Owner`s manual

introduction
cnd
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overview
Congratulations on your purchase of the Central Navigation Display (CND) from B&G. The CND is
the latest in chart plotting and navigation displays from B&G and represents B&G’s commitment to
providing customers the finest mari ne navigation systems. The CND is a state-of-the-art
computerised electro nic chart system designed as a sophisticated navigation aid. Your CND
provides many useful features and is easy to use.
Before you begi n usi ng yo ur ne w CND, please take the time to read this manual to help you
achieve the full potential
from your new s yste m.
features
All calculations and information necessary for navigation are performed and displayed on the
screen quickly and accurately providing all of the facilities of a conventional GPS but with the
added benefit of a powerful electronic chart display.
Features
The Central Navigation Display (CND) is a fully functioned colour Chart Plotter which can be used
either as a stand-alone system or integrated into an instrument system.
• Daylight viewable transflective ¼ VGA colour screen gives excellent clarity even in bright
sunlight
• Latest presentation of C-Map NT Cartography, hot-swap cartridges
•
Highest specification C-Map NT feature implementation
• Utilises C-Map User-Card technology to enable backup of waypoints, tracks, routes and
marks. Also ca n be used for home route p lanning (with optional C-Map PC-Planner Kit)
Instrumentation data repeater
- any NMEA instrument source (see “Interfacing” for details),
custom pages provide easy to use presentation of instrument data.
User informa tion like Waypoints, Marks and tracks can be stored on a User
, and
can be recalled at any time. The
CND
will also display available instrument data in dedicated
display formats. On the screen are shown navigation data and cartographic information obtained
from
electronic charts.