What Does The Radar Status Bar Show; What Is The Radar Orientation - NorthStar 8000i System Operation Manual

the PPI position. This is the location of your vessel and the radar sweep is
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centered around this.
any land
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any stationary targets
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any moving targets
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any target trails.
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21.5

What does the radar status bar show?

The status bar is shown at the top of all the Radar screens. Use it to quickly check
the:
radar range
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the spacing value between the range rings
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radar orientation (Head Up, North Up, Course Up)
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motion mode (True Motion, Relative Motion)
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radar status (Off, Transmit, Standby)
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the range and bearing from the cursor position OR the Lat/Long if a GPS
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position is available (select the currently displayed item in the status bar to
toggle to the other item)
Any changes that you make to these settings are immediately shown in the status
bar.
21.6

What is the radar orientation?

The radar orientation is shown in the status bar along the top of your Radar screen.
If heading data is not available from a compass, the radar orientation is
automatically set to HeadUp.
If heading data is available from a compass, there are three choices of radar
orientation:
HeadUp means that the radar image rotates underneath your vessel, so the
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direction in which you are heading is pointing to the top of your Radar screen.
You can easily compare the visual view in front of your vessel with the Radar
screen.
NorthUp works only when heading data from a heading sensor is available.
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True North is always at the top of your Radar screen. You can easily compare
the Radar screen to a chart in North Up.
CourseUp works only when heading data from a heading sensor is available
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and there is an active route. It means that your desired heading is always
pointing to the top of your Radar screen so that you can compare the leg
bearing of the active route with the Radar screen. (If you're in Course Up
orientation but don't have an active route, the 8000i uses Head Up orientation
until a route is made active.)
HeadUp is the default orientation.
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