Furuno GP-150 User Manual

GPS NAVIGATOR

GP-150

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Pub. No.Pub. No. OME-44400OME-44400 GP-150GP-150

FIRST EDITION :FIRST EDITION : FEB.FEB. 20062006

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IMPORTANT NOTICE

• This manual is intended for use by native speakers of English.

• No part of this manual may be copied or reproduced without written

permission.

• If this manual is lost or worn, contact your dealer about replacement.

• The contents of this manual and equipment specifications are subject to

change without notice.

• The example screens (or illustrations) 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.

• FURUNO will assume no responsibility for the damage caused by improper

use or modification of the equipment by an unauthorized agent or a third party.

• Store this manual in a convenient place for future reference.

SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

WARNING

Do not open the cover of the equipment.

This equipment uses high voltage electricity which can shock, burn or cause death. Only qualified personnel should work inside the equipment.

Do not dissasemble or modify the equipment.

Fire, electrical shock or serious injury can result.

Immediately turn off the power at the ship’s mains switchboard if water or foreign object falls into the equipment or the equipment is emitting smoke or fire.

CAUTION

Use the correct fuse.

Use of the wrong fuse can cause fire or equipment damage.

No single navigation aid (including this unit) should ever be relied upon as the exclusive means for navigating your vessel.

The navigator is responsible for checking all aids available to confirm his position. Electronic aids are intended to assist, not replace, the navigator.

Use of an autopilot with this unit, to provide automatic steering to destination, does not eliminate the need to maintain a watch.

Always maintains a vigilant watch to prevent collision or grounding.

Continued use of the equipment can cause fire, electrical shock or serious injury.

WARNING Label attached

WARNING

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

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TABLE OF

5.4 Finding Range and Bearing Between

Two Points..................................... 5-7

CONTENTS

FOREWORD............................................. iv

SYSTEM CONFIGRATION........................v

1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW

1.1 Control Description .........................1-1

1.2 Turning On and Off the Power ......1-2

1.3 Adjusting Display Contrast and

Brilliance.......................................... 1-3

1.4 Selecting the Display Mode ............1-3

1.5 Icons ...............................................1-6

2. TRACK

2.1 Enlarging/Shrinking the Display ...... 2-1

2.2 Selecting Display Orientation..........2-1

2.3 Shifting the Cursor ..........................2-1

2.4 Shifting the Display .........................2-2

2.5 Centering Cursor Position...............2-2

2.6 Centering Own Ship's Position........2-2

2.7 Stopping/Starting Plotting and

Recording of Track.........................2-2

2.8 Erasing Track..................................2-3

2.9 Selecting Track Plotting Interval...... 2-4

2.10 Apportioning the Memory..............2-5

2.11 Selecting Bearing Reference ........2-6

3. MARKS

3.1 Entering/Erasing Marks...................3-1

3.2 Selecting Mark Shape..................... 3-2

3.3 Connecting Marks

(selecting mark connection line) ....3-2

3.4 Entering Event Marks......................3-3

3.5 Selecting Event Mark Shape...........3-3

3.6 Entering the MOB Mark ..................3-4

4. NAVIGATION PLANNING

4.1 Registering Waypoints .................... 4-1

4.2 Editing Waypoints ...........................4-5

4.3 Deleting Waypoints .........................4-5

4.4 Registering Routes .........................4-6

4.5 Deleting Route Waypoints...............4-7

4.6 Replacing Route Waypoints............4-7

4.7 Deleting Routes ..............................4-8

6. SETTING UP VARIOUS DISPLAYS

6.1 Selecting Data to Display on the

Data Display.................................. 6-1

6.2 Selecting Position Format ............. 6-2

6.3 Demo Display ................................. 6-4

7. ALARMS

7.1 Arrival Alarm, Anchor Watch Alarm. 7-1

7.2 Cross Track Error (XTE) Alarm .......7-2

7.3 Ship’s Speed Alarm ........................7-3

7.4 Trip Alarm .......................................7-3

7.5 Water Temperature Alarm............... 7-4

7.6 Depth Alarm.................................... 7-4

7.7 DGPS Alarm................................... 7-4

8. MENU SETTINGS

8.1 GPS Menu...................................... 8-1

8.2 Selecting Units of Measurement..... 8-4

8.3 Mark, Character Size and Brilliance 8-5

8.4 Settings for Connection of

Navigator....................................... 8-6

8.5 Receiving Data from Personal

Computer................................... 8-8

8.6 WAAS/DGPS Settings.................. 8-10

8.7 Displaying GPS Monitor Displays . 8-12

9. MAINTENANCE & TROUBLESHOOTING

9.1 Clearing the Memory ...................... 9-1

9.2 Preventive Maintenance .................9-2

9.3 Error Messages .............................. 9-2

9.4 Troubleshooting.............................. 9-4

9.5 Diagnostic Tests ............................. 9-5

APPENDIX

MENU TREE ........................................A-1

DIGITAL INTERFACE

(IEC 61162-1 EDITION 2 (2000-07)) ....A-4

TIME DIFFERENCES.........................A-21

GEODETIC CHART LIST...................A-22

LORAN C CHAINS .............................A-23

DECCA CHAINS.................................A-24

PARTS LIST .......................................A-25

SPECIFICATIONS ...............................SP-1

INDEX ................................................... IN-1

5. STARTING FOR DESTINATION

5.1 Setting Destination.......................... 5-1

5.2 Canceling Destination.....................5-5

5.3 Erasing Route Waypoints (flags).....5-6

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FOREWORD

The main features of the GP-150 are

• Comprehensive navigation data displays

A Word to GP-150 Owners

Congratulations on your choice of the FURUNO GP-150 GPS Navigator. We are confident you will see why the FURUNO name has become synonymous with quality and reliability.

For over 50 years FURUNO Electric Company has enjoyed an enviable reputation for innovative and dependable marine electronics equipment. This dedication to excellence is furthered by our extensive global network of agents and dealers.

Your navigator is designed and constructed to meet the rigorous demands of the marine environment. However, no machine can perform its intended function unless operated and maintained properly. Please carefully read and follow the recommended procedures for operation and maintenance.

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

Thank you for considering and purchasing FURUNO equipment.

Features

The GP-150 GPS Navigator is a totally integrated GPS receiver and video plotter consisting of a display unit and an antenna unit. The high sensitivity receiver tracks up to 12 satellites simultaneously. An 8-state Kalman filter ensure optimum accuracy in determination of vessel position, course and speed.

In most cases the operator needs to do is to turn on the power to find position.

• Storage for 999 waypoints and 30 routes

• Alarms: Waypoint Arrival, Anchor Watch,

Cross-track Error, Ship's Speed, Water Temperature, Depth and Trip

• Man overboard feature records latitude and longitude coordinates at time of man overboard and provides continuous updates of range and bearing to that point.

• DGPS capability - with built-in DGPS beacon kit accepts DGPS correction data from external DGPS beacon receiver

• Menu-driven operation

• Bright 122 x 92 mm LCD with temperature

compensated tone and brilliance adjustment

• Power consumption is a low 10 W.

• Provision for connection of autopilot

(option) - steering data output to autopilot

• Digital display of water temperature and depth with connection of echo sounder (with NMEA input)

• Memory stores 2,000 points of track and marks.

• "Highway" display provides perspective view.

• Position may be shown in latitude and longitude or LOP (Loran or Decca).

• Four connectors for optional equipment two IEC 61162-1/NMEA 0183 I/O, one IEC 61162-1/NMEA 0183 (or log) output and one DGPS for personal computer I/O

• Fully meets the following regulation: IMO MSC. 112(73) and IEC 61108-1.

Program No.

2051518-01.xx (January, 2006)

SYSTEM CONFIGURATION

Antenna Unit GPA-018S*

Antenna Unit GPA-019S*

Antenna Unit GPA-017S**

Radar, Echosounder, Autopilot etc.

Display Unit

12-24VDC

CATEGORY OF UNITS

Unit Category

ANTENNA UNIT Exposed to weather

DISPLAY UNIT Protected from weather

DGPS Beacon

Receiver

GR-80**

*: w/internal beacon receiver **: w/o internal beacon receiver

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1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW

1.1 Control Description

Cursor pads Shift display and cursor.

Opens/closes menu;

quits current operation.

Selects display mode.

Registers waypoints

and routes.

Inscribes mark on

the display.

Enlarges display.

Centers ship’s position/cursor

position.

Adjusts display contrast

and brilliance;

changes latitude/longitude

coordinate.

ESC

DISPLAY SEL

WPT

RTE

MARK

ZOOM IN

CENTER

TONE

NU/CU

ENT

EVENT MOB

GOTO

PLOT ON/OFF

ZOOM OUT

CURSOR ON/OFF

CLEAR

Selects display orientation; registers selections on menus.

Inscribes event mark at ship’s position; marks man overboard position

Sets destination.

Turns recording and plotting of ship’s track on/off.

Shrinks display.

Turns cursor on/off.

Deletes waypoints and marks; clears wrong data; silences audible alarm.

POWER

Turns power on/off.

Figure 1-1 Control Panel

1-1

1. OPERATION

1.2 Turning On and Off the Power

The GP-150 takes about 90 seconds to find position when turned on for the very first time. Thereafter it takes about 12 seconds to find position each time the power is turned on.

Turning on the power

Press the POWER key.

The unit tests the PROGRAM MEMORY, SRAM and battery for proper operation and shows the results on the display. If equipped with the internal beacon receiver, "BEACON RCVR INSTALLED" appears at the bottom of the display. The unit starts up with the last used display mode.

PROGRAM MEMORY = OK SRAM = OK Internal Battery = OK

When turning on the power the following occurs:

12 seconds after turning on the power, accurate position (in latitude and longitude) appears on the display.

If position could not be found, "NO FIX" appears at the GPS receiving condition window. When PDOP (Position Dilution Of Precision) value exceeds 6 in the 3D mode or HDOP (Horizontal Dilution Of Precision) value exceeds 4 in the 2D mode, "DOP" appears to indicate abnormal fixing and the position indication could not be updated.

When the satellite signal is being received normally, one of the indications shown in Table 1-1 appears depending on equipment setting and GPS receiver state.

Table 1-1 GPS receiver indication

BEACON RCVR INSTALLED DATA 3 : DATA OUTPUT

Several seconds

later

34° 23.456· N 135° 45.678· E

[01]

GPS receiving

condition

D3D 100m SAFE

BRG

---°

COG

RNG

123

WGS84

2nm

Figure 1-2 Appearance of display when

turning on the power

SOG

12.3

7°

Indication Meaning 2D 2D 3D 3D D2D Differential 2D D3D Differential 3D W2D WAAS 2D W3D WAAS 3D

Note 1: When PDOP value exceeds 6 in the

3D mode, the position fixing method

is automatically changed to 2D.

Note 2: The "DEMO" icon appears when the

display is in the demonstration mode. To return to normal mode, turn off the power and turn it on while pressing and holding down the

NU/CU ENT key.

Turning the power off

Press the POWER key.

The next time you turn on the power the unit starts up with the last used display mode.

1-2

1. OPERATION

1.3 Adjusting Display

Contrast and Brilliance

1) Press the TONE key. The display shown

in Figure 1-3 appears.

[-] [+]

Tone:

Brilliance:

MENU : Escape

Figure 1-3 Screen for adjustment of display

contrast and brilliance

2) To adjust contrast, press

setting and setting range (0-31) are shown to the right of "

To adjust brilliance, press

Current setting and setting range (0-7) are shown to the right of "

Note 1: Operate cursor keys within 10

seconds after pressing the TONE

key. Otherwise, the screen for adjustment of contrast and brilliance will be cleared.

Note 2: If the display is turned off with

minimum tone the display will be blank at the next power up. When

this occurs press the TONE key

continuously to adjust tone.

17 (0~31)

7 (0~7)

or . Current

or .

1.4 Selecting the Display Mode

1) Press the DISPLAY SEL key. The display

shown in Figure 1-4 appears.

Select Display

Plotter 1

Plotter 1 Plotter 2 Highway Navigation Data

(DATUM: WGS-84)

: Select

MENU : Escape

* Shows currently selected geodetic chart

datum.

Figure 1-4 Screen for selection

of display mode

2) Press the DISPLAY SEL key,

select display mode. (When the DISPLAY SEL key is pressed, the display mode

changes in sequence shown below.) Selected display mode appears.

Plotter 1 Plotter 2 Highway

Data

Sample displays of each display mode are shown in the figures on the next several pages.

Navigation

or to

1-3

1. OPERATION

Plotter 1 display

Cursor position data, when cursor is on

Own ship's track

Own ship mark

34° 23.456´ N 135° 45.678´ E

WGS84

2.00 nm

Horizontal range

Course

*: For RAIM function, refer to page 8-1.

Course bar

Course width

Cursor

Figure 1-5 Plotter 1 display

RAIM reliability*

Alarm range

Grid

Range from own ship to cursor

[01]

Bearing from own ship to cursor

Bearing from own ship to destination waypoint

GPS receiving condition

Distance for RAIM reliability

D3D 100m SAFE

BRG

44°

COG

Waypoint

32°

BRG TO +

123

RNG TO +

11.5

Course over ground

Plotter 2 display

Ship's position appears when cursor is off

34° 23.456´ N 135° 45.678´ E

[01]

WGS84

2.00 nm

Figure 1-6 Plotter 2 display

Highway display

Bearing from own ship to destination waypoint

Position

34° 23.456´ N 135° 45.678´ E

WGS84

D3D 100m SAFE

Course over ground

D3D 100m SAFE

BRG

34°

COG

45°

RNG

0.35

SOG

12.3

1-4

Own ship mark

North mark

Cross track error scale

Speed over ground

Range from own ship to destination waypoint

Figure 1-7 Highway display

1. OPERATION

Navigation display

1) No autopilot connection

Cross track error meter

Destination waypoint no.

TO;

012

0.1nm 0.1nm

ETA

Bearing scale

BRG

COG

23:45'

Estimated Time of Arrival (15th23:45)

Cross track

Cross track error scale

error indication

Bearing from own ship to destination waypoint

63°

123°

TTG

17H 45M

Time T o Go (3days17hrs45min)

Waypoint

VTD

SOG

Velocity To Destination

Trip

distance

Speed over ground

D3D 100m SAFE

SOG

RNG

TRIP

789

12.3

VTD

10.3 123

Range from own ship to destination waypoint

2) With autopilot connection, automatic mode

D3D 100m

TO;

012

SAFE

SOG

12.3

BRG:

63°

COG:

0.1nm 0.1nm

Auto Pilot Hdg

Auto

Auto mode

123°

Heading

Figure 1-9 Navigation display, with autopilot

connection, automatic mode

3) Autopilot connection, modes other than automatic mode (manual, nav, etc.)

TO;

- - -

0.1nm 0.1nm

BRG:

63°

COG:

123°

Str

P 23°

P: Port S: Starboard

Rudder angleSteering

SOG

12.3

10.3

VTD

10.3

RNG

123

TRIP

789

D3D 100m SAFE

VTD

AP CSE

123°

Auto Pilot Hdg

Man

123°

Str

P 23°

TRIP

789

Figure 1-8 Navigation display,

no autopilot connection

Man: Manual mode Nav: Nav mode Other:---

Heading

Steering

Autopilot-set course

Figure 1-10 Navigation display, with autopilot

connection, modes other than

the automatic mode

1-5

1. OPERATION

Data display

Refer to Chapter 6 for user-defined window setting. The ZOOM icon can be displayed by

pressing the CURSOR ON/OFF key.

Position in latitude and longitude or LOPs

Fixing date and time*

Zoom icon

U: UTC J: JST S: Ship's time

SEP 12, 2005 23:59'59" U

POSITION

WGS84

RNG

31.23

SOG

12.3

User-defined display data #2

User-defined display window

12° 23.456' N 123° 23.456' E

User-defined display data #1

BRG

223.4°

COG

123.4°

User-defined display data #4

D3D 100m SAFE

TO : 001

MARINE POINT1

: 002

MARINE POINT2

Next destination waypoint

Current destination waypoint

User-defined display data #3

Figure 1-11 Data display mode

*: "- -" appears until calculating position after

turning on the power. If fixing error occurs this indication stops.

1.5 Icons

Various icons appear on the left-hand side of display to alert you to equipment status.

: L/L position offset applied.

: Track recording is suspended.

: Alarm is violated.

: North mark.

: Demonstration display.

1-6

2. TRACK

2.1 Enlarging/Shrinking the Display

You may enlarge and shrink the display on the Plotter 1, Plotter 2 and Highway displays,

with the ZOOM IN and ZOOM OUT keys. The

horizontal range is available among 0.25, 0.5, 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128 and 192 nautical miles for Plotter 1 and Highway, and 0.36,

0.71, 1.42, 2.84, 5.69, 11.38, 22.76, 45.51,

91.02, 182.04, 273.07 nautical miles for

Plotter 2 display.

The ZOOM IN key enlarges the display and the ZOOM OUT key shrinks it. Each time a

zoom key is pressed the display range appears at the center of the display for about one seconds.

2.2 Selecting Display Orientation

Display orientation can be selected on the Plotter 1 and Plotter 2 displays, with the

NU/CU ENT key. Two display orientations are

available: north-up and course-up.

North-up display

In the north-up display, true north (0°) is at the top of the display. Own ship moves on the display in accordance with true motion. Land is stationary.

Course-up display

Destination set

The destination is at the top of the display and the north mark ( side of the display.

Destination not set

) appears at the left

2.3 Shifting the Cursor

The cursor can be shifted with the cursor pads.

1) Press the CURSOR ON/OFF key to turn

on the cursor.

2) Press the cursor pads. The cursor moves in the direction of the cursor pads pressed. When the cursor reaches the edge of the display, the display shifts in the direction opposite.

Data and cursor state

Cursor state determines what data are shown on the display.

Cursor turned on, cursor data

Cursor position is displayed in latitude and longitude or LOPs (depending on menu setting) at the top of the display. The range and bearing from own ship to the cursor appear at the right hand side of the display, when in the Plotter 1 display.

Cursor mark Cursor position in latitude and longitude

34° 23.456´ N 135° 45.678´ E

D3D 100m SAFE

BRG

234°

COG

345°

BRG TO +

123°

RNG TO +

WGS84

2.0 nm

Cursor

Bearing from own

Figure 2-1 Data displayed when the cursor is

turned on

11.5

Range from own ship to cursor

ship to cursor

Ship's course is upward on the screen at the moment the course-up mode is selected. The north mark appears at the left side of the display.

2-1

2. TRACK

Cursor turned off

Ship's position (in latitude and longitude or LOPs), speed and course appear on the display.

Own ship mark

34° 23.456´ N 135° 45.678´ E

Own ship position in latitude and longitude

D3D 100m SAFE

BRG

234°

COG

345°

RNG

123°

SOG

12.3

Speed

Figure2-2 Data display when the cursor is

turned off

2.4 Shifting the Display

The display can be shifted on the Plotter 1

and Plotter 2 displays, with the CURSOR ON/OFF key. When own ship tracks off the

display it is automatically returned to the screen center.

1) Press the CURSOR ON/OFF key to turn

off the cursor.

2) Press the cursor pads. The display shifts

in the direction of the cursor pads pressed.

Course

2.5 Centering Cursor Position

1) Press the CURSOR ON/OFF key to turn

on the cursor.

2) Press the cursor pad to position the

cursor.

3) Press the CENTER key.

2.6 Centering Own Ship's Position

1) Press the CURSOR ON/OFF key to turn

off the cursor.

2) Press the CENTER key.

Note: When own ship’s position reaches an

edge of the screen, the display moves to set own ship’s position center of the display.

2.7 Stopping/Starting Plotting and Recording of Track

The GP-150 stores 2,000 points of track and marks. When the memory becomes full the oldest track is erased to make room for the latest.

Procedure

Press the PLOT ON/OFF key to start/stop

recording and plotting of track.

When plotting is resumed

"Resuming track plot" appears at the center of the display for about three seconds.

When plotting is stopped

2-2

"Stopping track plot" appears at the center of

the display for about three seconds and "

appears at the left side of the display. ("

does not appear on the Navigation and Data displays.)

2. TRACK

Hold icon (appears while recording of track is stopped)

34° 23.456· N 135° 45.678· E

D3D 100m SAFE

BRG

234°

COG

This portion of track does not appear on the display

Recording is stopped.

Own ship

Ship’s track while recording is stopped

Recording of track turned off

Figure 2-3 Track not plotted or recorded when

plotting is stopped

345°

RNG

123

SOG

12.3

Recording of track started

2.8 Erasing Track

The track stored in the memory and displayed on the screen can be erased.

CAUTION

Track cannot be restored once erased. Be absolutely sure you want to erase all track.

1) Press the MENU ESC key. The MAIN

MENU appears.

MAIN MENU

1. DISPLAY SETUP

2. TRACK/MARK SETUP

3. ERASE TRACK/MARK

4. ALARM SETTINGS

5. MANUAL CALCULATION

7. GPS MONITOR

8. SELF TESTS

9. SYSTEM SETTINGS

ENT: Enter MENU: Escape

Figure 2-4 MAIN MENU

2) Press 3 to select ERASE TRACK/MARK.

ERASE TRACK/MARK

Erase Track

Erase Mark

Track Pts. Used: Mark Pts. Used: 

: Select

MENU: Escape

Yes Yes

345/1000 Pt

123/1000 Pt

Figure 2-5 ERASE TRACK/MARK menu

3) Press

4) Press

or to select Erase Track.

to select Yes. The message

shown in Figure 2-6 appears.

2-3

2. TRACK

Are you sure to erase ?

ENT: Yes MENU: No

Figure 2-6 Prompt for erasure

of track

5) Press the NU/CU ENT key.

2.9 Selecting Track Plotting Interval

The plotting interval determines both how the track will be reconstructed on the display and track storage time. A shorter interval provides more accurate reconstruction of track line, however total storage time is reduced. The plotting interval can be selected by time or distance. Plotting by distance offers the advantage that the track is not stored when the vessel is anchored.

Plotting interval by time

3) Press

4) Press

or to select Track Rec.

to select Time.

5) Enter plotting interval in four digits. To

enter 30 seconds, for example, press 0, 0, 3, 0.

6) Press the NU/CU ENT key.

7) Press the MENU ESC key.

Plotting interval by distance

The setting range for plotting by distance is

0.00 to 99.99 nautical miles. To plot all track, enter 00.00.

1) Press the MENU ESC key.

2) Press 2 to display the TRACK/MARK

SETUP menu.

3) Press

4) Press

5) Enter plotting interval. To enter 0.1

nautical miles, for example, press 0, 0, 0,

6) Press the NU/CU ENT key.

7) Press the MENU ESC key.

or to select Track Rec.

to select Distance.

The setting range for plotting by time is 00 to 60 minutes.

1) Press the MENU ESC key.

2) Press 2 to display the TRACK/MARK

SETUP menu.

TRACK/MARK SETUP

Track Rec

Mark Shape

Mark Line

Event Mark

: Select

ENT: Enter

Time

(01’00)

MENU: Escape

Dist

(00.50nm)

Figure 2-7 TRACK/MARK SETUP menu

2-4

2. TRACK

2.10 Apportioning the Memory

The memory holds 2,000 points of track and marks and may be apportioned as you like. The default memory setting stores 1,000 points each of track and marks.

CAUTION

All data are erased whenever the memory apportion setting is changed, even when the previous value is re-entered.

To store 1,500 points of track and 500 marks, for example, do the following:

1) Press the MENU ESC key.

2) Press 9 to display the SYSTEM

SETTINGS menu.

SYSTEM SETTINGS

1. PLOTTER SETUP

2. UNIT SETUP

3. DATA 1, 3 OUTPUT SETUP

4. DATA 2 OUTPUT SETUP

5. DATA 4 I/O SETUP

6. GPS SETUP

7. WAAS/DGPS SETUP

8. LOP SETUP

9. CLEAR MEMORY

ENT: Enter

Figure 2-8 SYSTEM SETTNGS menu

MENU: Escape

3) Press 1 to display the PLOTTER SETUP

menu.

PLOTTER SETUP

Memory Apportion

Bearing Ref.

Mag Variation

User defined #1 RNG User defined #2 SOG User defined #3 BRG User defined #4 COG

ENT: Enter

Trk = 1000 / 2000Pt

True

Auto

(07° W)

R.L

MENU: Escape

Figure 2-9 PLOTTER SETUP menu

4) Press

or to select Memory

Apportion.

5) Enter amount of track to store, in four digits. To store 1,500 track points, for

example, press 1, 5, 0, 0.

6) Press the NU/CU ENT key,

are asked if it is all right to erase all data.

Setting erases all data! Are you sure to change ?

ENT: Yes MENU: No

Figure 2-10

7) Press the NU/CU ENT key.

8) Press the MENU ESC key.

Mag Man

(00° E)

G.CCalculation

or . You

2-5

2. TRACK

2.11 Selecting Bearing Reference

Ship's course and bearing to waypoint may be displayed in true or magnetic bearing. Magnetic bearing is true bearing plus (or minus) earth's magnetic deviation.

Displaying true or magnetic bearing

The default setting displays true bearings.

1) Press the MENU ESC key.

2) Press 9 to display the SYSTEM

SETTINGS menu.

3) Press 1 to display the PLOTTER SETUP

menu.

4) Press

5) Press

6) Press the NU/CU ENT key,

7) Press the MENU ESC key.

or to select Bearing Ref.

or to select True or Mag.

or .

Entering magnetic variation

The location of the magnetic north pole is different from the geographical north pole. This causes a difference between the true and magnetic north direction. This difference is called magnetic variation, and varies with respect to the observation point on the earth. Magnetic variation may be entered automatically or manually.

1) Press the MENU ESC key.

2) Press 9 to display the SYSTEM

SETTINGS menu.

3) Press 1 to display the PLOTTER SETUP

menu.

4) Press

5) Press automatic, current variation appears in parentheses.

6) For manual entry, enter variation in two

digits, referring to a nautical chart (00-99°).

If the variation is 10°, for example, press 1,

7) If necessary, press the

coordinate from east to west or vice versa.

8) Press the NU/CU ENT key.

9) Press the MENU ESC key.

or to select Mag Variation.

or to select Auto or Man. For

key to change

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3. MARKS

3.1 Entering/Erasing Marks

Marks can be inscribed on the Plotter 1 and Plotter 2 displays. You may inscribe a mark anywhere, in one of 13 shapes. Further, marks can be connected with lines.

Note 1: When the mark memory becomes full

no marks can be entered. When this occurs, the buzzer sounds and the message shown below appears on the display for three seconds to alert you. To enter a mark when the mark memory is full, erase unnecessary marks.

Erasing marks

CAUTION

All marks, including event marks and the MOB mark, are erased on the ERASE MARK menu. Be absolutely sure you want to erase all marks; erased marks cannot be restored.

Erasing individual marks

1) Place cursor on the mark to erase.

2) Press the CLEAR key.

Erasing all marks

1) Press MENU ESC and 3 to display the

ERASE TRACK/MARK menu.

ERASE TRACK/MARK

Can’t save mark Memory full

Figure 3-1

Entering marks

At own ship position

1) Press the CURSOR ON/OFF key to turn

off the cursor.

2) Press the MARK key.

At cursor intersection

1) Press the CURSOR ON/OFF key to turn

on the cursor.

2) Operate the cursor keys to place the cursor on the location for the mark. Select a mark shape you want. Refer to section 3.2.

3) Press the MARK key.

Erase Track

Erase Mark

Track Pts. Used:

Mark Pts. Used:

: Select

MENU: Escape

Figure 3-2 ERASE TRACK/MARK menu

2) Press

3) Press

Are you sure to erase ?

ENT: Yes

4) Press the NU/CU ENT key.

5) Press the MENU ESC key.

or to select Erase Mark.

to select YES.

Figure 3-3

MENU: No

Yes Yes

345/1000 Pt

123/1000 Pt

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3.2 Selecting Mark Shape

3.3 Connecting Marks

13 mark shapes are available. Select mark shape as follows:

1) Press MENU ESC and 2 to display the

TRACK/MARK SETUP menu.

TRACK/MARK SETUP

Track Rec

Mark Shape

Mark Line

Event Mark

: Select

ENT: Enter

Figure 3-4 TRACK/MARK SETUP menu

Time

(01’00)

MENU: Escape

Dist

(00.50nm)

(selecting mark connection line)

Marks can be connected with lines. Three types of connection lines are available and the "•" setting disables connection of lines.

1) Press MENU ESC and 2.

2) Press

3) Press other than "•".

4) Press the NU/CU ENT key.

5) Press the MENU ESC key.

or to select Mark Line.

to to select mark line desired

2) Press

3) Press

desired.

4) Press the NU/CU ENT key.

5) Press the MENU ESC key.

The next mark entered will be inscribed in the shape selected here.

or to select Mark Shape.

to select mark shape

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3. MARKS

3.4 Entering Event Marks

Event marks can denote any important present position. Event marks can be saved as ordinary marks and the unit automatically numbers them from 01 to 99.

Note 1: When the mark memory becomes full

no event marks can be entered. When this occurs, the buzzer sounds and the message shown below appears on the display for three seconds to alert you. To enter an event mark when the mark memory is full, erase unnecessary event marks.

Can’t save event Memory full

3.5 Selecting Event Mark Shape

Event marks are available in 10 shapes. Select event mark shape as follows.

1) Press MENU ESC and 2 to display the

TRACK/MARK SETUP menu.

2) Press

3) Press

shape desired.

4) Press the NU/CU ENT key.

5) Press the MENU ESC key.

The next event mark entered will be inscribed in the shape selected here.

or to select Event Mark.

or to select event mark

Figure 3-5

Entering event marks

1) Press the EVENT MOB key less than

three seconds. The position at the exact moment the key is pressed is saved as an event position.

Saved event position

34° 40.123’ N

135° 21.123’ E

Figure 3-6

To erase event marks, see "3.1

Entering/Erasing Marks".

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3.6 Entering the MOB Mark

The MOB mark denotes man overboard position. To mark man overboard position,

press the EVENT MOB key more than three

seconds. When the key is pressed, the position at the exact moment the key is pressed automatically becomes the destination. Further, the Plotter display replaces the display in use when it is other than a plotter display.

Only one MOB mark may be entered, and each time the MOB mark is entered the previous MOB mark and its position data are written over.

1) Press the EVENT MOB key for at least

three seconds.

The MOB mark ("M") is entered at the

MOB position and the message shown in Figure 3-7 appears.

Saved MOB position Are you sure to change course to MOB position ? ENT: Yes MENU: No

Figure 3-7

2) Press the NU/CU ENT key. If the display

in use is Highway, Navigation or Data, they are automatically replaced by the Plotter display.

Note: You may cancel MOB position as

destination by pressing the MENU ESC key instead of the NU/CU ENT

key at step 2. Note that the MOB mark remains on the display.

Erasing MOB mark

To erase a MOB mark, you must first cancel it as a GOTO waypoint and then erase all marks.

1) Press the GOTO key.

2) Press the 5 key to choose Cancel.

3) You are prompted to release GOTO;

press the NU/CU ENT key.

4) Press the MENU ESC and 3 to display

the ERASE TRACK/MARK menu.

5) Press

6) Press

7) Press the NU/CU ENT key.

to choose Erase Mark.

to choose Yes.

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The display changes to Plotter 2 when

4. NAVIGATION PLANNING

4.1 Registering Waypoints

In navigation terminology a waypoint is a particular location on a voyage whether it be a starting, intermediate or destination waypoint.

The GP-150 can store 999 waypoints, numbered from 001-999. Waypoints can be registered four ways:

• by cursor

• by MOB position or event position

• at own ship's position

• by range and bearing from position, and

• through the waypoint list.

Registering waypoints by the cursor

1) Press the WPT RTE key. The

Waypoint/Route menu appears.

Waypoint/Route

1. Cursor

2. MOB/Event Position

3. Own ship Position

4. R/B to Position

5. Waypoint List

6. Route Planning

the Highway, Navigation or Data mode is in use.

3) Press the cursor pad to place the cursor on the location desired for the waypoint.

4) Press the NU/CU ENT key.

A window similar to the one shown in Figure 4-3 appears. The waypoint's position and date and time registered appear on the first and second lines. Waypoints are automatically given the youngest empty waypoint number and this number appears on the third line. You may, however, assign a different number. If the waypoint shares the same position with a mark, the mark's position and date and time entered are registered as waypoint data.

If the waypoint memory is full, the waypoint number line in the window is blank. In this case waypoints cannot be entered unless a waypoint is written over or deleted.

To assign waypoint number, go to step 5. If you do not want to change the waypoint number, go to step 6 to select mark shape and enter comment.

30° 12.345’ N 135° 23.456’ W

AUG 12’ 95 12 : 34U

: Cursor

ENT: Enter

Figure 4-1 Waypoint/Route menu

2) Press 1 to select Cursor. The following

display appears.

Place cursor on desired location

ENT: Enter MENU: Escape

MENU: Escape

Figure 4-2

No.

123 Mark : Cmnt :

: Cursor

ENT: Enter

5) Enter waypoint number, in three digits (001-999).

: Column

MENU: Escape

Figure 4-3

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4. NAVIGATION PLANNING

6) Press to select waypoint mark shape. The following display appears.

: Cursor

ENT: Enter

MENU: Escape

Figure 4-4 Screen for selecting waypoint

mark shape

7) Press

or to select mark shape.

8) Press the NU/CU ENT key. The display

shown in Figure 4-5 appears.

ABCDE FGHIJ KLMNO PQRST UVWXYZ abcde

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 _ # % ’ ( ) + - . / : ; < = > ?

fghij

klmno

ENTER

pqrst

uvwxyz

10) Press the NU/CU ENT key.

Control is returned to the last used

display mode.

When the waypoint number entered at

step 5 already exists, the message shown in Figure 4-4 appears if the waypoint is part of the current destination or route or is part of a route. If it is alright to write over the waypoint and its data,

press the NU/CU ENT key. To change waypoint number, press the MENU ESC

key.

1st line Are you sure to change ?

ENT: Yes

MENU: No

COMMENT:

: Cursor

ENT: Set

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

MENU: Escape

Figure 4-5 Screen for entry of

comment for waypoint

9) You may enter a comment, as shown in the procedure which follows, or skip to step 10 to finish. The comment may consist of up to 12 alphanumeric characters.

Press the cursor keys to select alphanumeric character.

Press the NU/CU ENT key. Selected

character appears on the COMMENT

line. ٠ To create a space, select "_". ٠ Numeric data can be input directly by

pressing numeric keys.

٠ To clear wrong data, press the

CLEAR key.

Repeat steps 1 and 2 to complete the comment.

Select ENTER and press the NU/CU ENT key.

This wpt is GOTO This wpt is in registered route This wpt is in selected route

Figure 4-6

Note: If you fail to enter waypoint number,

"Enter waypoint number" appears on the display for three seconds.

4-2

Registering waypoints by MOB position/event position

4. NAVIGATION PLANNING

Registering waypoints by own ship's position

The MOB position or an event position can be registered as a waypoint. Event marks are numbered from 01 to 99; 01 is the latest event mark.

Note: You cannot register a MOB position

or event position when there are no MOB positions or event positions saved. The buzzer sounds and the message shown in Figure 4-7 appears for three seconds to alert you.

No MOB/event data in memory

Figure 4-7

1) Press the WPT/RTE key.

2) Press 2 to select MOB/Event Position.

The display shown in Figure 4-8 appears.

[MOB] Displaying MOB data 34° 12.345’ N 130° 23.456’ E

[#01] Displaying event data 34° 12.345’ N 130° 23.456’ E

ENT:Enter

ENT: Enter

AUG 12’ 94 19 : 25U

:Recall

AUG 12’ 95 19 : 25U

MENU:Escape

: Paging

MENU: Escape

Figure 4-8

3) Press

or to display the MOB position or event position to register as a waypoint.

4) Press the NU/CU ENT key.

5) Follow steps 5 through 11 in "Registering waypoints by the cursor" on page 4-1.

Note: When there is no position data, you

cannot register a waypoint at own ship's position. The buzzer sounds and the following message appears.

No position data

Figure 4-9

1) Press the WPT/RTE key.

2) Press 3 to select Own Ship Position.

3) Follow steps 5 through 11 in "Registering waypoints by the cursor" on page 4-1.

Registering waypoints using range and bearing from a position

This method is useful for entering a waypoint using range and bearing from a pre-registered waypoint.

Range and bearing to a position are calculated according to the sailing method (rhumb line or great circle) chosen on the PLOTTER SETUP menu. You may choose the unit of range on the UNIT SETUP menu.

1) Press the WPT/RTE key.

2) Press the 4 key to display the R/B to

Position display.

R/B to Position

1. Cursor

From Waypoint No. _ _ _

_ _ _ _. _ _ _’N _ _ _ _ _ _._ _ _’W Range 0000.000nm

Bearing 000.00

: Cursor

ENT: Calculation

MENU: Escape

: N/S, E/W

R/B Position Display

3) Enter waypoint (000-999) from which to

reference range and bearing. (000 is own ship position.)

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4. NAVIGATION PLANNING

Note: Alternatively, you may enter position,

leaving the waypoint number blank.

4) Enter range and bearing you wish to use to calculate position of new waypoint.

5) Press the NU/CU ENT key. The display

now looks something like the one below.

_ _ _ _. _ _ _’N _ _ _ _ _ _._ _ _’W

3232.22’N 13341.853’W  JUN 6’ 06 7:30U

No.

Mark: _ Cmnt: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

: 002

WAYPOINT LIST (L/L)

001

34° 12.345’ N 130° 23.456’ W

MARINE POINT

36° 12.345’ N 135° 23.456’ W

002

A POINT

003

004

: L/L’LOP

ENT: Enter

° . ’ N ° . ’ W

MENU: Escape

Figure 4-10

AUG 12’ 95 12 : 35U

AUG 13’ 95 13 : 45U

: Edit

: Cursor

ENT: Enter

: Column

6) If necessary, change waypoint number and add a comment. For how to enter a comment see page 4-2.

7) Press the CU/NU ENT key to finish.

Note: If waypoint number entered at step 6)

is an existing number, a part of a registered route, a part of a currently selected route, or a GOTO waypoint, a prompt asks if it is OK to write over the waypoint. Follow the instructions in the prompt to write over the mark number or escape.

Registering waypoints through the waypoint list

1) Press the WPT/RTE key.

2) Press 5 to display the waypoint list.

3) Press

latitude and longitude or LOP.

to select position format;

4) Press

or to select unused

waypoint number.

display should now look something like

5) Press

or to enter position. The

Figure 4-11.

Edit = Waypoint : 001

_ _°

_ _._ _ _’ N _ _ _°_ _._ _ _’ W

Mark : Cmnt :

ENT: Enter

: Cursor

: Column

MENU: Escape

Figure 4-11

6) Enter latitude and longitude. To enter 34°

12.345' N 135° 23.456' E, for example, press;

]) 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 4. 5

([

]) 1, 3, 5, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

To change N to S or E to W, press

7) Press

8) Press

or to select mark.

9) Press the NU/CU ENT key.

10) Enter comment.

11) Press the NU/CU ENT key twice.

The waypoint list reappears. Waypoint

position and date and time the waypoint was entered appear on the list.

12) To enter another waypoint through the waypoint list, return to step 4.

13) Press the MENU ESC key to finish.

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4. NAVIGATION PLANNING

4.2 Editing Waypoints

1) Press WPT RTE and 5.

2) Press edit.

3) Press

4) Edit the contents of the waypoint.

5) Press the NU/CU ENT key. The message

shown in Figure 4-12 appears if the waypoint is currently selected as destination, is part of a route, or is in the route currently selected as destination.

or to select waypoint to

1st line Are you sure to erase ?

ENT: Yes

This wpt is GOTO This wpt is in registered route This wpt is in selected route

MENU: No

4.3 Deleting Waypoints

Deleting waypoints by the cursor

1) Place the cursor on the waypoint to delete.

2) Press the CLEAR key.

Deleting waypoints through the waypoint list

1) Press WPT RTE and 5.

2) Press delete.

3) Press the CLEAR key. The message

shown in Figure 4-13 appears if the waypoint is currently selected as destination, is part of a route, or is in the route currently selected as destination.

or to select waypoint to

1st line Are you sure to change ?

ENT: Yes

MENU: No

Figure 4-12

6) Press the NU/CU ENT key.

The waypoint and its data are deleted.

Enter new data, referring to "4.1 Registering Waypoints".

8) Press the MENU ESC key.

This wpt is GOTO This wpt is in registered route This wpt is in selected route

Figure 4-13

Note: All waypoint marks (as well as all other

marks) and their data can be cleared collectively by clearing the Plotter memory. For further details, see page 9-1.

4) Press the NU/CU ENT key.

Note: To cancel erasure, press the MENU

ESC key instead of the NU/CU ENT

key. The waypoint list appears.

5) Press the MENU ESC key.

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4. NAVIGATION PLANNING

4.4 Registering Routes

Often a trip from one place to another involves several course changes, requiring a series of route points which you navigate to, one after another. The sequence of waypoints leading to the ultimate destination is called a route. The GP-150 can automatically advance to the next waypoint on a route, so you do not have to change the destination waypoint repeatedly. The GP-150 can store 30 routes and each route may contain up to 30 waypoints. Routes can be registered while in the Plotter 1 or Plotter 2 display mode.

Registering routes

1) Press the WPT/RTE key.

2) Press 6 to select Route Planning. The

route list appears.

ROUTE LIST

No. PTS Total Dist. TTG Remarks

02 03 04

05 06

ENT: Enter

Remarks Use: In use Fwd: Traverse waypoints in forward order Rvs: Traverse waypoints in reverse order

3) Press

4) Press The route planning/waypoint list window

appear as shown in Figure 4-15. The waypoint list window lists the position and data for each registered waypoint. No position or data appears for empty waypoints.

1234 . 56 nm

234 . 56 nm *999. 99 nm

. nm

6543 . 21 nm

. nm

12D15H28M

2D08H35M

*9D*9H*9M

D H M

34D23H45M

D H M

: Edit: Route No.

MENU: Escape

Figure 4-14 Route list

or to select route number.

UseFwd

ROUTE : 01 (In Use , REVERSE)

skip Distance TTG

Trial Speed : Auto Man (012.0kt)

001

002

ENT: Enter

Use: In use Fwd: Traverse waypoints in forward order Rvs: Traverse waypoints in reverse order

34° 12.345’ N 130° 23.456’ E

MARINE POINT

36° 12.345’ N 135° 23.456’ E

A POINT

: RTE WPT

MENU: Escape

AUG 12’ 95 12 : 35U

AUG 13’ 95 13 : 45U

CLEAR: Delete

Route

editing

screen

Waypoint list

Figure 4-15 Route editing screen

5) If required, press

to enter the speed

by which to calculate time-to-go.

6) Press

or to select Auto or Man.

Auto: Current average speed is used to

calculate the time-to-go.

Manual: Entered speed is used to

calculate the time-to-go. Enter speed and press

Route waypoints may be registered two ways: entering waypoint number directly or

through the route editing screen. Follow

below.

Entering waypoint number directly

7) Enter waypoint number, in three digits. The cursor shifts to the "Skip" window. The procedure for skipping a waypoint is shown on page 5-5. For now, go to the next step.

8) Press

to continue. If the waypoint entered in step 7 does not exist, you are informed that the waypoint does not exist and entry is cancelled.

9) Enter other route waypoints by repeating steps 7 and 8.

10) Press MENU ESC to finish.

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Furuno GP-150 User Manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

IMPORTANT NOTICE

SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

FOREWORD

SYSTEM CONFIGURATION

1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW

1.1 Control Description

1.2 Turning On and Off the Power

1.4 Selecting the Display Mode

1.5 Icons

2. TRACK

2.1 Enlarging/Shrinking the Display

2.4 Shifting the Display

2.5 Centering Cursor Position

2.6 Centering Own Ship's Position

2.7 Stopping/Starting Plotting and Recording of Track

2.8 Erasing Track

2.9 Selecting Track Plotting Interval

2.10 Apportioning the Memory

2.11 Selecting Bearing Reference

3. MARKS

3.1 Entering/Erasing Marks

3.2 Selecting Mark Shape

3.4 Entering Event Marks

3.6 Entering the MOB Mark

4. NAVIGATION PLANNING

4.1 Registering Waypoints

4.2 Editing Waypoints

4.3 Deleting Waypoints

4.4 Registering Routes