Data On 4 Press the ENT key 5 Press the
70. y when ordering Display range 5 10 20 40 80 150 300 500 m feet fathoms and passi braza also available Sut o oooi ooon G P S Rec MEE UIT a Recevertomat 8 channels all in view Tracking system Parallel Horizontal 15 m RMS 2D HDOP lt 3 SA OFF Velocity 0 1 kt RMS 2D HDOP lt 3 SA OFF GPS accuracy controlled by U S Department of Defense a ARE 0 14 to 6144 nm above equator s e0 Chart display Land filled in Track Mark 4 000 pts Route storage capacity 7 10 routes 30 points per route Alarms Arrival anchor watch border XTE cross track error ship s speed water temperature fish bottom ola Waypoint capacity 198 pts external waypoint starting waypoint NMEA 0180 NMEA 0183 Ver 1 5 or 2 0 Gene Dimensions mm and mass Display unit 308 W x 198 H x 120 D 2 4 kg Antenna unit 290 x 50 H 300 g Useable temperature Display unit 0 C to 50 C Antenna unit 30 C to 70 C Waterproofing Display unit IEC529 IPX5 Antenna unit IEC529 IPX6 gt 2 The GP 1800F can use almost any geodetic chart system Chart type can be selected on Geodetic Datum in the SYSTEM SETUP menu WGS 84 standard GPS chart system WGS 72 or Tokyo can be selected directly For other charts select OTHER and enter chart code number referring to the chart list 001 WGS84 085 NAMIBIA Namibia 002

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