Furuno GP-1850F Highway Display, How to read the XTE scale, Setting the range of the XTE scale

How to read the XTE scale

The black boat-shaped mark shows own boat’s movement and direction, and amount to steer to return to course. Using Figure 3- 13 as an example, you would steer right by

000.02nautical miles to return to course. When this mark is out of range of the XTE scale, the mark color changes from black to yellow. The range of the XTE scale can be set as shown below (default: 0.5 nm).

Setting the range of the XTE scale

1.Press the soft key EDIT XT-LMT to dis- play the following window.

EDIT XTE LIMIT

0. 1nm

Figure 3-14 XTE range setting window

2.Use the cursor pad to select digit to change.

3.Press appropriate alphanumeric key.

4.Repeat steps 2 and 3.

5.Press the [ENTER] key. To cancel entry, press the soft key CANCEL.

Note that all digits may be cleared by press- ing the [CLEAR] key.

3.8Highway Display

The highway display provides a graphic pre- sentation of ship’s track along intended course. It is useful for monitoring XTE - the XTE scale shows direction and amount in nautical miles to steer to return to course. In the figure below, for example, you would steer right by 0.02 nm to return to course.

Press the [PLOT] key once or twice to show the highway display.

Course	Speed
Waypoint mark	Range to waypoint
& name	Bearing to waypoint

001WPT		BRG	9 4 . 6 °	HIGHWAY
		RNG	1 . 8 8 n m
CSE 87.8		SPD	10.0 kt
		WPT001
YUUKI			FISH01
0.1NM	X T E		0 . 0 2 n m	0.1NM
				EDIT
DGPS 3D
				XT- LMT

XTE	Indicates the
	direction to steer Own ship
indication
range
	Amount of XTE in nautical miles

Waypoint

Figure 3-15 Highway display

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