2. OPERATION

Display menu

Item

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Description

 

 

Setting

 

Selects the speed of scrolling by pressing ▲ or ▼.

 

 

 

 

Slow: Scrolls by one line.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scrolling

Fast: Scrolls by half of screen.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Slow, Fast,

Skips to $$:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Skip to $$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scrolls line by line in list display; Skips to $$ position in detailed

 

 

display.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Small,

Font Size

Selects the size of characters.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Medium,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Large

Time Display

Selects the time format.

 

 

 

 

 

 

24 hour,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12 hour

Date Display

Selects the date format.

 

 

 

 

 

 

MMM DD YYY,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DD MMM YYYY,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

YYYY MMM DD

 

Selects the type of data as user display to be shown at the

 

 

bottom of the display.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nav Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date

 

 

 

 

 

MAY 07 2005

00:00:18

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Own ship's

 

 

 

 

12 34. 001 ' N

 

 

 

 

position

 

 

 

123 45. 001 ' E

 

 

 

 

Ship's speed

 

 

 

SOG 1. 6 kt

 

COG 56. 9

 

 

Course

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[ ][ ] SCROLL

[ ][ ] CHANGE FREQ

 

 

 

Off,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[MENU] MENU

[ENT] SHOW MESSAGE

 

 

 

User Display

 

 

 

 

 

 

[LIST] LIST MENU [PRINT] PRINT MENU

 

 

 

Nav Data,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Distance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Distance

Distance between the positions shown in the message and own ship's when receiving.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DISTANCE

23.4nm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[ ][ ] SCROLL

[ ][ ] CHANGE FREQ

 

 

 

 

 

[MENU] MENU

[ENT] SHOW MESSAGE

 

 

 

 

 

[LIST] LIST MENU [PRINT] PRINT MENU

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Speed

Selects the speed format to be displayed.

SOG: Speed Over Ground

 

 

SOG, STW

Display

 

 

STW: Speed Through Water

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contrast

Sets the display contrast.

 

 

0 to 9

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Furuno NX-700A manual Display menu Description Setting, Skips to $$, Nav Data, Distance

NX-700A specifications

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