Interphase Tech Star Pilot 6 manual PositionMode, SavingPresentPositionAs A lVaypoint

(1) PositionMode

ChoosingKey #1 fiom theMenu Screenwill call Lrpthc Position ScreenThe. upperpartof thedisplaywill rcad"No Destination" whenno waypointsarestoredor selecteclancl.u ill showeithera waypointnameor a routeandwaypointIlameu hen onehasbeen preselected.

The Star Pilot 6 usesGPSsatellitesignalsto calcttlate current positionin LatitudeandLongitudeThis. positiorris displavedin large,easyto readdigitsin thecenterpartof theclisplar'\'ttucan changewhatinformationis displayedin this larsebor br prcsstn-Q the SMAL softkeywhich will immediatelychangcttt- rcitciL.\RG. Now you canchangethedatain the largebor br prersitruthe< > arrowkeyson eithersideof Key #0. Pressirtgthc-> arrou advances the informationdisplayfrom Latll-on to SOG/(-OC;the. RNG/BRG. VMG/DMG, SOA/RBA .ETAIfTG . DATE/TI\lE . MAG VAR and backto Latll-on(seeAdvancedNavigatiorlCiuiclcon Page22 for

definitionsof abbreviations)Pressin. -the< arrow'key reversesthe orderof advance.

The lower lefi partof thedisplayhasir smalldatabor r"hichalways showsaltitudeandthesignalrcccir.'ingstatus.3D or 2D display

meansyour presentpositionis ctlrt'clttOLD. displa)means- no positionfixesarebeingupdated.SccPage22 o1'AdvancedNaviga- tion Guidefor moredetails.

Notethatthealtitudewill onlr bc clispllvccli1'theStar Pilot 6 has fixesfiom fbur satellitesandis operatingin the3D mode. The altitudeaccuracywill lluctuatcplusor Ittit.ttts50 rneters,which is the normaltolerancefor GPSaltitudcspecit'icatitlrls.

The lowerrightpartof thc displal is anothcrsntallclatabox which is userconfi-eurablein thesatncwa\ asthe largcdatabor described abovc. Whenthe sofikel'rcaclsSMAL. r'oucnnchangethecontents of the box by pressingthe< > arror.vket's.

You canswitchto otheroperatingmodc-sb1'rcturningto the Menu Screenor. instantlyswitchbackandfbrthbetwccnPositionPlot,. NavigateandStatusModesb1'pressinthe- #1 .#1 .#3 or# - 5keys whenin thosemodes.You canalsctgetto theWaypointandSetUp Modesby pressing#4 and#6, but vou canonly'returnto theother modesthroughthe Menu Screentiorn thcsetwo tnodes.When you switchbetweenoperatingmodes,the lastdisplayssetwill becomethe defaultswhenyou returnto thedifferentoperatingmodes.

SavingPresentPositionAs A lVaypoint

If you wish to savethecurrentpositionvicwedon thePositionScreen asa waypoint,pressthe softkeyunderthe labelSAVE on the display.

Upon pressingtheSAVE key, theSavePresentPositionWindow opensto revealyour WaypointLog. The WaypointLog scrollsto the first emptylocationanddatestampsthepositionThe. displaycursor will identifythislocation .

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