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STEERING DISPLAY
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FULL
DATA
MODE
To
determine
if
you
need to select
stations,
watch the indicator in the
The steer indicator
display
shows
steering,
cross track
error,
distance
and
bearing
to a
waypoint.
A
waypoint
must be saved and recalled to
use
this
display.
To
display
this
screen, press
the
MENU
key
while the
Z-9500 is in the loran mode. Now
press
the
key adjacent
to the
"Steering Display"
label.
The screen shown
belowappears.
The course deviation indicator
(C.D.l.)
near the
top
of
the steer indicator
screen
shows the distance
in
nautical miles
you
are to the
side of
your
desired course.
(The
course is an
imaginary
line drawn between
your
starting
location and the
destination.)
This is called "Cross Track Error"
or XTE for short. For
example, you
are
a tenth of a mile to the left of
course if the C.D.I.
arrow
points
to the 0.1 mark on the
left side of the
scale. A
message
also
appears
at the bottom of the screen: "STEER
>". This tells
you
which direction to steer the boat to
get
back on
course. The cross track error also shows in the "XTE box on the
screen's
right
side.
upper
left corner of the screen.
If it
stays
in
"AUTO", you
won't need to
select stations.
However,
if
it switches
to
"MAN",
then
you'll
need to tell
the unit which stations to use. To do
this,
see the "Manual Station
Selection" section below for information on
selecting
stations.
MANUAL STATION SELECTION
The Z-9500's manual station selection feature lets
you
decide which
stations to use. This also locks the unit in the manual mode.
To
manually change
stations,
first
press
the MENU
key,
then
press
the
key adjacent
to the "CHANGE SETUP" label.
Now
press
the
key
adjacent
to the "SELECT STATIONS" label. The screen shown below
appears.
The GRI
currently
used
by
the Z-9500 shows at the
top
of the
screen. Stations
in
use are on
the left
side,
stations recommended
by
the unit
(if any)
show on the
right.
OURSE
MESSAGE
OX
The
C.D.I.
range
is 1
nautical mile when the Z-9500 is turned
on for the
first time. To set it to a different
distance,
press
the
key adjacent
to the
"RANGE" label beneath the C.D.I. alarm menu. This switches the
C.D.l. alarm menu to the C.D.I.
range
menu. Press the
key
next to the
up
arrow to increase the C.D.I.
range,
the down arrow to decrease it.
The scale on
the
C.D.I. indicator at the
top
of the screen also
changes
each time
you
press
the
key.
The available C.D.I.
ranges
are:
1, 2, 4,
and 10 nautical miles.
When the
Z-9500 is
first turned
on,
the C.D.I. alarm is
off. To turn it
on,
simply
press
the
key adjacent
to the
up
arrow
in
the C.D.I. alarm menu.
To
select
stations, simply press
the
keys adjacent
to
the desired sta-
tions. In this
example,
the
keys adjacent
to stations
M, W,
and X were
pressed.
If
you
started the loran
using
the initial
position,
or if
the loran
is
showing
a
latitude/longitude position,
then it can recommend stations
to use. After
selecting
the desired
stations, press
the
key adjacent
to
the "ENTER" label. This activates
your
selection and returns the Z-
9500 to a loran screen. If the stations
you've
chosen are locked with
good crossing angles,
the unit should show a
latitude/longitude
position
after a short wait.
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