Furuno GP1670F, GP1870F Operator's Manual

The paper used in this manual

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A:JUN

2012

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F:FEB.02, 2015

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Nishinomiya, 662-8580, JAPAN

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GP-1670F/GP-1870F

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IMPORTANT NOTICES

Cd

Ni-Cd Pb

General

• This manual has been authored with simplified grammar, to meet the needs of international users.

• The operator of this equipment must read and follow the descriptions in this manual. Wrong op­eration or maintenance can cancel the warranty or cause injury.

• Do not copy any part of this manual without written permission from FURUNO.

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

• The contents of this manual and equipment specifications can change without notice.

• The example screens (or illustrations) shown in this manual can be different from the screens you
see on your display. The screens you see depend on your system configuration and equipment
settings.

• Save this manual for future reference.

• Any modification of the equipment (including software) by persons not authorized by FURUNO
will cancel the warranty.

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How to discard this product

Discard this product according to local regulations for the disposal of industrial waste. For disposal
in the USA, see the homepage of the Electronics Industries Alliance (http://www.eiae.org/) for the
correct method of disposal.

How to discard a used battery

Some FURUNO products have a battery(ies). To see if your product has a battery, see the chapter
on Maintenance. Follow the instructions below if a battery is used. Tape the + and - terminals of
battery before disposal to prevent fire, heat generation caused by short circuit.

In the European Union

The crossed-out trash can symbol indicates that all types of batteries
must not be discarded in standard trash, or at a trash site. Take the
used batteries to a battery collection site according to your national
legislation and the Batteries Directive 2006/66/EU.

In the USA

The Mobius loop symbol (three chasing arrows) indicates that Ni-Cd
and lead-acid rechargeable batteries must be recycled. Take the used
batteries to a battery collection site according to local laws.

In the other countries

There are no international standards for the battery recycle symbol. The number of symbols can
increase when the other countries make their own recycle symbols in the future.

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SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

WARNING

WARNING

Do not open the equipment.

The equipment uses high voltage that
can cause electrical shock. Refer any
repair work to a qualified technician.

If water leaks into the equipment or
something is dropped into the equip­ment, immediately turn off the power
at the switchboard.

Fire or electrical shock can result.

If the equipment is giving off smoke
or fire, immediately turn off the power
at the switchboard.

Fire or electrical shock can result.

If you feel the equipment is acting
abnormally or giving off strange
noises, immediately turn off the
power at the switchboard and contact
a FURUNO service technician.

Electrical current flows to the pins of
the transducer connector when the
power is on, regardless of whether
the transducer cable is connected or
not.

If the transducer cable is not connected,
cover the transducer connector with the
supplied cap to prevent electrical shock.

Mandatory Action

Prohibitive Action

WARNING

CAUTION

Warning, Caution

The operator must read the safety instructions before attempting to operate the equipment.

Indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if not avoided,
could result in death or serious injury.

Indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if not avoided,
could result in minor or moderate injury.

WARNING

WARNING

Do not disassemble or modify the
equipment.

Fire, electrical shock or serious injury
can result.

Make sure no rain or water splash
leaks into the equipment.

Fire or electrical shock can result if
water leaks into the equipment.

Do not place liquid-filled containers
on or near the equipment.

Fire or electrical shock can result if a
liquid spills into the equipment.

Do not operate the equipment with
wet hands.

Electrical shock can result.

Use the proper fuse.

Use of the wrong fuse can cause fire or
electrical shock.

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CAUTION

Do no turn on the equipment with the
transducer out of water.

The transducer can be damaged.

The picture is not refreshed when
picture advancement is stopped.

Maneuvering the vessel in this condition
can result in a dangerous situation.

Adjust the gain correctly.

Incorrect gain may give a wrong depth
indication, which could result in a
dangerous situation.

The data presented by this equipment
is intended as a source of navigation
information.

The prudent navigator never relies
exclusively on any one source of
navigation information, for safety of
vessel and crew.

The LCD panel is made of glass.
Handle it with care.

Injury can result if the glass breaks.

Follow the compass safe distances
shown below to prevent interference
to a magnetic compass.

Standard
compass

Steering

compass

GP-1670F

GP-1870F

0.30 m

0.30 m

0.30 m

0.30 m

Warning Label

Warning Label

Do not remove the label.

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

SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

FOREWORD ...................................................................................................................ix

SYSTEM CONFIGURATION ..........................................................................................xi

EQUIPMENT LISTS.......................................................................................................xii

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

1.1 Controls...................................................................................................................... 1-1

1.1.1 Control description .........................................................................................1-1

1.2 RotoKeyTM and Soft Controls ................................................................................... 1-5

1.3 How to Turn the Power On or Off...............................................................................1-6

1.4 How to Adjust the Display Brilliance...........................................................................1-6

1.5 2D Plotter Displays.....................................................................................................1-6

1.6 The Cursor ................................................................................................................. 1-9

1.7 Navigation Data Boxes.............................................................................................1-10

1.7.1 How to select the data to display in a box.................................................... 1-10

1.8 Home Screen (Display Selection) ............................................................................1-11

1.8.1 How to select a display ................................................................................1-11

1.8.2 How to switch the active screen................................................................... 1-11

1.8.3 How to customize the home screen............................................................. 1-12

1.8.4 Description of home screen displays ...........................................................1-14

1.9 Display Width ...........................................................................................................1-18

1.10 Orientation Mode......................................................................................................1-18

1.11 How to Move the Chart ............................................................................................ 1-19

1.12 Menu Operation .......................................................................................................1-20

1.13 Object Information....................................................................................................1-21

1.13.1 Simple information .......................................................................................1-21

1.13.2 Detailed information .....................................................................................1-21

1.14 Context-Sensitive Menus .........................................................................................1-22

1.15 Man Overboard (MOB).............................................................................................1-25

1.15.1 How to mark MOB position ..........................................................................1-25

1.15.2 How to stop navigating to a MOB mark........................................................1-25

1.15.3 How to erase an MOB mark......................................................................... 1-25

1.16 How to Take a Screenshot.......................................................................................1-25

1.17 Tide Information .......................................................................................................1-26

1.17.1 Tide height information.................................................................................1-26

1.17.2 Tide stream information ............................................................................... 1-27

2. TRACK ...................................................................................................................2-1

2.1 How to Show, Hide all Track ......................................................................................2-1

2.2 How to Start, Stop Recording Track...........................................................................2-1

2.3 How to Select Recording Method, Recording In-terval ..............................................2-1

2.4 How to Change the Color of Your Boat’s Track .........................................................2-2

2.5 How to Change the Color of Your Boat’s Track with Sea Surface Temperature ....... 2-2

2.6 How to Hide, Show Track by Color ............................................................................2-2

2.7 How to Delete Track by Color ....................................................................................2-3

2.8 How to Find Track Information ...................................................................................2-3

2.9 How to Find Number of Track Points Used................................................................2-4

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3. POINTS ..................................................................................................................3-1

3.1 What is a Point? .........................................................................................................3-1

3.2 How to Enter a Point...................................................................................................3-1

3.2.1 How to enter a point at the current position....................................................3-1

3.2.2 How to enter a point at the cursor position.....................................................3-2

3.2.3 How to enter a position manually on the plotter screen .................................3-3

3.2.4 How to enter a point from the Points List .......................................................3-3

3.3 How to Find Detailed Point Information......................................................................3-4

3.4 How to Move a Point ..................................................................................................3-4

3.4.1 How to move a point on the screen................................................................3-4

3.4.2 How to move a point from the Points List.......................................................3-4

3.5 How to Select Visibility for Points ...............................................................................3-5

3.6 How to Search, Sort Points on the Points List............................................................3-5

3.6.1 How to search points......................................................................................3-5

3.6.2 How to sort points...........................................................................................3-5

3.7 How to Filter Points by Shape on the Points List........................................................3-6

3.8 How to Delete Points..................................................................................................3-6

3.8.1 How to delete a point from the screen............................................................3-6

3.8.2 How to delete points from the Points List.......................................................3-6

4. ROUTES ................................................................................................................4-1

4.1 What is a Route?........................................................................................................4-1

4.2 How to Create a Route...............................................................................................4-1

4.2.1 How to create a route from the RotoKey menu ..............................................4-1

4.2.2 How to create a route from the Routes List....................................................4-2

4.2.3 How to create a route with the Easy Routing feature .....................................4-3

4.3 How to Extend a Route on the Screen .......................................................................4-6

4.4 How to Insert a Point on a Route on the Screen ........................................................4-7

4.5 How to Move a Point in a Route on the Screen..........................................................4-7

4.6 How to Delete a Point From a Route on the Screen ..................................................4-7

4.7 Routes List..................................................................................................................4-8

4.7.1 How to display the Routes List.......................................................................4-8

4.7.2 Functions available in the Routes List............................................................4-9

4.8 Route Report, Route Calculator ...............................................................................4-10

4.9 How to Display a Route on the Screen.....................................................................4-11

4.10 How to Connect Two Routes....................................................................................4-11

4.11 Simple Route Information.........................................................................................4-11

4.12 How to Rename a Route on the Screen...................................................................4-12

4.13 How to Delete Routes...............................................................................................4-12

4.13.1 How to delete a route on the screen ............................................................4-12

4.13.2 How to delete routes from the Routes List ...................................................4-12

5. NAVIGATION.........................................................................................................5-1

5.1 How to Navigate to a Quick Point...............................................................................5-1

5.2 How to Navigate to a Saved Point..............................................................................5-2

5.2.1 How to navigate to a saved point selected on the screen..............................5-2

5.2.2 How to navigate to a point selected from the Points List................................5-2

5.3 How to Select a Route for Navigation.........................................................................5-2

5.3.1 On-screen route .............................................................................................5-2

5.3.2 Route selected from the Routes List ..............................................................5-3

5.3.3 How to start navigation from a point on a route..............................................5-3

5.4 Functions Available When You Follow a Route..........................................................5-4

5.4.1 Route check ...................................................................................................5-4

5.4.2 Restart navigation ..........................................................................................5-6

5.4.3 Follow a route in reverse order.......................................................................5-6

5.4.4 Stop following a route.....................................................................................5-6

5.4.5 Skip a leg in a route........................................................................................5-6

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6. MAP SETTINGS, 2D PERSPECTIVE/3D DISPLAYS AND

SATELLITE OVERLAY..........................................................................................6-1

6.1 Map Setup..................................................................................................................6-1

6.2 2D Perspective Display ..............................................................................................6-5

6.3 3D Display..................................................................................................................6-6

6.3.1 3D display description.................................................................................... 6-6

6.3.2 How to tilt and rotate the 3D display ..............................................................6-7

6.3.3 How to make the 3D view clearer ..................................................................6-7

6.4 Satellite Photo Overlay...............................................................................................6-8

7. FISH FINDER OPERATIONS ................................................................................7-1

7.1 How the Fish Finder Works........................................................................................7-1

7.2 Fish Finder Display .................................................................................................... 7-2

7.3 How to Activate the Fish Finder .................................................................................7-3

7.4 How to Start, Stop Transmission................................................................................7-3

7.5 How to Select a Display .............................................................................................7-3

7.5.1 How to select a single frequency or dual frequency....................................... 7-3

7.5.2 How to select a zoom display......................................................................... 7-4

7.5.3 A-scope display..............................................................................................7-5

7.5.4 Bottom discrimination display......................................................................... 7-6

7.6 Automatic Fish Finder ................................................................................................7-8

7.6.1 How the automatic fish finder works ..............................................................7-8

7.6.2 How to select an automatic fish finder mode ................................................. 7-8

7.6.3 How to adjust the gain in the auto mode........................................................ 7-8

7.7 Manual Fish Finder Operation....................................................................................7-9

7.7.1 How to select a display range ........................................................................ 7-9

7.7.2 How to shift the range ....................................................................................7-9

7.7.3 How to adjust the gain.................................................................................. 7-10

7.7.4 How to reduce clutter ...................................................................................7-10

7.8 Picture Advance Speed............................................................................................7-11

7.9 How to Reduce Interference ....................................................................................7-12

7.10 How to Erase Weak Echoes ....................................................................................7-12

7.11 How to Measure Depth, Time Between Locations ................................................... 7-13

7.12 How to Balance Echo Strength ................................................................................7-13

7.13 White Marker............................................................................................................7-14

7.14 White Line ................................................................................................................7-14

7.15 Alarms ......................................................................................................................7-14

7.15.1 How to set an alarm .....................................................................................7-15

7.15.2 How to select the echo signal level that triggers the fish alarm ................... 7-15

7.16 ACCU-FISHTM ........................................................................................................7-16

7.16.1 Considerations for ACCU-FISHTM .............................................................. 7-16

7.16.2 How to activate ACCU-FISHTM, select display information ........................7-17

7.16.3 Fish size correction ...................................................................................... 7-17

7.17 Water Temperature Graph .......................................................................................7-18

7.18 FISH FINDER Menu................................................................................................. 7-19

7.19 Interpreting the Display ............................................................................................7-22

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8. ALARMS ................................................................................................................8-1

8.1 ALARMS Menu...........................................................................................................8-1

8.2 Audio Alarm Conditions..............................................................................................8-2

8.3 Arrival Alarm...............................................................................................................8-2

8.4 XTE Alarm ..................................................................................................................8-3

8.5 Temperature Alarm.....................................................................................................8-3

8.6 Shear Alarm................................................................................................................8-4

8.7 Depth Alarm................................................................................................................8-4

8.8 Anchor Alarm..............................................................................................................8-5

8.9 Trip Alarm...................................................................................................................8-5

8.10 Speed Alarm...............................................................................................................8-5

8.11 Fuel Tank Alarm .........................................................................................................8-6

8.12 Water Tank Alarm.......................................................................................................8-6

8.13 Black Water Tank Alarm.............................................................................................8-6

9. MEMORY CARD OPERATIONS ...........................................................................9-1

9.1 The Memory Card Screen ..........................................................................................9-1

9.2 How to Initialize SD Cards..........................................................................................9-1

9.3 How to Eject an SD Card............................................................................................9-2

9.4 How to Save Data to an SD Card...............................................................................9-2

9.5 How to Rename Files on an SD Card ........................................................................9-2

9.6 How to Delete Files from an SD Card ........................................................................9-3

9.6.1 How to delete individual files from an SD card...............................................9-3

9.6.2 How to delete all files from an SD card ..........................................................9-3

9.7 How to Import Data from an SD Card.........................................................................9-3

9.8 How to Process Screenshots .....................................................................................9-4

9.8.1 How to select source of screenshots (internal memory or SD card) ..............9-4

9.8.2 How to save screenshots in the internal memory to an SD card....................9-4

9.8.3 How to delete screenshots.............................................................................9-5

10. OTHER FUNCTIONS ..........................................................................................10-1

10.1 AIS Operations.........................................................................................................10-1

10.1.1 AIS target symbols .......................................................................................10-1

10.1.2 How to find AIS target information................................................................10-2

10.1.3 AIS activation range .....................................................................................10-2

10.1.4 CPA and TCPA alarms.................................................................................10-2

10.2 AIS SART Operations...............................................................................................10-3

10.3 DSC Message Information .......................................................................................10-4

10.3.1 How to select a device for DSC message information .................................10-4

10.3.2 DSC message information ...........................................................................10-4

10.4 Stopwatch, Timer......................................................................................................10-5

10.5 How to Select Input, Output Data.............................................................................10-6

10.5.1 Input data .....................................................................................................10-6

10.5.2 Output data...................................................................................................10-7

10.6 Engine Display Setup (INSTRUMENTS menu)........................................................10-8

10.7 Wireless LAN Setup .................................................................................................10-9

10.7.1 How to connect to a wireless LAN................................................................10-9

10.8 How to Output the Display to an iOS Device..........................................................10-11

10.9 C-Weather ..............................................................................................................10-12

10.9.1 How to obtain C-Weather data ...................................................................10-12

10.9.2 How to activate the C-Weather data display, select the forecast

date and time..............................................................................................10-13

10.9.3 How to interpret the C-Weather displays....................................................10-14

10.9.4 C-Weather error messages ........................................................................10-18

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11. CUSTOMIZING YOUR UNIT................................................................................11-1

11.1 GENERAL Menu......................................................................................................11-1

11.2 PLOTTER Menu.......................................................................................................11-2

11.3 SYSTEM Menu ........................................................................................................ 11-3

12. MAINTENANCE, TROUBLESHOOTING.............................................................12-1

12.1 Maintenance.............................................................................................................12-1

12.2 How to Replace the Fuse.........................................................................................12-2

12.3 Troubleshooting .......................................................................................................12-2

12.4 GPS Status Display.................................................................................................. 12-4

12.5 How to Restore Defaults, Clear Memory.................................................................. 12-5

12.6 System Information ..................................................................................................12-6

13. INSTALLATION ...................................................................................................13-1

13.1 Installation of Display Unit........................................................................................13-1

13.2 Installation of Antenna Unit ......................................................................................13-2

13.3 Installation or Transducers.......................................................................................13-2

13.3.1 How to mount a transducer through the hull ................................................ 13-2

13.3.2 Transom mount transducer.......................................................................... 13-5

13.3.3 How to mount a transducer inside the hull................................................... 13-6

13.3.4 Triducer........................................................................................................ 13-8

13.4 Installation of Sensors (option)............................................................................... 13-13

13.4.1 Speed/temperature sensors ST-02MSB, ST-02PSB .................................13-13

13.5 Wiring.....................................................................................................................13-14

13.6 Initial Settings.........................................................................................................13-18

13.6.1 INSTALLATION SETTINGS menu.............................................................13-18

13.6.2 CAN bus input/output................................................................................. 13-20

13.6.3 How to calibrate NMEA 2000 data............................................................. 13-23

APPENDIX 1 MENU TREE .......................................................................................AP-1

APPENDIX 2 ABBREVIATIONS, SYMBOLS ...........................................................AP-8

APPENDIX 3 JIS CABLE GUIDE ...........................................................................AP-13

APPENDIX 4 INSTALLATION OF TEMPERATURE SENSORS ...........................AP-15

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

PACKING LISTS..........................................................................................................A-1

OUTLINE DRAWINGS.................................................................................................D-1

INTERCONNECTION DIAGRAM ................................................................................ S-1

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

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FOREWORD

A Word to GP-1670F, GP-1870F Owners

Congratulations on your choice of the FURUNO GP-1670F, GP-1870F GPS Plotter/Sounder. We
are confident you will see why the FURUNO name has become synonymous with quality and re­liability.

Since 1948, 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.

This equipment 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-1670F and GP-1870F provide a totally integrated GPS receiver, color video plotter and
color fish finder. The built-in GPS receiver provides highly accurate position, course and speed
information. The fish finder presents vivid underwater images on a high quality LCD. The compact
display unit and antenna unit permit installation where space is limited.

The main features are

General

• Bright 5.7-inch (GP-1670F) or 7-inch (GP-1870F) color LCD with brilliance control.

• Excellent viewing angles, even when wearing sunglasses.

• Internal GPS receiver provides highly accurate position information (GPS, within 2.5 m, SBAS,
within 2 m).

• Customizable analog and digital displays show wind angle and speed, engine condition (speed,
temperature, oil pressure, etc.), etc.

• Large internal memory stores 30,000 track points, 30,000 points, 1,000 routes (50 waypoints/
route).

• SD card slot accepts SD and SDHC cards for external storage of data and settings.

• Full range of alarms: Arrival, Anchor Watch, Cross-track Error, Speed, Depth, Temperature, Fish
Alarm, Bottom Alarm, etc.

• Man overboard (MOB) feature records latitude and longitude coordinates at the time of MOB.

• CAN bus interface for the connection of GPS Receiver, Weather Station, FI-50 (instrument series),
Satellite Compass, etc.

• Accepts NMEA0183 input with optional NMEA data converter.

• Internal GPS antenna available.

• C-MAP by Jeppesen 4D charts available.

• Wireless LAN for downloading weather data. (Available with GP-1870F.)

• C-Weather display provides various weather data. (Available with GP-1870F.)

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FOREWORD

Open Source Acknowledgement

This product makes use of the following open source software:



FreeType (www.freetype.org)
Portions of this software are copyright ©2009 The FreeType Project
(www.freetype.org). All rights reserved.



libpng (http://www.libpng.org/)

This software is based in part on the work of the Independent JPEG Group.



libjpeg (http://www.ijg.org/)
We would like to thank each developer of the above-mentioned open
source software for their great contribution to the open source community.

Fish finder

• Fish finder measures the depth to the bottom and displays underwater conditions in multi-colors*
according to echo strength. A monochrome presentation shows the echoes in shades of gray.
(*Number of colors depends on network sounder, color sounder.).

• Automatic and manual fish finder operation. Auto mode automatically adjusts range, gain and clut­ter according to purpose - fishing or cruising.

• Wide variety of zoom modes for detailed observation of fish and bottom.

TM

• ACCU-FISH

provides length and depth of individual fish. Appropriate transducer required.

Other

• AIS function (requires connection to an AIS transponder) provides navigational information from
AIS transponder equipped vessels within 50 nm.

• Instrument displays (steering, engine, weather, and wind) with connection of relevant sensors.

• DSC (Digital Selective Calling) function alerts to DSC messages received and position requests.
(Requires DSC capable radiotelephone.)

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SYSTEM CONFIGURATION

OR

Display Unit
GP-1670F

Antenna Unit
GPA-017 or
GPA-017S

CAN bus
equipment

NMEA 0183
equipment

Junction Box
FI-5002

NMEA Data
Converter
IF-NMEA2K2

Internal GPS
antenna

520-5PSD, 520-5MSD,
525-5PWD, 525STID-MSD,
525STID-PWD

Transducer

Matching Box

MB-1100*

* For connection to 1 kW
transducer (50B-6, 50B-6B,
200B-5S, 50/200-1T,
50/200-12M)

12-24 VDC

100/110/
220/230 VAC,
1ø, 50/60 Hz

Rectifier
PR-62

Water temp./speed

sensor

ST-02MSB, ST-02PSB

Water temp. sensor

T-04MSB, T-04MTB

Display Unit
GP-1870F

Antenna Unit
GPA-017 or
GPA-017S

OR

520-5PSD, 520-5MSD,
525-5PWD, 525STID-MSD,
525STID-PWD

Transducer

Matching Box

MB-1100*

* For connection to 1 kW transducer
(50B-6, 50B-6B, 200B-5S,
50/200-1T, 50/200-12M)

12-24 VDC

CAN bus
equipment

NMEA 0183
equipment

100/110/
220/230 VAC,
1ø, 50/60 Hz

Junction Box
FI-5002

NMEA Data
Converter
IF-NMEA2K2

Rectifier
PR-62

Internal GPS
antenna

Water temp./speed

sensor

ST-02MSB, ST-02PSB

Water temp. sensor

T-04MSB, T-04MTB

The environmental category of each unit is as follows:

Unit Environmental category

Display unit Protected from the weather

GPS antenna unit Exposed to the weather, or protected from the weather in

case of internal antenna

Transducer, sensor Submerged in water

Other units Protected from the weather

GP-1670F

GP-1870F

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EQUIPMENT LISTS

Standard supply

Name Type Code no. Qty Remarks

Display Unit GP-1670F - Select

Display Unit GP-1870F -

one

Installation
Materials

Spare Parts SP14-03501 001-184-710 1 set

Accessories FP14-03001 001-184-730 1 set For GP-1670F

CP14-07100 000-021-070 1 set w/CP14-07101, MJ-A3SPF0013A-

035C (power cable)

FP14-03201 001-183-120 1 set For GP-1870F

Optional equipment

Name Type Code no. Remarks

Replacement Kit OP14-72 001-184-750

Waterproofing Cap LTWCAP-WBDMMSA1 000-167-169-11

Antenna Unit GPA-017

Antenna Unit GPA-017S

Mast Mtg. Kit CP20-01111 004-365-780

Antenna Cable Set CP20-01700 *30M* 004-372-110

Antenna Cable Set CP20-01710 *50M* 004-372-120

Transducer 520-5PSD 000-015-204 Thru-hull mount, plastic

520-5MSD 000-015-212 Thru-hull mount, metal

525-5PWD 000-146-966-01 Transom mount, plastic

Triducer (transducer
with speed/ tem­perature sensor)

Transducer (1 Kw) 50B-6 000-015-042 10 m, 1 kW

Speed/ Tempera­ture Sensor

525STID-MSD 000-011-783 Thru-hull mount, metal

525STID-PWD 000-011-784 Transom mount, plastic

50B-6B 000-015-043 15 m, 1 kW

200B-5S 000-015-029 10 m, 1 kW

50/200-1T 000-015-170 10 m, 1 kW

50/200-12M 000-015-171 10 m, 1 kW

ST-02MSB 000-137-986-01 Thru-hull type, metal

ST-02PSB 000-137-987-01 Thru-hull type, plastic

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EQUIPMENT LISTS

Name Type Code no. Remarks

Temperature
Sensor

Matching Box MB-1100 000-041-353 For connection to 1 kW trans-

Rectifier PR-62 000-013-484 100 VAC

Rectifier PR-62 000-013-485 110 VAC

Rectifier PR-62 000-013-486 220 VAC

Rectifier PR-62 000-013-487 230 VAC

Junction Box FI-5002

Right Angle Mount­ing Base

L-angle Mounting
Base

Handrail Mounting
Base

Cable Assy. TNC-PS-/PS-3D-L15M-R 001-173-110-10

T-04MSB 000-026-893 Thru-hull type

T-04MTB 000-026-894 Transom mount

ducer

No.13QA330 001-111-910-10

No.13-QA310 001-111-900-10

No.13-RC5160 001-111-920-10

Cable Assy. M12-05BM+05BF-010 001-105-750-10 w/connectors (light), 1 m

Cable Assy. M12-05BM+05BF-020 001-105-760-10 w/connectors (light), 2 m

Cable Assy. M12-05BM+05BF-060 001-105-770-10 w/connectors (light), 6 m

Cable Assy. M12-05BFFM-010 001-105-780-10 w/connectors (light), 1 m

Cable Assy. M12-05BFFM-020 001-105-790-10 w/connectors (light), 2 m

Cable Assy. M12-05BFFM-060 001-105-800-10 w/connectors (light), 6 m

Cable Assy. CB-05PM+05BF-010 000-167-968-10 w/connectors (heavy), 1 m

Cable Assy. CB-05PM+05BF-020 000-167-969-10 w/connectors (heavy), 2 m

Cable Assy. CB-05PM+05BF-060 000-167-970-10 w/connectors (heavy), 6 m

Cable Assy. CB-05BFFM-010 000-167-971-10 w/connectors (heavy), 1 m

Cable Assy. CB-05BFFM-020 000-167-972-10 w/connectors (heavy), 2 m

Cable Assy. CB-05BFFM-060 000-167-973-10 w/connectors (heavy), 6 m

Micro T-connector SS-050505-FMF-TS001 000-168-603-10 Micro style: 3

Mini/Micro T-con­nector

NC-050505-FMF-TS001 000-160-507-10 Mini style: 2, micro style: 1

Termination Resis­tor (Mini)

Termination Resis­tor (Micro)

Termination Resis­tor (Mini)

LTWMN-05AMMT­SL8001

LTWMC-05BMMT­SL8001

LTWMN-05AFFT­SL8001

000-160-508-10 Mini style, male, termination

resistor

000-168-604-10 Micro style, male, termination

resistor

000-160-509-10 Mini style, female, termina-

tion resistor

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EQUIPMENT LISTS

Name Type Code no. Remarks

Termination Resis­tor (Micro)

Inline Terminator FRU-0505-FF-IS 001-077-830-10

Cable Assy. 02S4147-1 000-141-082 For speed/temp. sensor

Inner Hull Kit 22S0191 000-082-598 w/installation instructions,

NMEA Data Con­verter

LTWMC-05BFFT­SL8001

IF-NMEA2K2

000-168-605-10 Micro style, female, termina-

tion resistor

not usable with the bottom
discrimination display

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POWER/BRILL key

RotoKey

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ENT key

ESC/MENU key

EVENT/MOB key

POINTS/GO TO key

HOME/CTRL key

CursorPad

Behind cover:

- SD card slot

- Micro USB connector

- RESET button

How to remove the hard cover

Put fingers under notch at bottom
of cover and pull toward you.

1.1 Controls

1.1.1 Control description

The controller for this system is either the GP-1670F or the GP-1870F. A key that has
two text labels has two functions. The top label is the main function and the bottom
label is the secondary function. Short-push to access the main function and long-push
(approximately three seconds) to access the secondary function.

You operate the chart plotter with

• Keys

• CursorPad

• RotoKey

• Menus, where you select options

• Context-sensitive menus, where you select options

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• Lists, where you can edit items

When you operate a key, a single beep sounds to tell you correct operation. If you do
not need the key beep, you can deactivate it from the menu.

Pictured: GP-1870F

Control Description

POWER/
BRILL key

Short press: Adjust LCD brilliance.
Long press: Turn the power on or off.

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Control Description

RotoKey

POINTS/GO
TO key

EVENT/
MOB key

ENT key Confirm current operation.
ESC/MENU

key
HOME/

CTRL key
CursorPad Moves the cursor and scrolls the screen, in the direction of the arrow

SD card slot: Card drive for SD card (chart card and memory card).
Micro USB connector: Connects to a PC for maintenance. (Mouse or USB flash mem-

ory cannot be connected.)
RESET button: Resets the program. Should the screen freeze press this button to re­start.

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Short push: Display the base RotoKey soft controls for the current
mode.

Long push: Display the full RotoKey soft controls for the current mode.
Rotate: Zoom in or out the display width. Select a menu item. Select the

display range for the fish finder.

Short press: Put a point at the cursor position.
Long press: Set cursor position as destination.

Short press: Put a point at the current position.
Long press: Put an MOB (ManOverBoard) mark at current position.

Short press: Escape from current operation. Silence an audio alarm.
Long press: Open the menu.

Short press: DIsplay the home screen, to select a display.
Long press: Switch the active display in combination modes.

pressed.

SD cards

The SD cards store ship’s tracks, routes, points, settings, etc. The unit
accepts SD and SDHC (Secure Digital High Capacity) type cards and
the maximum capacity is 32 GB.

To set a card in the slot, insert the card label side up. If the card does not go in easily,
do not use force. Push the card until the card is in position.

To eject a card, Select [Eject SD] from the full RotoKey menu. (If you are in the [MEM­ORY CARD] menu, you can use the [Eject SD] button.) Remove the card (with your
fingers) after the message "You can eject SD card safely." appears.

Care and handling of SD cards

• Handle the cards carefully; rough handling can damage the card and destroy its
contents.

• Make sure the cover is closed at all times. Insert the card fully or remove the
card; the cover cannot be closed if the card is inserted partially.

• Remove a card with only your fingers. Do not use metal instruments (like tweezers)
to remove the card.

• Do not remove a card during the reading of the card or writing to the card, to prevent
damage to the card and loss of the data stored on the card.

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• If water is at the bottom of the cover, DO NOT open the cover. Remove the water
with a dry cloth completely and then open the cover.

Tested SD cards

The SD cards tested for use in this equipment are listed in the table below.

Maker, Type Size

2 GB 4 GB 8 GB 16 GB 32 GB

ADTEC

AD-SDH (SD) [AD-SDH2G] Y

BUFFALO

RSDC-S (SD) [RSDC-S2G] Y

RSDC-G Hi-Performance (SD) [RSDC-G2G] Y

Hagiwara System

T series (SD) [PSDB0487A] Y

M series Super High Speed (SD) [PSDB0486A] Y

I-O DATA

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I-O DATA (SD) [SD-2G] Y

I-O DATA Super High Speed (SD) [SDP-2G] Y

Kingston

Kingston (SD) [SD/2GBFE] Y

Kingston (SDHC) CLASS 4 [SD4/16GB] Y

Kingston (SDHC) CLASS 4 [SD4/32GB] Y

Panasonic

Panasonic PRO HIGH SPEED (SD) [RP-SDK02GJ1A] Y

Panasonic HIGH SPEED (SD) CLASS 2
[[RP-SDR02GJ1A]

Panasonic HIGH SPEED (SDHC) CLASS 4
[RP-SDM04GK1K]

Panasonic HIGH SPEED (SDHC) CLASS 4
[RP-SDM08GK1K]

Panasonic HIGH SPEED (SDHC) CLASS 4
[RP-SDM16GK1K]

Y

Y

Y

Y

Panasonic (SDHC) CLASS 4 [RP-SDP16GJ1K] Y

Panasonic (SDHC) CLASS 10 [RP-SDW16GJ1K] Y

Panasonic PRO HIGH SPEED (SDHC) CLASS 6
[RP-SDV04GK1K]

Panasonic PRO HIGH SPEED (SDHC) CLASS 6
[RP-SDV08GK1K]

pqi

pqi (SD) [QSDS-2G] Y

Y

Y

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Maker, Type Size

2 GB 4 GB 8GB 16 GB 32GB

San Disk

SanDisk (SD) [SDSDB-2048-J60] Y

SanDisk (SDHC) [SDSDBR-4096-J85] Y

SanDisk Ultra II (SDHC) CLASS 4 [SDSDRH-8192-903] Y

SanDisk Ultra II (SD) [SDSDH-2048-903] Y

SanDisk Ultra II (SDHC) [SDSDRH-4096-903] Y

SanDisk Extreme III (SDHC) [SDSDRX3-4096-903] Y

SanDisk Extreme (SDHC) [SDSDX3-016G-J31A] Y

SanDisk Extreme (SDHC) [SDSDX3-032G-J31A] Y

SILICON POWER

(SDHC) [SP016GBSDH006V10] Y

(SDHC) [SP032GBSDH006V10] Y

TOSHIBA

(SD) CLASS 4 [SD-B002GT4] Y

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Scroll bar

Center

Mode

2D/3D Mode

Route

Easy Routing

Track

Data Box

Center

Mode

2D/3D Mode

Route

Easy Routing

Track

Data Box

Base soft controls

Full soft controls

Function ON (green)

Function OFF (gray)

1.2 RotoKey

The main function of the RotoKeyTM is to display the RotoKey menu, a set of revolving
soft controls that change with the operating mode. There are two sets of RotoKey
menus: base and full. A short push of the key shows the base set for the current mode,
and a long push displays the full compliment of soft controls for the current mode.
When the full set is active, a scroll bar appears to show your location in the menu.

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and Soft Controls

There are two categories of soft controls, toggle and drop-down list. Category is dis­tinguished by an icon at the left edge of the soft controls.

Soft control

category

Toggle A soft control with a lamp is a toggle con-

Drop-down list A soft control with a left arrow has a drop-

To operate the soft controls, push the RotoKey
the key to select a soft control then push the key to do the function labeled on the soft
control. When you search through the RotoKey menu, the selected soft control is long­er than other soft controls, its color is light blue and the soft control name is in white
characters. The soft controls automatically disappear from the screen if not operated
within approx. six seconds. To erase the soft controls manually, press the ESC/MENU
key.

Example Description

trol. The lamp is green when the function

is ON; gray when OFF.

down list that has a set of functions to
choose from.

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to show the RotoKey menu. Rotate

Note 1: Hereafter, this manual only implies the use of the RotoKey
operations. We write “Open the RotoKey menu then select [soft control name]” where
you would rotate and push the key to select and do a function.

Note 2: Where “key” is not preceded by a key name, this means the RotoKey

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in soft control

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1.3 How to Turn the Power On or Off

To turn the power ON, press approx two seconds. Release when the FURUNO

logo appears. It takes approx. 25-30 seconds to start the system, in the sequence
shown below.

1) If some data is missing or is out of date, a message states the missing component.

Contact your dealer for details.

2) If a C-MAP by Jeppesen chart card is inserted, chart information is checked to see

if it is up to date. If the chart is not up to date, the message "The chart data is out
of data, and may be unsafe for navigation, which could place you and others at
risk..." If this message appears contact your dealer to get up-to-date charts.

3) The unit beeps and shows the “Warnings - Limitations on Use” screen. Read the

information then push the RotoKey

To turn the power OFF, press until the message “Shutting down, please wait...”
appears.

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to start operation.

1.4 How to Adjust the Display Brilliance

You can adjust the display brilliance as follows:

1. Press the key to show the [Backlight Brill]

adjustment window.

2. Press the same key again to adjust the brilliance

cyclically. The window shows the current level
with analog and digital displays. The brilliance

can also be adjusted with the RotoKey
tate the key clockwise to increase the brilliance, or counterclockwise to decrease
the brilliance.

3. Press the ESC/MENU key to close the window.

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1.5 2D Plotter Displays

The plotter provides a small world map. More detailed charts for your area are option­ally available. The plotter section has functions to enter waypoints, and create and
plan routes.

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The plotter receives position information from the internal GPS receiver. Your position
is marked on the screen with the own ship icon. You can change the shape of the icon
from the menu. Waypoints and routes you have entered are shown on the display. You
can move, delete and edit the waypoints and routes from a context-sensitive menu or
through the menu.

The plotter display also

• Plots the track of your boat. • Controls alarm functions.

• Measures distances and bearings. • Follows routes.

• Marks man overboard (MOB) position.

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Position fix state*

Display width

Cursor
(inactive, red)

Headingline

(red dashed line)
COG line
(black)

L/L grid

Track

(default color

is red)

Orientation mode (North Up, Course Up,
Auto Course Up, Heading Up)

Alarm icon

MOB
mark

GPS 3D

Own ship

marker (black)

Compass

MOB

180°T

14.2 NM

MOB box
(Bearing and range to MOB position)

20 NM

2D plotter display, vector chart

A vector chart is a series of points and lines that make up the features on a chart. Vec­tor charts look computer generated. Details on the chart can be turned on and off. Ob­jects on the chart can be clicked on to learn more details. Depths can be monitored to
warn before grounding. When zooming in and out of a vector chart only the geograph­ical features grow larger or smaller where text keeps it's same size and orientation.
Vector charts lack most topographical features.

*Position fix state indications

GPS 2D: 2D position fix
GPS 3D: 3D position fix
GPSW2D: WAAS 2D position fix
GPSW3D: WAAS 3D position fix
NO FIX: No position data
SIM: Simulator mode

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2D plotter display, vector/satellite

The vector chart plus a satellite photo. See chapter 6 for how to adjust the satellite dis­play.

2D plotter display, raster

A raster chart is a direct copy or scan of an existing paper chart. Raster charts look
identical to paper charts. All information contained within the chart is printed directly
on it. What you see is what you get. When zooming in and out of a raster chart every­thing on the chart grows larger or smaller. When rotating a raster chart every thing on
the chart rotates.

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1.6 The Cursor

: Active : Inactive (red)

DST

NM

BRG T

Position

43°59.2157'N

10.5 185

°

135°16.6498'E

Cursor position in
latitude and longitude

Distance to
cursor position

Bearing to
cursor position

The cursor has the functions shown below.

• Find, when put on respective item:

• Position, range and bearing to cursor location

• Point information

• Route information

• Track information

• AIS target information

• DSC information

• Tide information

• Object information

• Select a position for a waypoint on the plotter display.

• Select an item. For example, a waypoint on the plotter display.

The appearance of the cursor depends on its state - active or inactive.

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To move the cursor, press any of the four arrows on the CursorPad. The cursor
moves in the direction indicated on the pressed arrow.

How to find cursor position, range and bearing to cursor position

Press any of the four arrows on the CursorPad to move the cursor in the direction in­dicated on the pressed arrow. The cursor position and the distance and bearing from
your boat to the cursor position are displayed.

How to find current position, SOG and COG

Put the cursor on the own ship icon to find current position, SOG and COG.

Cursor position in
latitude and longitude

Speed over
the ground

43°22.1834'N

134°26.3465'E

SOG kn

12.2 155

Position

COG T

°

Course over
the ground

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kn

When you choose [TRIP] at
[Speed/Bearing], [Reset] appears
in the [Select Data] window. To
reset the trip, select this [Reset].

Navigation

Speed/
Bearing

Depth

Environment Wind

DST
BRG

1.7 Navigation Data Boxes

The navigation data boxes, displayed at the bottom of the screen, show various navi­gation data fed from the sensors connected to the display unit. Two or four boxes can
be displayed and you can freely change the data shown in each box. The data that
you can show depends on your system configuration. The boxes can be shown or hid­den with the [Nav Data] soft control.

Note: Waypoint name, distance to WPT, bearing to WPT, XTE, TTG and ETA are not
available unless you are navigating to a point or route. Bars (---) are shown in the re­spective box when the data is not available. (For echo sounder fed water temperature
data the bars indicate the temperature is equal to or less than -15°C(5°F).)

1.7.1 How to select the data to display in a box

1. Open the full RotoKey menu then choose [Select Data]. The background color of
all but one of the boxes is grey.

Box not greyed out is
currently selected box.

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2. Rotate the RotoKey

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to select the data box to change then push the key to show

the [Select Data] (data category) window.

3. Select a data box category, and a window with choices relevant to your selection
appears.

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4. Select the data desired.

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M

CTRL

ACTIVE

ACTIVE

CTRL

AC IVE

ACTIVE

ACTIVE

Long
press

Long
press

1.8 Home Screen (Display Selection)

1.8.1 How to select a display

The home screen has eight displays from which to choose. Press the HOME/CTRL

key to show the home screen. Operate the CursorPad or rotate the RotoKey
select a display. The current selection is circumscribed with a red rectangle. Press the

RotoKey

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or ENT key to confirm your selection.

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to

1.8.2 How to switch the active screen

In multi-split screens, you can switch the active screen with the HOME/CTRL key.
Long-press the key to select the screen to make active. The active screen is circum­scribed with a red rectangle.

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1.8.3 How to customize the home screen

The home screen has seven screens that you can customize. (The full-screen plotter
display cannot be customized. If you try to customize this display, the message “Can’t
customize this display.” appears.) You can split the screen in up to four separate seg­ments. In each segment you can select the following displays:

Screen Displays available

Single screen Plotter, fish finder, tide and celestial, GPS status

Half screen Plotter, fish finder, highway, wind angle meter, meter (speed, water

temperature/temperature, engine), graph, tank

Quarter screen Navigation data, steering, wind angle meter, meter (same choices as

for half screen), graph, tank

Follow the procedure below to customize a home screen. As an example, the proce­dure shows how to put the plotter display and fish finder display on the halves screen.

1. Press the HOME/CTRL key to show the home screen.

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2. Use the RotoKey

3. Long-push the RotoKey

to select the screen to customize.

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to show the [PAGE CUSTOMIZATION] screen.

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4. Select the division desired then push the RotoKey

. For example, select the

halves screen. The [DISPLAY CUSTOMIZATION] screen appears.

The rectangle cursor (red) in the screen selection area circumscribes the screen

division currently selected. If necessary, use the RotoKey

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to select a screen

division.

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Plotter, fish finder display

5. Select a display then push the RotoKeyTM. For example, select the plotter dis­play. The chosen display appears at the location selected and the rectangle cur­sor moves to the adjacent screen.

6. Select a display for the right half then push the RotoKey

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. For example, select
the fish finder display. Control is returned to the home screen, where you can see
the result of your selection.

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Navigation data
(selectable)

Own ship marker (red)

Steer direction arrow (green)
(Steer right to keep course.)

WPT name

Steer direction arrow (red)

(Steer left to keep course.)

XTE range scale

(equal to XTE alarm range)

Note: Both steer direction
arrows are not displayed at the
same time in actual operation.
They are displayed here for
demonstration purpose.

Waypoint (red)

Display range

1.8.4 Description of home screen displays

Full screen displays

Plotter: See page 1-7.

Fish finder: See chapter 7.

Tide & Celestial: Your plotter provides for calculation of the tide heights for any date.

Additionally this display shows the time of sunrise, sunset, moonrise and moonset.
See section 1.17.

GPS status display: The GPS status display shows the location and RX signal
strength of each satellite being received. See section 12.4.

Half screen displays

The half screen displays provide the plotter display, highway display, navigation data,
and navigation data plus a graphic display (graph or meter). In most displays the data
can be changed. See the end of this section for how to change data.

Plotter: See page 1-7.

Highway: The highway display provides a graphic presentation of your boat’s track

along intended course, and is useful for monitoring ship's progress toward a waypoint.

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You can zoom in and zoom out the display by rotating the RotoKey

. The vertical
line at the center of the screen is your intended course and the name of the waypoint
you are steering to is at top of the line. Steer your boat so that the own ship marker in
the XTE scale stays near zero. If you go off course, the direction to steer to return to
your course is indicated with the color-coded steer direction arrow. The arrow is red
when you should steer to port; green when you should steer to starboard. The width
of the navigation lane (black area in the figure below) and the XTE (cross-track error)
range scale are equal to the XTE alarm setting. In the example illustration, the boat is

off course to the starboard side by approx 0.3 nm. Rotate the RotoKey

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to change

the display range.

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Wind meter+navigation data x2: The wind meter provides
analog and digital indications of wind angle. The wind meter
is fixed; however, the two boxes of navigation data can be
changed.

Meter+navigation data x2: This display provides a meter
plus two navigation data boxes. The meter and boxes can be
changed. The example at right shows the appearance of the
SOG meter.

kn

kn

kn

Graph+navigation data x2: The graph (depth, water temper­ature, air temperature, atmospheric pressure, SOG, wind
speed) plots selected data in a five-minute period. The navi­gation data indications can be changed freely.

Tank level: The tank level of fuel, water and black water are
shown in both analog and digital formats. The analog indica­tion is colored according to tank level as follows:

Tank level

Color

Fuel, water Black water

Green Equal to or greater

than 40%

Equal to or less
than 60%

Yellow Between 20% and

39%

Between 61% and
80%

Red Less than 20% Greater than 80%

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Navigation data x1 Navigation data x2 Navigation data x3

Navigation data x4 Steering Wind angle

Meter x4

Navigation data x2, graph Tank

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㫂㫅

㫂㫅

㪫

㫂㫅

㫂㫅

㫂㫅

㫄

㫄

㪚

㪚

㪚

Graph, navigation data x2

GraphMeter x1 (ex. SOG)

Quarter screens

The figure below shows the available quarter screens. Like with the half screens you
can select the navigation data to display in a quarter screen.

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How to select the data to display in a quarter screen, half screen navigation data

1. Display a home screen that has a quarter screen or a half
screen with navigation data.

2. Long press the HOME/CTRL key to select the data display to
change. The selected indication is circumscribed with a red
rectangle.

3. Choose [Select Data] from the RotoKey menu.

4. Rotate the RotoKey

push the RotoKey

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to select the indication to change then

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. The [Select Data] window shows the

data categories available.

5. Rotate the RotoKey

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to select a category then push the key.

The right figure shows the choices available with [Navigation].

6. Select desired data.

Engine indications

The following engine indications are available, in the quarter screen.

• Engine boost pressure • Engine trim

• Engine coolant pressure • Fuel pressure

• Engine load • Fuel rate

• Engine oil pressure • Total engine hours

• Engine oil temperature • Transmission oil pressure

• Engine speed • Transmission temperature

• Engine temperature

DST
DST-E
BRG

Engine instance number

The engine instance number appears on all engine-related indications.

Engine Instance No.

E-SPD 2 RPM

0: Single engine, or PORT engine with 2 or 3 engines
1: STARBOARD engine with 2 engines,
or CENTER engine with 3 engines
2: STARBOARD engine with 3 engines

Note: This is the standard numbering method,
Different methods can be applied.

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Display width

20 NM

Orientation mode

GPS 3D

PT00001

5 NM

1.9 Display Width

You can change the display width to change the amount of in­formation shown, or zoom in or out at the location you select,
in the plotter and steering displays. The selected display
width appears at the bottom right-hand position on the
screen. The available widths depends on latitude and chart
area.

To select a display width, rotate the RotoKey
to increase the width; counterclockwise to decrease the
width.

1.10 Orientation Mode

The chart can be shown in head-up, north-up, course­up and auto course-up. Select an orientation mode
from the RotoKey menu: Select [Mode] followed by
[Head Up], [North Up], [Course Up] or [Auto Course
Up]. The selected mode appears at the top left-hand
position.

Description of orientation modes

Head-up: Displays the chart with the current compass heading of your boat at the top

of the screen. The heading data from a compass is required. When the heading
changes, the ship icon remains fixed, and the chart picture rotates according to head­ing.

North-up: North is at the top of the screen. When your heading changes, the ship icon
moves according to heading. This mode is for long-range navigation.

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. Clockwise

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Course-up: The chart picture is stabilized, and shown with your current course (over

ground) at the top of the screen. The ship icon moves with the heading. If you select
a new course, the picture resets to display the new course at the top of the screen. If
no destination is set, the course is upward on the screen at the moment course-up is
selected.

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PT00001

5 NM

Auto course-up: The course or heading is at the top of screen at the moment the auto
course-up mode is selected.

1.11 How to Move the Chart

Move the chart in the following conditions.

• Your boat is not in the current area.

• Take a look at another area.

• Enter a point at another location.

To move the chart, press and hold down the CursorPad to move it to an edge of the
display. The chart shifts in the direction opposite to the arrow pressed.

To return your boat to the screen center, select [Center] from the RotoKey menu.

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WIRELESS CONNECTION
Plan2Nav LINK

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Small

1.12 Menu Operation

This section shows you how to operate the menu. There are eight menus, [General],
[Map], [Plotter], [Alarms], [System], [Fish Finder], [Instruments] and [Interface].

1. Long-push the ESC/MENU key to show the main menu.

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2. Rotate the RotoKey
play that menu. (A menu can also be selected with the CursorPad.) For example,
select the [General] menu.

3. Rotate the RotoKey
the corresponding options window. For example, select [Font Size] and
the options window shown right appears.

4. Rotate the RotoKey
Some menu items require entry of alphanumeric data. See the procedure below.

to select a menu then push the key or the ENT key to dis-

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to select a menu item then push the key to show

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to select an option then push the key to confirm setting.

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How to enter alphanumeric data

1) Use the right and left arrows on the CursorPad to select the digit or character

to change.

2) Use the up and down arrows on the CursorPad to select a numeric value.

RT0001

12:20PM 03-16-12

Name

Comment

Route information

Tower White 85 Feet
Flashing(1) White. 15 Seconds
85 Feet 24 Miles

Object information

(chart object)

Point information

DST NM BRG

T

PT00011

43°59.2157'N

10.5 185°

135°16.6498'E

Time 02-24-12 12:46PM
Temp 11.3ºF
Depth 85.7 m
Fish size 21, 18, 15, 07 cm
Bottom type Mud 60%

Track information

Track Information

3) Repeat steps 1) and 2) to enter remaining numeric data.

4) Press the ENT key to save the data.

5. Press the ESC/MENU key to close the menu. (Several presses may be required
depending on your location in the menu.)

Note: Hereafter, this manual only implies the use of the RotoKey
tions. We write “Select [menu name, menu item or menu option]” where you would ro­tate and push the key to select and set a menu item.

1.13 Object Information

1.13.1 Simple information

Simple information is available for points, track, routes, objects, AIS targets, DSC
marker and tide. Simply put the cursor on the item for which you want to find informa­tion. The figure below shows simple information for a point, track, route and chart ob­ject.

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in menu opera-

1.13.2 Detailed information

Detailed information is available for points, routes and chart objects. Put the cursor on
the item for which you want to find detailed information then press the ENT key to
show the context-sensitive menu. Select one of the following depending on your se­lection:

• Point: [DETAILED]

• Route: [INFO]

• Chart object: [FULL INFO]

The right figure shows detailed information for a
point.

Name PT0001
Position 34º41.006N
135º41.629E
Time 02-24-12 12:46PM
Temp 11.3º
Depth 85.7 m
Fish size 21, 18, 15, 07 cm
Bottom type Mud 60%
Comment FURUNO

Detailed point information

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MOVE

DELETE
EDIT

GOTO
DETAILED

STOP

RESTART
DETAILED

START ROUTE CHECK

FULL INFO

LAT/LON

1.14 Context-Sensitive Menus

The context-sensitive menus let you quickly access the functions related to the cursor­selected item. Select an applicable item then press the ENT key to show the related

context-sensitive menu. Use the RotoKey
shows the context-sensitive menus available in each category.

Item Context-sensitive menu Description

Point (inactive) [MOVE]: Move the point selected.

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to select a function. The table below

[DELETE]: Delete the point selected.
[EDIT]: Edit the point selected.
[GOTO]: Go to the point selected.
[DETAILED]*: Find detailed information about

the point selected.

Point in Route
(active
route) or Point
(active)

Point in Route
(active route,
2nd or later
point selected)

Point in Route
(inactive route)

MOVE

SKIP
ACTIVATE FROM

DETAILED
START ROUTE CHECK

MOVE

DELETE
EDIT

GOTO
DETAILED
START ROUTE CHECK

[STOP]: Stop navigating to the point selected.
[RESTART]: Restart navigation to the point se-

lected.
[DETAILED]*: Get detailed information about the
point selected.
[START ROUTE CHECK]: Check route for dan­gerous objects.

[MOVE]: Move the point selected.
[SKIP]: Skip the point selected.
[ACTIVATE FROM]: Start navigating from the

point selected.
[DETAILED]*: Get detailed information about the
point selected.
[START ROUTE CHECK]: Check route for dan­gerous objects.

[MOVE]: Move the point selected.
[DELETE]: Delete the point selected.
[EDIT]*: Edit the point selected.
[GOTO]: Start navigating from the point selected.
[DETAILED]*: Get detailed information about the

point selected.
[START ROUTE CHECK]: Check route for dan­gerous objects.

Chart Object [FULL INFO]: Get full information about the chart

Own Boat [COG LINE]: Show or hide the COG line.

* Not displayed for quick points (QPxxxxx).

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COG LINE

HEADING LINE
RECORD TRACK

SHIP ICON

Infinite

Off

On

Icon 1

object selected.
[LAT/LON]: Save the position selected as a
point.

[HEADING LINE]: Show or hide the heading line.
[RECORD TRACK]: Stop or start recording your

boat’s track.
[SHIP ICON]: Change the ship icon.

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STOP

RESTART
REVERSE

INSERT
EXTEND
INFO
START ROUTE CHECK

GOTO

REVERSE
INSERT

EXTEND
RENAME
DELETE
INFO
START ROUTE CHECK

EDIT

DELETE
PLOT

MODE
GOTO

Item Context-sensitive menu Description

Route (active) [STOP]: Stop navigating the active route.

[RESTART]: Restart navigating the active route.
[REVERSE]: Follow the points in the active route

in reverse order.
[INSERT]: Add a new point to the cursor position
of the active route.
[EXTEND]: Add a new point to the end of the ac­tive route.

[INFO]. Get information about the active route.
[START ROUTE CHECK]: Check route for dan-

gerous objects.

Route (inac­tive)

[GOTO]: Activate the route selected.
[REVERSE]: Follow the points in the route in re-

verse order.
[INSERT]: Add a new point to the cursor position
of the route selected.
[EXTEND]: Add a new point to the end of the
route selected.

[RENAME]: Rename the route selected.
[DELETE]: Delete the route selected.
[INFO]: Get information about the route selected.
[START ROUTE CHECK]: Check route for dan-

gerous objects.

Track [HIDE]: Hide the track in the selected color.

HIDE

DELETE

[DELETE]: Delete the track in the selected color.

Points List [EDIT]: Edit the point selected.

[DELETE]: Delete the point selected.
[PLOT]: Show the point selected on the plotter

display.
[MODE]: Select the visibility for the point select­ed.
[GOTO]: Go to the point selected.

Routes List [EDIT]: Edit the route selected.

MOB mark (on
screen)

MOB mark (on
Points List)

EDIT

DELETE
PLOT

REVERSE
REPORT
GOTO

START

DELETE

PLOT

DELETE
GOTO

[DELETE]: Delete the route selected.
[PLOT]: Show the route selected on the plotter

display.
[REVERSE]: Follow the points of the route se­lected in reverse order.
[REPORT]: Display the route report for the route
selected.

[GOTO]: Go to the route selected.

[START]: Go to the MOB mark selected.
[DELETE]: Delete the MOB mark selected.

[PLOT]: Show the MOB mark selected on the

plotter display.

[DELETE]: Delete the MOB mark selected.
[GOTO]: Go to the MOB mark selected.

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SAVE

DELETE
RENAME

PREVIEW

LOAD

DELETE
RENAME

PREVIEW

Item Context-sensitive menu Description

Screenshots
(INTERNAL)

Screenshots
(SD CARD)

Access point in
wireless LAN

Connect

Forget

[SAVE]: Copy the screenshots in the internal
memory to the SD card.

[DELETE]: Delete the screenshots.
[RENAME]: Give the file a new name.
[PREVIEW]: Show the screenshots selected on

the screen.

[LOAD]: Copy the screenshots in the SD card to
the internal memory.

[DELETE]: Delete the screenshots.
[RENAME]: Give the file a new name.
[PREVIEW]: Show the screenshots selected on

the screen.

Operations for saved access points.

[Connect]: Connect to selected access point.
[Forget]: Forget selected access point.

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1.15 Man Overboard (MOB)

The MOB mark denotes man overboard position. Enter the mark when someone falls
overboard, to automatically create a route to the man overboard position. Only one
mark can be displayed.

1.15.1 How to mark MOB position

Long-push the EVENT/MOB key on any screen. The plotter display appears if you are
using a different screen. The MOB mark is put at the latitude and longitude position of
your boat at the moment the key is pressed. The [MOB] box at the bottom left of the
screen shows the bearing and range to the MOB mark.

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MOB mark

MOB

180°T

14.2 NM

MOB box

Bearing to MOB position

Range to MOB position

1.15.2 How to stop navigating to a MOB mark

Put the cursor on the MOB mark then press the ENT key. “STOP” appears at the bot­tom left corner. Press the ENT key to stop navigation. The message "Stop navigating
to MOB. Are you sure?" appears. [YES] is selected; press the ENT key.

1.15.3 How to erase an MOB mark

Put the cursor on the mark then press the ENT key to show the context-sensitive
menu. Select [DELETE] then press the ENT key. The message "Delete MOB. Are you
sure?" appears. [YES] is selected; press the ENT key. (The MOB mark set as desti­nation cannot be erased. You must cancel navigation to the mark before you can
erase it.)

1.16 How to Take a Screenshot

You can take a screenshot at any time and save it to the internal memory, in PNG for­mat. Open the full RotoKey menu then select [Screenshot]. The internal memory can
hold up to 60 screenshots. For how to process screenshots, see section 9.8.

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1.17 Tide Information

Your chart contains worldwide tide height and tidal current information.

1.17.1 Tide height information

The tide station symbol appears at the locations of tide height recording stations.

To get tide information from a tide station, put the cursor on the tide station symbol,
press the ENT key then select [FULL INFO] from the context-sensitive menu to show
the [OBJECTS] menu. The cursor is selecting [Tide height station]; push the ENT key
to get tide height information.

TOMOGA SHIMA

06:30AM 4.981 ft

03-23-12 12:06 PM

12:04PM 0.404 ft

12:45PM 0.134 ft

5.0

4.0

3.0

2.0

1.0

If several tide stations overlap one another on the screen, information for each station
is presented when [FULL INFO] is selected from the context-sensitive menu. Select
desired station to find tide information.

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• The information is mostly accurate under moderate weather conditions. However,
storms and weather fronts can influence forecasted tide times and heights.

• To change the [Date], push the RotoKey

• To change the [Tide Prediction] time, rotate the RotoKey

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then use the CursorPad to set.

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or operate the right and
left arrows on the CursorPad. The vertical red line moves with knob rotation/arrow
operation.

• To quit the display and return to the plotter display, press the ESC/MENU key.

1.17.2 Tide stream information

23-03-12 12:03:50 PM
DIR=302°T SPD=3.7 kn

Simple tide stream information

Tide stream station

3d Height meters: 0
Name: 34°37.40’N, 135°01.73’ E
Time zone: 9

The tidal stream information is made from the tide stream data received from tide
stream station.

Tidal streams are marked with arrows. The size and color of the arrow indicate tide
stream speed, Yellow, slow; orange, medium, and red, fast.

Simple and detailed tide stream information are available. For simple information, put
the cursor on a tide stream marker. The [Object Information] box shows the date, time
and direction and speed of the tide stream.

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For detailed information, press the ENT key then select [FULL INFO] from the context
sensitive menu. [Tide stream station] is selected; see the information at the bottom of
the screen.

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2. TRACK

Your boat’s track is plotted on the display with position information fed from the inter­nal GPS navigator. This section shows you how to process track, from how to show
or hide the track to how to change its color.

2.1 How to Show, Hide all Track

Put the cursor on any part of the track then press the ENT key to show the context­sensitive menu. Select [HIDE] to hide the track.

2.2 How to Start, Stop Recording Track

1. Open the [PLOTTER] menu then select [TRACK] and [RECORD TRACK].

2. Select [Off] then press the ENT key.

3. Press the ESC/MENU key to close the menu.

To resume recording, select [On] at step 2.

You can also stop or start recording the track from the RotoKey menu. Select [Track]

then push the RotoKey

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to start or stop recording.

2.3 How to Select Recording Method, Recording In­terval

To trace your boat’s track, your boat’s position is stored into the memory at an interval
of time or distance. For distance, a shorter interval provides better reconstruction of
the track, but the storage time of the track is shorten. When the track memory be­comes full, the oldest track is erased to make room for the latest.

1. Open the [PLOTTER] menu then select [TRACK] and

[TRACK RECORDING METHOD].

2. Select [Time] or [Distance] as appropriate.

3. Select the menu item [Time] or [Distance] according to the

item selected at step 2. The options for those menu items
are shown in the right figure.

4. Select desired recording interval then press the ESC/

MENU key to close the menu.

0.01 NM

0.05 NM

0.1 NM

0.5 NM

1.0 NM

2.0 NM

5.0 NM

10.0 NM

Distance Time

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2.4 How to Change the Color of Your Boat’s Track

You can select the color for your boat’s track among red, green, light green, yellow,
purple, orange, brown, and black. It is useful to change the color at regular intervals
to distinguish tracks at different times of a day, for example.

1. Open the [PLOTTER] menu then select [TRACK] and [ACTIVE TRACK] to show
the track color options.

2. Select a color then press the ESC/MENU key to close the menu.

2.5 How to Change the Color of Your Boat’s Track with Sea Surface Temperature

You can have the track painted in a different color when the sea surface temperature
changes by the amount set.

1. Open the [PLOTTER] menu then select [TRACK] and [TRACK COLOR BY TEM-

PERATURE].

2. Select [0.2] or [2.0] as appropriate.

0.2 2.0

Red: 0°F to 0.2°F, 1.0°F to 1.2°F
Yellow-Green: 0.2°F to 0.4°F, 1.2°F to 1.4°F
Yellow: 0.4°F to 0.6°F, 1.4°C to 1.6°F
Green: 0.6°F to 0.8°F, 1.6°F to 1.8°F
Blue: 0.8°F to 1.0°F, 1.8°F to 2.0°F

Note: Minus temperatures shown in red.

3. Press the ESC/MENU key to close the menu.

Red: 0°F, to 2.0°F, 10°F to 12°F
Yellow-Green: 2.0°F to 4.0°F, 12°F to 14°F
Yellow: 4.0°F to 6.0°F, 14°F to 16°F
Green: 6.0°F to 8.0°F, 16°F to 18°F
Blue: 8.0°F to 10°F, 18°F to 20°F

2.6 How to Hide, Show Track by Color

When the screen becomes cluttered with many different colors of track you may want
to show only a certain color to clear up the screen.

How to show, hide track from the menu

1. Open the [PLOTTER] menu then select [TRACK] and [SHOW TRACK BY COL-

OR].

2. Select the color to display then press the ENT key.

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3. Select [On]. Select [On] in [All] to display all colors.

4. Press the ESC/MENU key to close the menu.

How to hide track with the context-sensitive menu

Put the cursor on the track color to hide then press the ENT key to show the context­sensitive menu. Select [HIDE] to hide the track color selected.

2.7 How to Delete Track by Color

Time 02-24-12 12:46PM
Temp 11.3ºF
Depth 85.7 m
Fish size 21, 18, 15, 07 cm
Bottom type Mud 60%

Track Information

When the screen becomes cluttered with track, you may want to delete some track to
clear up the display. You can delete track from the context-sensitive menu or the
menu.

How to delete track color from the menu

1. Open the [PLOTTER] menu then select [TRACK] and [DELETE TRACK BY COL­OR].

2. Select the color to delete then press the ENT key. The message "Delete track. Are
you sure?" appears.

3. Select [YES] then press the ENT key.

4. Press the ESC/MENU key to close the menu.

How to delete track color with the context-sensitive menu

Put the cursor on the track color that you want to delete then press the ENT key to
show the context-sensitive menu. Select [DELETE] then press the ENT key. The mes­sage "Delete track. Are you sure?" appears. Select [YES] then press the ENT key.

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2.8 How to Find Track Information

Put the cursor on the track to find track information.

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2.9 How to Find Number of Track Points Used

Open the [PLOTTER] menu then select [TRACK]. See the indication at the bottom left
corner of the menu.

TRACK

RECORD TRACK
SHOW TRACK BY COLOR

ACTIVE TRACK
TRACK COLOR BY TEMP
DELETE TRACK BY COLOR
TRACK RECORDING METHOD
DISTANCE
TIME

㪫㪩㪘㪚㪢 1/30000

No. of points used/total no. of points

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Red
O䌦䌦

Distance

0.01 NM
10 sec

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3. POINTS

3.1 What is a Point?

In navigation terminology, a point is any location you mark on the plotter display. A
point can be a fishing spot, reference point and other important locations. You can use
a point you have entered to set a destination and create a route.

This unit has 30,000 points into which you can enter position information. There are
four methods that you can use to mark a point:

• At your current position

• At cursor position

• Enter position from the [Points List]

• Enter position manually on the screen

When you enter a point, the point is put on the screen with the point symbol selected
as the default point symbol, with the youngest empty point number. The position of the
point, symbol and navigation information (range, bearing, etc.) are saved to the [Points
List]. You can show or hide the points, and the default setting shows all points.

Default point symbol
(default configuration
is a yellow circle)

You can edit a point on the screen or on the [Points List].

PT00001

Point name
(default color: yellow)

3.2 How to Enter a Point

3.2.1 How to enter a point at the current position

A point may be entered at current position even when the menu is open. Press the

EVENT/MOB key. The symbol of the point is marked at the position at the time the
EVENT/MOB key was pressed. The point is automatically named.

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3.2.2 How to enter a point at the cursor position

1. Operate the CursorPad to put the cursor where desired then press the POINTS/
GOTO key.

The “point” pop-up appears and shows point name, latitude and longitude position
of the point, and distance and bearing to the point. No further operation is neces­sary to save the point under the assigned point name and the default symbol and
color. To save the point under different conditions, go to step 2.

Symbol

PT00011

Cursor position in
latitude and longitude

Distance to point

2. Press the POINTS/GOTO key again, and a window that looks something like the
one shown below appears.

3. By default, the [Name] field shows the youngest empty point number. You can
change the name, using the CursorPad.

4. The [Position] field shows the position at the time the point was entered. If neces­sary, you can change the position, using the CursorPad.

5. Select [Shape] to change the icon, from among the choices shown below.

43°59.2157'N

135°16.6498'E

DST

NM

BRG T

10.5 185°

Point name

Bearing to point

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6. Select [Color] to change the color of the icon, from among the choices shown be­low.

7. [Show] selects the visibility level for the point (icon).
[Show]: Show the icon and the point name.

[Hide]: Hide the icon and its name.

Filter

[Icon]: Show only the icon.

8. Use [Comment] to enter a comment about the point, with the CursorPad. The de­fault comment is the time and date of entry of the point. A comment may have a
maximum of 64 alphanumeric characters and symbols.

9. To save the point, select the [Save] button then push the RotoKey

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3.2.3 How to enter a position manually on the plotter screen

Press the ENT key to show the context-sensitive menu. Select [LAT/LON] then press
the ENT key to show the position input box. The position shown in the box is the cursor
position. Enter position using the CursorPad. After you have entered the position, the
[Save] button is automatically selected. Press the ENT key to save the point, under
the youngest empty point number.

3.2.4 How to enter a point from the Points List

Do the following to enter a point on the [Points List].

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key.

1. Open the [PLOTTER] menu and select [POINTS] to show the [Points List].

2. The [New] button (at the bottom of the screen) is selected; push the RotoKey
to show the point entry window.

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3. Follow steps 3 to 8 in section 3.2.2.

4. To save the point, select the [Save] button then push the RotoKey

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3. POINTS

Name PT0001
Position 34º41.006N
135º41.629E
Time 02-24-12 12:46PM
Temp 11.3º
Depth 85.7 m
Fish size 21, 18, 15, 07 cm
Bottom type Mud 60%
Comment FURUNO

3.3 How to Find Detailed Point Information

You can find detailed point information with the point information pop-up. Put the cur­sor on the point then press the ENT key. (A point is correctly selected if the “point” box
appears. See the figure in section 3.2.1.) Select [DETAILED] then press the ENT key.

3.4 How to Move a Point

You can move a point two ways: on the screen and from the [Points List].

3.4.1 How to move a point on the screen

Method 1: Drag the point to a new location

1. Select the point with the cursor then push the ENT key to show the context-sen-
sitive menu. (The point is correctly selected if the "point" box appears.)

2. Select [MOVE] from the context-sensitive menu then press the ENT key.

3. Drag the cursor to the new location then press the ENT key. The icon moves to
the selected position.

Method 2: Manual input of latitude and longitude from the Points List

1. Select the point with the cursor then push the ENT key to show the context-sen-
sitive menu. (The point is correctly selected if the “point” box appears.)

2. Select [EDIT] from the context-sensitive menu then press the ENT key to show
the point edit screen.

3. Edit the position.

4. Select the [Save] button to finish.

3.4.2 How to move a point from the Points List

1. Open the [PLOTTER] menu and select [POINTS] to show the [Points List].

2. Select the point to edit.

3. Select [EDIT] from the context-sensitive menu.

4. Select the [Position] field to edit the position.

5. Select the [Save] button then press the ENT key.

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3.5 How to Select Visibility for Points

Points can be shown or hidden individually or collectively.

1. Open the [PLOTTER] menu and select [POINTS] to show the [Points List].

2. Select the point to edit then press the ENT key.
Note: If you want to assign visibility globally, select any point.

3. Select [MODE] from the context-sensitive menu.

4. Select the visibility desired.
[SHOW]: Show the selected point’s icon and point name.
[ICON]: Show the icon of the selected point.
[HIDE]: Hide the selected point.
[SHOW ALL]: Show all points’ icon and point names.
[ICON ALL]: Show the icon of all points.
[HIDE ALL]: Hide all points.

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The entry(ies) in the [Mode] column change according to your selection.

3.6 How to Search, Sort Points on the Points List

3.6.1 How to search points

1. Open the [PLOTTER] menu and select [POINTS] to show the [Points List].

2. Select [Search] (at the bottom of the screen).

3. Enter the point name in the text box. The cursor jumps to the applicable position
in the [Points List].

3.6.2 How to sort points

1. Open the [PLOTTER] menu and select [POINTS] to show the [Points List].

2. Select [Sort] (at the bottom of the screen).

3. Select the sort method. (The sort method is memorized at power off.)
[A-Z ASCENDING]: A-to-Z order
[Z-A DESCENDING]: Z-to-A order
[DISTANCE ASCENDING]: Distance in ascending order
[DISTANCE DESCENDING]: Distance in descending order

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3.7 How to Filter Points by Shape on the Points List

You may filter points on the [Points List] by icon shape. This is useful when you are
looking for points of a specific shape.

1. Open the [PLOTTER] menu and select [POINTS] to show the [Points List].

2. Select [Filter] (at the bottom of the screen).

3. Select [ICON] to show the icon selection window.

4. Select the icon desired.

3.8 How to Delete Points

You can delete individual points directly on the screen and on the [Points List]. All
points can be deleted from the [Points List].

3.8.1 How to delete a point from the screen

1. Select the point with the cursor then push the ENT key to show the context-sen-
sitive menu. (The point is correctly selected if the “point” box appears.)

2. Select [DELETE] then press the ENT key. The message "Delete this point. Are
you sure?" appears.

3. [YES] is selected; push the RotoKey

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to delete the point.

3.8.2 How to delete points from the Points List

How to delete a point

1. Open the [PLOTTER] menu and select [POINTS] to show the [Points List].

2. Select the point to delete then press the ENT key to show the context-sensitive
menu.

3. Select [DELETE] then press the ENT key. The message "Delete this point. Are
you sure?" appears.

4. [YES] is selected; push the RotoKey

How to delete all points

1. Open the [PLOTTER] menu and select [POINTS] to show the [Points List].

2. Rotate the RotoKey
screen) then push the key. The message "Delete all points. Are you sure?" ap­pears.

3. [YES] is selected; push the RotoKey

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to select the [Delete all] button (at the bottom of the

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to delete the point.

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to delete all points.

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4. ROUTES

4.1 What is a Route?

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. The equip­ment can store 1,000 routes, with a maximum of 50 points per route.

You create a route by pointing and clicking geographical positions on the screen.
These positions are marked with yellow circles.

You can follow a route that you have created, with the GOTO feature. When you follow
a route, the points on the route are yellow circles and a red line with arrows connects
between the points. The arrows show the direction in which to follow the route.

Routes can be edited directly on the screen or through the menu and the editing fea­ture available depends on route status (active or inactive) and method.

• Select a route to follow.

• Select a route to follow and follow it in reverse order.

• Insert a point(s) in a route.

• Add point(s) to the end of a route.

• Rename a route.

• Delete a route.

• Find information about a route.

• Connect two routes.

4.2 How to Create a Route

There are two ways to create a route: soft control ([Routes]→[New]) and menu
([Routes List]).

4.2.1 How to create a route from the RotoKey menu

1. Open the RotoKey menu then select [Route] and [New].

2. Put the cursor on the first point for the route then press the ENT key.
A yellow circle marks the position selected and the point number (QPxxxxx,
xxxxx=point number) appears below the point.

3. Put the cursor on the next point then press the ENT key.
A yellow circle marks the position and a blue line with arrow runs between the 1st
point and this point. The arrow indicates the direction of the route.

Note: You can also add a saved point to the route. Select the point then press the
ENT key.

4. Repeat step 3 to complete the route.

5. The [Save] soft control is selected; push the RotoKey

The route is saved under the next sequential empty route number. The name for the
route is initially assigned as “RTxxxx” (xxxx=route number). The name can be
changed as desired.

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to save the route.

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Saved
points

Route
points

LEG

4.2.2 How to create a route from the Routes List

A route can also be created from the [Routes List], with the points you have entered.

1. Open the [PLOTTER] menu and select [ROUTES] to show the [Routes List].

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2. The [New] button is selected; push the RotoKey

.

3. The input box (at the bottom of the screen) is showing the route name, the young­est empty route number. Change the route name if necessary. Finally, long-push

the RotoKey

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. The screen something like the one shown below appears.

4. Press the ENT key to show the context-sensitive menu then do the following to
enter a route point.

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1) [INSERT] is selected; press the ENT key. The cursor moves to the saved

points column.

2) Use the CursorPad to select a point then press the ENT key. The cursor re-

turns to the route points column.

3) Use the CursorPad to put the cursor on the next route point number then

press the ENT key.

4) Repeat 1) - 3) to continue entering points.

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5) After you have entered all the points you require, press the ESC/MENU key.
The [Routes List] reappears, showing the newly entered route.

4.2.3 How to create a route with the Easy Routing feature

The Easy Routing feature automatically constructs a route between two points, taking
into consideration the preset values for safe depths, safe heights and boat’s width, to
provide you with an estimate of a safe route to your destination. Easy Routing can be
initiated on points, on quick points, on track points, on route legs, on a position fix, on
MOB position, on DSC points, on a cartographic object, and chart.

You simply set a start position and a destination. This can be newly entered points or
any of the points mentioned above that are currently on the screen. (The total distance
can not be longer than 100 NM.) Easy Routing then analyzes the path between the
two points and creates a route, inserting legs in the route when necessary to get you
away from areas which exceed the safety values set on the menu. Easy Routing an­alyzes each leg for safety in three levels: safe leg, potentially dangerous leg, and un­safe leg, and color codes them accordingly, green for safe, yellow for potentially dan­gerous and red for unsafe.

Note: A chart card must be inserted to use Easy Routing. Not all chart cards carry
Easy Routing. The message "No charts with Easy Routing data found." appears if a
chart card does not have Easy Routing.

EASY ROUTING DISCLAIMER: The accuracy of Easy Routing is limited by the avail­ability of electronic charts loaded on your navigation system and the accuracy of orig­inal source material used in producing such charts. Always remember that you should
navigate with the most detailed and up-to-date chart available from FURUNO, and
new information from National Hydrographic Offices may render your charts obsolete
at any time. Easy Routing is only an aid to navigation and must be used in conjunction
with conventional navigation practices. As the navigator of your boat, you are respon­sible for reviewing the suggested route against the official nautical publications and sit­uational awareness. You must edit and/or approve the suggested route before using
it for navigation purposes.

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6.6 ft

39.4 ft

0.0022 NM

5.0 min

ER START

How to set the safe values for Easy Routing

Follow the procedure below to set the safe values to use in Easy Routing.

1. Open the [PLOTTER] menu and select [EASY ROUTING].

2. [SAFE DEPTH] is the minimum safe depth, namely, your boat’s draft.

3. [SAFE HEIGHT] is the minimum safe height, namely, the height of your boat.

4. [SAFE CORRIDOR] is the minimum width of the path.

5. [TIMEOUT] is the amount of time to wait before exiting the Easy Routing function,
when it cannot create a route.

6. [SAFE MARGIN] is the minimum distance (300 m) between a dangerous/not nav­igable area and your boat. This area could be land or a body of water. Turn it on
to honor this distance.

7. Turn off [RESPECT DRAUGHT] if you want to disregard the depths that are shal­lower than the [SAFE DEPTH] setting.

How to create a route with Easy Routing

1. Put the cursor on the starting point then push the RotoKeyTM.

2. Select [EASY ROUTING] followed by [Start].
The starting point is marked with a green flag, labeled [ER START].

3. Put the cursor on the destination. Confirm that [Destination] is selected on the Ro­toKey menu then press the ENT key. The destination is marked with a green flag,
labeled [ER DEST]. (The label may not be visible depending on the display width.)

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Unsafe legs (red) - This leg crosses dangerous
areas or objects. A specific and accurate
visual check of the leg (and route) is mandatory
and manual correction is absolutely necesary.
Potentionally dangerous legs (yellow) - This leg
crosses some potentionally dangerous areas
or objects. A specific visual check and potential
manual correction of the left has to be performed.
Safe legs (green) - No hazards have been detected
for this route leg. Prudent navigation is
in any case recommended.

EASY ROUTING REPORT

Route has been calculated.
Route length:
Total number of legs: 5
0 Unsafe (red)
0 Potentially dangerous (yellow)
0 Safe (green)
Moved 0

EASY ROUTING REPORT

OK

DETAILS

“Click” to show
detailed report

4. [Calculate] is selected; push the RotoKeyTM A
warning about the use of easy routing appears.
Read the warning then press the ENT key. Calcu­lation begins and the right figure appears. Calcu­lation progress is indicated with the progress bar.

5. When the calculation is completed, the [EASY
ROUTING REPORT] appears.

ER CALCULATING

Calculating route

Please wait

EXIT

6. Click the [OK] button. (To get detailed information about the route, “click” the [DE­TAILS] button. Press the ESC/MENU key to close the detailed report.)

7. The Easy Routing created route appears.

Leg

ER DEST

ER DEST

ER START

ER START

In the above example, five legs were created. Legs are color coded according to
safety levels, red for unsafe, yellow for potentially dangerous, and green for safe.
In the example, all legs were judged to be safe therefore the line between the start
and destination is completely green. If the route has an unsafe or potentially dan­gerous leg, retry the calculation, with different locations.

8. Press the ENT key to save the route, or press the ESC/MENU key to escape with­out saving the route.

The Easy Routing created graphic is removed. If you saved the route, the Start and
Destination flags and the route remain on the screen. If you exited without saving the
route, only the Start and Destination flags remain on the screen. The flags can be re­moved by selecting [DELETE] at [START POINT] and [DESTINATION POINT] on the
[EASY ROUTING] menu. The flags are also removed when the power is turned off.

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Error message Meaning Remedy

Error messages in Easy Routing

Latitude of the defined points is
greater than 80°. Route has not
been calculated.

No charts with Easy Routing
data found. Calculation cannot
be started.

Route calculation has been
halted.

Route has not been calculated. Route cannot be calculated in a

Route is too complex, calcula­tion could not complete.

Start and destination points are
too far away. Calculation can­not be stored.

Start and destination points
placed in the same position.
Route has not been calculated.

The latitude of the points is over
80°N/S.

You tried to use Easy Routing
with no chart data.

You canceled route calculation. –

situation other than those men­tioned above.

The route is too complex to cal­culate.

The start and destination points
are more than 100 NM apart.

Start and destination positions
are the same.

Reselect the points.

Insert appropriate chart card.

Reselect points and try the cal­culation again.

Try to select a slightly different
set of points.

Reduce the distance between
points to 100 NM or less.

Select different positions.

Start or destination point of
route cannot be moved to a
navigable position on water.
Route has not been calculated.

Timeout has been exceed.
Route has not been calculated.

One or both points of the route
are on land or on a forbidden ar­ea.

The route could not be generat­ed within the time specified with
[TIMEOUT] in the [EASY
ROUTING] menu.

Reselect the points.

Retry the calculation.

4.3 How to Extend a Route on the Screen

You can extend a route from the last point on the route. This is useful when you want
to travel beyond the last point in a route.

1. Put the cursor on any leg of the route then press the ENT key.

2. Select [EXTEND] from the context-sensitive menu then press the ENT key.

3. Drag the cursor to where you want to extend the route. A dashed line runs be­tween the last point and the cursor.

4. Press the ENT key. The dashed line is replaced with a solid line and the point is
numbered with the next sequential point number of the route.

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4.4 How to Insert a Point on a Route on the Screen

You can put a point between route legs when you need an additional point along a
route.

1. Put the cursor on a leg of the route.

2. Press the ENT key, select [INSERT] then press the ENT key. A dashed line is
overlaid on the selected leg.

3. Drag the cursor to the location where to put the point then press the ENT key. The
dashed line disappears and the leg is redrawn with a solid line.

4.5 How to Move a Point in a Route on the Screen

You can move a point in a route as follows:

1. Put the cursor on the point to move then press the ENT key.

2. Select [MOVE] then press the ENT key.

3. Drag the cursor to the new location for the point. The color of the point icon and
the point name turn gray.

4. Press the ENT key to anchor the point. The color of the point and point name re­turns to yellow.

4.6 How to Delete a Point From a Route on the Screen

Unnecessary points in a route can be deleted as shown below. You can also delete a
route point from the [Routes List]. See section 4.7.2.

1. Put the cursor on the point to delete then press the ENT key.

2. Select [DELETE] then press the ENT key. You are asked if you are sure to delete

the point.

3. [YES] is selected; press the ENT key to delete the point.

The route is redrawn omitting the deleted point.

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4.7 Routes List

4.7.1 How to display the Routes List

The [Routes List] shows all the routes saved to the internal memory. To show the
[Routes List], open the [PLOTTER] menu and select [ROUTES].

Use the up and down arrows on the CursorPad to scroll the list. For multiple pages,
switch between pages with the right and left arrows on the CursorPad.

Function buttons

The three function buttons at the bottom of the [Routes List] do the functions shown

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below. Use the RotoKey

[New]: Create a route. See section 4.2 for the procedure.
[Delete all]: Delete all routes. See section 4.13.
[Search]: Search your routes. A text input box appears. Enter the search string then

press the ENT key. The cursor selects the route whose name matches the search
string.

to access the buttons.

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4.7.2 Functions available in the Routes List

EDIT

DELETE
PLOT

REVERSE
REPORT
GOTO

Context-sensitive menu

Select a route from the list then press the ENT key menu to show the context-sensitive
menu.

[EDIT]: Edit the selected route.
[DELETE]: Delete the selected route.
[PLOT]: Display the selected route on the plotter display.
[REVERSE]: Follow the selected route in reverse order. See the

next chapter.

[REPORT]: Show the route report for the selected route.
[GOTO]: Navigate the route selected. See the next chapter.

Route editing function buttons

The route editing function buttons appear at the bottom of the screen when a route is
selected for editing. Select the route from the [Routes List] then press the ENT key to
show the context-sensitive menu. Select [EDIT] from the context-sensitive menu then
press the ENT key.

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[Rename]: Rename the route. A text input box appears with the current route name
in the box. Edit the name as appropriate.
[Comment]: Enter a comment for the route, using the CursorPad. A maximum of 64
alphanumeric characters may be used. The comment is the time and date the route
was created.
[Sort]: Sort the list according to the sort option. (The sort method is memorized at
power off.)
[A-Z ASCENDING]: Alphabetical order
[Z-A DESCENDING]: Reverse alphabetical order
[DISTANCE ASCENDING]: Distance in ascending order
[DISTANCE DESCENDING]: Distance in descending order.
[Search]: Enter a search waypoint name then press the ENT key. The cursor selects
the waypoint that matches the name entered.
[Connect]: Connect the selected route to the last point of the route edited. See
section 4.10.

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2.64 gal/h

T

[Coord Type]: Select the position display format for points globally, among
ddd’mm’ss, ddd°mm.mmm, ddd°mm.mmmm, ddd.dddddd, TD.

4.8 Route Report, Route Calculator

A route report provides detailed information about a route plus a route navigation cal­culator. The route navigation calculator lets you see the time necessary to travel to
each leg and the amount of fuel required for each leg with various speeds and fuel
consumption figures.

Route report

To show the route report, select a route on the [Routes List] then press the ENT key.
Select [REPORT] from the context-sensitive menu then press the ENT key. The report
provides the following information:

• The name of each point

• The position of each point

• The bearing to each point

• The distance to each point

• The total distance between points and total distance of the route

• The time required to get to a point using the speed selected

• The amount of fuel required to get to a point and the total amount of fuel required to
run the route.

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Note: A route report can also be shown by selecting the route on the screen. Select
the route then press the ENT key. Select [INFO] from the context-sensitive menu.

Route calculator

Use the [Speed] and [Fuel] buttons at the bottom of the [Route Report] to enter speed
and fuel consumption/hour. See how those values affect the [Time] and [Fuel] indica­tions.

4.9 How to Display a Route on the Screen

Open the [PLOTTER] menu and select [ROUTES] to show the [Routes List]. Select a
route then press the ENT key. Select [PLOT] from the context-sensitive menu then
press the ENT key.

4.10 How to Connect Two Routes

You can connect two routes from the [Routes List]. In the example below route 1 is
connected to route 2.

1. Open the [PLOTTER] menu and select [ROUTES] to show the [Routes List].

2. Select the starting route then press the ENT key.

3. Select [EDIT] from the context-sensitive menu then press the ENT key.

4. Use the RotoKey

then press the RotoKey

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to select the [Connect] button (at the bottom of the screen)

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to display the routes list (at right half of the screen).

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5. Select route 2 then press the ENT key.

The joined route is saved under the name of route 1. If the total number of points ex­ceeds 50, the excess is removed from the end of the route.

4.11 Simple Route Information

You can find simple route information for a route by putting the cursor on a leg of the
route. The name of the route and the date of its creation are shown.

Name

Comment

RT0001

12:20PM 03-16-12

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4.12 How to Rename a Route on the Screen

The default name for a route is RTXXXX (XXXX=route number). If desired, you can
rename the route with one more descriptive.

1. Put the cursor on the route to rename then press the ENT key.

2. Select [Rename] then press the ENT key. An input box showing current route

name appears.

3. Edit the name as appropriate then press the ENT key.

4.13 How to Delete Routes

Routes can be deleted individually or collectively. A route currently used for navigation
cannot be deleted.

4.13.1 How to delete a route on the screen

1. Put the cursor on a leg of the route to delete then press the ENT key.

2. Select [DELETE] then press the ENT key. You are asked if you are sure to delete

the route.

3. [YES] is selected; press the ENT key to delete the route.

The route is deleted from the screen and the [Routes List].

4.13.2 How to delete routes from the Routes List

Individual route

1. Open the [PLOTTER] menu and select [ROUTES].

2. Select a route then press the ENT key.

3. Select [DELETE] from the menu then press the ENT key.

All routes

You can delete all routes from the list as follows:

1. Open the [PLOTTER] menu and select [ROUTES].

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2. Use the RotoKey

the key. You are asked if you are sure to delete all routes.

3. [YES] is selected; press the ENT key to delete all routes.

to select [Delete all] (at the bottom of the screen) then push

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Arrival area (red)

XTE alarm line
(red)

Navigation line
(red)

QP00001

Quick Point
(yellow by
default)

Quick point
name

Ship icon

This chapter shows you how to get to a desired destination by using “quick points,”
saved points, and routes.

Before you go to a point or follow a route, make sure the path to the points is clear.
Zoom your chart to check for hazards which appear on a smaller scale.

5.1 How to Navigate to a Quick Point

The advantage of navigating to a quick point, the cursor position, is that you do not
need to save the point to the memory. However, the point is erased when a new quick
point is entered.

Put the cursor on the position to mark as a quick point then long-push the POINTS/
GO TO key. Then,

• A yellow circle appears at the location, with the youngest empty quick point number
below it. The navigation line (red) connects between own ship and the quick point,
your destination. The line shows the shortest path to the destination and the direc­tion to go.

• The arrival area, the radius of which is set with the ar­rival alarm, is shown with a red dashed circle. When
your boat comes within the circle or your boat moves
through an imaginary perpendicular line that crosses
through the center of the destination point, the audio
alarm sounds and the arrival alarm icon appears at the
top of the screen to alert you. The arrival area and
XTE alarm lines are shown when the related alarms
are active.

• The XTE alarm lines (red dashed lines), show the XTE
alarm range, set with the XTE alarm. When your boat
crosses an XTE line, audible and visual alarms are re-leased to alert you.

Perpendicular line
(Not shown on display.)

Circle

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Arrival area (red)

XTE alarm line
(red)

Navigation line
(red)

FURUNO

Point
(yellow by
default)

Point
name

Ship icon

5.2 How to Navigate to a Saved Point

There are two methods by which to navigate to a saved point: select the point on the
screen and select the point from the [Points List].

5.2.1 How to navigate to a saved point selected on the screen

Put the cursor on the saved point then press the ENT key. Select [GOTO] then press
the ENT key. See the description on page 5-1 for the meaning of the symbols and
lines and the sequence of events in navigation to a point.

5.2.2 How to navigate to a point selected from the Points List

1. Open the [PLOTTER] menu and select [POINTS] to show the [Points List].

2. Select a point then press the ENT key to show the context-sensitive menu.

3. Select [GOTO] then press the ENT key.

5.3 How to Select a Route for Navigation

There are two methods to select a route for navigation: select the route on the screen
and select the route from the [Routes List].

5.3.1 On-screen route

Put the cursor on any route leg of the route then press the ENT key to show the con­text-sensitive menu. Select [GOTO] then press the ENT key.

Note: If you are currently navigating a route, the message "Destination is already
present. Stop the navigation." appears. Select [YES] to stop navigation on the current
route and switch to the newly selected route, or select [NO] to continue navigation with
the current route.
After you select a route the following occurs:

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Arrival area (red)

XTE alarm line
(red)

Navigation line

PT00001

Route point
(yellow by
default)

PT00002

PT00003

• A red line runs between the points on the route. The line shows the shortest path
to the destination and the direction to go.

• The arrival area, the radius of which is set with the arrival alarm, is shown with a red
dashed circle. When your boat comes within the circle or your boat moves through
an imaginary perpendicular line that crosses through the center of the destination
point, the audio alarm sounds and the arrival alarm icon appears at the top of the
screen to alert you. See the description on page 5-1.

• After you arrive to a point, the arrival area marker and the dashed line are switched
to the next waypoint.

5.3.2 Route selected from the Routes List

Open the [PLOTTER] menu and select [ROUTES] to show the [Routes List]. Select a
route and then press the ENT key to show the context-sensitive menu. Select [NAVI­GATE] from the menu. See the description and figure in section 5.3.1 for the sequence
of events in route navigation. Note that the route points of a route created from the
[Routes List] are marked as “PTxxxxx”. The background of the route number is red
when a route is selected for navigation as shown below.

Routes List

No

1

2

3

Background is red when route is selected for navigation.

Name

RT0001

RT0002

RT0003

12:01 12-21-13

12:22 12-26-13

12:33 12-29-13

Comment

Length RTE Points

23.73 NM

13.85 NM

23.85 NM

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5.3.3 How to start navigation from a point on a route

Depending on your position, objective, etc., you may want to skip some route points
on a route and start navigating directly to a specific point. Put the cursor on a route
point then press the ENT key to show the context-sensitive menu. Select [ACTIVATE
FROM] then press the ENT key.

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WARNING

ROUTE CHECK

ROUTE WIDTH 0.09 NM
DEPTH LIMIT 10.00 ft
ACCURACY Medium

ROUTE CHECK REPORT

5.4 Functions Available When You Follow a Route

5.4.1 Route check

The route check feature checks the safety of a route (registered route or a go to point
route). The system searches the chart along the route to find any dangerous objects,
in accordance with the operator’s search conditions. If any objects are found the sys­tem alerts the user with a report. Route check does not alter the route in anyway

to make it safer.

The effectiveness of the route check feature
is limited to the objects that appear on the
chart and the accuracy of the source mate­rial used to produce the chart.

Route check is intended as aid to navigation.
Check all available aids to navigation to confirm
position and safety.

How to set the conditions for route check

The user can set the width, depth limit and accuracy of the check.

1. Open the menu then select [PLOTTER] and [ROUTE CHECK].

2. Set the conditions referring to the descriptions below.
[ROUTE WIDTH]: Set the width of the rectangular search area around each route
leg and route segment. The setting range is 0.04 to 0.2 (NM).
[DEPTH LIMIT]: Set the maximum depth to conduct the search for objects (shal­low water, dredged area, sounding, diffuser, fish haven, obstruction, pingo (earth­covered ice), rocks, production installation, wreck). The search is conducted for
objects above this depth. The setting range is 3 to 66 (ft)
[ACCURACY]: Set the accuracy level for which to conduct the search. The op­tions are [Minimum], [Low], [Medium], [HIgh], [Maximum].

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ROUTE WIDTH

(set on menu)

How to do the route check

1. Put the cursor on any leg of a route then press the ENT key to show the context­sensitive menu.

2. Select [START ROUTE CHECK]. The Warning disclaimer appears; read the dis­claimer then press the ENT key. The route check area is marked on the screen
with a red rectangle, the width scaled to the setting of [ROUTE WIDTH] on the
[ROUTE CHECK] menu.

If dangerous objects are found, the [ROUTE CHECK REPORT] window shows the ob­jects found. The figure below shows examples of the route check reports. The
[ROUTE CHECK REPORT] is stored in [ROUTE CHECK REPORT] in the [ROUTE
CHECK] menu.

ROUTE CHECK REPORT

ROUTE: RT0001
QP00001 - QP0002
Incomplete survey area
QP00002 - QP00003
Incomplete survey area

Check of route

ROUTE CHECK REPORT

FIX → PT00001
Land
Shoreline construction
Intertidal area
Shallow water
Pile

Check of go to point

To stop the route check, select the route or the go to point then open the context-sen­sitive menu and select [STOP ROUTE CHECK].

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Original course

Obstacle

Line 1

Line 2

5.4.2 Restart navigation

When you follow a route, you can restart the navigation to the next point on the route
from current location.

When you steer to keep away from an obstruction or your boat drifts, you go off
course, like shown with Line 1 in the figure. If you do not need to return to the original
course, you can go to the desired point from the current position as shown in Line 2 in
the figure.

Put the cursor on a leg in the route then press the ENT key to show the context-sen­sitive menu. Select [RESTART] then press the ENT key. The route start position
moves to the current position and the XTE is reset to zero.

5.4.3 Follow a route in reverse order

You can follow the route points of a route in reverse order. This feature is useful when
you want to retrace a route from the end to the beginning.

Put the cursor on a leg in the route then press the ENT key to show the context-sen­sitive menu. Select [REVERSE] then press the ENT key. The arrows on the route now
point in the opposite direction.

5.4.4 Stop following a route

Put the cursor on a leg in a route then press the ENT key to show the context-sensitive
menu. Select [STOP] then press the ENT key. The arrival area, XTE alarm lines are
erased and the color of the legs connecting the route points of the route changes to
blue.

5.4.5 Skip a leg in a route

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When you don’t need to follow all route legs in a route you can skip an unnecessary
leg. (Multiple legs can be skipped) After you select the leg to skip, the route is re­drawn, with the skipped leg removed. Put the cursor on the route point to skip then
press the ENT key to show the context-sensitive menu. Select [SKIP] then press the

ENT key.

6. MAP SETTINGS, 2D PERSPEC­TIVE/3D DISPLAYS AND
SATELLITE OVERLAY

This chapter shows you how to set up the map display and how to select the 2D per­spective and 3D displays.

6.1 Map Setup

All map settings are in the [MAP] menu. On this menu you can

• Change icon size

• Change the size of the place names

• Select nav aids presentation format

• Select chart language

• Predict tide movement

• Configure the information to show

Open the [MAP] menu and set items according to your operating needs.

[ICON SIZE]: Select the size for the icons (buoy, lighthouse, etc.). The choices are
[Standard] or [Large].

[PLACE NAMES SIZE]: Select the size for the place name indications, among [Stan­dard], [Medium] or [Large].

[NAV AIDS PRESENTATION]: Select nav aids presentation format, [US] or [Interna­tional].

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SPD 1.9 kn

DIR 302°T

03-16-12 01:25:32:PM

[CHART LANGUAGE]: Use [Language] to select the chart language to use to show
chart information (place names, etc.), among English and major European and Asian
languages. Use [Mode] to select what language to display chart information in.
[Off]: Chart information is shown in English when it is not available in the chart lan­guage selected.
[English]: Chart information is shown in the chart language selected when English is
not available.
[Local]: Chart information is shown in the local language when it is not available in the
chart language selected.

[CURRENTS PREDICTION]: Predict current (tide) movement in the specified time in­terval.

Rotate the RotoKey

Push the RotoKey
to enter the date for which to show predicted current movement.

[CHART DISPLAY]: Setup the overlay displays.
[PLOTTER WINDOW]: Select which display to apply the settings of [CHART DIS­PLAY] in the 2-way split screen for the plotter display. The default setting puts the dis­play on the left half.
[DISPLAY MODE]: Select the chart display mode, among [2D], [2D Perspective] and
[3D].
[OVERLAY]: Select the type of overlay to use, among [Vector], [Satellite], [Raster] and
[Chart Shading] (not available in the 3D display).
[OVERLAY MODE]: Select where to display the overlay, [On Land], [On Sea] or [On
All]. (Available in 2D and 2D perspective modes when [Satellite] or [Chart Shading] is
selected at [Overlay].)
[TRANSPARENCY]: You can set the level of transparency for the satellite photo on
the water. The higher the figure the greater the level of transparency.
[3D EXAGGERATION FACTOR]: Set the level of the 3D exaggeration factor, Level 1
to Level 5, to view topographical features more easily. The higher the number the
greater the exaggeration.

[MAP CONFIGURATION]: Show or hide various objects to set the level of detail for
your maps. [Display Mode] offers four preset levels (full, medium, low and tides) plus
a custom level which you can set according to your needs. The table on the next page
shows the settings for each of the four preset levels. You can zoom in the chart range
over the range which is limited by the chart when setting [Off] in [CHART LOCK]. How­ever, if done the chart can not be displayed correctly.

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to set the time for which to show predicted current movement.

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for three seconds to enable entry of date. Use the CursorPad

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Item

MARINE SETTINGS

NAMES On On Off On On, Off
HAZARD AREAS LA-

BELS
NAV-AID NAMES On Off Off Off On, Off
PORT NAMES On Off Off Off On, Off
NAV AIDS &LIGHT SEC-

TORS
ATTENTION AREAS On On Off Off On, Off
TIDES & CCURRENTS On Off Off On On, Off
SEABED TYPE On Off Off Off On, Off
PORTS & SERVICES On On Off Off On, Off
TRACKS & ROUTES On Off Off Off On, Off

UNDERWATER OBJECTS SETTINGS

UNDERWATER OB­JECTS LIMIT

ROCKS Icon+

OBSTRUCTIONS Icon+

DIFFUSERS Icon+

WRECKS Icon+

DEPTH SETTINGS

DEPTH SHADING
MODE

SAFE DEPTH 15.0 15.0 15.0 15.0 0.0 to 1000.0 ft
DEPTH RANGE MIN 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 to 32804.0 ft
DEPTH RANGE MAX 32804.0 32804.0 32804.0 32804.0 0.0 to 32804.0 ft

CHART SETTINGS

LAT/LON GRID On Off Off Off On, Off
BOUNDARIES MODE AUTO AUTO AUTO AUTO AUTO, Manual
CHART BOUNDARIES On Off Off Off On, Off
VAD BOUNDARIES On Off Off Off On, Off
CHART LOCK On On On On On, Off

Full Medium Low Tides

On Off Off Off On, Off

On No sector No sector Off On, Off, No sector

1000 1000 1000 1000 0.0 to 1000.0 ft

Depth

Depth

Depth

Depth

Dynamic Dynamic Dynamic Dynamic Safe, Dynamic,

DIsplay Level

Icon Icon Icon Icon, Icon+Depth

Icon Icon Icon Icon, Icon+Depth

Icon Icon Icon Icon, Icon+Depth

Icon Icon Icon Icon, Icon+Depth

Available Settings

Dynamic Invert

[VAD]: Value Added Data. Show or hide land VAD.
[Standard land VAD]: Select [On], [Off] or [Custom] at [DISPLAY] to show or hide stan­dard land VAD. For [Custom], select which items to show or hide at [CUSTOMIZE].
The choices are [Road] and [Land Elevation].
[Standard marine VAD]: Select [On], [Off] or [Custom] at [DISPLAY] to show or hide
standard marine VAD. For [Custom], select which items to show or hide at [CUSTOM­IZE]. The choices are [Tide height station], [Port/Marina] and [Tide stream station].

Note: You can display [VAD] with the RotoKey
open the full RotoKey menu then select [VAD].

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. Long-press the RotoKeyTM to

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MARUGAME - MARUGAME 47 2.075

TADOTSU - TADOTSU 242 0.096

SAKAIDO KO - SAKAIDE 58 6.275

MIZUSHIMA - MIZUSHIMA 1 12.19

HIBI - HIBI 41 14.00

UNO KO - UNO KO 39 16.46

TAKAMATSU - TAKAMATSU 72 16.48

OKAYAMA - OKAYAMA 31 22.71

KOMATSUSHIMA - KOMATSUSHIMA 110 45.25

AIOI - AIOI 50 46.59

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PORT BY DISTANCE

[FIND]: The find feature helps you locate ports, tide stations, wrecks, obstructions,
and points of interests (attractions, medical service, entertainment, shopping, etc.).
[COORDINATES] puts the cursor on the position you enter.

For example, select [PORT BY DISTANCE] to find the ports closest to your current
position.

The list shows the name, bearing and distance to each port, in ascending distance. To
find the location of a port on the chart, select the port then press the ENT key. The
screen closes and the chart appears, with the port put at the center of the screen.

How to hide the place names

Do the following to hide the place names on the chart.

1. Select [MAP CONFIGURATION] from the [MAP] menu.

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2. Open [DISPLAY MODE] then select [Custom].

3. Open [NAMES] then select [Off].

4. Press the ESC/MENU key to close the menu. To display the place names, select
[On].

6. MAP SETTINGS, 2D PERSPECTIVE/3D DISPLAYS AND SATELLITE OVERLAY

2D display

2D perspective display

6.2 2D Perspective Display

The 2D perspective display provides an aerial perspective display. Select [2D/3D]
Mode and [2D Perspective] from the RotoKey menu to show this display.

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GPS 3D

20 NM

Course Up

6.3 3D Display

6.3.1 3D display description

The 3D display has native 3D chart design that allows full time 3D presentation. This
true 3D environment gives you all of the information you require with no restrictions on
the information you can see. You can plan your routes, enter points, etc. like on the
2D chart. To show the 3D display, select [2D/3D Mode] and [3D] from the RotoKey
menu. The 3D icon, whose appearance changes according to display adjustment
state, appears to the right of the orientation mode box.

The 3D display provides a 3D view of land and sea around your boat. Land is shown
in different shades of green according to height above the sea level. Water is shown
in different shades of blue according to depth. The 3D display has most of the same
information as the 2D display. With both presentations available you can see the con­ditions around your boat from different angles. The 3D display helps you navigate
when you are in waters that you do not know. Also, most functions of the 2D display,
for example, destination setting, are available in the 3D display.

For best results make sure you have accurate position and heading data.

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Level 1 exaggeration Level 5 exaggeration

Land

6.3.2 How to tilt and rotate the 3D display

To tilt and rotate the 3D display, first select [Mode] and [Manual] from the RotoKey
menu. [Manual] appears in the orientation mode box. Long-push the ENT key to en­able adjustment. The appearance of the 3D icon changes as shown in the illustration
below.

3D adj.

disabled

ENT

ENT

3D adj.

enabled

Tilt the chart: Operate the up and down arrow pads on the CursorPad.
Rotate the chart: Operate the right and left arrow pads on the CursorPad.

After you complete the adjustment, long-push the ENT key to confirm settings. To es­cape from the manual adjustment mode, select an orientation mode from the RotoKey
menu.

6.3.3 How to make the 3D view clearer

In the 3D display, some topographical features are easier to see if you use the [3D
Exaggeration Factor]. This feature expands both objects on the chart and the under­water vertically so that you can easily see the shape of the objects and position. To
adjust the exaggeration feature, open the [MAP] menu, select the [CHART DISPLAY]
menu and set the level with [3D EXAGGERATION FACTOR]. Five levels are avail­able. The higher the level the greater the degree of exaggeration. The example below
compares the same picture in Level 1 and Level 5 exaggerations.

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6.4 Satellite Photo Overlay

You can overlay the satellite photo for your area on the 2D and 3D displays. Open the
RotoKey menu then select [2D/3D Mode], [2D] or [3D] and [Vector/Satellite] to show
the satellite photo.

The illustration below shows the vector chart with the satellite photo overlay.

How to set the level of transparency

You can select the level of transparency for the parts of the satellite photo that are on
water. Open the [MAP] menu and select [CHART DISPLAY] and [TRANSPARENCY].
Set the level in three digits, from 0 to 100. The higher the number the greater the de­gree of transparency.

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7. FISH FINDER OPERATIONS

7.1 How the Fish Finder Works

The fish finder calculates the distance between its transducer and underwater objects
like fish, lake bottom or seabed. The results are shown in different colors or shades of
gray according to echo strength.

The ultrasonic waves transmitted through water move at a constant speed of approx­imately 4800 feet (1500 meters) per second. When a sound wave “hits” an underwater
object like fish or sea bottom, part of the sound wave is reflected toward the source.
To find the depth to an object, the fish finder calculates the time difference between
the transmission of a sound wave and the time the reflected sound wave is received.

The picture displayed by the fish finder contains a series of vertical scan lines. Each
line is a "picture" of the objects under your boat. The series of pictures are put side­by-side across the screen to show the contours of the bottom and echoes from fish.
The amount of history of objects that have moved under your boat can be less than a
minute to more than one minute depending on the picture advance speed.

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7. FISH FINDER OPERATIONS

Color
bar

Depth
indication

School of
fish

Elapsed time,
VRM depth

Frequency
(LF or HF)

Mode (Fishing,
Cruising or Manual)

Auto Range
(No indication for
manual range)

Range
scale

Bottom echo

Zero
line

Minute marker
(each bar is equal
to 30 seconds)

VRM

Appears when simulation
mode is active.

7.2 Fish Finder Display

The fish finder screen provides a “picture” of the echoes found by the fish finder.
Echoes are scrolled across the screen from the right position to the left position. The
number of minutes an echo is displayed on the screen is controlled by the picture ad­vance speed.

The echoes at the right position are the current echoes. These echoes can be from
individual fish, a school of fish, or the bottom. Depth to the bottom is indicated always,
provided the gain is set correctly.

Both low and high TX frequencies are provided. (Frequencies depend on the trans­ducer connected.) The low frequency has a wide detection area, which is useful for
general detection and understanding bottom conditions. The high frequency has a
narrow beam width that helps you inspect fish.

The range, gain, clutter and TVG can be adjusted automatically according to your pur­pose (cruising or fishing) to let you do other tasks.

The color bar at the left edge of the display shows the range of colors used to display
different echo strengths. Weaker echoes appear in colors near the bottom of the bar,
and stronger echoes appear in colors near the top.

Note: The depth indication on the fish finder display is the sounding value from the
internal fish finder. The DEPTH indication in the data box is the sounding value from
the equipment selected in the [INTERFACE] - [SELECT INPUT DEVICE] menu. Then,
the depth value in the data box can be different if the data is fed from an external de­vice.

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High
frequency

Low

frequency

Low

frequency

High

frequency

Freq.
(kHz)

Low

High

Beamwidth

Resolution

Detection
range

Bottom
tail

Wide

Narrow

Low

High

Deep

Shallow

Long

Short

7.3 How to Activate the Fish Finder

Select a fish finder display at the home screen. See section 1.8.

7.4 How to Start, Stop Transmission

Transmission can be controlled from the RotoKey menu. Long-push the RotoKey™
and select [Transmission] to start and stop transmission alternately.

7.5 How to Select a Display

Your fish finder has these display modes: single frequency (50 kHz or 200 kHz), dual
frequency (50 kHz + 200 kHz), bottom lock, bottom zoom, marker zoom, A-scope, and
bottom discrimination.

7.5.1 How to select a single frequency or dual frequency

Single frequency

The single frequency display shows either
the low-frequency or high-frequency picture
on the full screen. Select a frequency ac­cording to your purpose.

• A low frequency gives a wide detection ar­ea. Use the low frequency for general
search and to find bottom conditions.

• A high frequency gives better resolution.
Use the high frequency to inspect a school
of fish.

To select a single frequency display, open
the RotoKey menu, select [Frequency] then [200 kHz] or [50 kHz].

Dual frequency

The dual frequency display provides both low- and high-frequency pictures. Use the
dual frequency display to compare the same picture with two different sounding fre­quencies. The low-frequency picture is on the left, and the high-frequency is on the
right.

To select a dual frequency display, open the RotoKey menu then select [Frequen­cy] and [Dual].

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Zoom marker
automatically
follows change in
depth.

Bottom zoom display

Bottom

Single freq. display

Zoom marker

7.5.2 How to select a zoom display

The zoom displays appear on the left-half of the screen and the high or low frequency
display on the right half. Three zoom displays are available: bottom lock, bottom zoom
and marker zoom.

How to activate a zoom display

Open the full RotoKey menu, select [Zoom] then [Btm Lock], [Btm Zoom] or [Mkr
Zoom]. To deactivate the zoom display, select [Off] after selecting [Zoom].

Bottom lock display

The bottom lock display provides a compressed normal picture on the right half and a
7 to 400 feet (3 to 120 meter) wide layer in contact with the bottom is expanded on the
left half. This display helps you distinguish the fish near the bottom from the bottom
echo. You can select the bottom lock range with [BOTTOM LOCK RANGE] in the
[RANGES] menu in the [FISH FINDER] menu.

Bottom lock display Single freq. display

Zoomed
school of fish

Bottom shown as a straight line

School of fish

Zoom marker

This area zoomed
and displayed on
left 1/2 of screen.

Bottom zoom display

The bottom zoom display expands the bottom and the fish near the bottom according
to the zoom range selected with [ZOOM RANGE] in the [RANGES] menu in the [FISH
FINDER] menu. This display helps you find the density of the bottom. A bottom dis­played with a short echo tail normally indicates a soft bottom (sand bottom, etc.). A
long echo tail indicates a hard bottom.

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Marker zoom display

This area zoomed on
left half of screen

Single freq. display

VRM

School of fish

Zoomed
fish echo

Zoom marker

Marker zoom display

The marker zoom display expands a selected area of the normal fish finder picture to
full vertical size of the screen on the left-half window. You can select the part to ex­pand with the VRM (Variable Range Marker). Move the zoom marker with the Cursor-
Pad. The area between the VRM and zoom marker is expanded. The marker can be
shown or hidden and with [ZOOM MARKER] in the [FISH FINDER] menu. The marker
zoom range can be adjusted by selecting [RANGES] then [ZOOM RANGE] in the
[FISH FINDER] menu (Default setting is 30 ft).

7.5.3 A-scope display

The A-scope display appears at the right 1/16 of the screen and is available in any fish
finder mode. This display shows the echoes at each transmission with the amplitudes
and tone in balance with their intensities. This display helps you identify possible fish
species and bottom structure. To show or hide the A-scope display, open the full Ro­toKey menu then select [A-scope] to activate or deactivate the display.

Single frequency display

A-scope peak hold

Weak reflection
(small fish or noise)

Fish echo

A-scope display

"Peak"
shows past
amplitude
with dots.

Strong
reflection
(bottom)

You can show the "normal" A-scope display plus the peak-hold amplitude picture for
the last five seconds in dots. To show the peak hold display, turn on [A-SCOPE PEAK
HOLD] in the [FISH FINDER] menu.

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Bottom
discrimination
display column

Probability
bar

Hardness legend

Probability bar:
Degree of trust for bottom discrimination display
(Green, Normal; Yellow, Caution;
Background color, Abnormal)

Rock Gravel Sand Mud

Hardness
legend

Bottom
discrimination
display column

Probability
bar

Mud
Sand
Gravel
Rock

Graph example

Mud probability
(Approx. 25%)

Sand probability
(Approx. 25%)

Rock probability
(Approx. 50%)

Graph example

7.5.4 Bottom discrimination display

The bottom discrimination display analyzes the bottom echo to categorize bottom
hardness in one of four types (rocks, gravel, sand, mud) and shows the results in a
colorful graphic display. A transducer or triducer that supports the bottom discrimina­tion display is required.

There are two bottom discrimination displays: graphic and probability.

Graphic display: The most probable material on the bottom (mud, sand, gravel, rock)
is indicated graphically.

Probability display: The most probable bottom material is indicated in proportion.

Characteristics of the bottom discrimination display

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• The bottom discrimination display provides an estimate of bottom composition. Ac­tual composition may be different.

7. FISH FINDER OPERATIONS

Probability legend

Graphic legend

• The 600 W transducers and triducers that support the bottom discrimination feature
are 520-5PSD, 520-5MSD, 525-5PWD, 525STID-MSD, 525STID-PWD.

• The 1 kW transducers that support the bottom discrimination feature are 50/200-1T
and 50/200-12M.

• The high and low frequencies are alternately transmitted, regardless of current dis­play selection. The TX interval is slower when this feature is active.

• Operating environment:

- Depth: 16 to 328 ft

- Speed: 10 knots or less

• The bottom discrimination feature uses the distance from your boat’s draft. Be sure
to enter your boat’s draft.

How to set the bottom discrimination display

Note: Auto range is automatically turned on when the bottom discrimination display is

activated.

1. Open the [FISH FINDER] menu and select [BOTTOM].

2. Select [BOTTOM DISCRIMINATION].

3. Select [Graphic], [Probability] or [Off].

[Graphic]: Show the most probable bottom composition in four colors or graph
form.

[Probability]: Show the most probable bottom composition in graph form.
[Off]: Turn off the bottom discrimination display.

4. Select [LEGEND].

5. Select [On] or [Off] to show or hide the hardness legend (at the bottom of the bot-

tom discrimination display).

6. Press the ESC/MENU key to close the menu.

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7. FISH FINDER OPERATIONS

7.6 Automatic Fish Finder

Your fish finder can be adjusted automatically, allowing you to do other tasks.

7.6.1 How the automatic fish finder works

The automatic fish finder function automatically adjusts the gain, clutter, TVG and
echo offset. The main features of the automatic mode are as shown below.

• Gain adjusts the sensitivity of the receiver to show the bottom echo in reddish­brown, the strongest echo (default color arrangement).

• Clutter automatically reduces low-level noise like plankton.

• The TVG function is automatically adjusted.

• The echo offset balances the gain on high and low frequencies.

• The auto range setting feature automatically adjusts the range to show the bottom
echo always.

7.6.2 How to select an automatic fish finder mode

There are two types of automatic fish finder modes: Cruising and Fishing. Cruising
tracks the bottom, and Fishing searches for schools of fish. Cruising uses a higher
clutter removal setting than Fishing. Do not use Cruising when your purpose is to find
fish, because the clutter removal circuit can erase weak fish echoes.

To select an automatic mode, open the RotoKey menu then select [Auto Mode] fol­lowed by [Fishing] or [Cruising].

7.6.3 How to adjust the gain in the auto mode

The gain controls how echoes of different strengths are displayed. Gain is automati­cally adjusted; however, you can fine tune the gain according to meet local character­istics, etc. Set the gain to show a slight amount of noise on the screen. Increase the
gain for greater depths and lower the gain for shallow waters.

To adjust the gain, open the RotoKey menu then select [Gain 50k] or [Gain 200k] fol­lowed by the soft control labeled with the frequency you want to adjust. The corre­sponding adjustment windows appears. Rotate the key clockwise to increase the gain,
counterclockwise to decrease it.

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7.7 Manual Fish Finder Operation

Unit

Basic Range

1

2

3

456 7

8

1500

1000

400

200120603015

500

300150

80

40

2010

5

m

ft

fm

300

150

80

40

2010

5

3

pb

300

200

100

30

501053

HR

300

200

1005030

15

83

HR=Hiro (Japanese unit of depth)
pb=passi/braza

Use the manual operation to see schools of fish and the bottom echo with a fixed gain
setting.

The gain, range and range shift functions let you select the depth you can see on the
screen. The basic range provides a "window" into the water column and range shift
moves the" window" to the depth that you select.

To select the manual mode, open the RotoKey menu then select [Auto Mode] and
[Manual].

7.7.1 How to select a display range

Range can be selected automatically or manually. Open the RotoKey menu then se­lect [Auto Range] and [Auto] or [Manual].

[Auto]: The range is automatically adjusted to always display the bottom echo at the

lower of the screen. When rotate the RotoKey
Range mode. Can’t change Rage.” appears.

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in the auto mode, the message “Auto

7. FISH FINDER OPERATIONS

[Manual]: Change the range with the RotoKey
the range and counterclockwise to decrease the range.

7.7.2 How to shift the range

The basic range and range shift functions let you select the depth you can see on the
screen. This function is not available when the auto range mode is on or the bottom
discrimination feature is active.

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. Turn the key clockwise to increase

Window can be
shifted up and
down to select
starting depth.

Display

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7. FISH FINDER OPERATIONS

CAUTION

Adjust the gain correctly.

Incorrect adjustment can lead to a
dangerous situation if the boat is steered
according to the depth indication.

Gain too high

Gain proper

Gain too low

To adjust the shift, open the full RotoKey menu then select
[Shift] to show the [Shift] window. Turn the key clockwise to in­crease the shift, counterclockwise to decrease the shift.

7.7.3 How to adjust the gain

The gain controls how echoes of different strengths are dis­played. Set the gain to show a slight amount of noise on the screen. Increase the gain
for greater depths and lower the gain for shallow waters.

To set the gain, open the RotoKey menu then select [Gain 50 kHz] or [Gain 200 kHz]
to show the [Gain] window. Turn the key clockwise to increase the gain, counterclock­wise to decrease the gain. 100 is the maximum gain.

7.7.4 How to reduce clutter

Low intensity “spots” of noise appear over most of screen like in the illustration shown
below. These spots of noise are caused by sediment in the water or noise.

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To reduce clutter, open the full RotoKey menu then select [Sensitivity]
and [Clutter] to show the [Clutter] window. Turn the key clockwise ad­just the clutter. Clockwise rotation increases the clutter reduction.

Clutter

7.8 Picture Advance Speed

CAUTION

The picture advance speed controls how quickly the vertical scan lines move across
the screen. A fast advance speed expands the size of a school of fish horizontally on
the screen. A slow advance speed shortens the school of fish. Use a fast advance
speed to see the hard bottom. Use a slow advance speed to see the smooth bottom.

7. FISH FINDER OPERATIONS

Fast

1. Open the [FISH FINDER] menu and select [PICTURE ADVANCE].

2. Select a picture advance speed. The options in the window indicate the
number of scan lines made per transmission. For example, [1/2]
creates one scan line per two transmissions. [1/16] is the slowest ad­vance speed and [2/1] is the fastest speed. [STOP] stops picture ad­vance, and is useful for taking a screenshot or photo.

The picture is not refreshed when the pic­ture advancement is stopped.

Maneuvering the vessel in this condition can
cause grounding.

Slow

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7. FISH FINDER OPERATIONS

Interference from
other fish finder

Interference from
electrical equipment
on your boat

7.9 How to Reduce Interference

Interference from other fish finders and electrical equipment appears on the screen as
shown in the illustration. When these types of interference appear on the screen, use
the interference rejector to reduce the interference. Three levels are available. Turn
off the interference rejector when there is no interference, so that you do not erase
weak echoes.

To reduce interference, open the full RotoKey menu then select [Sensitivity] and [In­terference] to show the [Interference] window. Select the level of interference reduc­tion to use. [High] provides the greatest degree of interference reduction.

7.10 How to Erase Weak Echoes

Sediment in the water and reflections from plankton
appear on the display in low-intensity colors.

To erase weak echoes, open the full RotoKey menu
then select [Sensitivity] and [Color Erase] to show
the [Color Erase] window. Select a low percentage
to erase weak echoes. Increase the percentage to
erase strong echoes.

Weak
echoes

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VRM depth

00

101010

20

2020

30

3030

0’07”

14.2

Time elapsed

7.11 How to Measure Depth, Time Between Locations

You can measure the depth to an object with the VRM. Also, you can measure the time
from the right edge to a location. For example, you can measure how many minutes
ago the echo appeared.

To measure the depth, press the up and down arrow pads on the CursorPad to put
the VRM on the object to measure the depth. To measure time, press the right and left
arrow pads on the CursorPad.

The VRM cannot be operated when the Gain adjustment window is active.

7.12 How to Balance Echo Strength

A school of fish at a depth deeper than a school of equal strength in shallow water ap­pears in weaker colors. This condition is caused by the attenuation of the ultrasonic
wave. To display the schools of fish in the same colors, use the TVG. The TVG auto­matically adjusts the gain with depth so that echoes of the same strength and different
depths are shown in the same colors.

Unwanted echoes
from surface

0 ft

300 ft

Echoes of the same size
are displayed in different
sizes and colors
depending on depth.

Unwanted echoes
are erased.

0 ft

300 ft

Echoes of the same size
are displayed in same
sizes and colors.

Do the following to balance echo strength:

1. Open the [FISH FINDER] menu then select [FISH FINDER SETUP].

2. Select [50 kHz TVG] or [200 kHz TVG].

3. Enter TVG value. Lower the TVG setting to decrease the gain for near distance.

4. Press the ESC/MENU key to close the menu.

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White Edge Off

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7.13 White Marker

The white marker displays the selected echo strength in white.
Use this feature to distinguish fish near the bottom from the
bottom echo.

Open the full RotoKey menu then select [Sensitivity] and
[White Marker] to show the [White Marker] window then select

[On]. Select the current the value, long-push the RotoKey
rotate the key to set the echo strength number to display in white then push the key.
The higher the number, the stronger echo is displayed in white. The selected color is
marked in white on the color bar.

7.14 White Line

The white line feature displays the leading edge of the bottom
echo in white to help you distinguish bottom fish from the bot­tom echo.

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Open the full RotoKey menu then select [Sensitivity] and
[White Line] to show the [White Line] window.

White Line OFF: Rotate the RotoKey
larger the value the greater the width.

White Line ON: The contour of the bottom is shown in white.

7.15 Alarms

There are four types of alarms that produce audio and visual alerts to alert you fish
within an area, fish length, and bottom type.

The fish alarm alerts you to a school of fish in the alarm zone.

The fish alarm (B/L) alerts you when a fish is within the specified distance from the
bottom. Available when the bottom lock display is active.

The fish size alarm alerts you when a fish of the specified length is in the alarm zone.

Available when the ACCU-FISH

The bottom type alarm alerts you when the bottom type (rock, sand, mud, gravel)
matches both the bottom type and probability percentage selected. Available when
the bottom discrimination display is active.

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When the conditions of an alarm are met, the buzzer sounds and the applicable alarm
icon appears at the top of the screen. Silence the buzzer by pressing the ESC/MENU
key. The icon remains on the screen until the offending alarm is disabled or the con­dition that caused the alarm has ended.

7.15.1 How to set an alarm

Fish Alarm,

Fish Alarm (B/L)

Depth 0.0 ft
Range 5 ft

Off

Fish Size Alarm

Min: 5 inch
Max: 199 inch

Off

Bottom Type Alarm

Probability 70

[Depth]

(from sea surface)

[Range]

[Range]

[Depth]

(from bottom)

Fish Alarm for Bottom Lock

Alarm Range

Fish Alarm

Surface

Bottom

Alarm
Range

Alarm
Range

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1. Open the [ALARMS] menu and select [FISH ALARM], [FISH ALARM (B/L)], [FISH
SIZE ALARM] or [BOTTOM TYPE ALARM]. An alarm setting window appears.

2. For the alarms other than [BOTTOM TYPE ALARM], select [On] on the first line
of the alarm setting window.

3. Do one of the following depending on the alarm selected at step 1.
[FISH ALARM], [FISH ALARM (B/L)]: Set the start depth with [Depth]. Set the
alarm range with [Range]. See the figure below for details.

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[FISH SIZE ALARM]: Set the minimum and maximum lengths at [Min] and [Max].
[BOTTOM TYPE ALARM]: Set the alarm referring to the illustration shown below.

Select the type of bottom for
which you want to be alerted.

Set the percentage of
probability (50-90%)
that triggers the alarm.

7.15.2 How to select the echo signal level that triggers the fish alarm

You can specify the echo signal level that triggers the fish alarm. Open the [ALARMS]
and [FISH ALARM LEVEL] menus. Select [High], [Medium] or [Low] as appropriate.

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7.16 ACCU-FISH

The ACCU-FISHTM feature measures the length of individual fish and tags the fish
with a fish symbol whose size is scaled to the length of the fish. The length or depth
of the fish can be indicated digitally. Connection to a transducer that supports

ACCU-FISH

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7.16.1 Considerations for ACCU-FISH

• The fish length calculated by this fish finder is intended for reference purposes; it is
not a completely accurate measurement of fish length.

• The 600 W transducers which support ACCU-FISH
525-5PWD, 525STID-MSD and 525STID-PWD.

• To display fish marks and fish size using a 1 kW transducer, the integrated trans­ducer 50/200-1T or 50/200-12M is recommended.

• Echo intensity depends on fish species. When the fish length differs between the
indicated length and the actual length, you can compensate the difference on the
[FISH FINDER] menu.

• ACCU-FISH

• High and low frequencies are alternately transmitted when ACCU-FISH
regardless of mode selection.

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is inoperative when the zero line rejector is active.

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are 520-5PSD, 520-5MSD,

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is active,

• A fish whose depth is shallower than 2 m or greater than 100 m cannot be mea­sured.

• In a school of fish, echoes overlap one another, so the margin of error will be great­er.

• The bottom echo must be present to show the fish symbols.

• The TX pulse length changes according to ACCU-FISH
es a difference in both sensitivity and the echoes viewed.

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On/Off state. This caus-

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7.16.2 How to activate ACCU-FISH

Fish length or depth
is shown in red.

1. Open the [FISH FINDER] and [ACCU-FISH] menus.

2. Select [FISH INFO] to activate or deactivate ACCU-FISH
mation to display.

[Off]: Deactivate ACCU-FISH
[Fish Size]: Show fish size.
[Depth]: Show depth to the fish.

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, select display information

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and select the infor-

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Note: You can show the fish info figure alone (without fish symbol) by turning off
[FISH SYMBOLS].

3. Select [INFO SIZE] to choose the size of the fish info indication, [Small] or [Large].

4. Select [FISH SYMBOLS] to choose the style for the fish symbol, [Off], [Solid] or
[Striped]. The size of the symbol is scaled according to fish length.

Striped

Large fish symbol
(more than 50 cm, or
more than 20 inches)

Small fish symbol
(10 to 49 cm, or 4 to
19 inches)

7.16.3 Fish size correction

The fish size shown on the display can be different from the true size. If the size indi­cated is wrong, add an offset to the measured value to get an accurate indication on
the screen. Open the [FISH FINDER] and [ACCU-FISH] menus and select [FISH SIZE

CORRECTION]. Use the RotoKey
range is -80% to +100%, in intervals of 10%.

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to set a correction percentage. The setting

+100 Two times

+50 1.5 times

-50 1/2

-80 1/5

Setting Revised fish length

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Temperature
graph

Temperature
scale

7.17 Water Temperature Graph

The water temperature graph, which requires a temperature sensor, shows the sur­face water temperature.

The water temperature indication (line) moves across the screen from right to left. The
water temperature scale is available in degrees Celsius or Fahrenheit, one of which
you can select with [TEMPERATURE] in the [UNITS OF MEASURE] menu in the
[SYSTEM] menu.

You can activate or deactivate the graph with [TEMPERATURE GRAPH] in the [FISH
FINDER] menu.

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7.18 FISH FINDER Menu

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This section provides the descriptions for the items in the [FISH FINDER] menu that
have not been mentioned previously.

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[BACKGROUND COLOR]: Select the background color, among black, dark blue,
light blue, white and monochrome (echoes appear in tones of gray.)

[COLOR BAR]: Turn the color bar on or off.

[BOTTOM RANGE SHIFT AREA]: Select the position at which to show the bottom

echo, when Auto Range is active. There are two settings, [Upper Limit] and [Width].
[Upper Limit] sets how far to place the echo from the sea surface. For example, setting
75% would place the bottom echo at a position equivalent to 75% from the sea sur­face. [Width] determines how much deviation to allow for before shifting the position
of the bottom echo. For example, selecting 5% would shift the bottom echo when its
position changes by ±5% or more of the [Upper Limit] setting.

[ZERO LINE REJECTION]: Turn the zero line (transmission line) on or off. When
turned on, the transmission line disappears, which allows you to see fish echoes near
the surface clearly. The length of the transmission line changes with transducer used
and installation characteristics. If the width of the transmission line is 4.5 ft (default val­ue) or more, set the transmission line width with [ZERO LINE RANGE].

[ZERO LINE RANGE]: This feature adjusts the transmission line so that the line dis­appears when the menu item [ZERO LINE REJECTION] is turned on. For a long tail,
increase the value. If the transmission line does not disappear, lower the TX power.

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[FULL SCREEN GAIN CONTROL]: The gain setting can be applied to only new ech­oes or new and existing echoes. Turn this feature on to get the gain setting applied to
both new and existing echoes. The advantage of the full screen gain control is that you
can quickly and easily find the right gain setting for your conditions.

[FISH FINDER SETUP]: The [FISH FINDER SETUP] sub menu provides the following
features.

Item Function

[TRANSMISSION POWER] Set the transmission power, [High] or [Low]. Interfer-

ence may appear on the screen when an echo sounder
having the same frequency as your own is being oper­ated in the vicinity of your boat. In this case, select low
power and contact the other vessel to request them to re­duce their TX power.

[TRANSDUCER] Select the transducer used. If you use the optional triduc-

er 525STID-MSD or 525STID-PWD, you do not need to
select the transducer.

[TRANSMIT RATE] Change pulse repetition rate. Normally, the highest rate

(20) is used. When in shallow waters second re-flection
echoes may appear between the surface and actual bot­tom echo. In this case, lower the TX transmit. The [[Au­to]] setting automatically adjusts the frequency and pulse
length with depth.

[50 kHz ECHO OFFSET],
[200 kHz ECHO OFFSET]

The echo offset feature compensates for too weak or too
strong echo level. If the on-screen echo level appears to
be too weak or too strong and the level cannot be adjust­ed satisfactorily with the gain controls, apply an offset to
correct the level.

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