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11.3Vesselpositionandorientation

Vesselpositiononthechartdisplay

Yourcurrentpositionisrepresentedonscreenbythevesselsymbol.

Thesymbolusedforyourvesselwillvarydependingonthevessel

typeselectedduringinitialsetupofyourmultifunctiondisplay.

MotorVessels

SailVessels

SmallVessel

Thevesselsymbolwillchangeto

ablackdotwhenyourvesselis

stationaryandnoheadingdatais

available.

Note:Ifpositionaldatahasbeenselectedfordisplay,your

positionwillbedisplayedinthedatabarunderVesPos.

Locatingyourvessel

1.SelecttheFindShipicon:locatedonthelefthandside

ofthescreen.

Note:YoucanalsoaccesstheFindShipfunctionfromthemenu:

Menu>FindShip.

Chartorientation

Theorientationofachartreferstotherelationshipbetweenthe

chartandthedirectionthatyouaretravellingin.

Itisusedinconjunctionwithmotionmodetocontrolhowyour

vesselandchartrelatetooneanotherandhowtheyaredisplayed

onscreen.

Themodeyouchooseappliestotheactivechartinstance,andis

restoredatpowerup.

Thefollowingoptionsareavailable:

North–Up

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InNorthUpmode,thechartorientationisxedwithtruenorth

upwards.Asyourheadingchangesthevesselsymbolmoves

accordingly.Thisisthedefaultmodeforthechartapplication.

Head-Up

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HeadUpmodedisplaysthechartwithyourvessel’scurrentheading

upwards.Astheheadingchangesthevesselsymbolremainsxed

andthechartpicturerotatesaccordingly.

Note:T opreventcontinuousbackwardsandforwardsrotations

asthevesselyawsfromside-to-side,thechartwillnotupdate

unlesstheheadingchangesbyatleast10degreesfromthelast

displayedorientation.

Note:ItisnotpossibletoselectHeadUpwhenthemotionmode

issettoTrue.

Course-Up

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InCourseUpmode,thechartpictureisstabilizedandshownwith

yourcurrentcourseupwards.Asyourvessel’sheadingchanges,

theshipsymbolmovesaccordingly.Ifyouselectanewcourse,the

picturewillresettodisplaythenewcourseupwards.Thereference

usedforCourseUpdependsupontheinformationavailableata

giventime.Thesystemalwaysprioritizesthisinformationinthe

followingorder:

1.Bearingfromorigintodestination,i.e.intendedcourse.

2.LockedheadingfromanAutopilot.

3.Bearingtowaypoint.

4.Instantaneousheading.

Ifheadingdatabecomesunavailablewhilstinthismode,awarning

popupmessageisdisplayedandthechartuses0°headingin

relativemotion.

Settingthechartorientation

Fromthechartapplication:

1.SelectMenu.

2.SelectPresentation.

3.SelectChartOrientation.

4.SelectHeadUp,NorthUp,orCourseUpoption,asappropriate.

Onceselectedatickwillbeplacednexttothechosenorientation

andthescreenwillupdatetoreecttheneworientation.

Chartmotionmode

Themotionmodecontrolstherelationshipbetweenthechartand

yourvessel.

Whilstmotionmodeisactive,asyourvesselmoves,thechartis

redrawntokeepthevesselon-screen.The3motionmodesare:

•RelativeMotion.

•TrueMotion.

•AutoRange.

Note:Inthe3Dchartview,onlyRelativeMotionmodeis

available.

Thecurrentmotionmodeappliestotheactiveinstanceofthechart

application.

Whenyoupanthechartthemotionmodeisnolongeractive.Thisis

indicatedinthestatusbarbybracketsaroundthemotionmode—

forexample,(RelativeMotion).Thisenablesyoutoviewanother

areaofthechartwhilstnavigating.Toresetthemotionmodeand

returnyourvesseltothescreen,selecttheFindShipiconorselect

FindShipfromthemenu.Manuallychangingtherangeorpanning

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