Furuno GP-1850WF Steering Display, Beacon information display, How to read the compass display

Beacon information display

The DGPS beacon receiver-equipped model, can show DGPS reference station information. Press the BEACON INFO soft key to show the DGPS reference station information.

DGPS reference station information

Receive data status

Beacon receiver setting status

		BEACON
MODE		INFO
	AUTO SEARCH
FREQ	288.0kHz
BAUD	200 BPS
RATE
RECEIVED DATA:		OK
BEACON STATION:		OK
SS		75
SN		21
DGPS 3D		RETURN

Signal strength (SS),

Signal to noise ratio (SN)

Beacon information display

SS:SS (Signal Strength) displays a numeric representation of field strength of the received signal on the selected frequency. The higher the number the stronger the received signal. (should read at least 60.) If noise is present at reception band width, the figure gets bigger.

SN: SN (Signal-to-Noise) ratio displays the ratio between the desired signal and unwanted noise on the selected frequency. The higher the SN ratio the better the quality of the signal. (should read at least 21.)

Note: If your equipment does not have a DPGS receiver, the message “NO DIFFERENTIAL DATA” appears when the BEACON INFO soft key is pressed. Also when connecting with the external beacon receiver, this message appears.

3. PLOTTER DISPLAYS

3.8Steering Display

The steering display provides steering information such as range, bearing, ETA to destination, course and speed.

Press the [PLOT] key several times to show the steering display.

Course

Compass bearing

Estimated time of arrival

Speed

Range from own ship to waypoint

Waypoint name

Bearing from	Course indicator
own ship to
	Bearing to waypoint
waypoint

	0 0 1 - W P			CROSS
				TRACK
230	240		250	260
BRG 2 4 7 . 0 °		RNG	2 7 . 2 n m
CSE 2 4 5 . 0 °		SPD	1 3 . 6 k t
TTG	1h 59m	ETA	29th 14:50
0.1nm	X T E	0 0 0 . 0 2 n m		0.1nm
				EDIT
DGPS 3D
				XT-LMT

XTE scale	Indicates the	Own ship
	direction to steer
XTE	(Right: green, Left: red)

indication Amount of XTE in nautical miles range

Time-to-go to waypoint

Steering display

How to read the compass display

The solid inverted triangle at the center of the compass shows own ship’s course. The hollow inverted triangle shows the bearing to destination waypoint. When own ship’s course is changed, the hollow inverted triangle moves with course change.

Note: Course means the direction which own ship moves to. It is different from own ship’s direction. Tidal current and wind may affect the course.

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