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Displaying the radar screen, Displaying the “top line” status header – Raymarine Marine GPS System User Manual

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Advanced Navigator Functions

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Displaying the Radar Screen

Data from your Pathfinder PLUS Radar can be repeated in a separate
RayTech Navigator window or overlaid on a chart.

To display radar data in a separate window:

1. Make sure the radar is operational and correctly connected

to the PC.

2. Power on the radar unit.

3. Click

File/Open

. The Open window appears.

4. Double click the

Radar

icon. The radar window opens with

the radar function in Standby mode.

5. From the Pathfinder Panel, click the

POWER

button.

Radar data is repeated over hsb

2

and displayed in the window.

To overlay radar data on top of a chart:

1. Open a chart for your current area.

2. Click the Radar Overlay button

on the

toolbar. Radar data is displayed over the chart.

3. Click the down arrow adjacent to the Radar Overlay window.

The transparency slider appears.

4. Move the transparency slider up/down to decrease/increase

the overlay's transparency over the chart.

Displaying the “Top Line” Status Header

You can display a "Top Line" header above the radar window that
shows current status of the radar display settings.

To display the Top Screen:

1. From within the Radar Window, click the right mouse button.

2. Select

View/Top Line

to toggle the Top Line on.

The informational header appears at the top of the radar
window displaying range, rings, course, heading, which
settings are set for automatic from GAIN, SEA and TUNE,
and whether Interference Rejection (IR) or Target Expansion
(EXP) have been set.

3. Click the right mouse button and select

View/Top Line

again

to toggle the Top Line off. The top line header disappears
and the size of the radar window is maximized.