8Use the chart views

There are five chart views:

Planning

Underway

Fishing

Anchored

Local View

Chart Views can be customized to suit your preferences and allow you to use the Chart screen for these different activities with just one setting.

You can save yourself a lot of time by storing your preferred Chart screen settings for each chart view.

8.1Default settings for the chart views

The five chart views have the following default settings:

 

 

Planning

 

Underway

 

Fishing

 

Anchored

 

Local

Chart scale

1:150,000

1:20,000

1:20,000

1:20,000

1:20,000

Chart center

1:150,000

1:20,000

1:20,000

1:20,000

1:20,000

Show boat

 

Off

 

On

 

On

 

On

 

On

Show boat mode

 

Center

 

Look Ahead

 

Center

 

Center

 

Center

Chart orientation

 

North Up

 

Course Up

 

Head Up

 

North Up

 

Head Up

Guard zone

 

Off

 

On

 

Off

 

Off

 

Off

Predictor

 

Off

 

On

 

Off

 

On

 

Off

Track

 

Off

 

On

 

Off

 

Off

 

Off

Boat symbol

 

Boat

 

Boat

 

Boat

 

Boat

 

Boat

Chart detail

 

Full

 

Standard

 

Full

 

Full

 

Full

Tides Info

 

On

 

Off

 

On

 

Off

 

On

Shade safe depths

 

Off

 

On

 

Off

 

On

 

Off

Hide safe soundings

 

Off

 

On

 

Off

 

Off

 

Off

Light sectors

 

Off

 

Off

 

Off

 

Off

 

Off

Chart text

 

On

 

On

 

On

 

On

 

On

Chart boundary

 

Off

 

Off

 

Off

 

Off

 

Off

Lat/Long grid

 

Off

 

Off

 

Off

 

Off

 

Off

Ports/Marinas

 

On

 

On

 

On

 

On

 

On

overlay

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chart object overlay

 

On

 

Off

 

On

 

On

 

On

Radar overlay

 

Off

 

On

 

On

 

Off

 

Off

 

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NorthStar Navigation 8000I operation manual Use the chart views, Default settings for the chart views

8000I specifications

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