NorthStar 961 Reference Manual page 36

Chapter 1 - Quick Start
Showing position
coordinates
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CLEAR—when pressed briefly—clears the CHART screen of
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menu keys (press any menu key to restore them); press
and hold CLEAR to clear menu keys and everything else
on the CHART screen, except for your vessel and the
range rings. The clearing action reduces on-screen clutter
so you can see more of the chart.
INFO (two identical keys) displays at the bottom of the
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CHART screen two rectangular INFO BARS, which show
useful information including SOG and COG, numerical
position coordinates, the active waypoint (if any), details
about the chart in use, and so on. Note that the second
INFO key is displayed only after you've pressed the one
INFO key at the bottom of the screen. For more about
INFO BARS, see "Showing position coordinates" below,
and see "Displaying information about your position"
starting on page 4-15.
For more about the CHART screen's menu keys, see
"Chart-view menu keys" starting on page 3-6.
You can display position coordinates on the CHART screen as:
• lat/lon coordinates from the GPS receiver
• Phantom loran TDs that are calculated from the GPS
coordinates (for when you'd like to see your position
mathematically converted to and displayed in loran TDs)
To set up your CHART screen to display position coordinates
as loran TDs in addition to lat/lon, see "Changing the chart
setup" starting on page 13-24.
To show your position coordinates and other navigational data
on the CHART screen, press either of the two INFO keys (the
second INFO key will appear only after you press the INFO key
at the bottom of the screen): Several forms of numeric
navigational data appear—in large, easy-to-read numbers—at
the bottom of the screen in an INFO BAR.
961/962 Operations and Reference Manual, Rev. A