NorthStar 972 Quickstart Manual And Reference Manual page 143

Choosing a tide station from the chart
You can also choose a tide station by
moving the cursor to any location along
the U.S. coastline.
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2. Press the cursor pad to select the desired sta-
tion, then press ENTER to display the tides
for that station on the Tide Track screen.
Tide Station Selection screen
Tide track
1. On the screen, press
chart...
2. Press the cursor pad to select the general
coastline location for which you want tide
information, then press ENTER to display a
list of the nine tide stations closest to this cur-
sor location.
3. Press the cursor pad to select the desired sta-
tion, then press ENTER twice to display the
tides for that station on the Tide Track screen.
You can also select tide stations directly on
the chart, provided tide bars are being
displayed.
To display tide bars, press CHART to dis-
play the Chart screen. Then press and hold
CHART to display the Chart Options
screen, and press
turn on tide bars.
To choose a tide station, move the cursor
over the station and press Pick station.
Choosing a specific date
The
Tide Track
information for today's date. To display
these tides for a different date, you can
either press the cursor pad right or left to
move the date forward or backwards by
one day, or select a new date as follows:
Pick date
1. Press
date flashes.
2. Press the cursor pad to move to the month or
digit you want to change. To change a digit,
Pick from
press that key on the keypad. To change the
month, press the cursor pad up or down.
3. When the date is correct, press ENTER to
display the tides for the new date.
Reference section 9 — Alarms and TideTrack
Vector details
screen normally displays tide
. The first digit of the current
TideTrack™
. Then
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