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3. Press the
to highlight
ANCHOR ALARM,
then press the
menu key.
4. Press the
to turn the alarm to
ON
.
5. Press the
to move the cursor right, and use
the
to specify the distance the boat can normally
be expected to move on its anchor chain (add a safety fac-
tor to allow for GPS or loran inaccuracy).
6. Press the
key.
Remember to set the anchor alarm to
OFF
before
intentionally
moving away from the anchor-drop point.
Setting the
cross-track distance
The
CROSS TRACK
alarm lets you specify the maximum dis-
tance the boat is permitted to move from the track line before
it sounds an alarm. You can turn the cross-track alarm to
ON
or
OFF
, and specify the alarm distance from the track line.
1. Press the
to highlight
CROSS TRACK
, then
press the
menu key.
2. Press the
to turn the alarm to
ON
.
3. If you want to change the limit at which the cross-track
alarm alerts you, press the
to move the
cursor right, and use the
to specify the distance
at which you want to be alerted.
4. Press the
key.
Setting the arrive
radius
The
ARRIVE RADIUS
alarm signals you when you come within
a specified distance of the next waypoint. You can specify the
distance of the radius around waypoints to as close as 0.01 nm.
NOTE:
Keep the arrive radius distance very small because the unit automatically
begins to sequence to the next waypoint when you come within the arrival
distance you’ve set for the current waypoint.
1. Press the
to highlight
ARRIVE RADIUS
,
then press the
menu key.
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