NorthStar Navigation Explorer 538i - Manual (Page 20)

Northstar Explorer 538i/538 Installation and Operation Manual 20
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 and select
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
.
4 To remove the last leg from the course, press
and select Remove.
5 Repeat the above two steps to enter the
whole course.
6 To save the new course as a route, press
and select Save. This also saves any
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 to return to the chart
display.
3-2-5 Finding places
To see places near the boat’s position, press
to switch to centre on boat mode.
To see places near a different point, move the
cursor to that point on the chart.
To find and display places of interest:
1 Press and select Find.
2 Select the type of place: Waypoints, Routes,
Ports, Port services or Tide stations.
3 For a Port service, select the type of service to
find.
4 A list of places is displayed. If there are more
places than will fit on the display, press
or to scroll up or down a page at a time.
5 Select the place and press . The chart
display changes to show the selected place in
the middle of the display.
6 To see stored information about the selected
place, press
and select Chart
info (see section 3-2-4). To display a tide
chart for a selected tide station, select Tide
height from the chart info.