sage showing ‘
ARRIVAL
”
appear on the display screen. The alarm will
activate in any mode of operation, including the fishfinding modes.
To silence the audible
press
key. The audio alarm will
remain silenced until the alarm condition is reset and then again detected.
The alarm symbol is filled in even though the audio is temporarily OFF.
The
ARRIVAL
distance will remain stored into memory and will become
the alarm distance for every selected
unless the distance value is
canceled or changed by the operator.
To CANCEL THE ARRIVAL
Return to the
NAV SET ALARMS
and press
0
,
0
,
0
Then
You may set an
ARRIVAL
ANCHOR
alarm but not both types together.
This is also true for the
OFF COURSE
alarm and the
BOUNDARY
alarms in
that only one type may be used at any time.
The ANCHOR
Alarm
The
ANCHOR
alarm is intended to be
used to
monitor your vessel’s position
while at anchor. If the vessel begins to
drift beyond the entered distance of the
anchor alarm, the alarm will sound off,
notifying the crew of the possible
of the anchor.
SOUNDS WHEN
VESSEL CROSSES ZONE
The distance value to input for the anchor alarm zone depends on many
factors, such as the amount of anchor line out and the anchor depth, the
proximity of other objects or vessels, and weather conditions. However, the
incremental distance that can be input is units of 0.01 nautical miles which
is equivalent to approximately 60 feet or 18 meters.
So the first step, when entering an anchor watch, is to press the
key as you drop the anchor to store your present position as a waypoint.
Make a note of the Event
(number). The number appears on the
display in the temporary message window when the Event key is pressed.
and then enter the digits of the Event # that you’ve just
saved and then
This makes yourpresent position a reference
point from which you can monitor drift.
OPERATION 63
