Measuring Range By Cursor; Event Marker - Furuno CH-300 Operator's Manual

4. ECHO SOUNDER MODE
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Measuring Range by Cursor

Use the cursor to display the range from own ship to the cursor location. Use the Omnipad
to place the cursor where desired. The range to the cursor appears at the upper left-hand
corner of the screen.
Range to cursor
: Range
NAV
DATA
or
A-SCOPE
DISPLAY
Depth, Water Temp. Display
Cursor
How to measure range with the cursor
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Event Marker

The event marker functions to mark important locations on the echo sounder display, and
five event markers may be inscribed. Each time the EVENT key is pressed the "latest event
⊕
marker" ( ) is inscribed at the cursor location and all previously entered event markers are
shown by the "previous event marker" (+). When the capacity for event markers is reached
the eldest event marker is erased from the screen to make room for the latest.
Note 1: The event marker inscribed on the echo sounder display will also be inscribed on
the horizontal and video plotter displays, at own ship position always.
Note 2: Event marker position can be output to external equipment. For details see
TARGET L/L on page 5-10.
Note 3: Event markers are automatically erased as they move off the screen with picture
advancement.
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