Moving Around The Chart And Changing Chart Scale; Finding Your Boat Position; Selecting Screen Amplifier; Selecting Map Orientation - VDO MAP 7w Plus GPS User Manual

Fig. 2.7l - Example of Twin Engine in Graph mode (left) and Digital mode (right)

Moving around the Chart and Changing Chart Scale

Use the cursor key to move around the chart. Also use [ZOOM IN] and [ZOOM
OUT] to change the chart scale so that a smaller or larger area is shown on the chart.

Finding Your Boat Position

The most common use of the chart plotter is to show your ship's current location.
You can home the cursor to the ship using [CLEAR]. The Home function locks the
cursor to the ship and updates the display as the ship moves.
To release the cursor from the Home Mode, use the cursor key to move the cursor
away from the ship's current position.

Selecting Screen Amplifier

In Home mode the Screen Amplifier
direction (course) in order to display more map details in front of the vessel's
position.
[MENU] + [MENU] + "CONFIGURATIONS" + [ENTER] + "SCREEN AMPLI-
FIER" + [ENTER] + "ON" + [ENTER]

Selecting Map Orientation

To select the orientation of your chart according to:
[MENU] + "MAP ORIENTATION" + [ENTER]
The Map Orientation
North (the map is shown with North upwards), Head (the map is shown with the
ship's current heading upwards), Course (the map is shown with the currently
selected course leg upwards).
If Course or Head has been selected, is possible to insert the Map Orientation
Resolution angle.
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[MENU] + [MENU] + "ADVANCED SETTINGS" + [ENTER] + "NAVIGATE" +
[ENTER] + "MAP ORIENTATION RES" + [ENTER] + use cursor to insert val-
ues + [ENTER]
The Resolution angle, which may be selected in the range [5 – 60] degrees,
defines the maximum variation of the reference angle after which the map changes
its orientation.
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NAVIGATION TO A SINGLE DESTINATION

To place the destination at cursor coordinates and activates navigation to it:
Place the cursor on location to navigate to + [ENTER] + "GOTO" + [ENTER]
You are now navigating to the destination drawn as a Mark with a circle around it,
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function sets up the charts on the navigation
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function selects the orientation of your chart according to:
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