Off-Center The Display - Furuno 1815 Operator's Manual

5.19.2

Off-center the display

The mode selected from the menu appears at top left corner of the display, when the
off-center feature is activated - "OFFCENT(M)" (Manual), "OFFCENT(C)" (Custom) or
"OFFCENT(A)" (Auto).
Manual (Indication: "OFFCENT(M)")
You can move your ship position to the current cursor position on all modes except
true motion, within 75% of the available display area.
1. Put the cursor on the position where to off-center the display.
2. Press the MODE key, select [Off-center], then press the ENTER key.
Custom (Indication: "OFFCENT(C)")
You can move your ship position to the position which you preset. Follow the proce-
dure shown below to register the cursor position. Then, the display is off-centered by
the amount set here, when you activate the off-center function.
1. Turn off the off-center display.
2. Put the cursor on the position where to off-center the display.
3. Press the MODE key, select [Off-center], then press the ENTER key.
4. Press the MENU/ESC key to open the menu.
5. Use the Cursorpad ( or ) to select [Display] and press the ENTER key.
6. Use the Cursorpad ( or ) to select [Save Offcenter] and press the ENTER key.
The message "Complete" appears.
7. Press any key to close the message window.
8. Press the MENU/ESC key to close the menu.
Auto (Indication: "OFFCENT(A)")
The amount of automatic move is calculated according to speed of the ship. The max-
imum amount is 75% of the range in use. The formula to calculate automatic shift is
shown below.
If the offcenter speed setting is 15 knots and the speed of the ship is 10 knots, for ex-
ample, the amount of move at the stern of your ship will be 50% of the available display
area.
How to select offcenter speed
1. Press the MENU/ESC key to open the menu.
2. Use the Cursorpad ( or ) to select [Initial] sub menu in [Sys-
tem] menu and press the ENTER key.
3. Use the Cursorpad ( or ) to select [Offcenter Speed] and
press the ENTER key.
4. Use the Cursorpad ( or ) to select the speed to use and press
the ENTER key.
5. Press the MENU/ESC key to close the menu.
Speed of ship
Offcenter speed setting
X 0.75 = Amount of move (%)
5. OPERATION
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