Furuno GP-150-DUAL User Manual

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2. DISPLAY AND TRACK

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Magnetic variation

The location of the magnetic north pole is
different from the geographical north pole.
This causes a difference between the true
and magnetic north direction. This difference
is called magnetic variation, and varies with
respect to the observation point on the earth.
Magnetic variation may be entered
automatically or manually.

1) Press the

MENU ESC key.

2) Press

9 to display the SYSTEM

SETTINGS menu.

3) Press

1 to display the PLOTTER SETUP

menu.

4) Press or to select Mag Variation.
5) Press or to select Auto or Man. For

automatic, current variation appears in
parentheses.

6)

For manual entry, enter variation in two

digits, referring to a nautical chart
(00-99°). If the variation is 10°, for
example, press

1, 0.

7) If necessary, press the

key to change

coordinate from east to west or vice
versa.

8) Press the

NU/CU ENT key.

9) Press the

MENU ESC key.

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