How To Receive Navtex Messages - Furuno FMD-3100 Operator's Manual

15. AIS SAFETY, NAVTEX MESSAGES
15.2.1

How to receive Navtex messages

To display a received NAVTEX message, do the following:
1. In Voyage navigation mode, click the [MSG] and [NAVTEX MSG] buttons on the
InstantAccess bar™.
2. Click the message to view. The text of the message appears in the [Description]
box.
Message protection
status:
P = Protected
Blank = Un-protected
Selection Selection
column column
Where the Where the
selected message selected message
has a date range, has a date range,
the dates are the dates are
displayed here. displayed here.
• You can filter the displayed messages.
To filter by date: Enter the date range for displayed messages in the [Date
Range(UTC)] input area. To clear the filter, click the [Clear] button. Check the
Filter by Date box to activate the filter.
To filter by distance: Check the [Filter by Distance] box to activate the [Dis-
tance from Own Ship] input area. Enter the appropriate distance (setting range:
1 to 100 NM).
• To protect a message, or remove
the protection, click the protection
status column for the message.
When removing protection, the con-
firmation window shown below ap-
pears. Select [Yes] or [No] as
appropriate.
Note: You can protect up to 50 messages. When you try to protect more than
50 messages, the message shown below appears.
15-4
Date Frequency/
received Message ID
Type of
message
Message
status:
Read or
Unread
Where coordinates
are included in the
message, the
latitude and
longitude are
displayed here.
The chart is also
appropriately
marked with the
MSI marker.