Moving Around The Chart; Using Find Ship - Raymarine RC435 Owner's Handbook Manual

26

Moving Around the Chart

The most common use of the chartplotter is to show your vessel's current
location.
In the default North-Up orientation (shown as NU in the status box at the
top of the display), the vessel moves in relation to the screen. You will
need to reposition the chart if your vessel moves out of the area currently
displayed, or if you wish to examine or place waypoints in another area.
You can also home the cursor to the vessel using the FIND SHIP function.
"Homing" locks the vessel to the cursor and updates the display such that
the chart is re-drawn so that the vessel is always on screen. See Using
FIND SHIP below.
There are three ways in which you can reposition the chart:
• Use the trackpad to move the cursor to the edge of the chart; the chart
pans across. This method is useful if the area you wish to see is just off
screen.
Automatically re-center the vessel using the FIND SHIP function.
•
Change the chart scale using the RANGE key to zoom out and in to a
•
new area. This method is useful if the area you wish to see is some dis-
tance away.

Using FIND SHIP

FIND SHIP is used to re-draw the chart with the vessel at its center and the
cursor homed on the vessel.
➤ To center the vessel:
1. From chart mode, press ENTER; the primary function bar is dis-
played:
FIND SHIP
OBJECT
INFO
2. Select FIND SHIP; the following actions are performed:
• The chart is re-drawn with the vessel's position in the center.
• The cursor is homed onto the vessel position and moves with it.
ROUTES WAYPOINTS
ARCHIVES MORE¬
RC435 and RC435i Chartplotters
MORE¬
D6233-1