Furuno GP-1850WDF manual Highway Display, How to read the XTE indication, XTE range setting window

3. PLOTTER DISPLAYS

How to read the XTE indication

The black boat-shaped mark shows own boat’s movement and direction, and the amount to steer to return to course. Using the figure shown on the previous page as an example, you would steer right by 000.02 nautical 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.

Setting the range of the XTE scale

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

EDIT XTE LIMIT

0. 1nm

XTE range setting window

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

3.Press appropriate alphanumeric key.

4.Press the [ENTER] key. To cancel entry, press the CANCEL soft key instead of the [ENTER] key.

Note that all digits may be cleared by pressing the [CLEAR] key.

3.9Highway Display

The highway display provides a graphic presentation of ship’s 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 several times 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	Own ship
	direction to steer
scale
	(Right: green, Left: red)

Amount of XTE in nautical miles

Waypoint

Highway display

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