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TABLE OF CONTENTS
FOREWORD ........................................... iv
1
OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW ............... 1
1.1
General............................................... 1
1.2
Controls .............................................. 2
1.3
Choosing Display Mode ..................... 3
1.4
Choosing Presentation Mode............. 4
1.5
Charts ................................................. 5
1.5.1
Displaying a chart ..................... 5
1.5.2
Chart, cursor position
correction ................................. 5
1.6
Setting up the Video Plotter Display... 6
1.6.1
Hiding/Showing graphics.......... 6
1.6.2
Hiding/Showing nav data.......... 7
2
TRACK ................................................ 9
2.1
Stopping Plotting of Own Ship's
Track ........................................................ 9
2.2
Stopping Plotting of Other Ship’s
Track ........................................................ 9
2.3
Track Plotting Interval....................... 10
2.3.1
Choosing track plotting
interval ................................... 10
2.3.2
Finding track memory used .... 10
2.4
Smoothing ........................................ 11
2.5
Erasing Track.................................... 11
2.6
Own Ship Track Color ...................... 12
2.7
Other Ship Track Color..................... 12
3
MARKS, LINES ................................. 13
3.1
Choosing Method of Entry................ 13
3.2
Entering Marks/Lines........................ 13
3.2.1
Entering marks/lines at cursor
or own ship position............... 13
3.2.2
Entering marks at desired
position .................................. 14
3.2.3
Line change feature................ 14
3.3
Mark/Line Color ................................ 15
3.4
Erasing Marks/Lines......................... 15
3.4.1
Erasing individual marks......... 15
3.4.2
Erasing all marks and all lines 15
3.4.3
Erasing line segments ............ 15
3.5
Finding Mark/Line Memory Used ..... 16
4
WAYPOINTS, NAVIGATION LINES ...17
4.1
Entering Waypoints...........................17
4.1.1
Entering waypoints at cursor
position...................................17
4.1.2
Entering waypoints at specific
position...................................17
4.1.3
Entering waypoints at own ship
position...................................18
4.2
The Waypoint List.............................18
4.3
Displaying Waypoints .......................19
4.3.1
Displaying waypoints ..............19
4.3.2
Displaying waypoints from a
navigator ................................19
4.4
Deleting Waypoints...........................20
4.4.1
Deleting individual waypoints .20
4.4.2
Deleting all waypoints .............20
4.5
Navigation Lines ...............................20
4.5.1
Entering new navigation line...20
4.5.2
Adding waypoints to navigation
lines........................................21
4.5.3
Removing waypoints from
navigation lines ......................21
4.5.4
Nav line list..............................21
4.5.5
Deleting individual navigation
lines........................................21
4.5.6
Deleting all navigation lines ....21
4.5.7
Setting up navigation lines......22
4.5.8
Displaying navigation lines .....24
5
RECORDING, REPLAYING DATA .....25
5.1
Formatting Memory Cards................25
5.2
Recording Data.................................26
5.3
Replaying Data .................................26
6
OTHER PLOTTER FUNCTIONS........27
6.1
Initial Settings ...................................27
6.2
Longitude Error Table (on 96 nm
range scale) ...........................................28
7
AIS OPERATION................................31
7.1
Turning AIS Feature On/Off..............31
7.2
Turning AIS Display On/Off ..............32
7.3
Activating Targets .............................32