Operation Manual

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hour).
Depth: selections are Ft (feet), FM (fathoms) and Mt (meters).
Altitude: selections are Ft (feet) and Mt (meters).
Temperature: selections are °F (Fahrenheit) and °C (Celsius).
NAV AIDS PRESENTATION Allows the Nav-Aids Presentation to be drawn using NOAA symbology when US (default)
is selected or International symbols when International is selected. When selected these
functions affect how the icons for Lights, Signals, Buoys and Beacons are displayed.
DISPLAY COLOR Changes the background colors to enhance the visibility of the screen depending on the
surrounding light conditions. Normal is recommended when the CP590 is not exposed
to the direct sunlight. When this mode is set the charts are displayed in order to use colors
as similar as possible to ones used in the original paper charts. Classic uses vivid chart
colors presentation. NOAA allows setting NOAA paper chart colors presentation. Night
is recommended when the environment is dark in order to reduce the glare of the display.
The CP590 displays charts and screen in darker colors. Sunlight (default) is designed
to enhance the visibility of the screen when the CP590 is exposed to sunlight. The charts
are much brighter than in the other modes and the depth areas are filled with the white
color so different depth areas are not easily distinguishable.
SHIP ICON Selects from a variety of ship icons that represent your vessels position on the Chart page.
The default is Icon 6.
CURSOR SPEED Selects the speed of the cursor when navigating the Chart page or within the menus.Low,
Medium (default) and High are available.
MEASURE DISTANCE When this function is On, and the ShuttlePoint knob is moved to a location where you want
to start measuring a distance and press [ENT]. Move the ShuttlePoint knob to move the
cursor to a second location where you want to finish measuring a distance and press
[ENT]. A line will appear between the Start and Finish points and a popup window will be
shown indicating the distance and bearing from the Start and Finish points. Press [ENT]
to delete both points (Off is the default).
WINDOWS SETUP Allows the data windows to be customized on the Chart page and Navigation page (refer
to Par. 12.0.2).
LANGUAGE Allows changing the language for menus and data screens.
AUTO INFO When the cursor is moved over a buoy, Mark or other item a popup window will show
information of the item. This menu item allows the window to be turned Off, On Points
(default) or On All.
CURSOR WINDOW By default when the cursor is moved on the chart a window is shown with the Lat/Lon
Distance and Bearing from the vessels location to the cursor. This selection allows the
window to be turned On (default) or Off. The Cursor Window is automatically disabled
when General is set in Windows Setup option.