Working With Track; Displaying Track - Furuno 1824C-BB Operator's Manual

3. PLOTTER OPERATION
3.6

Working with Track

Your ship's track is plotted on the screen using navigation data fed from position-fixing
equipment. This section shows you what you can do with track, from turning it on or off to
changing its plotting interval. In the default setting, own ship's track is turned on and is
displayed in red.

3.6.1 Displaying track

Own ship track
1. Press the MENU key followed by the A: CHART SETUP and B: TRACKS & MARKS
CONTROL soft keys to open the TRACK CONTROL menu.
2. Use the Trackball to select OWN SHIP TRACK DISP.
3. Press the A: EDIT soft key to show the track display window.
4. Use the Trackball to select ON (default setting) or OFF as appropriate.
5. Press the C: ENTER soft key.
6. Press the MENU key to close the menu.
Note: The number of track and mark points used appears at the SHIP'S TRACK STATUS
window on the TRACK CONTROL menu. Using the figure above as an example, 1234
points of track and 9 marks have been recorded.
Target track
Target track, NMEA format TTM (Tracked Target Message) data sentence, may be turned
on or off as desired. The default setting is ON.
7. Press the MENU key followed by the A: CHART SETUP and B: TRACKS & MARKS
CONTROL soft keys to open the TRACK CONTROL menu.
8. Use the Trackball to select TARGET TRACK DISPLAY.
9. Press the A: EDIT soft key to show the target track display window.
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OWN SHIP TRACK DISP
OWN SHIP TRACK COLOR RED
TARGET TRACK DISPLAY
TARGET TRACK COLOR
INTERVAL
TIME INTERVAL
DISTANCE INTERVAL
MEMORY(TRACK & MARK) 2000 POINTS
(MARK MEMORY)
SHIP'S TRACK STATUS
TRACKING
TRACK: 1234/2000
MARK : 9/6000
Track control menu
TRACK
ON
CONTROL
ON
EDIT
A
WHITE
TIME
TRACK
00m10s
B
RESUME
00.10nm
ERASE
C
T & M
(6000)POINTS
MARK
D
SETUP
RETURN
E