FURUNO X-BAND FAR 2817/2827 MAGNETRON REPLACEMENT GUIDE

1. SWITCH OFF THE RADAR FROM MAINS

2. OPEN THE ANTENNA COVER BY UNSCREWING THE FOUR NUTS HOLDING IT (GENERAL VIEW)

GENERAL VIEW
3. REFER TO PHOTO 2 AND DISCONNECT THE FOLLOWING CABLES:

PM-31 CONNECTOR (BLACK CONNECTOR) (1.1)

RIBBON CABLE (1.2)
COAXIAL VIDEO CABLE (1.3)
HIGH VOLTAGE CABLE (1.4)
COOLING FAN CABLE (1.5)

4. UNSCREW THE TWO SCREWS SECURING THE TRASCEIVER (1.6)

PHOTO 1
5. CAREFULLY TAKE OUT THE TRANSCEIVER BY PULLING IT OUT SLOWLY
6. TAKE THE TRANSCEIVER TO WORKSHOP. REFER TO PHOTO 2
7. UNSCREW THE TRANSCEIVER COVER (2.1) BY REMOVING THE 6 SCREWS MARKED BELOW

PHOTO 2
8. MARK THE TWO MAGNETRON WIRES (YELLOW AND GREEN) AND DE-SOLDER THEM (2.2)
9. REMOVE THE FOUR SCREWS SECURING THE MAGNETRON AND REMOVE IT (2.3)
10. INSTALL THE NEW MAGNETRON AND SECURE WITH THE FOUR SCREWS
11. SOLDER THE YELLOW AND GREEN WIRES. IF THE WIRES ARE LONG, REDUCE LENGTH ACCORDINGLY IN
ORDER TO NOT ALLOW EXCESS WIRE TOUCHING THE MAGNETRON, OTHERWISE ARCHING MAY OCCUR.
12. PLACE BACK THE TRANCEIVER COVER IN STEP 7
13. SLOT THE TRANSCEIVER BACK IN RADAR
14. CONNECT THE PM-31 CONNECTOR, RIBBON CABLE, VIDEO CABLE, HIGH VOLTAGE CABLE AND COOLOING
FAN CABLE IN STEP 3.
15. SECURE THE TRANSCEIVER WITH THE SCREWS REMOVED IN STEP 4

DURING THIS STEP, ALSO CHECK THE MOTOR CARBON BRUSHES (PHOTO 3) IF IN BAD CONDITION, REPLACE
WITH SPARE IF EXIST ON BOARD. NORMALLY ONE SPARE SET EXISTS INSIDE SCANNER UNIT OR IN BOX WITH
SPARE FUSES. IF NOT EXISTING ONBOARD, ISSUE RELEVANT REQUISITION
ALSO, INSPECT THE INTERIOR OF THE SCANNER UNIT. CHECK FOR SIGNS OF WATER INGRESS AND CONDITION
OF CASING, INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL. CHECK ALSO THE RADIATOR ASSEMBLY (THE ROTATING PART OF THE
SCANNER UNIT) FOR ANY VERTICAL PLAY SIDEWAYS.
PLEASE REPORT CONDITION OF ALL MENTIONED ITEMS AND ALSO SEND PHOTOS OF THE INTERIOR AND
EXTERIOR OF ANTENNA UNIT UPON COMPLETION.

PHOTO 3

16. PUT BACK AND TIGHT THE ANTENNA COVERS

17. SWITCH ON THE RADAR AND LET IT WARM UP FOR AT LEAST 45 MINUTES
18. TRANSMIT THE RADAR ON 48NM RANGE, GAIN ABT 70-80, SEA/RAIN FILTERS REDUCED
19. PRESS MENU, SELECT NO.1 “ECHO” AND SELECT “TUNE INITIALIZE”
20. ECHOES WILL APPEAR ON THE SCREEN AND INDICATION “TUNE INITIALIZE” WILL FLASH RED. WHEN THAT
STOPS, TUNE PROCESS IS FINISHED.
21. EXIT THIS MENU & TRANSMIT AGAIN TO CONFIRM RADAR OPERATION IS GOOD.
22. PLACE THE CURSOR TO “MENU” ICON. WHILE HOLDING “HL OFF” KEY, PRESS 5 TIMES THE “MENU” KEY. THE
“INITIALIZE” MENU WILL APPEAR
23. SELECT NO.4 “INSTALLATION”
24. RESET THE COUNTERS IN NO.9 “TX TIME”
25. EXIT THE MENU
26. RESTART THE RADAR
27. REPLACEMENT COMPLETED. PLACE A LABEL WITH REPLACEMENT DATE FOR FUTURE REFERENCE