Furuno GP-170 User Manual

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
FOREWORD................................................................................................................... vi
SYSTEM CONFIGURATIONS....................................................................................... vii
1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW.................................................................................1-1
1.1 Controls ......................................................................................................................1-1
1.2 How to Turn the Power On/Off ...................................................................................1-3
1.3 How to Adjust the Brilliance of the Display and Panel................................................1-4
1.4 How to Select the Display Mode.................................................................................1-5
1.5 Main Menu Overview..................................................................................................1-8
1.6 List Overview ..............................................................................................................1-9
1.7 Context Menu Overview ...........................................................................................1-10
2. PLOTTER DISPLAY OVERVIEW, TRACK ...........................................................2-1
2.1 How to Set the Display ...............................................................................................2-1
2.1.1 How to select the background color ...............................................................2-1
2.1.2 How to zoom in or out the display ..................................................................2-1
2.1.3 How to change the display orientation ...........................................................2-1
2.1.4 How to turn the cursor on/off, change cursor size..........................................2-2
2.1.5 How to move the cursor .................................................................................2-2
2.1.6 How to shift the display ..................................................................................2-2
2.1.7 How to center the cursor position or ship's position .......................................2-3
2.1.8 How to show or hide the grid and change its color.........................................2-3
2.1.9 How to show or hide the XTL line and change its color .................................2-3
2.1.10 How to show or hide the heading line and change its color ...........................2-4
2.1.11 How to set the COG vector ............................................................................2-4
2.1.12 How to display the time mark .........................................................................2-5
2.1.13 How to display the names for marks and waypoints ......................................2-5
2.1.14 How to show or hide the weather data ...........................................................2-5
2.2 Bearing Reference......................................................................................................2-6
2.2.1 How to select bearing reference.....................................................................2-6
2.2.2 How to set the magnetic variation ..................................................................2-6
2.3 About Tracks ..............................................................................................................2-7
2.3.1 How to start or stop plotting and recording of the track..................................2-7
2.3.2 How to set the track plotting interval ..............................................................2-7
2.3.3 How to set the track color ...............................................................................2-8
2.3.4 How to erase the track ...................................................................................2-8
3. MARKS ..................................................................................................................3-1
3.1 How to Enter a Mark on the Plotter Display................................................................3-1
3.1.1 How to preset mark appearance ....................................................................3-1
3.1.2 How to enter a mark at the cursor position.....................................................3-2
3.1.3 How to enter a mark from the mark list ..........................................................3-2
3.2 How to Enter an Event Mark.......................................................................................3-5
3.2.1 How to preset event mark appearance ..........................................................3-5
3.2.2 How to enter an event mark at own ship’s position ........................................3-5
3.2.3 How to enter an event mark from the mark list...............................................3-5
3.3 How to Enter a MOB Mark on the Plotter Display ......................................................3-6
3.4 How to Edit a Mark or an Event Mark.........................................................................3-7
3.5 How to Erase Marks ...................................................................................................3-8
4. ROUTES ................................................................................................................4-1
4.1 How to Create a Route ...............................................................................................4-1

Furuno GP-170 Specifications

General

Brand	Furuno
Model	GP-170
Category	GPS
Language	English