11 shallow water alarm, 12 draft, 11 shallow depth alarm – Furuno FE-700 User Manual

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Monochrome (amber) is the default setting. The

Strata display contains multiple colors depending

on the reflectivity from underwater objects of the

sounding pulses. Red is strongest, followed by

brown, orange, yellow, blue, and light blue.

1.11 Shallow Depth Alarm

The shallow depth alarm sounds when the

seabed is shallower than the preset depth. The

default in the NAV position is 20 m. You can

adjust the alarm depth as below:

Activating/deactivating the alarm

1.

Press the MUTE ALARM key to display the

depth alarm setting window.

DEPTH ALARM

10 m

- / +: To set option

2.

Press the [+] or [-] key to change setting

depth. The setting is shown digitally at the

top of the screen and graphically key the

depth alarm line.

When the alarm is activated, the message

“SHALLOW DEPTH ALARM” is displayed at the

center on the screen.

Note:

When the draft setting is –10.0 to –0.1

in the DBS mode, the shallow depth alarm setting

will show a minus value. At this time, the alarm

setting value indication shows “****” and the

alarm function is disabled.

Acknowledging the alarm

You can silence the alarm by pressing the MUTE

ALARM key. The message “SHALLOW DEPTH

ALARM” moves to upper side of the screen.

1.12 Draft

It is necessary to set the draft to use the DBS

display mode, which shows depth below surface.

1.

Select DBS with the MODE control.

“Confirm and set ships draft to use DBS

mode.” appears.

2.

Press the DRAFT key to display the draft

setting window.

0.0 m

-/+: To set option

3.

Press the [+] key to increase the setting

depth and [-] key to decrease it. The setting

depth is -10 to 30 m in steps of 0.1 m.

The above window disappears in 10 seconds.

The draft setting is displayed at the upper right

corner and the range scale is shifted according to

the draft setting.

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