Vector Chart Display; Choosing Charts For Viewing - Furuno FCR-2107 Series Operator's Manual

7. Vector Chart Material
7.9

Vector Chart Display

7.9.1

Choosing charts for viewing

Choosing a chart from a catalogue
To choose a chart for viewing from a catalogue, do the following:
1. Choose Chart Catalogue from the Chart menu.
2. From the Chart Catalogue dialog box, use the cursor to choose desired chart. For further details, see section
7.4.2 Catalogue of S57 cells.
3. Click the Open button.
Browsing your charts
You can view S57 charts using different positions and different scales. The basic tools for browsing charts are
Range -, Range+, Set Chart Center, ShipOffcenter and TM Reset.
Set Chart Center allows you to look ahead from a place other than your ship's current position. Spin the
scrollwheel to display Set Chart Center/Info/Activate Scroll in the mouse functions area and then push the left
mouse button. The dialog box shown below appears. Turn off automatic true motion reset by displaying and clicking
TM Reset (in the mouse functions area). When true motion reset is off, the indication "Ship out of dsp" appears in
the information area. Use the scrollwheel to set the latitude and longitude position for chart center then click the Set
Center button.
To restore own ship's position to the screen center, display TM Reset/Info/ShipOffcenter in the mouse functions
area and then push the left mouse button.
Range - and Range+ change the chart scale. If true motion reset is active, ZOOM IN and ZOOM OUT keep the
relative position of your ship with respect to the display. If true motion reset is on, ZOOM IN and ZOOM OUT keep
the relative position pointed by the cursor with respect to the display.
The system automatically chooses next larger or smaller scale. If a chart with larger compilation scale is available at
your current viewing position, the message "Larger Scale Data Exists" appears.
Looking for charts around own ship
You can use either true motion or relative motion. In the true motion mode, own ship moves until it reaches the true
motion reset borderline, where it jumps back to an opposite position on the screen based on ship's course. In the
relative motion mode, own ship stays in a fixed position, while the chart moves on screen.
If, in the true motion mode, you reset own position with TM Reset, own ship will immediately jump to the true
motion reset position.
If, in the true motion mode, you use ShipOffcenter, your ship will go to that position on screen and continue true
motion movement from that position. When it reaches the true motion reset borderline, it will automatically jump to
the true motion reset position.
If, in the relative motion mode, you reset own position with TM Reset, your ship will immediately jump to the true
motion reset position and use that position as fixed position to stay on screen.
If you use relative motion, you can choose a new fixed position for your ship by using ShipOffcenter.
Use Range - and Range+ to choose desired chart scale.
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