Furuno GD-3300, GP-3300 manual Trackball, Cursor, Turning the cursor on/off

1.4 The Trackball

The main function of the trackball is to shift the cursor and the display. The dis- play may be shifted when the cursor is turned off; the cursor when it is turned on.

Figure 1-5 Operating the trackball, shifting the picture (cursor off)

1.5 The Cursor

The cursor functions to

•Find latitude and longitude of a location

•Find range and bearing from your ship to position selected

•Enter and erase marks, lines and waypoints

Note: You can select cursor configuration (cross hairs or entire screen cursor) on the INITIAL SETTINGS menu (keying sequence: [MENU], [8]). The default cursor configuration is the cross hairs.

Turning the cursor on/off

Each press of the [CURSOR ON/OFF] key turns the cursor on/off.

With the cursor on, operate the trackball or the arrow keys to shift the cursor. Use the trackball for general placement and the arrow keys for fine tuning. The cursor moves in the direction of the trackball moves. When the cursor reaches the edge of the display, the display shifts in the opposite direction.

Figure 1-6 Shifting the cursor

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