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Functional Characteristics
replacing RANGE with OVZ (blinking) within the navigation
window.
To activate/deactivate the Overzoom function, press PAGE un-
til the menu bar is displayed, then select SETUP, OVERZOOM
and ON/OFF.
Position calibration
Most position sensors have intrinsic errors that make the boat's
position incorrect (from few meters to several hundred meters)
with respect to the background display of the chart.
This error is caused by the principle at the root of the satel-
lite-derived position system.
The position calibration allows the user to manually correct
the position error present in all GPS. Press PAGE until the
menu bar is displayed, select SETUP, CALIBRATION and then
O N .
A message will prompt the user to move the cursor to the boat's
true position by using the CURSOR key. Press ENTER to move
the GPS boat's position to the point indicated by the cursor.
This operation will save the calibration for use in future cal-
culations.
NOTE: When the calibration is activated, the coordinates will be marked by (*).
To cancel calibration, press PAGE until the menu bar is dis-
played, select SETUP, CALIBRATION and then OFF.
Local time
By this function the user can enter local time instead of the
Greenwich time (GMT) supplied by the GPS receiver.
To enter local time, press PAGE until the menu bar is dis-
played, select SETUP, SET TIME and then LOCAL.
A window will allow entering local time by using the CURSOR
key. Press ENTER to confirm the operation.
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To cancel local time, press PAGE until the menu bar is dis-
played, select SETUP, SET TIME and then GMT.
Chart presentation
This function allows the user to select the symbols and colors
(G6 Sunshine and G 5C only) of chart presentation between
International mode and US mode.
To change the chart presentation mode, press PAGE to display
the menu, select SETUP, PRESENTATION and then choose
the option desired.
Display mode
The chart color can be selected among three predefined modes:
BRIGHT (bright light), DAY (normal light) and NIGHT (poor
light) (G6 Sun, BRIGHT mode only; G 5C, BRIGHT and DAY
modes only).
Press PAGE to display the menu, select SETUP, MODE and
then choose the option desired.
Depth contours
This function allows the user to select the display of depth
contours; the options available are:
OFF:
no depth contour displayed
5m:
display of contours only with depths up to 5 meters
10m:
display of contours only with depths up to 10 meters
20m:
display of contours only with depths up to 20 meters
ALL:
all depth contours are displayed
Safety contours
This function allows the user to display the depth areas cor-
responding to the safety contour desired. The options avail-
able are (G6 Sun colors shown in brackets):
OFF:
no depth area displayed
2m:
areas with depths up to 2 meters in dark blue (dark
gray)
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