Furuno GP-1600F Marine GPS System 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.