5. CUSTOMIZING YOUR UNIT

Contents of general setup menu

Item

Description

Settings

Default Setting

Key Beep

Turns key beep on/off.

On, Off

On

Language

Chooses menu language.

English, French,

English

 

 

German, Italian,

 

 

 

Portuguese, Spanish

 

Range Unit

Chooses unit of range and speed

nm, kt; km, km/h; sm,

nm, kt

 

measurement.

mph; nm & yd, kt; nm &

 

 

 

m, kt; km & m, km/h; sm

 

 

 

& yd, mph

 

Temperature

Chooses unit of water temperature

°C,°F

°F

Unit

measurement.

 

 

Depth Unit

Chooses unit of depth measurement.

ft, m, fa,

ft

 

 

P/B (Passi/Braza)

 

Temperature

Chooses source of water temperature

ETR, NMEA. Select ETR

NMEA

Source

data.

to show water

 

 

 

temperature data fed

 

 

 

from the network

 

 

 

sounder.

 

Depth Source

Chooses source of depth data.

ETR, NMEA. Select ETR

NMEA

 

 

to show depth data fed

 

 

 

from the network

 

 

 

sounder.

 

Reset Trip

Resets distance run to zero.

Yes, No

No

Log

 

 

 

Lat/Lon

Chooses how many digits (or seconds)

DD°MM.MM’,

DD°MM.MMMM’

Display

to display after decimal point in latitude

DD°MM.MMM’,

 

 

and longitude position.

DD°MM.MMMM’,

 

 

 

DD°MM’SS.S”

 

TD Display

Chooses TD type.

Loran C, Decca

Loran C

Speed

Chooses speed format to display.

SOG (Speed over

SOG

 

 

ground), STW (Speed

 

 

 

through water)

 

Position

Chooses position display format.

LAT/LON, TD

LAT/LON

Display

 

 

 

Time Display

Chooses time notation.

12 hours, 24 hours

24 hours

Infrared

A remote controller can be set

A, B, C, D

A

Remote

exclusively for use with a specific

 

 

Mode

display unit, in the case of multiple

 

 

 

NavNet display units. For further details

 

 

 

see the Installation Manual.

 

 

Range &

Chooses how to calculate range and

Rhumb Line: Straight

Rhumb Line

Bearing

bearing.

line drawn between two

 

Mode

 

points on a nautical

 

 

 

chart.

 

 

 

Great Circle: Shortest

 

 

 

course between two

 

 

 

points on the surface of

 

 

 

the earth.

 

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1833C, 1933C, 1943C specifications

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