NorthStar 972, Quickstart Manual And Reference Manual

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Reference section 9 — Alarms and TideTrack
TideTrack™ Reference Manual Revision B
2. Press the cursor pad to select the desired sta-
tion, then press ENTER to display the tides
for that station on the Tide Track screen.
Choosing a tide station from the chart
You can also choose a tide station by
moving the cursor to any location along
the U.S. coastline.
1. On the
Tide track
screen, press
Pick from
chart…
2. Press the cursor pad to select the general
coastline location for which you want tide
information, then press
ENTER to display a
list of the nine tide stations closest to this cur-
sor location.
3. Press the cursor pad to select the desired sta-
tion, then press ENTER twice to display the
tides for that station on the Tide Track screen.
You can also select tide stations directly on
the chart, provided tide bars are being
displayed.
To display tide bars, press CHART to dis-
play the Chart screen. Then press and hold
CHART to display the Chart Options
screen, and press
Vector details
. Then
turn on tide bars.
To choose a tide station, move the cursor
over the station and press
Pick station
.
Choosing a specific date
The
Tide Track
screen normally displays tide
information for today’s date. To display
these tides for a different date, you can
either press the cursor pad right or left to
move the date forward or backwards by
one day, or select a new date as follows:
1. Press
Pick date
. The first digit of the current
date flashes.
2. Press the cursor pad to move to the month or
digit you want to change. To change a digit,
press that key on the keypad. To change the
month, press the cursor pad
up or down.
3. When the date is correct, press ENTER to
display the tides for the new date.
Tide Station Selection screen