Information Area - Furuno FCR-2107 Series Operator's Manual

6. Spin the scrollwheel to choose desired palette, referring to the table on the previous page, then push the
scrollwheel.
7. Click the Close window button (X) at the top right corner of the dialog box to close the box.
Note: The display colors may change to the Windows standard color palette whenever a USB memory device is
inserted or removed. (When Windows initiates USB recognition procedures, the Windows standard color palette is
restored.) To restore the ECDIS color palette, open the Chart Display menu and follow the procedure on the
previous page.
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Information area

The information area displays details about own ship position, course and speed and the cursor's location on the
chart
Information from the positioning sensors:
• HDG heading and its source if it is not true gyro.
• SPD longitudinal speed
• SB, Transversal speed, positive value to Starboard.
• COG (Course over ground) and its source
• SOG (Speed over ground)
• Latitude and longitude position of own ship
• Datum in use (WGS 72, WGS 84, European 1950,
etc.), which is shown above positioning source.
• Positioning source: Dead Reckoning, GPS, DGPS,
LORAN, FILTER, etc.
• Latitude and longitude position of cursor displayed in
chosen datum.
• Range and bearing from your ship's position to cursor
Note: The order of items in the position and cursor
windows can change with the sidebar used. See the next
page.
6. ECDIS Overview
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