Viewing Information...........................................................

31

Viewing a Compass....................................................................

31

Viewing Numbers.......................................................................

31

Viewing Trip Information.............................................................

32

Viewing and Customizing Fuel Gauges and Engine Gauges.....

32

Viewing and Customizing Wind Gauges....................................

36

Viewing Tide-station Information................................................

37

Viewing Current Information.......................................................

38

Viewing Celestial Information.....................................................

38

Viewing User Data......................................................................

39

Viewing Other Vessels................................................................

41

Automatic Identification System.................................................

41

Configuring the Chartplotter.............................................

47

Configuring System Settings......................................................

47

Configuring Units of Measure.....................................................

47

Changing the System Language................................................

48

Configuring Navigation Preferences...........................................

48

Configuring Communications Settings.......................................

50

Setting Alarms............................................................................

52

Setting the Total Fuel Onboard Alarm.........................................

53

Configuring My Boat...................................................................

53

Configuring Other Vessels..........................................................

54

Introduction

Using Sonar........................................................................

56

Understanding the Full Screen...................................................

56

Understanding the Split Frequency Screen................................

57

Understanding The Split Zoom Screen......................................

57

Understanding the Depth Log Screen........................................

58

Understanding the Temp Log Screen.........................................

58

Setting Up Sonar........................................................................

59

Advanced Sonar Settings...........................................................

60

Digital Selective Calling (DSC)..........................................

61

Using the Chartplotter with a VHF Radio....................................

61

Adding a DSC Contact...............................................................

62

Viewing the DSC List..................................................................

62

Receiving Distress Calls.............................................................

62

Man-Overboard Distress Calls Initiated from a VHF Radio........

63

Man-Overboard Distress Calls Initiated from the Chartplotter....

63

Position Tracking........................................................................

63

Placing an Individual Routine Call..............................................

64

Calling an AIS Target..................................................................

65

Appendix.............................................................................

66

Specifications.............................................................................

66

Alarms and Messages................................................................

68

Capturing Screenshots...............................................................

71

Caring for the Unit......................................................................

71

Software License Agreement......................................................

72

Index....................................................................................

73

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