DSM250 User’s Manual

5.2.7.4 Boat Speed

This menu item allows you to select the units to be used for the display of all boat speed-related information. Units that may be selected are the following:

Knots

Miles/Hour

Km/Hour

Meters/second

5.2.7.5 Wind Speed

This menu item allows you to select the units to be used for the display of all wind speed-related information. Units that may be selected are the following:

Knots

Miles/Hour

Km/Hour

Beaufort

Meters/second

5.2.7.6 Wind True Vessel Ref.

This menu items allows you to select whether the true wind direction and speed referenced to the vessel are relative to the water or the ground. Sailors are generally interested in measurements relative to the water while power boaters are interested in measurements relative to the ground. Station is for home applications (i.e., fixed mounting location unlike a vessel that changes direction). Formats that may be selected are the following:

Water

Ground

Station

5.2.7.7 Temperature

This menu item allows you to select the units to be used for the display of all temperature-related information. Units that may be selected are the following:

°F

°C

5.2.7.8 Atmospheric Pressure

This menu item allows you to select the units to be used for the display of atmospheric (barometric) pressure. Units that may be selected are the following:

Inches Mercury (in Hg)

Bar

Millibars

Millimeters Mercury (mm Hg)

kPa

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Maretron DSM250-01 user manual Boat Speed, Wind Speed, Wind True Vessel Ref, Temperature, Atmospheric Pressure