Raymarine RC400, Owner'S Handbook Manual

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Chapter 5: Operation 77
Over Ground (SOG) towards the target. If the VMG is negative, or data is
not available, these fields are replaced by dashes, one per character.
The steering instruction is
STEER STARBOARD
if the XTE is 0.01nm or
more to port,
STEER PORT
if the XTE is 0.01nm or more to starboard or
ON
COURSE
if XTE is less than 0.01 on either side.
If no GoTo or Follow is in progress, the steering instruction is
NOT
TRACKING
, no steering arrows are shown, but the rhumb line indicator is
shown.
The graphical XTE indication places arrows either side of the rhumb line
indicator and pointing towards it, dependent on the value of XTE. The
first arrow is shown when the XTE reaches 0.01nm, the second at.05nm
and subsequently at 0.1nm intervals.
Note: The steering instruction and graphical XTE indication are repeat-
ed on all text-only displays.