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Displaying
information about
your position
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from the CHART screen, press and hold the CLEAR key for
several seconds, then release. To return the symbols to the
screen, press any key.
To display navigational information right on the CHART
screen, press the INFO key, and one or two INFO BARs appear
at the bottom of the CHART screen. The second INFO key will
be present only after one INFO BAR is already displayed. Each
successive press of either INFO key displays the following data
as it relates to your vessel, in the following order:
1. speed-over-ground (SOG) and course-over-ground (COG)
2. lat/lon coordinates (latitude and longitude)
3. your preferred GRI and the best pair of loran
TDs—available only if you've chosen to display position
coordinates as loran TDs at the CHART SETUP screen
4. active waypoint, if any; distance and bearing to the active
waypoint; a graphic and numeric display of your XTE
(how far off you are from your intended course line);
estimated time of arrival (ETA); estimated time enroute
(ETE); and the placement of your vessel relative to the
desired track.
5. the name and number of the chart in use, its originator
and manufacturer, source date, and chart datum.
6. if you're displaying an HCRF chart (for example, an ARCS
chart), the INFO BAR displays the chart series (Navigator
or Skipper); expiration date (Navigator series only);
correction level (the Notice to Mariner's number to which
the chart has been corrected); name and date of the
corresponding Chart CD; and name and date of the
corresponding Update CD.
7. today's date and the current local time (from GPS)
8. depth, speed through water, and water temperature (if the
490 is installed)
The screens below illustrate the use of the two separate chart
views (A and B, displayed by pressing the CHART key), each
showing two INFO BARs displayed simultaneously. This
Chapter 4 - Understanding the Chart Screen
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