Furuno 1724C Plotter Setup, Navigation options, Plotter setup menu Contents of plotter setup menu

7. CUSTOMIZING YOUR UNIT

7.3Plotter Setup

This paragraph provides the information necessary for setting up the plotter display.

7.3.1Navigation options

Navigation options, for example, waypoint switching method, may be set on the PLOTTER SETUP menu. For C-MAP specification, this menu is followed by the PLOTTER SETTINGS menu.

1.Show the plotter display, then press the MENU key open the main menu.

2.Press the PLOTTER SETUP soft key.

WAYPOINT SWITCHING ARRVL ALM CRCL

COURSE VECTOR

LINE

SET GOTO METHOD 1POINT

QP

INTERNAL SAFE ROUTE CHECK*

OFF

POPUP INFO POINTS ON

QPT/MARK SOFT KEY QUICK POINT

SHIP SHAPE BOAT(L)

PLOTTER SETUP

EDIT

D. BOX

RETURN

	*: C-MAP only.
	Plotter setup menu
	Contents of plotter setup menu
Item	Description	Settings
Waypoint	Chooses waypoint switching method. See	Perpendicular, Arrvl Alm
Switching	“switching waypoints” on page 3-45.	Crcl, Manual
Course	You may extend a line from the own ship position to	Vector, Line, Off
Vector	show ship’s course. It may be a vector (length
	depends on ship’s speed) or a simple line (course
	bar).
Set GOTO	Sets the method by which to navigate to a quick	1 Point, 35 Points,
Method	point. See “3.10.1 Navigating to a quick point.”	35 Pts/Port Service
QP	Set “EXT WPT (RMB)” when a destination waypoint	EXT WPT (RMB),
	is displayed from a external navigation equipment.	Internal
Safe Route	The safe route check feature checks for interfering	On, Off
Check	objects (such as wrecks) within a route when
(C-MAP only)	creating or editing a route.

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