The Alphanumeric Keys - Standard Horizon CP500 Owner's Manual

The MARK key
Places a Mark under the ships position when in Home mode, or when the cursor is shown
will place a Mark under the location of the cursor.
The ROUTE key
a. When pressed places a Waypoint.
b. Succeeding presses place more Waypoints to form a Route.
The PWR key and Backlight/Contrast
a. Press and hold [PWR] to turn the GPS Chart Plotter On or Off.
b. Once On, press [PWR] momentarily, to show the Contrast and Backlight popup window.
The MOB key
When pressed the GPS Chart Plotter automatically places a Mark on the Chart page under
the boats position and all navigation is towards the position of the MOB Mark to aid in the
rescue or a person that may have fallen overboard.
The INFO key
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A dedicated key that allows searching the optional C-MAP B J NT /MAX C-CARD
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for Port Services, Ports, Tide Stations, Wrecks, Obstructions, Points Of Interest, Lakes
Information, Lakes By Name, User Points, GPS Coordinates or Information on any point on
the Chart.
The Soft Keys
The 6 keys in the bottom of the front panel (hereinafter named Soft Keys) have different
functions associated depending on the software: their labels are shown on the screen
immediately above the keys (the user can customize the function associated).
Figure 3.0 - Soft Keys
These keys allow quick selection to the many pages the GPS Chart Plotter has. These keys
can be customized to your preference, however from the factory the keys are preprogram-
med with the following pages. From left to right VIDEO, NAV, HIGHWAY, CELEST, CHART,
LIST. Press any of the keys and you will see popup windows above the keys. To go to a
specific page press the key with the desired popup window. The popup windows will
automatically disappear if a key is not pressed or can be removed by pressing [CLR].
3.0.1

The alphanumeric keys

The 10 alphanumeric keys are used for entering in alphanumeric data.
For alphanumeric input: pressing the key the first time enters the first letter, the second time
it enters the second letter, the third time it enters the third letter; the forth time it enters the
number. After a short time the entered character (letter or number) is confirmed and the
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