Furuno GD-1700C, GD-1700, GD-1710C User Manual

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COLOR VIDEO PLOTTER GD-1700C COLOR VIDEO PLOTTER GD-1710C VIDEO PLOTTER GD-1700

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*OME44090H00**OME44090H00*

Nishinomiya, JapanNishinomiya, Japan

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PUB.No.PUB.No. OME-44090OME-44090

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HH :: APR.APR. 09,200409,2004

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GD-1700/1700C/1710CGD-1700/1700C/1710C

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SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

WARNING

ELECTRICAL SHOCK HAZARD

Do not open the equipment.

Only qualified personnel should work inside the equipment.

Do not disassemble or modify the equipment.

Fire, electrical shock or serious injury can result.

Immediately turn off the power at the switchboard if the equipment is emitting smoke or fire.

Continued use of the equipment can cause fire or electrical shock. Contact a FURUNO agent for service.

CAUTION

No one navigation device should ever be solely replied upon for the navigation of a vessel.

Always confirm position against all available aids to navigation, for safety of vessel and crew.

A warning label is attached to the equipment. Do not remove the label. If the label is missing or damaged, contact a FURUNO agent or dealer about replacement.

WARNING

To avoid electrical shock, do not remove cover. No user-serviceable parts inside.

Name: Warning Label (1) Type: 86-003-1011-0 Code No.: 100-236-230

Keep heater away from equipment.

A heater can melt the equipment's power cord, which can cause fire or electrical shock.

Use the proper fuse.

Fuse rating is shown on the power cable. Use of a wrong fuse can result in damage to the equipment.

NOTICE

The brilliance of the LCD is adjustable to match a wide variety of lighting conditions. However, its maximum setting may not be sufficiently bright to permit viewing of the display with polarized sunglasses.

FOREWORD ...............................................................................................................viii

SYSTEM CONFIGURATIONS........................................................................................x

WHAT IS WAAS?.........................................................................................................xii

1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW..................................................................................1-1

1.1 Operating Controls ......................................................................................................................1-2

1.1.1 Display unit controls .......................................................................................................1-2

1.1.2 Remote controller ...........................................................................................................1-5

1.2 Inserting a Chart Card.................................................................................................................1-6

1.3 Turning the Unit On/Off ...............................................................................................................1-7

1.4 Display Brilliance, Panel Brilliance, Contrast, Hue......................................................................1-8

1.4.1 Displ a y brilliance, panel bril lia nc e...................................................................................1-8

1.4.2 Contrast ..........................................................................................................................1-9

1.4.3 Hue (GD-1700C/1710C).................................................................................................1-9

1.5 Selecting a Display....................................................................................................................1-10

1.5.1 Display modes..............................................................................................................1-10

1.5.2 Selecting a display........................................................................................................1-11

1.5.3 Switching control in combination and overlay screens.................................................1-12

1.5.4 Selecting image source ................................................................................................1-13

1.6 Cursor Pad, Cursor ...................................................................................................................1-14

1.7 Entering the MOB Mark, Setting MOB as Destination ..............................................................1-15

1.8 Data Boxes................................................................................................................................1-16

1.8.1 Showing, hiding data boxes with soft key.....................................................................1-16

1.8.2 Rearranging data boxes ...............................................................................................1-16

1.8.3 Temporarily erasing a data box ....................................................................................1-16

1.9 Function Keys............................................................................................................................1-17

1.9.1 Executing a function .....................................................................................................1-17

1.10 Simulation Display.....................................................................................................................1-18

2. PLOTTER OPERATION.........................................................................................2-1

2.1 Plotter Displays ...........................................................................................................................2-1

2.1.1 Full-screen plotter display...............................................................................................2-1

2.1.2 Compass display ............................................................................................................2-3

2.1.3 Highway display..............................................................................................................2-5

2.1.4 Nav data display.............................................................................................................2-6

2.2 Presentation Mode ......................................................................................................................2-7

2.2.1 North-up..........................................................................................................................2-7

2.2.2 Course-up.......................................................................................................................2-8

2.2.3 Auto course-up ...............................................................................................................2-8

2.3 Shifting the Display......................................................................................................................2-9

2.4 Chart Scale..................................................................................................................................2-9

2.5 Chart Cards...............................................................................................................................2-10

2.5.1 Chart card overview......................................................................................................2-10

2.5.2 Indices and chart enlargement.....................................................................................2-11

2.5.3 FURUNO and NavChartsTM charts...............................................................................2-12

2.5.4 C-MAP charts...............................................................................................................2-14

2.6 Working with Track....................................................................................................................2-18

2.6.1 Displaying track............................................................................................................2-18

2.6.2 Stopping, restarting plotting of own ship track..............................................................2-19

2.6.3 Changing track color (GD-1700C/1710C)....................................................................2-20

2.6.4 Track plotting method and interval for own ship track..................................................2-21

2.6.5 Changing own ship track/mark distribution setting.......................................................2-22

2.6.6 Erasing track.................................................................................................................2-23

2.7 Marks, Lines..............................................................................................................................2-25

2.7.1 Entering a mark, line.....................................................................................................2-25

2.7.2 Changing mark attributes .............................................................................................2-25

2.7.3 Selecting line type ........................................................................................................2-26

2.7.4 Erasing marks, lines .....................................................................................................2-27

2.8 Waypoints..................................................................................................................................2-29

2.8.1 Entering waypoints.......................................................................................................2-29

2.8.2 Editing waypoint data ...................................................................................................2-32

2.8.3 Erasing waypoints ........................................................................................................2-34

2.8.4 Changing waypoint mark size (FURUNO, NavCharts

).............................................2-35

2.8.5 Searching waypoints ....................................................................................................2-36

2.9 Routes.......................................................................................................................................2-37

2.9.1 Creating routes.............................................................................................................2-37

2.9.2 Connecting routes ........................................................................................................2-41

2.9.3 Insertin g wa ypoints in a route.......................................................................................2-42

2.9.4 Removing waypoints from a route................................................................................2-44

2.9.5 Erasing routes ..............................................................................................................2-44

2.10 Navigation .................................................................................................................................2-45

2.10.1 Navigating to a "quick point".........................................................................................2-45

2.10.2 Navigating to waypoints................................................................................................2-46

2.10.3 Navigating to ports, port services (NavCharts

only)..................................................2-47

2.10.4 Following a route..........................................................................................................2-49

2.10.5 Cancelling route navigation..........................................................................................2-52

2.11 Alarms.......................................................................................................................................2-53

2.11.1 Audio alarm on/off ........................................................................................................2-53

2.11.2 Arrival alarm .................................................................................................................2-54

2.11.3 Anchor watch alarm......................................................................................................2-55

2.11.4 XTE (Cross Track Error) alarm.....................................................................................2-56

2.11.5 Speed alarm .................................................................................................................2-56

2.11.6 Proximity alarm.............................................................................................................2-57

2.11.7 Trip alarm......................................................................................................................2-58

2.11.8 Alarm information .........................................................................................................2-59

2.12 Resetting Trip Distance.............................................................................................................2-60

3. RADAR OPERATION ............................................................................................3-1

3.1 Radar Display..............................................................................................................................3-1

3.2 Transmitting, Stand-by ................................................................................................................3-2

3.3 Tuning .........................................................................................................................................3-2

3.4 Adjusting the Gain.......................................................................................................................3-2

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3.5 Reducing Sea Clutter..................................................................................................................3-4

3.5.1 Ho w the A/C SEA works.................................................................................................3-4

3.5.2 Adjusting A/C SEA..........................................................................................................3-4

3.6 Reducing Precipitation Clutter.....................................................................................................3-5

3.6.1 Adjusting the A/C RAIN ..................................................................................................3-5

3.6.2 Adjusting the FTC...........................................................................................................3-6

3.7 Range Scale................................................................................................................................3-7

3.8 Pulselength..................................................................................................................................3-8

3.9 Presentation Mode ......................................................................................................................3-9

3.9.1 Selecting a presentation mode .......................................................................................3-9

3.9.2 Description of presentation modes...............................................................................3-10

3.10 Measuring the Range................................................................................................................3-12

3.10.1 Measuring range by range rings...................................................................................3-12

3.10.2 Measuring range by cursor...........................................................................................3-13

3.10.3 Measuring range by VRM.............................................................................................3-14

3.10.4 Erasing a VRM, VRM indication ...................................................................................3-15

3.10.5 Erasing EBL/VRM data boxes......................................................................................3-15

3.10.6 Hiding EBL/VRM data boxes........................................................................................3-15

3.10.7 Moving EBL/VRM data boxes.......................................................................................3-15

3.11 Measuring the Bearing..............................................................................................................3-15

3.11.1 Measuring bearing by cursor........................................................................................3-15

3.11.2 Measuring bearing by EBL ...........................................................................................3-15

3.11.3 Erasing an EBL, EBL indication....................................................................................3-16

3.11.4 Erasing EBL/VRM data boxes......................................................................................3-16

3.11.5 Hiding EBL/VRM data boxes........................................................................................3-16

3.11.6 Moving EBL/VRM data boxes.......................................................................................3-16

3.12 Erasing the Heading Line, North Marker...................................................................................3-17

3.13 Reducing Noise.........................................................................................................................3-17

3.14 Reducing Radar Interference....................................................................................................3-18

3.15 Zoom .........................................................................................................................................3-19

3.15.1 Zooming in on radar targets..........................................................................................3-19

3.15.2 Zooming in on ARP, TTM targets..................................................................................3-19

3.16 Shifting the Picture ....................................................................................................................3-20

3.16.1 Manual shift ..................................................................................................................3-20

3.16.2 Automatic shift ..............................................................................................................3-21

3.17 Using the Offset EBL.................................................................................................................3-22

3.17.1 Predicting collision course............................................................................................3-22

3.17.2 Measuring range & bearing between t wo targets.........................................................3-23

3.18 Echo Trails.................................................................................................................................3-24

3.18.1 Trail time.......................................................................................................................3-24

3.18.2 Starting echo trails........................................................................................................3-25

3.18.3 Trail brilliance (GD-1700)..............................................................................................3-25

3.18.4 Trail gradation (GD-1700C/1710C) ..............................................................................3-25

3.18.5 Trail color (GD-1700C/1710C)......................................................................................3-26

3.19 Echo Stretch..............................................................................................................................3-27

3.20 Echo Averaging .........................................................................................................................3-28

3.21 Outputting TLL Data ..................................................................................................................3-29

3.22 Guard Alarm..............................................................................................................................3-30

3.22.1 Setting a guard alarm zone ..........................................................................................3-30

3.22.2 When the alarm is violated… .......................................................................................3-31

3.22.3 Cancelling the guard alarm ..........................................................................................3-31

3.23 Watchman.................................................................................................................................3-32

3.23.1 How watchman works...................................................................................................3-32

3.23.2 Turning on/off watchman..............................................................................................3-32

3.23.3 Setting watchman stand-by interval .............................................................................3-32

3.24 Waypoint Marker .......................................................................................................................3-33

3.25 ARP, TTM Operation .................................................................................................................3-34

3.25.1 Activating/deactivating ARP, TTM.................................................................................3-35

3.25.2 Acquiring and tracking targets (ARP)...........................................................................3-36

3.25.3 Displaying target number (ARP, TTM)..........................................................................3-37

3.25.4 Terminating tracking of ARP targets.............................................................................3-38

3.25.5 Setting vector attributes (ARP).....................................................................................3-39

3.25.6 Displaying past position display (ARP).........................................................................3-40

3.25.7 ARP, TTM target data...................................................................................................3-41

3.25.8 CPA/TCPA alarm (ARP) ...............................................................................................3-42

3.25.9 Lost target alarm (ARP)................................................................................................3-43

3.26 Interpreting the Radar Display ..................................................................................................3-44

3.26.1 General.........................................................................................................................3-44

3.26.2 False echoes ................................................................................................................3-46

3.26.3 SART (Search and Rescue Transponder)....................................................................3-48

3.26.4 Racon (Radar Beacon).................................................................................................3-50

4. VIDEO SOUNDER OPERATION ........................................................................... 4-1

4.1 Principle of Operation..................................................................................................................4-1

4.2 Sounder Displays........................................................................................................................4-2

4.2.1 Selecting a sounder display ...........................................................................................4-2

4.2.2 Description of sounder displays .....................................................................................4-3

4.2.3 Selecting screen split method in combination displays..................................................4-7

4.3 Automatic Sounder Operation.....................................................................................................4-8

4.3.1 How the automatic sounder works.................................................................................4-8

4.3.2 Types of automatic sounder modes ...............................................................................4-8

4.3.3 How to enable automatic sounder operation..................................................................4-8

4.4 Manual Sounder Operation.........................................................................................................4-9

4.4.1 Selecting the manual mode............................................................................................4-9

4.4.2 Selecting display range ..................................................................................................4-9

4.4.3 Adjusting the gain...........................................................................................................4-9

4.4.4 Range shifting...............................................................................................................4-10

4.5 Measuring Depth, Time.............................................................................................................4-11

4.6 Reducing Interference...............................................................................................................4-12

4.7 Reducing Low Level Nois e ........................................................................................................4-13

4.8 Erasing Weak Echoes...............................................................................................................4-14

4.9 White Marker (GD-1700C/1710C) ............................................................................................4-15

4.10 Picture Advance Speed.............................................................................................................4-16

4.10.1 Advancement independent of ship's speed..................................................................4-16

4.10.2 Advancement synchronized with ship's speed.............................................................4-17

4.11 Display Colors (GD-1700C/1710C)...........................................................................................4-18

4.12 Alarms .......................................................................................................................................4-19

4.12.1 Audio alarm on/off.........................................................................................................4-19

4.12.2 Bottom alarm ................................................................................................................4-20

4.12.3 Fish alarm.....................................................................................................................4-20

4.12.4 Fish alarm (B/L) ............................................................................................................4-21

4.12.5 Water temperature alarm..............................................................................................4-22

4.12.6 When an alarm setting is violated.................................................................................4-23

4.13 Water Temperature Graph.........................................................................................................4-24

4.14 Changing Pluse Repetitio n Rate ...............................................................................................4-24

4.15 Interpreting the Sounder Display...............................................................................................4-25

4.15.1 Zero line........................................................................................................................4-25

4.15.2 Bottom echo..................................................................................................................4-25

4.15.3 Fish school echoes.......................................................................................................4-26

4.15.4 Surface noise/Aeration .................................................................................................4-26

5. CUSTOMIZING YOUR UNIT..................................................................................5-1

5.1 General Setup .............................................................................................................................5-1

5.2 Plotter Setup................................................................................................................................5-4

5.2.1 Navigation options..........................................................................................................5-4

5.2.2 Function key setup..........................................................................................................5-5

5.3 Chart Setup .................................................................................................................................5-7

5.3.1 Chart offset.....................................................................................................................5-7

5.3.2 FURUNO, NavCharts

5.3.3 C-MAP chart attributes .................................................................................................5-11

5.4 Data Boxes Setup .....................................................................................................................5-15

5.5 Hot Page Setup.........................................................................................................................5-16

5.6 Navigator Setup.........................................................................................................................5-17

5.6.1 Navigation data source.................................................................................................5-17

5.6.2 GPS receiver setup (Set equipped with GP-310B/320B).............................................5-18

5.6.3 TD display setup...........................................................................................................5-22

5.7 Nav Data Display Setup ............................................................................................................5-24

5.8 Radar Setup ..............................................................................................................................5-25

5.8.1 Radar display setup......................................................................................................5-25

5.8.2 Function key setup........................................................................................................5-28

5.9 Sounder Setup ..........................................................................................................................5-30

5.9.1 System setup................................................................................................................5-30

5.9.2 Sensor setup.................................................................................................................5-32

5.9.3 Sounding range, zoom range, bottom lock range ........................................................5-33

5.9.4 Function key setup........................................................................................................5-34

chart attributes.........................................................................5-8

6. DATA TRANSFER..................................................................................................6-1

6.1 Memory Card Operations............................................................................................................6-1

6.1.1 Formatting memory cards...............................................................................................6-1

6.1.2 Saving data to a memory card........................................................................................6-2

6.1.3 Playing back data from a memory card..........................................................................6-4

6.2 Uploading, Downloading Data.....................................................................................................6-5

6.2.1 Setting communication software on the PC....................................................................6-5

6.2.2 Uplo ad ing or download ing data......................................................................................6-5

6.3 Loading Waypoint Data from Y eoman.....................................................................................6-8

6.4 Receiving Data Via Network Equipment.................................................................................. 6-9

6.5 Outputting Data Through the Network...................................................................................6-10

7. MAINTENANCE, TROUBLESHOOTING...............................................................7-1

7.1 Preventive Maintenance.........................................................................................................7-1

7.2 Replacement of Fuse.............................................................................................................7-2

7.3 Replacement of Batteries.......................................................................................................7-2

7.4 Simple Troubleshooting..........................................................................................................7-3

7.4.1 General......................................................................................................................7-3

7.4.2 Plotter........................................................................................................................7-3

7.4.3 Radar.........................................................................................................................7-4

7.4.4 Sounder.....................................................................................................................7-5

7.5 Diagnostics............................................................................................................................7-6

7.5.1 Memory I/O test.........................................................................................................7-6

7.5.2 Test pattern................................................................................................................7-9

7.5.3 Keyboard, remot e c ontroller test...............................................................................7-10

7.6 GPS Status Display..............................................................................................................7-11

7.7 Clearing Memories...............................................................................................................7-12

7.8 Error Messages....................................................................................................................7-13

APPENDIX..................................................................................................................A-1

Menu Overview............................................................................................................................ A-1

Geodetic Chart List ...................................................................................................................... A-9

World Time Chart........................................................................................................................A-10

Icons ........................................................................................................................................ A-11

SPECIFICA TIONS.................................................................................................... SP-1

INDEX...................................................................................................................Index-1

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FOREWORD

A Word to the Owner of the GD-1700/1710 Series Video Plotter

FURUNO Electric Company thanks you for purchasing the GD-1700/1710 Series Video Plotter. We are confident you will discover why the FURUNO name has become synonymous with quality and reliability.

For over 50 years FURUNO Electric Company has enjoyed an enviable reputation for quality and reliability throughout the world. This dedication to excellence is furthered by our extensive global network of agents and dealers.

Yo ur plotter is designed and constructed to m eet t he rigorous demands of the marine environment. However, no machine can perform its intended function unless properly installed and maintained. Please carefully read and follow the operation and maintenance procedures set forth in this manual.

We would appreciate feedback from you, the end-user, about whether we are achieving our purposes.

Thank you for considering and purchasing FURUNO.

The example screens shown in this manual may not match the screens you see on your display. The screen you see depends on your system configuration and equipment settings.

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Features

The 1700 series wor k within our new pr oduc t-network system c alled the “NavNet.” Each product has an IP addr es s to communicate wit h NavN et compatible products within the network, using TCP/IP protocol through an Ethernet 10BASE-T netw ork.

The mai n features are as f ollows:

• Three models are available:

GD-1700: Monochrome LCD GD-1700C: Color LCD GD-1710C: High-precision color LCD

• Bright 7” screen visible even under direct s unlight.

• User-friendly oper ation with combination of di s c rete k eys, sof t keys and cursor pad.

• Accepts FURUNO an d NavChart s ™ ( NAVIONICS) c har ts, or C- MAP NT/NT+ charts

(C-MAP), depending on s pec ification.

All names ment ioned are registered trademarks of thei r r espec tive companies.

• Fast chart redraw.

• Built-in NavNet interface ci r c uit board.

• 12-channel GPS Rec eiver GP-310B with highly accurate position fixing opt ionally

available, GP-320B with WAAS capability .

• User programmable f unc tion key s .

• Radar picture available with connection to NavNet com patible radar.

• Video sounder picture avail able wi th connection of the optional Network S ounder

ETR-6/ 10N or E TR-30N.

• Optional memory c ar d interface unit CU-200.

SYSTEM CONFIGURATIONS

All NavNet products incorporate a “network circui t board” to integrate each NavNet product on board through an optional LAN cable (Ethernet 10BASE-T). Each NavNet product is assigned an IP addr es s to enable transfer of images between other NavNet products . For example, video plott er pictures can be t r ans ferr ed to a radar and vice versa. Pictures received vi a t he NavNet may be adjusted at the receiving end.

The number of display units which may be installed depends on the number of networ k s ounder connecte d. For a sy s tem incorporati ng three or more product s , a “hub” is requi r ed to process data.

For one network sounder: one radar and three plotters, or four plott er s For two network sounder: one radar a nd two plot ters, or four plotters

NavNet system

Antenna Unit

(ex. MODEL 1722/1722C/1723C)

DisplayUnit GD-1710C GD-1700C GD-1700

Remote Controller RMC-100

Other NavNet Unit (Model 1722, etc.)

: Option : Standard

Network Sounder

ETR-6/10N

ETR-30N

GPS Receiver GP-310B/320B

12-24 VDC

100/110/115/220/230VAC,

Echo sounder

Navigator

Echo sounder

External buzzer

Memory card interface unit CU-200

12 VDC

Rectifier

PR-62

,50/60Hz

NavNet system

Two-unit NavN et system

Radar Antenna Unit

GPS Receiver GP-310B/320B

PLOTTER

Radar data

Plotter data

Two-unit NavNet system

Three-or-mo re-uni t NavNet system (Max. 4 NavNet capable display u nits)

Antenna Unit

GP-310B/320B

Radar data

HUB

Sounder data

Network Sounder

ETR-6/10N

ETR-30N

(option)

Plotter data

Note: The picture disappears 10 seconds after the NavNet cable is disconnected from a "sub" NavNet display unit.

Network Sounder

ETR-6/10N

ETR-30N

(option)

Three-or-more-unit NavNet system

WHAT IS WAAS?

WAAS, available in North America, is a provider in the worldwide SBAS (Satellite Based Augmentation System) navigation system. SBAS provides GPS signal corrections to SBAS users, for even better position accuracy, typically better than three meters. Two more SBAS providers are also currently under development, MSAS (Multi-F unct ional Satellit e Augmentation System) for Japan and EGNOS (Eur o Geostat ionary Navigation O v er lay Servi c e) for Europe. All providers w ill be compatible with one another, thus providing “ s eam less” pos ition fixes to SBAS users. The illustration below shows the coverage area. (Accuracy may be affected w hen us ing a GEO satellit e not within your c ur r ent locati on. )

150°W 120°W 90°W 60°W 30°W 0 30°E 60°E 90°E 120°E 150°E

134

120

122

EGNOS

131

MSAS

WAAS

20°S

150°W 120°W 90°W 60°W 30°W 0 30°E 60°E 90°E 120°E 150°E

Satellite, Region Position

120, AOR-E

122, AOR-W

131, IOR 134, POR

15.5°W 54°W

64.5°E 178°E

Initial operation time WAAS: 2003

EGNOS: 2004 MSAS: 2005

At the time of this software release, SBAS is still under development (Providers are expected to have initial operations cap ability from the times shown above.) During thi s developmental period, whi c h m ay last for several years, ther e is no guarantee of t he accuracy, integrity, continuity, or availability of the SBAS signal. Furuno w ill accept no responsibi lity for the use of the signal for other than the above stat ed purpose. It is the user' s r es ponsibi lity to exercise common prudence and navi gational judgment w hile using the SBAS signal. Users are reminded that the SBAS has not been commi ssioned for use i n saf ety of life applicat ions (SOLAS ) and mus t be turned t o the "OFF" position on any SOLA S vessels.

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1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW

This chapter provides basic information needed to get you started using your plotter. The following topics are presented:

• Control overview

• Chart card insertion

• Power on/off

• Contrast, brilliance and hue (GD-1700C/1710C only) adjustments

• Display selection

• MOB (Man OverBoard) mark entry

• Data boxes

• Function keys

• Simulation display

1-1

1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW

1.1 Operating Controls

1.1.1 Display unit controls

Overview of display u nit control s

The plotter, radar, sounder and chart systems are mainly operated with controls of the display unit (and remote controller). Ten keys are labeled and they provide the function shown on their labels. The five soft keys provide various functions according to current operating mode. The [ENTER] knob mainly functions to register selections on the menu and enter alphanumeric data. The cursor pad’s main function is to move the cursor across the screen. When you correctly execute an operation, the unit generates a beep. Invalid operation causes the unit to emit three beeps.

Selects display mode.

Momentary press:

Registers own ship’s position as a waypoint.

Press three seconds:

Marks man overboard position.

Soft keys

Shows or hides the soft keys, function keys, nav data alternately.

Cursor pad Selects menu items and options; shifts cursor. Press, release and press again to change setting consecutively.

Opens/closes the alarm menu. Clears data; erases selected mark.

Opens/closes the main menu.

Selects a range. ENTER knob

Push: Registers options on menus. Rotate: Selects character; adjusts sensitivity

(sounder, radar); chooses menu items and options. Displays the soft keys for EBL/VRM. Radar: Displays the soft keys for adjustment of gain, A/C SEA, A/C RAIN and FTC (Model 1700 series radar only).

Sounder: Adjusts gain.

Long press: Turns power off. Momentary press: Turns power on;

opens the display for adjustment of brilliance, etc.; displays RADAR STBY/TX soft key.

Chart slot

1-2

Control p anel

1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW

Soft keys

The function of the five soft keys changes according to the operation. Their labels for their current functions are shown on the screen to t he left of the keys. To hide or show the soft key labels, press t he [HIDE/SHOW] key. Each press of the key shows preset soft keys, user function keys or turns off navigation information (at the top of the screen).

SOFT KEYS

Display unit

Some soft keys show the current state of the soft key function in reverse video as shown below.

34° 22. 3456'N 359.9°M 080° 22. 3456'E

16.0nm

WPT 002

FISH

BRIDGE

19.9 kt 99.9 nm

TRIP

MARK

ENTRY

MODE

NTH UP

NAV

POS

D.BOX ON/OFF

Current option shown in reverse video

Plotter display

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[ENTER] knob

The [ENTER] knob functions to

• Register data

• Enter alphanumeric data such as waypoint name

• Select menu items and options

• Adjust setting

For data input, clockwise rotation of the knob selects an alphabet, symbol or numeric, in one of the sequences shown below. After you have selected desired alphanumeric character push the [ENTER] knob to register your selection.

[ENTER] knob

ENTER knob

Alphabet, s y mbol, num er ic

A!B!C!D!E!F!G!H!I!J!K!L!M!N!O!P!Q!R!S!T!U!V!W !X!Y!Z!&!_!’ !#!0!1!2!3!4!5!6!7!8!9

Numerics

0!1!2!3!4!5!6!7!8!9

Cursor p ad

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The cursor pad’s main function is to shift the cursor. For details see, paragraph

1.6.

1.1.2 Remote controller

ABC

RANGE

DISP

DEF

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Operating distance 90°: Up to 5 m ±45°: Up to 3 m

SAVE

Replace the batteries (AA) when the

MOB

distance from which the display unit can be operated shortens.

GHI

JKL

MNO

Note: The remote controller may

PQR

become damaged if dropped. Mishandling of the remote

STU

VWX

YZ&

controller is not covered by the warranty.

TX /STBY

ALARM

SK4 SK5

GAIN

CENTER

CNTL

ACQ

HIDE /SHOW

EBL / VRM

MARK ENT

BRILL

WPT

’#

ENT

CLEAR

TONE

SK3SK1 SK2

Remote controller

Key Function Key Function

RANGE Same as RANGE key on

display unit.

DISP Same as DISP key on

display unit.

SAVE MOB Same as SAVE MOB key on

display unit. Ten keys Enter alphanumerics. BRILL Adjusts display brilliance. EBL/VRM Same as EBL/VRM key on

display unit. GAIN Same as GAIN key on

display unit. WPT Displays “alphabet” WPT list

on plotter display.

MARK ENT Same as MARK ENTRY soft

key. CENTER Returns own ship to screen

center on plotter display. CNTL Switches control between

displays on combination

displays.

ENT Same as ENTER knob on

display unit.

CLEAR Same as CLEAR key on

display unit.

MENU Same as MENU key on

display unit.

TONE Adjusts display contrast

(color model only).

TX/STBY Toggles radar between

standby and transmit.

ACQ Acquires radar target.

(Requires radar source equipped with ARP.)

ALARM Same as ALARM key on the

display unit.

HIDE/SHOW Same as HIDE/SHOW key

on display unit.

SK1 – SK5 (soft keys)

Same as soft keys on display unit.

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1.2 Inserting a Chart Card

Your unit reads FURUNO and NavCharts™ (NAVIONICS) chart cards, or C-MAP chart cards, depending on t he type of display unit you have. Insert the appropriate chart card f or your area as follows:

1. Open the chart c ard slot lid.

Chart slot

Display unit Memory card interface unit

2. Insert des ired chart card gr oove side up.

3. Close the l id to protect the chart drive.

Note 1: Do not remove a card while the chart is being drawn. This may c aus e

the equipme nt to freeze.

Note 2: Do not insert or rem ov e a c ard while the power is on. This may c aus e

the equipme nt to freeze.

Note 3: For multiple display uni ts, do not use t he s am e c hart card t ype in more

than one dis play uni t.

Note 4: A c ar d rem over is suppl ied to ease removal of char t cards. Attach the

card remover to the right - hand side hole on the card and pull to remove card. You can leave the c ard remover attached to the card while the card is i n the card slot - push the c ar d r emover leftw ar d until it contact s the recesse d ar ea in the car d.

Card drive

(option)

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Chart card and c ard remov er

1.3 Tu rning the Unit On/Off

Press the [POWER/BRILL] key to turn the unit on. A beep sounds and the equipment proceeds in the sequence shown below, displaying the production information screen, startup test results and the chart usage disclaimer. The startup test checks the ROM, RAM, internal battery and backup data f or proper operation, displaying the results for each as OK or NG (No Good). If NG appears an appropriate message appears on the screen. For any NG, try to press any key to go to the chart disclaimer screen, then perf orm the diagnostic test referring to the paragraph “7.5 Diagnostics.”

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Host Name

Chart List

GD-1700(C) PLOTTER

STATION NAME: PLOTTER* FURUNO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. CHARTS AVAILABLE

LICENSE NO.

GD-1700C C-MAP: 03591720XX NAVIONICS: 03591730XX

* = Name determined at installation.

STARTUP TEST ROM OK RAM OK BACKUP DATA OK

INTERNAL BATTERY OK

GD-1710C C-MAP: 03591960XX NAVIONICS: 03591970XX

XX= Program Version No.

NO NATIONAL HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE HAS VERIFIED THE INFORMATION IN THIS COASTLINE DATA CARD AND NONE ACCEPT LIABILITY FOR THE ACCURACY OF REPRODUCTION OR ANY MODIFICATIONS MADE THEREAFTER. THIS PRODUCT WITH

THIS COASTLINE DATA CARD DOES NOT REPLACE THE REQUIREMENT TO USE THE APPROPRIATE PRODUCTS FOR NAVIGATION ACCORDING TO NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL REGULATIONS.

PROGRAM No.

Product information Startup test Chart disclaimer

Startup sequence

Yo u may press any key at the chart disclaimer screen to show the last-used display, or wait several seconds to let the equipment do it for you. For start up with the radar display, t he magnetron takes from one minute to two minutes and thirty seconds (depending or radar model) to warm up bef ore t he radar can be operated. The time remaining for warm up of the magnet ron is counted down at the center of the display.

To turn the unit off, press and hold down the [POWER/BRI LL] key until the display goes dark (about 3 sec.). To protect the LCD attach the hard cover. Note that the network sounder is turned off approx. three minutes aft er turning off the power.

Note: The first time you turn on the power (or any time the power is applied after

a memory reset), you are asked if you want to start the simulat ion mode, which provides simulated operation of the equipment. Push the [ENTER] knob to start the simulation mode, or press the [CLEAR] key to start normal operation. For details about the simulation mode, see the paragraph “1.10 Simulation Display.”

GD-1700 C-MAP: 03591700XX NAVIONICS: 03591710XX

(See above)

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1.4 Display Brilliance, Panel Brilliance, Contrast, Hue

Yo u can adjust display brilliance, panel brilliance, contrast and hue (GD-1700C/1710C only) as shown below.

1.4.1 Display brilliance, panel brilliance

1. Press t he [ P OWER/BRILL] key momentarily. A set of soft keys for adjustment

of brilliance, contrast and hue (GD-1700C/1 710C only) appear.

Current selection is highlighted.

34° 22. 3456'N 359.9°M TRIP N 080° 22. 3456'E

19.9 kt 99.9 nm

BRILL CONTST

34° 22. 3456'N 359.9°M TRIP 080° 22. 3456'E

19.9 kt 99.9 nm

BRILL CONTST

16.0nm

DISPLAY BRILLIANCE

DISPLY BRILL

PANEL BRILL

CONTST

/HUE

RADAR

STBY

RETURN

16.0nm

DISPLAY BRILLIANCE

GD-1700C/1710C GD-1700

Brilliance adjustment soft keys

2. Press the DISPLY BRILL or PA NEL BRILL soft key as appropriate. An

adjustment window appears at the bottom of the screen. This window shows the name of the item selected for adjustment plus current brilliance level, by bar graph.

DISPLY BRILL

PANEL BRILL

CONTST

RADAR

STBY

RETURN

DISPLAY BRILLIANCE

Display brilliance Panel brilliance

PANEL BRILLIANCE

Display brilliance and panel brilliance windows

3. Adj ust the [ENTER] knob, clockwise to raise the setting or counterclockwise

to decrease it. You may also use the soft key pressed at step 2. Eight levels of display brilliance and panel brilliance are available.

4. Hit the RETURN soft key to finish.

Note: If the equipment is turned off with minimum brilliance the screen will be

dark at the next power up. Press the [POWER/BRILL] key consecutively to adjust the brilliance.

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1.4.2 Contrast

1. Press the [POWER/BRILL] key momentarily.

2. Press the CONTST (GD-1700) or CONTST/HUE (GD-1700C/1710C) soft key.

3. For the GD-1700C/1710C, two soft keys appear at the pressing of the

CONTST/HUE soft key: CONTST and HUE. Press the CONTST soft key to adjust the contrast.

4. Adjust the [ENTER] knob, clockwise to raise the setting or counterclockwise to decrease it. You may also use the CONTST soft key. 16 levels (GD-1700) and 10 levels (GD-1700C/1710C) of contrast are available.

5. Press the RETURN soft key to finish.

CONTRAST

Contrast w indow

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1.4.3 Hue (GD-1700C/1710C)

You may select the colors for the radar, plotter and overlay displays as below.

1. Press the [POWER/BRILL] key momentarily.

2. Press the CONTST/HUE (GD-1700C) or HUE (GD-1710C) soft key.

3. Press the HUE soft key to show the hue setting window.

HUE

▲

¡ ¡ ¡ ¤

▼

4. Operate the cursor pad to select hue desired, referring to the table below. MANUAL SET follows the color settings on the CHART DETAILS menu for the plotter and RADAR DISPLAY SETUP for the radar.

Night Day Twilight

Characters Red Black Green Radar ring Red Green* Green* Radar echo Orange Red Yellow Background Black White Blue Landmass (plotter) Light-Yellow Yellow Dim Yellow

* = Red on C-MAP display unit.

DAY NIGHT TWILIGHT MANUAL SET

Hue window

5. Hit the RETURN soft key to finish.

Note: When using the overlay screen (color model only), the own ship track will

be hidden if the radar background and own ship track are blue and the “MANUAL SET” hue setting is used. In this case, set HUE to other position and then return to “MANUAL” to show the own ship track in black.

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1.5 Selecting a Display

1.5.1 Display modes

If you have a network radar, navigator and network sounder connected, four full-screen displays are available: plotter, radar, video sounder and navigation data. (The GD-1700C/1710C has five screens, those mentioned above plus the overlay screen.) In addition to the full-screen display, you can divide the screen into half-screen combination displays to show two sets of images (data).

Full screen

(Ex. plotter)

Combination screen

(Ex. plotter + sounder)

Overlay screen

(Radar and plotter,

color model only)

Display screens

The table below shows the displays available with each screen type.

Screen type a nd availabl e display screen

Full screen Combination screen options

Plotter, radar, sounder, nav data

Plotter, radar, sounder, compass, highway, compass/highway, nav data, overlay

Overlay screen options (GD-1700C/1710C only)

Radar + plotter

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1.5.2 Selecting a display

1. Press the [DISP] key to show the full-screen selection window. The icons of modes not available are marked with an “X.”. PAGE1-PAGE5 are user-arrangeable displays called “hot pages,” which you can configure as you like. For further details, see the paragraph “5.5 Hot Page Setup.”

RADAR PLOT SNDR NAV

PAGE1 PAGE2 PAGE3 PAGE4 PAGE5

OVRLY*

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Basic display screens * = Color model only

Hot pages

· TURN KNOB TO SELECT MODE AND PUSH KNOB TO ENTER.

· PUSH ANY SOFT KEY TO SELECT IMAGE SOURCE.

Full-scre en s election window

2. Rotate the [ENTER] knob to select a basic display screen or a hot page screen.

3. Push the [ENTER] knob. If you selected a basic display screen, a set of appropriate combination display screens appear. In the example below, radar combination displays are shown.

PUSH ENTER KNOB.

Radar com bination sc r een s election window

4. Operate the [ENTER] knob to select the combination screen display desired, then push it to set.

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1.5 .3 Switching control in combination and ov erlay screens

A soft key is provided in relevant combination and overlay screens

(GD-1700C/1710C only) to switch control between displays. In the example

below, the RADAR CNTRL and PLOTTR CNTRL soft keys enable switching control between the radar and plotter screens in the plotter/radar combination display.

34° 22. 3456'N 359.9°M 080° 22. 3456'E

16.0nm

WP-002

FISH

3nm

12/

H-UP

ST-BY

19.9 kt 99.9 nm

TRIP

SIGNAL PROC.

RADAR DISPL Y

NAV FUNC

T ARGET

RADAR

CNTRL

CNTL

RADAR

CNTRL

To adjust plot

PLOTTR

CNTRL

To adjust

34° 22. 3456'N 359.9°M 080° 22. 3456'E

16.0nm

WP-002

FISH

3nm

12/

H-UP

ST-BY

19.9 kt 99.9 nm

NAV

POS

radar

359.9

11.70nm

359.9

11.70nm

Radar display selected Plotter display selected

How to swi tch control between modes in the plotter/radar combination display

TRIP

MARK ENTRY

MODE

NTH UP

PLOTTR

CCNTRL

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1.5.4 Selecting image source

When more than one network radar or network sounder is connected to the equipment, you may select an image source for each as shown below. This is not necessary when only one network radar or network sounder is connected.

1. Press the [DISP] key.

2. Press any soft key to show the following display.

▲

RADAR SOURCE RADAR

- - -

SOUNDER SOURCE SOUNDER

IP ADDRESS

172. 031. 014. 001 HOST NAME

PLOTTER -

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SELECT SOURCE

EDIT

IF THERE IS MORE THAN ONE NETWORK RADAR OR ECHO SOUNDER, YOU MAY SELECT THE IMAGE SOURCES FOR DISPLAY.

RETURN

Select source menu

3. Use the cursor pad to select RADAR SOURCE or SOUNDER SOURCE as

appropriate, then press the EDIT key.

RADAR SOURCE SOUNDER SOURCE

RADAR

- - -

Radar source Sounder source

SOUNDER

Radar source and sounder s our ce wi ndows

4. Use the cursor pad and [ENTER] knob to enter source name: ◄ or ► to

select position and rotate the [ENTER] knob to select character.

5. Press the ENTER soft key or [ENTER] knob.

6. Press the [DISP] key to finish.

7. Turn the power off and on again.

Note: Source names are determined at installation. For example, the source

names for radars in a two radar system might be “RADAR” and “RADAR1”.

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1.6 Cursor Pad, Cursor

The cursor pad functions to shift the cursor, for measurement of latitude and longitude position and range and bearing to a location. Press the cursor pad to turn the cursor on, and the cursor appears at the own ship’s position. Operate the cursor pad to shift the cursor. The cursor moves in the direction of the arrow or diagonal pressed on the cursor pad.

Cursor position and range and bearing from own ship to the cursor are displayed at the top of the screen when the cursor is on.

Cursor data L/L position, Range and bearing from own ship to cursor

Cursor

34° 22. 3456'N 272.4°M

080° 22. 3456'E

15.9 nm 99.9 nm

16.0nm

Cursor, cursor data

TRIP

MARK

ENTRY

MODE

NTH UP

CENTER

GOTO CURSOR

D. BOX ON/ OFF

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1.7 Entering the MOB Mark, Setting MOB as Destination

The MOB (Man Overboard) mark functions to mark man overboard position. You can inscribe this mark from any mode, except while playing back data or conducting any test. Note that this function requires position data.

MOB

Range, bearing

Man overboad

Current

position

mark

M O

MOB Data Box Bearing and range to MOB position

(MOB)

162.5°M

0.49 nm

MOB conc ept

1. Press and hold down the [SAVE/MOB] key immediately for about three

seconds when someone falls onboard. The display shows the waypoint number being saved (youngest empty waypoint number, 001-999) followed by the MOB confirmation window.

Time remaining is counted down while the [SAVE/MOB] key is pressed.

WAYPOINT SAVED! XXXWPT

CONTINUE PUSHING FOR MOB!

XXX = Waypoint number

CONTINUE PUSHING

FOR KNOB!

XX SEC

XX = Time remaining is couted down.

MAN OVER BOARD! GO TO MOB? YES ... PUSH ENTER KNOB NO ... PUSH CLEAR KEY

MOB ma r k mes s ages

2. Push the [ENTER] knob to select the MOB position as the destination, or

press the [CLEAR] key to only mark current ship’s position as a waypoint. If you select the MOB position as the destination;

• A full-screen radar, plotter or overlay (color model only) appears depending

on the display in use.

• The MOB mark “MOB” appears at the MOB position and a line (light-blue

on the GD-1700C/1710C) runs between it and current position. This line

shows the shortest course to the MOB position.

• Range and bearing to the MOB position are shown in the MOB data box.

To erase an MOB mark fro m the plott er display, you must first erase its corresponding waypoint. Place the cursor on the MOB mark, then press the

[CLEAR] key followed by pushing the [ENTER] knob to erase the waypoint. Then,

repeat to erase the MOB mark.

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1.8 Data Boxes

Data boxes, providing navigation data, may be shown on any full-screen display. Up to six data boxes (two in case of large characters) may be shown, and the default data boxes are position (in latitude and longitude), course over ground, speed over ground and trip log. The user may choose which data to display, where to locate it, and show or hide it as desired. In addition, data boxes may be set independently for each display mode (plotter, radar, sounder). For how to select data for the data boxes, see the paragraph “5.4 Data Boxes Setup”.

34° 22. 3456'N 359.9°M TRIP NU 080° 22. 3456'E

19.9 kt 99.9 nm

SOG

20.0 kt

MARK

ENTRY

MODE

NTH UP

NAV

POS

D.BOX

ON /OFF

16.0nm

002WP

TRIP LOG

4.58

POSITION

58.535'N

122

36.496'W

FISH

COG

BRIDGE

323.6

Data boxes

Plotter di s play, showing data boxes

1.8.1 Showing, hiding data boxes with soft key

Plotter: D. BOX ON/OFF Radar: ZOOM & D. BOX

→ D. BOX ON/OFF (EBL/VRM data box, cursor data

box also shown/hidden)

Sounder: AUTO/D. BOX

→D. BOX ON/OFF

1.8.2 Rearranging data boxes

You may select the location for data boxes as follows:

1. Using the cursor pad, place the cursor inside the data box you wish to move. As the cursor enters the box it changes to a hand. Push the [ENTER] knob, and the hand changes to a fist, meaning the box is correctly selected.

2. Use the cursor pad to move the data box to the location desired, then push the [ENTER] knob.

1.8.3 Temporaril y erasi ng a da ta box

You may temporarily erase a data box. Use the cursor pad to place the cursor inside the data box you wish to erase, then press the [CLEAR] key. To redisplay the box, press the D.BOX soft key twice to display it.

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1.9 Function Keys

The function key s provide f or one-touch execution of a desired func t ion. The default f unc tion key s ettings are as shown in the table below.

Key

#1 Heading line on/off, HL Track on/off, TRK TLL output, TLL #2 Rings on/off, RNG Edit mark/line, EML Clutter, CLT #3 Ech o trail, TRL Ruler, RUL Signal level, SLV #4 Offcenter, OFC Add new waypoint,

#5 STBY/TX, TX Waypoint

1.9.1 Executing a function

1. Press the [HIDE/SHOW] key to repl ac e the preset s oft key labels with the function k ey labels.

Radar Plotter Echosounder

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Default Setting, Key Label Function

Noise limiter, NL

ADD

Picture advance, PA

alphanumeric list, ALP

34° 22. 3456'N 359.9°M

080° 22. 3456'E

16.0nm

002WP

FISH

BRIDGE

Plotter Radar

2. Press funct ion key desired.

Note: Funct ion keys c an be individual ly program m ed for the plot ter, radar and

sounder dis plays. For further details, detail s see t he following:

Plotter : paragraph 5.2.2 Radar: p ar agr aph 5.8.2 Sounder: paragrap h 5.9.4

19.9 kt 99.9 nm

TRIP

T R K

L R

U L

A D D

L p

Function keys

.125nm SP

.250/ 319.9

H-UP

Function k ey s

°M

TARGET

359.9°R

0.24nm

H L

R N G

T R L

O F C

T X

Function keys

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1.10 Simulation Display

The simulation display, which is for use by service technicians for demonstration purposes, provides simulated operation to help acquaint you with the many features your unit has to offer. It allows you to view and control a simulated plotter, radar and sounder picture, without position-fixing equipment, network radar or a network sounder. Most controls are operative, thus you may practice setting destination, enter waypoints, etc.

The “SIM” icon (

1. Press the [MENU] key.

2. Press the SYSTEM CONFIGURATION, SYSTEM SETUP and SIMULATION SETUP soft keys in order.

) appears when any simulation mode is active.

RADAR

LIVE

PLOTTER

LIVE

SOUNDER

LIVE

SPEED

00.0kt

COURSE

000.0

LATITUDE

LONGITUDE

START DATE & TIME

RADAR SIMULATION DATA

35.000’N

125

00.000’W

00:00 01.APR.00

SIM SETUP

EDIT

RETURN

Simulation setup menu

3. Follow appropriate procedure on the next several pages.

Radar

The radar simulation mode is not available with the GD-1700 series.

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Plotter

1. Select PLOTTER, then press the EDIT soft key.

PLOTTER

▲

SIMULATION

LIVE

▼

2. Select SIMULATION, then press the [ENTER] knob.

3. Select SPEED, then press the EDIT soft key.

4. Enter speed (setting range, 0-99 kt, default speed, 0 kt) with the alphanumeric keys, then push the [ENTER] knob.

5. Select COURSE, then press the EDIT key.

6. Select “8 FIGURE” to trace the simulated ship’s track in a figure-eight course, or enter your own course at DIRECTION. To enter course, use the cursor pad to select digit, and enter value with the alphanumeric keys.

7. Press the ENTER soft key.

8. Select LATITUDE, then press the EDIT soft key.

9. Enter latitude (setting range, 85

°N-85°S, default setting, 45°35.000’N), then

push the [ENTER] knob.

10. Select LONGITUDE, then press the EDIT soft key.

11. Enter longitude (setting range, 180

°E-180°W, default setting, 125°00.000’W),

then push the [ENTER] knob.

12. Select START DATE & TIME, then press the EDIT soft key.

13. Enter start date and time, then push the [ENTER] knob.

14. Press the [MENU] key to close the menu.

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Sounder

1. Select SOUNDER, then press the EDIT soft key.

2. Select SIMULATION 1 (internally generated echoes) or SIMULATION 2 (network sounder-generated echoes), then press the [ENTER] knob.

Note 1: If the network sounder could not be found “Sounder source is not

found. Cannot get simulation data.” appears. And if the sounder is not active, the message “Sounder is not active. Cannot get simulation data.” is displayed. Check that the sounder signal cable is firmly fastened.

SOUNDER

▲

SIMULATION 1

SIMULATION 2

LIVE

▼

Note 2: The gain, shift, range and mode of the SIMULATION 1 mode picture

cannot be adjusted.

3. Press the [MENU] key to close the menu.

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2.1 Plotter Displays

You may show the plotter display over the entire screen, in the overlay screen (GD-1700C/1710C), or in a combination screen.

2.1.1 Full-scr e en plotter di s pl a y

Nav data window (Data changes with NAV soft key setting and cursor status. For details see next page.)

Icon (from left) North Marker Chart Alarm Track Hold Chart Offset Save L/L Offset Battery Simulation (See icon table on page A-11 for details.)

Scale

Waypoint name

Waypoint marker

34° 22. 3456'N 359.9° M 080° 22. 3456'E

16.0nm

002WP

FISH

BRIDGE

Course bar

19.9 kt 99.9 nm

TRIP

MARK

ENTRY

MODE

NTH UP

NAV

POS

D. BOX ON/OFF

Own ship marker

Own ship track

Functions for soft keys

Full-screen plotter display

Note: When GPS signal error is found, the following occurs depending on the

device feeding position data:

GPS Receiver GP-310B/320B: Alarm icon (

) appears and the aural

alarm sounds. Own ship marker blinks faster.

Other navigator: The message “NO GPS FIX” appears and is

accompanied by the aural alarm and alarm icon. If the GPS signal is missing for more than 90 seconds, the message. “NO POSITION DATA” appears.

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2. PLOTTER OPERATION

Nav data window

The data shown in the nav data window depends on the status of the NAV soft key and the cursor.

Latitude and longitude of cursor intersection

Waypoint data (waypoint selected with cursor)

Latitude, Longitude

34°24. 3456'N 359. 9°M

124°24. 3456'W 59.9nm 99. 9nm

Cursor Mark

001WPT

Bearing to Cursor

TRIP

Range to Cursor

Trip Distance

CourseBearing to WaypointWaypoint Name

359. 9°M359. 9°M

19. 9nm 19. 9kt 99. 9nm

SpeedRange to WaypointWaypoint Mark Trip Distance

TRIP

Presentation Mode

Own ship position

Destination waypoint data

Own ship speed and course

NAV POS

soft key

NAV WPT

soft key

NAV S/C

soft key

CourseLatitude, Longitude

34°24. 3456'N 359. 9°M

TRIP

124°24. 3456'W 19. 9kt 99. 9nm

Own Ship Mark Speed Trip Distance

Bearing to WaypointWaypoint Name

001WPT

Waypoint Mark

Course, Speed

CSE

359. 9°M 359. 9 °M 79. 9°F NU

SOG

19. 9kt 99. 9nm 345 ft

Range to Waypoint

Bearing to Waypoint

BRG RNG

359. 9°M TTG4D02H23M NU

19. 9nm

ETA1st 13:45

Estimated Time of Arrival

TMP DPT

Presentation Mode

Time-to-Go to Destination

Presentation Mode

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Turns off nav data window

NAV OFF

soft key

Range to Waypoint

Water Temp.*, Depth*

Contents of nav data window

* Requires appropriate sensor.

2.1.2 Compass display

The compass display, shown in combination displays, provides steering information. The compass rose shows two triangles: the black triangle (hollow on monochrome model) shows the bearing to destination waypoint and the red (solid on the monochrome model) triangle, which moves with ship’s course, shows own ship’s course.

The water temperature and depth graphs, which require appropriate sensors, show the latest 10 minutes of water temperature and depth data. The range of the depth graph is 50 feet and it is automatically adjusted with depth.

2. PLOTTER OPERATION

Time-to-go to destination

Destination waypoint bearing (black on color model)

Depth graph*

* = Requires appropriate sensor.

Destination waypoint

003WPT

0D 9H 59MTTG 23th23:59

DPT

45.2ft

Shown (in red on color model) when direction to steer is "left."

Speed over ground

Range to destination waypoint

RNG

10.0kt 10.0 kt

SOG

BRG

CSE

359.9°M

359.9°

Speed through water

99.9

STW

ETA

TMP

16.2°F

Direction to steer (green on color model)

Estimated time of arrival at destination

Ship's course (red on color model)

Water temperature graph*

Bearing scale

Own ship marker (For color model black when within XTE range, yellow when over. Flashing on monochrome model when over XTE range.)

XTE monitor (See next page for description.)

Compass display

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Reading t he XTE (cross-track erro r) monitor

The XTE monitor, located below the compass rose, shows the distance you are off course and the direction to steer to return to course. The own ship marker moves according to direction and distance off course. It is shown in black when the amount of cross-track error is within the XTE monitor range and yellow when it is over. (On the monochrome model it flashes when the amount of cross-track error is more than the XTE monitor range.) An arrow appears at the right or left side of the XTE monitor and it shows the direction to steer to return to intended course. (For the color model the arrow is shown in red when you should steer left, and green when you should steer right.) In the example on the previous page you would steer right to return to course. To maintain course, steer the vessel so the own ship marker stays at the center of the XTE monitor.

Soft keys EDIT XT-L MT: Sets the range for XTE monitor scale. See the procedure below

for how to set.

RESET XTE: Enables you to restart navigation, when a destination is set. Press

the EDIT XT-LMT soft key followed by the RESET XTE soft key. The following message is displayed.

RESTART NAVGATION TO CURRENT WAYPOINT. ARE YOU SURE? YES ... PUSH ENTER KNOB NO ... PUSH CLEAR KEY

Setting the range for the XTE monitor

1. With the compass (or highway) display shown, press the EDIT XT-LMT soft

key to display the following window.

XTE LIMIT

0 .1nm

XTE range setting window

2. Use the cursor pad to select digit to change. Note that all digits may be

cleared by pressing the [CLEAR] key.

3. Rotate the [ENTER] knob to set value, then push it to register setting, or

press the CANCEL soft key to cancel.

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2.1.3 Highway display

The highway display, shown in combination displays, provides a graphic presentation of ship’s track along intended course. It is useful for monitoring ship’s progress toward a waypoint. The own ship marker shows relation between ship and intended course. The XTE monitor shows the direction and amount your vessel is off course – the arrow shows the direction to steer to return to your course and the numeric the distance you are off course. Using the figure below as an example, you would steer right 0.009 nm to return to course. To maintain course, steer the vessel so the own ship marker stays aligned with the intended course line.

Speed over ground, speed through water

2. PLOTTER OPERATION

Time-to-go to destination

Destination waypoint

003WPT

0D 9H 59M

TTG 23th23:59

0.9 nm

Shown (in red on color model) when direction to steer is "left."

Range to destination waypoint

RNG

99.9 nm

10.0

SOG

WPT001

0.009nm

XTE monitor

STW

ETA

Direction to steer (green on color model)

10.0

0.9 nm

Estimated time of arrival at destination

Intended course

Own ship marker

XTE range

Highway display

Soft keys EDIT XT-L MT: Sets the range for XTE monitor scale. See the procedure on the

previous page for how to set.

RESET XTE: Enables you to restart navigation, when a destination is set. Press

the EDIT XT-LMT soft key followed by the RESET XTE soft key. See “Soft keys” on the previous page for details.

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2.1.4 Nav data display

The nav data display provides comprehensive navigation data, and it can be shown in a two-screen combination display. The user may select what data to display and where to display it. For details see the paragraph “5.7 Nav Data Display Setup.”

Appropriate sensors are required. Bars ( - -) appear when corresponding sensor is not connected.

Position

POSITION

34° 34. 5678' N

120° 34. 5678'

34° 14. 5678' N

120° 14. 5678'

10.0

9.2°

1324.1

Depth Bearing to

waypoint Speed through

water Waypoint

Position

Full-screen display

Water temperature

SOGWPT POSITION

10.0

COURSESTW

101.6°

RANGEBEARING

0.18

TEMPDEPTH

18.2 °

Range to waypoint

Course

Speed over ground

103

ET A

1st 1:25

2001

FEB 1

Half-screen display

TTGTRIP LOG

0D 2H 30

TIMEDATE

01:27:05

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Nav data di s plays

2.2 Presentation Mode

Three types of presentation modes are provided for the plotter display: north-up, course-up and auto course-up. To change the presentation mode, first press the [HIDE/SHOW] key if the plotter soft keys are not displayed. Press the MODE soft key to select desired mode. Each press of the key changes the presentation mode and presentation mode indication (top right-hand corner of the screen) cyclically in the sequence of North-up, Course-up and Auto course-up.

2.2.1 North-up

North is at the top of the display and own ship is shown with a filled circle. This mode is useful for long-range navigation.

34° 22. 3456'N 359.9°M 080° 22. 3456'E

19.9 kt 99.9 nm

TRIP

2. PLOTTER OPERATION

16.0nm

WP-002

FISH

BRIDGE

MARK

ENTRY

MODE

NTH UP

NAV

POS

D.BOX ON/ OFF

Plotter di s play, north-up mode

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2.2.2 Course-up

The course-up mode is useful for monitoring ship’s progress towards a waypoint. The destination is at the top of the screen when a destination is set. When no destination is set, the course or heading is at the top of the screen at the moment the course-up mode is selected. A filled triangle marks own ship’s position. The data sentences GGA and VTG must be output from the NavNet display unit connected to the GPS navigator in order to correctly orient the own ship marker in the course-up mode on other NavNet display units.

Plotter di s play, course-up mode, destination set

2.2.3 Auto course-up

The course is at the top of screen at the moment the auto course-up mode is selected. In this mode, the current course is kept at the top of the screen within

22.5 degrees. For example, if your vessel turns more than 22.5 degrees to port

or starboard, the chart display will rotate so that your course is pointing towards the top of the screen again.

34° 22. 3456'N 359.9° M

080° 22. 3456'E

16.0nm

WPT 001

19.9 kt 99.9 nm

TRIP

MARK

ENTRY

MODE

CSE UP

CENTER

GO TO CURSOR

D. BOX ON/ OFF

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34° 22. 3456'N 359.9° M

080° 22. 3456'E

16.0 nm

19.9 kt 99.9 nm

TRIP

MARK

ENTRY

MODE

AT CU

CENTER

GOTO CURSOR

D. BOX ON/OFF

Plotter di s play , auto course-up mode

2.3 Shifting the Display

The plotter display can be shifted as below.

1. Press the cursor pad to display the cursor.

2. Locate the cursor at a screen edge and press and hold down the cursor pad. The screen shifts in the direction opposite of cursor location.

3. To turn off the cursor, press the CENTER soft key. This also returns the own ship marker to the screen center.

2.4 Chart Scale

Chart scale (range) may be selected with the [RANGE -] or [RANGE +] key. The [-] key expands the chart range; the [+] key shrinks it.

2. PLOTTER OPERATION

Charts scales

nm 0.125 0.25 0.5 1 2 4 8 16 32 64 128 256 512 1024 2048 km 0.23 0.46 0.93 1.85 3.70 7.41 14.8 29.6 59.3 119 237 474 948 1896 3792 sm 0.144 0.29 0.58 1.15 2.30 4.60 9.21 18.4 36.8 73.7 147 295 589 1178 2356

Note: When the display is expanded or shrunk beyond the range of the chart

card in use the message “NO CHART” appears, along with the appropriate chart icon. See the illustration on the next page for details.

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2.5 Chart Cards

2.5.1 Char t card overvie w

Your unit reads FURUNO and NavCharts™ (NAVIONICS) charts, or C-MAP charts, depending on the type of display unit you have.

When you insert a suitable chart card in the slot and your boat is near any cartographic object, a chart appears. If a wrong card is inserted or a wrong chart scale is selected, landmasses will appear hollow. Chart icons appear at the top of the display to help you select a suitable chart scale. The table below shows the chart icons and their meanings.

Chart icons and their meanings

Icon Meaning

Proper card is not inserted or chart scale is too small. Operate the RANGE key to adjust chart scale.

Chart scale is too large. Operate the RANGE key to adjust chart scale.

Suitable chart scale is selected.

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2.5.2 Ind ic es an d ch ar t enl ar gement

When the [RANGE] key is operated, you will see several frames appear on the chart. These frames are called indices and they show you what parts of the chart can be enlarged in the current range.

Sample chart ( Japan) showing indices

2. PLOTTER OPERATION

When a chart cannot be displayed

A chart will not be displayed in the following conditions:

• When the chart scale is too large or too small.

• When scrolling the chart outside the indices.

When this happens, select proper chart scale.

Note: Indices can be turned on or off. For further details, see page 5-9 for

FURUNO and NAVIONICS charts and page 5-12 for C-MAP charts.

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2.5.3 FURUNO and NavCharts

Chart symbols

™ charts

The table below shows FURUNO and NavCharts

™ chart symbols and their

meanings.

Chart sym bols

Symbol Description

Summit

Wreck

Lighthouse

Lighted Buoy

Buoy

Radio Station

Symbol Description

Position of Sounding

Obstruction

Fishing Reef

Platform

Anchorage

Data for aids to navigation

Selected FURUNO and NavCharts

™ charts can show buoy and lighthouse data.

Simply place the cursor on the lighthouse or buoy mark.

Place the cursor on a lighthouse or buoy mark.

Lighthous e mark

Example of data displayed

Range and bearing from own ship

Period (ex.: 6 seconds)

Visibility in nautical mile (ex.: 12 miles)

NAVAID: /FL 6S 12M FROM OS 52.38nm 48.0°

FL : Flashing F : Fixed light F FL : Fixed and Flashing light MO : Morse code light Oc : Occulting light

Exam ple of buoy, lighthouse data

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Port servic e icons (Nav Charts™ only)

Selected NavCharts show services available at ports, with icons.

1. Use the cursor pad to place the cursor on the sailboat icon (denotes a port or

harbor) desired.

2. Push the [ENTER] knob.

3. Use ◄ or ► to select icon desired at the top of the display. The services

available appear directly below the icon selected.

4. Press the RETURN soft key to finish.

Detailed information of service selected

List of services at the port selected

34° 22. 3456'N 359.9°M

080° 22. 3456'E

FIRST AID

16.0nm

19.9 kt 99.9 nm

TRIP

Emergency medical service

Fueling station

CANCEL

Sailboat icon (Port)

Plotter di s play , s howing port ser v ice display

Current (or tide) data

Some NavCharts provide for calculation of the current (or tide) data for any date. Additionally it displays the time of sunrise and sunset, moon shape (on current data.)

1. Use the trackball to place the cursor on

a current icon (

2. Press the [ENTER] knob to show the

current window.

3. Press the DATE soft key, and then enter

the date desired.

4. Press the ENTER soft key.

Current data display

Water supply station

Customer service station

Port

34 24. 3456 N 359.9 NU

0.86

124 24. 3456 W 59.9kt 024nm

0.74

0.61

0.48

0.35

Time: 04:35 Speed (KT): 0.45ft Angle ( ): 142 21/08/02 +00

Max. Time Speed Aug. Slack Flood 4:58 1.2 323 7:58

Ebb 23:15 1.2 323 20:15 Flood 17:15 1.1 145 15:15 Ebb 23:15 1.2 323 20:15

Moonphase: FULLY IN 1 DAY Moonrise: 14:06 Moonset: 02:15 Sunrise: 05:03 Sunset: 19:10

Traveler's service station

Marine equipment service

Information center

0481216 20 24

KT AT

Current

DATE

RETURN

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2.5.4 C-MAP charts

Cursor and data display

Besides its fundamental functions of providing position data, the cursor can also show information about caution area, depth area, source of data, etc. on C-MAP charts. In addition, you can display information about an icon by placing the cursor on it.

1. Press the cursor pad to turn the cursor on.

2. Use the cursor pad to place the cursor on the position desired.

3. Push the [ENTER] knob to open the Objects window.

Objects Spot Sounding

Depth area Exclusive economic zone Military practice area Restricted area Source of data

Objects window

4. Use the cursor pad to select the item desired.

5. Push the [ENTER] knob to display details for object selected.

Depth area

Depth range value1

0.00 Meters

Depth range value2

1829.00 Meters

Exam ple of caution area window

6. Press the RETURN soft key to close the window.

7. Press the [MENU] key to close the menu.

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Icon data

You may place the cursor on any icon to find information about the selected icon.

1. For example, place the cursor on a lighthouse icon.

Place the cursor on a lighthouse icon.

34° 22. 3456'N 359.9°M

080° 22. 3456'E

16.0nm

19.9 kt 99.9 nm

TRIP

MARK

ENTRY

MODE

NTH UP

CENTER

GO TO CURSOR

D. BOX ON /OFF

Lighthous e icon

2. Push the [ENTER] knob to show data. For example, the following window appears for a lighthouse.

Objects Lighthouse

Tower

Light Underwater Rock Depth contour Depth contour Depth area Source of data

Object windows

3. Use the cursor pad to select the item desired.

4. Push the [ENTER] knob to display detailed information.

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5. Press the RETURN soft key twice to close the Objects window.

Tide information

The C-MAP chart card provides for calculation of the tide heights for any date. Additionally it displays the times of sunrise and sunset.

1. Press the cursor pad to place the cursor on a Tide icon (T).

2. Push the [ENTER] knob to open the Objects window.

Navigation mark, fixed Light.

Color white Height

7. 00 Meters Light characteristic occulting XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX

Sample lighthouse data

34 24. 3456 N 359.9 NU

OBJECTS

124 24. 3456 W 59.9kt 024nm

Tide height

Cartographic area Source of data

RETURN

Objects window

3. Use the cursor pad to select “Tide height.”

4. Push the [ENTER] knob to open the TIDE window.

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Horizontal Cursor

Vertical Cursor

2. PLOTTER OPERATION

34 24. 3456 N 359.9 NU

0.86

124 24. 3456 W 59.9kt 024nm

0.74

0.61

0.48

0.35 04812162024

Time: 04:35 Height: 0.45ft Draught: 0.65ft 01/07/30 +13:30 43° 32.860N 010° 18.022E

DATE

Port info

LIVORNO (LEGHORN)

High Water(max) Low Water(min) Sunrise

07:52L

0.86ft(13:30 L)

0.35ft(21:00 L)

Sunset

16:53 L

RETURN

Tide window

5. Press the DATE soft key to open the DATE window.

CHANGE DATE

(DAY. MONTH. YEAR)

01. 01. 2001

LIMIT: 31.12.2099

Date window

6. Use ◄ or ► to position the cursor where desired, then rotate the [ENTER] knob to set character. Repeat to enter complete date.

7. Push the [ENTER] knob to show the tidal graph for entered date.

8. Use ◄ or ► to locate the vertical cursor on the hour desired.

9. Use ▲ or ▼ to shift the level cursor to select draught.

10. See the time, height and draught indications below the tide graph for tide information.

11. Press the RETURN soft key to close the TIDE window.

Port servic e icons

Objects

Selected C-MAP shows services available at ports, with lists.

1. Use the cursor pad to place the cursor on the

sailboat icon (denotes a port or harbor) desired.

2. Push the [ENTER] knob.

3. Select the service name desired. The services

Port area Port/Marine Fuel station Water Electricity Showers Pubric toilets Pubric telephone

available appear.

4. Press the CANCEL soft key.

C-map, port service display

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2.6 Working with Track

Your ship’s track is plotted on the screen using navigation data fed from position-fixing equipment. This section shows you what you can do with track, from turning it on or off to changing its plotting interval. Own ship’s track is displayed in the default setting and on the color model it is red.

2.6.1 Displaying track

Own ship track

1. Press the [MENU] key followed by the CHART SETUP and TRACKS & MARKS CONTROL soft keys to open the TRACK CONTROL menu.

OWN SHIP TRACK DISP

OWN SHIP TRACK COLOR

RED

TARGET TRACK DISPLAY

TARGET TRACK COLOR

WHITE

INTERVAL

TIME

TIME INTERVAL

10m00s

DISTANCE INTERVAL

00.10nm

MEMORY(TRACK & MARK)

2000PTS (MARK MEMORY) (6000)POINTS

TRACK CONTROL

EDIT

TRACK

RESUME

ERASE T & M

MARK SETUP

(MARK MEMORY) (6000)POINTS

RETURN

OWN SHIP TRACK DISP

TARGET TRACK DISPLAY

INTERVAL

TIME

TIME INTERVAL

10m00s

DISTANCE INTERVAL

00.10nm

MEMORY(TRACK & MARK) 2000PTS

TRACK CONTROL

EDIT

TRACK

RESUME

ERASE T & M

MARK SETUP

RETURN

SHIP’S TRACK STATUS

TRACKING

TRACK: 1234/2000 MARK : 9/6000

SHIP’S TRACK STATUS

TRACKING

TRACK: 1234/2000 MARK : 9/6000

GD-1700GD-1700C/1710C

Track contr ol menu

2. Use the cursor pad to select OWN SHIP TRACK DISP.

3. Press the EDIT soft key to show the track display window.

4. Use the cursor pad to select ON (default setting) or OFF as appropriate.

5. Press the ENTER soft key.

6. Press the [MENU] key to close the menu.

Note: The number of track and mark points used appears at the SHIP’S TRACK

STATUS window on the TRACK CONTROL menu. Using the figure above as an example, 1234 points of track and 9 marks have been recorded.

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Target tr ack

Target track, NMEA format TTM (Tracked Target Message) data sentence, may be turned on or off as desired. The default setting is ON.

1. Press the [MENU] key followed by the CHART SETUP and TRACKS & MARKS CONTROL soft keys to open the TRACK CONTROL menu.

2. Use the cursor pad to select TARGET TRACK DISPLAY.

3. Press the EDIT soft key to show the target track display window.

4. Use the cursor pad to select to ON or OFF as appropriate.

5. Press the ENTER soft key.

6. Press the [MENU] key to close the menu.

2.6.2 Stopping, restarting plotting of own ship track

When your boat is at anchor or returning to port you probably won’t need to record its track. You can stop recording the track, to conserve the track memory, as follows:

1. Press the [MENU] key followed by the CHART SETUP and TRACKS &

MARKS CONTROL soft keys to open the TRACK CONTROL menu.

▲

OWN SHIP TRACK DISP OWN SHIP TRACK COLOR TARGET TRACK DISPLAY TARGET TRACK COLOR INTERVAL TIME INTERVAL DISTANCE INTERVAL MEMORY(TRACK & MARK) (MARK MEMORY)

(6000)POINTS

SHIP’S TRACK STATUS

TRACKING

TRACK: 1234/2000 MARK : 9/6000

ON RED ON WHITE TIME 00m10s

00.10nm 2000PTS

Track is plotted

TRACK CONTROL

EDIT

TRACK

RESUME

ERASE T & M

MARK SETUP

RETURN

TRACK

RESUME

TRACK

HALT

▲

OWN SHIP TRACK DISP OWN SHIP TRACK COLOR TARGET TRACK DISPLAY TARGET TRACK COLOR INTERVAL TIME INTERVAL DISTANCE INTERVAL MEMORY(TRACK & MARK) (MARK MEMORY)

(6000)POINTS

SHIP’S TRACK STATUS

NOT TRACKING

TRACK: 1234/2000 MARK : 9/6000

ON RED ON WHITE TIME 00m10s

00.10nm 2000PTS

Track not plotted

Track control menu (GD-17 00C/1710C)

2. Press the TRACK RESUME soft key. The soft key now shows “TRACK

HALT” and the indication “TRACKING” in the SHIP’S TRACK STATUS window changes to “NOT TRACKING.” In addition, the icon “H” is displayed at the top of the plotter display and own ship marker becomes a hollow circle. To restart plotting the track, press the TRACK HALT soft key.

3. Press the [MENU] key to close the menu.

TRACK CONTROL

EDIT

TRACK

HALT

ERASE T & M

MARK SETUP

RETURN

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2.6 .3 Changing track color (GD-1700C/1710C )

Track can be displayed in red (default setting), yellow, green, light-blue, purple, blue and white. It can be useful to change track color on a regular basis to discriminate between previous day’s track, etc.

Own ship’s track

1. Press the [MENU] key followed by the CHART SETUP and TRACKS & MARKS CONTROL soft keys to open the TRACK CONTROL menu.

2. Use the cursor pad to select OWN SHIP TRACK COLOR.

3. Press the EDIT soft key to display the track color window.

TRACK COLOR

▲

RED

YELLOW

GREEN

LIGHT BLUE

PURPLE

BLUE

WHITE

▼

Own shi p track color w indow

4. Use the cursor pad to select the color desired.

5. Press the ENTER soft key.

6. Press the [MENU] key to close the menu.

Target tr ack

Like own ship’s track, target tracks can be displayed in red, yellow, green, light-blue, purple, blue and white (default setting).

1. Press the [MENU] key followed by the CHART SETUP and TRACKS & MARKS CONTROL soft keys to open the TRACK CONTROL menu.

2. Use the cursor pad to select TARGET TRACK COLOR.

3. Press the EDIT soft key to display the track color window.

4. Use the cursor pad to select the color desired.

5. Press the ENTER soft key.

6. Press the [MENU] key to close the menu.

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2.6.4 Track plotting method and interval for own ship track

In drawing the own ship track, first the ship’s position fed from position-fixing equipment is stored into the unit’s memory at an interval of time or distance. A shorter interval provides for better reconstruction of the track, but the storage time of the track is reduced. When the track memory becomes full, the oldest track is erased to make room for the latest.

Track plotting method

Track may be plotted by time or distance. The default setting is “time.”

1. Press the [MENU] key followed by the CHART SETUP and TRACKS & MARKS CONTROL soft keys to open the TRACK CONTROL menu.

2. Use the cursor pad to select INTERVAL.

3. Press the EDIT soft key to display the plot window.

INTERVAL

▲

TIME

DISTANCE

▼

Plot wi ndow

4. Use the cursor pad to select TIME or DISTANCE as appropriate. Distance is useful for conserving track memory, since no track is recorded when the boat is stationary.

5. Press the ENTER soft key.

6. Press the [MENU] key to close the menu.

Track plot t ing interval

1. Press the [MENU] key followed by the CHART SETUP and TRACKS & MARKS CONTROL soft keys to open the TRACK CONTROL menu.

2. Use the cursor pad to select TIME INTERVAL or DISTANCE INTERVAL as appropriate.

3. Press the EDIT soft key to display the time or distance interval window, depending on what you selected at step 2.

TIME INTERVAL

Setting range: 0 min 1 sec (continuous) - 99 min 59 sec Default setting: 10 sec

00m10s

(When selecting TIME INTERVAL.)

DISTANCE INTERVAL

Setting range: 0.01 nm (continuous) - 99.99 nm (km, sm) Default setting: 0.1 nm

00.10nm

(When selecting DISTANCE INTERVAL.)

Interval w indows

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4. Use the [ENTER] knob and the cursor pad to enter numeric data. The [CLEAR] key functions to clear an entire line of data.

5. Push the [ENTER] knob or ENTER soft key.

6. Press the [MENU] key to close the menu.

2.6.5 Changing own ship track/mark distri bu ti on se tting

The equipment stores a total of 8000 points of track and marks. This amount may be distributed as desired, and the default setting is 2000 points of track and 6000 marks.

When you change the track memory setting, all tracks and marks in the memory are erased. If necessary save the data to a memory card. For further details, see

the paragraph “6.1.2 Saving data to a memory card”.

1. Press the [MENU] key followed by the CHART SETUP and TRACKS & MARKS CONTROL soft keys to open the TRACK CONTROL menu.

2. Use the cursor pad to select MEMORY (TRACK & MARK).

3. Press the EDIT soft key to display the track memory window.

TRACK MEMORY

2000/8000 POINTS

Track memory window

4. Use the cursor pad and [ENTER] knob to enter desired number of track memory points.

5. Push the [ENTER] knob or ENTER soft key. You are asked if you are sure to change the track memory capacity.

6. Push the [ENTER] knob.

7. Press the [MENU] key to close the menu.

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2.6.6 Erasing track

This paragraph shows you how to erase own ship’s track and target tracks. You can erase ship’s track three ways: collectively, by color (color model only) and by area.

Erasing o wn shi p track by area

You can erase own ship’s track by area as below. This feature is not available when the overlay mode (GD-1700C/1710C only) is in use.

1. Press the [MENU] key followed by the CHART SETUP, TRACKS & MARKS CONTROL and ERASE T & M soft keys to show the ERASE menu.

2. PLOTTER OPERATION

ERASE ALL TRACKS

ERASE TRACKS BY AREA

ERASE TRACKS BY COLOR

ERASE TARGET TRACKS

ERASE ALL MARKS/LINES

ERASE MARKS BY AREA

SHIP’S TRACK STATUS

TRACKING

TRACK: 1234/2000 MARK : 9/6000

ERASE

EDIT EDIT

ERASE ALL TRACKS

ERASE TRACKS BY AREA

ERASE TARGET TRACKS

ERASE ALL MARKS/LINES

ERASE MARKS BY AREA

SHIP’S TRACK STATUS

TRACKING

TRACK: 1234/2000 MARK : 9/6000

GD-1700GD-1700C/1710C

ERASE

RETURNRETURN

Erase menu

2. Use the cursor pad to select ERASE TRACKS BY AREA, then press the EDIT soft key. The menu is erased and the plotter display appears.

3. Use the cursor pad to place the cursor at the top left of corner which you want to erase track from.

4. Press the START soft key or the [ENTER] knob.

5. Move the cursor diagonally to the bottom right corner of the area which you want to erase track from.

6. Press the END soft key or the [ENTER] knob. You are asked if you are sure to delete the track.

7. Push the [ENTER] knob to delete the track selected.

8. Press the [MENU] key twice to close the menu.

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Erasing o wn shi p track by co lor (GD-1700C/1710C)

You may erase own ship’s track by color as follows:

1. Press the [MENU] key followed by the CHART SETUP, TRACKS & MARKS CONTROL and ERASE T & M soft keys to show the ERASE menu.

2. Use the cursor pad to select ERASE TRACKS BY COLOR, then press the

EDIT soft key.

ERASE TRK BY COLOR

▲

RED

YELLOW

GREEN

LIGHT BLUE

PURPLE

BLUE

WHITE

▼

Erase track by c olor wi ndow

3. Use the cursor pad to select the color you want to erase, then push the

[ENTER] knob.

4. Push the [ENTER] knob to erase the track color selected.

5. Press the [MENU] key twice to close the menu.

Erasing al l own ship track

1. Press the [MENU] key followed by the CHART SETUP, TRACKS & MARKS CONTROL and ERASE T & M soft keys to show the ERASE menu.

2. Use the cursor pad to select ERASE ALL TRACKS, then press the EDIT soft key.

3. Push the [ENTER] knob to erase all own ship track.

4. Press the RETURN soft key.

5. Press the [MENU] key twice to close the menu.

Erasing al l target t racks

1. Press the [MENU] key followed by the CHART SETUP, TRACKS & MARKS CONTROL and ERASE T & M soft keys to show the ERASE menu.

2. Use the cursor pad to select ERASE TARGET TRACKS, then press the EDIT soft key.

3. Push the [ENTER] knob to erase all target tracks.

4. Press the [MENU] key twice to close the menu.

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2.7 Marks, Lines

Marks are useful for denoting important points such as a good fishing spot. Marks can be inscribed in seven shapes and seven colors (GD-1700C/1710C): Red, yellow, green, light-blue, purple, blue and white.

2. PLOTTER OPERATION

2.7.1 Entering a mark, line

1. Place the cursor where you want a mark to appear.

2. Press the MARK ENTRY soft key. (Press the [HIDE/SHOW] key if the plotter soft keys are not shown.)

The mark is inscribed in the size and shape selected on the mark & line menu. The default mark attributes are size, large; color (GD-1700C/1710C), yellow, and shape, hollow circle (

2.7.2 Changing mark attributes

You can select the size, shape and color (color model) for marks on the MARKS & LINES menu.

1. Press the [MENU] key to show the menu.

2. Press the CHART SETUP, TRACKS & MARKS CONTROL and MARK

SETUP soft keys to show the MARKS & LINES menu.

○).

Mark shapes

MARKS/LINES COLOR

YELLOW

MARKS SHAPE

LINES STYLE

MARKS SIZE

LARGE

SHIP’S TRACK STATUS

TRACKING

TRACK: 1234/2000 MARK : 9/6000

GD-1700C/1710C GD-1700

MARKS & LINES

EDIT

RETURN

MARKS SHAPE

LINES STYLE

MARKS SIZE

LARGE

SHIP’S TRACK STATUS

TRACKING

TRACK: 1234/2000 MARK : 9/6000

MARKS & LINES

EDIT

RETURN

Mark & line menu

3. For the GD-1700C/1710C, do the following to select mark and line color.

a) Select MARKS/LINES COLOR, then press the EDIT soft key.

b) Use the cursor pad to choose color desired. Press the ENTER soft key.

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4. Select MARKS SHAPE, then press the EDIT soft key.

5. Use the cursor pad to select mark shape desired, then press the RETURN soft key.

6. Select MARKS SIZE, then press the EDIT soft key.

7. Use the cursor pad to select LARGE (default setting) or SMALL as appropriate.

8. Press [ENTER] knob or ENTER soft key.

9. Press the [MENU] key twice to close the menu.

MARKS SHAPE

▲

¡ ¡ ¡

¡ ¡ ¡ ¡

▼

Mark shape window

2.7.3 Selecting line type

You may inscribe lines to denote good fishing spots, areas of special interest, etc. You can even construct simple charts.

1. Press the [MENU] key followed by the CHART SETUP, TRACKS & MARKS CONTROL and MARK SETUP soft keys to show the MARK & LINES menu.

MARKS/LINES COLOR

YELLOW

MARKS SHAPE

LINES STYLE

MARKS SIZE

LARGE

SHIP’S TRACK STATUS

TRACKING

TRACK: 1234/2000 MARK : 9/6000

MARKS & LINES

EDIT

RETURN

MARKS SHAPE

LINES STYLE

MARKS SIZE

LARGE

SHIP’S TRACK STATUS

TRACKING

TRACK: 1234/2000 MARK : 9/6000

MARKS & LINES

EDIT

RETURN

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GD-1700C/1710C GD-1700

Marks & lines setup menu

2. Select LINE STYLE, then press the EDIT soft key.

3. Use the cursor pad to select line style desired. Press the ENTER soft key.

Line style “dot” disables line drawing. The joint between lines is determined by mark shape. For example, selecting the circle shape will join lines with a circle as below.

4. Press the [MENU] key twice to close the menu.

2.7.4 Erasing marks, lines

LINES STYLE

▲

¤ ¡

----

¡ ¡

▼

Mark li ne window

2. PLOTTER OPERATION

Erasing an individual mark

1. Operate the cursor pad to place the cursor on the mark you want to erase.

2. Press the [CLEAR] key to erase the mark.

Erasing an individual line

Place the cursor on an end of the line to erase, then press the [CLEAR] key. Placing the cursor at the intersecting point of two line segments will erase both line segments.

Erasing marks, lin es by area

This feature is not available when the overlay mode (GD-1700C/1710C only) is in use.

1. Press the [MENU] key followed by the CHART SETUP, TRACKS & MARKS CONTROL and ERASE T & M soft keys to show the ERASE menu.

2. Use the cursor pad to select ERASE MARKS BY AREA and press the EDIT soft key. The menu is erased and the plotter display appears.

3. Use the cursor pad to place the cursor at the top left-hand corner of the area which you want to erase marks and lines from.

4. Press the START soft key or the [ENTER] knob.

5. Move the cursor to the bottom right-hand corner of the area which you want to erase marks and lines from.

6. Press the END soft key or the [ENTER] knob. You are asked if you are sure to delete the marks/lines selected. Push the [ENTER] knob to delete.

7. Press the [MENU] key twice to close the menu.

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2. PLOTTER OPERATION

Erasing al l marks, lin es

You can erase all marks and lines collectively. Be absolutely sure you want to erase all marks and lines - erased marks and lines cannot be restored.

1. Press the [MENU] key followed by the CHART SETUP, TRACKS & MARKS CONTROL and ERASE T & M soft keys to show the ERASE menu.

2. Use the cursor pad to select ERASE ALL MARKS/LINES, then press the EDIT soft key.

3. Push the [ENTER] knob to erase all marks and lines.

4. Press the [MENU] key twice to close the menu.

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2.8 Waypoints

In navigation terminology, a waypoint is a particular location on a voyage whether it be a starting, intermediate or destination point. A waypoint is the simplest piece of information your equipment requires to get you to a destination, in the shortest distance possible.

This unit has 999 waypoints into which you can enter position information. You may enter a waypoint five ways: at own ship position, at MOB position (page 1-15), by cursor, by range and bearing, and through the waypoint list (manual input of latitude and longitude).

2.8.1 Entering waypoints

Entering a waypoint at own ship position

Press the [SAVE/MOB] key momentarily to store your position as a waypoint. This new waypoint is saved to the waypoint list, under the youngest empty waypoint number.

Entering a waypoint with the cursor

2. PLOTTER OPERATION

1. Press the [MENU] key to open the menu.

2. Press the WAYPOINTS/ROUTES, WAYPOINTS and WAYPOINT BY CURSOR soft keys. The plotter display appears.

3. Use the cursor pad to place the cursor where you want to enter a waypoint.

4. Press the NEW WPT soft key. The waypoint window appears and it shows waypoint mark shape, waypoint name, comment (default: date and time), position of waypoint and proximity alarm radius.

NEW

MARK

▲

NAME

001WPT

34°44.000'N 135°21.000'W

COMMENT

02:36 01JAN01

LAT 34° 12. 134'N LON 134° 12. 345'W

PROXIMITY ALARM RADIUS

002WPT

00:00 01JAN00

34°44.000'N 135°21.000'W

003WPT

00:00 01JAN00

34°44.000'N 135°21.000'W

359.9°

0.00nm

359.9°

0.00nm

359.9°

0.00nm

0. 00nm

WPT

SELECT MARK

COORD TYPE

N < - -> S E < - -> W

SAVE

RETURN

"MARK SHAPE" on monochrome model

Waypoint window

5. If you do not need to change the waypoint data, press the SAVE soft key

to register the waypoint. The steps which follow show you how to change waypoint data.

6. For the color model, press the SELECT MARK soft key.

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7. Press the MARK SHAPE soft key to open the mark shape selection window.

8. Operate the cursor pad to select shape desired.

9. Press the ENTER soft key.

10. For the GD-1700C/1710C, press the SELECT MARK and MARK COLOR

soft keys in that order to open the waypoint mark color selection window. Select color desired, then press the ENTER soft key.

SELECT MARK

Waypoint mark shape selection window

SELECT COLOR

▲

RED

YELLOW

GREEN

LIGHT BLUE

PURPLE

BLUE

WHITE

▼

Waypoi nt mark color s elec tion window

Note: You cannot change the shape and color of a waypoint when the

proximity alarm radius for it is other than “zero.” To change shape or color, enter all zeroes as the proximity alarm radius.

12. You can change the name (1 to 6 characters), comment (13 characters), L/L position and the proximity alarm radius for a waypoint as follows:

a) Use the cursor pad to select the NAME, COMMENT, position box or

PROXIMITY ALARM RADIUS field. (“Proximity alarm radius” provides for visual and aural alarms when your boat nears a waypoint by the distance specified. The proximity alarm must be turned on in the ALARM menu to use this feature. For details see the paragraph “2.11.6 Proximity alarm.”)

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b) Use the cursor pad to select location.

c) Rotate the [ENTER] knob to select appropriate alphanumeric character.

13. Press the SAVE soft key to register the waypoint.

14. Enter another waypoint, or press the [MENU] key to close the menu.

2. PLOTTER OPERATION

Entering a waypoint by range and bearing

This method is useful when you want to enter a waypoint using range and bearing to a target found on a radar.

1. Press the [MENU] key to open the menu.

2. Press the WAYPOINTS/ROUTES, WAYPOINTS and WAYPOINT BY RNG & BRG soft keys.

3. An “X” (red on the GD-1700C/1710C) appears at own ship position, and it is the origin point for range and bearing. Operate the cursor pad to place the cursor on the location desired. Range and bearing from own ship to the cursor appear at the top of the display.

Note: The origin point of range and bearing can be shifted to the location

desired. Operate the cursor pad to select location, then press the START POINT soft key.

4. Press the NEW WPT soft key. The waypoint window appears and it shows mark shape, waypoint name, comment (default: date and time), position of waypoint and proximity alarm radius.

NEW

MARK

▲

NAME

001WPT

34°44.000'N 135°21.000'W

COMMENT

02:36 01JAN01

LAT 34° 12. 134'N LON 134° 12. 345'W

PROXIMITY ALARM RADIUS

002WPT

00:00 01JAN00

34°44.000'N 135°21.000'W

003WPT

00:00 01JAN00

34°44.000'N 135°21.000'W

359.9°

0.00nm

359.9°

0.00nm

359.9°

0.00nm

0. 00nm

WPT

SELECT MARK

COORD TYPE

N < - -> S E < - -> W

SAVE

RETURN

"MARK SHAPE" on monochrome model

Waypoint window

5. If necessary, change waypoint data following the instructions from step 6 in “Entering a waypoint with the cursor” on page 2-30.

6. Press the SAVE soft key to register the waypoint.

7. Enter another waypoint as above, or press the [MENU] key to finish.

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Entering a waypoint from the waypoint list

You can manually enter waypoint position from the waypoint list as follows:

1. Press the [MENU] key to open the menu.

2. Press the WAYPOINTS/ROUTES and WAYPOINTS soft keys.

3. Press the LOCAL LIST (lists waypoints in order from nearest to furthest) or ALPHANUMERIC LIST (lists waypoints in alphanumeric order) soft key.

ABALONE

▲

00:00 01JAN01

35°47.010'N 135°21.000'W

CRAB

00:00 01JAN01

34°42.000'N 135°21.050'W

FISH

00:00 01JAN01

34°41.000'N 135°21.030'W

LOBSTER

00:00 01JAN01

38°44.300'N 135°21.010'W

PUSH ENTER KNOB TO SEARCH FOR

350.9

3.80 nm

050.9°

1.98 nm

065.9°

1.83 nm

144.9°

4.93nm

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Alphanumeric waypoint list

Alphanumer ic and local waypoint lists

4. Press the NEW WPT soft key to show the waypoint window (see the figure on the previous page). Own ship position is shown in the position box.

5. Select the position box and enter position desired.

6. If desired, change waypoint data following the instructions from step 6 in “Entering a waypoint with the cursor” on page 2-30.

7. Press the SAVE soft key to register the waypoint.

8. Press the [MENU] key to close the menu.

2.8.2 Editing waypoint data

WPT ALPHA

GOTO

NEW WPT

EDIT WPT

ERASE WPT

RETURN

FISH

▲

00:00 01JAN01

34°41.000'N 135°21.030'W

CRAB

00:00 01JAN01

34°42.000'N 135°21.050'W

ABALONE

00:00 01JAN01

35°47.010'N 135°21.000'W

LOBSTER

00:00 01JAN01

38°44.300'N 135°21.010'W

065.9°

1.83 nm

050.9°

1.98 nm

350.9

3.80 nm

144.9°

4.93nm

Local waypoint list

WPT LOCAL

GOTO

NEW WPT

EDIT WPT

ERASE WPT

RETURN

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Waypoint data may be edited from the waypoint list or directly from the plotter display.

Editing waypoint data from the waypoint list

1. Press the [MENU] key to open the menu.

2. Press the WAYPOINTS/ROUTES and WAYPOINTS soft keys.

3. Press the LOCAL LIST or ALPHANUMERIC LIST soft key as appropriate.

4. Use the cursor pad to select the waypoint you want to edit.

5. Press the EDIT WPT soft key.

6. Edit data as appropriate.

2. PLOTTER OPERATION

7. Press the SAVE soft key.

8. Press the [MENU] key to close the menu.

Editing a waypoint from the plotter display

You may edit waypoints from the plotter display as follows:

1. Press the [MENU] key followed by the WAYPOINTS/ROUTES and WAYPOINTS soft key to open the waypoint menu.

2. Press the WAYPOINT BY CURSOR soft key.

3. Operate the cursor pad to place the cursor on the waypoint which you want to change. A flashing diamond mark appears on the waypoint when it is correctly selected.

4. Press the EDIT/MOVE soft key. Three soft keys replace the EDIT/MOVE soft

key:

EDIT WPT: Edit from the waypoint entry window. MOVE WPT: Move waypoint to new position with the cursor. ERASE WPT: Erase waypoint. See paragraph 2.8.3.

5. Press appropriate soft key. For “EDIT WPT,” the waypoint entry window appears; edit data as appropriate. For “MOVE WPT,” do the following:

a) Operate the cursor pad to place the cursor on the location desired for the

waypoint. A line connects previous position and new position.

b) Push the [ENTER] knob. The waypoint moves to the cursor position and its

position is changed on the waypoint list. If the waypoint is set as destination or is part of a route, you are asked if you are sure to move the waypoint. In this case, push the [ENTER] knob to move the waypoint, or press the [CLEAR] key to cancel.

c) Press the [MENU] key to finish.

(1) Select waypoint to move, then press EDIT/MOVE and MOVE WPT soft keys.

(2) Drag cursor to new position, then push the [ENTER] knob.

34° 22. 3456'N 359.9°M

080° 22. 3456'E

16.0nm

FISH

WP-002

BRIDGE

Range and bearing from own ship to cursor

TRIP

RNG BRG

CANCEL

59.9 nm 99.9 nm

Press to alternately display range/bearing from own ship to cursor, range/bearing from original waypoint position to cursor position. Below is an example of the range/bearing from original waypoint position to cursor position.

34° 22. 3456’N FROM 5.3°M

080° 22. 3456’E

FISH 1.45 nm

Plotter display

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2.8.3 Erasing waypoints

Erasing a waypoint directly from the plotter display

1. Operate the cursor pad to place the cursor on the waypoint you want to erase. A flashing diamond mark appears over the waypoint when the waypoint is correctly selected.

2. Press the [CLEAR] key. You are asked if you are sure to erase the waypoint.

3. Push the [ENTER] knob. The waypoint is erased from the plotter screen and the waypoint list.

Erasing a waypoint from the menu

1. Press the [MENU] key followed by the WAYPOINTS/ROUTES and WAYPOINTS soft key to open the waypoint menu.

2. Press the WAYPOINT BY CURSOR soft key.

3. Operate the cursor pad to place the cursor on the waypoint which you want to erase. A flashing diamond mark appears on the waypoint when it is correctly selected.

4. Press the EDIT/MOVE soft key followed by the ERASE WPT soft key. You are asked if you are sure to erase the waypoint.

5. Push the [ENTER] knob to erase the waypoint.

6. Press the [MENU] key to close the menu. The waypoint is erased from the plotter screen and the waypoint list.

Erasing a waypoint from the waypoint list

1. Press the [MENU] key to open the menu.

2. Press the WAYPOINTS/ROUTES and WAYPOINTS soft keys.

3. Press the LOCAL LIST or ALPHANUMERIC LIST soft key.

4. Use the cursor pad to select the waypoint you want to erase.

5. Press the ERASE WPT soft key. You are asked if you are sure to erase the waypoint.

6. Push the [ENTER] knob. The waypoint is erased from both the waypoint list and the plotter screen (if it is currently displayed).

7. Press the [MENU] key to close the menu.

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2.8.4 Changing waypoint mark size (FURUNO, NavCharts™)

You may change the size of all waypoint marks to small or large (default), or you may turn them off.

1. Press the [MENU] key to open the menu.

2. Press the CHART SETUP and CHART DETAILS soft keys.

LAT LON GRID

GREEN

TEXT INFORMATION

WAYPOINTS

LARGE

WAYPOINT NAMES

CHART BORDER LINES

LANDMASS

BRT YELLOW

BACKGROUND

BLACK NAVAIDS ON LIGHT SECTOR INFO

OTHER SYMBOLS

WHITE

MARKS SIZE

LARGE

GD-1700C/1710C

CHART DETAILS

EDIT

CNTOUR LINE

RETURN

LAT LON GRID

TEXT INFORMATION

WAYPOINTS

WAYPOINT NAMES

CHART BORDER LINES

LANDMASS

NAVAIDS

LIGHT SECTOR INFO

OTHER SYMBOLS ON MARKS SIZE

LARGE

Chart details menu

LARGE

BRIGHT

GD-1700

CHART DETAILS

EDIT

CNTOUR LINE

RETURN

3. Use the cursor pad to select WAYPOINTS.

4. Press the EDIT soft key.

5. Use the cursor pad to select LARGE, SMALL or OFF.

LARGE: Shows mark in actual shape. SMALL: Displays all waypoints with an “X” regardless of mark shape

selected.

OFF: Turns off all waypoints and their names. Waypoints currently used

in navigation are shown regardless of this setting.

6. Press the ENTER soft key or [ENTER] knob to register your selection.

7. Press the [MENU] key to close the menu.

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2.8.5 Searching waypoints

You can search for a waypoint through the alphanumeric waypoint list as follows:

1. Press the [MENU] key.

2. Press the WAYPOINTS/ROUTES, WAYPOINTS and ALPHANUMERIC LIST soft keys to show the alphanumeric list.

ABALONE

▲

00:00 01JAN01

35°47.010'N 135°21.000'W

CRAB

00:00 01JAN01

34°42.000'N 135°21.050'W

FISH

00:00 01JAN01

34°41.000'N 135°21.030'W

LOBSTER

00:00 01JAN01

38°44.300'N 135°21.010'W

WPT ALPHA

350.9°

3.80 nm

050.9°

1.98 nm

065.9°

1.83 nm

144.9°

4.93nm

GOTO

NEW WPT

EDIT WPT

ERASE WPT

RETURN

PUSH ENTER KNOB TO SEARCH FOR

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Search window

Alphanumer ic list

3. Use the cursor pad and the [ENTER] knob to enter up to three alphanumeric characters in the search window. Then, the waypoint searched appears at the top of the screen.

4. Press the [MENU] key to close the menu.

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2.9 Routes

Often a trip from one place to another involves several course changes, requiring a series of route points (waypoints) which you navigate to, one after another. The sequence of waypoints leading to the ultimate destination is called a route. Your unit can automatically advance to the next waypoint on a route, so you do not have to change the destination waypoint repeatedly.

You can store up to 200 routes, and a route may have 35 waypoints.

2.9.1 Creating routes

Entering a route with existing waypoints

This method constructs routes by using existing waypoints.

1. Press the [MENU] key.

2. Press the WAYPOINTS/ROUTES soft key.

3. Press the ROUTES soft key to open the ROUTE menu. (No data will be shown if there are no routes created.)

2. PLOTTER OPERATION

ROUTE

GOTO

NEW ROUTE

EDIT ROUTE

ERASE ROUTE

RETURN

Number of waypoints in route

Total length of route

Route name

001

▲

LENGTH

25.6 nm

002

LENGTH

56.7 nm

003

LENGTH

21.1 nm

004

LENGTH

21.1 nm

PUSH ENTER KNOB TO SEARCH FOR

WAYPOINTS 35

WAYPOINTS 2

WAYPOINTS 3

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Route menu

4. Press the NEW ROUTE soft key to open the new route entry screen.

NEW

ROUTE NAME

0 0 1

COMMENT

ROUTE

PLOT

LOCAL LIST

ALPHA LIST

CONECT

CANCEL

New route entr y s cr een

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5. If desired you can change the route name shown and/or add a comment. A route name may consist of six characters; comment, 13 characters.

6. Press the LOCAL LIST or ALPHA LIST soft key to open the waypoint list.

7. Use the cursor pad to select a waypoint, then press the ADD WPT soft key to add it to the route.

8. Repeat step 7 to complete the route.

Note: To clear a waypoint, press the ERASE LST WP soft key. Each press of

this key deletes the last waypoint entered.

9. Press the SAVE soft key to register the route.

10. Press the [MENU] key to close the menu.

Entering a route with th e cursor

This method allows you to construct a route directly from the plotter display, using existing waypoints or new positions. Any new position will be saved as a waypoint, under the youngest empty waypoint number.

1. Follow steps 1-5 in “Entering a route from the route list” on the previous page.

2. Press the PLOT soft key to show the plotter display.

3. Operate the cursor pad to place the cursor on an existing waypoint (ADD WP soft key appears) or new location (ADD NEW WP soft key appears).

4. Press the ADD WP soft key (or ADD NEW WP soft key).

5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 to complete the route.

6. Push the [ENTER] knob to register the route.

7. Press the MENU key to close the menu.

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Creating voyage-based routes

You can create routes based on your ship’s track. The route can be created automatically by time or distance, or manually. This feature is useful when you wish to retrace previous track.

S A V E

The “SAVE” icon (

) appears at the top of the screen when a voyage-based

route is being created.

1. Press the [MENU] key to open the menu.

2. Press the WAYPOINTS/ROUTES soft key.

3. Press the CREATE VOYAGE-BASED ROUTE soft key.

001

▲

LENGTH

25.6 nm

WAYPOINTS 35

ROUTE

NEW

002

LENGTH

56.7 nm

WAYPOINTS 2

SELECT ROUTE

003

LENGTH

21.1 nm

WAYPOINTS 3

004

LENGTH

21.1 nm

PUSH ENTER KNOB TO SEARCH FOR

4. Press the NEW soft key to show the new route window.

Note: If you want to tack voyage-based points onto the end of an existing

route, select route desired, then press the SELECT ROUTE soft key instead of the NEW soft key.

Next consecutive route number

WAYPOINTS 3

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Save route m enu

ROUTE NAME

0 0 6

COMMENT

RETURN

SAVE ROUTE

BCKTRK TIME

BCKTRK DIST

USE FURUNO BACK TRACK FUNCTION TO AUTOMATICALLY CREATE ROUTE BY TIME OR DISTANCE.

MANUAL

CANCEL

Save route window

5. If required, you may change the route name and enter a comment.

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6. Choose how to record points for your route, by time, by distance or manual entry, by pressing by one of BCKTRK TIME, BCKTRK RANGE or MANUAL soft key as appropriate. For manual entry, go to step 8. For BCKTRK TIME, BCKTRK DIST one of the following displays appears.

TIME INTERVAL DISTANCE INTERVAL

00h01m

(When selecting BCKTRK TIME.)

(When selecting BCKTRK DIST.)

00.1nm

Displays for entry of time, distance interv al

7. Enter interval desired with the cursor pad and [ENTER] knob. Press the [ENTER] knob. Press the START and RETURN soft keys followed by the [MENU] key to close the menu. At this moment, a voyage-based route will be created.

8. For manual entry of waypoints, do the following:

a) Press the [SAVE/MOB] key momentarily to enter a waypoint mark at own

ship position. A new waypoint is created under the youngest empty waypoint number and added to the route. (At this time you may close the SAVE ROUTE screen by pressing the RETURN soft by followed by the MENU key.)

b) Repeat step a) as necessary. 35 waypoints may be entered.

To stop recording waypoints and s ave the route

You can stop recording waypoints and save the route at any time as shown in the procedure below. When 35 waypoints have been entered the message “Total 35 WPTS have been already registered in the route. Stop creating voyage-based route.” is displayed. In this case, save the route as shown below.

1. Press the [MENU] key followed by the WAYPOINTS/ROUTES and CREATE

VOYAGE-BASED ROUTE soft keys.

2. Press the FINISH LOG soft key to stop recording waypoints and save the

route.

3. Press the [MENU] key to close the menu.

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2.9.2 Connecting routes

Two routes which you have created can be connected as follows to form a new route.

1. Press the [MENU] key to open the menu.

2. Press the WAYPOINTS/ROUTES soft key.

3. Press the ROUTES soft key.

4. Press the NEW ROUTE soft key.

5. If desired enter name and comment for route.

6. Press the CONNECT soft key.

7. Use the cursor pad and the [ENTER] knob to enter the route name for the first route, beneath FIRST in the connect route window.

ROUTE NAME

2. PLOTTER OPERATION

NEW ROUTE

0 0 1

COMMENT

CONNECT ROUTE

FIRST

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

FORWARD FORWARD

SECOND

F < -- > R

SAVE

CANCEL

Connect rout e window

8. If necessary press the F< - ->R soft key to select direction to follow the waypoints of the route, forward or reverse.

9. Enter the route name of the second route as you did for the first route.

10. Press the SAVE soft key.

11. Press the [MENU] key to close the menu.

Note: The maximum number of waypoints in a route is 35. If this number is

exceeded an error message appears. In this case, delete waypoints in one or both routes so the total number of waypoints does not exceed 35.

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2.9.3 Ins er ti ng wa ypoi n ts in a route

Waypoints can be inserted in a route as follows:

Inserting a waypoint from the route list

1. Press the [MENU] key to open the menu.

2. Press the WAYPOINTS/ROUTES soft key.

3. Press the ROUTES soft key.

4. Use the cursor pad to select a route.

5. Press the EDIT ROUTE soft key. The route name screen appears.

6. Press the LOCAL LIST soft key.

ROUTE NAME: COMMENT:

001WPT

▲

34°44.111'N 135°21.134'W

003WPT

34°43.432'N 135°41.456'W

002WPT

34°14.124'N 135°21.567'W

005WPT

34°44.569'N 135°21.152'W

008WPT

34°54.124'N 135°21.888'W

001

LEG

29.9°

12.0nm

159.9°

6.00nm

50.5°

29.8nm

359.9°

3.0nm

EDIT ROUTE

INSERT WPT

REMOVE WPT

CHANGE WPT

COORD TYPE

RETURN

Edit rout e menu

7. Press ▲ or ▼ to place the cursor at the location where you want to insert a waypoint.

8. Press the INSERT WPT or CHANGE WPT soft key as appropriate. The local waypoint list appears.

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LOCAL LIST

001

002

003

004

001WPT

34°44.111'N 135°21.134'W

002WPT

34°43.432'N 135°41.456'W

003WPT

34°14.124'N 135°21.567'W

004WPT

34°34.490'N 135°51.387'W

▲

Waypoint list for editing a route (loc al list)

2. PLOTTER OPERATION

9. Use the cursor pad to select the waypoint you want to insert. (You can switch between the local list and alphanumeric list by using the LOCAL LIST and ALPHA LIST soft keys.)

10. Press the SELECT WPT or CHANGE WPT soft key, whichever is displayed.

11. Press the [MENU] key to close the menu.

Inserting a waypoint from the plotter display

Inserti ng a waypoint before firs t waypoint or after last waypoint in a route

1. Press the [MENU] key to open the menu.

2. Press the WAYPOINTS/ROUTES soft key.

3. Press the ROUTES soft key.

4. Use the cursor pad to select a route.

5. Press the EDIT ROUTE soft key.

6. Press the PLOT soft key to show the plotter screen.

7. Operate the cursor pad to place the cursor on the first (or last) waypoint of the route. A flashing diamond appears over the waypoint when it is correctly selected.

8. Press the ADD TO START soft key or the ADD TO END soft key depending on the waypoint you selected at step 7.

9. Operate the cursor pad to place the cursor on an existing waypoint (ADD WPT soft key appears) or new location (ADD NEW WP soft key appears).

10. Press the ADD WPT soft key (ADD NEW WP soft key).

11. Press the [MENU] key to close the menu.

Inserti ng a waypoint in an interm ediate location on a route

1. Follow steps 1 through 6 in “Inserting a waypoint before the first or last waypoint in a route.”

2. Operate the cursor pad to place the cursor on a line connecting waypoints. The SPLIT LEG soft key appears and the line flashes when the line is correctly selected.

3. Press the SPLIT LEG soft key. The line changes from solid to dashed.

4. The INSERT NEW WP soft key appears. Move the cursor to a new location or select an existing waypoint, in which case the INSERT WPT key replaces the INSERT NEW WP key.

5. Press the INSERT WPT soft key (INSERT NEW WP soft key).

6. Press the [MENU] key to close the menu.

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2.9.4 Removing waypoints from a route

Removing a waypoint from the route list

1. Press the [MENU] key to open the menu.

2. Press the WAYPOINTS/ROUTES soft key.

3. Press the ROUTES soft key.

4. Select a route.

5. Press the EDIT ROUTE and LOCAL LIST soft keys.

6. Select the waypoint you want to remove.

7. Press the REMOVE WPT soft key.

8. Press the [MENU] key to close the menu.

Removing a waypoint from the plotter display

1. Press the [MENU] key to open the menu.

2. Press the WAYPOINTS/ROUTES soft key.

3. Press the ROUTES soft key.

4. Select a route.

5. Press the EDIT ROUTE soft key.

6. Press the PLOT soft key to show the plotter screen.

7. Operate the cursor pad to place the cursor on the waypoint you want to remove from the route.

8. Press the REMOVE WPT soft key. The route is redrawn, eliminating the waypoint erased.

9. Press the [MENU] key to close the menu.

2.9.5 Erasing routes

1. Press the [MENU] key to open the menu.

2. Press the WAYPOINTS/ROUTES soft key.

3. Press the ROUTES soft key.

4. Use the cursor pad to select a route.

5. Press the ERASE ROUTE soft key. You are asked if you are sure to erase the route.

6. Push the [ENTER] knob to erase the route, or the [CLEAR] key to escape.

7. Press the [MENU] key to close the menu.

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2.10 Navigation

This section shows you how to get to a desired destination by “quick points,” waypoints, port services and routes.

Note: Reciprocal setting and canceling of destination is available by outputting

the data sentence ZDA from the NavNet unit connected to the navigator.

2.10.1 Navigating to a “quick point”

The “quick point” feature allows you to navigate to point(s) without retaining the data indefinitely in your unit’s memory.

Selecting quick point entry method

You need to tell your unit how to set the quick point: 1 POINT, 35 POINTS (up to 35 points) or 35PTS/PORT SVC. (For how to navigate to points/port services see “2.10.3 Navigating to ports, port services” on page 2-47.)

1. Press the [MENU] key.

2. Press the PLOTTER SETUP soft key.

3. Use the cursor pad to select SET GOTO METHOD, then press the EDIT soft key.

2. PLOTTER OPERATION

GOTO METHOD

1 POINT

35 POINTS

35PTS/PORT SVC

Goto method window

4. Use the cursor pad to select a method.

5. Press the ENTER soft key.

6. Press the [MENU] key to close the menu.

Navigating to a single quick point

1. Select “1 POINT” following the procedure in the above paragraph.

2. Place the cursor on an existing waypoint (GOTO WPT soft key appears) or a new location (GOTO CURSOR soft key appears).

3. Depending on the selection you made at step 1, press the GOTO CURSOR or GOTO WPT soft key.

A solid line (light-blue on the GD-1700C/1710C) with arrows connects between own ship and destination, which is marked as “QP<01>” for cursor-selected location or waypoint name in case of waypoint. Arrows on the line show the direction to follow to get to the point. Range and bearing from own ship to the destination appear at the top of screen. The quick point is saved to the waypoint list as waypoint “QP01.”

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Navigating to multiple quick points

1. Select “35 POINTS” following the procedure in “Selecting quick point entry method” on the previous page.

2. Press the GOTO soft key.

3. Place the cursor on an existing waypoint (SELECT WPT soft key appears) or a new location (ADD QP soft key appears).

4. Depending on the action taken at step 3, press the SELECT WPT or ADD QP soft key. “QP<01>” appears at the cursor location if a quick point is selected. To erase last-entered quick point (waypoint), press the ERASE LST QP (ERASE LST WP) soft key.

5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 to complete the route.

6. Push the [ENTER] knob to finish.

A solid line runs between own ship and first waypoint and a dashed line between other waypoints. (For the GD-1700C/1710C, those lines are colored light-blue and green, respectively.) Quick points are numbered in sequential order from QP<01> and are saved to the waypoint list. Range and bearing from own ship to the first destination appear at the top of screen. The quick points are saved as a route, under the name “Q>RTE” (Quick Route).

2.10.2 Navigating to waypoints

Selecting a waypoint from the plotter display

1. Operate the cursor pad to select a waypoint.

2. Press the GOTO WPT soft key.

Note: GOTO method should be selected to “1 POINT” on the PLOTTER SETUP

menu.

Selecting a waypoint from the waypoint list

1. Press the [MENU] key to open the menu.

2. Press the WAYPOINTS/ROUTES soft key.

3. Press the WAYPOINTS soft key to open the waypoint menu.

4. Press the LOCAL LIST or ALPHANUMERIC LIST soft key as desired.

5. Use the cursor pad to select a waypoint.

6. Press the GOTO soft key, and the plotter display appears.

For either of the above methods, a solid line (light-blue on the GD-1700C/1710C) runs between waypoint selected and own ship’s position. Arrows on the line show the direction to the follow to get to the waypoint. Waypoint data appears at the top of screen.

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2. PLOTTER OPERATION

Selecting an external waypoin t

You can select a waypoint (or route) entered at an external plotter connected with NMEA cable. This function requires RMB sentence.

1. Press the [MENU] key, PLOTTER SETUP soft key to show the PLOTTER SETUP menu.

2. Use the trackball to select QP.

3. Press the ENTER soft key or [ENTER] key to show the QP window.

EXT WPT (RMB)

INTERNAL

QP window

4. Select EXT WPT (RMB).

5. On a connected external plotter, set a waypoint (or route) as the destination.

Selected waypoint (route) appears on the NavNet plotter screen. (on radar screen, a lollipop appears to show the waypoint.)

2.10.3 Navigating to ports, port services (NavCharts™ only)

NavCharts™ have a port service list which shows services available at ports or harbors. (See page 2-13.) You can use the list to set your destination as follows:

1. Select “35 PTS/PORT SVC” following the procedure in “Selecting quick point

entry method” on page 2-45.

2. Place the cursor on the location desired, then press the GOTO soft key. Then,

soft key titles change as in the figure below.

40°45.971'N

13°57.462'E

16.0nm

PUNTA CORNACCHIA

ACCO AMENO

CASAMICCIOLA

I. ISCHIA

FROM OS

ISCHIA PORTO

0.26 nm

180.2°

GOTO

QUICK ROUTE

NEAR SRVC

PORT

CANCEL GOTO

Plotter display

3. Press the PORT or NEAR SRVC soft key depending on objective. PORT

shows a list of ports in your area. NEAR SRVC displays the port service list.

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2. PLOTTER OPERATION

PORT & SERVICE

▼

SELECT PORT & SRVC

▲

ACCIAROLI

ACQUAMORTA

¡

¡     ¡

¡ 

AGNONE S. NICOLA AGROPOLI AMALFI BAIA CAPRI CASA MICCIOLA-ISCHIA

Port list (NavChart , Italy)

PORT & SERVICE

▼

Port services (NavChart )

Port services (C-MAP)

Port services and sample port lis t

4. If you selected PORT (NavCha rt s™ only) at step 3, use the cursor pad to

select a port and press the ENTER soft key. Make a route using the soft keys, then push the [ENTER] knob. (If you want to go directly to that port, simply press the ADD QP soft key followed by the [ENTER] knob.)

If you sel ect ed NE AR SRVC at step 3, select service mark desired with the

cursor pad, then press the ENTER soft key or the [ENTER] knob. Then, the display shows the locations of those services nearest you. (The figure below shows the location of filling stations in an area in southern Italy.) Use the cursor pad to place the “hand cursor” on the port service icon desired and press the ENTER soft key. Make a route using the soft keys, then push the

[ENTER] knob. (If you want to go directly to location selected, simply press the ADD QP soft key followed by the [ENTER] knob.)

40°45.971'N

13°57.462'E

16.0nm

PUNTA CORNACCHIA

ACCO AMENO

CASAMICCIOLA

I. ISCHIA

FROM OS

ISCHIA PORTO

0.26 nm

180.2°M

GOTO

ENTER

CANCEL GOTO

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Sample filling stat ion locations ( s outhern It aly )

2.10.4 Following a route

Selecting the rout e to follow

1. Press the [MENU] key to open the menu.

2. Press the WAYPOINTS/ROUTES soft key.

3. Press the ROUTES soft key to open the route list.

4. Select a route.

5. Press the GOTO soft key to show the plotter display. The cursor is on the

waypoint nearest own ship.

FISH

16.0 nm

359.2°M 104.5°M

83.2nm 10.0 kt

2. PLOTTER OPERATION

GOTO ROUTE

WP-002

FISH

WP-001

CRAB

GOTO WPT

RVRSE ROUTE

RETURN

Plotter di s play , r oute select ed as desti nation

6. Operate the cursor pad to place the cursor on the waypoint or leg in the route

from where to start navigating the route.

7. Press the GOTO WPT or FOLLOW LEG soft key, depending on the action

taken at step 6.

A solid line runs between own ship and the first waypoint and all other waypoints are connected with a dashed line. (For the GD-1700C/1710C, those lines are colored light-blue and green, respectively.) The arrows on the lines show the direction to traverse the route.

Navigatin g waypoints in reverse order

Press the RVRSE ROUTE soft key to navigate waypoints in reverse order. The arrows on the route line point in the direction selected.

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Restarting navigation

When you steer to avoid an obstacle or the vessel drifts, you may go off your intended course, as in Line 1 in the figure below. Also, if you don’t need to return to the original course, you can go directly to the next waypoint, as in Line 2 in the figure below. In these cases, use the restart function to restart navigation.

Line 2

Obstacle

Line 1

Original course

Exam ple of when to restart navigation

1. Press the [MENU] key to open the menu.

2. Press the WAYPOINTS/ROUTES soft key.

3. Press the LOG soft key.

Destination waypoint (WPT name against bright background) Passed waypoint (green characters)

Estimated Time of Arrival at destination

ETA 23:59 11.FEB

LEG

29.9°

12.0nm

159.9°

6.00nm

50.5°

29.8nm

359.9°

3.0nm

Replaces triangle when selecting a route leg.

001WPT

34°44.111'N 135°21.134'W

▲

34°43.432'N 135°41.456'W

002WPT

34°14.124'N 135°21.567'W

005WPT

34°44.569'N 135°21.152'W

008WPT

34°54.124'N 135°21.888'W

003WPT

LOG

RESTART

STOP

RVRSE

SPEED

COORD TYPE

Replaced by "FOLLOW LEG" when selecting a route leg.

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Log display

4. Use the cursor pad to select a waypoint or a route leg. When a route leg is selected the single arrow cursor is replaced by double arrows.

5. Press the RESTART soft key, or FOLLOW LEG soft key in case of route leg.

Note: Navigation may be restarted from the plotter display, with the

RESTART key, when a single quick point (QP<01>) is selected for navigation.

6. Press the [MENU] key to close the menu.

2. PLOTTER OPERATION

Setting sp eed for ETA calculation

Speed, which may be input manually or automatically, is required to calculate ETA (Estimated Time of Arrival) to a destination.

1. Press the [MENU] key to open the menu.

2. Press the WAYPOINTS/ROUTES soft key.

3. Press the LOG soft key.

4. Press the SPEED soft key.

SPEED FOR ETA

▲

SPD 010.0kt

GPS AVG. SPEED

▼

Select speed for ETA window

5. Enter speed manually in the SPD field, or use GPS speed data (if applicable) by selecting GPS AVG. SPEED.

6. Press the ENTER soft key or the [ENTER] knob to register your selection.

7. Press the [MENU] key to close the menu.

Switching waypoints

When you arrive to a waypoint on a route, you can switch to the next waypoint by one of the three methods below.

PERPENDICULAR: Automatically switches the TO waypoint when the boat

passes an imaginary perpendicular line passing through the center of the destination waypoint.

ARR VL A L M CRCL: Automatically switches the TO waypoint when the boat

comes within the arrival alarm range. For how to set the arrival alarm, see the paragraph “2.11.2 Arrival alarm.”

MANUAL: The destination waypoint may be manually switched by using the

RESTART soft key (see page 2-50). This function is operative when “1 POINT” is selected as the GOTO method (see page 2-45).

WPT 2

Waypoint switched at this point.

WPT 2

Waypoint switched at this point.

WPT 1

Perpendicular

WPT 1

Arrival Alarm Circle

Automatic waypoint switching methods

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2. PLOTTER OPERATION

To select waypoint switching method do the following:

1. Press the [MENU] key.

2. Press the PLOTTER SETUP soft key.

3. Use the cursor pad to select WAYPOINT SWITCHING.

4. Press the EDIT soft key to show the waypoint switching window.

5. Use the cursor pad to select appropriate waypoint switching method; PERPENDICULAR, ARRVL ALM CRCL (default setting), or MANUAL.

6. Press the ENTER soft key or [ENTER] knob.

7. Press the [MENU] key to close the menu.

2.10.5 Cancelling route navigation

1. Press the [MENU] key to open the menu.

2. Press the WAYPOINTS/ROUTES soft key.

3. Press the LOG soft key.

4. Press the STOP soft key.

5. Push the [ENTER] knob.

6. Press the RELEASE soft key.

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2.11 Alarms

The plotter section has eight conditions which generate both audio and visual alarms: arrival alarm, anchor watch alarm, XTE (Cross Track Error) alarm, proximity alarm, speed alarm, trip alarm, water temperature alarm and bottom alarm. (The bottom and water temperature alarms, which require depth and water temperature data, may also be set on the sounder alarm menu. For these alarms see Chapter 4.)

You may set up the plotter alarms on the ALARM menu, which may be displayed by pressing the [ALARM] key.

2. PLOTTER OPERATION

AUDIO ALARM

INTERNAL BUZZ

ARRIVAL ALARM

OFF 0.010nm

ANCHOR WATCH ALARM

OFF 0.010nm

PROXIMITY ALARM

OFF

XTE ALARM

OFF 0.050nm

SPEED ALARM

OFF

TRIP ALARM

OFF 0000.0nm

ALARM INFORMATION NO ALARM

Page 1 Page 2

2.11.1 Audio alarm on/off

ALARM1

EDIT

CLEAR ALARM

RETURN

PREV. PAGE

Plotter alarm menu

BOTTOM ALARM

TEMPERATURE ALARM

ALARM INFORMATION

NO ALARM

OFF

ALARM

EDIT

CLEAR ALARM

PREV. PAGE

Audio and visual alarms are released whenever an alarm setting is violated. You can enable or disable the audio alarm as follows:

1. Press the [ALARM] key to show the alarm menu.

2. Use the cursor pad to select AUDIO ALARM.

3. Press the EDIT soft key to show the audio alarm window.

AUDIO ALARM

INT & EXT BUZZ

INTERNAL BUZZ

OFF

Audio alarm window

4. Use the cursor pad to select INT & EXT BUZZ (Internal + External alarm), INTERNAL BUZZ (Internal alarm) or OFF. This turns on or off the audio alarm globally for all alarms, including radar.

5. Press the ENTER soft key followed by the [ALARM] key to close the menu.

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2.11.2 Arrival alarm

The arrival alarm informs you that your boat is approaching a destination waypoint. The area that defines an arrival zone is that of a circle which you approach from the outside of the circle. The alarm will be released if your boat enters the circle. When the arrival alarm is active a dashed circle (red on the GD-1700C/1710C) marks the arrival alarm area.

Note: Arrival alarm and anchor watch alarm cannot be set together.

Own ship

Alarm range

: Alarm area

Destination waypoint

How the arrival alarm works

1. Press the [ALARM] key to open the alarm menu.

2. Use the cursor pad to select ARRIVAL ALARM.

3. Press the EDIT soft key to show the arrival alarm window.

ARRIVAL ALARM

▲

ON 0.010nm

OFF

▼

Arrival alarm wi ndow

4. Use the cursor pad to select ON.

5. Use the cursor pad and [ENTER] knob to enter alarm range: Use ◄ or ► to select digit; rotate the [ENTER] knob to set value. The available arrival alarm range is 0.001 to 9.999 miles.

6. Press the ENTER soft key or push the [ENTER] knob to register setting.

7. Press the [ALARM] key to close the menu.

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2.11.3 Anchor watch alarm

The anchor watch alarm informs you that your boat is moving when it should be at rest. When the anchor watch is active, a dashed circle (red on the GD-1700C/1710C) with an “X” at its center marks the anchor watch area.

Your ship's position where you start the anchor watch alarm.

2. PLOTTER OPERATION

Alarm setting

: Alarm area

How the ancho r watch alarm works

1. Press the [ALARM] key to open the alarm menu.

2. Use the cursor pad to select ANCHOR WATCH ALARM.

3. Press the EDIT soft key to open the anchor alarm window.

ANCHOR WATCH ALARM

▲

ON 0.050nm

OFF

▼

Anchor watc h alarm window

4. Use the cursor pad to select ON.

5. Use the cursor pad and [ENTER] knob to enter alarm range: Use ◄ or ► to select digit; rotate the [ENTER] knob to set value. The available anchor watch range is 0.001 to 9.999 miles.

6. Press the ENTER soft key or push the [ENTER] knob to register setting.

7. Press the [ALARM] key to close the menu.

Note: If the arrival alarm range is changed, turn off the anchor watch alarm and

then turn it on again to give priority to the anchor watch alarm.

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2. PLOTTER OPERATION

2.11.4 XTE (Cross Track Error) alarm

The XTE alarm warns you when your boat is off its intended course. When the XTE alarm is active two dashed lines (red on the GD-1700C/1710C) mark the XTE alarm area.

Own ship position

Intended course

Alarm setting

: Alarm

Destination waypoint

How the XTE alar m works

1. Press the [ALARM] key to open the alarm menu.

2. Use the cursor pad to select XTE ALARM.

3. Press the EDIT soft key to open the XTE alarm window.

XTE ALARM

▲

ON 0.050nm

OFF

▼

XTE alarm window

4. Use the cursor pad and [ENTER] knob to enter alarm range: Use ◄ or ► to select digit; rotate the [ENTER] knob to set value. The available XTE alarm range is 0.001 to 9.999 miles.

5. Press the ENTER soft key or push the [ENTER] knob to register setting.

6. Press the [ALARM] key to close the menu.

2.11.5 Speed alarm

The speed alarm warns when your boat’s speed is within or under/over the speed range set.

1. Press the [ALARM] key to open the alarm menu.

2. Use the cursor pad to select SPEED ALARM.

3. Press the EDIT soft key to display the speed alarm window.

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SPEED ALARM

▲

WITHIN

000.0 ~ 000.0 kt

UNDER/OVER

000.0 ~ 000.0 kt

OFF

▼

Speed alarm wi ndow

4. Use the cursor pad to select WITHIN, UNDER/OVER, or OFF.

5. For WITHIN and UNDER/OVER, use the cursor pad and [ENTER] knob to enter alarm range: Use ◄ or ► to select digit; rotate the [ENTER] knob to set value.

6. Press the ENTER soft key or push the [ENTER] knob to register setting.

7. Press the [ALARM] key to close the menu.

2.11.6 Proximity alarm

The proximity alarm alerts you when own ship nears a waypoint, which is marked with the proximity mark, by the proximity alarm radius set for that waypoint on the waypoint list. When own ship is within a waypoint’s proximity alarm radius, the alarm sounds. The proximity mark remains on the screen until the proximity alarm is turned off or the waypoint is erased. (Note that the GD-1700C/1710C shows the proximity mark in red.)

2. PLOTTER OPERATION

Radius in proportion to proximity alarm radius, which is set on waypoint list

001WPT

Proximity mark

1. Press the [ALARM] key to open the alarm menu.

2. Use the cursor pad to select PROXIMITY ALARM.

3. Press the EDIT soft key to show the proximity alarm window.

PROXIMITY ALARM

▲

OFF

▼

Proximity alarm window

4. Use the cursor pad to select ON or OFF.

5. Press the ENTER soft key or [ENTER] knob.

6. Press the [ALARM] key to close the menu.

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2.11.7 Trip alarm

The trip alarm informs you when you have traveled a certain distance.

1. Press the [ALARM] key to open the alarm menu.

2. Use the cursor pad to select TRIP ALARM.

3. Press the EDIT soft key to show the trip alarm window.

4. Select ON with the cursor.

5. Use the cursor pad and [ENTER] knob to enter alarm range: Use ◄ or ► to select digit; rotate the [ENTER] knob to set value.

6. Press the ENTER soft key or push the [ENTER] knob to register setting.

7. Press the Press the [ALARM] key to close the menu.

TRIP ALARM

▲

ON 0000.0nm

OFF

▼

Trip alarm window

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2.11.8 Alarm information

When an alarm setting has been violated, the buzzer sounds and the speaker icon appears, in red on the color model. Press the [CLEAR] key to silence the alarm. You can see which alarm has been violated on the ALARM menu. In the example below the arrival alarm has been violated.

1. Press the [ALARM] key. The name of the offending alarm is shown in the alarm information window.

2. PLOTTER OPERATION

Alarm information window

AUDIO ALARM

INT & EXT BUZZ

ARRIVAL ALARM

ON 0.010nm

ANCHOR WATCH ALARM

OFF 0.010nm

PROXIMITY ALARM

OFF

XTE ALARM

OFF 0.050nm

SPEED ALARM

OFF

TRIP ALARM

OFF 0000.0nm

ALARM INFORMATION

ARRIVED AT WAYPOINT XXX!

ALARM1

EDIT

CLEAR ALARM

RETURN

Speaker icon

XXX = Destination waypoint name

Alarm menu

2. Press the CLEAR ALARM soft key to acknowledge the alarm (and silence the alarm if it was not done with the [CLEAR] key). For the color model, the speaker icon changes from red to background color. The speaker icon remains on the screen until the reason for the alarm is eliminated or the alarm is disabled. If more than one alarm has been violated the message CONTINUE appears at the bottom of the alarm information window. In this case, press the NEXT INFO soft key to see which other alarms have been violated.

Note: For the color model, the alarm icon is red when an alarm setting is

violated, and changes to background color when the [CLEAR] key or CLEAR ALARM soft key is pressed. The color does not change regardless of how many other alarms are violated.

3. Press the [ALARM] key to close the alarm menu.

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2. PLOTTER OPERATION

Alarm messages

The table below shows the plotter alarm messages and their meanings.

Plotter alarm messages and their meanings

Message Meaning

ARRIVED AT XXX WAYPOINT! (XXX = waypoint name) ENTERED INTO AVOIDANCE AREA! EXCEEDED ANCHOR WATCH LIMIT! EXCEEDED XTE LIMIT! XTE alarm violated. SPEED ALARM! Speed alarm violated. TEMPERATURE ALARM! Water temperature alarm

TRIP ALARM! MILEAGE EXCEEDED

2.12 Resetting Trip Distance

Trip distance is shown on the navigation data display. You can reset the trip distance to zero as follows:

1. Press the [MENU] key.

2. Press the SYSTEM CONFIGURATION and GENERAL SETUP soft keys in that order to show the GENERAL SETUP menu.

Arrival alarm violated.

Proximity alarm violated.

Anchor watch alarm violated.

violated. Trip alarm violated.

▲

KEY BEEP

LANGUAGE

ENGLISH

RANGE UNIT

nm, kt

TEMPERATURE UNIT

DEPTH UNIT

TEMPERATURE SOURCE

NMEA

DEPTH SOURCE

NMEA

RESET TRIP LOG

GENERAL SETUP1

EDIT

RETURN

General set up menu, page 1

3. Use the cursor pad to select RESET TRIP LOG, then press the EDIT soft key.

4. Use the cursor pad to select YES.

5. Press the ENTER soft key.

6. Press the [MENU] key to close the menu.

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3. RADAR OPERATION

This chapter covers radar operation, including the ARP (Auto Plotter) function. ARP requires a Model 1800/1900 series network radar equipped with the ARP circuit board.

3.1 Radar Display

Range/ range ring interval

Presentation mode

Alarm icon

Battery icon

Guard zone 1

Zoom area

Cursor

North marker

Pulselength

.125nm

.250

. / 319.9

H-UP

Heading M: Magnetic T: True

°M

Heading line

TRAIL 30m

02m30s

G1 IN

G2 OUT

ES L

EAV L

IR L

Trail time Trail elapsed time

Guard zone 1 Guard zone 2 Echo stretch

Echo averaging* Interference rejector

Guard zone 2

VRM2

EBL1 VRM1 EBL2

Range ring

Own ship vector (ARP required*, true vector mode)

Zoom window

EBL1 range

VRM1 range

EBL1

27.0°R VRM1 0 .158nm

EBL2

327.1°R VRM2 0 .225nm

EBL2 bearing, VRM2 range

Radar display

359.9°R

0.240nm

* = Radar source Model 1800/1900 series radar

Cursor range and bearing (Cursor position may also be shown, in L/L or Loran C TD.)

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3. RADAR OPERATION

3.2 Transmitting, Stand-by

1. Confirm that the network radar is plugged in.

2. Press the [DISP] key to select a radar display.

3. Press the [POWER/BRILL] key momentarily.

4. Press the RADAR STBY soft key to highlight TX on its label.

5. Press the RETURN soft key.

When the radar picture is not required, but you want keep it in a state of readiness, press the RADAR TX soft key to highlight STBY on its label.

3.3 Tuning

The radar receiver can be tuned automatically or manually, and the default tuning method is automatic. If you require manual tuning, do the following :

1. Press the [MENU] key to display the main menu.

2. Press the RADAR DISPLAY SETUP soft key.

3. Select TUNING, then press the EDIT soft key.

TUNING

AUTO

MAN

4. Choose MAN.

5. Adjust the [ENTER] knob so the tuning bar is at its longest position.

6. Press the RETURN soft key.

7. Press the [MENU] key to close the menu.

Note: If the auto setting does not provide satisfactory tuning, ask your dealer

how to re-adjust tuning.

3.4 Adjusting the Gain

The [GAIN] key adjusts the sensitivity of the radar receiver. It works in a manner similar to the volume control of a broadcast receiver, which amplifies received signals.

The proper setting is such that the background noise is just visible on the screen. If your gain setting is too low, weak echoes may be missed. On the other hand, excessive gain yields too much background noise; strong targets may be missed because of the poor contrast between desired echoes and the background noise on the display.

To adjust the receiver sensitivity, transmit on long range, and then do the following:

Tuning bar

Tuning window

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3. RADAR OPERATION

1. Press the [GAIN] key. The last-used “adjustment window” is displayed. In the example below, the gain sensitivity adjustment window is shown. The gain soft keys shown depend on radar source as shown below.

Item selected for adjustment is highlighted.

.125nm SP

.250/ 319.9

H-UP

GAIN ADJUST

.125nm SP

.250/ 319.9

H-UP

GAIN ADJUST

GAIN SENSITIVITY

 ¤

AUTO ROUGH

AUTO MODERATE

AUTO CALM

¡

MAN

GAIN

A/C SEA

A/C RAIN

FTC

RETURN

359.9°R

0.240nm

GAIN SENSITIVITY

 ¤

AUTO ROUGH

AUTO MODERATE

AUTO CALM

¡

MAN

GAIN

A/C SEA

A/C RAIN

A/C AT

ON /OFF

RETURN

359.9°R

0.240nm

Model 1700 series radar Model 1800/1900 series radar

Gain adjustment soft keys

2. If the gain sensitivity window is not displayed, press the GAIN soft key to show it.

GAIN SENSITIVITY

 ¤

AUTO ROUGH

AUTO MODERATE

AUTO CALM

¡

MAN

Gain sensitivit y window

3. Press ▲ or ▼ to select AUTO ROUGH, AUTO MODERATE, AUTO CALM, or MAN (manual) as appropriate. Select an AUTO option according to the sea state.

4. For manual adjustment, rotate the [ENTER] knob to adjust. The range of adjustment is 0-100.

5. Press the [GAIN] key on the front panel or the RETURN soft key to finish.

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3. RADAR OPERATION

3.5 Reducing Sea Clutter

3.5.1 How th e A/C SEA works

Echoes from waves can be troublesome, covering the central part of the display with random signals known as “sea clutter”. The higher the waves and the higher the antenna above the water, the further the clutter will extend. Sea clutter may affect radar performance because real targets are sometimes hidden by the echoes of small waves. (See the left-hand figure in the figure below.) When sea clutter masks the picture, adjust the A/C SEA to reduce the clutter.

The A/C SEA reduces the amplification of echoes at short ranges (where clutter is the greatest) and progressively increases amplification as the range increases, so amplification will be normal at those ranges where there is no sea clutter.

Sea clutter at screen center

3.5.2 Adjusting A/C SEA

A/C SEA should be adjusted so that the clutter is broken up into small dots, and small targets become distinguishable.

1. Press the [GAIN] key.

2. Press the A/C SEA soft key to show the A/C SEA setting window.

A/C SEA

 ¡

AUTO ROUGH

AUTO MODERATE

AUTO CALM

¤

MAN

Model 1700 series radar

3. When the radar source is the Model 1700 series radar, press ▲ or ▼ to

select AUTO ROUGH, AUTO MODERATE, AUTO CALM, or MAN (manual) as appropriate. Select an AUTO option according to the sea state.

4. For manual adjustment, rotate the [ENTER] knob to adjust while observing radar echoes. The range of adjustment is 0-100. Do not overadjust the A/C SEA – weak target echoes may be missed.

A/C SEA adjusted;

sea clutter suppressed

Effect of A/C SEA

Model 1800/1900 series radar

A/C SEA setting window

A/C SEA

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5. When the radar source is the Model 1800/19 00 series radar, A/C SEA and

A/C RAIN can be automatically adjusted. Press the A/C AT soft key to select ON or OFF as appropriate. When turned on, it overrides A/C SEA and A/C RAIN settings.

6. Press the [GAIN] key on the front panel or RETURN soft key to finish.

3.6 Reducing Precipitation Clutter

The vertical beamwidth of the antenna is designed to see surface targets even when the ship is rolling. However, by this design the unit will also detect precipitation clutter (rain, snow, hail, etc.) in the same manner as normal targets. Precipitation clutter shows as random dots on the screen.

3.6.1 Adjusting the A/C RAIN

When echoes from precipitation mask solid targets, adjust the A/C RAIN to split up these unwanted echoes into a speckled pattern, making recognition of solid targets easier.

1. Press the [GAIN] key.

2. Press the A/C RAIN soft key to show the A/C RAIN window.

3. RADAR OPERATION

A/C RAIN

A/C RAIN set ting window

3. Rotate the [ENTER] knob to adjust the A/C RAIN. The current level is shown on the A/C RAIN level bar in the A/C RAIN window, and the range of adjustment is 0 to 100(%). Do not overadjust the A/C RAIN – weak target echoes may be missed.

4. Press the [GAIN] key on the front panel or RETURN soft key to finish.

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3. RADAR OPERATION

3.6.2 Adjusting the FTC

To suppress rain clutter from heavy storms or scattered rain clutter, adjust the FTC, which is available with the Model 1700 series network radar. The FTC splits up these unwanted echoes into a speckled pattern, making recognition of solid targets easier.

Note: In addition to reducing clutter, the FTC can be used in fine weather to

clarify the picture when navigating in confined waters. However, with the circuit active the receiver is less sensitive. Therefore, turn off the FTC, by setting it for “0”, when its function is not required.

1. Press the [GAIN] key.

2. Press the FTC soft key to show the FTC window.

FTC

FTC sett ing window

3. Rotate the [ENTER] knob to adjust. The range of adjustment is 0-100(%). Do not overadjust the FTC – weak target echoes may be missed.

4. Press the [GAIN] key on the front panel or RETURN soft key to finish.

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Furuno GD-1700C, GD-1700, GD-1710C User Manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

TABLE OF CONTENTS

FOREWORD

SYSTEM CONFIGURATIONS

WHAT IS WAAS?

1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW

1.1 Operating Controls

1.2 Inserting a Chart Card

1.3 Tu rning the Unit On/Off

1.4 Display Brilliance, Panel Brilliance, Contrast, Hue

1.5 Selecting a Display

1.6 Cursor Pad, Cursor

1.7 Entering the MOB Mark, Setting MOB as Destination

1.8 Data Boxes

1.9 Function Keys

1.10 Simulation Display

2. PLOTTER OPERATION

2.1 Plotter Displays

2.2 Presentation Mode

2.3 Shifting the Display

2.4 Chart Scale

2.5 Chart Cards

2.6 Working with Track

2.7 Marks, Lines

2.8 Waypoints

2.9 Routes

2.10 Navigation

2.11 Alarms

2.12 Resetting Trip Distance

3. RADAR OPERATION

3.1 Radar Display

3.2 Transmitting, Stand-by

3.3 Tuning

3.4 Adjusting the Gain

3.5 Reducing Sea Clutter

3.6 Reducing Precipitation Clutter