Power on/off, Nmea connectivity, First setup – Seiwa Explorer 3(v.7.0) User Manual

Page 2: How to use the chart plotter, Cursor, buttons and softkeys

Power On/Off

Power On: To switch the unit On, press the POWER button (10). The first page showed it's
the First setup configuration

Power Off: To switch the unit Off, press POWER button (10) and take pressed until the
countdown ends (3-2-1).

NMEA CONNECTIVITY

Thanks to his NMEA 0183 interface, you can connect up to 5 input devices and virtually no
limits output devices, every NMEA sentence handled are sent out to all your instruments.

First Setup

This menu allows you to configure the chart
plotter and the external devices the first time
the chart plotter is powered On.

This information can be changed at any time
either from the General Options menu or by
resetting the chart plotter.

When the unit it's turned on, it shows the GPS
fix page until a correct fix it's received. It's
possible to exit this page using the CLEAR
button (9).

How to use the chart plotter

The most common use of the chart plotter is to show boat current position, called “Home
Mode”. Using the Cursor Knob (4) you can move the cursor from the boat position to any
other points; it makes the system in “Plotter Mode” and in this status it's possible to add
Marks, Waypoints and edit Routes.
To return back on “Home Mode”, locking the cursor to the boat position and updates the
display as the boat moves, it is sufficient to press “CLEAR” button (9).

Automatic Info on Cartography

By default, Automatic info it’s active on Explorer 3: Automatic Info allows you to get the
information on any cartographic object just by placing the cursor on it.

ENTER and CLEAR buttons alternative choice

In this guide we always refer to ENTER (8) and CLEAR (9) buttons to confirm/delete the
choices into the menus, another possible combination is to move Cursor Knob (4) at right
for “ENTER”, and at left for “CLEAR”.

Cursor, Buttons and
Softkeys

Customize Multifunction Softkeys

The Multifunction Softkeys (1) have different
functions according to the page viewed.
To customize Multifunction Softkeys, show the
chart page and make this sequence:

press a Softkey (1) to display all the Softkeys,