Furuno FMD3100, Operator'S Manual

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2. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW
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2.10 Set up Before Departure
2.10.1 Updates before departure
Update chart material
Update your chart material before embarking on a new voyage. See section 3.22.
Display and approve dates for charts and manual updates
Note: It is very important that you set the [Display Date] and [Update Review] dates
for charts as the current date.
There may be features that require chart viewing dates or seasonal dates in charts.
Accordingly, if you have not set Display and Update Review dates as the current date
there is a possibility that you can get a wrong presentation or some feature may be
absent. See section 5.2.
Create or update user chart, Notes
If necessary, create a new user chart and Notes or modify existing ones. See
chapter 10.
Chart alert calculation
Set chart alert areas suitable for your coming voyage, on the [Look-ahead] page in the
[Overlay/NAV Tools] box. See section 8.2.
2.10.2 Create or update a route
Create a new route or modify an existing one. See chapter 9.
Check your route against chart alerts
Before you sail your route, you should always check your route against chart alerts.
This is important because your S57 charts and manual updates may contain chart
viewing dates information. You can check chart alerts from the [Check Results] page
on the [Route Plan] dialog box.
The following information is stored with the monitoring route plan: