Unit Setup Menu (Unit Of Measurement) - Furuno GP-1600F Operator's Manual

5.6 UNIT SETUP menu (unit of measurement)

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BEARING: You may display bearing relative to true North (true
bearing) or relative to magnetic North (magnetic bearing).
MAG CALIB: The location of the magnetic pole is different from
the geographical North pole. This causes a difference between the
true and magnetic North direction. The difference is called mag-
netic variation, and varies by the observation point on the earth.
This unit is programmed with the earth's magnetic variations. How-
ever, you may wish to further refine variation for a particular area.
If you enter compensation manually, be sure to change it when
magnetic variation changes.
EVENT METHOD: Select mark to enter by the [EVENT MOB]
key; mark or event mark.
POSITION: Select position display method; latitude and longi-
tude or Loran LOPs.
DISP: If "POSITION" is selected to LOP, enter Loran or Decca
chain here.
The UNIT SETUP menu lets you select unit of measurement for
distance. depth and water temperature.
Keying sequence: [MENU ESC] [0] [4]
UNIT SETUP
DISTANCE nm
DEPTH m
TEMP °C
ts:Cursor
Figure 5-8 UNIT SETUP menu
UNIT SETUP menu description
DISTANCE: You may set the unit of distance measurement to
nautical miles, kilometers, or statute miles.
DEPTH: The unit of depth measurement can be set to meters,
feet, fathoms, hiro, or passi/braza.
TEMP: Select Centigrade or Fahrenheit.
km sm
ft fa
°F
ESC:Esc