Furuno FMD3100, Operator'S Manual

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15. AIS SAFETY, NAVTEX MESSAGES
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15.2.1 How to receive Navtex messages
To display a received NAVTEX message, do the following:
1. In Voyage navigation mode, click the [MSG] and [NAVTEX MSG] buttons on the
InstantAccess bar™.
2. Click the message to view. The text of the message appears in the [Description]
box.
• You can filter the displayed messages.
To filter by date : Enter the date range for displayed messages in the [Date
Range(UTC)] input area. To clear the filter, click the [Clear] button. Check the
Filter by Date box to activate the filter.
To filter by distance : Check the [Filter by Distance] box to activate the [Dis-
tance from Own Ship] input area. Enter the appropriate distance (setting range:
1 to 100 NM).
• To protect a message, or remove
the protection, click the protection
status column for the message.
When removing protection, the con-
firmation window shown below ap-
pears. Select [Yes] or [No] as
appropriate.
Note: You can protect up to 50 messages. When you try to protect more than
50 messages, the message shown below appears.
Message protection
status:
P = Protected
Blank = Un-protected
Selection
column Selection
column
Date
received Frequency/
Message ID Type of
message
Message
status:
Read or
Unread
Where coordinates
are included in the
message, the
latitude and
longitude are
displayed here.
The chart is also
appropriately
marked with the
MSI marker.
Where the
selected message
has a date range,
the dates are
displayed here. Where the
selected message
has a date range,
the dates are
displayed here.