2 presentation mode – Furuno GP-1600F User Manual

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2.2 Presentation Mode

Two type of display orientations are provided for the plotter dis-
play and plotter/sounder display: north-up and course-up.

North-up

North is at the top of the display. This mode is useful for long-range
navigation.

Course-up

Ship’s course is at the top of the display. This mode is useful for
finding course error and the relation between own ship and
waypoint.

Own ship
marker

North-up

Course-up

North marker

Figure 2-2 North-up and course-up presentation modes

Selecting presentation mode

Press the [NU/CU ENT] key more than one second.

Each time that keying sequence is repeated the presentation mode
changes to either course-up or north up. The north-up mark ap-
pears at the bottom of the display and the own ship mark’s shape is
a triangle when course-up is selected.

Note:

NAVIONICS chart does not provide course-up presentation

display.

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