NorthStar 972 Quickstart Manual And Reference Manual page 21

Press the cursor pad to display the
red cursor and designate waypoints
or move the chart to a different
area. Press Vessel to recenter the chart on
your vessel.
The GPS status is shown on the right side
of the screen:
Chart plotter functions
The menu keys at the right of the chart
screen perform the following navigation
functions (not all keys are shown all the
time):
Quickstart Guide Revision B
Vessel Chart area
Info bar Cursor
Chart screen
— navigating with normal GPS
• GPS
signals
— navigation enhanced with
• WAAS
high-accuracy WAAS signals.
— running in simulation mode
• DEMO
display any available overlays, such as
•
radar
rotate the chart to north-up, course-up,
•
leg-up or heading-up (heading-up
requires an optional heading sensor)
GPS Status
return from "Browse" mode (cursor
•
on-screen) to "Vessel" mode (vessel
centered)
show detailed information about the
•
displayed chart
WAAS
display additional position information
•
in the
screen
go to a waypoint, nav aid, or unmarked
•
point you select on the chart screen by
Menu keys pressing the cursor pad
Displaying other information
On the
Chart
current route, track history, waypoints and
avoidance points, a lat/lon grid, a radar
overlay, or other chart details. See Setting
up the chart screen, on page 33.
Displaying the chart screen
at the bottom of the
Info bar
screen, you can display your
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