Edition 2.

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Version history：
Change Modified Version
No. Modified content Note
date by number
The first version（the
1 2015 V1.0 default version is v1.0）

◎ added 1.44 (echo enhancement), 1.51

(full screen display), 3.21 (range tracking)
2 2020.6.2 V2.0 ◎ reworked chapter 6.7(when the machine
fails, the corresponding self-test information
turns red)

3 2020.9.5 V2.1 Reworked chapter 1.40.1(iec62923)

◎ added S-band radar description

4 2024.3.27 V2.2 ◎ added interswitch function description
◎ added optional accessories: De-icer
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CONTENTS
SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS ....................................................................................................II
ECHO STRETCH .........................................................................................................................V
RADAR SYSTEM CONNECTION DIAGRAM ................................................................ VI
YAR27X/S SERIES RADAR SPECIFICATIONS ............................................................ VII
1 RADAR OPERATION ..................................................................................................- 1 -
1.1 POWER ON ................................................................................................................... - 1 -
1.2 TRANSMITTER ON ....................................................................................................... - 1 -
1.3 KEYBOARD UNIT ......................................................................................................... - 2 -
1.4 BOXES AND MARKERS ON-SCREEN ...........................................................................- 5 -
1.5 RANGE SCALE ..............................................................................................................- 6 -
1.6 DISPLAY MODES ...........................................................................................................- 6 -
1.6.1 CHOOSE DISPLAY MODE .........................................................................................- 7 -
1.6.2 DESCRIPTION OF DISPLAY MODES ..........................................................................- 7 -
1.7 PULSE SELECTION ..................................................................................................... - 10 -
1.8 RADAR VIDEO SOURCE SELECTION ..........................................................................- 12 -
1.9 ENVIRONMENT SETTING ........................................................................................... - 13 -
1.9.1 NAVIGATING ENVIRONMENT SETUP OPTIONS SETTING .........................................- 15 -
1.9.2 VIDEO CONTRAST SETTING .................................................................................. - 17 -
1.9.3 RESTORE FACTORY SETTINGS ...............................................................................- 18 -
1.10 INTERFERENCE PROCESSING ..................................................................................- 19 -
1.11 MULTI-FRAME PROCESSING ....................................................................................- 20 -
1.12 ECHO STRETCH ....................................................................................................... - 21 -
1.13 NOISE PROCESS ....................................................................................................... - 22 -
1.14 PI LINE .....................................................................................................................- 23 -
1.14.1 PI LINE SELECT .................................................................................................. - 23 -
1.14.2 ADJUST PI LINE ..................................................................................................- 24 -
1.14.3 PI LINE BEARING REFERENCE ............................................................................ - 24 -
1.14.4 PI LINE MODE .................................................................................................... - 25 -
1.14.5 PI LINE NUMBER ................................................................................................ - 26 -
1.14.6 REST PI LINE ..................................................................................................... - 27 -
1.14.7 PI LINE EDIT ...................................................................................................... - 28 -
1.15 ORIGIN MARK ..........................................................................................................- 29 -
1.15.1 PLACE ORIGIN MARKS ....................................................................................... - 30 -
1.15.2 DELETE INDIVIDUAL ORIGIN MARKS ................................................................. - 31 -
1.15.3 DELETE ALL ORIGIN MARKS .............................................................................. - 31 -
1.16 TARGET TRAILS .....................................................................................................- 32 -
1.16.1 TRUE OR RELATIVE TRAILS ................................................................................ - 32 -
1.16.2 TRAIL TIME ........................................................................................................ - 33 -
1.16.3 TRAIL GRADATION ............................................................................................. - 33 -
1.16.4 ERASE TRAILS ....................................................................................................- 34 -
1.16.5 TRAIL STABILIZATION MODE .............................................................................. - 34 -
1.17 EBL .......................................................................................................................... - 35 -
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1.17.1 MEASURE BEARING WITH EBL ............................................................................. - 35 -

1.17.2 TRUE OR RELATIVE BEARING .................................................................................- 35 -
1.18 COLLISION ASSESSMENT BY EBL OFFSET ........................................................... - 36 -
1.18.1 COLLISION ASSESSMENT ........................................................................................- 36 -
1.18.2 REFERENCE FOR EBL OFFSET ORIGIN .............................................................. - 37 -
1.19 TUNING ................................................................................................................... - 38 -
1.19.1 INITIALIZE TUNING ................................................................................................ - 38 -
1.19.2 CHOOSE THE TUNING MODE .................................................................................. - 39 -
1.20 GAIN ADJUSTMENT .................................................................................................. - 40 -
1.21 SEA CLUTTER SUPPRESSION ...................................................................................... - 40 -
1.21.1 CHOOSE MODE OF SEA CLUTTER SUPPRESSION ..................................................... - 40 -
1.21.2 AUTO SEA CLUTTER SUPRESSION ...........................................................................- 41 -
1.21.3 MANUAL SEA CLUTTER SUPPRESSION ....................................................................- 41 -
1.22 SET THE SEA CONDITION ......................................................................................... - 41 -
1.23 RAIN CLUTTER SUPRESSION .................................................................................... - 43 -
1.23.1 AUTOMATIC SUPRESSION OF RAIN CLUTTER ..........................................................- 43 -
1.23.2 ADJUST RAIN ROTARY ............................................................................................- 44 -
1.24 MONITOR BRILLIANCE ............................................................................................ - 45 -
1.25 COLOR AND BRILLIANCE SETS ................................................................................ - 45 -
1.25.1 CHOOSE A SET OF COLOR ...................................................................................... - 45 -
1.25.2 SET BRILLIANCE .................................................................................................... - 46 -
1.26 ALARM ZONE SETTING ............................................................................................. - 45 -
1.26.1 SET ALARM ZONE .................................................................................................. - 47 -
1.26.2 CANCEL THE ALERT ZONE ALARM PROMPT ........................................................... - 48 -
1.26.3 CLOSE THE ALERT AREA ........................................................................................- 48 -
1.26.4 WARNING ZONE MODE ...........................................................................................- 48 -
1.27 WATCH ALARM .........................................................................................................- 49 -
1.28 CURSOR .................................................................................................................... - 50 -
1.29 RANGE MEASUREMENT ............................................................................................- 50 -
1.29.1 USE FIXED RANGE RING .........................................................................................- 52 -
1.29.2 USE VRM ..............................................................................................................- 52 -
1.30 MARKERS ................................................................................................................. - 53 -
1.30.1 HEADING LINE ....................................................................................................... - 53 -
1.30.2 STERN MARKER ..................................................................................................... - 54 -
1.30.3 NORTH MARKER .................................................................................................... - 55 -
1.30.4 OWN SHIP SYMBOL ................................................................................................ - 55 -
1.31 HEADING .................................................................................................................. - 56 -
1.32 ENTERING OWN SHIP'S SPEED ................................................................................. - 56 -
1.32.1 AUTOMATIC SPEED INPUT BY LOG OR GPS ............................................................- 57 -
1.32.2 MANUAL SPEED INPUT ...........................................................................................- 57 -
1.33 OWN SHIP’S POSITION ...........................................................................................- 58 -
1.34 ZOOM ........................................................................................................................- 59 -
1.34.1 SET VIDEO LOCAL ZOOM IN FUNCTION ..................................................................- 60 -
1.34.2 MAGNIFICATION FUNCTION OPERATION ................................................................ - 61 -
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1.35 MAIN MENU .............................................................................................................. - 61 -

1.36 OFFCENTER THE DISPLAY .......................................................................................- 61 -
1.37 WIPER .......................................................................................................................- 62 -
1.38 HOT KEY FUNCTION .................................................................................................- 63 -
1.38.1 DEFAULT FUNCTION OF HOT KEY ...........................................................................- 63 -
1.38.2 USER SETTING FOR HOT KEY ................................................................................. - 63 -
1.38.3 DESCRIPTION OF FUNCTION KEY PROGRAMS .........................................................- 65 -
1.39 SECOND-TRACE ECHOES REJECTION ...................................................................... - 68 -
1.40 SYSTEM ALERTS ....................................................................................................... - 69 -
1.40.1 ALERT OR ALARM DESCRIPTION ............................................................................ - 69 -
1.40.2 INDICATIONS FOR IMPORTANT OPERATION ............................................................. - 72 -
1.40.3 ALARM LIST ...........................................................................................................- 72 -
1.40.4 OUTPUT ALARM SIGNALS ...................................................................................... - 72 -
1.40.5 PRIORITY ALARM ...................................................................................................- 74 -
1.41 RADAR PERFORMANCE MONITOR PM ..................................................................... - 75 -
1.41.1 ACTIVATE THE PERFORMANCE MONITOR ........................................................... - 75 -
1.41.2 PERFORMANCE MONITOR DESCRIPTION ............................................................- 77 -
1.42 REFERENCE POSITION ............................................................................................ - 77 -
1.43 ANCHOR WATCH ...................................................................................................... - 79 -
1.44 ECHO ENHANCEMENT .............................................................................................- 80 -
1.45 FULL SCREEN DISPLAY ............................................................................................ - 81 -
2 RADAR OBSERVATION .............................................................................................. - 82 -
2.1 GENERAL ................................................................................................................... - 82 -
2.1.1 RADAR DISTANCE MEASUREMENT ....................................................................... - 82 -
2.1.2 RADAR RESOLUTION ............................................................................................- 83 -
2.1.3 BEARING ACCURACY ........................................................................................... - 83 -
2.1.4 RANGE MEASUREMENT ........................................................................................- 84 -
2.2 FALSE ECHOES ...........................................................................................................- 84 -
2.2.1 MULTIPLE ECHOES ............................................................................................... - 84 -
2.2.2 SIDELOBE ECHOES ............................................................................................... - 84 -
2.2.3 VIRTUAL IMAGE ...................................................................................................- 85 -
2.2.4 SHADOW SECTORS ............................................................................................... - 85 -
2.3 SART（SEARCH AND RESCUE TRANSPONDER） .................................................... - 86 -
2.3.1 SART DESCRIPTION .............................................................................................- 86 -
2.3.2 SHOWING SART MARKS ON THE RADAR DISPLAY ...............................................- 87 -
2.3.3 INTRODUCTION ON RECEIVING SARTS ................................................................- 88 -
2.3.3.1 SART range errors ........................................................................................- 88 -
2.3.3.2 Radar bandwidth .......................................................................................... - 88 -
2.3.3.3 Radar side lobes ........................................................................................... - 89 -
2.4 MARINE RADAR FOR SART DETECTION RACON (RADAR BEACON) ......................- 89 -
2.5 RADAR TARGET ENHANCER (RTE) ............................................................................- 89 -
3 TARGET TRACKING (TT) ..........................................................................................- 90 -
3.1 USAGE PRECAUTIONS ................................................................................................- 90 -
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3.2 CONTROLS FOR TT ...................................................................................................- 90 -

3.3 SHOWING, HIDDEN TT ICONS ...................................................................................- 91 -
3.4 ENTERING OWN SHIP'S SPEED .................................................................................. - 91 -
3.4.1ECHO-REFERENCED SPEED INPUT ......................................................................... - 91 -
3.4.2CANCELING ECHO-REFERENCED SPEED INPUT: .....................................................- 93 -
3.5AUTOMATIC TARGET ACQUISITION .......................................................................... - 93 -
3.5.1 SET UP AUTOMATIC TRACKING CONDITIONS ........................................................- 94 -
3.5.2 TERMINATING TRACKING OF TARGETS (INCLUDING REFERENCE TARGETS) .........- 94 -
3.5.2.1 Cancel individual targets: .............................................................................- 94 -
3.5.2.2 Cancel tracking on all targets: ......................................................................- 95 -
3.7 TRACK LOSS .............................................................................................................. - 96 -
3.7.1 SET THE LOST TARGET FILTER ..............................................................................- 96 -
3.8 TT SYMBOLS AND ATTRIBUTES ................................................................................ - 98 -
3.8.1 TT SYMBOLS ........................................................................................................- 98 -
3.8.2 TT SYMBOL BRILLIANCE ......................................................................................- 99 -
3.8.3 TT SYMBOL COLOR ..............................................................................................- 99 -
3.9 DISPLAY TARGET DATA ............................................................................................- 101 -
3.9.1 DISPLAY INDIVIDUAL TARGET DATA ...................................................................- 101 -
3.9.2 TARGET LIST ...................................................................................................... - 102 -
3.9.3 SORT THE TARGET LIST ...................................................................................... - 103 -
3.10 TT VECTOR MODE .................................................................................................- 103 -
3.10.1 DESCRIPTION OF TT VECTORS .........................................................................- 104 -
3.10.2 TT VECTOR MODE AND LENGTH ....................................................................- 104 -
3.10.3 TT VECTOR STABLISATION MODE .....................................................................- 105 -
3.1 TT HISTORICAL LOCATION ..................................................................................... - 105 -
3.11.1 SETTINGS FOR TT PAST POSITION .................................................................... - 105 -
3.11.2 SETTINGS FOR TT PAST POSITION POINTS ........................................................ - 106 -
3.12 FLOW DIRECTION AND VELOCITY .......................................................................- 107 -
3.13 TT CPA/TCPA ALARM .........................................................................................- 108 -
3.13.1 CPA/TCPA SETTING ......................................................................................- 108 -
3.13.2 ACKNOWLEDGE CPA/TCPA ALARM ................................................................- 109 -
3.14 ACQUISITION ZONE ............................................................................................... - 109 -
3.14.1 ACTIVATE ACQUISITION ZONE .......................................................................... - 109 -
3.14.2 DORMANT, DEACTIVATE ACQUISITION ZONE ..................................................- 110 -
3.14.3 ACKNOWLEDGE THE ACQUISITION ZONE ALARM .............................................- 111 -
3.14.4 ACQUISITION ZONE REFERENCE ....................................................................... - 111 -
3.15 PROHIBIT ACQUISITION ZONE .............................................................................. - 112 -
3.16 TT SYSTEM MESSAGES ..........................................................................................- 112 -
3.17 OPERATE THE SHIP SWITCHES ........................................................................... - 114 -
3.17.1 DYNAMIC TRIAL SHIP OPERATION .................................................................... - 114 -
3.17.4 TERMINATE TRIAL MANEUVER .........................................................................- 116 -
3.18 TT PERFORMANCE TEST ....................................................................................... - 117 -
3.19 CRITERIA FOR SELECTING TARGETS FOR TRACKING ......................................... - 117 -
3.19.1 ACQUISITION AND TRACKING .......................................................................... - 118 -
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3.19.2 QUALITATIVE DESCRIPTION OF TRACKING ERROR ........................................... - 118 -

3.20 FACTORS AFFECTING TT FUNCTIONS .................................................................. - 118 -
3.20.1 SEA RETURNS ...................................................................................................- 118 -
3.20.2 RAIN AND SNOW WAVES ...................................................................................- 118 -
3.20.3 LOW CLOUDS ................................................................................................... - 118 -
3.20.4 LOW GAIN ........................................................................................................ - 119 -
3.20.5 SECOND TRACE ECHOES ...................................................................................- 119 -
3.20.6 INDIRECT ECHOES ............................................................................................ - 119 -
3.20.7 BLIND AND SHADOW SECTORS .........................................................................- 119 -
3.20.8 INDIRECT ECHOES ............................................................................................ - 119 -
3.20.9 RADAR INTERFERENCE PROCESSING ................................................................- 119 -
3.21 RANGE ACQ ..........................................................................................................- 120 -
4 AIS OPERATION .........................................................................................................- 122 -
4.1 CONTROLS FOR AIS ................................................................................................- 122 -
4.2 SHOW, HIDE AIS DISPLAY ....................................................................................... - 122 -
4.3 AIS DISPLAY FILTER ................................................................................................- 124 -
4.4 ACTIVATE AIS ..........................................................................................................- 125 -
4.4.1 ACTIVATE SPECIFIC AIS ..................................................................................... - 125 -
4.4.2 ACTIVATE ALL AIS .............................................................................................- 125 -
4.5 DORMANT AIS .........................................................................................................- 126 -
4.5.1 DORMANT AN INDIVIDUAL AIS ......................................................................... - 126 -
4.5.2 PUT ALL AIS TO SLEEP ...................................................................................... - 126 -
4.6 DISPLAY AIS DATA .................................................................................................. - 127 -
4.6.1 AIS BASIC DATA .................................................................................................- 127 -
4.6.2 DETAILED AIS DATA .......................................................................................... - 128 -
4.6.3 REMOVE AIS DATA DISPLAY .............................................................................. - 128 -
4.6.4 CANCEL TRACKING ON A AIS FROM TARGET DATA DISPLAY ..............................- 128 -
4.7 AIS SYMBOL ATTRIBUTES ....................................................................................... - 128 -
4.7.1 AIS SYMBOL BRILLIANCE .................................................................................. - 128 -
4.7.2 AIS SYMBOL SIZE AND COLOR ...........................................................................- 129 -
4.8 PAST POSITION DISPLAY ..........................................................................................- 130 -
4.8.1 AIS PAST POSITION PLOT INTERVAL SETTING ..................................................... - 131 -
4.8.2 AIS PAST POSITION POINTS NUMBER SETTING ................................................... - 131 -
4.9 AIS LOST ................................................................................................................. - 132 -
4.9.1 AIS LOST FILTER ................................................................................................ - 133 -
4.9.2 AIS LOST ALARM ...............................................................................................- 134 -
4.10 ROT SETTING .........................................................................................................- 134 -
4.11ASSOCIATION OF AIS AND TT ............................................................................... - 136 -
4.12 AIS COLLISION ALARM .........................................................................................- 138 -
4.12.1 CPA/TCPA SETTING ........................................................................................ - 138 -
4.12.2 ENABLE, DISABLE THE AIS COLLISION ALARM ............................................... - 138 -
4.12.3 ACKNOWLEDGE THE COLLISION ALARM ..........................................................- 139 -
4.13 AIS SYSTEM MESSAGES ........................................................................................ - 139 -
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5 VIDEO PLOTTER .................................................................................................... - 140 -

5.1 GENERAL ................................................................................................................. - 140 -
5.2 VIDEO PLOTTER DISPLAY ...................................................................................... - 140 -
5.3 RADAR MAP ............................................................................................................. - 141 -
5.3.1 TURN ON RADAR MAP DISPLAY ..........................................................................- 141 -
5.3.2 PLOTTING RADAR MAP MARKERS ...................................................................... - 141 -
5.3.3 EASE RADAR MAP .............................................................................................. - 144 -
5.3.3.1 Erase individual radar map marks and lines .............................................. - 144 -
5.3.3.2 Erase all radar map marks and lines ...........................................................- 144 -
5.3.4 HIDE , SHOW MAP GRAPHICS ............................................................................. - 145 -
5.4 TRACK ..................................................................................................................... - 147 -
5.4.1PLOT OWN SHIP TRACK ....................................................................................... - 147 -
5.4.2OWN SHIP TRACK COLOR ....................................................................................- 148 -
5.4.3ERASE OWN SHIP TRACK .....................................................................................- 148 -
5.5 WAYPOINT ................................................................................................................- 149 -
5.5.1 INPUT WAYPOINT ................................................................................................- 149 -
5.5.1.1By cursor ..................................................................................................... - 149 -
5.5.2 ERASE WAYPOINT ...............................................................................................- 152 -
5.5.2.1Erase individual waypoint by menu ............................................................- 152 -
5.5.2.2 Erase individual waypoint by trackball ......................................................- 154 -
5.5.2.3 Erase all waypoints .................................................................................... - 154 -
5.5.3 WAYPOINT LIST .................................................................................................. - 155 -
5.5.4 HIDE, SHOW WAYPOINTS’ NAME AND NUMBER .............................................. - 156 -
5.6 NAVLINE ...................................................................................................................- 157 -
5.6.1 CREATE A NAV LINE ..........................................................................................- 157 -
5.6.2 EDIT A NAV LINE .............................................................................................. - 158 -
5.6.3 NAV LINE LIST ....................................................................................................- 160 -
5.6.4 ERASE NAV LINE ...............................................................................................- 161 -
5.6.4.1 Erase individual NAV line ..........................................................................- 161 -
5.6.4.2 Erase all NAV line ......................................................................................- 162 -
5.6.5 SET UP NAV LINE .............................................................................................. - 164 -
5.6.6 DISPLAY NAV LINE ............................................................................................- 165 -
5.6.7 HIDE NAV LINE ................................................................................................. - 166 -
6 MAINTENANCE, TROUBLESHOOTING ........................................................... - 167 -
6.1 PERIODIC MAINTENANCE ....................................................................................... - 168 -
6.2 LIFE EXPECTANCY OF MAJOR PARTS ......................................................................- 169 -
6.3 REPLACE THE FUSE .................................................................................................- 169 -
6.4 TRACKBALL MAINTENANCE ................................................................................... - 169 -
6.5 EASY TROUBLESHOOTING ...................................................................................... - 170 -
6.6 ADVANCED-LEVEL TROUBLESHOOTING ................................................................. - 170 -
6.7 DIAGNOSTICS .......................................................................................................... - 172 -
6.8 NETWORK ................................................................................................................- 174 -
6.8.1 SET NETWORK PARAMETERS .............................................................................. - 174 -
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6.8.2 UPDATE RADAR SYSTEM .....................................................................................- 175 -

6.8.3 DATA TRANSFER ................................................................................................. - 177 -
7 APPENDIX 1 MENU PAGES ......................................................................................- 178 -
7.1 MAIN MENU ............................................................................................................. - 178 -
7.2 ECHO AND ITS SUBMENU ........................................................................................ - 178 -
7.3 MARK AND ITS SUBMENU ....................................................................................... - 179 -
7.4 ALARM AND ITS SUBMENU ......................................................................................- 179 -
7.5 TT&AIS AND ITS SUBMENU ................................................................................... - 180 -
7.6 ASSIST NAV AND ITS SUBMENU .............................................................................. - 180 -
7.7 NAV LINE&WPT AND ITS SUBMENU ...................................................................... - 181 -
7.8 CUSTOM&TEST AND ITS SUBMENU ........................................................................ - 181 -
7.9 NET MENU ................................................................................................................- 182 -
7.10 INSTALL AND ITS SUBMENU .................................................................................. - 183 -
8 APPENDIX 2 POPUP MENU PAGES ....................................................................... - 184 -
8.1 SPD MENU ............................................................................................................... - 184 -
8.2 OS POSN MENU ...................................................................................................... - 184 -
8.3 TT LIST MENU ......................................................................................................... - 184 -
8.4 TT TARGET MENU ................................................................................................... - 184 -
8.5 AIS TARGET MENU .................................................................................................. - 185 -
8.6 MARK MENU ............................................................................................................- 185 -
8.7 DIM MENU ............................................................................................................... - 186 -
8.8 TRAIL MENU ............................................................................................................ - 186 -
8.9 ENVIRONMENT AND ITS SUBMENU ......................................................................... - 187 -
8.10 HDG MENU .............................................................................................................- 187 -
8.11ANT SELECT MENU ................................................................................................. - 187 -
9 APPENDIX 3 .................................................................................................................- 188 -
10 APPENDIX 4 ...............................................................................................................- 209 -
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Important notice

•This manual is only for users who are familiar with marine radar in English.
• The operator of this radar must read and follow the descriptions in this manual. YONZOE
assumes no liability or responsibility for wrong operation or maintenance which may cause
damages or injuries, and will cancel warranty.
• Without written permission from YONZOE, YONZOE assumes no liability or responsibility for
damages or injuries caused by copying any part of this manual.
• Take care of this manual and if it is lost or badly affected reading, please contact your dealer for
replacement.
• The contents of this manual and radar specifications can change without notice.
• The example screens (or illustrations) shown in this manual can be different from the screens you
see on your display. The screens you see depend on your system configuration and equipment
settings.
• Any modification of the equipment (including software) by persons not authorized by YONZOE
will result in the cancellation of warranty. We assume no liability or responsibility for damages or
injuries caused by it.
• All brand and product names are trademarks which registered by YONZOE . Their ownership
and interpretation rights belong to YONZOE.
• When discard this equipment should follow the local regulations about the disposal of
industrial waste.

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Safety instructions

Warning
Relying merely on this radar system for navigation is not capable of ensuring the absolute
safety of the vessel and the crew. The navigator is obligated to employ all available auxiliary
equipment to guarantee the safety of the vessel and the crew. This radar system cannot substitute
for fundamental navigation principles and common sense.

Warning
TT (Target Tracking) is the automatic tracking of targets detected by the radar automatically or
manually marked, and this radar system provides the calculated results of their heading and speed,
which can be represented in vector form. Since the data generation is based on selected radar
echoes, the radar should always be in a tuned and optimized state to ensure that the target is not

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lost and to avoid detecting or tracking noise such as sea wave clutter or other unnecessary targets.
Land, island, reef, ship, rain, snow, water surface, and other surface objects can all reflect radar
waves and form radar echoes. Therefore, the radar receiver's echo signal includes various noise
signals, and the operator must adjust the RAIN (rain/snow), SEA (sea waves), and GAIN (gain)
knobs to ensure that the target is detected well and is displayed clearly on the screen.
Caution
The plotting accuracy and response of TT meet IMO standards.
TT performance is affected by the following:

Tracking accuracy is affected by course change. One to two minutes is required to restore
vectors to full accuracy after an abrupt course change. (the actual amount depends on gyrocompass
specifications.)
The amount of tracking delay is inversely proportional to the relative speed of the target. Delay
is about 15 to 30 seconds for high relative speed; 30 to 60 seconds for low relative speed.
Tracking accuracy is affected by the following:
- Echo intensity
- Radar transmission pulse width
- Radar bearing error
- Gyro compass error
- Course change (own ship and target)
The data generated by TT, AIS and video plotter are intended for reference only, refer to official
nautical charts for detailed and up-to-date information.
Note：According to IMO msc.192(79), ships with a maximum speed exceeding30 kn are typically
consided as high-speed crafts.

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Preface
Dear Users of YAR27 Series Marine Radar:
Thank you for using the YAR27 Series radar!
You will soon experience the outstanding quality and reliable performance of our marine
radars, which have been carefully designed by Shanghai YONZOE Electronic Technology Co., Ltd.
For our company has always been committed to developing reliable marine electronic equipment
from the beginning of the company's establishment.
Our carefully designed and manufactured radars can be used in harsh marine environments.
However, without proper installation, operation, and maintenance, no machine can perform its
expected functions. Therefore, please carefully read all relevant manuals and follow the
installation, operation, and maintenance steps.
As our ultimate user, we hope you can provide valuable feedBack to help us continuously
improve and refine our products.
Sincere thanks again for your choosing Shanghai YONZOE 's equipment.
Note: The screen examples displayed in this manual may not match your screen display. The
screen you see depends on your system configuration and device settings.
Features
● High resolution large size TFT LCD: 19-inch and 27-inch widescreen are available for
selection.
● Antennas, power, displays, AC and DC power supplies are optional available to suit different
vessel types.
● This series of radars has functions such as TT, AIS, radar map mapping, etc.
● The ergonomic trackball mouse, with the keys and knobs, constitutes a very convenient
trackball mouse key control unit.
● convenient and concise menu operation.
● using only a trackball mouse, you can access the full functionality of your device, which is
not only convenient but also reliable.
● comply with the latest international standards conventions that include:
IEC 62388/2013: Maritime navigation and radiocommunication equipment and systems -
shipborne radars - performance requirements, test methods and Required test results.
IEC 60945/2002: Maritime navigation and radiocommunication equipment and systems -

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general equipment - general requirements - test methods and Required test results.
● There is a target capture area, which captures and tracks the target that enters the area and
gives an alarm.
● There is a warning area, which monitors the targets entering or exiting the area and gives an
alarm.
● TCPA/CPA collision avoidance alarm function.
● Electronic parallel index lines.
● Radar model (43.2RPM) for HSC (high speed craft) can be selected.

Software number
Module Code number Version number Release time

Main processing unit 2722101-10 10.**

Display unit 2732100-00 00.**

Keyboard 2704010-00 11.**

RF video unit 2701010-01 11.**

Note：“**” Indicates a minor change

Signal processing functions

This radar has the signal processing functions described in the table below. Each function has
a corresponding legend explanation. See other sections in this user manual for detailed
information.

Function Description

Enlarge target echoes, especially small echoes. The echo stretch feature enlarges
Echo stretch targets to make them easier to see,Suppress interference, sea clutter and rain
clutter before using echo stretch, to prevent the enlargement of unwanted
echoes.
The radar samples echoes with each scan, echoes are averaged over successive
Echo averge picture frames.. Targets that show a large change with each scan are judged as
clutter and are reduced in order to display only echoes from legitimate
targets.This process requires position and speed data.
Noise reject,
Suppress white noise and increase the s/n ratio to improve picture clarity.

Interference Suppress the same frequency interference transmitted by other radars. But too
reject interferences received simultaneously from other radars to be difficult to reduce.
The wiper feature automatically changes the brilliance of weak signals to
Echo wipe facilitate picture observation, and its affect depends on the wiper setting used
and whether each averaging is turned on or off.

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Radar system connection diagram

Note: * indicates DC or AC option.

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Yar27x/s series radar specifications

1.Radar type

High Speed Craft

Radar series: YAR27X/S marine ARPA radar

19：19 inch,colorful LCD

Display size
27：27 inch,colorful LCD

12：12.5kW ,X band
Maximum power 25：25.0kW ,X band

30：30.0kW ,S band

RAX12： 4.0ft/1.2m ,X band

RAX20： 6.5ft/2.0m ,X band

Antenna length RAX24： 8.0ft/2.4m ,X band

RAX36： 12.0ft/3.6m ,X band

RAS39： 13.0ft/3.9m ,Sband

X band - 9410 ± 30MHz

Radar band
S band - 3050 ± 30MHz

High speed vessel If there is an "H" - high speed craft;

Without "H" - standard（craft）

- * is null ：110VAC/220V AC;

Power supply
* is “D” ：24V DC

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2.Antenna unit
Antenna type Waveguide slot antenna

X- band：9410±30MHz
Operating frequency
S- band：3050±30MHz

Antenna polarization Horizontal polarization

Antenna type 24.0rpm；43.2rpm(HSC)

Beamwidth and sidelobe suppression:

X-band S-band
Model number
RAX12 RAX20 RAX24 RAX36 RAS39

Antenna length 4 ft (1.2 m) 6.5 ft (2 m) 8 ft (2.4 m) 12 ft (3.6 m) 13ft (3.9m)

Horizontal beamwidth 1.85 ° 1.25 ° 0.95 ° 0.65 ° 1.8 °

Vertical beamwidth 22 ° 22 ° 22 ° 22 ° 24 °

±10° inner sidelobe

-24dB -28dB -28dB -28dB -24dB
suppression

±10° external sidelobe

-30dB -32dB -32dB -32dB -30dB
suppression

Motor selection form:

Model number RPM Voltage

YZ-MCS-SGN(24rpm，X-band) 24V DC

YZ-MCS-SGN-H(43.2rpm，X-band) 48VDC
Antenna motor
YZ-MCS-SGN-S (24rpm，S-band) 220VAC

YZ-MCS-SGN-SH(43.2rpm，S-band) 220V AC

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3.Transceiver unit
3.1 Operating frequency:

X-band: 9410±30MHz

S-band: 3050±30MHz

3.2 Peak power:

X-band S-band

RTR12 RTR25 RTR30

12.5 kW 25.0 kW 30kW

3.3 Pulse type and repetitionfrequency:

Pulse type Pulse width PL(us) Pulse repetitionfrequency PRF(Hz)

S1 0.075 3000

S2 0.15 3000

M1 0.3 1500

M2 0.5 1000

M3 0.7 1000

L 1.2 600/500 *

Note: At L pulse, the PRF for the 96NM range is 500Hz.

3.4 Intermediate frequency（IF）: 60MHz

3.5 Noise factor: < 6.0dB

4.Display and control unit

4.1 Radar image: 32 level grayscale, yellow, green, white, color

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4.2 Display:
Name RD19* / RD19A* RD27W*

Monitor size 19.0 inches

27 inches wide-screen
Radar operating area (image)
290mm 323mm
diameter

Display resolution 1280 *1024 1920 * 1080

Note 1: * null for 110/220VAC power, * D for 24V DC power.

Note 2: Suffix "A" For narrow bezel, "W" For wide screen..

4.3 Range, range ring, and range ring interval

Range (NM) 0.125 0.25 0.5 0.75 1 1.5 2 3 6 12 24 32 48 96

Number of range ringsRR

5 5 5 5 4 6 4 6 6 6 6 4 6 6

Range ring interval (NM) 0.025 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.25 0.25 0.5 0.5 1 2 4 8 8 16

4.4 Minimum range: 25m

4.5 Range discrimination: 25m

4.6 Range accuracy: 1%of range scale in use or 30m, whichever is greater.

4.7 Bearing resolution:

X-band S-band

RAX12 RAX20 RAX24 RAX36 RAS39

2.1 ° 1.5 ° 1.2 ° 0.8 ° 2.0 °

4.8 Bearingaccuracy: ±1°

4.9 Display mode: Bow up, bow up true bearing, true north up, true north up true motion, course up, stern up.

4.10 Relative or true trails: Duration 15s-25min can be selected.

4.11 Tuning function: Support automatic or manual mode.

4.12 Sea clutter, rain and snow clutter suppression function: 0-100 can be adjusted.

4.13 TT plotting function [1] : Automatic or manual capture; up to 200 targets; 0.1 NM - 24 NM

4.14 AIS: Display in accordance withIEC62288-2014/IMO SN/Circ.217; 1000 targets.

4.15 Alert zone: 2, any radian sector. Flash the echo signals to cause the watcher alertness.

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4.16 TT capture area: 2, require compass signal, automatically capture target or activate AIS target.

4.17 parallel index lines: 1,2,3,6 optional; can be truncated.

4.18 Radar map: Course, coastline, buoy and other markers.

[1] Watch for high speed targets

Assuming your ship's speed is 40 kn, and the target ship is approaching you at a speed of 40 kn at the same time.
The relative speed at this moment is 80kn. Close sea clutter, random noise, or other echoes can cause the radar to
lose track of the target. Use a measuring range with a larger interval. In addition, the TT is not guaranteed to
track the target when the relative speed exceeds 100 kn.

5. Control the keyboard and mouse

5.1 Function keys and number keys.

5.2 Brightness, TUNING, SEA, RAIN, EBL and VRM knobs.

5.3Ergonomic trackball mouse with left and right keys and scroll wheel.

6. Interface
6.1 Input signal (IEC 61162)

6.1.1 AIS: According to IEC 61162-1 Ed.2.

6.1.2 THD azimuth: Gyrocompass or satellite compass according to IEC 61162-2, step/synchronous compass

format needs to be converted.

6.1.3EPFS: GPS or BD2 locator in NMEA0183 format.

6.1.4SMDE: Speed log or satellite locator, NMEA0183 format.

6.1.5 Others: Depth meter, anemoclinograph, etc

6.2 Output signal

6.2.1 TT DATA: OSD,RSD, TTD and other data of IEC61162-1 ed.

6.2.2 Alarm output: 2 normally closed /2 normally open contact output.

6.2.3 VDR output: 1 VGA interface、BNC、R、 G、B、H、 V signals; or 1 DVI port.

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7 .Power supply
7.1 Monitor unit:
Power supply Nominal (V) Range (V) Current (A)

DC 24 18 ~ 40 4.0

110 85 ~ 130 2.0

AC
220 170 ~ 260 1.0

7.2 Processor unit:

Power supply Nominal (V) Range (V) Current (A)

DC 24 18 ~ 40 10.0

110 85 ~ 130 4.0

AC
220 170 ~ 260 2.0

7.3 S-band motor unit:

Power supply Nominal (V) Range (V) Current (A)

De-icer power supply

220 85 ~ 130/170 ~ 260VAC 5.0
range (optional)

Motor supply range 220 187 ~ 242VAC 10.0

8. Environmental conditions (IEC 60945)

8.1 Ambient temperature

8.1.1 Operating temperature: Outdoor RF (antenna + transceiver) : -25 ~ +55℃;

Indoor display and control (processor + display + mouse button) : -15 ~ +55℃;

8.1.2 Storage temperature: -30 ~ +70℃.

8.1.3 Relative humidity: 95% (+40℃).

8.2 Waterproof performance: Outdoor RF: IPX6 (IEC 60529); indoor processor: IPX0 (IEC 60529);

8.3 ElectroMagnetic compatibility (EMC) : Complies with the relevant specifications and clauses of IEC 60945

Ed.4.

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9.Radar performance monitor [PM, optional]

Radar performance monitor X-band (RPM-X)

Frequency range 9410±30 M Hz

Input power +8 ~ +28dBm

Input pulse width ≥1  s

Output power (second pulse) -56 ~ -36dBm

Step level (first to second pulse) +9 ~ +11dB(typical +10dB).

Operating temperature -30 ~ +80℃

Radar performance monitor S-band (RPM-S)

Frequency range 3050±30 M Hz

Input power -5 ~ +15dBm

Input pulse width ≥1  s

Output power (second pulse) -35 ~ -15dBm

Step level (first to second pulse) +9 ~ +11dB(typical +10dB)

Operating temperature -30 ~ +80℃

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1 Radar operation

1.1 Power on

The radar power switch key （ ） is located below the transparent plastic protective cover on the
left upper corner of the trackball mouse keyboard (The following are all referred to as keyboard).
Open the protective cover and press the key to turn on the radar system. Press it again to turn the
power off.
After powering on, the display screen will first show the registered trademark of our company.
About 30 seconds after startup, the azimuth scale and digital timer (countdown) will be displayed,
along with related auxiliary parameters.
The digital timer will count down for 3 minutes (related to the radar's shutdown time, if the
shutdown time is short, the countdown will be shorter), the transmitter (i.e. the radar magnetron)
will be preheated during this time to prepare for transmission. When the timer counts down to
"00:00", the screen will display the words "***STAND BY***". After that, the radar can transmit
pulse microwave signals at any time. When the radar transmitter is in standby mode, the screen
will not display markers, distance rings, maps, icons, etc. At the same time, the TT and AIS
symbols will be disabled. In the preheating or standby condition, the screen will also display the
working time of the radar system and the working time of the radar transmitter.
Note 1: Avoid turning on the power immediately after turning off. Wait for a few seconds before
turning the power on again to ensure that the system starts up correctly.
Note 2: The parameters set on the radar screen through the menu, etc. will be saved to the
non-volatile memory to ensure that the parameters have been set will not be lost when restarted.
Note 3: Avoid damaging the protective cover of the power switch. It is made of hard plastic, and
any damage may injure people.
1.2Transmitter on
After power on and the magnetron has warmed up, you may transmit by pressing the <STBY
TX> key on the keyboard, or use the trackball to select the [STBY/TX] box at the bottom left
corner of the display then push the left button (beside the trackball). The text in the [STBY TX]
box will change from “STBY TX” （figure a）to “TX”（figure b）

Figure a figure b
The radar is initially set to previous settings such as : range and pulse length、 brilliance level,
VRM EBL and menu option selections.
Directly press the<STBY/TX>button or use the trackball mouse to click on the [STBY/TX]
box can toggle the radar between standby and transmit status. The antenna stops in standby status
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of output power. Therefore, it is highly recommended that the radar be set to standby when not
used , so that extend its service life.
If the radar has just been used , the transmitter tube (magnetron)is turned off just now and
still warm, you can turn the radar into transmit condition without three minutes of warm-up. If the
<power> switch was turned off by mistake or tother reasons and you wish to restart the radar
promptly, turn on the <power> switch not later than 10 seconds after power-off. So that save
the prewarming time.
The operational display area is round, as showed in the figure below with gray.

Note：The monitor contains glass components. If there is any damage, please replace it promptly and pay
attention to protection to avoid injury, YonZoe is not responsible for any injuries caused by improper handling.

1.3 Keyboard unit

RAIN KNOB GAIN KNOB TRACKBALL WHEEL

POWER EBL KNOB DIM KNOB SEA KNOB VRM KNOB LEFT BUTTON RIGHT BUTTON

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the keys on the keyboard is described as table below.

Control Description

Power This is the radar system switch, turn on or off the radar operating

power, but note that the radar standby power is always on.

EBL KNOB Adjusts EBL.

EBL OFF Turns the EBL off.

EBL ON Turns the EBL on.

VRM KNOB Adjusts VRM.

VRM OFF Turns the VRM off.

VRM ON Turns the VRM on.

DIM KNOB Adjusts screen brilliance of YONZOE-supplied display monitor.

RAIN KNOB Suppresses rain clutter.

SEA KNOB Suppresses sea clutter.

GAIN KNOB Adjusts sensitivity of the radar receiver.

F1

F2
Menu shortcut function keys
F3

F4

ALARM ACK Alarm confirmation

STBY/TX Toggles between stand-by and transmit.

HL OFF 1 Temporarily erases the heading line while pressed.

Digital number 1

EBL Enables, disables the EBL offset.

OFFSET 2 Digital number 2

DISP Radar display mode switchingDigital number 3

MODE 3

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OFF Eccentric displayDigital number 4

CENTER 4

CU/TM Reset in heading up and true motion modeDigital number 5

RESET 5

PI LINE 6 Choose parallel lines

Digital number 6

VECTOR Chooses vector time (length)

TIME 7 Digital number 7

VECTOR Chooses vector mode, relative or true.

MODE 8 Digital number 8

TT LIST 9 Displays targets list.

Digital number 9

CANCEL TRAIL Cancels all target trails.

COLOR 0 Chooses color scheme.

Digital number 0

ENTER Enter confirmed / keyboard input terminated.

MENU Opens and closes the main menu; closes other menus

ACQ TT target capture/AIS target activation

TT DATA Displays target data for TT or AIS target chosen with the trackball.

RANGE + Enlarge theradar range

RANGE - Reduce the radar range

TT CANCEL Target tracking cancellation/sleep AIS

LEFT BUTTON Select menu with trackball,confirm selections, etc.

RIGHT BUTTON Select popup menu, cancel selections etc.

WHEEL Select menu items or values, etc.

TRACKBALL Move cursor.

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1.4 Boxes and Markers On-Screen

After power on, and connected with GYRO, EPFS, AIS, LOG, you may see the display shows
figure like below.

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1.5 Range scale

The selected range scale, range ring intervals are shown at the upper left corner on the screen.
Choose proper range scale to let the targets loacated at suitable location on the display, do the
followings to change the range scale.
A. By keyboard
Continue to press the <RANGE +> key to increase range scale,or <RANGE -> key to
decrease range sacle.
B. By trackball
1) roll the trackball to move the cursor into [range] box at the top left corner of the screen. For
default condition, after about 2 second a guidance box shows "Range DOWN / RANGE UP."
appears at adjacent.

Range box
2) push the left button to reduce the range, right button to enlarge the range.
Note1：Cursor in operational display area（round area as described in section 1.2）shows cross

shape（ ）,while outside shows arrow shape（ ）.

1.6 Display modes

This radar has the following diplay modes:
Relative motion (RM) mode
1) HEAD UP: Unstabilized
2) HEAD UP TB: Head-up with compass-stabilized bearing scale (true bearing) where the
bearing scale rotates with the compass reading.
3) COURSE UP: Compass-stabilized relative to ship’s orientation at the time of selecting
course-up.
4) NORTH UP: Compass-stabilized with reference to north.
5) STERN UP: Opposite to head up.
True motion (TM) mode
NORTH UP: Ground stability or water stability mode with compass and speed input.
Note:It displays the head-up mode without compass signal, and it can be switched to the stern-up
mode, then the AIS and TT symbols will be erased. The bow indicator at the upper right corner of
the screen displays "---.-°T", and the flashing red characters "GYRO(compass lost)" appear in
the [alert] box at the lower right corner of the screen. The compass can be selected to display
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1.6.1 Choose display mode

A．By keyboard
With menu closed,press the <DISP MODE 3> key on the keyboard consecutively to select
presentation mode desired. The [MODE] box shows the current presentation mode.
B．By trackball
Scroll the trackball and move the cursor into the [Mode] box in the top left corner of the
screen ,Left-click or right-click the [MODE] box to select a display mode (eg. HEAD RM TB)

Mode box
1.6.2 Description of display modes
a)Head-up mode
When choosing head up mode, the [mode] box shows like below.

Mode box
In the head-up mode‘，the straight line connecting the ship and the top of the display screen
is the bow direction of the ship. the heading line points to 0 degree of bearing scale and stays
unchanged..The targets’s distances and directions are relative to own ship’s position and heading.
Usually no compass or GPS/BDS is needed in this mode.

b)HEAD UP TB (true bearing) mode

When choosing HEAD UP TB mode, the [MODE] box shows like below.

Mode box
In this mode, the straight line connecting the ship and the top of the display screen is the
bow direction of the ship. But the directional dial rotates with the change of the bow, and the dial
corresponding to the bow line is the true orientation of the ship . 000 ° is the true north direction .

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This mode need to obtain the bow information of our ship from the compass.. If the gyrocompass
fails, the bearing scale returns to the state of head up mode.
c)NORTH-UP RM mode
When choosing this mode, the [MODE] box shows like below.

Mode box
In this mode, t The true north direction always coincides with the 000 mark on the azimuth
dial, and the azimuth dial remains stationary,. The heading line changes its direction according to
the ship’s heading. This mode need to obtain the bow information of our ship from the compass.

d)NORTH UP TM mode
When choosing this mode, the [MODE] box shows like below.

Mode box
In this mode, the north mark always direct to 0° of bearing scale,own ship and other moving
objects move in accordance with their true courses and speed. In ground stabilized TM, all fixed
targets, such as landmasses, appear as stationary echoes. In the sea stabilized TM without set and
drift inputs, the landmass can move on the screen. If COG (course over ground) and SOG (speed
over ground) are not available on TM mode, please enter the set tide direction and drift tide speed
manually referring to the tide table. Note that true motion is not available on 96NM range scale.

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In this mode, when own ship reaches a point corresponding to 75% of the radius of the
display operating area, its position will be automatically reset to 75% of the radius on the other
side in the opposite direction of the bow line. You may also reset the own ship symbol manually
by pressing the <CU/TM RESET 5> key, or left-clicking the [CU/TM RESET] box at the right
bottom of the display.

True motion reached 75% of automatically reset

Display radius to 75% of radius
e)COURSE UP mode
When choosing this mode, the [MODE] box shows like below.

Mode box
In this mode, azimuth is display stably. The straight line connecting own ship and the top of
the screen is the heading of own. ship Targets’ distances and directions are measured relative to
the intended course, which is maintained at the 0-degree position. The bow line rotates with the
change of the bow of the ship. This mode can effectively avoid image smearing during course
change. In this mode, it is necessary to obtain the bow information of own ship from the compass.
. And it needs gyrocompass.

f) STERN UP mode
When choosing this mode, the [MODE] box shows like below.

Mode box

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The stern up mode rotates the head up mode picture, relative and true bearings and display
graphics 180°. Usually no compass or GPS/BDS is needed in this mode.

1.7 Pulse selection

The pulse width used in this radar system is displayed as an indicator in the [pulse]box in the
upper left corner of the screen.

The relationship between pulse indicator, pulse width, and repetition frequency is shown in
the following table.

Pulse indication S1 S2 M1 M2 M3 L

Pulse length（us） 0.07 0.15 0.3 0.5 0.7 1.2

PRF(Hz) 3000 3000 1500 1000 1000 600/500

In general, wide pulses correspond to higher radiation energy and have a longer range of action;
narrower pulses have a larger signal bandwidth and possess, better anti clutter capability and
resolution; this radar system has pre-set a suitable pulselength setting. If you are not satisfied with
the current pulselength settings ，you can changethem as below:ten.
A．Through menu setting
1) Roll thre trackball to move the cursor into the [ENVIRONMENT] box shows like below.

Environment box

2) Right click the mouse to open the “***ENVIROMENT***” submenu as below.

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Env menu

3) select item “9 PULSE ” to show submenu for “pulse” as below:

There are three methods to select the item：
A) Use wheel to roll to item“9 PULSE ”, and left click to show submenu for “pulse”.
B) Press the <TT LIST 9> key on the keyboard to open submenu for “pulse”.
Use the trackball to move cursor to the item “9 PULSE ” and left click to show submenu for
“pulse”.

Pulse menu
4) Select the pulse you want, eg “2 0.5NM” .
There are three methods to select the item：

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A) Use wheel to roll to item “2 0.NM<”and left click.

B) Press the <EBL OFFSET 2>key on the keyboard.
C) Roll the trackball to move cursor to the item “2 0.5NM” and left click.
5）Select “S1” or “S2” as example
There are three methods to select the item：
A) Use wheel to roll to item “S1” or “S2”and left click.
B) Press the<EBL OFFSET 2> key on the keyboard continuously to select “S1” or “S2”.and press
<ENTER> key
C) Roll the trackball to move cursor to the item “S1” or “S2” and left click.
6）Do as step 4,5 to set other options.
7）Right click several times or press the <MENU>key or left click [menu] box to exit the menu.
Note ： You can operate menu by keyboard, trackball, wheel, just as described above. The
following text of this manual only provides one operation method for explanation. But you can
choose a way to operate the menu according to your favorite.
B．By trackball
1) Use trackball to move the cursor into the [PULSE] box at the top left corner of screen.(e.g.,
current pulse is M3)

Pulse box
2) Push left button or right button to change the pulse width. Left click to decrease pulse width,
right-click to increase pulse width
Note：Change pulse length by trackball is only effective for the specific range in use.

1.8 Radar video source selection

1．Right-click to “LOCAL RADAR-X”

Fig a

2．Right-click to display the antenna menu

Fig a

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3. Scroll the scroll wheel and select one of "Network" ("Network data"), "Master" ("Processor
input"), "LOC ANT" ("Local antenna") or "REM ANT" ("Remote antenna"), then click the left
button.
Network: Network data input, using simulator generated network data to display and manipulate
on radar;
Master: Processor mode radar signal input, using radar to simulate video and azimuth signals
(such as another radar processor output signal )is displayed and controlled on the radar;
LOC ANT: Local radar antenna transceiver, which forms a complete navigation radar system with
the antenna transceiver of this radar. Default select this setting;
REM ANT: A remote radar antenna transceiver ， a navigation radar system is formed by
controlling the transceiver antenna of another radar, another radar of the same type needs to be
installed and connected via Ethernet cable.
In general, the radar video source should be selected as "LOC ANT" and control the
local antenna transceiver. If there is no corresponding device when selecting "Net work",
"Master", or "Rem ant", the radar echo cannot be displayed.
For ships equipped with two YAR27 series radars (X+X or X+S) with the same resolution
display radar, by selecting "Local radar" and "Remote radar" And exchanging data though
network, the inter switch display function of the dual radars can be achieved: Select the local
radar and control the local transceiver; select remote radar and operate another transceiver. If
mutual switching fails, the radar will give an alarm prompt. If mutual switching fails, the local
radar can be manually selected without affecting independent use.
1.9 Environment setting
Every time the navigation environment or task changes, you may have to readjust the radar.
In urgent or busy situations, This will only add trouble to people .. However, if you set the
optimal combination for frequently encountered navigation environments, you don't need to
change the radar settings repeatedly.
For your special navigation needs, this radar system provides multiple experience
environment settings options for you to choose. The system also provides four types user
programmable settings for you to actively adjust the radar , making it suitable for situations that
are not covered by the experience settings provided by the system.

Enviroment Description

NEAR Optimum setting for short range detection using a range scale of3 NM or less on
calm seas.
Far Optimum setting for long range detection using a range scale of 6 NM or larger on
calm seas.
NEAR BUOY Optimum for detecting navigation buoys, small vessels and other small surface
objects at close range using a range scale of 3 NM or less.

FAR BUOY Optimum for detecting navigation buoys, small vessels and other small surface
objects at long range using a range scale of 6 NM or larger.

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ROUGH Optimum setting for rough weather or heavy rain

SHIP Optimum setting for detecting vessels

HARBOR Optimum setting for short range navigation in a harbor area, using a range scale of
1.5 NM or less.

COAST Optimum setting for coastal navigation using a range scale of 12 NM or less.

CUSTOM1-4 4 types User-programmable settings

Each environment setting option defines a combination of multiple signal processing

functions of the radar, making it an optimized setting for specific navigation conditions. These
combinations include: Same frequency processing, echo stretch, multi frame processing, noise
reject, automatic rain and snow cluter suppression, automatic sea cluter suppression, video
contrast, pulse type and sea state, and sea clutter suppression range. These combined settings can
be easily adjusted from the “***ENVIROMENT***” menu, and the original settings of the
environment setting options can be easily restored by selecting the default settings. However,
when it is necessary to frequently adjust the radar environment, we recommend that you use user
programmable function settings instead of modifying the system default experience settings,
because inaccurate settings will seriously affect the observation effect.
The default settings for various radar functions in different navigation environments are shown in
the following table: (table a and b are the relevant configuration tables in the English interface)

Table a
AUTO AUTO CONTR
IP ES SP NP
SEA RAIN AST
CUSTO
M 2 OFF OFF OFF OFF OFFOFF 2-n
1
CUSTO
M 2 2 1 OFF OFF OFF 3-N
2
CUSTO
M 2 OFF 2 OFF ON OFF 2-N
3
CUSTO
M 2 OFF OFF OFF OFF 2 2-S
4
NEAR 2 OFF 3 OFF OFF OFF 3-N
FAR 2 2 1 OFF OFF OFF 3-W
NEAR ON
2 1 3 OFF OFF 3-N
BUOY
FAR BUOY 2 OFF 2 OFF ON OFF 2-S
ROUGH 2 2 OFF OFF OFF OFF 3-W
SHIP 2 OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF 3-N
HARBOR 2 OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF 3-N
COAST 2 OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF 3-N

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Table b
SEA STC
0.5NM 0.75NM 1.5NM 3NM 6NM 12-24NM CONDITI RANG
ON E
CUSTOM
S1 S1 S2 M1 M2 L 2 0
1
CUSTOM
S1 S1 M1 M2 M2 L 2 0
2
CUSTOM
S1 S1 S2 M1 M2 L 3 0
3
CUSTOM
S1 S1 S2 M1 M2 L 2 0
4
NEAR S1 S1 S2 M1 M2 L 2 0

FAR S1 S1 M1 M3 L L 3 0
NEAR
S1 S1 M1 M2 L L 2 0
BUOY
FAR
S1 S1 M1 M3 L L 3 0
BUOY
ROUGH S1 S1 S2 M1 M2 M3 4 0

SHIP S1 S1 M1 M2 M3 L 2 0

HARBOR S1 S1 S2 M1 M3 L 2 0

COAST S1 S1 M1 M2 M3 L 2 0

1.9.1 Navigating environment setup options setting

1) Roll trackball，move the cursor into the [ENVIROMENT] box.

Environment box.
2) Left click the box to select one environment.
3) If environments described above is not seen, do as follows to make it selectable.
3-1) Open the main menu,you have to ways to do so:
a) Press the <<MENU> key on the keyboard to open the main menu
b)Roll the trackball to move the cursor into the [MENU]box and left click to open the main
menu.

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3-2) Press the <HL OFF 1> key on the keyboard to open the “***ECHO***” submenu
***ECHO***
1 BACK
2 REJ 2nd ECHO
OFF / ON
3 TUNE SCAN
4 PM
OFF / ON
5 SART
OFF / ON
6 WIPER
OFF / 1 / 2
7 STC SET ‭►
8 ENVIROnmENT ►
9 ECHO ENHANCEMENT
OFF / ON
Echo menu
3-3) Press the <VECTOR TIME 8> key on the keyboard to open the“***ENVIROMENT***”
submenu

Environment menu
3-4) Roll the wheel to select the environments that are not selectable in [ENVIROMENT] box.
E.g.: Select “FAR”.
3-5) Roll the wheel to select “ON” at the same row and left click it. After close this menu, now
you can select the “FAR” environment by left click in [ENVIROMENT] box.
4) After selecting a certain environment, the 5 commonly used parameters in the table above will
be displayed simultaneously for that environment:[ENVIROMENT]

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5) Move the cursor on to the signal process function indication,such as “ES OFF”, and left click it
to change the default settings in the above table.
Note：The function for SP, NP, IP, AR can also be operated as in step 5.

1.9.2 Video contrast setting

Sometimes you may want to adjust the contrast of radar video to fit the ambient environment.
Please do the following to set the contrast:
1) Move the cursor into the [ENVIROMENT] box.

Environment box
2) Right click the box to open “*** ENVIROMENT***” menu

Environment menu
3) Roll the wheel to select “7 CONTRAST” and left click it.
4) Roll the wheel to select among “1/2/3/4”, and left click it.
5) Roll the wheel to select among “s/n/w”, and left click it.
6) Right click to close the menu.
Note for step 4 and 5:
1-4: Control dynamic range. 1 provides the widest dynamic range; 4 provides the narrowest
dynamic range.
S: This is suitable for big targets（strong echoes）.
N: Curve between W and S.
W: This is suitable for small targets (weak echoes).

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Video contrast settings curve

1.9.3 Restore factory settings

Each environment is adjustable, if you get lost in operation while adjusting the settings, If
you encounter difficulties during the operation and want to restore the default settings of the
environment,you can easily restore it. Please follow these steps:
1）Move the cursor into the [ENVIROMENT] box.

Environment box
2）Right click the box to open the “***ENVIROMENT***” submenu

Environment menu

3) Roll the wheel to select “0 PARAMETERS” and left click it.

4) Roll the wheel to select “FACTORY” and left click it.
5) Right click to close the menu
Note: User-programmable settings are deleted when factory settings are restored.

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1.10 Interference processing

If two nearby ships are equipped with radar of the same frequency band during maritime
navigation, there will be mutual interference, known as same frequency interference. At this time,
the radar echo will show several bright sharp signals on the screen, These signals may have
irregular shapes or bespoke shaped curved dashed lines which extends from the center to the edge
of the image. Enabling the same frequency processing function can reduce such interference. The
same frequency processing function is a signal correlation processing function. It processes the
received signal by correlating it with the previously continuously transmitted signal, thereby
suppressing those randomly generated signals. Same frequency processing is divided into three
levels, depending on the number of associated transmission signals. The common co frequency
interference schematic is illustrated in the following figure.

To set the same frequency processing function, please follow the steps below:
1）Roll the trackball and move the cursor into the [ENVIROMENT] box.

Environment box
2）Right click the box to open “***ENVIROMENT***” menu.

Environment menu

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3）Press the<EBL OFFSET 2> key on the keyboard to select “2 INT PROCESS”.
4) Press the <EBL OFFSET 2> key on the keyboard consecutively to select proper
option.e.g.:“3”.
5）Press the <ENTER> key on the keyboard. You will see the state of “IP” Function aside the
[ENVIROMENT] box changed. E.g. Change from “IP OFF” To “IP 3”. Select for other option
you may see the like.

6）Press the <MENU> key on the keyboard to close the menu.

1.11 Multi-frame processing

The multi-frame processing function can effectively suppress various clutter. When the
antenna rotates by one full circle, the echo from a stable target (such as a ship) will be displayed
at the same position on the screen. On the other hand, unstable echoes (such as sea clutter) will be
randomly displayed at any position. Therefore, averaging the echoes from consecutive frames can
make the stable echoes display at normal intensity, while suppressing the unstable sea clutter and
reducing its display intensity, thus achieving the goal of distinguishing real targets from sea
clutter signals.
Multi-frame processing uses "scan-to-scan" signal correlation technology, which depends on
the true motion of each target relative to the ground. Therefore, it can suppress random echoes
(such as sea clutter) and display stationary small targets (such as buoys, etc.). However, it is not
as effective in detecting small targets moving at high speed relative to the ground.
Note 1: Do not use the multi-frame processing function when the vessel is rolling and pitching, as
this may result in the loss of the target.
Note 2: Multi-frame processing requires heading, position, and speed data for the bow of the
vessel.
To properly use the multi-frame processing function, we recommend that you first use the
SEA knob to suppress sea clutter. Then perform the following operations:

1）Roll the trackball and move the cursor into the [ENVIROMENT] box.

Environment box

2）Right click the box to open the “ ***ENVIROMENT***” submenu.

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Environment menu
3）Select “6 SCAN PROCESS”,and left click it.
4）Select proper option among “OFF” ,“1” ,“2” ,“3”, and left click it. E.g., if you select “OFF”,
you will see the state of “SP” function aside the [ENVIROMENT] box changes to “SP OFF”.
Select for other option you may see “SP 1” or the like.

[OFF]:Stop the scan process function. For bumpy boats, recommend to choose [OFF] or [3]
[1, 2]:Detects targets hidden in sea clutter especially in strong sea clutter. “2”is more effective
than “1” . However, “1” is more effective than “2” in detecting high-speed targets. For effective
monitoring of high-speed craft, you should use “1”.
[3]:Stably displays unstable targets; select this option to distinguish high-speed craft from sea
clutter.
5 Right click to close the menu.

1.12 Echo stretch

The echo stretch function enlarges targets in the range and bearing directions to make them
easier to be seen, and it is available on any range. There are three types of echo stretch, 1, 2 and 3,
and the higher the number the greater the amount of stretch.
Note: The echo stretch magnifies not only small targets but also returns (clutter) from sea surface,
rain and radar interference. So, you should make sure these types of interference have been
sufficiently reduced before activating this function .
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1）Roll the trackball and move the cursor into the [ENVIROMENT] box.

Environment box
2）Right click the box to open 他和“***ENVIROMENT***” submenu.

Environment menu
3）Select “5 ECHO STRETCH”,and left click it
4）Select “OFF” or “1” or “2” or “3”,and left click it. If you select “OFF”, you will see the state of
“es” Function aside the [ENVIROMENT] box changes to “ESOFF”. Select for other option you
may see “ES 1” or the like.

5）Right click to exit the menu.

1.13 Noise process

White noise may show itself on the screen as random "Speckles" spread over the entire radar
operational display area. You can reject this noise as follows:
1）Roll the trackball and move the cursor into the [ENVIROMENT] box.

Environment box
2）Right click the box to open “***ENVIROMENT***” submenu.

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Environment menu
3）Select “1 Noise PROCCESS”, and left click it.
4）Select “OFF” or “on”, and left click it. If you select “OFF”, the state of “ES” function aside the
[ENVIROMENT] box changes to “ES OFF”.

5）Right click to exit the menu.

1.14 PI line
PI lines are useful for keeping a constant distance between own ship and a coastline or a
partner ship when navigating. Up to four sets of PI (PI 1 – PI 4) lines are available. Every set of
PI lines number can be selectable from 1,2,3,6. You may control the orientation and interval of
the PI lines individually from the [PI LINE] box, which is in the lower left corner.

PI line box

1.14.1PI line select

A.By keyboard

Close menu, press the<PI LINE 6> key on the keyboard,the cursor will automatically move to
the [PI LINE] boxes show as below,continue to press key <PI LINE 6> to select one set of PI line.

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B. By trackball
Roll the trackball and move the cursor into the [PI LINE] box, and left click it to select one
set of PI line. E.g.: PI 2.

1.14.2Adjust PI line
Select one of the PI lines, and when you move the cursor to the [PI Line Number] box and
right-click, you can enable or disable the current selected PI line. When the PI line display is
enabled, the PI line enabled prompt will display "ON" , and the [PI Line Orientation] box and [PI
Line interval] box will be displayed. Move the cursor to the [PI Line Orientation] box and adjust
the orientation using the scroll wheel. Move the cursor to the [PI Line interval] box and adjust the
interval using the scroll wheel. If the PI line is disabled, the PI line enabled prompt will display
"OFF" , and the [PI Line Orientation] box and [PI Line interval] box will be hidden.
1.14.3 PI line bearing reference
PI line bearing reference may be relative to own ship’s heading (relative) or referenced to
north (true). When set to true, the text in [PI orientation] box is suffixed with “T”, otherwise “R”.
To set the bearing reference, do as below.
1）Open the main menu as below(two methods refer to1.35)

Main menu
2）Select “2 MARK ”,and left click it to open the “***MARK***” submenu

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3）Select “9 PI LINE ”,and left click it to open the “***PI LINE***”submenu

PI line menu
4）Select “2 PI LINE BEARING” and left click it.
5）Select as you want between “TRUE” or “REL” and left click it.
6）Right click several times to close menu.

1.14.4 PI line mode

PI lines mode may be horizontal or vertical.
1）Open the main menu as below(two methods refer to1.35)

Main menu
2）Select “2 MARK ”,and left click it to open the “***MARK***”submenu

Mark menu

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3）Select “9 PI LINE ”,and left click it to open the “***PI LINE***” submenu

PI line menu
4）Select “4 PI LINE MODE” and left click it.
5）Select “HOR”(horizontal) or “ VER” (vertical) and left click it.
Note: This function is available when “3 PI LINE NUMBER ”is set for other than "1".
6）Right click several times to close the menu.

1.14.5PI line number

The maximum number of PI lines to display may be selected from 1, 2, 3 or 6 lines as below.
The actual number of lines visible may be less depending on line interval. Set PI line number as
below.
1）Open the main menu as below(two methods refer to1.35)

Main menu
2）Select “2 MARK ”,and left click it to open the “***MARK***” submenu

Mark menu

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3）Select “9 PI LINE ”,and left click it to open the “***PI LINE***” submenu

PI line menu
4）Select “3 PI LINE NUMBER” and left click it
5）Select between 1,2,3 or 6,and left click it.
6）Right click several times to close the menu.

1.14.6 Rest PI line

This radar system provides the function of quickly resetting the PI line azimuth ，you can
reset PI lines to default mode. When "PI LINE MODE" is set to "HOR", Selecting PI line reset
will make PI 0 °; When "PI LINE MODE" is set to "VER" Selecting PI line reset will make PI
90 °. This is faster than doing it manually. Reset PI line as below.
1）Open the main menu as below(two methods refer to1.35)

Main menu
2）Select “2 MARK ”,and left click it to open the “***MARK***” submenu

Mark menu

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3）Select “9 PI LINE ”,and left click it to open the “***PI LINE***”submenu

PI line menu
4) Select “5 PI LINE RESET” and left click it.
5) The PI LINE RESET option is “NO” in default, select “YES” and left click it, then the PI line
will reset, and the reset option will return to “NO”automatically.
6) Right click several times to close the menu.

1.14.7PI line edit

This radar system provides PI line editing function. When “PI LINE NUMBER“ is 1, the PI
line can be truncated. The specific operation is as follows:
1) Open the main menu as below(two methods refer to1.35)

Menu box
2)Scroll the scroll wheel, select "2 MARK ►", then press the left button to open the
"***MARK***" submenu.

Mark menu

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3）Scroll the wheel and select "9 PI LINE ►", then press the left button to open the “***PI
LINE***”submenu.

PI line menu
4）Scroll the wheel, select "6 PI LINE EDIT", and press the left button.
5）Roll the trackball and select "YES". The cursor will automatically jump to one end of the PI
line currently in use, and rotating the trackball will truncate the PI line.
5-1) Press the left button, and the cursor will automatically jump to the other end of the PI line.
Continue to truncate PI and execute step 6, otherwise execute steps 5-2.
5-2) Right click to end the PI editing function.
6 ） Move the trackball to cut off the PI line, and then press the left or right button to exit PI
editing.
Note 1: If you select "3 PI LINDE NUMBER" to change the number of PI lines, the truncated PI
lines will be restored to their original state before being truncated.
Note 2: The PI editing function is only available when the "3 PI LINE NUMBER" is set to "1".

1.15 Origin mark

You can use the origin marking function to mark the main target or special focus points. The
system allows to enter20 origin markers ： : 10 numbered origin markers and 10 symbol origin
marks. These markers can be for ground stability or water stability.To display the origin marks,
heading signal and own ship position data are required. 10 symbol origin marks may look like
below:

While the 10 numbered marks look like this: (The subscript numbers range from 1 to 10)

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1.15.1Place origin marks

1）Select the [MARK] box at left bottom of screen.

Mark box

2）Right click the box to open the “***MARK***” submenu.

Mark menu
3）Select “1 MARK KIND” and left click it.
4）Select “ORIGIN MARK NO.” or “ORIGIN MARK SYM”,and left click.
5）Select “2 MARK POSN” and left click.
6）Select “CURSOR” and left click.
7）Right click to exit the “MARK” Menu.
8）Move the cursor into [MARK] box,roll the wheel to select origin mark and left click it, the
cursor jumps to the radar operational display area, and “MARK/EXIT” appears in the [GUIDE]
box at right bottom of screen.
9）Move the cursor to the position you want to place the origin mark, then left click.

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10）Do step 8）--10）again if you want to place another origin mark.

1.15.2 Delete individual origin marks

1 ） Close menu, move the cursor into radar operational display area, roll the wheel until the
[GUIDE] box shows “MARK DELETE / EXIT”.
2）Roll the trackball and move the cursor to the origin mark which you want to delete and left
click it.
3）To delete another origin mark, do the step 2 again.
4）To finish deleting origin mark, right click while the [GUIDE] box shows “MARK DELETE /
EXIT”.

1.15.3Delete all origin marks

If you want to delete all origin marks, do as follows:
1）Open the main menu as below(two methods refer to1.35)

Main menu

2）Press the <CU/TM RESET 5> key on the keyboard to open the “***ASSIST NAV***”
submenu.

ASSIST NAV menu

3）Press the <OFF CENTER 4> key on the keyboard to open the “***DATA ERASE***”
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Data erase menu

4）Press the <DISP MODE 3> key on the keyboard.
5）Press the <DISP MODE 3> key continuously to select “YES” or “NO”, and press <ENTER>
key on the keyboard to confirm.
6）Press the<<MENU> key to close the menu.
Note：This operation will delete all markers on the radar chart. Please consider carefully before
proceeding it!

1.16 Target trails

The trails of the radar echoes (targets) is the trace left by the target's motion Target trails are
shown either relative or true and may be sea or ground stabilized. True motion trails require a
compass signal、 position and speed data of own ship.

1.16.1True or relative trails

Target trails can be plotted as true or relative motion. Relative trails show relative
movements between targets and own ship. True motion trails present true target movements in
accordance with their over-the-ground speeds and courses. If there is no compass or position or
speed signal, the true tails won’t be plotted.
1）Move the cursor to select the [TRAIL MODE] box.

Trail mode box

2）Right click it to open the “***TRAIL***” submenu.

Trail menu

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2）Select “ 1 TRAIL MODE” and left click it.

3）Select “TRUE” or “REL” and left click it.
4）Right click to close the menu.

1.16.2Trail time
1）Roll the trackball and move the cursor into the [TRAIL TIME] box.

Trail time box

2）Left click it continuously to select among OFF、00：15、00：30、01：00、02：00、03：
00、05：00、10：00、15：00、20：00、25：00. The long time you select the long trails show.
Note 1: The trail accumulates slowly, and it cannot be displayed immediately according to the
selected duration after selecting a trail time.
Note 2: When selecting "OFF" for trail duration, it means that the trail display is turned off.

1.16.3Trail gradation
The trail can be selected in a single tone or gradual color.
1）Roll the trackball and move the cursor into the [TRAIL MODE] box

Trail mode box

2）Right click it to open the “***TRAIL***” submenu.

Trail menu
3）Select “ 4 TRAIL GRAD” and left click it.
4）Select “SINGLE” or “MULTIPLE” and left click.
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1.16.4 Erase trails

A. By keyboard：
Close all menu, press the <CANCEL TRAIL> key on the keyboard , the trails will be erased.
B.By trackball
1）Roll th tackball and move the cursor into the TRAIL CLRAR] box.

Trail clear box

2）Left click it,and the trail will be erased.
C.By menu
1）Move the cursor into the [TRAIL MODE] box

Trail mode box

2）Right click it to open the “***TRAIL***” submenu.

Trail menu
3）Select “3 TAIL CLRAR” and left click it.
4）Usually the option is “NO”, if you want to erase the trail select “YES” and left click it,the trails
will be erased,and the option will automatically go back to “NO”.
5）Right click to close the menu.

1.16.5Trail stabilization mode

Trail stabilization may be ground stabilized or sea stabilized. To change stabilization mode,
open the “SPD” menu and set the mode .If the “SHIP SPEED” is set to “LOG (BT)” or “GPS” or
“REF”, the [TRAIL MODE] box shows “TRUE-G” Which means ground stabilization. If the
“SHIP SPEED” is set to “LOG (WT)” The [TRAIL MODE] box shows “TRUE-S” which means
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Speed menu
1.17 EBL
EBL (electronic bearing lines) is a straight dashed line extending out from the own ship
position up to the circumference of the radar picture in default. There are two EBLs, EBL1 and
EBL2,and they are represented by different dashed lines. You can use them to measure bearings
of targets.

1.17.1Measure bearing with EBL

1） Press the <EBL ON> key on the keyboard to active an EBL.press the <EBL ON>key
continuously to switch the activated EBL between EBL1 and EBL2. The active EBL can be
identified by “ ”.

EBL box

2）Rotate the EBL knob until the activated EBL crosses the target’s center, the [EBL] box readout
is target’s bearing.
3）Press the<EBL OFF> key ong the keyboard to close EBL.

EBL box

1.17.2True or relative bearing

The EBL can be true or relative. If the EBL is relative to own ship's heading, the [EBL] box
readout is affixed by "R”, and affixed by "T" If it is referenced to the north. True or relative is
available regardless of presentation mode.
1Open the main menu as below(two methods refer to1.35):

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Main menu
2）Press the <EBL OFFSET 2> key on the keyboard to open the “***MARK***”submenu

Mark menu
3）Press the <VECTOR TIME 7> key on the keyboard to select “7 EBL BERING”
4）Press the <VECTOR TIME 7> key continuously to select “REL” or “TRUE” ,and press the
<<ENTER> key ong the keyboard to confirm.
5）Press the<MENU> key to close the menu.

1.18 Collision assessment by EBL OFFSET

The origin of the EBL can be placed anywhere inside the radar operational display area to
enable measurement of range and bearing between any targets. This function can also be used to
assess the potential risk of collision. It is possible to read CPA (closest point of approach) by
using a VRM as shown in figure (a) in the illustration. If the EBL passes through the scan origin
(own ship) as shown in figure (b) in the illustration, the target ship is on a collision course.
1.18.1Collision assessment
1）Press the <EBL ON> key on the keyboard to active an EBL（e.g.:EBL1）.
2 ） Roll the trackball and move the cursor onto a target appearing as threatening (Target A is
illustrated in figure (a) and (b)below).

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Figure (a) figure (b)

3）Press the <EBL OFFSET 2> key on the keyboard,the origin of EBL1 will change to the cursor
position.Press <EBL OFFSET 2> key again to anchor the origin of the EBL1.
4）Wait for a few minutes (at least 3 minutes), then operate the EBL knob until the new position
target (A1) is bisected by EBL. The EBL reading shows the heading of the target vessel, which
may be the true value or relative value depending on the setting of the EBL azimuth reference. If
the EBL passes through the scan origin (the vessel), as shown in the right figure above, the target
vessel is located on a collision course.
5）Press the <EBL OFFSET 2> twice to return EBL1 origin to the own ship’s position.

1.18.2Reference for EBL OFFSET origin

1）Open the main menu as below(two methods refer to1.35).

Main menu
2）Press the <EBL OFFSET 2> key to open the “***MARK***”submenu.

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Mark menu
3) Press the <CU/TM RESET 5> key on the keyboard to select “5 EBL OFFSET STAB”.
4) Press the <CU/TM RESET 5> key on the keyboard several times to select the desired
mode between "GND" (ground), "HDG" (bow), and "NORTH" (true north) and press the
<ENTER> key to confirm.
5) Press the <MENU> key to close the menu.
1.19 Tuning
1.19.1Initialize tuning
Automatic tuning is initialized When installing or replacing the transmission tube
(magnetron) of the radar, or when necessary. However, if you feel that automatic tuning is not
working properly,you can try re-initializing tuning as follows:
1) Open the main menu as below(two methods refer to1.35).

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2）Press the <HL OFF 1> key to open the “***ECHO***”submenu “***ECHO***”.

***ECHO***
1 BACK
2 REJ 2nd ECHO
OFF / ON
3 TUNE SCAN
4 PM
OFF / ON
5 SART
OFF / ON
6 WIPER
OFF / 1 / 2
7 STC SET ►
8 ENVIROnmENT ►
9 ECHO ENHANCEMENT
OFF / ON

Echo menu
2）Press the <DISP MODE 3> key on the keyboard to select “3 TUNE SCAN”.
3）Note：After this step, “TUNE SCAN” will appears in the [guide] box at the right bottom of
the screen. During tuning period t, please stop operating radar and wait for the radar to complete
the tune scan paitenly, and when the tuning is completed “TUNE SCAN” will disappear
automatically.
4）After finishing the tune scan, you can press the <MENU> key on he keyboard to exit the
menu.

1.19.2Choose the tuning mode

There are two tuning modes: manual and automatic ,the tuning mode can be selected
with the [TUNE] box at the top of the screen.

Tune box
1）Automatic tune
Roll the trackball and move the cursor into the [TUNE] box, and left click it to choose
“TUNE-A”.
Note: If you choose “TUNE-A”, you won’t see manual tune bar.
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Roll the trackball and move the cursor into the [TUNE] box, and left click it to choose
“TUNE-M”, and then roll the wheel to operate the tune. You will see manual tune bar changes
with wheel and the auto tune bar changes with manual tune bar synchronously. The best tuning
point is where the auto tune bar swings maximum. At this moment, the result of the previous
manual tuning is the optimal manual tuning value..

1.20 Gain adjustment

The gain adjustment can change the sensitivity of the receiver. If the receiver sensitivity is too
low, which may result in the loss of weaker radar echoes ；If the receiver sensitivity is too high, it
will generate too much background noise, and targets with strong signals may be lost due to low
signal-to-noise ratio. Therefore, it is very important to set appropriate sensitivity levels. The best
way is to adjust the gain so that the background noise is faintly and uniformly visible on the screen.
Rotate the gain knob, you will see the gain bar at the top right of screen changes.

Gain bar

1.21 Sea clutter suppression

Sea clutter is a random signal formed by the reflection of waves, cover the central part of the
display. The higher the waves and the higher the antenna above the water, the larger the clutter
rangeextends. Through manually or automatically adjusting the "SEA " setting, wave clutter can
be reduced.
Note 1: When both sea clutter and rain clutter are reduced, the sensitivity is decreased more
than when only one is reduced. For that reason adjust them carefully.
Note 2: Multi frame processing of echoes is useful for reducing sea clutter. However, it will
result high-speed targets are harder to detect than stationary ones.

1.21.1Choose mode of sea clutter suppression

Select the appropriate clutter reduction mode (SEA-M manual sea clutter reduction, SEA-A
automatic sea clutter reduction)You can see the corresponding mode changes on the sea box on
the screen.

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1.21.2Auto sea clutter supression

When sea clutter is unevenly distributed around own ship, i.e., in certain directions the
clutter is severe while in others it is slightly better, using a uniform STC clutter suppression curve
will not yield a satisfactory overall result. If the severely cluttered areas are taken into account, a
higher level of STC suppression is required, but it will suppress target detection in the areas with
less severe clutter; if the areas with less severe clutter are taken into account, only a lower level of
STC suppression is required to achieve good detection sensitivity, but it cannot provide good sea
clutter suppression in the areas with severe clutter. Automatic sea clutter adjustment can solve this
problem well. It adjusts the corresponding STC curve for sea clutter suppression i according to
the statistical characteristics of clutter in each direction, thus achieving a balance between strong
and weak clutter, and achieving adaptive suppression of sea clutter.
Automatic sea clutter adjustment is to select SEA-A (automatic sea clutter)
Note: The automatic sea clutter function may eliminate weak target echoes. Monitor the display
while carefully adjusting the control buttons.
1.21.3 Manual sea clutter suppression
In this mode ,turn the knob clockwise to increase the sea wave suppression level, and
counterclockwise to decrease it. The sea (sea wave) control knob can reduce the amplification
factor of the echo at close range (with the strongest clutter), and gradually increase the
amplification factor as the distance increases, which is called the STC curve. Therefore, at long
distances without sea wave clutter, the amplification factor will remain normal.
When the clutter is decomposed into small points and smaller targets become clear, sea
setting is the most appropriate. If set too low, the target will be hidden in the clutter; if set too
high, wave clutter and targets will disappear from the display screen. In most cases, when sailing
against the wind, adjust the control buttons until the clutter disappears; when sailing downwind, a
small amount of clutter is visible.
When manually adjusting the waves, select sea-m and then control the sea knob.
1.22 Set the sea condition
Sea clutter can usually be described by sea conditions, Setting the proper sea conditions is
favorable for radar detection in wave clutter environments.
IEC has evaluated the detection probability of X-band and S-band under different sea
conditions. For X-band radar, please refer to the table below:
Performance evaluation of X-band radar under different sea conditions with ranges of 0.2
and 0.7NM (IEC 62388:2013/Table D.3)

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For S-band radar, please refer to the table below:

Performance evaluation of s-band radar under different sea conditions with ranges of 0.2, 0.4, and
0.7NM (IEC 62388:2013/Table D.2)

S-band detection probability (%)

Sea state 1 Sea state 2 Sea state 3 Sea state 4 Sea state 5 Sea state 6

Note: * indicates that the detection probability does not need to be determined, therefore it has not been calculated

Many variables impact on actual radar performance and a controlled test cannot fully cover

all situations,. For example, in the sea state 5 situation, a 5 m 2 RCS target may be detected with a
low probability in the near range while be detected with a high probability of detection in the
further range.The following table describes details of sea state which is defined in IEC.

You can set sea conditions according proper sea states. Do the following to set the sea
condition:
1）Roll the trackball and move the cursor into the [ENVIROMENT] box

Environment box
2）Right click it to open the “***ENVIROMENT***” submenu.

Environment menu

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3）Select “8 SEA CONDITION”,and left click it.

4）Select proper options ,e.g.: “3”,and left click it. The larger the number the rougher the sea state
is.
5）Right click several times to close the menu

1.23 Rain clutter supression

The rain and snow suppression system includes automatic control (AUTO RAIN) and rain
and snow clutter suppression (RAIN) functions. The automatic control function controls the gain
of the remote signal to ensure that the signal amplification channel will not be saturated by the
strong rain and snow clutter signal, thus ensuring that the target is not lost. Rain and snow clutter
signals have the characteristic of a large area of high-intensity echo baseline signals, which makes
it difficult to identify actual targets. The rain and snow clutter suppression function reduces the
influence of such clutter by using an algorithm similar to differential or subtraction of the basal
signal, making the actual target easier to identify.
1.23.1Automatic supression of rain clutter
1）Roll the trackball and move the cursor into the [ENVIROMENT] box

Environment box
2）Right click it to open the “***ENVIROMENT***” submenu.

Environment menu
3）Select “4 ATUO RAIN”,and left click it.
4）Select proper options ,e.g.: “3”,and left click it.

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Note: The larger the selected value, the better the snow and rain noise suppression effect. But it is
easy to cause the loss of small targets ,so please do not open it when there is no rain.
5）Right click several times to close the menu.

1.23.2Adjust the RAIN (rain, snow, clutter) value

The vertical beam width of the antenna is utilized to see surface targets even when the ship
is rolling. However, this will also detect rain clutter (rain, snow, or hail) in the same manner as
normal targets. When echoes from precipitation mask solid targets, adjust the rain knob to split up
these unwanted echoes into a speckled pattern, making it easier to recognize solid targets. The
higher setting the greater the anti-clutter effect is. Be careful remove all rain clutter, because you
can erase weak echoes. Further, the possibility of losing weak echoes is greater when you use
both rain and sea to reduce clutter.
To adjust the rain clutter, rotate the “RAIN” knob on the keyboard, you will see the rain
clutter level indication changes at top right of screen.

Rain clutter adjust

Note：The effect on the range of first detection with rain using X-band radar is as given below.
The impact of rain and snow clutter on detection range is much smaller for S-band radar
than for X-band radar. . IEC has analyzed the relationship between rain and snow clutter
suppression and detection range for X-band and S-band radars. The relationship between X-band
rain clutter and detection distance is shown in the following figure (taken from IEC20388-2013,
copyright and resolution rights belong to relevant IEC agencies).

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The relationship between S-band rain clutter and detection distance is shown in the
following figure (taken from IEC20388-2013, copyright and resolution rights belong to relevant
IEC agencies)

1.24 Monitor brightness adjustment

You can adjust the brilliance of the entire screen according to ambient lighting conditions.
Rotate the “DIM” knob on the keyboard to adjust the brilliance. When adjusting, you will see the
brilliance of screen changes with the brilliance level which locates at the top right of screen.

Brilliance adjust

Note: If the brilliance of a commercial monitor cannot be adjusted please refer to the manual of
the commercial monitor.

1.25 Color and brilliance sets

This radar provides six sets of color and brilliance sets to match any ambient lighting
condition. Every option of brilliance is set 100%.

1.25.1Choose a set of color

1) Roll the trackball and move the cursor into the [DIMM] box at right top of screen.

DIMM box

2）Right click the box to open the “***COLOR***” submenu.

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Color menu
3）Select “2 PALETTE”,and left click it.
4）Select an option from “DAY-GRY”/ “DAY-BLU”/ “DUSK-GRY” / “DUSK BLU” /
“NIGHT-GRY”/ “NIGHT-BLU”,and left click it. You will see the screen color changes.
1.25.2Set brilliance
You can adjust relative brilliance levels of various markers and alphanumeric readouts
displayed on the screen .the items adjustable in this radar is as below: Panel,cursor(minimum is
50%),echo,trail,ring,heading line(minimum is 50%),EBL,VRM,text,marks,PI line,TT
symbol,AIS symbol,grid,bearing scale.
To adjust them, do as follows：
1) Roll the trackball and move the cursor into the [DIMM] box at right top of screen.

DIMM box
2）Right click the box to open the “***COLOR*** ” submenu.

Color menu

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3）Select the items you want to adjust, eg:“3 PANEL DIMM”,and left click it.
4）Roll the wheel,you will see the bar beside “3 PANEL DIMM” changed.
5）If there is no items you want to choose, select “0NEXT ”, and left click to open submenu.

Color submenu

1.26 Alarm zone setting

When the target (ship, land, etc.) enters the alarm zone , the target alarm function will emit
sound and light alarms to the navigator. The alarm zone is a fan-shaped area or ring drawn with
dashed lines distributed radially around the ship as the center, . Within the selected range, it can
be set to any width and angle This radar has two alarm zones can be set: Alarm1 and alarm2.
ALARM2 can only be activated and used when ALARM1 is activated

1.26.1 Set alarm zone

1）Close menu，roll the trackball and move the cursor into the [ALARM1] box at the right top of
the screen.

Alarm1 box
2）Left click the box and the cursor will automatically jump to the radar operation display area,
and text in the [ALARM1] box change to “SEDT”.
3）Roll the trackball and move the cursor to point A,and left click.
4）Roll the trackball and move the cursor to another point B and left click.Now a white solid line
area will appear at the radar operational display area and text in [ALARM1] box changes to
“WORK”.
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Note：If you wish to create a target alarm zone having a 360-degree coverage around own ship,
set the two points A and B in almost the same direction.

1.26.2Cancel the alarm zone alert prompt

The targets in the alarm area will trigger visual (flashing) and auditory (buzzing) alarms. To
eliminate the sound alarm, press the<ALARM ACK>button on the keyboard, or select the
appropriate alert box, and then press the left mouse button. The alert box will display "ACK".
This can only turn off the sound alarm, while the dangerous target will continue to flash
continuously. To reactivate the sound alarm, press the<ALARM ACK>button again, or select the
alert box and press the left mouse button again. If an external buzzer is connected, the sound
alarm will only stop when the alert area is turned off. The alert box displays "WORK".
1.26.3 Close the alarm zone
1) Close the menu, roll the trackball, and select the one you want to close from the "ALARM 1"
or "ALARM2" Box.
2) Press the left mouse button until the status in the alarm box changes to "OFF". At the same
time, the previously drawn area within the radar display operation zone will also disappear.
Note ： If both alarm zones are activated, ALARM1 can only be turned off after ALARM2 is
turned off

1.26.4 Alarm zone mode

You can choose to set the alarm zone mode by following these steps:
1) Open the main menu as below(two methods refer to1.35):

Menu box
2) Press the<DISP MODE 3>key on the keyboard to open the “***ALARM***” submenu

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3) Select "0 ALARM ZONE MODE" and press the left button.
4) Select "ENTER" or "EXIT".
“ENTER”: An alarm is triggered when the target enters the designated alarmt area.
“EXIT ”: An alarm is triggered when the target leaves the designated alarm area.

1.27 Watch alarm

The twatch alarm function can help you regularly monitor the radar screen for safety or other
purposes .. You can choose the time interval for the alarm after the countdown ends
1Open the main menu as below(two methods refer to1.35):

Main menu
2））Press the <DISP MODE 3> key on the keyboard to open the“***ALARM****”submenu.

Alarm menu
3）Press the <DISP MODE 3> key to select “3 WATCH ALARM”.

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4）Press the<DISP MODE 3> key consecutively to select among “OFF” \ “6M”\ “10M”\ “12M”\
“15M”\ “20M”, and Press<ENTER> key.
5）Press the <MENU> key on the keyboard to close the menu.
The [WATCH] box appears at right side of the screen with a watch alarm timer counts down from
value set (e.g.:“06:00”, means 6 minutes), and will give out an alarm when it counts down to
“00:00”. To silence the audio alarm, press the <ALARM ACK> key on the keyboard or select the
[ALARM ACK] box at the left bottom of screen then left click it. If you left click the [WATCH]
box before it counts down to “00:00”, it will return to the set value(eg. : “06:00”,means 6
minutes).

1.28 Cursor
The cursor greatly improve the convenience while operating the radar, it gives out real time
indications for your interested area. Usually in radar operational display area it shows as a cross
（ ）,while outside shows as an arrow（ ）.
When the cursor is in radar operational display area, it is very convenient to get the relevant
parameters of this ship and the target. This radar has two styles to display target data by using
cursor.
1.By longitude and latitude
Move the cursor to the target you are interested, and the target’s longitude and latitude are
given out at right bottom side of screen.

Note: To display the target’s longitude and latitude with cursor, you need manually or
automatically input compass and GPS/BDS signal.
2.By bearing and range
Move the cursor to the target you are interested, and the target’s bearing and range and even
ttg (time to go, in minutes) are given out at right bottom side of screen.

The data gived out by cursor may be true or relative. Set it as follow:
Open the main menu as below(two methods refer to1.35):

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Main menu

2）Select “2 MARK ”,and left click to open the “***MARK***”submenu

Mark menu
3）Select “7 CURSOR BEARING”,and left click it.
4）Select between “REL” or “TRUE”,and left click it.
If select “REL”, a letter “R”is affixed to the target’s bearing,while “T” for selecting “TRUE”.
5）Right click to close the menu.

1.29 Range measurement

Measurement of the range to a target is also a very important function of the radar.
Generally, there are two means of measuring range: the fixed range rings and the variable range
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1.29.1Use fixed range ring

The target ring is a solid concentric circle centered around own ship (or scan origin). Using a
fixed target ring can provide a rough estimate of the distance to the target. The number of target
rings is automatically determined when the range is selected, and the interval between each ring
is displayed in the range box on the upper left corner of the screen. You can easily view the
number of rings between the center of the display and the target, combined with the ring interval,
and quickly determine the distance to the target. The display and deactivation of the fixed target
ring are as follows:
1）Open the main menu as below(two methods refer to1.35).

Main menu
2）Press the <EBL OFFSET 2> key on the keyboard to open the “***MARK***”submenu

Mark menu
3）Press the <PI LINE 6> key on the keyboard to select “6RING”.
4）Select “ON” or “OFF”.
5）Right click to close the menu.

1.29.2 Use VRM

This radar system has two VRMs, namely VRM1 (Variable Range Marker 1) and VRM2
(Variable Range Marker 2). They are both dash ring markers, so you can easily distinguish them
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dash lines. The currently used VRM is indicated by the symbol "►" in the [VRM] frame, as
shown in the following figure.

1）Press the <VRM ON> key on the keyboard to activate a VRM. If two VRMs are activated, you
can press the <VRM ON> key consecutively to switch between them. The current used VRM
is marked with “ ” Mark.
2）Rotate the VRM knob on the board to align the active VRM with the inner edge of the target of
interest and read its distance at the lower-right corner of the screen. Each VRM remains at the
same geographical distance when you operate the <RANGE+>or < RANGE->key or the
[RANGE] box to change the range scale. This means that the apparent radius of the VRM ring
changes in proportion to the selected range scale.
3）Press the<VRM OFF> key to close VRM.

1.30 Markers
1.30.1Heading line
The heading line is used to indicate the direction of the ship's bow markings and exists in all
display mode. Itis a line from the own ship position to the outer edge of the radar display area ,
and appears at zero degrees on the bearing scale in head-up mode; it changes the orientation
depending on the ship orientation in north-up and true motion modes. Heading line is drawed
with solid thick line.
Heading line can’t be hidden for permanent, but can be temporarily hidden for the
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the heading line,exit zhe menu first,then press the <HL OFF 1> key on the keyboard without releasing
it, or use the trackball to select the [HL OFF] box at the bottom left corner of the display then
push the left button without releasing it. To display the heading line again, release the button or
left click.

1.30.2Stern marker
The stern marker, is a dash line, appears opposite to the heading line. To display or erase this
marker do the following:
1）Open the main menu as below(two methods refer to1.35):

Main menu
2）Press the <EBL OFFSET 2> key on the keyboard to open the “***MARK***” submenu.

Mark menu
3）Press the <MODE DISP 3> key ong the keyboard to select “3 STERN MARK”.
4）Select “OFF” or “NO”.
5）Press the <MENU> key to close menu.

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1.30.3North marker
The north marker appears as a short dashed line. In the head-up mode, the north marker
moves around the bearing scale in accordance with the compass signal.

1.30.4Own ship symbol

The symbol of own ship ( ) can be displayed in the mark menu. This symbol displays
the captain and ship width in proportion. When the maximum size of the symbol is less than 6
millimeters, the symbol may not be visible and the vessel will be represented as a small dot or
circle (depending on the current range used). The size of the vessel should be entered during
installation. If there is no vessel size information, the vessel will be represented by a small dot.
1）Open the main menu as below(two methods refer to1.35):

Main menu
2）Press the<EBL OFFSET 2> key on the keyboard to open the “***MARK***”submenu .

Mark menu
3）Press the<EBL OFFSET 2>key on the keyboard to select “2 OWN SHIP MARK”.
4 ） Press the<EBL OFFSET 2>key on the keyboard several times to switch between
OFF/MIN/SCALED and select the desired mode, then press the<ENTER>key on the keyboard to
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5）Press the <MENU> key to close the menu.

1.31 Heading
When a gyro is connected to radar, the heading data is displayed HDG] box located on the
right top of screen. Usually,it is no need to reset heading after setting the initial heading correctly,,
if the heading shows in the [HDG] box seems doubtable or gives out alarms, please make sure the
gyro is connected correctly.

Hdg box
When own ship remains static, do as follows to manually set the heading.
1）Select the [HDG] box to and right click to open the “***HDG MENU***” submenu:

Hdg menu
3）Select "3 HDG MANUAL" (bow setting)
4）Select 'ON' and use the scroll wheel or numeric keys to enter the desired orientation. Selecting
'OFF' will automatically display based on the connected compass output.
5）Right click to close the menu.
Note:Usually there is no need to manually set the heading,if needed pleas ask YONZOE or its
distributor.
1.32 Entering own ship's speed
The TT and azimuth stabilized display modes require own ship speed and compass signal.
You can obtain STW ( speed though water) from the LOG, SOG ( speed over ground) from GPS
or BDS, and manually input speed from the menu.. The own ship’s speed data is shown in [SPD]
box located on the right top of screen.

SPD box

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1.32.1Automatic speed input by LOG or GPS

1）Roll the trackball and move the cursor into the [SPD] box.
2）Right click the box to open the “***SPD***” submenu.

SPD menu
3）Select “1 SHIP SPEED” and left click.
4）Select proper option.
LOG(BT)：LOG, speed over ground (SOG).
LOG(WT)：LOG, speed through water (STW)
GPS：Speed input by GPS or BDS
5）Right click to close the menu.
Note1：Be sure not to select a LOG option when a speed LOG is not connected. If the LOG signal
is not provided, the ship speed readout at the top of the screen will be “-.- kn”. In the event of a
LOG error, enter speed manually.
Note2 ： If select GPS and in the event of signal error, the ship speed readout at the top of the
screen will be “-.- kn”, please enter speed manually.
Note3：The [SPD] box is shown as “-.- kn” and the label “LOG” (in red) appears in [ALERT] box
at the right bottom of the screen and the alarm buzzer sounds if no log signal is present.
Note4：The [SPD] box is shown as “-.- kn” and the label “EPFS” (in red) appears in [ALERT]
box at the right bottom of the screen and the alarm buzzer sounds if no GPS signal is present.
Note5：If speed over the ground cannot be obtained in a deep area, select LOG (WT), turn on set
drift and enter set and drift values. See section 3.12 for the detail procedure.
Note6: The speed will last for 30 seconds even if the signal is lost.

1.32.2Speed input manually

If the speed LOG or GPS is not working or has an error, enter speed manually as below. In
this case the speed data type is shown as man and is speed through water (STW).
1）Move the cursor into the [SPD] box.

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2）Right click the box to open the “***SPD*** ” submenu.

SPD menu
3）Select “1 SHIP SPEED” and left click it.
4）Select “MANUAL”,and left click to confirm.
5）Select “2 MANUAL SPEED” and left click.
6 ） Roll the wheel to input the speed and left click. (for entry through the keyboard, use the
numeric keys and the last number input will be automatically set as fractional part ， press
the<ENTER>key on the keyboard to complete the input is.
5）Right click to close the menu.

1.33 Own ship’s position

Own ship’s position will be shown in the [POS] box at the right top of screen by longitude
and latitude.

Pos box
Select the source of ship’s position data as follows:
1）Move the cursor into the [POS] box at the right top of screen.
2）Right click the box to open the “***OS POSN” submenu.

Pos menu

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3）Select “1 NAV AID” and left click it.

4）Select “GPS1*BD2-1” or “GPS2*BD2-1” according to the physical connections, and left click
it.
Gps1*BD2-1: GPS or BDS navigator connected to NAV port
Gps2*BD2-1: GPS or BDS navigator connected to speed LOG port
5）If you select “DEAD RECKON”, do as follow to enter position manually.
5-1) Select “2 MANUAL L/L” then left click it.
5-2) Roll the wheel to set appropriate digit in the latitude field then left click, for keyboard
operation, press appropriate numeric keys then press the <ENTER> key.
5-3) Set longitude similar to how you set latitude then left click. For keyboard operation, press
the <ENTER> key.
6）Right click to close the menu.
Note1: The polarity of latitude and longitude input can only be selected through the scroll
wheel.
Note2: When select “DEAD RECKON”, make sure gyro, GPS and speed input and valid, if not
please refer to section 1.31 to munaully input heading and section 1.32.2 to manually input the
speed.
Note3:There is no need to set “DEAD RECKON” while the ship is stationary, just manually set
the latitude and longitude according to your ship’s position.
Note 4: Dead reckoning requires the speed of own ship . If the it is not available, please refer to
section 1.32.2 to manually enter the speed of own ship.

1.34 Zoom
The zoom function enlarges an area of interest as large as twice the normal viewing size, in
the text box as shown below:

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1.34.1Set video part zoom in function

Video part zoom in is to enlarge the local echo video image at the center of the current
cursor position by twice. To use the zoom in function, follow these steps:
1）Open the main menu as below(two methods refer to1.35):

Main menu
2 ） Press the<VECTOR TIME 7>key on the keyboard to open the “***CUSTOM TEST***”
submenu.

***CUSTOM
TEST***
1 BACK
2 ZOOM ZONE
OFF / ON
3 DATA-TIME
UTC / LOCAL
4 HOURS MODE
12 / 24
5 LANGUAGE
English / 中文
6 HOT KEY ►
7 OPERATION ►
8 TEST ►
9 ECHO FULL SCREEN
OFF / ON

Custom&test menu
3）Press the<EBL OFFSET 2>key on the keyboard to select “2 ZOOM ZONE”.
4）Press the<EBL OFFSET 2>key several times, then select ON, and press the<ENTER>key on
the keyboard to confirm.
The cursor will automatically jump into the radar display operation area, and there will be a
display as described above. Moving the cursor will zoom in with the cursor as the center radar
echoes from a part of the heart.

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1.34.2Zoom in function operation

1） Move the cursor in the radar display operation area, rotate the scroll wheel until
"Zoom/EXIT" is displayed in the "GUIDE" box, and then press the left button to confirm.
2） Roll the trackball to select the position to scale. At this moment, there will be a display as
described earlier, and moving the cursor will zoom in to the current position of the cursor radar
echoes from a portion of the central area.

1.35 Main menu

You can open the main menu by two methods.
1. Press the<MENU> key on the keyboard to open the main menu.
2. Roll the trackball to move the cursor to the [MENU] box and left click to open the main menu.
On the right side of the screen will show the main menu

Main menu
There are three methods to select the functions in menu
 Press corresponding numeric key according to the menu item
 Move the cursor to select the menu item, and left click.
 Roll the wheel to select the menu item and left click.
Note：If you select “8 NET ” or “9 INSTALL ”,a software mini keyboard will popup below
the menu item, move cursor to select the “8888” four letters and press <ENTER> key to enter the
submenu install, and the mini keyboard will automatically disappear. If you input letters other
than “8888” and want to give up entering submenu install, please close the menu by pressing
<MENU> key or right click.You may need to re-enter the “8888” to enter the submenu install if
you off the mis-operation of options in the submenu install in about ten minutes.

1.36 Offcenter the display

Own ship position(or scan origin)can be displaced to expand the view field without
switching to a larger range scale. The scan origin can be off-centered to the cursor position, but
not more than 75% of the range in use; If the cursor is set beyond 75% of the range scale, the
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scan origin will be off-centered to the point of 75% of the limit.

1）Press the <MENU> key on the keyboard to close menu.
2）Move the cursor to the position where you want the scan origin change to.e.g.: As shown in
figure a below
3 ） Press the <EBL OFFSET 2> key on the keyboard,the scan origin change to the cursor’s
position as shown in figure b below.

Figure a Figure b
4 ） Press<EBL OFFSET 2> key again to exit the offcenter and the radar video will restore to
figure a as shown above

1.37 Echo Wiper

The echo wiper function automatically reduces the brilliance of weak signals (noise, sea
clutter, rain clutter, etc.) and other unwanted signals such as radar interference. Its effect depends
on the wiper setting and scan process setting, as described in the table below.
Wiper 1 Wiper 2
Scan process OFF Effect 1 Effect 1
Scan process ON (1/2/3) Effect 1 Effect 2
Effect 1 ： The brilliance of unwanted weak echoes, (noise, sea clutter and rain clutter, etc) is
reduced. The difference between wiper 1 and 2 is that brilliance is lowered more slowly in wiper
Effect 2：When the wiper 2 is set, set scan process to see how the picture is affected with scan
process turned off and turned on.
To set the wiper function, do the following:
1）Open the main menu as below(two methods refer to1.35):

Main menu

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1）Press the < HL OFF 1> key on the keyboardto open the ***ECHO***”submenu.

***ECHO***
1 BACK
2 REJ 2nd ECHO
OFF / ON
3 TUNE SCAN
4 PM
OFF / ON
5 SART
OFF / ON
6 WIPER
OFF / 1 / 2
7 STC SET ‭►
8 ENVIROnmENT ►
9 ECHO
ENHANCEMENT
OFF / ON
Echo menu
3）Press the <PI LINE 6> key on the keyboard to select “6 WIPER.”
4）Select among “OFF” / “1” / “2”/ and press the <ENTER> key to confirm.
5）Press the <MENU> key to close the menu.

1.38 Hot key function

1.38.1This radar system provides four customizable shortcut keys F1-F4, which can be used to
set corresponding shortcut key functions ,Default function of hot key.
The <F1-F4> keys is assigned for hot key function, in default, the <F1-F4> key is assigned
the function described in the table below.

Hot key Default function

F1 Interference process

F2 Echo stretch

F3 Scan process

F4 Noise process

1.38.2User setting for hot key

Do the following to program the function keys.

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1）Open the main menu as below(two methods refer to1.35):

Main menu

2）Select “7 CUSTOM & TEST ” to open the “*** CUSTOM & TEST submenu ***”

Custom & test menu

3） Select “6 HOT KEY ” to open the “***HOT KEY***” submenu

Hot key menu

4）Select “2 F1 ”,to open the “***F1***” submenu (the settings forF2—F4 are the same)

F1 menu

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5）Select among “ECHO ” 、“KEY ”、 “TT & AIS ”、“OPERATION ” 、“ SCENE ”,to
open submenu.for example to select echo

Echo menu
6）Select “2” and left click it.
7）Select the function you want to assign it to <F1> key,eg:IP, and left click to confirm.
8）Press the <MENU> key to close menu.

1.38.3 Description of function key programs

Item Description
Echo process

PM Turns performance monitor on/off

IP Selects interference process level.

ES Selects echo stretch level.

SP Selects scan process level.

NP Turns noise process on/off

SEA Selects sea adjustment method

TUNE Selects tuning adjustment method

SART Turns SART setup conditions on/off.

WIPER Sets wiper function.

SCENE Selects environment function.

PULSE Selects pulse length

AUTO-RAIN Selects auto rain level

ANT HEIGHT Selects antenna height.

SEA CONDITION Sets sea condition.

REJ 2nd ECHO Turns 2nd trace echo rejecter on/off.

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Key

ALARM ACK Acknowledges alarm. (silences audio alarm.)

STBY TX Toggles between stand-by and transmit.

Hl OFF Turns heading line on/off temporarily

EBL OFFSET Offsets EBL

DISP MODE Selects present mode

OFF CENTER Off centers the display.

CU TM RESET Returns own ship mark to point 75% of range in use in tm mode.
Returns to bearing scale 0 in cu mode.

PI LINE Selects PI line number.

VECTOR TIME Sets vector time.

VECTOR MODE Sets vector mode.

TT LIST Displays target list.

CANCEL TRAIL Clears trail

COLOR Sets radar color mode

ENTER Finishes input

MENU Selects menu on/off

RANGE + Increases range

RANGE - Decreases range

ACQ Manual acquires target

TT DATA Show target data

TT CANCEL Cancels TT；sleeps AIS

TT & AIS

AZ1 Sets acquisition zone 1

AZ2 Sets acquisition zone 2

CPA Sets CPA

TCPA Sets TCPA

CPA LIMIT Selects CPA on / off

DISP TT Selects TT display on / off

DISP AIS Selects AIS display on /off

REF MARK Inscribes reference mark (for target-based speed).

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TT&AIS ASSO Selects TT and AIS association

TARGET LIST SORT Displays target list sort mode.

TRIALMANEUVER Executes trial maneuver.

AIS MESSAGE Displays AIS message.

AIS SCALED SYMBOL Scales AIS target symbols according to target (ship) size.

TARGET DATA&ACQ TT: Acquires target; shows data for tracked target selected.
AIS: Activates sleeping AIS target; shows data for AIS target selected.

PAST POSN INTERVAL Selects past position plotting interval.

Operation

ECHO COLOR Selects echo color.

PALLETE Changes palette

RING Turns range rings on/off.

ALARM 1 Sets alarm zone1.

ALARM 2 Sets alarm zone2.

ZOOM Turn zoom on/off.

WATCH ALARM Resets watch alarm.

RESET

MARK DELETE Deletes marks.

Scene

NEAR Optimum setting for short range detection using a range scale of 3 NM or less
on calm seas.

FAR Optimum setting for long range detection using a range scale of 6 NM or
larger.

NEAR BUOY Optimum setting for detecting navigation buoys, small vessels and other
small surface objects at close range

FAR BUOY Optimum setting for detecting navigation buoys, small vessels and other
small surface objects at long range

ROUGH Optimum setting for rough weather or heavy rain

SHIP Optimum setting for detecting vessels

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HARBOR Optimum setting for harbor navigation

COAST Optimum setting for coastal navigation

CUSTOM User settings 1

1
CUSTOM User settings 2

2
CUSTOM User settings 3

3
CUSTOM4 User settings 4

1.39 Second-trace echoes suppression

In certain situations, echoes from very distant targets may appear as false echoes
(second-trace echoes) on the screen. This occurs when the return echo is received one
transmission cycle later, or after a next radar pulse has been transmitted. To reject second-trace
echoes，operate as follows:
1）Open the main menu as below(two methods refer to1.35):

Main menu

2）Press the <HL OFF 1> key to open the ***ECHO***”submenu “***ECHO***”.
***ECHO***
1 BACK
2 REJ 2nd ECHO
OFF / ON
3 TUNE SCAN
4 PM
OFF / ON
5 SART
OFF / ON
6 WIPER
OFF / 1 / 2
7 STC SET ►
8 ENVIRONMENT ►
9 ECHO
ENHANCEMENT
OFF / ON
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3）Press the <EBL OFFSET 2> key to select “2 REJ 2nd ECHO”.
4）Select “ON” and left click to open second trace echo rejection.
5）Press the <MENU> key to close the menu

1.40 System alarms

When an error or an alarm setting violation occurs, the corresponding indication (red and
flashing) will appear in the [ALERT] box at the right bottom of screen and the buzzer sounds.
The [ALERT] box is composed of two lines of information, as shown below.

Alert box
The first line is the alarm prompt information, displayed in red characters.
The second line is an important operation prompt, displayed in yellow characters.
Press the<ALARM ACK>button, or click on the [ALARM ACK] box in the bottom left corner of
the screen to confirm the alarm. The sound alarm will stop, and the sound and flashing will stop, but
the alarm indicator remains displayed on the screen until the cause of the alarm is cleared.
1.40.1Alarm description

Alarm name
Reason Priorities Categories Color To quit alarm status
(visual)
System error
No antenna rotation Yellowish
AZIMUTH W B
signal orange
Yellowish
HEADING No heading signal W B
orange Acknowledge indication by
Yellowish pressing the <ALARM ACK>
TRIGGER No trigger signal W B
orange key or left-clicking the
Yellowish [ALARM ACK] box. Restore
KEY No key signal W B
orange signal or remove reason for to
No RF communications remove indication
RF C B Yellow
signal
Yellowish
VIDEO No video signal W B
orange
Yellowish
PICTURE_FREEZED Radar video freeze W B Repower radar
orange
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The indication "Gyro" (in Acknowledge indication by

red) appears and the pressing the <ALARM ACK>
[hdg] box reads "---.-°". key or left-clicking the
The orientation mode is [ALARM ACK] box. Restore
Yellowish
GYRO automatically set for W B signal to remove indication.
orange
head-up. TT, radar map Message cannot be erased if
and AIS are disabled. signal is missing; it is
automatically erased when the
signal is restored.

The indication "Log" (in

red) appears and the
speed indication shows Yellowish
LOG W B Use another speed sensor.
"--.- kn" If the speed orange
signal is lost more than
30 s
The indication "Epfs" (in Acknowledge indication by
red) appears and the pressing the <ALARM ACK>
position display shows all key or left-clicking the
short lines if the position [ALARM ACK] box. Restore
Yellowish
EPFS input is lost more than 30 W B signal to remove indication.
orange
s. Radar map and AIS are Message cannot be erased if
disabled. position signal is missing; it is
automatically erased when the
signal is restored.
The indication "Datum" Acknowledge indication by
(in red) appears if the pressing the <ALARM ACK>
Yellowish
DATUM（DATUM） datum is other than W B key or left-clicking the
orange
wgs-84 or wgs-84 is not [ALARM ACK] box. Use
input. wgs-84 datum.
ARPA
TT capture
TT_COLLISION The target may be A A Red
dangerous
Capture new target Yellowish
TT_NEW W A
orange Acknowledge indication by
TT_LOST TT new target lost Yellowish pressing the <ALARM ACK>
W A
orange key or left-clicking the
REF_TT_LOST REF target lost Yellowish [ALARM ACK] box. Restore
W A
orange signal or remove reason for to

Manual TT capture reaches remove indication

TT_MAN_FULL Yellowish
maximum W A
orange

Auto TT capture reaches

TT_AUTO_FULL W A Yellowish

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maximum orange

TT_MAN_95_FULL Manual TT capture is about

C B Yellow
to reach its maximum
TT_AUTO_95_FULL Auto TT capture is about to
C B Yellow
reach its maximum
AIS
AIS_COLLISION AIS target may be
A A Red
dangerous
New AIS target Yellowish
AIS_NEW W A
orange
AIS target lost Yellowish
AIS_LOST W A
orange
Acknowledge indication by
AIS target display
Yellowish pressing the <ALARM ACK>
AIS_FULL reaches the maximum W A
orange key or left-clicking the
value
[ALARM ACK] box. Restore
The target display is
AIS_95_FULL signal or remove reason for to
about to reach the C B Yellow
remove indication
maximum value
NO_CPA_TCPA Cannot calculate AIS Yellowish
W B
target CPA/TCPA orange
There are targets with
ASSOCIATION AIS and TT fusion C B Yellow
display
Other alarm

ARRIVAL Own ship has arrived to a

C B Yellow Acknowledge indication by
waypoint.
pressing the <ALARM ACK>
A target has entered (or
TARGET_ALARM Yellowish key or left-clicking the
exited) the target alarm W B
orange [ALARM ACK] box. Restore
zone. Target flashes.
signal or remove reason for to
ANCHOR_WATCH Ship has drifted more Yellowish
W→a A remove indication
than a threshold value. orange→red

Remarks：
1、 Aarm priority is divided into alarm, warning and caution；the category is divided into
A and B.
2、The F4 key on the keyboard is the temporary alarm silence key of the radar.If this key
is pressed,all the current alarms of the radar are temporarily silence for 30 seconds, the sound
output of the newly generated alarm will not be affected during the silence period.
3、Radar does not support alarm responsibility transfer function.
4、If the ANCHOR_WATCH alarm does not disappear for 2 minutes, it will be upgraded
to an alert.

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1.40.2Indications for important operation

Indication name Reason To quit indication status
Tune scanning. Indication disappears when
Adjust (at installation) the attenuation of procedure is completed.
antenna cable.
Radar set up to receive SART. Indication disappears when the
Performance monitor is active function is closed.

1.40.3Alarm list
The alarm list displays the names of alarms, including the time and date violated. A
maximum of 28 alarms are shown, on four pages. Unacknowledged alarms are displayed first
and display in a certain order in the alarm list. An unacknowledged alarm can be acknowledged
from the list by selecting its number and left click. To erase all alarm indications, select “9
CANCEL ALL”. To display the alarm list, put the cursor in the [ALERT] box and right click.

When the alarm list is more than one page, you can use "0 NEXT (L=LAST)" ("0 next page (long
press LAST)") and "1 BACK (L=FIRST)"("1. Previous page (long press the homepage) ")to
switch. Long press the last page here refers to selecting the item and then long press the left
button to directly jump to the last page. Similarly, long press the first page to jump to the first
page.

1.40.4Output alarm signals

This radar provides four ports from which to output alarm signals to external equipment.
Select the port and alarm signals to output as follows:
1) Open the main menu as below(two methods refer to1.35):

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Main menu

2) Press the <MODE DISP 3> key to open the “***ALARM***”submenu .

Alarm menu
3) Select appropriate alarm out item 5-8, e.g.: Item 5.the content of item 5-8 are exactly the same.

Alarm out1 menu

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4) Select “2” and left click.

5) Select an alarm to output and left click .the alarm selected is underlined.
6) Repeat step 5 to select other alarms to output
7) Press the<MENU> key to close the menu.

1.40.5 Alarm priority

The alarm display has priority, as shown in the table below

Priority Alarm group Alarms

Error (sensor and

1 Azimuth, datum EPFS, gyro, headline, key,LOG, RF, trigger, video
system)

See the priority menu below. TT collision alarm and AIS collision alarm
2 Important alarm
are default important alarms

3 Other alarms Any alarm not listed here.

If desired to assign alarms priority the same priority as important alarms.

1) Open the main menu as below(two methods refer to1.35):.

Main menu
2) Press the <MODE DISP 3> key on the keyboard to open the “***ALARM***”submenu .

Alarm menu

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3) Press the <TT LIST 9> key on the keyboard to open the “***PRORITY****”submenu .

Priority menu
5) Select alarm(s) for which you want to give priority you want to set. Selected alarms are
underlined.
6) Press the right button several times to close the menu.
1.41 Radar performance monitor PM
In international navigation, radar on ships larger than 300GT requires the installation of a
performance monitor (PM). The performance monitor parameters of this system are
X-band:RPM-X (9410±45 MHz). S-band：RPM-S（3050±30MHz）The performance monitor
is built into the RF transceiver base.
The radar performance monitor display is divided into reference arc (outer arc far from the
center of the circle) and measurement arc (inner arc closer to the center of the circle). The
measurement arc is 10dB stronger than the reference arc signal. After installing or replacing the
magnetron, it should be set so that the reference arc almost disappears from the radar display.
1.41.1Activate the performance monitor
1）Open the main menu as below(two methods refer to1.35):

Main menu

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2）Press the<HL OFF 1>key on the keyboard to open the “***ECHO***”submenu.

***ECHO***
1 BACK
2 REJ 2nd ECHO
OFF / ON
3 TUNE SCAN
4 PM
OFF / ON
5 SART
OFF / ON
6 WIPER
OFF / 1 / 2
7 STC SET ►
8 ENVIROnmENT ►
9 ECHO ENHANCEMENT
OFF / ON

Echo menu
3. Press the<OFF CENTER 4>key on the keyboard to select “4 PM”.
4. Press the<OFF CENTER 4>key on the keyboard several times to switch between OFF/ON and
select the desired option. Press the<ENTER>key on the keyboard to confirm.
5）Press the <MENU> key to close the menu.

1.41.2Performance Monitor Description

When performance monitor is on, the radar is automatically set up as follows:
OFF
OFF
OFF
70
OFF
OFF
AUTO
24NM
M3
2-S
PM
ATTENUATION As set with installation

The range scale is automatically set to 24 NM. The radar screen will show one or two
arcs(The reference arc should almost disappear). If the working state of the radar transmitter and
receiver is as good as the initial state when the PM is first installed, you will be able to observe a
clear arc (measurement arc). , . If the measured arc is weak or disappears, it indicates that at least
10dB of loss is observed in the transmitter and receiver , This is usually a sign of the life end of
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the emission tube (magnetron), reminding navigators to replace it timely.

Note：The length of the arc may vary according to installation environment.

1.42 Reference position setting

The reference position for measurements (range, bearing, etc.) and markers (heading line,
stern mark, etc.) can be antenna position or CCRP( consistent common reference point ), which is
a location on own ship to which all horizontal measurements, Generally, there is no need to set it
after the initial installation of the radar, reset the reference position, do as follows.
1）Open the main menu as below(two methods refer to1.35):

Main menu
2）Press the <TT LIST 9> key on the keyboard to open the “***INSTALL***”submenu ,you
may need to input password “8888”.

Install menu

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3) Press the<CU/TM RESET5>key on the keyboard to select “5 REF POINT”.

4) Press the<CU/TM RESET5>key on the keyboard several times to switch between ANT/CCRP
and select the desired option. Press the<ENTER>key to confirm. After selection, a reference
point prompt will be displayed on the lower left side of the screen:

5）Press the <MENU> key to close the menu.

Choosing different reference points will change the position of the ship's markings
accordingly, as shown in the following figure.

Different reference points can affect the measurement and drawing of related icons, as shown in
the table below.
Item Type Ant Ccrp
EBL
VRM Range and bearing Range and bearing
Range and
CURSOR measured from antenna measured from CCRP
Bearing
PI LINE position.
RING
Hl
STERN
MARK
Drawn from antenna
Plotter Drawn from ccrp
Own ship position
vector
Own ship
track
Drawn with antenna
Cursor Drawn with ccrp at center
position at center
Speed, course Calculated with ccrp at
Calculated with antenna
CPA/TCPA position at center center
BCT,BCR Calculated from bow position

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Note: When the antenna is located some distance from the CCRP, the CCRP may be outside the
bearing cursor in true motion or offcenter. Also, when the CCRP is set as reference point, some
parts of the bearing cursor are not displayed.

1.43 Anchor watch

The anchor watch feature alerts you when your ship has traveled a distance greater than a
threshold valueyou have set. When the anchor watch is active, a dashed circle marks the anchor
watch range. If your ship goes outside the circle, “ANCHOR WATCH” appears in the [ALERT]
box,and an alarm is issued.
1）Open the main menu as below(two methods refer to1.35):.

Main menu
2）Press the <EBL OFFSET 2> key to open the “***MARK***” submenu .

Mark menu

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3）Press the <OFF CENTER 4> key to select “4 ANCHOR WATCH”.

4）Select “ON” to open anchor watch and left click, roll the wheel to input the number（if use
numeric key to input the number, please press <ENTER> key to finish input. The last two input
numbers will be set as fractional part）
5）Press the <MENU> key to close the menu.
Note: Anchorwatch function must have GPS/bds positioning signal access.

1.44 Echo enhancement

Echo enhancement is achieved through signal processing to make the radar display more fully.
1）Open the main menu as below(two methods refer to1.35):.

Main menu
2）Press the <HL OFF 1> to open the“***ECHO***”submenu “***ECHO***”

***ECHO***
1 BACK
2 REJ 2nd ECHO
OFF / ON
3 TUNE SCAN
4 PM
OFF / ON
5 SART
OFF / ON
6 WIPER
OFF / 1 / 2
7 STC SET ►
8 ENVIROnmENT ►
9 ECHO ENHANCEMENT
OFF / ON

Echo menu
3）Press the <TT LIST 9>key on the keyboard to select “9 ECHO ENHANCEMENT”.
4）Select “ON” to open echo enhancement，and press the <ENTER> key on the keyboard to
confirm.
5）Press the <MENU> key on the keyboard to close the menu.

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1.45 Full screen display

Full screen display allows radar echoes to be displayed within a circular range beyond the
radar operating area, increasing the observation range.
1）Open the main menu as below(two methods refer to1.35):.

Main menu

2）Press the <CUSTOM&TEST 7>key on the keyboard to open the“***CUSTOM&TEST***”

submenu .

***CUSTOM
TEST***
1 BACK
2 ZOOM ZONE
OFF / ON
3 DATA-TIME
UTC / LOCAL
4 HOURS MODE
12 / 24
5 LANGUAGE
English / 中文
6 HOT KEY ►
7 OPERATION‭ ►
8 TEST ►
9 ECHO FULL SCREEN
OFF / ON
Custom& test
3）Press the <TT LIST 9>key on the keyboard to select “9 ECHO FULL SCREEN”
4）select “ON” to open echo full screen， and press the <ENTER>key on the keyboard to
confirm
5）Press the <MENU> key on the keyboard to close the menu.

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2 Radar observation

2.1 General
Radar is abbreviation for radio detection and ranging, the radar radiates electromagnetic
energy from an antenna to propagate in space,some of the reradiated energy is returned to and
received by the radar antenna,after amplification by a receiver and with the aid of proper signal
processing a decision is made at the output of the receiver as to whether or not a target echo
signal is present. At that time the target location and possibly other information about the target is
acquired.

2.1.1 Radar distance measurement

1. Maximum range
The maximum detecting range of the radar ( Rmax ), varies considerably depending on several

factors such as the height of the antenna above the water, the height of the target of the target
above the sea, the size, shape and material of the target, and the atmospheric conditions. Under
normal atmospheric conditions, the maximum range is equal to the radar horizon or a little shorter.
Calculate Rmax according to the following formula：

Rmax  2.2   h1  h 2 
Where Rmax : Radar horizon (nautical miles)
H1: Antenna height (m)
H2: Target height (m)
It should be noted that the detection range is reduced by precipitation (which absorbs the
radar signal).
Due to the possibility of refraction of electromagnetic waves caused by atmospheric factors，
the detection range usually longer than sight distance.

What’s more, according to the radar detection equation:

Pav GAenEi (n) F 4

Rmax  4
(4 ) 2 kT0 Fn f p ( S / N )1 Ls

The maximum detecting range is depending on the system loss Ls in the equation. And long

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transmission line may affect the Ls, Cable insertion loss compensation can be achieved by
adjusting the cable gain to minimize the system loss of the radar and increase the maximum
detection range..
2.1Minimum range

The minimum range is defined as the shortest distance from the antenna to the target
（RCS=10m2）,at this ditance ,this target can be detected clearly using a scale of 1.5 or 0.75 NM.
It is mainly dependent on the pulse length, antenna height, and signal processing such as
main pulse suppression and digital quantization. It is a good practice to use a shorter range scale
as far as it gives favorable definition or clarity of picture. The IMO resolution MSC.192 (79)
requires the minimum range to be less than 40m;The minimum range of this radar is 25 meters,
which meets this requirement.

2.1.2 Radar resolution

There are two important factors in radar resolution: bearing resolution and range resolution.
1) Bearing resolution
Bearing resolution is the ability of the radar to display as two separate targets when the
radar received echoes from two targets that are at the same range and close to each other. It is
directly proportional to the antenna length and reciprocally proportional to the wavelength. The
length of the antenna radiator should be selected for a bearing resolution better than 2.5°
(resolution required by IMO).This condition is normally satisfied with a radiator of 1.2m (4 ft)
or longer in the X-band. The bearing resolution of this radar is higher than the IMO
requirements.
2)Range resolution
Range resolution is the ability to display as two separate targets when the radar received
echoes from two targets that are on the same bearing and close to each other. This is determined
by pulse length only.Practically, the range resolution of this radar is 25m,it is better than the
IMO requirements(35 m).

2.1.3 Note: The RCS of test targets for determining the range and bearing resolution are 10m2
Bearing accuracy.
Bearing accuracy is one of the most important performance of radar.. It basically depends on
the narrowness of the radar beam.however, the bearing is usually taken relative to the ship’s
heading, and thus, proper adjustment of the heading line during installation is an important factor
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the target echo at the extreme position on the screen..

2.1.4 Range measurement

Range measuremen is also a very important function of the radar.Generally; there are two
means of measuring range: The fixed range rings and the variable range marker (VRM).the fixed
range rings appear on the screen with a predetermined interval and provide a rough estimate of
the range to a target. The variable range marker’s diameter is increased or decreased so that the
marker touches the inner edge of the target, allowing the operator to obtain more accurate range
measurements.

2.2 False echoes

Occasionally echo signals appear on the screen at positions where there is no target or
disappear even if there are targets. They are, however, recognized if you know their exact
meanings. Typical false echoes are shown below.

2.2.1 Multiple echoes

Multiple echoes occur when a transmitted pulse returns from a solid object like a large
ship,bridge,or breakwater.A second,a third or even more echoes may be observed on the display
at double,triple or other multiples of the actual range of the target as shown below.Multiple
reflection echoes can be reduced and often removed by decreasing the gain(sensitivity) or
properly adjusting the sea control.Figure a is a schematic diagram of generating multiple echoes.
The figure b is a schematic diagram of the radar display multiple echo on echo display area.

Fig a Fig b
Fig: Multiple echoes

2.2.2 Sidelobe echoes

Every time the radar pulse is transmitted, some radiation escapes on each side of the beam,
called “sidelobes”. If a target exists where it can be detected by the side lobes as well as the main
lobes, the side echoes may be represented on both sides of the true echo at the same range. Side
lobes show usually only on short ranges and from strong targets. They can be reduced through
careful reduce of the gain or proper adjustment of the sea control.

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C B
False
D
False
A E

Target A True
Mainlobe C B
False False

D E
Sidelobe

Fig: Sidelobe echoes

2.2.3 Virtual image

A relatively large target close to your ship may be represented at two positions on the screen.
One of them is the true echo directly reflected by the target and the other is a false echo which is
caused by the mirror effect of a large object on or close to your ship as shown in the figure below.
If your ship comes close to a large metal bridge, for example, such a false echo may temporarily
be seen on the screen. The following figure a is a schematic view of a generate virtual image;
Figure b is a schematic view of a virtual image displayed on the radar return display area.

Fig a Fig b
Fig: Virtual image

2.2.4 Shadow sectors

Funnels, stacks, masts, or derricks in the path of the antenna block the radar beam. If the
antenna is obstructed beyond a certain angle, a shadow sector may be formed in this sector targets
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Fig: Shadow sector

The silence zone is a manually set fan-shaped area where the radar does not emit
electromagnetic waves. You can easily set the silence zone of the radar according to the actual
blind spot, so that the radar can avoid the detection blind spot . Please consult shanghai YONZOE
technical tupport engineer or dealers for the setting of the silent zone.

2.3 SART（search and rescue transponder）

2.3.1 SART description

A search and rescue transponder (SART) may be triggered by any X-band (3cm) radar
within a range of approximately 8nm. Each radar pulse received causes it to transmit a response
which is swept repetitively across the complete radar frequency band. When interrogated, it first
sweeps rapidly (0.4μs) through the band before beginning a relatively slow sweeps (7.5μs)
through the band back to the starting frequency. This process is repeated for total of twelve
complete cycles. At some point in each sweep, the SART frequency will match that of the
interrogating radar and be within the pass band of the radar receiver. If the SART is within range,
the frequency match during each of the 12 slow sweeps will produce a response on the radar
display, thus a line of 12 dots equally spaced by about 0.64 nautical miles will be shown.
When the radar to the SART is reduced to about 1NM, the radar displays my show also the
12 responses generated during the fast sweeps. These additional dot responses, which also are
equally spaced by 0.64 nautical miles, will be interspersed with the original line of 12 dots. They
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Figure: SART is in distance figure: SART is close

2.3.2 Showing SART marks on the radar display

This radar is equipped with a feature that optimally sets up the radar for SART detection.
This feature automatically detunes the radar receiver out of its best tuning condition. This erases
or weakens all normal radar echoes, but the SART marks are not erases or weakens all normal
radar echoes, but the SART marks are not erased because the SART response signal scans over all
frequencies in the 9 G Hz band. When the radar approaches the SART in operation, the SART
marks will enlarge to large arcs, blurring a large part of the screen.
To set up for SART detection do the following:
1) Open the main menu as below(two methods refer to1.35):

Main menu

2) Press the <HL OFF1> key on the keyboard to open the“***ECHO***”submenu

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***ECHO***
1 BACK
2 REJ 2nd ECHO
OFF / ON
3 TUNE SCAN
4 PM
OFF / ON
5 SART
OFF / ON
6 WIPER
OFF / 1 / 2
7 STC SET ►
8 ENVIROnmENT ►
9 ECHO ENHANCEMENT
OFF / ON

Echo menu
3) Press the <CU/TM RESET5> key on the keyboard to select “ 5 SART”
4) Press the <CU/TM RESET5> key on the keyboard to select “ON”, then press the <ENTER>
key on the keyboard to confirm.
5) Press the <MENU> key on the keyboard to close the menu.
Note: “SART ACTIVE” appears at the right bottom of the display when this function is active.
Be sure to turn off the SART feature when SART detection is no longer your objective. With
SART turned on, the radar parameters are automatically set as follows:
RANGE (Range): 12 NM
PULSE (Pulse Type): M3
NP (Noise Processing): OFF
SP (Scan Processing): OFF
IP (Interference Processing): OFF
PM (Performance Monitor): OFF
AR (Automatic Rain/Snow): OFF

2.3.3 Introduction on receiving SART

2.3.3.1 SART range errors
When responses from only the 12 low frequency sweeps are visible (when the SART is at a
range greater than about 1 NM), the position at which the first dot is displayed may be as much as
0.64 NM beyond the true position of the SART. When the range closes so that the fast sweep
responses are seen also, the first of these will be no more than 150 meters beyond the true
position.

2.3.3.2 Radar bandwidth

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and related pulse length change. In long-range operation, long pulses of 3-5 MHz narrow
bandwidth are used, while in short-range operation, short pulses of 10-30 MHz wide bandwidth
are used. Radar signals below 5 MHz will slightly attenuate the SART signal, so it is preferable to
use the medium wave band to ensure optimal SART detection.

2.3.3.3 Radar side lobes

As the SART approaches, side lobes from the radar antenna may show the SART responses
as a series of arcs or concentric rings. It may be operationally useful to observe the side lobes for
two reasons:1)they may be easier to detect in clutter conditions ;2) they will confirm that the
SART is near to own ship.Brt they should be removed using the anti-clutter sea control.
Note: SART information excerpted from IMO SN/Circ 197 OPERATION OF

2.4 Marine Radar For Sart Detection Racon (Radar beacon)

A racon is a radar beacon that emits radar receivable signals in the radar frequency
spectrum(X- or S-band).There are several signal formats; in general, the racon signal appears on
the radar screen as a rectangular echo originating at a point just beyond the positions of the radar
beacon, it has a MORSE coded pattern as below.

2.5 Radar target enhancer (RTE)

The RTE is a radar transponder which is usually mounted on navigation buoys or masts of
small crafts to significantly improve their detection by radar and reduce the risk of collisions. It
receives a radar signal, amplifies it and re-transmits it, with the intention of making the target's
signal look larger on a radar display.

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3 Target tracking (TT)

3.1 Usage precautions

The plotting accuracy and response of this TT meets IMO standards. Tracking accuracy is
affected by the following:
1) Tracking accuracy is affected by course change. One to two minutes is required to restore
vectors to full accuracy after an abrupt course change. (the actual amount depends on
gyrocompass specifications.)
2) The amount of tracking delay is inversely proportional to the relative speed of the target. Delay
is on the order of 15—30 seconds for high relative speed; 30—60 seconds for low relative speed.
3) Display accuracy is affected by the following:
Echo intensity
Radar transmission pulse width
Radar bearing error
Gyrocompass error
Course change (own ship and target)
4) The data generated by TT, AIS and video plotter are intended for reference only. Refer to
official nautical charts for detailed and up-to-date information.
5) The TT function(including setting acquire zone) usually need gyro signal.

3.2 Controls for TT

Thanks to the ergonomically designed, it is very easy to track target while just using
trackball and pressing keys. This radar system provides control unit for TT function as described
in table below.
Keys on keyboard Description

Manually acquires a target for the cursor-selected

ACQ
target.

Manually displays TT data for the cursor-selected

TT DATA
target.

TT CANCEL Cancels tracking on cursor-selected tracked target.

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3.3 Showing, hidden TT icons

Move the cursor to the [TT] box at the right side of the display and left-click it to show
OFF,MAN, AUTO or AUTO/MAN as appropriate.

TT box

3.4 Entering own ship's speed

The TT function requires own ship's speed and heading data. The speed can be STW, SOG
or echo-referenced speed (based on 3 max. Stationary objects). Manual input is also possible.
For automatic or manual input, see section 1.32. For echo-referenced speed input follow the
procedure below.

3.4.1 Echo-referenced speed input

The use of echo-referenced speed is recommended when:
A) The speed LOG is not operating properly or not connected to the radar.
B) The vessel has no device (doppler sonar, speed LOG, etc.) that can measure own ship's
bow-stern、 port-starboard movement.
If you select echo-referenced speed, the TT calculates own ship's speed relative to a fixed
reference target. The number of targets may be 1, 2 or 3. When multiple objects are selected, the
mean value is used. Do the followings as you want to input own ship’s echo-referenced speed:
1) Right-click the [SPD] box to popup the “***SPD***”submenu.

SPD menu
2) Select the “1 SHIP SPEED” and left click it.
3) Select “REF” and left click it. the source of own ship speed changes from "LOG" "GPS" or
"Man" To "REF".then close the menu.

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4) Move the cursor inside the effective display area, roll the mouse wheel to display "REF TGT
/EXIT" in the [guide] box at right bottom corner, and left-click the mouse.
5) Move the cursor to a small fixed island or other any fixed targets located within 0.2 to 24 NM
from own ship and left-click the mouse.
The reference target mark described below appears at the cursor position. Note that it may
take three minutes before a new speed is displayed. If tracking has failed for a reference target,
the target is marked with a lost target mark.

Changes to in three minutes

Reference target
6)Repeat steps 5 to continue entering other reference marks. Up to three may be entered.
Notes on speed input by reference target:
Note 1: The reference target is only used for calculating the true speed of own ship.
Note 2: Do not use the true speed calculated from the reference target to calculate relative speed.
Relative speed hinders the TT's ability to judge the collision of objects due to its slow response to
speed changes.
Note 3: A stationary target should be selected as the reference for calculating the own ship ’ s
tracking speed to the ground, rather than a moving target. The errors generated by the moving
target affect TT and AIS to judge the collision information through vectors. In addition, the
unstable stationary target generates inaccurate speed, which may lead to the loss of the target
itself.
Note 4: When the reference target is lost or beyond the capture range, it will flash and the red
flashing "REF TARGET LOST" message will appear in the bottom right corner of the screen with
an audible alarm. If all reference targets are lost, the speed indication will be "--.-". If necessary,
please first confirm the loss of the reference target or cancel the reference target tracking before
selecting other reference targets.
Note 5: Disabling all target tracking will also cancel the reference target,and the speed based on
the reference target becomes invalid.

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Note 6: The reference target vector mark can be displayed or disabled through the TT menu.

Note 7: The loss of the reference target affects the calculation of true speed and true heading, and
own ship's speed is also incorrect.

Note 8: Do not use the <ACQ> key on the keyboard to capture the reference target.

3.4.2 Canceling echo-referenced speed input

To cancel the reference target speed input, set the speed source to one of the other options as
instructed in Section 1.32..
3.5 Automatic Target acquisition
This radar can capture and track up to 200 targets, the number of automatically and manually
acquired targets determined by the “TT TARGET” Menu setting.
“TT target” Menu setting and target acquisition condition
Menu setting Acquisition condition

MANUAL 200 200 targets manually

AUTO 50 50 targets automatically, 150 targets manually

AUTO 100 100 targets automatically, 100 targets manually

AUTO 150 150 targets automatically, 50 targets manually

AUTO 200 200 targets automatically

A target just acquired automatically is marked with a dash line circle and the vector
indicating the target motion trend is displayed after reaching the preset number of scanning cycles.
After a certain number of scanning cycles, the initial tracking phase ends and the target enters the
stable tracking phase, and the dashed circle becomes a solid circle. .

TT symbol Meaning

Immediately after acquisition, this plotting symbol is shown in dash lines.

Tracking reaches the preset number of scanning cycles , a vector appears to

show a trend of movement.

Tracking reaches the preset number of scanning cycles, the plotting symbol
changes to a small circle, indicating steady-state tracking condition.

Note：If the vector time is set to zero, there will be no vector.

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3.5.1 Set up automatic tracking conditions

1) Roll the trackball and right-click the arrow in the [TT] box to show the “***TT TARGET***”
submenu.

TT target menu
2) Select “1 TT SELECT”.
3) Select automatic acquisition condition referred to the table above for details,and left click it.
4) Push the right button to close the menu.

Note 1: When “AUTO 200” is selected ,the [TT] box can switch between AUTO and OFF;. when
MANUAL 200 is selected ,the [TT] box can switch between MAN and OFF; When others is
selected, the [TT] box can switch between aAUTO/MAN and OFF.
Note 2: When the menu-set number of acquired targets automatically is reached, the message "
TT(AUTO) FULL" is displayed at the right-hand side of screen,and simultaneously emit an alarm
sound.

3.5.2 Terminating tracking of targets

When the TT has reached the menu-set number of acquired targets automatically, the
message " TT(AUTO) FULL" appears at the right side of the screen and no more auto acquisition
occurs unless targets are lost. If this happens, cancel tracking of less important targets or perform
manual acquisition.

3.5.2.1 Cancel targets one by one

A） By keyboard:
1) Use the trackball to put the cursor (+) on the tracked target, reference target or lost target you
wish to cancel tracking.
2) Press the <TARGET CANCEL> key on the keyboard.
B） By trackball:：

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1) With the cursor inside the effective display area, roll the wheel to show “TGT
CANCEL / EXIT” in the [guide] box.
2)Put the cursor (+) on the tracked target, reference target or lost target you wish to cancel
tracking.
3) Left click to cancel tracking on the target selected.
4) Right click to exit the menu.

3.5.2.2 Cancel all tracking targets

1) Right-click the [TT] box at the right side of the screen to show the “***TT TARGET***”
submenu.

TT target menu
2) Press the < EBL OFFSET2>key on the keybard to select “2 ALL CANCEL”
3) Press the<EBL OFFSET 2>key on the keyboard several times to select “YES”,（ then press
the<ENTER>key on the keyboard to confirm
4). Right click to exit the menu
3.6 Manual Capture
Maximum 200 targets can be captured manually depending on the capture conditions set in
the above menu.
A) By keyboard:
1) Roll the trackball and put the cursor on the target you want to acquire.
2) Press the <ACQ> key on the keyboard.
B) By trackball:
1) With the cursor inside the effective display area, roll the wheel to show "TGT DATA &
ACQ/EXIT" in the [guide] box.

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2) Put the cursor on the target you want to acquire.

3) Push the left button to acquire the target.
The plotting symbol is drawn in dash line circles during the initial acquisition stage. A vector
appears in about one minute after acquisition indicating the target's motion trend. If the target is
consistently detected for three minutes, the plotting symbol changes to a solid circle. If
acquisition fails, the target plotting symbol blinks.

Note1: For successful acquisition, the target to be acquired should be within 0.2 to 24 NM from
own ship and not obscured by sea or rain clutter.
Note2: When the capacity for manual acquisition is reached, the message “TT (MAN)FULL" is
displayed at the screen bottom. Cancel tracking of non-threatening targets if you wish to acquire
additional targets manually.
Note3: Target number is normally not shown
Caution: When a target being tracked nears another target being tracked, the targets may be
swapped. When two targets acquired either automatically or manually come close to each other,
one of them maybe lost. If the above two situations occur, please manually capture again after
separating the two targets..

3.7 Target lost

If a targets is not detected in five consecutive scans,it will become a lost targets. A lost target
is shown in the display with a red solid line circle and cross (X) symbol ,flashing alarm. Flashing
symbol disappears after the lost target alarm is acknowledged.
If you are in an area where tracked targets are lost frequently ,this radar sy provides a target
loss alarm switch and alarm condition settings,, thus this will make it easier for your operation.

3.7.1 Target loss condition setting

1) Open the main menu as below(two methods refer to1.35).

Main menu

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2) Press the<OFF CENTER 4>key on the keyboard to select “4 TT&AIS” and open the
“***TT&AIS ***”menu.

TT&AIS menu
3）Press the<VECTOR TIME 8>key on the keyboard,select “8 TT LOST FILTER”and open the
“***TT LOST FILTER***”submenu，

TT lost filter menu

4) Set items 2 and 3 as appropriate, referring to the description below.

MAX RANGE: Any TT targets beyond this range will not trigger the lost alarm.
MIN SPEED: Any TT targets slower than this setting will not trigger the lost alarm.
5) If the ON state is set in step 4, set the distance or speed by entering numbers through the scroll
wheel or keyboard. Then press the left button or<ENTER>key to confirm.
6） Push the right button several times to close the menu
Note: Reference targets are not affected by this filter.

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3.7.2 Loss-of-target alarm switch

You can enable or disable the lost target alarm as appropriate in the [TGT LOST ALARM]
box at the bottom right corner.

The options are described as follows:

OFF: Disables the alarm.
FILT: Only the target that meets the parameters setting in section 3.7.1 will trigger an alarm
ALL: Alarm for all lost targets.
3.8 TT symbols and attributes
3.8.1 TT symbols
The symbols used in this equipment comply with IEC 62288.

Item Symbol Status Remarks

Broken circle around an echo
to indicate the target under
Initial stage acquisition and initial stage of
tracking, before steady-state
tracking.
Move trends Within one minute after
acquisition (vector still
unreliable).
Solid circle with vector
Steady tracking indicating steady state
Move prediction tracking (within three minutes
Automatically after acquisition).
acquired targets Plotting symbol (red) flashes
CPA alarm, flashing to indicate the target is
predicted to come into CPA or
TCPA.
Shown in red and flashing
CPA ALARM stops after CPA/TCPA alarm
Acknowledge alarm is acknowledged.
A red x is crossed through the
TT symbol to indicate that it
Lost target, flashing is a lost target. Flashing stops
after lost target alarm is
acknowledged.
Plotting symbol selected for a
Initial stage target acquired manually is
shown in bold broken lines.
Manually Move trends
acquired targets Within one minute after
(All drawn with acquisition.
thick lines)
Manual plotting symbol in a
Steady tracking bold solid circle (within three
Move prediction minutes after acquisition).

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Plotting symbol (red) flashes

CPA alarm, flashing to indicate the target is
predicted to come into CPA or
TCPA.
CPA alarm acknowledge Flashing stops after
No flashing CPA/TCPA alarm is
acknowledged.
A red x is superimposed on
the TT symbol to indicate a
Lost target, flashing lost target. Flashing stops
after lost target alarm is
acknowledged.

On target passing through

Acquisition acquisition zone, flashing Symbol is red and flashing.
zone target

Display the target data (range,

Target selected On selected target bearing, course, speed, CPA,
for data readout
TCPA, BCR, BCT, etc.).

Reference target initial Used to calculate own ship’s

stage over-the-ground speed
Reference target
(echo-referenced speed) for
Reference target after three ground stabilization.
minutes,
Appears during execution of a
Trial maneuver Bottom center, flashing trial maneuver.
Appears during performance
Performance test test.

3.8.2 TT symbol brilliance

If you feel that the current environment brightness is not suitable, or the brightness of the TT
symbol is not suitable for you ,You can set the brilliance of TT symbol as appropriate refer to
1.25.2.

3.8.3 TT symbol color

If you feel that the current color of the TT symbol is not suitable, you can set another
color. as follows:

1) Open the main menu as below(two methods refer to1.35).

Main menu

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2) Press the<OFF CENTER 4>key on the keyboard to select “4 TT & AIS” to open the
“***TT&AIS***”submenu.

TT&AIS menu
3) Press the<CU/TM RESET 5>key on the keyboard to select “5 TT&AIS symbol” to open the
“***TT&AIS SYMBOL*** ”submenu.

TT&AIS symbol menu

4) Press the<EBL OFFSET 2>key on the keyboard to select “2 TT&AIS COLOR”.
5) Press the<EBL OFFSET 2>key on the keyboard several times to select the desired color, then
press the left button to confirm.
6) Right click several times to close the menu.

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3.9 Display target data

The TT mode provides the full functionality of TT as required by the IMO resolution A.823
(19) and IEC 62288, including display of range, bearing, course, speed, CPA and TCPA of all
tracked targets.
The target bearing is show in relative bearing in the head-up mode and true bearing in the
course-up, north-up and true motion modes, with the suffix "R" (relative) or "T" (true).
The target speed and course are shown as speed over the ground or speed through the water
depending on speed source.

3.9.1 Display individual target data

A）By keyboard
Method1:Roll the trackball to put the cursor on a desired tracked target and press the
<ACQ> key. The shape of the target will be accompanied by a broken line square to display its
data. To erase a target’s data from the data box, press the key again.
Method2: Roll the trackball to put the cursor on a desired tracked target, Then press the<TT
DATA> key, The shape of the target will be accompanied by a broken line square to display its
data. To erase a target’s data from the data box, press the key again.
B）By trackball:
1) Move the cursor inside the effective display area, roll the wheel to show “
TGT DATA & ACQ/EXIT”in the [guide] box.
2) Roll the trackball to put the cursor on a desired tracked target then left click it.
3) To erase a target’s data from the data box, select the target on the radar display then push the
left button.
The target’s data shows as below:

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RNG/BRG: Range and bearing from own ship to the selected target with suffix "T" (true) or "R"
(relative).
COG/SOG (if GPS or BDS is effective): Course and speed are displayed for the selected target
with suffix "T" (true) or "R" (relative). CTW/STW is shown for manual speed and speed through
the water.
CPA/TCPA: CPA (closest point of approach) is the closest range a target will approach to own
ship. TCPA is the time to CPA. Both CPA and TCPA are automatically calculated. When the CPA
has passed clear of own ship, TCPA is indicated by with a negative (-) sign.
BCR/BCT: BCR（Bow Cross Range） is the closest range at which the selected target is predicted
to cross own ship’s bow. BCT（Bow Cross Time） is the time at which the selected target is
predicted to cross own ship’s bow.
Note: In the initial stage of target tracking, the corresponding data display of the target may be
inconsistent with the above, and the specific numerical value of the target will not be displayed.

3.9.2 Target list

The target list displays the comprehensive data of all TT and AIS targets being tracked. To
display the target list, do the following:
1) Roll the trackball to select the [TARGET LIST] box at the right side of the screen.

Target list box

2) Push the left button to open the“TARGET LIST（1/1）***” submenu.

Target list menu

3) When there are 6 or more targets, select "9 NEXT (L=LAST)" and press the left button.Here,
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jump to the last page of the target list. If it is not on the homepage, you can select "1BACK
(L=FIRST)" ("Previous (long press homepage)") and long press the left button to quickly return
to the homepage.
Note: To refresh the data, select "8 REFRESH DATA" and then press the left button. After the
sorting method is changed (see section 3.9.3 in the next section), there is no need to do so;
Whenever the sorting method is changed, the data will be automatically updated.
4) Right click to close the list.
3.9.3 Sort the target list
You may sort the target list by CPA、TCPA、 BCR、 BCT、 RANGE 、SPEED as follows:
1) Roll the trackball and select the “TARGET LIST” box on the right side of the screen.

2) Right-click the [TARGET LIST] box to open the “***TARGET LIST***” subenu.

Target list box

3) Select “1 SORT BY”then left click to confirm.
4) Select sorting method desired then left click to confirm.
5) Push the right button to close the menu

3.10 TT vector mode

Target vectors can be displayed relative to own ship's heading (relative) or north (true), as
showed below.

True and relative vectors

For true vector：Both own ship and other ships are moving at true speed and true heading.this
mode is very useful for distinguishing moving targets from stationary targets.

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For relative vector: Other ships move relative to own ship. This mode is useful for finding ships
on a collision course with own ship. When the vector extension lines of other ships cross with the
vector extension line of our own ship, there is a risk of collision..

3.10.1 Description of TT vectors

Target vectors can be ground stabilized or sea stabilized. Sea stabilization is a mode where
own ship and all targets are referenced to the sea using a compass heading and single-axis log
water speed inputs. Ground stabilization is a mode where own ship and all targets are referenced
to the ground using the ground track or set and drift inputs. If the accuracy seems unsatisfactory,
enter set and drift corrections.
Note: When displaying AIS targets on IMO radar, set and drift cannot be used.

3.10.2 TT vector setting

Vector modes include TRUE-S (true to water), TRUE-G (true to ground), and REL (relative).
There are two ways to operate vectors:
A. Operate the<VECTOR MODE 8> and the <VECTOR TIME7>keys on the keyboard;
B. Select the vector box through the trackball to set the vector mode and vector time.

TT vector boxes
There are three ways to set vector time, as follows:
Method 1: After selecting the vector time box with the cursor, press the left button to select the
appropriate duration from the following options: 30sec、 1-15min (left button step 1min)、
20min、30min、 40min、 50min and 60min.
Method 2: Press the<VECTOR TIME 7>key and select the appropriate duration from the
following options:
30sec、 1-15min (left button step 1min)、20min、30min、 40min、 50min and 60min.
Method 3: After selecting the vector time box with the cursor, scroll the scroll wheel to select
the appropriate duration from the following options:30sec、 1-15min (left button step 1min)、
20min、30min、 40min、 50min and 60min.
After the selected vector time ends, the vector displays the predicted position of the target. It
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3.10.3 TT vector stable mode

The stable mode of TT vector has two types: Ground stability and sea stability. The stability
mode can be set through the pop-up menu of the ship speed box by right-click in the upper right
corner of screen. When ship speed is set toBT or GPS, the TT vector is in TRUE-G mode for
ground stability, and when ship speed is set to WT, the TT vector is in TRUE-S mode for sea
stability

3.1 TT past position

TT's past positions can display points with equal time intervals, which mark the passing
positions of all tracked targets.
A new dot is added every minute (or at other preset time intervals) until the preset number is
reached. If a target changes its speed, the spacing intervals between each point will be uneven. If
it changes the course, its plotted course will not be a straight line.

3.11.1 TT past position setting

1) Roll the trackball to select the [PASTPOSN] box.

Past POSN box

2) Push the left button or wheel to select plot interval desired: OFF, 30 seconds, 1, 2, 3 or 6
minutes. Select OFF to erase all past position points and no longer display the past positions.
Note: Past position orientation may be true or relative, its setting is determined by the “TRAIL
MODE” on the “***TRAIL***” menu. See section 1.16.1 for the procedure.

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3.11.2 Set the number of TT past positions

You may select the number of past points to display per plotting interval as follows.
1) Open the main menu as below(two methods refer to1.35).

Main menu
2) Press the<OFF CENTER 4>key on the keyboard to select “4 TT&AIS ”,and left click to
open the “***TT&AIS ***”submenu.

TT&AIS menu
3) Press the<CU/TM RESET 5>key on the keyboard to select “5 TT&AIS symbol”.left click to
open the “***TT&AIS SYMBOL***”submenu

TT&AIS symbol menu

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4) Press the<OFF CENTER 4>key on the keyboard to select “4 TT PAST POINTS”.

5) Press the<OFFCENTER 4>key on the keyboard several times to select “5” or “10” as
appropriate. Then press the<ENTER>key on the keyboard to confirm.
6) Push the right button several times to close the menu.

3.12 Set and drift

Set is the direction in which the water current flows, it can be manually input with
increments of 0.1°;Drift; is the speed in which the water current flows, it can also be manually
input, with increments of 0.1 knots.
Correcting set and drift is very useful for improving the accuracy of vector and target data.
The setting information can refer to the tidal table on own ship. These values can be applied to
all targets. If a static target has a vector, the flow direction and velocity values should be adjusted
to eliminate the vector. To input flow direction and velocity, please follow these steps:
1.Roll the trackball to move the cursor to the "Speed" box, then right-click. right-click the [SPD]
box to open the “***SPD***” submenu.

SPD menu
2. Use the trackball to select "3 SET DRIFT", then click the left mouse button.
3. Use the trackball to select "ON", then click the left mouse button.
4. Right-click to close the menu. Then, a SET and DRIFT box appears in the lower right
corner of the screen.
5. Roll the trackball to move the cursor to the SET box in the lower right corner of the screen.
6. Rotate the scroll wheel to select a number and click the left mouse button to confirm the setting.
(The setting range is 000.0—359.9°)
7. Roll the trackball to move the cursor to the DRIFT box in the lower right corner of the
screen.
8. Rotate the scroll wheel to select a number and click the left mouse button to confirm the setting.

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(The setting range is 00.0—19.9)

Note 1: When using a water surface tracking log.set and drift can be used. In this case, the speed
source is displayed as WTC.
Note 2: The correctness of the set and drift should be checked regularly.

3.13 CPA/TCPA alarm

TT can continuously monitor the distance between each tracked target and own ship at the
CPA (closest point of approach) and predicted time to CPA (TCPA) of each TT. When the
predicted CPA of any TT becomes smaller than a preset CPA range and it’s predicted TCPA less
than a preset TCPA limit, the audio alarm sounds and TT collision appears in red in the [alert] box.
In addition, the symbol of the OFFending TT is red and flashes together with its vector.
Caution: The CPA and TCPA alarm feature should never be relied upon as the sole means
for detecting the risk of collision. No matter whether the ship is using radar or other navigation
equipment, the navigator has the responsibility to carefully inspect and prevent collisions..
If use this feature correctly, it will alert you to pay attention to threatening targets and
prevent the risk of collision . It is important that the gain, sea, rain and other radar controls are
properly adjusted.
CPA and TCPA ranges must be set up properly taking into consideration the size, tonnage,
speed, turning performance and other characteristics of own ship.
Note: The reference point for CPA and TCPA calculation may be selected from antenna
position or conning position. For further details, see section 1.42

3.13.1 CPA/TCPA alarm setting

To set the CPA and TCPA ranges, do the following:
1) Roll the trackball, select the [CPA LIMIT] box, left click on the box to turn off the CPA
function.
CPA LIMIT Box CPA Box TCPA Box

2) Press the left button to display the CPA and TCPA boxes.

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3) Select CPA box, TCPA box, left click or scroll wheel to select settings parameters. The setting
methods for each parameter are shown in the following table:
0.5,1,1.5,2,3,4,5,6NM, Click once to change 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 12, 15(minutes) Click once
Left button
one value to change one value

Scroll wheel Same as left button Same as left button

3.13.2 Acknowledge CPA/TCPA alarm

To confirm and eliminate CPA/TCPA alarms, press the<ALARM ACK>key on the keyboard,
or use the trackball to select the [ALARM ACK] box and then press the left button. Unless the
dangerous situation is resolved or you intentionally stop tracking the target, the TT collision
alarm will remain displayed on the screen, and the target symbol and vector will also flash
continuously.

3.14 Acquisition zone setting

When the automatic detection is activated,, any targets entering the zone will be automatically
acquired. When a target enters an acquisition zone, the buzzer sounds and the indication TT new
(or AIS new) flashes in red in the [alert] box. The symbol of the target is red and flashing.

3.14.1 Activate acquisition zone

One or two acquisition zones may be activated. The NO. 1 acquisition zone is available
between 3 and 6 NM and the NO. 2 acquisition zone can be set anywhere when the NO. 1 zone is
already in use. The acquisition zone’s lines are solid lines so as to distinguish them from the
radar target alarm.
The procedure below shows how to set an acquisition zone, using the example at the bottom
of the page.
1) Roll the trackball to select one of the [AZ] (acquisition zone) boxes at the right top side of the
screen.

2) Push the left button. The [AZ] box now displays "SET".
3) Move the cursor on the point A，then push the left button.

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4) Move the cursor on point B, then push the left button. The [AZ] box now displays "WORK".

Fig: Set the az1

Note 1: If you wish to create a 360-degree acquisition zone around own ship, set point B in
almost the same direction (approx. ±3°) as point A ，then push the left button.
Note 2: If the range scale is changed to less than half of the acquisition zone, "OUT" is shown in
the [AZ] box. If the left button is pushed in this state, the [AZ] box goes into "sleep" state,and the
guide box reads “AZ WORK LONG = DEL”.
.
Note 3: By default the acquisition zone is drawed in sector type.

3.14.2 Sleep, close acquisition zone

1) Roll the trackball,select the appropriate [AZ] box.

2) Sleep or close the acquisition zone as appropriate:
Sleep acquisition zone: Push the left button to remove the acquisition zone from the screen.
The indication in the [AZ] box changes from "WORK" to "SLEEP" To reactivate and display
the acquisition zone, repeat this procedure to display "Work."
Close acquisition zone: Push and hold down the left button until the [AZ] box goes to display
“OFF”.
Note1: When sleep or close acquisition zone, the sector drawed in the effective display area will
be erased.
Note2: Only after AZ2 has been deactivated, the AZ1 can be deactivated.

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3.14.3 Acknowledge the acquisition zone alarm

Press the <ALARM ACK> key, or select the [ALARM ACK] box then push the left button
to acknowledge the alarm and silence the buzzer.

3.14.4 Acquisition zone stable mode

The acquisition zone stable mode may be referenced to heading or north as follows:
1) Open the main menu as below(two methods refer to1.35).

Main menu
2) Press the<OFF CENTER 4>key on the keyboard to select “4 TT&AIS ” ,left click to open
the “***TT&AIS*** ”submenu.

TT&AIS menu
3) Press the<EBL OFFSET 2>key on the keyboard to select “2 AZ1 STAB MODE”.
4) Press the<EBL OFFSET 2>button several times to select “HDG” or “NORTH” as appropriate
for AZ1.
HDG: Acquisition zone 1 keeps position relation with own ship.
NORTH: Acquisition zone 1is fixed to north.
5) Select OFF、GND、HDG or NORTH as appropriate for AZ2.

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OFF: Acquisition zone 2 is a sector, and stab mode is the same as AZ1.
GND: Acquisition zone 2 is a polygon having 3-20 points. Stabilized against ground.
HDG: Acquisition zone 2 is a polygon having 3-20 points. Stabilized against heading.
NORTH: Acquisition zone 2 is a polygon having 3-20 points. Stabilized against north.
6) push the right button twice to close menu.

3.15 Cancel acquisition zone

You can cancel an acquisition zone to stop capturing and tracking targets within that area .set as follows:

1) Open the main menu as below(two methods refer to1.35).

Main menu
2) Press the<OFF CENTER 4>key on the keyboard to select “4 TT&AIS ” to open the
“***TT&AIS*** ”submenu.

TT&AIS menu
3)Select ““0 PROHIBIT AZ””, and then select “ON”. The boundary of acquisition zone drawed
will change white to red and the color of the targets inside the acquisition zone become normal
and stop flashing. Select“OFF”, the boundary of acquisition zone drawed will change back to
white, the acquisition zone become active and targes inside become red and flashing.
3.16 TT system messages
There are mainly 9 situations that trigger the TT visual and audible alarms:

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● Loss of reference target alarm

● Collision alarm
● Acquisition zone alarm
● Lost target alarm
● Manual detection target full alarm
● Manual detection target reaches 95% alarm
● Automatic detection target full alarm
● Automatic detection target reaches 95% alarm
● Failure of TT system
You can look up these messages in the table below.
TT system messages
Messages Meaning Acknowledge action
When the system detects a loss of a reference Press the <ALARM ACK> key
target, the target symbol turns red and flashes. or click the [ALARM ACK] box
At the same time, an audio alarm is produced for to acknowledge.
REF TGT LOST
one second. The reference target mark
disappears from the screen after the reference
target alarm is acknowledged.
TT COLLISION A tracked target is on collision course. Terminate tracking of TT.
Tracked target has entered an acquisition zone. Press the <ALARM ACK> key
TT NEW The tracked target's symbol is red and flashing. or click the [ALARM ACK] box
to acknowledge.
When the system detects a loss of a tracked Press the <ALARM ACK> key
target, the lost tracked target symbol appears in or click the [ALARM ACK] box
red and flashes. At the same time, an audio to acknowledge.
TT LOST
alarm is produced for one second. The lost target
mark disappears from the screen after the lost
target alarm is acknowledged.
Press the <ALARM ACK> key
TT(MAN) %95 FULL Appears when capacity for automatically
or click the [ALARM ACK] box
or TT(AUTO)%95 FULL (manually) tracked targets is 95% full.
to acknowledge.
TT(MAN)FULL Press the <ALARM ACK> key
Appears when capacity for automatically
or or click the [ALARM ACK] box
(manually) acquired targets is full.
TT(AUTO) FULL to acknowledge.
When the TT malfunctions because of Press the <ALARM ACK>
hardware error, the screen shows this key or click the [ALARM
TT ERR indication. ACK] box to acknowledge.
Reset power to restore normal
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3.17 Trial manoeuvre switches

The trial manoeuvre function simulates the effects of the vessel's maneuverability on all
tracked targets, and the simulation will not interrupt the update of target information. There are
two types of trial ship operation: static and dynamic.
3.17.1 Dynamic trial manoeuvre
Dynamic trial ship operation displays the predicted positions of the tracked targets and own
ship. Input the expected speed and heading of the vessel, as well as the corresponding "delay
time". Assume that all tracked targets maintain their current speed and heading, and the target and
vessel's future movements will be simulated in real-time at 1-second intervals, with the predicted
positions of these targets indicated every 30 seconds. The delay time refers to the time lag from
the current time to when the vessel begins to change its speed and/or heading. Therefore, you
must consider the maneuvering characteristics of the vessel, such as rudder delay, turning delay,
and acceleration delay. This is especially important for large vessels. For example, the vessel will
travel in a straight line (even after an operation has been implemented), and 5 minutes after the
delay time, the speed and heading will become the heading and speed specified by the operator
(in this example, position OS7).

Figure: Dynamic trial maneuver

3.17.2 Static trial manoeuvre
The static trial boat only displays the simulated final state. If you input the same trial
cruising speed, heading, and delay time as in the dynamic trial boat example mentioned above,
the screen will immediately display the current position of the ship OS7, the position of target A
A7, and the position of target B B7, ignoring intermediate positions. Therefore, the static trial
boat is convenient for immediately understanding the maneuvering results.
Note: To accurately simulate the movement of the ship, the maneuvering parameters such as
acceleration and turning performance of own ship should be properly set during installation.
3.17.3 Trial manoeuvre setting
1) Open the main menu as below(two methods refer to1.35):

Fig: Static trial maneuver

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2) Press the<OFF CENTER 4>key on the keyboard to select “4 TT&AIS ” ,and left click to open the
“***TT&AIS***” submenu.

TT&AIS menu
3) Press the<OFF CENTER 4>key on the keyboard to select “4 TRIAL MANEUVER ” ,left click to
open the “***TRIAL MANEUVER***”submenu

Trial maneuver menu

4) Press the<EBL OFFSET 2>key on the keyboard to select “2 TRIAL MODE”.
5) Rotate the trackball to select STATIC or DYNAMIC as appropriate. The [TRIAL] box appears
at the upper right corner of display. To stop the trial maneuver function, select OFF.

Trial box
6) Press the<DISP MODE 3>key on the keyboard to select “3 TRIAL SPEED RATE”. Set trial
speed rate with the wheel and press the left button to confirm.
7) Press the<OFF CENTER 4>key on the keyboard to select “4 TRIAL TURN RATE”. Set trial
turn rate with the wheel and press the left button to confirm.

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8) Push the right button several times to close the menu.

9Roll the trackball to select the [TRIAL box and push the left button. Then, the [TRIAL] box
dispalys “SET” and three more boxes appear as below.

10) Use the wheel to set trial delay time. This is the time after which own ship takes a new
situation, not the time the simulation begins. Change the trial delay time according to own ship
loading condition, etc.
11) select the [trial course setting] box. rotate the wheel 、set the trial ship heading，and press the
left button to confirm.
12) select the [trial speed] box. rotate the wheel set the speed and press the left button to
confirm.
13) Roll the trackball to select “SET” in [trial] box. Push the left button or the wheel. The [trial]
box shows "00:00" (00:00 is trial maneuver time).the time indication depends on trial mode:
Dynamic mode: The position of your ship and tracked targets is updated and displayed every 30
seconds. And finished after 60 min.
Static mode: Set the trial manoeuvre time with the wheel, and the trial ship will constantly change
with the setting of the wheel.
Note: During the trial manoeuvre, the letter "T" will be displayed at the bottom of the screen.
After 3 minutes, the trial manoeuvre will automatically terminate and restore normal radar
images .

3.17.4 Terminate trial manoeuvre

A trial manoeuvre is automatically terminated at the end of the fixed time and the normal
radar display is restored. The time of termination depends on the trial mode:
Dynamic mode: The trial terminated when 60 minutes is shown in [trial] box.
Static mode: The trial is terminated when there is no key operation. It usually ends within 1
minute.
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button to show “SET” in the box.

Note: To disable the trial manoeuvre, select OFF in step 5 of section 3.16.3 and press the left
button

3.18 TT performance test

Provide a test process to evaluate the overall performance of TT. During the test, normal
operation will be suspended, and the "S" indicator will appear at the bottom of the radar display
operation area. You can terminate the test at any time.
1. Roll the trackball, select the [MENU] frame, and then press the left button.
2.Press the <VECTOR TIME 7> key on the keyboard.
3.Press the <VECTOR MODE 8> key on the keyboard.
4.Press the <DISP MODE 3> key on the keyboard.
5.Capture three targets, and the test process will last several minutes,then repeat. The target
parameters are shown as follows table, ensure the captured target parameters are consistent with
those in the table.
Range Bearing TCPA
Speed (kn) Course (°) CPA (NM)
(NM) (°) (min)

Target A 3.0 45.0 20.0 0.0 2.1 -6.4

Target B 2.0 120.0 5.0 120.0 0.0 -24.0
Target C 7.0 270.0 100 120.0 3.5 3.5
6. Terminate the test: press the <STBY TX> key on the keyboard or Select the left button and
click on the 【 TX STBY 】 box in the bottom left corner.
Note 1: The test does not require echo, compass, or speed log input data.
Note 2: If the radar is currently in standby mode, you will not be able to see the test process
unless you first switch the radar into transmit mode.
3.19 Criteria for TT
The video processor of this radar system can detect targets in noisy environments and
distinguish radar echoes based on target size. Targets whose echo measurements are greater than
the largest ship in tangent range are usually considered as land and are displayed as normal radar
video. All smaller ship-sized echoes comparable in size to the ship are further analyzed and
regarded as ships and displayed as small circles superimposed over the video echo.
When a target is first displayed, Its true speed is displayed as zero but it will display a
heading vector as more information is collected. In accordance with the IMO(international marine
organization) automatic radar plotting aid (IMO TT) requirements, an indication of the motion
trend should be available within 20 scans of antenna and full accuracy vector within 60 scans.
The YONZOE radar TT comply with all these requirements.

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3.19.1 Acquisition and tracking

If the target is detected by radar pulse scanning for 5 consecutive times, it will be confirmed
as a radar target.. The method of manual acquisition is to use a trackball to designate the
detected echoes. when a target in the acquisition areas is detected 5-7 times continuously
(depending on the traffic congestion situation),the target is captured. When the target is clearly
distinguishable on the display for 5 out of 10 consecutive scans,tracking is achieved . Required
tracking facilities are available within 0.1-24 NM on range scales including 3, 6, 12 NM, full
plotting information is available within one scan when the range scale has been changed.
Targets not detected in five consecutive scans will become “lost targets”.

3.19.2 Qualitative description of tracking error

The YONZOE radar TT's accuracy complies with or exceeds IMO standards.

As for own ship, slow turning will not cause errors.. For very high turning rates (greater than
150°/minute, depending on gyro), there is some influence on all tracked targets that lasts for one
to two minute then all tracked targets revert to full accuracy.
As for other ships, target ship courses, heading lag 15 to 30 seconds at high relative speed, or
heading lag 30 to 60 seconds at low (near 0) relative speed. It is less accurate during a turn due to
lag, but accuracy recovers quickly.

3.20 Factors affecting TT functions

3.20.1 Sea clutter

If the radar anti-sea clutter control is adjusted properly, there is no serious effect. Although
the distant wave clutter can not be eliminated by this control, but can be filtered out by more than
one bang correlation and scan-to-scan matching of data.

3.20.2 Rain and snow clutter

Clutter may be acquired and tracked as targets. Adjust the rain control. and enable the
interference rejector on the radar. If heavy clutter still exists, switch to manual acquisition,but
accuracy of TT can be affected.

3.20.3 Low clouds

Usually no affect. If necessary, adjust the rain control.

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3.20.4 Low gain

Insufficient or too low radar receiver gain will result in some targets not being acquired at
long distance. One or more targets may be lost on the screen, that could only be visible if the
radar sensitivity control (gain control) were increased.
The setting of the correct radar receiver gain is important , it should aim for that the target be
on the radar PPI and be clearly visible and well defined.

3.20.5 Second trace echoes

When the radar beam is super refracted, strong echoes may be received at such long ranges
that they appear on a different time base sweep than the transmitted pulse. This gives an incorrect
range indication. Second and third trace echoes can be tracked if they are consistent enough to
meet acquisition and tracking criteria but target course and speed data will be in error.

3.20.6 Silent sector

The radar silent sector is an area artificially set by the radar to not emit electromagnetic
waves .

3.20.7 Blind and shadow sectors

Obstacles such as chimneys and masts on board can block the radar beam, thereby reducing
its intensity in a specific direction. This may cause certain targets to be undetectable, resulting in
lind and shadow sectors. If the target enters these area, it will disappear from the radar screen,
causing TT to lose the target. However, once the targets leave these areas, the radar can continue
to detect and track them, and once again display them as normal radar echoes. In certain cases
false echoes in the shadow sector cause the TT system to acquire, track, and vector them. Shadow
sectors should be avoided, Setting radar silent sector can avoid the above problems.
3.20.8 Indirect echoes
Close range targets can usually be directly detected, but they may also receive their reflected
waves on a large surface area. This will cause the radar display screen to show two or more
echoes at different distances. If false echoes are detected after five consecutive scans, TT will also
detect and track them. Reducing radar gain can eliminate multiple echoes, but it also reduces the
range detection capability, so it needs to be handled carefully .

3.20.9 Radar interference processing

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extremely strong interference signals and briefly display spiral "dots" as false targets. The same
frequency processing function can clear these display contents. Same frequency interference cannot
be completely eliminated

3.21 Range tracking

Range tracking is a radar tracking method set by YonZOE, with a tracking range limited to the current
range (between 0.75NM and 32NM).

1）Open the main menu as below(two methods refer to1.35).

Main menu
2）Press the<TT LIST 9>key on the keyboard to select “9 INSTAL ”. When it’s first time you
do this operation, a mini keyboard will popup at the bottom of the menu, you need to use
trackball to input the password “8888” to enter the submenu.

TT List menu

3) Press the<PI LINE 6>key on the keyboard to select the “***TT PRESET***”submenu

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PI Line menu
4）Press<VECTORTIME 7> key on the keyboard to select the “***TRACK PRESET ***”
submenu.

***TRACK
PRESET***
1 BACK
2 LOST COUNT
5 scan
3 GATE SIZE
S / M / L / XL
4 MAX SPEED
100 kn
5 VECTOR APPEAR
20 scan
6 RANGE ACQ
OFF / ON
Vectortime menu
5) Press the<PI LINE 6>key on the keyboard multiple times to select 6 ON to open RANGE
ACQ，press <ENTER>key on the keyboard to confirm.
6）Press the<MENU> key to close the menu.

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4 AIS operation

The AIS (automatic identification system) exchanges with other AIS-equiped ships all data
and information required by the SOLAS 1994., they are usually displayed in text form. But the
AIS information connected to this radar 、若 adar information, TT information can be displayed
in graphical form.
For the IMO specification, this radar accepts position data fixed by WGS-84 geodetic datum.
Set the data to WGS-84 on the EPFS (GPS, etc.) navigation device connected to this radar system.
If other types of measurement data are entered, the error message "DATUM" will appear and the
AIS function will also be invalid.

4.1 Controls for AIS

Thanks to the ergonomically design,you will find it is very easy to operate AIS function
while just using trackball and pressing keys. This radar system provides control unit for AIS
function as described in table below.
Keys on keyboard Description

Move the cursor to the location of the AIS target, and

ACQ
then press this key to select the current AIS target
Move the cursor to the location of the AIS target, and
TT DATA
then press this keyto display the current AIS target data
Move the cursor to the location of the AIS target, and
TT CANCEL
then press this keyto cancel the current AIS target

4.2 AIS display switch

Roll the trackball and left-click the [AIS] box at the right side of the screen to show or hide
the AIS display with display criteria.
AIS ALL: All AIS targets received are displayed with symbols.
AIS FILT: AIS targets are displayed according to the criteria set with AIS show filter on the
TT&AIS menu. See section 4.3 for details.
AIS OFF: All AIS symbols disappear, but tracking continues internally.

AIS box

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AIS targets are marked with appropriate AIS symbol as below.

Symbol Status Remarks

All AIS symbols shown with thick line. Color is selectable from
Activated target
menu.

Rot higher than

Displayed for turning ship.
preset ROT
Displayed when CPA/TCPA is within CPA/TCPA limit. Red in
Dangerous target
color. Flashing until acknowledged. .
Red “  ” overlaid on a lost target. “  ” is erased after
Lost target
acknowledged.

Target selected Broken square is overlaid on target selected to display its data at
for data display the right side of the screen.

Note 1: The equipment continues to process AIS targets when the AIS feature is switched off
(AIS OFF). When the AIS is again turned on, symbols are immediately displayed.
Note 2: AIS symbols are momentarily erased and the screen is redrawn after the heading is
changed in the head-up mode.
Note 3: AIS symbols are shown in dotted lines in the following cases:
No water or ground tracking speed of own ship, or there is no speed data. All AIS symbols are
shown in dotted lines and the message "No CPA/TCPA for AIS" Appears (in red) in the [alert]
box.
Note 4: Other AIS symbols that may appear are shown in the table below.
Symbol Meaning Description Symbol Meaning Description
Basic shape Basic shape
lighthouse Emergency wreck mark
Emergency North cardinal mark
shipwreck mark
North cardinal mark East cardinal mark
East cardinal mark South cardinal mark
South cardinal mark Virtual West cardinal mark
AIS
West cardinal mark Port hand mark
Physical AtoN
AIS Port hand mark Starboard hand mark
AtoN Starboard hand mark Isolated danger
Isolated danger Safe water
Safe water Special mark
Special mark Intended location of missing
aton
Off position AIS SART
Lights failure AIS sar aircraft
Racon failure AIS sar vessel
Base station

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Note 5: The CPA/TCPA of AIS on the search and rescue aircraft is not displayed
Note 6: The above AIS symbols comply with IEC62288.
4.3 AIS display filter
If there are too many AIS targets on the screen you may wish to hide unnecessary ones. You
can set the display rules to filter out some AIS and prevent them from being displayed
1) Open the main menu as below(two methods refer to1.35).

Main menu
2) Roll the trackball to select “4 TT&AIS ” ,left click to open the“***TT&AIS***”submenu.

TT&AIS menu
3) Roll the trackball to select “7 AIS SHOW FILTER ”.left click to open the “***AIS SHOW
FILTER***” submenu.

AIS show filter menu

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4) Roll the trackball to set items 2-4 referring to the description below.
MAX RANGE: Any AIS targets beyond this range will not be shown.
MIN SPEED: Any AIS targets slower than this setting will not be shown.
EXCLUDE CLASS-B: Select on to hide class B AIS targets.
5) Push the right button several times to close the menu.
6) Roll the trackball to select [AIS] box,then left click to select AIS FILT.
Note: AIS target whose data is currently displayed is not affected by this Filtering rules setting.

4.4 Activate AIS

When you convert a sleeping target to an activated target, that target’s course and speed are
shown with a vector. You can easily judge target movement by monitoring the vector.
Sleeping targets enter an acquisition zone are automatically changed to activated targets and
are colored red.

4.4.1Activate individual AIS target

1)Roll the trackball to move the cursor on the AIS target you want to activate.
2) Press the <TT DATA> key on the keyboard to activate the target.

Activated target

4.4.2Activate all AIS targets

1) Roll the trackball to select the the [AIS] box
2) Right-click to open the “***AIS TARGET***”submenu.

AIS target menu

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3)Roll the trackball to select “2 ACTIVE ALL”,

4) Select “YES” and push the left button to confirm
5) Push the right button to close the menu.
Note: When CPA/TCPA parameters are enabled, some AIS may appear with a red bold symbol
during the activation of AIS and keep flashing and may be accompanied by an audible alarm.
This indicates that these AIS are dangerous targets that violate the CPA/TCPA parameters. Please
press the <ALARM ACK> key on the keyboard or click the <ALARM ACK> box located at
the lower left corner of the screen to cancel the flashing and sound.

4.5 Sleep AIS target

4.5.1 Sleep individual AIS target

You may sleep an AIS target as below:

A．By trackball
1. Roll the trackball to move the cursor within the radar display operation area， Rotate the wheel
to display "TGT CANCEL/EXIT" in the [guide] box.
2. Roll the trackball to move the cursor on the AIS target you want to sleep.
3.Left click to confirm.
B．By keyboard
1.Roll the trackball to move the cursor on the AIS target you want to sleep.
2.Press the<TT CANCEL>key on the keyboard to sleep it.
The sleep AIS target is displayed as below:

Sleeping AIS target

Note: AIS targets that have been activated automatically cannot be slept.

4.5.2 Sleep all AIStargets

1) Roll the trackball to select the [AIS] box.

2) Right click to open the “***AIS TARGET***”submenu:

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AIS target menu

2)Rotate the wheel to select “1 SLEEP ALL”.
3) Roll the trackball to select YES to sleep all AIS targets.
4)Push the right button to close the menu.

4.6 Display AIS data

You may display an AIS target’s data by selecting it on the display.

4.6.1AIS basic data

A. By keyboard
1) Roll the trackball and nove the cursor on the AIS target you want to know its data.
2) Press the <TT DATA> key on the keyboard.
B. By trackball
1) Roll the trackball to move the cursor inside the radar operational display area, rotate the wheel
to display "TGT DATA & ACQ / EXIT”.
2) Roll the trackball to move the cursor on an AIS target and push left button. The selected target
is marked with a broken square as below:

AIS data is shown at the right side of the display when the AIS target is correctly selected. Data
format may look like as below

Note: The specific AIS basic data display may vary depending on different AIS targets.

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4.6.2Detailed AIS data

1) Roll the trackball to move the cursor on the desired AIS target in the data box at the right side
of the screen.
2) Push the left button to show detailed data as below:

Note: The AIS extend data you see may l be different with the figure above.

4.6.3Cancel AIS target data display

Put the cursor on the AIS tagert data box you want to cancel display and press the <TT
CANCEL> key on the keyboard.

4.6.4Cancel tracking AIS target data display

Put cursor on the tracking AIS target data box you want to cancel display and press <TT
CANCEL> key on the keyboard.

4.7 AIS symbol attributes

You may adjust the brilliance and select the size and color of the AIS symbol

4.7.1AIS symbol brilliance

1) Roll the trackball and move the cursor to the [DIMM] box at the right side of the screen.

DIMM box
2) Right-click the button to open the“***CLOLOR***”submenu

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DIMM menu
3) Roll the trackball to select “0 NEXT ”and left click to confirm.

4) Roll the trackball to select “7 AIS SYMBOL” and left click to confirm.
5) Roll the wheel to adjust brilliance.
6) Push the right button several times to close the menu

4.7.2AIS symbol size and color

1) Open the main menu as below(two methods refer to1.35).

Main menu

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2) Roll the trackball to select “4 TT&AIS ” and left click to open the “***TT&AIS***”
submenu.

TT&AIS menu
3) Roll the trackball to select “5 TT&AIS SYMBOL ” and left click to open the “***TT&AIS
SYMBOL***” submenu.

TT&AIS symbol menu

4) Roll the trackball to select “2 TT&AIS COLOR” and left click to confirm.
5) Roll the trackball to select color desired and left click to confirm.
6) Roll the trackball to select “6 AIS SCALED SYMBOL” and left click to confirm.
7) Roll the trackball to select OFF or ON desired, and left click to confirm.
OFF: All AIS symbols shown in same size.
On: Selected AIS are scaled according to ships' lengths.
8) Push the right button several times to close the menu.

4.8 Past position display

The past position display shows equally time-spaced interval dots marking past positions of
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reached. If a target changes its speed, the spacing will be uneven. If it changes course, its plotted
course will not be a straight line.
Below are sample past position displays.

Sample past position displays

4.8.1AIS past position plot interval setting

Roll the trackball to select the [past POSN] box at the right side of the screen Left-click to select
plot interval desired: OFF, 30 s, 1MIN, 2MIN, 3MIN or 6 MIN. Select OFF to erase all past
position points and turn off the past position display.

Past POSN box

4.8.2AIS past position points number setting

You may select the number of past position points to show:

1) Open the main menu as below(two methods refer to1.35).

Main menu

2)Roll the trackball to select “4 TT&AIS ” and left click to open the “***TT&AIS***”
submenu.

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TT&AIS menu
3) Roll the trackball to select “5 TT&AIS SYMBOL ”.and left click to open the “***TT&AIS
SYMBOL***” submenu.

TT&AIS symbol menu

4) Roll the trackball to select “5 AIS past POSN POINTS” and left click to confirm.
5) Roll the trackball to select 5 or 10 and left click to confirm.
6) Push the right button several times to close the menu.

4.9 AIS target lost

An AIS target is declared as lost target when it fails to produce data for six minutes or five
reporting intervals, whichever is the shorter. When this occurs, the target is marked with the
(flashing) lost target symbol and the indication "AIS LOST" appears in the [alert] box. To
acknowledge a lost target, press the <ALARM ACK> key on the keyboard, or use the trackball to
select the [ALARM ACK] box then push the left button.The lost AIS target is displayed as below:

Lost target

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Note 1: If a TT lost target mark is displayed when the <ALARM ACK> key is pressed (or the
[ALARM ACK] box is clicked) to acknowledge an AIS lost target, the TT lost target also is
erased.
Note 2: The AIS data transmission interval depends on target’s speed. For example,
When the ship speed is between 0 and 14 knots, the data transmission interval is 10second;
When the ship speed exceeds 23kn, the interval is 2 seconds .. For details see the user’s manual of
the AIS.

4.9.1AIS lost filter

If there are a lot of AIS targets in your area, the lost target alarm may sound frequently. In
this case you may wish to filter the AIS lost targets,set as below:
1) Open the main menu as below(two methods refer to1.35):.

Main menu
2) Roll the trackball to select “4 TT&AIS ” and left click to open the “ ***TT&AIS*** ”
submenu.

TT&AIS menu

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3) Roll the trackball to select “6 AIS LOSTFILTER ”and left click to open the “***AIS LOST
FILTER***”submenu.

AIS lost filter menu

4) Roll the trackball to set items 2-4 as appropriate, referring the description below.
MAX RANGE: Any AIS lost targets beyond this range will not trigger the lost target alarm.
MIN SPEED: Any AIS lost targets slower than this setting will not trigger the lost target alarm.
EXCLUDE CLASS_B: Select on to prevent trigger lost B class AIS lost target.
5) Push the right button several times to close the menu.

4.9.2AIS lost alarm

You can use the [TGT LOST ALARM] box at the bottom right corner to enableor disable the
lost target alarm. Select OFF, ALL or FILT as appropriate.

Target lost alarm box

OFF: Disable the alarm.
ALL: all lost targets alarm.
FILT: only the AIS targets alarm whose criteria meet the settings on the AIS lost filter menu(see
4.9.1)

4.10 ROT setting

You may set the lower limit of the ROT (rate of turn) at which the heading line on target symbols
will point in direction of turning of the vessel.
1) Open the main menu as below(two methods refer to1.35).

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2) Roll the trackball to select “4 TT&AIS ” and left click to open the “ ***TT&AIS*** ”
submenu.

TT&AIS menu
3) Roll the trackball to select “5 TT&AIS SYMBOL ” and left click to open the“***TT&AIS
SYMBOL***”submenu.

4) Roll the trackball to select 3 AIS ROT TAG LIMIT then left click to confirm.
5) Use the numeral keys or the wheel to enter rot setting range: 0.1 to 720.0°/min。
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place, and need to press the<ENTER>key on the keyboard to confirm. If the scroll wheel input
ends, press the left button to confirm.
6) Push the right button three times to close the menu.
If the ROT of a selected AIS meets the criteria, then the display symbol changes from the left to
right as shown below:

Rot display

4.11 Association of AIS and TT

If the target data from AIS and TT are both available, and the association criteria (for
example position, motion) meets fully, the AIS and TT will be considered as one physical target,
the activated AIS (or TT) target symbol will displayed one of them.
If the AIS and radar information become sufficiently different, the AIS and radar information
shall be considered as two distinct targets. One activated AIS target and one tracked radar target
shall be displayed.
1) Confirm that the [TT] box shows AUTO, AUTO/MAN or MAN.

TT box
3) Open the main menu as below(two methods refer to1.35):

4) Roll the trackball to select “4 TT&AIS ” and left click to open the “***TT&AIS** ”submenu.

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4) Roll the trackball to select “9 association ” and left click to open th

“***ASSOCIATION***”
submenu.

Association menu
5) Roll the trackball to select “2 TRAGET ASSO” and left click to confirm.
6) Roll the trackball to select OFF, AIS or TTand left click to confirm.
OFF: Turn off association.
AIS: After successful association display AIS symbols and AIS data.
TT: After successful association display TT symbols and TT data.
Note: When association criteria is met, an association indication will be shown as below.

Association indication
7) Enter the information below, input numbers by keys(press the <ENTER> key ) or roll the
wheel and push left button after entering each data.
TT-AIS GAP: Enter the range in bearing direction between AIS target and tracked target. setting
range: 0.000-0.999NM
RANGE: Enter the ditancefrom own ship to AIS target and TT target. setting range:
0.000-0.999NM.
BEARING: Enter the bearing difference from own ship to AIS target and TT target. setting range:
0.0-9.9°
SPEED: Enter the speed difference between AIS target and TT target. setting range: 0.0-9.9kn
COURSE: Enter the course difference between AIS target and TT target. setting range: 0.0-99.9°.
8) Push the right button three times to close the menu.
Note1: After successful association betweenAIS and TT targets, display the red character
'ASSOCATION' in the bottom left corner of the screen and flash
Note2： All default association settings are restored whenever the power is turned on.

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4.12 AIS collision alarm

The AIS continuously monitors the predicted range at the closest point of approach (CPA)
and predicted time to CPA (TCPA) of each AIS target. When the predicted CPA of an AIS target
becomes smaller than a preset CPA range and its predicted TCPA less than a preset TCPA limit,
the audio alarm sounds and AIS collision appears (in red) in the [alert] box. In addition, the
symbol of the AIS target is diapalyed red and flashes together with its vector.
CPA/TCPA alarm ranges must be set up properly taking into consideration the size, tonnage,
speed, turning performance and other characteristics of own ship.
The reference point for CPA and TCPA calculation may be selected from antenna position or
conning position. For further details, see section 1.42.
Warning: Do not rely solely on the alarm functions of CPA and TCPA to predict potential
collision hazards.The navigator has the responsibility to check all aids available to avoid
collision. .

4.12.1CPA/TCPA setting
1) Roll the trackball to selectthe [CPA LIMIT] box.

CPA and TCPA box

2）Left-click to show the CPA and TCPA boxes
3)Select CPA box， push the left button or roll the wheel to select CPA value.
Left button 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6(NM)
Scrollwheel Same as left button
4) select the TCPA box.
5) push the left button or roll the wheel to select TCPA value.
Left button 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 12, 15(minutes)
Scrollwheel Same as left button

4.12.2AIS collision alarm

Use the [CPA AUTO ACTIVE] box at the bottom right corner to enable or disable the AIS
collision alarm.
OFF: Disable automatic AIS collision alarm.
ALL: All AIS targets alarm whose CPA or TCPA is less than set in section 4.12.1.

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4.12.3Acknowledge the collision alarm

To acknowledge the collision alarm, just press the <ALARM ACK> key on the keyboard or
left-click the [ALARM ACK] box at the left-bottom of the screen.The “AIS COLLISION”
message will be shown in red and flashing in the [alert] box at the right-bottom of the screen, and
the target is flashing with the red color, until you cancel the target tracking or the reason caused
the collision is removed. For the details of AIS alarm setting, see section 4.9.1 and 4.9.2.

4.13 AIS system messages

AIS system messages are displayed at the bottom right corner of the screen. The table below
shows the AIS system messages and their meanings.
AIS system messages
Message Meaning
CPA and TCPA of an activated AIS target are below value set on
AIS COLLISION the menu.

AIS NEW AIS target has entered an acquisition zone.

Lost target. An activated target is declared a lost target when it
AIS LOST fails to produce data for six minutes or five reporting intervals,
whichever is the shorter.

AIS 95% FULL Appears when capacity for AIS targets is 95% full.

AIS FULL up to 1000 AIS targets from own ship.

Tracked target merged with AIS target. The indication
ASSPCIATION disappears when the target no longer meets the criteria set in
section 4.12. The message " Association” Is not displayed.

CPA/TCPA cannot be calculated. Further the CPA/TCPA value

NO AIS CPA/TCPA in the basic data display is marked with an asterisk to indicate
that it is not reliable.

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5 Video plotter

5.1 General
The video plotter of this radar does the following functions:

1.Plots own ships’ tracks.

2.Enters and store waypoints、NAV lines and marks.
3.Display or hide every NAV lines
4.Edit every way points, NAV lines.
5.Draw the separation zone during the navigation process and the danger side and safety contour
of the ship's safety contour line
6.Draw the outline of the coastline.
One NAV line may be shown on the display. 200 way points are available.
7.Creates and displays radar maps.
8.Radar maps may include grid, marks, buoys, contour line, coastline, dangerous highlight, own
ship vector. All radar maps are redrawed with present mode.

5.2 Video Plotter Display

This radar provides function to plot different kinds of marks along with radar video. A radar
map is a combination of map lines and symbols whereby the user can define and input the
navigation data, route planning and monitoring data. The radar map may contain 6,000 points of
data. The map data can be saved to facilitate repeated use on a routine navigation area. The user
can create a radar map on-real time while using the radar for navigation or at leisure time or at
anchor or while the radar is not being used. Place of a map can be made for any waterways apart
from the actual own ship location. The radar map does not affect any radar function. Sample
video plotter display may looks like figure below.

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5.3 Radar map

All radar map functions can be accessed from the radar display.A radar map is a combination
of map lines and symbols whereby the user can define and input the navigation data, route
planning and monitoring data.

5.3.1Turn on radar map display

A．By menu
1）Roll the trackball to move the cursor into the [mark] box at the left bottom of screen.

Mark box
2）Right click it to open the “***MARK***” submenu.

Mark menu
3）Roll the trackball to select “3 MAP DISPLAY” and left click it.
4）Roll the trackball to select ON and left click to confirm.
At this moment, the 【 MARK 】 box in the bottom left corner of the screen displays MAP
ON as below:

5）Right click to close the menu.

B．By trackball

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1) Roll the trackball to move the cursor to select the “MAP” beside the [mark] box.
2) Left click it.then you will get see characters “ON” appear.

Changes to

5.3.2Plotting radar map markers

1）Roll the trackball to move the cursor into the [mark] box at the left bottom of screen.

Mark box
2）Right click it to open the “***MARK***”submenu.

Mark menu

3）Roll the trackball to select “1 MARK KIND” and left click.

4）Roll the trackball to select “MAP MARK” and left click.
5）Roll the trackball to select “2 MARK POSN” and left click.
6）Roll the trackball to select among “CURSOR” or “OS” or “L/L” to decide the method how you
plot the radar maps and left click.If select “L/L”,you need to input longitude and latitude below
the “L/L”.
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8）Roll the trackball to move the cursor into the [mark] box again and roll the wheel to select a
mark you want to inscribe and left click it.All radar map marks in this radar is tabled as below.

Mark type Name for select

BUOY

BUOY

BUOY

BUOY
DANGER
HIGHLIGHT

MARK

MARK

MARK

NAV LINE

MARK
MARK
MARK

COUNTOUR LINE

DANGER
HIGHLIGHT

COAST LINE

DANGER
HIGHLIGHT

PROHIBITED AREA

9）Left click again and the cursor automatically jump to radar operational display area,and the
[guide] box shows “MARK / EXIT”.
10）Roll the trackball to move the cursor to the position where you want to inscribe mark and left
click it.
11）If you want to inscribe other type mark,do as step 8-10.
12）To finish inscribing mark,please right click.
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5.3.3 Ease radar map

This radar allotted 6,000 points for radar map marks and lines. When this amount is
exceeded, no more map marks or lines may be entered unless you erase unnecessary marks or
lines.

5.3.3.1 Erase individual radar map mark or line

1）Roll the trackball to move the cursor into radar operational display area and roll the wheel until
the [guide] box shows “MARK DELETE / EXIT”.
2）Roll the trackball to move the cursor to the mark you want to erase and left click it.
3）Do step 2 to delete another mark.
Note：When erasing a line, the cursor location determines how the line will be erased. To erase a
single line segment, put the cursor on the starting point of the line. When the junction point
between two line segments is erased, the line is redrawn connecting the line segments that were
before and after the erased junction. See the figure below for an example.

5.3.3.1 Erase all radar map marks and lines

You can erase all radar map marks and lines from the screen as below. Be absolutely sure
you want to erase all map marks and lines – erased marks and lines cannot be restored.
1）Open the main menu as below(two methods refer to1.35):.

Main menu

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2 ） Roll the trackball to select “5 ASSIST NAV ”and left click to open the “***ASSIST
NAV***” submenu.

Assist NAV menu

3 ） Roll the trackball to select “5DATA ERASE ” and left click toopen the “***DATA
ERASE***”submenu

Data erase menu

4）Roll the trackball to select “3MARK ALL ERASE” and left click.
5）Roll the trackball to select “YES”and left click to erase all marks
6）Right click to close menu.

5.3.4Hiding/Showing map graphics

1）Open the main menu as below(two methods refer to1.35).

Main menu

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2 ） Roll the trackball to select “5 ASSIST NAV ” and left click to open the “***ASSIST
NAV***” submenu.

Assist NAV menu

3）Roll the trackball to select “5 DISPLAY” and left click to open the “***DISPLAY***”
submenu .

Display menu
4）Roll the trackball to select “4 MARK” and left click.
5）Roll the trackball to select “OFF” to hide,or “ON” to show.
6）To hide or show other type of graphics do step 4-5.
7）Right click to close menu.

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5.4 Track
5.4.1Plot own ship’s track
A total of 6,000 points are allotted for storage of own ship’s track, marks and lines. When
this memory becomes full, the oldest track is deleted to make room for the latest. For that reason
you may want to adjust the recording interval to conserve the memory. The plotting interval is
10S, 30S,1MIN,2MIN,3MIN,6MIN.
1）Open the main menu as below(two methods refer to1.35).

Main menu
2 ） Roll the trackball to select “5 ASSIST NAV ” and left click t open the “***ASSIST
NAV***” submenu.

Assist NAV menu

3Press the<EBL OFFSET 2>key on the keyboardto select “2 OWN TRACK INTERVAL”
4Press the<EBL OFFSET 2>key on the keyboard consecutively to select the plot interval.If select
OFF the radar will stop plotting the track.
5）Right click to close menu.

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5.4.2Own ship’s track color

1) Open the main menu as below(two methods refer to1.35).

Main menu
2 ） Roll the trackball to select “5 ASSIST NAV ” and left click to open the “***ASSIST
NAV***” submenu

Assist NAV menu

3Press the<DISP MODE 3>key on the keyboard to select “3 OWN TRACK COLOR”.
4Press the<DISP MODE 3>key on the keyboard consecutively to select proper color.
5）Right click to close menu.

5.4.3Erase own ship’s track

You may erase track through the menu (by percentage).
1) Open the main menu as below(two methods refer to1.35).

Main menu

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2 ） Roll the trackball to select “5 ASSIST NAV ” and left click to open the “***ASSIST
NAV***” submenu .

Assist NAV menu

3）Press<OFF CENTER 4> key on the keyboard to open the “***DATA ERASE***”submenu .

Data erase menu

4） Press the<EBL OFFSET 2>key on the keyboard to select “2 OWN TRACK”.
5）Press the<EBL OFFSET 2>key consecutively to select proper option.
eg: “30%” Means erasing earliest 30% tracks.If select “ALL”, all tracks will be erased.
6）Right click several times to close the menu.

5.5 Waypoint
A particular location is known as a "Waypoint," It may be a starting point, a destination point
or an intermediate point on a voyage. This radar can store 200 waypoints, numbered 001 to 200.
Waypoints may be entered with the cursor, by manual input of latitude and longitude.

5.5.1Input waypoint
5.5.1.1 By cursor
1）Roll the trackball to move the cursor into the [mark] box

Mark box

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2）Right click to open the “***MARK***”submenu.

Mark menu
3）Press the<HL OFF 1>key on the keyboard to select “1 MARK KIND”
4）Press the<HL OFF 1>key consecutively to select WP item which best matches the waypoint
number you wish to enter and left click. For example, if you want to enter waypoint number 25,
select “WP1-50”
WP1-50: Enter way points with numbers ranging from 1 to 50;
WP51-100: Enter way points with numbers ranging from 51 to 100;
WP101-150: Enter way points with numbers ranging from 101 to 150;
WP151-200: Enter way points with numbers ranging from 151 to 200;
5）Right click to close the menu.
6）Roll the trackball to move the cursor into [mark] box. Roll the wheel to select the number and
left click it,the cursor will automatically jump to the radar operational display area,and the [guide]
box shows “MARK / EXIT”.
7）Roll the trackball to move the cursor to the position where you want to inscribe the waypoint
and left click it. The waypoint mark (a circle with number and name) appears at the location
selected.
Note1: The waypoint mark’s number is the same as you do at step 4. The waypoint mark’s name
in default is WP plus the number.

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8）Do step 6-8 to put another waypoint, to finish please right click.
Note: If a waypoint number has already been used, selecting that waypoint for drawing will erase
5.5.1.2 the previously drawn waypoint and redraw the waypoint with that number
1) Enter way points by inputting of its latitude and longitude manually Open the main menu as
below(two methods refer to1.35).

Main menu
2）Press the<PI LINE 6>key on the keyboard to open the “***NAV LINE&WPT*** ”submenu.

NAV line&WPT menu

3）Press the<PI LINE 6>key on the keyboardto open the “***WPT EDIT*** ” submenu.

WPT edit menu

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4 ） Press the<EBL OFFSET 2>key on the keyboardto select “2 WPT NO.SELECT”. Enter the
numbers on the keyboard and press the<ENTER>key to confirm;Or entering the number by scroll
wheel and press the left button to confirm.
Note：The waypoint number is 001-200.
5）If you want to edit waypoint name do as step 6,otherwise do step 8.
6）Press<DISP MODE 3> key on the keyboard to select the “3 WPT NAME”.
7）After step 6, a software mini keyboard will popup at the bottom of menu, use cursor to select

letters and press the “ ” Key on software mini keyboard or press the <ENTER> key on the
keyboard. The software mini keyboard may look like below.

Note ： The waypoint name is composed of maximum 10 characters consisting of letters and
numbers.
8）Press<OFF CENTER 4> key on the keyboard to select “4 WPT L/L”
9）Roll the wheel to input the latitude through one digit by one and left click to finish input the
latitude. Do the same as input latitude to input longitude. If use numeric key to input the
longitude and latitude,press the <ENTER> key to finish input. To switch co-ordinate polarity, roll
the wheel to select among N, S, W, E.
10）To input another waypoint, do step 4-9 again.
11）Right click several times to close menu.

5.5.2Erase waypoint
5.5.2.1 Erase individual waypoint by menu
1) Open the main menu as below(two methods refer to1.35).

Main menu

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2) Press the<PI LINE 6>key on the keyboard to open the “***NAV LINE&WPT***” submenu.

NAV line&WPT menu

3) Press the<PI LINE 6>key on the keyboard to open the “***WPT EDIT***”submenu .

WPT edit menu

4) Press the<EBL OFFSET 2>key on the keyboardto select “2 WPT NO.SELECT”. Select, use
numeric key or wheel to select the waypoint number which has already exist.Enter the numbers
on the keyboard and press the<ENTER>key to confirm;Or entering the number by scroll wheel
and press the left button to confirm.
Note: If the waypoint is already exist, its longitude and latitude will be showed.
5）Press the <CU/TM RESET5> key on the keyboard to select “5 CLEAR WPT”.
6 ） Roll the trackball to select “YES” and left click to clear the waypoint selected by its
number,and the option go back to “NO” automatically.
Note1: If the waypoint is part of a NAV line, it is not erasable.
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5.5.2.1 Erase individual waypoint by trackball

1）Roll the trackball to move the cursor into radar operational display area, roll the wheel until the
[guide] box shows “MARK DELETE / EXIT”.
2）Roll the trackball to move the cursor to the waypoint you want to erase and left click it .
3）To erase another waypoint do step 2 again.
4）To finish erasing waypoint,right click.
Note: If the waypoint is part of a NAV line, it is not erasable.

5.5.2.2 Erase all waypoints

1) Open the main menu as below(two methods refer to1.35).

Main menu
2) Press the<PI LINE 6>key on the keyboard to open the “***NAV LINE&WPT***”submenu

NAV line&WPT menu

3) Press the<PI LINE 6>key on the keyboard to open the “***WPT EDIT***”submenu .

WPT edit menu

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4) Press the<PI LINE 6>key on the keyboard to select “6 WPT ALL ERASE”
5) Roll the wheel to select “YES” and left click to clear the waypoint selected by its number,and
the option go back to “NO” automatically.
7）Right click to close menu.
Note: This operation will delete all waypoints even if they are part of NAV lines.

5.5.3Waypoint list
The waypoint list stores position data of all registered waypoints. Each page of the waypoint
list holds seven waypoints. To display the waypoint list:
1) Open the main menu as below(two methods refer to1.35).

Main menu
2) Press the<PI LINE 6>key on the keyboard to open the “***NAV LINE&WPT***”submenu.

NAV line&WPT menu

3 ） Press the <VECTOR TIME 7> key on the keyboard to open the “***WPT LIST***”
submenu .

WPT list menu

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4）To see more waypoints ,you can select “0 NEXT” and left click to confirm. To see previous
page if current page is not first page,you can select “1 BACK” and left click to confirm.
5）Right click to close the menu.

5.5.4Hide/show waypoints’ name and number

You can hide or show the waypoints’s name and number.
1) Open the main menu as below(two methods refer to1.35).

Main menu
2) Press the<PI LINE 6>key on the keyboard to open the “***NAV LINE&WPT***”submenu.

NAV line&WPT menu

3) Press the<COLOR 0>key on the keyboard to open the “***CONTINUE***”submenu.

Continue menu

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4）Press the <DISP MODE 3> key on the keyboard to select “3 DISP WPT NO”.
5 ） Press the <DISP MODE 3> key several times to select ”OFF” or “”ON”,then left click to
confirm.
6Press the<OFF CENTER 4>key on the keyboard to select “4 DISP WPT NAME”
7 ） Press the<OFF CENTER 4>key several times to select ”OFF” or “”ON”,then left click to
confirm..
8）Right click several times to close menu.

5.6 Navline
This radar can enter 30 NAV lines, and each line may have up to 30 waypoints.

5.6.1Enter new NAV line

To enter a new NAV line, first enter appropriate waypoints. Then, do the following:
1) Open the main menu as below(two methods refer to1.35):.

Main menu
2) Press the<PI LINE 6>key on the keyboard to open the “***NAV LINE&WPT***”submenu.

NAV line&WPT menu

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3) Press the<VECTOR MODE 8>key on the keyboard to open the “***NAV LINE EDIT***”
submenu.

NAV line edit menu

4) Press the<EBL OFFSET 2>key on the keyboard to select “2 NAV LINE NO.SELECT”.
5）Roll wheel to input the two digit NAV line number and left click to confirm.
6）Press the <DISP MODE 3> key on the keyoard to select “3NAV LINE NAME”
7）After step 6,a software mini keyboard will popup at the bottom of menu, use cursor to select

the letters and press the “ ” key on software mini keyboard or press the <ENTER> key on
the keyboard. The software mini keyboard may look like below.

Note ： The NAV line name is composed of maximum 10 characters consisting of letters and
numbers.
8) Press the<OFF CENTER 4>key on the keyboard to select “4 NAV LINE MAKEUP”.
9）Roll wheel to input the three digits waypoint number and left click to confirm. The indication
will automatically run to next input for waypoint number.
10) To enter another NAV line, press the<EBL OFFSET 2>key on the keyboard, and then repeat
steps 3-9.
11）Right click several times to close menu.

5.6.2Edit a NAV line

1）Open the main menu as below(two methods refer to1.35).

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Main menu
2）Press the<PI LINE 6>key on the keyboard to open the “***NAV LINE&WPT***”submenu.

NAV line&WPT menu

3）Press the<VECTOR MODE 8>key on the keyboard to open the “***NAV LINE EDIT***”
submenu.

NAV line edit menu

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4）Press the<EBL OFFSET 2>key on the keyboard to select “2 NAV LINE NO.SELECT”.
5）Roll wheel to enter the two digits NAV line number and left cick to confirm .
Note: If the NAV line select correctly, the item NAV line name will show the NAV line name and
item NAV line makeup will show waypoints number that compose the NAV line.
6）6Press the<DISP MODE 3>key on the keyboard to select NAV line name
7）After step 6, a software mini keyboard will popup at the bottom of menu, use cursor to select

the letters and press the “ ” key on software mini keyboard or press the <ENTER> key on
the keyboard. The software mini keyboard may look like below.

Note ： The NAV line name is composed of maximum 10 characters consisting of letters and
numbers.
8Press the<OFF CENTER 4>key on the keyboard to select “4 NAV LINE MAKEUP”.
9）Roll the trackball to move the cursor on the waypoint number to be changed and left click it ;
10）Roll wheel to edit the new waypoint number and left click to confirm.
11）Right click to close menu.

5.6.3Nav line list

The NAV line list, which shows all NAV lines, may be displayed as follows:
1) Open the main menu as below(two methods refer to1.35).

Main menu
2) Press the<PI LINE 6>key on the keyboard to open the “***NAV LINE&WPT***”submenu.

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NAV line&WPT menu

3) Press the<TT LIST 9>key on the keyboard to open the “***NAV LINE LIST ***”submenu.

NAV line list menu

3）Roll the wheel to select “0 NEXT” to see NAV lines located in next page or select “1
BACK” to see previous page if current page is not first page.
4) Right click several times to close menu.

5.6.4Erase NAV line

Up to 30 NAV lines may be entered in this radar. You may erase unnecessary NAV lines as
shown below. A NAV line that is currently in use cannot be erased.

5.6.4.1 Erase individual NAV line

1) Open the main menu as below(two methods refer to1.35).

Main menu

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2) Press the<PI LINE 6>key on the keyboard to open the “***NAV LINE&WPT***”submenu.

NAV line&WPT menu

3) Press the<VECTOR MODE 8>key on the keyboard to open the “***NAV LINE
EDIT***”submenu.

NAV line edit menu

4）Press the<EBL OFFSET 2>key on the keyboard to select “2 NAV LINE NO.SELECT”and
input the NAV line number by the wheel that is already exist.
5Press the<CU/TM RESET 5>key on the keyboardto select “5 CLRAR NAV LINE”
6 ） Roll the wheel to select “YES” and left click to confirm,the option automatically return to
“NO”.
Note: After this step the content of item NAV line name and NAV line makeup will be blank.
7）Right click to close menu.
Note：NAV line which is in use can’t be erased.

5.6.4.2 Erase all NAV line

1) Open the main menu as below(two methods refer to1.35).

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Main menu

2) Press the<PI LINE 6>key on the keyboard to open the “***NAV LINE&WPT***”submenu.

NAV line&WPT menu

3) Press the<VECTOR MODE 8>key on the keyboard to open the “***NAV LINE
EDIT***”submenu.

NAV line edit menu

4) Press the<PI LINE 6>key on the keyboard to select “6 NAV LINE ALL ERASE”.
5 ） Roll the wheel to select “YES” and left click to confirm,the option automatically return to
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6）Right click to close menu.

Note：This operation will erase all NAV lines even if some NAV lines are in use.

5.6.5 NAV line setting

1) Open the main menu as below(two methods refer to1.35).

Main menu
2) Press the<PI LINE 6>key on the keyboard to open the “***NAV LINE&WPT***”submenu.

NAV line&WPT menu

3) Press the<CU/TM RESET 5>key on the keyboard to select “5 NAV LINE WIDTH”.
4) Roll the wheel to input NAV line width, from 0.0-9.9NM and left click to confirm.
5) If you want to be alerted when own ship nears a waypoint by a preset distance, press the
<COLOR 0> key on the board to open the “***CONTINUE***”submenu.

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6) Press the<EBL OFFSET 2>key on the keyboard to select “2 ARRIVAL WPT ALARM”.
7）Press the<EBL OFFSET 2>key several times to select “ON”, then roll the wheel to input the
distance from 0-9.99NM and left click to confirm.
8）Right click several times to close menu.

5.6.6Display NAV line

1) Open the main menu as below(two methods refer to1.35) .

Main menu
2) Press the<PI LINE 6>key on the keyboard to open the “***NAV LINE&WPT***”submenu.

NAV line&WPT menu

3）Press the <DISP MODE 3> key on the keyboard to select “3 NAV LINE SELECT”.
4）Roll the wheel to input the NAV line number that already exist and left click to confirm.
Note：Do not input the same NAV line number repeatedly.
5）Roll the wheel to select “FORWARD” or “REVERSE” and left click to fongirm.
FORWARD：Display waypoint numbers in original order.
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6）To skip the next waypoint, press the<OFF CENTER 4>key on the keyboard to select “4 SKIP
NEXT WPT”.
7）Right click several times to close menu.

5.6.7Hide NAV line

1） Open the main menu as below(two methods refer to1.35).

Main menu
2 ） Press the <CU/TM RESET5> key on the keyboard to open the “***ASSIST NAV***”
submenu.

Assist NAV menu

3) Press the <CU/TM RESET5> key on the keyboard key to open the “***DISPLAY***”
submenu.

Display menu
4) Press the<VECTOR TIME 7>key on the keyboard to select “7 NAV LINE”
5）Roll the wheel to select “OFF” and left click to hide the NAV line.
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6 Maintenance, troubleshooting
Periodic checks and maintenance are important for proper operation of any electronic system.
This chapter contains maintenance and troubleshooting guidance for the radar following these
contents, device performance can be optimized and the lifespan of the device can be maximized.
Before attempting any maintenance or troubleshooting procedure please read carefully the safety
information below.

Warning: Do not use organic solvents such as paint, corrosive sprays, etc. on the plastic
components of this radar system . Otherwise, YonZOE assumes no liability or responsibility for
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6.1 Periodic maintenance

Regular maintenance is essential to ensure good performance of the device. A regular
maintenance plan should be established and include at least the items shown in the table below.
Time
Check point Check and measures Remarks
interval
Don’t use chemical-based
Removed dust and dirt with a
Processor unit cleaners to clean the LCD.
soft cloth.
cleanliness They may remove paint and
markings.
Wipe the LCD carefully to
Please don’t use
When LCD accumulate a prevent scratching. To
chemical-based cleaners to
necessary layer of dust remove stubborn dirt you can
clean the lcd. They may
which tends to use an lcd cleaner, , wiping
cause the lcd coating
dim image slowly with tissue paper so as
damaged.
to dissolve the dirt.
Check the corroded or
Sealing compound may be
loosened nuts and bolts. If
On antenna unit used instead of paint.
there is necessary, should
nuts or bolts are Between the nut and bolt
clean and repaint them
exposed spread amount of grease, for
thickly. Replace them if
easy removal in future.
heavily corroded.
Chemical-based cleaners
Check dirt and cracks on the can remove paint and
surfaces of the radiator, if a markings, do not used for
crack is found,spread a slight cleaning.
amount of sealing compound Use a wooden hammer or
Antenna radiator or adhesive as a temporary plastic hammer to remove
3 to 6 remedy, then call for repair. ice from the antenna unit.
Months Thick dirt should be wiped Crack on the antenna unit
OFF with soft cloth may cause water ingress,
dampened with fresh water. causing serious damages to
internal circuits.
Open antenna cover to check
Antenna unit terminal strips and plugs When closing antenna
terminal strips and connections inside. Also covers , be careful not to
plugs . check the rubber gasket of catch loose wires between
(technician only) antenna covers for covers and unit.
deterioration.
Terminal strips,
Sockets, earth Check loose connections;
6 months Terminal on Check contacts and plugs for
to 1 year Processor unit Proper seating, etc
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6.2 Life expectancy of major parts

Parts Life expectancy Remarks

Antenna motor ≥2,000h

Check the TX time, reset time after
Magnetron ≥4,000h
replacement.
Replace when brilliance is uneven or
Led-backlit display ≥50,000h
too low.

The life expectancy figures are typical values. Actual life depends on usage.

6.3 Replace the fuse

There are fuses on the rear of the processor unit and display unit to protect the equipment
from overcurrent and equipment failure.If you cannot turn on the power, should first check the
fuse. It is necessary to find the and eliminate the troublebefore replacing the fuse.
Unit Input voltage Fuse

24 VDC（18-36 VDC） 20A

Processor unit 110VAC（85-130 VAC） 10A
220 VAC（170-260 VAC） 5A
110 VAC（85-130 VAC） 2A
27-inch monitor 220 VAC（170-260 VAC） 1A
24 VDC（18-36 VDC） 6A
110 VAC（85-130 VAC） 2A
19-inch monitor
220 VAC（170-260 VAC） 1A

24VDC（18-36 VDC） 5A

6.4 Trackball maintenance

If the cursor skips or moves abnormally, clean the trackball as follow:
1) Tilt the keyboard, remove the trackball;
2) With a soft, lint-free cloth to clean the ball, and carefully wipe the installation position of the
trackball;
3) if dirty, it can be cleaned with alcohol.;
4) Ensure that the fluff on the cloth or cotton swab is not left on the trackball and the position
where the trackball is installed;
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6.5 Easy troubleshooting

Users can restart to restore normal operation and troubleshoot ,if you can’t restore normal
operation, do not attempt to check any unit inside. Any repair work is best left to a qualified
technician.
Malfunction Reason Remarks
Turn brill control clockwise to
Power on, but no image Brilliance is too low
increase the brilliance
Adjust key beep volume level on
Key beep inaudible Key beep turned off
the operation menu.
Try to press <RANGE +> and
Range changed but radar [RGNGE-] keys several times. If
Range key defective
picture no change that does not work with trying to
turn the power off and on again.
Tracked target tracked Poor definition of targets
Adjust sea and rain
incorrectly in sea clutter
Indications and noise appear Transmit high-voltage
Reset the power to restore
but no echo protection
2nd trace echo filter on
Tuning adjusted but poor Turn off the 2nd trace echo filter
or dirt on the radiator
sensitivity Clean the radiator surface
surface

6.6 Complex troubleshooting

This section describes how to solve the hardware and software failures. All those operations
should be carried out by qualified service personnel.
Note: This radar contains complex modules, any users cannot be involved in board level
trouble diagnosis and repair.
Problem Probable causes and Remedy
testing points
Antenna not rotating Antenna drive mechanism Replace antenna drive mechanism
Data and marks not displayed
Processor board Replace processor board
in tx status
With sea set at minimum Replace if board
adjust gain. Marks and Check continuity and isolation of
If board coaxial cable
indications appear but no noise coaxial cable.if coaxial is good,
or echo replace processor board.
1.blown fuse 1.replace blown fuse.
Power on but radar does not 2.input voltage (AC) / 2.correct power wire and Input
operate at all polarity (DC) voltage
3.power supply board 3.replace power supply board

Brilliance adjusted but no Processor board Replace processor board

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Problem Probable causes and Remedy

testing points
picture

1.transmit high-voltage 1.reset power

Indications and noise appear 2.magnetron 2.replace magnetron

but no echo 3.modulator board 3. Replace modulator board.
4.processor board 4. Replace processor board.
1. The message “heading” In red
1.processor board appears when the heading is not
Incorrect orientation of figure 2.gyro interface received during transmit.
2. Replace the gyro interface.
1.bearing signal
1.replace signal generator board
generator board (in
antenna unit) 2.reset power, if still not work,
Picture not updated
replace processor board
2.processor board
1.set radar pulse to “l”, check
magnetron current.if current is
1.deteriorated
below normal, magnetron may be
magnetron
defective, please replace it.
2.detuned
2.check tuning current. If it is
3.dirt on radiator face below normal value,retune it.
4.water ingress to the 3.clean the radiator surface.
Radar tuning is completed, the waveguide
4.remove water from the feeder
sensitivity is not enough 5.second echo rejection line.
function is on
5.disable the second-echo
rejector
1.press <DISP MODE 3> key
1.selection not accessed until tm appears.

True motion presentation not 2.speed entry incorrect 2.enter correct own ship speed
working correctly 3.tm display inaccurate 3.make sure that speed and
compass inputs are accurate
Poor definition of
Target not tracked correctly Adjust sea and rain
targets in sea clutter
Echo stretch is ineffective（es） Processor board Replace processor board.

Control（sea）not Improper setting of sea. If sea is

Poor discrimination in range functioning properly seen only at very close range.

Buttons trackball but no

Trackball module Replace trackball module
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Note: If the processboard needs to be replaced, please contact YONZOE or dealer to help transfer
the data on the board

6.7 Diagnostics
A diagnostic test program is provided to test major circuit boards in the control unit,
processor unit and RF unit.
Note: The normal radar picture is lost during this test.
Proceed as follows to execute the diagnostic test:
1) Open the main menu as below(two methods refer to1.35).

Main menu

2）Press the <VECTOR TIME 7> key on the keyboard to open the “***CUSTOM TEST***”
submenu .

***CUSTOM
TEST***
1 BACK
2 ZOOM ZONE
OFF / ON
3 DATA-TIME
UTC / LOCAL
4 HOURS MODE
12 / 24
5 LANGUAGE
English / 中文
6 HOT KEY ►
7 OPERATION‭ ►
8 TEST ►
9 ECHO FULL SCREEN
OFF / ON

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3）Press the <VECTOR MODE 8> key on the keyboard to open the “***TEST***”submenu.

Test menu
4）Press the <EBL OFFSET 2> key on the keyboard to select“2 SELF TEST”.
In a few moments the results of the test are displayed. The test results display the antenna
unit parameters and various voltage parameters in the middle of the display screen (if the
displayed parameters exceed normal values, the display font will turn red and give an alarm
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The circles and rectangle on the model of keyboard are correspond to the keys, knob and mouse
on the keyboard.if you operate the keyboard, the symbols on the model of keyboard will change
its display to make it different from others (e.g.: The white blank rectangle in the figure).that
means the corresponding key is ok.
5) Press<F1> key to stop the self test,then the display is changed. The screen shows the sentences
being input from external equipment (GPS1, GPS2 or BD, AIS, speed, NAV data). Below is an
example. The sentences shown depend on your system settings.
Note:To see the sentences of NAV data, Press<F1> key to next page.

6）Press<F1> key several times to exit the self test and return to the previous radar status.

6.8 Network
This radar provide network interface for special use.
Note ： You may need pc, network wire, and some knowledge about network setting to finish
operations mentioned in this section. If you have any questions, please ask YONZOE or your
dealer.

6.8.1 Set network parameters

You can set the network parameters as follows.

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1) Open the main menu as below(two methods refer to1.35).

Main menu
2）Press the <VECTIOR MODE 8> key on the keyboard to select “8 NET”. If it’s first time you
do this operation, a mini keyboard will popup at the bottom of the menu, you need to use
trackball to input the password “8888” to enter the menu.

Net menu
3）Set parameters with “2 IP ADDRESS”, “3 MASK”,and “4 GATEWAY”.
Note:The settings of IP address, mask, and gateway should comply with the principles of network
settings, and do not set mismatched network parameters
4）Press<the <MENU> key on the keyboard to quit the menu.
6.8.2 Update radar system
In order to update radar system, you need to be authorized by YONZOE and get updated
files and an application from YONZOE. After that, connect your pc to the radar with network
wire then do the followings to update your radar, otherwise forget it and skip this section.
1）Put the updated files and application you get from YONZOE in the same path on your pc.
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3）Do step 1-2 as described in section 6.8.1 to open net menu.

Net menu
4 ） Set “IP ADDRESS” with “192.168.1.161” and “GATEWAY” with “192.168.1.1”,and
“MASK” with “255.255.255.0”.(this step may not needed).
In fact you need not to do this step in most cases,it had been done by factory.
5）Press the <CU/TM RESET5> key on the keyboard to select “5 PROGRAM UPDATE”.
6 ） Press the <CU/TM RESET5> key several times to select the item among “RF UNIT”,
“MCU1” , “MCU2” , “MCU3”, and press <ENTER> key or left click to confirm your selection,
or right click to cancel the selection.
Select different item, different text appears at the bottom right of screen the selected item
and text appeared is shown in the table below.

Selected item Text appeared

RF UPDATE
Rf UNIT

UPDATE AUX
MCU1

UPDATE NET
MCU 2

UPDATE MAIN
MCU 3

Note1: When updating, stop doing other radar operations, just wait to finish.
Note2: Make the radar transmitter under standby before doing updating.
Note3: After finished, in order to make the new system become effective, please re-power on the
radar.
Note4: Do not set the IP to 192.168.0.160/262/164, and avoid setting an IP similar to 192.168.0.
X.
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another update, while doing one, eg, when update mcu1,stop doing anything until finish updating
mcu1.
7) Press<<MENU> key on the keyboard to quit menu.
6.8.3 data transfer
When the memory for the video plotter is full, the system will automatically delete the oldest
data for the new data.If needed, do the followings to transfer data.
1）Connect your pc to the radar with network wire.
2）Do as steps 1-4 described in section 6.8.2.
3）Press the<PI LINE 6>key on the keyboard to select “6 DATA TRANSFER”and roll the wheel
to select“RP” or “DOWN”,left click to confirm.
UP：Transfer data to pc from radar.
DOWN：Transfer data to radar from pc.

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7 Appendix 1 menu pages

7.1 Main menu

7.2 Echo and its submenu

***ECHO***
1 BACK
2 REJ 2nd ECHO
OFF / ON
3 TUNE SCAN
4 PM
OFF / ON
5 SART
OFF / ON
6 WIPER
OFF / 1 / 2
7 STC SET ‭►
8 ENVIROnmENT ►
9 ECHO
ENHANCEMENT
OFF / ON

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7.3 Mark and its submenu

7.4 Alarm and its submenu

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7.5 TT&AIS and its submenu

7.6 Assist NAV and its submenu

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7.7 Nav line&WPT and its submenu

7.8 Custom&test and its submenu

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7.9 Net menu

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7.10 Install and its submenu

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8 Appendix 2 popup menu pages

8.1 SPD menu

8.2 Os POSN menu

8.3 TT list menu

8.4 TT target menu

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8.5 AIS target menu

8.6 Mark menu

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8.7 Dim menu

8.8 Trail menu

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8.9 Environment and its submenu

8.10 Hdg menu

8.11 Ant select menu

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9 Appendix 3

Digital interface
Input sentences：
ACK, ACM, ALR, BWC, BWR, DBT, DPT, DTM, GGA, GLL, GNS, HBT, HDT, MTW, MWV,
RMB, RMC, RTE, THS, VBW, VDR,VHW, VTG, WPL, ZDA, !AIVDM, !AIVDO

Output sentences：
ACK, ALC, ALF, ALR, ARC, EVE, HBT, OSD, TLB, TTD, RSD

Data reception ： Data is received in serial asynchronous form in accordance with the standard
referenced in IEC 61162-2.
The following parameters are used:
Baud rate: 38,400 bps: HDT, !AIVDM, !AIVDO AND $AIALR.
All other sentences: 4800 bps
Data bits：8 (d7 = 0), parity：None, stop bits：1

Data sentences
Input sentences:

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Note：For more information of encapsulated tracked target data,please see in iec611262-2

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10 Appendix 4
Word Abbreviation Word ABBREVIATION
Acknowledge ACK Marker MKR
Acquire,acquisition ACQ Marker MARK
Acquisition zone AZ
Adjust, adjustment ADJ Master MSTR
Aft AFT Maximum MAX
Alarm ALARM May MAY
Anchor watch ANCH Medium pulse MP
Antenna ANT Medium pulse PULSE M
Anti clutter rain RAIN Menu MENU
Anti clutter sea SEA Minimum MIN
Automatic AUTO Minute(s) MIN
Automatic identification AIS Nautical mile(s) NM
system
Bearing BRG Navigation NAV
Bow crossing Range BCR Night NIGHT
Bow crossing time BCT Night NT
Brilliance BRILL Normal NORM
Clear CCLR Normal NORMAL
Closest point of Approach CPA North N
Consistent common reference point CCRP
Contrast CONST North up N UP

Course CRS November NOV

Course up C UP October OCT
Course down C DOWN Off OFF
Course over the ground COG OFFSET OFFSET
Course to the water CTW On ON
Cursor CURS output OUT
Date DATE Own ship OS
Day DAY Panel illumination PANEL
December DEC Parallel index line PI
Destination DEST Past positions past POSN
Delay DELAY Performance monitor MON
Delete DEL Performance monitor PM
Port/portside PORT
Position POSN
Depth DPTH Power PWR
Predicted PRED
Differential GPS DGPS Rain RAIN

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Word Abbreviation Word ABBREVIATION

Display Disp Range RNG
Drift DRIFT Range rings RING
East E Range rings RR
Echo reference REF Rate of turn ROT
Electronic bearing line EBL Real-time kinematic RTK
East E Reference REF
Enter ENT Relative REL
Enter ENTER Map(s) MAP
Error ERR March MAR
Maritime mobile MMSI
services identity
Estimated time of arrival ETA Relative motion RM
External EXT Revolutions per minute RPM
Fathom(s) FM Route ROUTE
February FEB S-band S-BAND
Feet/foot FT Search and rescue SAR
Full FUL Search and rescue SART
transponder
Second(s) SEC
Gain GAIN Select SEL
Global positioning system GPS Ship's time TIME
Grid GRID Short pulse SP
Ground GND
Guard zone GUARD Speed SPD
Guard zone GZ Speed over the ground SOG
Gyro GYRO Speed through water STW
Head up H UP Stabilized STAB
Standby STBY
Heading HDG Starboard/starboard STBD
side
Heading line HL Starboard/starboard STAR BORD
side
Information INFO Symbol(s) SYM

In IN Target TGT
Indication IND Target tracking TT
Integrated navigation system INS Test TEST
Time TIME
Interference rejection IR Time to CPA TCPA
Interval INT Time to go TTG
Track TRK
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Word Abbreviation Word ABBREVIATION

July JUL Trail(s) TRAIL
Trial TRIAL
June JUN Transmit TX
Kilometre KM
Knot(s) KN Trigger pulse TRIG
Latitude LAT Trigger pulse TRIGGER
Latitude/longitude L/L Tune TUNE
Limit LIM True T
Line HL True motion TM
Log LOG Universal time, UTC
coordinated
Long pulse LP Variable range marker VRM
Long pulse PULSE L Vector VECT
Longitude LON Video VID
Lost target LOST TGT Voyage VOY
Magenta MAG Voyage data recorder VDR
Man overboard MOB Warning WARNING
Manual MAN Waypoint WPT
Manual MANUAL X-band X-BAND

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