Distance And Bearing Calculator - NorthStar EXPLORER 550 Installation And Operation Manual

3-2-5 Finding a chart symbol
To find and display a chart symbol:
1 Press and select Find.
2 Select the type of symbol: Waypoints, Routes,
Ports by name, Ports & services, or Tide
stations.
3 For Ports & services: select the type of service
to find.
For Ports by name: press
enter a name or letters contained in the port
name, then press
4 A list of items is displayed. If there are more
items than will fit on the display, press
to page up and down.

3-3 Distance and bearing calculator

The distance and bearing calculator can plot
a course of one or several legs and show the
bearing and length of each leg, as well as the
total distance along the course. The completed
course can be converted into a route.
To use the distance and bearing calculator:
1 Press until the chart display is
displayed. Press
Distance.
2 Move the cursor to the start of the first leg. It
does not matter if this point is a waypoint or
not. Press .
3 To add a leg to the course, move the cursor
to the end of the leg. It does not matter if this
point is a waypoint or not. The display shows
the bearing and length of the leg, as well
as the total distance along the course. Press
.
20
, , or
.
and select
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For Ports by name: to search for a different
port name, press
then press
5 Select the item and press
display changes to show the item in the
middle of the display.
To see stored information about the item,
press
to
3-2-6 Perspective view
Perspective view shows the chart from an
angle instead of from straight above. To turn
perspective view on or off, press
or
Perspective to
4 To remove the last leg from the course, press
5 Repeat the above two steps to enter the
whole course.
6 To save the new course as a route, press
new points on the course as new waypoints,
with default names. If necessary, edit the
route later (see section 6-2-2) and edit any
new waypoints later (see section 5-2-3).
7 Finally, press
display.
. change the name,
.
(see section 3-2-4).
or .
and select Remove.
and select Save. This also saves any
to return to the chart
. The chart
and set