Backlight And Night Mode; Man Overboard (Mob) - Navman TRACKFISH 6500 Installation And Operation Manual

2-3 Backlight and night mode

To go to the Backlight display, press
Backlight
The display and keys are backlit. To change the
backlight level, hilight
press to dim or
When you have finished, press
Tip: Press twice to give the brightest
screen, with maximum backlight and Night
mode off.

2-4 Man overboard (MOB)

The MOB feature saves the boat's position and
then navigates back to this point.
Warning: MOB will not work if the
TRACKFISH does not have a GPS fix.
1 Press .
The TRACKFISH stores the boat's position as
a waypoint called MOB.
2 The TRACKFISH changes to the chart
display, with the MOB waypoint at the
centre of the chart.
The chart zooms in for accurate navigation.
If the chart can not show the required small
scale, the TRACKFISH changes to plotter
mode (a white display with crosshatching
and no chart details, see section 17-2).
3 The TRACKFISH sets the MOB waypoint to
be the destination to navigate to.
If the NMEA output (autopilot) is off
(see section 17-10) use the TRACKFISH to
manually navigate to the destination MOB
waypoint (see sections 3-1-1 and 3-1-2).
If the NMEA output (autopilot) is on, the
TRACKFISH asks if the autopilot is active.
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briefly.
select Backlight, then
to brighten.
NAVMAN
Night mode
Night mode sets the palette for all displays.
Normal palette, for daytime
A palette optimised for night time.
To change mode, hilight Night mode, then
press or . To change only the chart
palette, see section 17-2.
Select:
No: Use the TRACKFISH to manually
navigate to the destination MOB
waypoint (see sections 3-1-1 and 3-1-2).
Yes: The TRACKFISH asks if the boat is to go
to the MOB waypoint.
Select:
Yes: to immediately start navigating to
the MOB waypoint.
Warning: This might result in a
sudden and dangerous turn.
No: disengage the autopilot; then use
the TRACKFISH to manually navigate
to the destination MOB waypoint (see
sections 3-1-1 and 3-1-2).
To cancel MOB or set another MOB
1 Press again to display a menu.
2 Select an option from the menu.
Tip: The MOB waypoint remains on the
chart after the MOB has been cancelled. To
delete the MOB waypoint, see section 5-2-5.
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