Getting Started; Power On, Off And Shuttlepoint Knob Operation - Standard Horizon CP500 Owner's Manual

cursor is moved to the next location.
For numeric input: to enter a number in a Lat Lon: press the key of the number you wish to
enter, continue pressing the numbered keys until the Lat Lon is entered. The cursor is
moved to the next position. Pressing the ShuttlePoint knob up/down changes the value;
pressing the ShuttlePoint knob left/right moves the cursor to the previous/next location.
3.1

GETTING STARTED

The Getting Started section will take you through the frequently used operations and assist
you to customize the look of the GPS Chart Plotter.
3.1.0

Power On, Off and ShuttlePoint knob operation

1. Press and hold [PWR] until the display shows the start-up page. To turn off, press and
hold [PWR] until the display turns off.
2. When the power is first turned on, two pages the start-up page (see the following picture)
and the Caution page are briefly shown before the GPS Status page.
3. When the GPS Chart Plotter is first turned on it will take some time for the GPS to acquire
a fix of your position. Look closely at the GPS Status page and you will see satellites and
relative signal strengths. After a fix is received the GPS Chart Plotter will automatically
switch to the Chart page with the ships icon centered on the screen.
4. On the Chart page the ShuttlePoint knob is used to pan around the chart. Move the ShuttlePoint
knob to the left and you will notice a cross hair
5. When you move the ShuttlePoint knob you will notice DST and BRG values in the Data
window change. This shows the Distance and Bearing from the GPS Fix of your vessel
to the position of the Cursor.
CP500
Figure 3.1.0 - Start-Up page
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Ships Icon
WAAS 3D
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Cursor
Cursor
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window
Figure 3.1.0a - GPS Status and Chart pages
appears, this is called the cursor.
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WAAS 3D
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