Mahuja....no I'm not Japanese. I chose the name cos it's in the book I'm reading at the moment; Tom Clancy's "Debt of Honour". It's one of the Japanese subs in the book, means "Black Tide" apparently...nice name for a sub INMHO.
Thanks for the clearup with the bearing issue...can't believe I went so long without ever reading that anywhere. SH3 would've made a lot more sense if I'd known before.
Hi SeaQueen

....yeah I'll stick to TMA but rereading the sectiion in the manual last night gave me a migraine...

I was beginning to sort of get the gist when I came to the part that says"Contacts marked in Active Sonar, Radar and Stadimeter appear as a bearing/range pair on the TMA board." What?
Bellman, I am in fact trying to master the Kilo because logical thinking would make it closest to a WW2 sub of which I am a bit used too, the Kilo being diesel and all. Though I found it's like going from a horse-and-cart to the latest Mercedes Benz car.