Furuno GP-3700, Operator'S Manual

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
FOREWORD .................................................................................................................viii
SYSTEM CONFIGURATION ...........................................................................................x
1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW .................................................................................1-1
1.1 Controls...................................................................................................................... 1-1
1.1.1 Display unit..................................................................................................... 1-1
1.1.2 Trackball control unit RCU-030 (option)......................................................... 1-3
1.2 How to Turn the Power On/Off................................................................................... 1-3
1.3 How to Adjust the Brilliance of the Display and Panel ............................................... 1-4
1.4 How to Select and Set a Display................................................................................ 1-5
1.4.1 How to select a display .................................................................................. 1-5
1.4.2 How to change a display’s setting.................................................................. 1-5
1.4.3 How to skip a display ..................................................................................... 1-7
1.4.4 How to set the navigation/destination information.......................................... 1-8
1.4.5 How to switch the active screen..................................................................... 1-9
1.5 Menu Overview .......................................................................................................... 1-9
1.6 MOB Operations ...................................................................................................... 1-11
1.7 Function Keys .......................................................................................................... 1-12
1.7.1 How to operate a function key...................................................................... 1-12
1.7.2 How to set up a function key ........................................................................ 1-12
1.8 Demo Mode.............................................................................................................. 1-13
1.9 How to Install Charts ................................................................................................ 1-14
2. PLOTTER DISPLAY OVERVIEW ..........................................................................2-1
2.1 Plotter Display ............................................................................................................ 2-1
2.1.1 Plotter display layout ...................................................................................... 2-1
2.1.2 NAV information box ...................................................................................... 2-2
2.1.3 Compass display............................................................................................ 2-3
2.1.4 Satellite status/location display ...................................................................... 2-4
2.1.5 Tide graph display.......................................................................................... 2-5
2.2 How to Use the Cursor............................................................................................... 2-6
2.3 How to Change the Chart Scale (Zoom In, Zoom Out) .............................................. 2-6
2.4 Orientation Mode........................................................................................................ 2-7
2.5 How to Shift the Display ............................................................................................. 2-8
2.6 How to Measure the Range and Bearing Between Two Points ................................. 2-9
2.7 How to Change the Cursor Configuration ................................................................ 2-10
2.8 Chart Icons............................................................................................................... 2-12
3. TRACK ...................................................................................................................3-1
3.1 How to Show/Hide Track............................................................................................ 3-1
3.1.1 How to show/hide own ship track................................................................... 3-1
3.1.2 How to show/hide other ship’s tracks and symbols........................................ 3-3
3.1.3 How to show/hide the current vector.............................................................. 3-3
3.1.4 How to show/hide drift vector ......................................................................... 3-4
3.2 How to Record Own Ship’s Track .............................................................................. 3-4
3.2.1 How to stop/restart recording of track ............................................................ 3-4
3.2.2 How to show track while track plotting is stopped.......................................... 3-5
3.2.3 How to connect track after restarting plotting................................................. 3-5
3.3 How to Change Track Color....................................................................................... 3-6
3.3.1 How to change track color for own ship ......................................................... 3-6
3.3.2 How to automatically change track color for own ship
with water temperature................................................................................... 3-6