Measuring The Bearing; Shifting The Display - Furuno 1715 Operator's Manual

1. OPERATION

1.11 Measuring the Bearing

The bearing to a target can be measured with
the cursor and the EBL (Electronic Bearing
Line).
Measuring bearing with the cursor
Operate the cursor pad to place the cursor on
the inside edge of the target. Read the
bearing to the target at the bottom right
corner.
Measuring bearing with the EBL
1. Press the [EBL] key to show the EBL. The
message "Adjust EBL by cursor" appears
and "EBL" in the EBL/VRM box is
displayed in reverse video. The message
is automatically erased after 10 seconds,
or you may erase it sooner by pressing
any key.
2. Operate the cursor pad to bisect the
target with the EBL.
3. Check the EBL readout at the bottom left
corner on the screen to find the bearing to
the target.
To anchor the EBL, press the [MENU/ESC]
key. (It is automatically anchored if there is no
key operation for about 10 seconds.) To
erase the EBL, press the [EBL] key.
6.0
nm
2.0
EBL
RNG 2.22nm
EBL
°
EBL 45.62
BRG
- - - -
VRM
nm TTG 02H21M
bearing
Measuring range by the EBL and cursor
Target
Cursor
Range, bearing
and time-to-go
to cursor
45.62°
location

1.12 Shifting the Display

Own ship position, or sweep origin, can be
displaced manually or automatically to
expand the view field without switching to a
longer range. The default shift method is
manual.
If shift is activated when nav data is displayed,
the nav data is automatically erased.
1. Use the cursor pad to place the cursor
where you want to shift own ship position.
2. Press the [MODE] key to show the
Display Mode menu.
SHIFT (MANUAL)*
NORMAL
ZOOM
NAV DISP
[MENU/ESC] : Exit
* UTO
Display mode menu
*: If SHIFT (AUTO) is shown, open the
System menu and set SHIFT MODE to
MANUAL. For further details, see SHIFT
MODE on page 17.
3. Press ▲ to choose SHIFT (MANUAL).
4. Press the [MENU/ESC] key to close the
menu.
Select where to shift
with the cursor.
How the manual shift works
To cancel the shifted display, open the
Display Mode menu, set SHIFT to NORMAL
and then press the [MENU/ESC] key.
7
DISPLAY MODE
OFF ON
i d f M NU L
Choose
manual
SHIFT
mode.
Shifted display