User's Manual

1. OPERATION
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1.4 Display Overview
The FA-170 display is made up of three major areas, as indicated in the Plotter display
example figure below.
The guidance box contents change according to the currently selected display or
menu.
The status bar shows various icons indicating the status of the equipment and shows
the vessel’s own MMSI. The icons which can be displayed in the status bar are listed
in the table below, along with a brief description.
Icon Icon name Description
Operational status The dotted line rotates in a clockwise motion to indicate that the
equipment is working normally.
Contents mini-map Shows the location of the currently selected menu/display, indi-
cated as a green box in the mini-map. The figure below shows
the “locations”, as displayed in the mini-map.
Class A AIS mode Displayed when the equipment is using Class A AIS mode.
SOLAS AIS mode Displayed when the equipment is using SOLAS AIS mode.
INLAND AIS mode Displayed when the equipment is using INLAND AIS mode.
RX (Receive) Displayed when both A and B channel are set to receive mode
(includes OFF). Shown only with CLASS A and INLAND AIS
modes.
TRX (Transmit) Displayed when either channel A or B are set to transmit mode.
Shown only with CLASS A and INLAND AIS modes.
HIGH (power) Displayed when the transmit power level is set to [HIGH].
B
CLASS A
: CURSOR : FUNC : RANGE
ENT
: NEXT
DISP
MMSI
NAME { NO NAME }
TYPE
POSN
SOG
RNG
HDG
COG
BRG
201502130
130º
135º
225º
10.0kn
3 .0
NM
34º 31 .1234´N
135º 24 .5678´E
A
Status bar
Currently selected display or
menu is shown in the middle
section of the screen.
Guidance box
Plotter
Target list
Own (ship) information
NAV STATUS
Menu
Alert