7.6CUSTOMIZING THE SOFT KEYS
The Soft Keys can be individually customized from the default pages (discussed above) to the following: CHART, CHART/COMPASS, CHART/HIGHWAY, NAVIGATION, HIGH-
WAY, CELESTIAL, GPS STATUS, NMEA DISPLAY, NMEA DATA, DEPTH TREND, WIND SPEED TREND, TEMP TREND, SOG TREND, MARKS/WAYPOINTS and
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When the Optional FF520 50/200kHz BLACK BOX FISH FINDER is connected, any Soft Key can be customized to show 50 or 200kHz full page, 50 or 200kHz Chart/Fish split screen and zoom screens.
Figure 7.6 - Window options of the selected Soft Key
1.To change, select the chart page and momentarily press any of the Soft Keys, then press and hold the Soft Key you want to customize.
2.A popup window will be shown with the above settings.
3.Move the ShuttlePoint knob up or down to select the desired page.
4.Press [ENT] or move the ShuttlePoint knob to the right to save the page to the selected Soft Key.
7.7OTHER SETTINGS IN GENERAL SETUP MENU
You will notice the GENERAL SETUP menu has other selections that allow you to customize:
TIME SETUP | Selects a submenu to allow the time setup. It is possible to set the GPS Time Offset, |
| choosing the UTC or Local Time display, and the Time Format, switching 12 or 24 hours |
| time format. |
DATE FORMAT | Allows choosing date format |
COURSE UP/NORTH UP Selections are: North Up where the Top of the page is fixed to North and Course Up
| where the top of the page is orientated to the direction the vessel is heading. |
KEYPAD BEEP | Allows the beep produced when a key is pressed to be turned on or off. |
UNITS OF MEASURE | Units of Measure can be selected for Distance, Speed, Depth, Altitude and Temperature. |
NAV AIDS PRESENTATION Allows the Nav Aids presentation to drawn using NOAA symbology when US is selected or International symbols will be used when International is selected. When selected these
| functions affects how the icons for Lights, Signals, Buoys and beacons are displayed. |
DISPLAY COLOR | Changes the background colors of the chart page to enhance the visibility of the screen |
| depending on the surrounding light conditions. Normal is recommended when the GPS |
| Chart Plotter is not exposed to the direct sunlight. When this mode is set the maps are |
| displayed in order to use colors as similar as possible to ones used in the original paper |
| charts. Classic uses vivid chart colors presentation. NOAA allows setting NOAA paper |
| chart colors presentation. Night is recommended when the environment is dark in order |
| to reduce the glare of the display. The GPS Chart Plotter displays maps and screen in |
| darker colors. Sunlight is designed to enhance the visibility of the screen when the GPS |
| Chart Plotter is exposed to sunlight. The maps are much brighter than in the other modes |
| and the depth areas are filled with the white color so different depth areas not easily |
| distinguishable. |
SHIP ICON | Allows selection of one of 5 choices of ship icons that represent you vessels position |
| shown on the chart page. |
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