B&G Network GPSplus - Manual (Page 7)

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USING THE POS KEY
Press the POS key to display the following pages:
PAGE 1 PRESENT POSITION
KTS
POS
Course Over Ground
Speed Over Ground
UTC or one of the
options described below.
POS key
Magnetic Legend
Knots Legend
The text line at the bottom of the display shows different
information depending upon which type of position fixer is
being used for positional data. Text display variations are as
follows:
HDOP
A figure of merit where the lower the number the
better the accuracy of the fix (GPS only). This is
the normal display when using the GPSPlus
system.
GPS
Some GPS receivers do not output HDOP data.
GPS DIF Differential GPS.
LORAN-C Present position from Loran-C chain.
DECCA
Present position from Decca chain.
I I Integrated Instruments.
GPS DR The unit has not received valid data and is now
using dead reckoning. A speed and heading
input are required from the Network System.
PAGE 2 COG, SOG and UTC
FIX
POS
Latitude
Longitude
HDOP or one of the
options described below.
POS key
Course Over Ground, Speed Over Ground & Universal Time
Co-ordinate (UTC has taken over from GMT as the World
Standard Time).
The data is displayed (by default) in the following units:
COG in degrees Magnetic (M). User selectable to True (T).
SOG in Knots (KTS). User selectable to Miles per Hour
(MPH) or Kilometres per Hour (KH). The text line can be
configured to display different time and date information as
follows:
LT Local Time, this can be set as required.
DATE This can be set as required.
UTC/DATE Alternating display of UTC and Date.
LT/DATE Alternating display of Local Time and Date.
For details about changed the default displays please refer
to the Setup section of this manual.