Sperry Marine VISIONMASTER FT ECDIS-E, User Manual

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Man Overboard
The Man Overboard (MOB) function enables management of a MOB
emergency. When MOB is active, a symbol is displayed on the chart
display representing the person in the water.
A MOB operation may be immediately activated by clicking on the
top-level MOB button, in the upper toolbar. The button is shown in
a yellow background whenever the MOB event is active.
When there is no active MOB event the button is shown in the
standard background colour.
Upon activating the MOB event a symbol is dropped at own ship's CCRP.
The button changes to a yellow background with black outline and the Man
Overboard window appears with the bearing, range and elapsed time
values. Elapsed time counts up, while range and bearing values update
automatically based on own ship movements. MOB symbol will drift from
the initial location based on the own ship set and drift at the time the event
started.
WARNING!
THE POSITION AND HEADING DATA USED BY THE SYSTEM MUST
BE VALID AND ACCURATE TO USE THE MAN OVERBOARD
FEATURE AS DESCRIBED BELOW; OTHERWISE ERRONEOUS
INFORMATION CAN BE INDICATED. IF THIS IS THE CASE
ALTERNATIVE METHODS SHOULD BE USED TO ASSIST WITH
SEARCH AND RESCUE OF THE PERSON WHO HAS GONE
OVERBOARD.
A MOB event may also be activated from the Man Overboard window from
the Nav Tools menu and clicking the
Start button on this window.
Unlike clicking the MOB button on the upper toolbar, clicking the
Start button on the Man Overboard window does NOT immediately
generate a MOB operation. Therefore the preferred method to start
an MOB event is via the button in the upper toolbar