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6 position setup – Furuno FM-8800D User Manual

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4. BASIC SETUP

4-11

4.6 Position

Setup

This is where you enter your position, automatically or manually.

1. Press the MENU key at the standby display.
2. Rotate the CH knob (or press up / down arrow key) to choose POSITION

from the second page of the main menu.

**** SETUP MENU ****

POSITION

PRINT OUT

RTC

VOLUME
AUTO CH

T

T

3. Press the ENT key. The following menu appears.

INPUT TYPE: AUTO

LAT : -- -- ----

--- --.----

LON :

TIME : -- : --

N

E

.

°

°

4. INPUT TYPE is selected; press the ENT key. The following setting window

appears.

AUTO

MANUAL

Note: If the position data from a positioning sensor is available, MANUAL can

not be chosen, i.e. the above window does not open.

5. Rotate the CH knob (or press up / down arrow key) to choose AUTO or

MANUAL as appropriate and press the ENT key.

If you chose AUTO, your ship's position and time appear; press the CANCEL
to close the menu and return to the standby display. These data are supplied
from the navigation equipment connected.
Note:

If correct position data is entered from a position source during the

setting of MANUAL, the setting changes automatically to AUTO from
MANUAL.

If the message "EPFS ERROR" appears after you change INPUT

TYPE from MANUAL to AUTO, confirm that the navigation device is
functioning.

If you chose MANUAL, enter your position and time as follows.

6. Enter latitude (in eight digits) with the numeric keys. If necessary, switch

coordinates: 1 key to switch to North; 2 key to switch to South.

7. Press the ENT key and enter longitude (in nine digits) with the numeric keys.

If necessary, switch coordinates: 1 key to switch to East; 2 key to switch to
West.

8. Press the ENT key and enter UTC time with the numeric keys.
9. Press the ENT key and CANCEL key to finish.