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Introduction
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Contents of This Manual
This manual provides the following information:
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System configuration
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Screen interpretation and use of the control unit
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Set up before departure
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Rules to replace paper charts with electronic ones
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Chart material management
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Manual updates, which are used to manually enter Notices to Mariners and Navtex warnings
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Chart alert calculation
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Route planning and monitoring
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Various operator tools such as user charts, Notes and navigation tools
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Backup operations
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Common reference system
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Use of navigation sensors
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Use of Tracked Targets (TT)
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Use of AIS (Automatic Identification System) targets
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Radar overlay
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Various recording functions
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Essential information of the datum used by the charts and the ECDIS
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Steering related operations
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List of alerts
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