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Radar setup – Lowrance electronic 988-0161-011 User Manual

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Radar Setup

The Radar Setup menu allows you to setup and adjust radar settings,

like Transmit Off Zone and Antenna Park. Most of the settings in the
Radar Setup menu will only have to be set once, but we recommend you

check the settings periodically for general maintenance.

NOTE:

Before starting radar setup, take your vessel out on open water

with fairly calm seas, like an open bay.

The three setup features we want to modify are Adjust Trigger Delay,

Adjust Main Bang Suppression and Adjust Heading Line.
We will set them up in that order, but before making any adjustments,
make sure the display is set to a range of 1/8 nautical miles and that

Gain, Anti-Sea Clutter (STC), Anti-Rain Clutter (FTC), Main Bang

Suppression and Trigger Delay all have been set to zero percent.
Trigger Delay Preparation

Range

1. To reset range to 1/8 nm, make sure you are on the Radar Only page
and press

MENU

.

2. Use

↑ ↓ to select

R

ADAR

R

ANGE

and press

ENT

, which will call up the

Radar Range list. Press

↑ to select 1/8 nm and press

ENT

. You also can

set the range to 1/8 nm from the radar screen by using the

ZIN

and

ZOUT

keys.

Gain

1. To set Gain to zero, press

MENU

, select

G

AIN

and press

ENT

.

2. That will launch the Gain vertical scrollbar. Press

↓ until the Gain is

set to zero percent. Press

EXIT

. (Notice the corresponding value in the

upper right-hand corner of the screen.)

NOTE:

When adjusting Gain back to a useable level, increase the level un-
til you see a light peppering on the display. Also remember, you will

have to adjust gain every time you change ranges.

Anti-Sea Clutter

1. To set Anti-Sea Clutter to zero, press

MENU

, select

A

NTI

-S

EA

C

LUTTER

(STC)

and press

ENT

.

2. That will launch the Anti-Sea Clutter vertical scrollbar. Press

↓ until

the Anti-Sea Clutter is set to zero percent. Press

EXIT

. (Notice the cor-

responding value in the upper right-hand corner of the screen.)