Alarms; Arrival Alarm, Anchor Watch Alarm - Furuno GPS NAVIGATOR GP-150 Operator's Manual

7. ALARMS

There are seven alarm conditions which
generate both audible and visual alarms.
When an alarm setting is violated, the buzzer
sounds and the name of the offending alarm
appears on the display. The alarm icon also
appears on the Plotter 1, Plotter 2 and
Highway displays.
34° 23.456´ N 135° 45.678´ E
Alarm message
Arrival Alarm
Speed Alarm
Alarm
icon
Press CLEAR to silence beep
Press CLEAR
Press CLEAR to close window
Figure 7-1 Location of alarm messages and
alarm icon
7.1 Arrival Alarm, Anchor
Watch Alarm
Arrival alarm
The arrival alarm informs you that own ship
is approaching a destination waypoint. The
area that defines an arrival zone is that of a
circle which you approach from the outside
of the circle. The alarm will be released if
own ship enters the circle.
Destination
Own ship's
waypoint
position
Figure 7-2 How the arrival alarm works
D3D 100m
* SAFE
BRG
234.0°
COG
345.0°
RNG
123
NM
SOG
12.3
kn
Alarm
setting
: Alarm range
1) Press the MENU ESC key.
2) Press 4 to display the ALARM
SETTINGS menu.
ALARM SETTINGS
Arrival/Anchor
Alarm Range
XTE
Alarm Range
Ship Speed
Ship Speed
Speed Rage
To Next Page
: Select
ENT : Enter
Figure 7-3 ALARM SETTINGS
menu, page 1/2
3) Press or to select Arrival/Anchor.
4) Press or to select ARRV.
5) Press to select Alarm Range.
6) Key in alarm range (0.001-9.999 NM).
7) Press the NU/CU ENT key.
8) Press the MENU ESC key.
When own ship nears a waypoint by the
range set here, the buzzer sounds and the
message "Arrival Alarm" appears. You can
silence the audible alarm by pressing the
CLEAR key. To erase the visual alarm, press
the CLEAR key again.
To disable the alarm, select Off at step 5.
1/2
ARRV ANCH Off
0.100NM
On Off
0.050NM
Over
In Over Off
000.0 ~ 025.0kn
MENU : Escape
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