Product specifications

7-6 hsb
2
PLUS Series Color LCD Display
Data Boxes
Data Boxes
Pressthe SELECT BOXES soft key todisplaythe databox sub-menu.This allows
you to select up to 6 data boxes that you can display.
Note: 1. A fixed set of 16 of these data items are available for display in the
Nav Data half-screen window (see Chapter 2).
2.In additionto thesegrouped data boxes, boxes for thecursor readout,VRM/
EBL data, waypointdata, MOB dataand simulator statusare displayed when
selected or when the appropriate function is active.
3.Radar data is only repeated if the display is connected to an
hsb
2
series ra-
dar master display.
Data boxes provide regularly used data in a compact form so that most of the
picturecan still be seen. The ones you select here can be turned on and off as a
groupduringnormal operation, andyoucanalsomovethemaroundthescreen
individually using the context-sensitive cursor (see Context-Sensitive Cursor
Control on page 1-17.).
Bearing Mode
The mode (magnetic or true) of all the bearing and heading data displayed.
This is indicated in the radar status bar after the heading value.
Cursor Reference
The mode of the bearing data displayed for the cursor readout. The bearing
information can be displayed in either of two forms:
• Relative: The bearing relative to your vessel’s heading.
• Mag/True: The actual bearing in either degrees magnetic or degrees true.
Thisoption is only available in Radarmode if your system includesa radar
display and you have heading data from a compass.
If you choose this mode, the selection you made for the previous parame-
ter (Bearing Mode), °M or °T, is displayed in the cursor (Rng/Brg) data
boxes. The current units are shown for the heading value in the status bar
at the top of the screen.
Cursor Readout
Thisoptioncontrolswhether thecursordata isshownin latitude andlongitude
or in range and bearing. Alternatively, you can show both types of readout, in
separate boxes, or turn the cursor data box off.
You can also turn the cursor readout box(es) on and off during normal
operation, via the SCREEN default softkey (seeSwitchingthe Cursor DataBox
On and Off on page 2-13.)