Raymarine A4 User Manual

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WARNING: NAVIGATION AID

This unit is only an aid to navigation. Its accuracy can be affected by many factors, including equipment failure or defects, environmental conditions, and improper handling or use. It is the User's responsibility to exercise common prudence and navigational judgement. This unit should not be relied upon as a substitute for such prudence and judgement. Always keep a proper look-out.

CAUTION

Your chartplotter is an aid to navigation and should not be used as a substitute for good navigational practice nor for official government paper charts. You should always check that a route is safe. Take every opportunity to compare the displayed objects with visual targets, such as buoys and coastal structures.

CAUTION

Always check that your route to a waypoint is safe before travelling towards it.

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Getting Started

The controls explained

Card No. 1

DATA

Pressing this button displays the data functions.

ACTIVE

When multiple windows are open:

- Press to select required window.

- Press and hold to maximise the current window.

33.33% full size

FIND SHIP GOTO ROUTES... TRACKS... PRESENTATION...

PAGE

Press to scroll through available pages. Press and hold as a short cut to page set options.

WPTS/MOB

Press to display the waypoint soft keys. Press again to place waypoint at your boat's

PAGE

ACTIVE

WPTS/

MOB

DATA

position. Press and hold to place a Man Overboard (MOB) marker at your current position.

Press to access the set up menus. Press and hold to access the help

OUT

RANGE

information.

Rotary control

Use to edit alpha-numeric values, and scroll

CANCELOK

through lists. Turn clockwise to increase value. Turn counter-clockwise to decrease value. Press to move the cursor to the next character when editing text.

Softkeys

Press to select the corres-ponding function identified by the on-screen label.

Power

Press once to turn ON.

Trackpad

Controls the on-screen cursor. Also used to scroll through menu items. Press the corresponding edge of the trackpad to move the cursor horizontally, vertically or diagonally.

Press again to access backlight functions and scanner controls. Press and hold to turn display OFF.

RANGE

Press to change the display scale so that a smaller or larger area can be seen on the screen.

Chart Card slot

Open the cover to install CompactFlash cards.

CANCEL

Press to cancel the selected on-screen option when editing data; also used to return to the previous set of soft keys or menu.

Press to select an on-screen option, or return to the previous set of soft keys or menu.

Where can I find out more about the controls?

Press and hold MENU to display help information for the currently displayed soft keys.

For more information on the controls refer to Chapter 2 - General Operation and System Set Up of the C-Series Display Reference Manual

WARNING: NAVIGATION AID

This unit is only an aid to navigation. Its accuracy can be affected by many factors, including equipment failure or defects, environmental conditions, and improper handling or use. It is the User's responsibility to exercise common prudence and navigational judgements.This unit should not be relied upon as a substitute for such

prudence and judgement. Always keep a proper look-out.

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Getting Started

…

GOTO

…

FIND SHIP

…

TRACKS

…

PRESENTATION

ROUTE

Using the controls

Card No. 2

How do the controls work?

The controls for your C-Series Display can be separated into two types:   Buttons   Soft keys

Buttons - allow you to access various functions of the display, or change what you see on the screen.

Soft keys - There are five soft keys below the screen. When a specific button is pressed the primary

soft key options for the active application are shown at the bottom of the screen. Pressing a soft key will carry out one of the following functions:

 - take an action.  - select one of several options.  - display on-screen information, dialog boxes or menus with new soft keys.  - display further soft key options.

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Soft keys sometimes interact with other on-screen controls, such as dialog boxes - to edit names etc, menus to select options.

WPTS/

MOB

WAYPOINT AT

CURSOR

ERASE WAYPOINT SORT LIST

WAYPOINT AT

VESSEL

WAYPOINT AT

POSITION…

SET DEFAULT SYM

& GROUP...

SET UP DEFAULT SYMB GROUP

GO TO WAYPOINT

OPTIONS…

WAYPOINT

GROUPS...

T P

REVIEW AND EDIT

WAYPOINTS...

EDIT WAYPOINT…

EDIT DEFAULT

More information...

Press and hold MENU to display help information for the currently displayed soft keys. For more information on the controls refer to Chapter 2 - General Operation and System Set Up of the C-Series Display Reference Manual

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Getting Started

Inserting CompactFlash cards

Card No. 3

CAUTION

CompactFlash Card Installation

When installing CompactFlash cards ensure that the card is being fitted the correct way around. DO NOT try and force the card as this may result in irreparable damage to the card.

Water Ingress

To prevent the ingress of water and consequent damage to the display, ensure that the chart card door is firmly closed at all times during operation. This can be confirmed by an audible click.

Card Removal

DO NOT use a metallic instrument such as a screwdrver or pliers to help you remove a card, as doing this can cause irreparable damage.

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Card Writing

CompactFlash cards can be damaged if they are removed during either a read or write operation. A warning is displayed during write operations. The unit is continually reading the card. It is therefore essential that before removing the card you follow the correct procedure.

How do I insert a CompactFlash card?

Narrow

Groove

Lip

To insert a card, refer to the illustration, and:

1.Check that you are using the correct type of   card. Raymarine recommend Navionics Chart   cards or SAN DISK CompactFlash cards.

2.Open the chart card door, located on the front   left of the display.

3.Insert the card as shown, with the lip of the   card facing inwards, it should position easily. If   it does not, DO NOT force it, check the direction   in which the lip is facing.

4.Gently press the card home.

5.To prevent the ingress of water and consequent   damage,close the chart card door and press   firmly until a click is heard.

More information.....

For more information on using CompactFlash cards refer to Chapter 2 - General Operation & Sysstem Set Up of the C-Series Reference Manual.

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Getting Started

Removing CompactFlash cards

Card No. 4

How do I remove a CompactFlash card?

... with the unit powered down

To remove a card with the unit powered down, refer to the illustration and:

1. Open the chart card door.

2. Grip the card and pull to remove it from its slot.

3. To prevent the ingress of water and    consequent damage, close the chart card door   and press firmly until a click is heard.

... with the unit powered

To remove a card with the unit powered, refer to the illustration, and:

1. Press MENU. The Setup menu is displayed.

2. Use trackpad up/down to highlight CF CARD   REMOVAL.

3. Use trackpad right to select. The following   message appears:

System checking card access

Please wait until it is safe to remove card....

4. The system will now complete its checks, on   completion the following message will appear:

5. Open the chart card door.

6. Grip the card and pull to remove it from its   slot.

7. To prevent the ingress of water and    consequent, damage close the chart card door   and press firmly until a click is heard.

You may now safely remove your CompactFlash card.

Press OK or CANCEL when finished

Improper card removal

If you try to remove a card when the unit is powered, without accessing the SetUp menu, an error message appears. Follow the instructions given in the message, and refer to the above section of this card before proceeding.

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