Simrad GN70, MX612, MX610 Quick Start Manual

GN70/MX610/MX612

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QuickStart Guide

The front panel

2

1 3

MENU

PAGE

EN

10

8

POS NAV HDG AIS

4

5 6



MOB

ENT

ESC

7

USB

12

13

USB

9

No. Description

1 PAGE. Press to bring up dierent screen pages every time this key is pressed or to

change tab in the settings and tools menu.

2 MENU. Press to bring up the quick menu dialog box.

3 PWR/Light.

Short press - to turn ON the unit.

Momentary press brings up the backlight and night view controls.
Series of short presses will cycle through 6 levels of display brilliance.
Long Press - to turn power o.

4 Rotary knob. In menus; turn to select menu item and adjust value, press to conrm.

Rotate to scroll through the menu icons or numbers in the virtual keypad.

Press the center of the knob to select menu item or accept entry. Same entry action when
you press the ENT key.

5 CLR. In menus; press to return to previous menu level. Press to escape or back out of the

menu or data entry.

6 ENT. In menus; press to conrm menu selection/enter next menu level. The same action

as pressing the center of the rotary knob.

7 MOB. Press once to save position in a vacant waypoint, press and hold for Man-Over-

Board calculation.

8 POS. Press to display the present postion Lat/Long, SOG, COG, Time.

9 NAV . Press to display the navigation information (RNG, BRG, COG, SOG, XTE).

10 HDG. Press to display the compass rose heading.

11 AIS. Press to display the PLOT/AIS screen.

12 USB. Press to display the les contained in the USB (MX610/MX612 only).

13 USB connector (MX610/MX612 only).

The display screen

Latitude

Longitude

Status icon
Heading repeater

Speed and Course

Icon Description Denition

No Position

x

DGPS Position

DGPS Position

Good GPS
position

Good GPS
position

Not tracking satellites (no position update). This is normal
the very 1st time you turn on the unit. It takes a few seconds
to get a x.

Position Fix is dierentially corrected using RTCM corrections
from beacon stations. This is the normal operating condition.
Position accuracy is less than 2 meters.

Position Fix is augmented using the WAAS signal correction.
Position accuracy is less than 5 meters.

GPS Position x is good but the RTCM correction signal is
temporarily not available. When DGPS mode menu is set to
either Beacon or WAAS.

Good GPS position x indication when unit is operated in
autonomous GPS only mode DGPS mode setting is OFF.

The power key

UTC/Local

Date/Time

• Press and hold: Turn unit on/o

• Single press: Display light dialog

• Repeated presses:

Toggle preset brightness
levels

¼ Note: If the key is held after the display is turned o, a Power failure alarm will be activated.

Press any other key on the unit to silence the alarm.

Hot keys

POS key

NAV key

GN70/MX61x screen MX610/MX612 only screens

HDG key

AIS/PLOT

Menus

Show Quick menu

MOB/Mark

Return to prev. level,
Remove menu

PAGE

1* Press to show the dierent
page screeens
2* Press to change tab under
the MENU screen.

1* Saves poition L/L to the nect vacant wapoint
2* Press and hold for 5 seconds, to calculate MOB

or

Select menu item,
Adjust value

Conrm selection by

pressing the center of

knob or ENT key