NASA Marine CLIPPER SPEED AND DISTANCE LOG, Manual

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to the original trip reading. If the finger is left on the TRIP button
after zero is displayed, F (for Finished) is shown to remind you that
the trip distance clear is cleared. Normal operation of the trip
reading is resumed when the finger is lifted.
Note that any fractional distance in the trip distance when it is
cleared is stored for adding to the total when new trip distances are
measured. This is so there is no loss of total distance if frequent
trip resets are done
Figure 7- Total Distance Display
SPEED
105
N.MILES
ILLUM
L
DISPLAYING TOTAL DISTANCE
Total distance is stored only in whole miles or nautical miles,
depending on the setting of the unit ( see below), If it is desired to
display Total distance, press the button marked
TOTAL . The
accumulated distance is displayed, and the word TOTAL shown
(see Figure 7). If the total distance is more then 999. the thousands
(with 000 following the number) are shown at the top left of the
display, which is showing 2105 nautical miles total on Figure 6.
2000
TOTAL TRIP
TOTAL