Product specifications

Chapter 2: Getting Started & Adjusting the Display 2-3
Switching the Display
On and Off
After 70 seconds, when the magnetron warm-up sequence is complete, the
Standby screen is displayed, with the text STANDBY and a prompt to press the
POWER key to enter Transmit mode.
➤ To switch the radar scanner from Stand-by mode to Transmit mode, press the
POWER key.
The scanner transmits pulsed energy while it rotates, and the antenna sweep
builds up the radar picture using echoes returned from targets.
Figure 2-2: Radar Transmit Mode
➤ Youcan switch on andadjustthedisplaybacklighting asdescribedlater inthis
chapter.
➤ To switch to Stand-by mode, press the POWER key.
The display returns to the Stand-by screen, and the scanner transmission and
rotation stops.
➤ To use Scanner off mode:
1. Ensure that the radar is in Standby mode, warming up, or (if the unit is a
Repeater) displaying a message that radar data is not available.
2. Pressthe CLEAR key. The message STANDBY. RADAR DATA NOT AVAILABLE
appearsin the radar picture. The scanner is powered down and the timer, if
running, is cleared.
To return to radar operation, press the POWER key. The warm-up countdown
isdisplayedandtheradargoesintoStandby mode.You pressPOWER againto
switch to Transmit mode when required.