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Customizing your unit, 1 chart setup options menu, Chart offset menu – Furuno GP-1850WDF User Manual

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11. CUSTOMIZING YOUR UNIT

This section describes the various options
which allow you to set up your unit to suit
your needs.

11.1 CHART

SETUP

OPTIONS menu

The chart offset options menu provides three
menus: chart offset, track control, and chart
details.

1. Press the [MENU] key to open the main

menu.

2. Press the CHART SETUP OPTIONS soft

key.

CHART

SETUP

DGPS 3D

CHART OFFSET

CHART DETAILS

TRACK CONTROL

RETURN

Chart setup options menu

CHART OFFSET menu

In some instances position may be off by a
few minutes. For example, the position of the
ship is shown to be at sea while it is in fact
moored at a pier. You can compensate for
this error by offsetting chart position as
follows:

1. Press the [MENU] key followed by the

CHART SETUP OPTIONS and CHART
OFFSET soft keys.

DGPS 3D

RETURN

SET
OFFSET

ZOOM

OUT

ZOOM

IN

CHART
OFFSET

135

°

12.345' E

34

°

12.345' N

OS

FROM

276.9

°

16.41 nm

RESET
OFFSET

Plotter display, chart offset selected


2. Use the cursor pad to place the cursor

where to offset chart position.

3. Press the SET OFFSET soft key.
4. Press the RETURN soft key to finish.

To cancel chart offset, press the RESET
OFFSET soft key at step 3 in the above
procedure.

TRACK CONTROL menu

This menu mainly controls track color and
track plotting interval. For further details see
Chapter 4.