Chapter 1: Operation
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Variation
If an external magnetic variation value is available from SeaTalk or NMEA,
this will be used by the ST60 Graphic Display.
If an external variation input is not available, use the
button to set
VARIATION ON
, then use the
track
and
reset
buttons to set the correct
magnetic variation value.
If you do not want to display the variation value, use the
button to set
VARIATION OFF
.
Date format
Use the
track
or
reset
button to select the required date format. E
ither
United States (
MM/DD/YY
) or European (
DD/MM/YY
).
Time format
Use the
track
or
reset
button to select either 12-hour or 24-hour time
format.
Time offset
Use the
track
or
reset
button to apply an appropriate offset to set your
system time to local time. You can set any offset in the range -12 hours to
+12 hours, in half-hour increments. The time with the offset applied is shown
at the bottom of the screen.
Units setup
The units in which SeaTalk data is displayed, are determined by the
respective master instruments. However, as the ST60 Graphic Display can
also display NMEA data, the Units setup screen enables you to set the units
for this data.
You can set:
•
TEMP. (
temperature
)
units to either
°C
or
°F.
•
BOAT SPEED
units to either knots (
KTS
), kilometers per hour (
KMH
) or
miles per hour (
MPH
).
•
DISTANCE
units to either nautical miles (
NM
), kilometers (
KM
) or statute
miles (
SM
).
•
DEPTH
units to either feet (
FT
), fathoms (
FA
) or metres (
M
).
•
WIND SPEED
units to either knots (
KTS
) or metres per second (
M/S
).
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