Magellan NAV 6500, User Manual

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Magellan NAV 6500/NAV 6510 42
Selecting Map Datum
The receiver allows selecting from 93 different map datums.
All information dislayed on the map screen is
based on WGS84. Only position coordinates
displayed on the NAV1 screen and waypoint
coordinates entered manually (not through the
map) are based on the map datum selected by the
user through the Aux function.
Press the Aux softkey, use the CURSOR KEY to highlight
Navigation Setup and press ENTER . Use the CURSOR
KEY to highlight Map Datum and press ENTER . Use the
CURSOR KEY to highlight the desired map datum and
ENTER to set. Press ESC to exit.
Default setting: WGS 1984
Selecting North Reference
Direction related information such as COG, BRG, CTS and
Set can be referenced to True North or Magnetic North (Auto
Mag.).
Press the Aux softkey, highlight Navigation
Setup using CURSOR KEY , press EN-
TER , highlight North Reference using the
CURSOR KEY , press ENTER . Use the
CURSOR KEY to highlight True or Auto Mag. and EN-
TER to accept. Press ESC to exit.
Default setting: Auto Mag.
Selecting Map Orientation
When navigating on the map, there are two methods of ori-
enting the map and the boat icon.
When Map Orientation is set to North Up,
the boat icon rotates according to its COG
direction, with respect to north; the map does
not rotate.
When Map Orientation is set to Track-Up, the boat icon al-
ways points up while the map rotates so the top of the screen
is always the COG direction. The map rotates every time
COG changes more than the specified number of degrees set.
Press the Aux softkey, highlight Navigation Setup using
the CURSOR KEY , press ENTER , highlight Map Orien-
tation using the CURSOR KEY , and press ENTER . Use
the CURSOR KEY to highlight North Up or Track Up
and press ENTER to accept. If Track Up is selected, the
resolution of rotation must be entered (the default is 10
°
).
Press ESC to exit.
Default setting: North Up
True
Auto Mag.
North Up
Track Up