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Chapter 13 - Customizing Setup Functions
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HCRF PERMITS
screen
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CHARTS ON DISK
screen
After you’ve pressed the
CURSOR PAD
up or down to
highlight a chart, press the
INFO
key to cycle through a series
of
INFO BAR
s of information showing the following (usually,
the first
INFO
keypress shows chart-source information, but if
you display a CD-ROM’s chart files, at first you’ll see
information about the contents of that particular CD, and the
space left for additional charts):
• chart number and chart source (originator, manufacturer,
source date, and datum)
• sounding description, chart scale, and water-depth units
as shown on the chart
• lat/lon for the eastern, western, northern, and southern
edges of the selected chart
• if you’re highlighting an HCRF chart, the
INFO BAR
displays the chart series (Navigator or Skipper); expiration
date (Navigator series); correction level (this is the Notice
to Mariners number to which the chart has been
corrected); name and date/version of the corresponding
Chart CD; and name and date/version of the
corresponding Update CD
Changing a chart’s usage
During navigation, charts for your cruising area are
automatically selected and displayed on the
CHART
screen. To
help manage this chart selection process, you can mark a chart
in the database as either
PREFER
,
NORMAL
, or
AVOID
by
using the
USAGE
key (this key isn’t available if the database is
void of charts). With a chart highlighted on the
CHARTS IN
DATABASE
screen, press the
USAGE
key to cycle through the
PREFER
,
NORMAL
, and
AVOID
choices; simply make your
choices as follows:
• mark a chart
NORMAL
to select and display this chart if it
appears to be the best choice for your location.
• marking a chart as
PREFER
selects this particular
chart—even when others are available—as charts are