Furuno BACK GP-80 - Manual (Page 49)

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7. ALARMS
There are seven alarm conditions which gen-
erate both audible and visual alarms.
When an alarm setting is violated, the buzzer
sounds and the name of the offending alarm
appears on the display. The alarm icon also
appears on the Plotter 1, Plotter 2 and High-
way displays.
Figure 7-1 Location of alarm
messages and alarm icon
7.1 Arrival Alarm, Anchor
Watch Alarm
Arrival alarm
The arrival alarm informs you that own ship
is approaching a destination waypoint. The
area that defines an arrival zone is that of a
circle which you approach from the outside
of the circle. The alarm will be released if own
ship enters the circle.
Figure 7-2 How the arrival alarm works
1) Press the [MENU ESC] key.
2) Press [4] to display the ALARM SET-
TINGS menu.
Figure 7-3 ALARM SETTINGS
menu, page 1/2
3) Press ▲ or ▼ to select Arrival/Anchor.
4) Press t or s to select Arr.
5) Press ▼ to select Alarm Range.
6) Key in alarm range (0.001–9.999 nm).
7) Press the [NU/CU ENT] key.
8) Press the [MENU ESC] key.
When own ship nears a waypoint by the range
set here, the buzzer sounds and the message
"Arrival alarm" appears. You can silence the
audible alarm by pressing the [CLEAR] key.
To erase the visual alarm, press the [CLEAR]
key again.
To disable the alarm, select Off at step 4.
Own ship's
position
Destination
waypoint
: Alarm range
Alarm
setting
Arrival/Anchor Arr. Anc. Off
Alarm Range 0.100nm
XTE On Off
Alarm Range 0.050nm
Ship Speed In Over Off
Speed Rage 000.0 ~ 025.0kt
Next Page
ALARM SETTINGS 1/2
Over Ship Speed
MENU : Escape
: Select
ENT : Enter
234°
DGPS 3D 34° 23.456´ N 135° 45.678´ E
BRG
345°
RNG
123
12.3
SPD
nm
kt
CSE
Arrival alarm
Speed alarm
Press CLEAR to silence beep
Press CLEAR
Press CLEAR to close window
Alarm message
Alarm
icon