Features Of The Chart Menu; Overview Of The Chart Menu - Furuno FEA-2107 Operator's Manual

8. Vector Chart Material
8.5

Features of the Chart Menu

8.5.1

Overview of the chart menu

The Chart menu provides various features for processing charts. To display the menu, spin the thumbwheel to
display Menu/Info/Chart Menu in the mouse functions area and then click the right mouse button.
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Remove Charts:
You can remove cells from your hard disk. See paragraph 8.5.6 "Removing S57 charts from the system".
C-MAP Ed3:
Load, register, update, etc. C-Map charts.
Chart Catalogue:
You can manage S57 charts. See paragraph 8.5.2 "Catalogue of S57 cells".
Set Chart viewing dates:
You can view date dependency of the cells (RENC status query date, number of updates available, update display
dates, update approve dates of the cells) in the SENC format. For more information, see paragraph 8.12 "Chart
Viewing Dates and Seasonal Features of the Vector Chart".
Chart Permits:
You can load permits for encrypted charts to enable their use in your ECDIS. Currently PRIMAR and C-MAP use
encryption.
ECDIS Chart 1:
This is used to open the chart set "IHO ECDIS Chart 1". This function helps you familiarize yourself with the
various chart symbologies used with the ECDIS. For detailed information, see paragraph 8.13 "Symbology Used in
Vector Charts".
Open Chart by Cell name:
You can open a S57 chart by its number. See paragraph 8.10.2 "Choosing charts for viewing".
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Activate ARCS chart:
This function activates ARCS chart onto the screen. You have two options for
how to open the chart on the display. "Ignore scale" opens an ARCS chart with
the chart scale used the last time you opened an ARCS chart. "Sync scale" opens
an ARCS chart with a scale which is as close as possible to the scale which was
used with S57 charts.
Load and Update Charts:
You can load ENCs into your hard disk, using CD ROMs, floppies or LAN
(Local Area Network). For further details see the paragraph 8.3 "Loading S57
Charts."
SENC Convert:
You can convert ENCs (Base cells and/or updates) into the SENC format by
individual cell or by groups of cells. For further details, see paragraph 8.4.6
"Using SENC convert window to initiate SENC conversion".
SENC Convert Settings:
You can choose automatic conversion from ENC format into the SENC format
when you load charts into your hard disk. You can also choose automatic setting
of Display Until date to current date after the SENC conversion. For further
details see paragraph 8.4.2 "Choosing automatic SENC conversion and display
until date".