Operation Manual

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User Manual
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Introduction
Congratulations on your purchase of the chart plotter!
If you have not used a position-finding instrument before and intend to use your
chart plotter for navigating, we suggest you should read this User Manual and make sure
you are familiar with its contents.
The User Manual is divided into three main parts. Chapter "Before You Begin"
introduces you to the basic information to get you start using the chart plotter. Chapter
"For the New User" should be read first to become familiar with your new instrument.
Chapter "For the Experienced User" introduces the advanced features of the chart plotter.
1.1 CONVENTIONS
Throughout this User Manual, the labelled keys are shown in capitals letters en-
closed between single inverted commas, for example 'MENU'.
Menu operations are in bold characters listed by keys sequence with the menu
names enclosed between inverted commas, for example 'MENU' + "BASIC SETTINGS"
+ 'ENTER' + "INPUT/OUTPUT" + 'ENTER' means: press the 'MENU' key, using
the cursor key select the Basic Settings menu and press 'ENTER', using the cursor key
select the Input/Output menu and press 'ENTER'.
Terms underlined, for example Mark, are explained in the Appendix "Terms".
1.2 FEATURES
The chart plotter is a computer specifically designed for nautical use but, more
precisely, to ease and speed up all calculations, which so far have been done manually. If