Simrad MX510 Quick Reference Manual

MX51x Controls

Mark Position/MOB

GOTO
POWER
DAY/NIGHT View
EDIT
ENTER
CURSOR key
CLEAR
1
NAV
NAVIGATION
ABC
ROUTE

WAYPOINT

PLOT
AUXillary
POSition
D/GPS
AIS (Not Available)
Confi guration
MX510/MX512 Quick Reference Guide
F1-F4 Function Keys
Traffi c Light Operation:
Flashing - no sats. tracked
Solid - not enough sats. tracked
Poor Position Geometry, no DGPS
correction.
Optimal Navigation
MX51x OPERATION

Powering up the MX51x

Press momentarily and wait
for GPS to acquire.

Turning OFF the MX51x

Press momentarily, highlite
theYes softkey and press ENT, or
press and hold

Man Over Board (MOB)

1. Press and hold the
seconds.
2. To disable MOB, press the EDIT
higlight Cancel MOB then press
ENT.

PRESENT POSITION

Press the once or twice to scroll
through the following pages:
•
POS1 - Position Display and COG
& SOG
•
POS2 - Position, Altitude, Magnetic
Variation, & Time
•
POS3 - Position & Log
WAYPOINT

Create a Waypoint:

Using Lat/Long Entry:

1. Press the
appears.
2. Press the EDIT key.
3. Select the Make New Wpt softkey
then press the ENT key.
4. Select the Lat/Lon (wpo) softkey
then press the ENT key.
5. Enter the Lat. & Long coordi-
nates.
6. Select the Done softkey then press
the ENT key.
7. Press the EDIT key to fi nish entry
or editing.
for 3 seconds.
Using Specifi ed Range & Bearing:
1. Repeat steps 1 & 2 above.
2. Select Range/Bearing softkey then
key for 3
press the ENT key .
3. Enter the range and bearing to
the waypoint.
4. Select Done then press the ENT
key.
Using Quick Save of Ship's Posi-
tion:
1. Press the
point is saved in the next vacant
waypoint memory.
(P/N 510 100 2003)
Locking a waypoint:
1. Select the WPT key until the WPT1
screen is displayed.
2. Move the cursor to the desired
waypoint.
3. Press the EDIT key.
4. Select the Lock this WPT softkey
then press the ENT key.
5. Press the EDIT to exit.
until WPT1 screen
Unlocking a Waypoint:
1. Follow previous steps 1 through 3.
2. Select the Unlock this WPT
softkey then press the ENT key.
3. Press the EDIT key.

GOTO Function

How to Use the GoTo function:

1. Press the
2. Press EDIT key.
3. Select Choose in Bank softkey
then press the ENT key.
3. Select desired waypoint from list.
4. Press EDIT key.
5. Range and Bearing to destination
is calculated and NAV1 display is
shown.

ROUTES

programing a Route using way-
points in the memory bank:
momentarily. Way-
1. Press
screen.
key.
2 times to RTE2