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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