NAV6 Series NAVTEX System User Guide
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To change the age limit select NAVTEX Settings from the Settings Menu. Select Age Limit
using the UP and DOWN keys and then the
and
Softkeys 2 and 3 to select a value. The
default setting is three days which is the official time that NAVTEX messages remain valid.
Set a longer age limit or none if you wish to display NAVTEX messages going back over the
previous weeks.
NAVTEX View
The NAVTEX View is only available if a receiver is
(or has been) connected to the display and the
NAVTEX frequency setting on the NAVTEX options
page is set to 518kHz, 490kHz or Both.
Viewing NAVTEX Messages
In the NAVTEX View, the display consists of a large
area dedicated to displaying NAVTEX messages,
with a status bar at the top, and descriptions of the
Softkey functions at the bottom.
It is possible to scroll up and down the messages
line by line, using the UP and DOWN keys. Holding
down these keys will increase the scrolls speed
incrementally to aid moving through the message
store more quickly.
This view can be used for keeping track of new
messages as they are received and displayed. Each
new message can be accessed by pressing Next
New (Softkey 3) and then marked as read, if required by pressing Mark Read (Softkey 2).
The Next New Softkey should be used to move the next new message to the top of the
NAVTEX display, where it can be marked as read by pressing Mark Read. Note that the
message that will be ‘marked as read’ is indicated in the top left of the status bar. This is
particularly useful when the message’s header has scrolled off the top of the display area.
Printing Individual Messages
If enabled the NAVTEX View allows individual messages to be printed (NAV6plus only). The
Print Softkey is only displayed if the manual print setting is enabled on the NAVTEX Settings
Page. Printing is only possible if an external printer or PC is installed as part of the system.
The Next New Softkey can be used to move the next new message to the top of the NAVTEX
display where pressing Print will send it to the printer.
