Sperry Marine Visionmaster FT ECDIS, User Manual

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ECDIS User Guide Basic Operation of ECDIS
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Panning
The Pan function enables you to pan the chart display to view neighbouring
chart areas by positioning a selected point at the centre of the display.
In Panning mode TM limits are switched off and the motion mode button
displays
TM Limits Off . TM limits are re-enabled when the following are
selected:

Off Centre, Centre or Max View

TM or Reset TM Limits from the Motion Mode button.
To pan the picture, do the following:
1. Move the cursor to either a specific point
on the chart (for example, a mariner
object or a chart location), or to a
selected position within the chart display
and right click. A semi-transparent
window appears at the selected point.
2. Select Pan from the window. The selected position is moved to the
centre of the chart display. Own ship and all other chart and target
positions are also moved in accordance.
3. To cancel the operation and remove the window from the screen,
select Close Menu .
Panning mode is automatically turned off when the following are selected:
•
Off Centre, Centre or MAX View; Or:
•
selecting True Motion (TM)
The system will automatically centre own ship if panning mode is switched
off and own ship is currently outside the offset limits.
Goto
The Goto.. function enables the centre of the chart display to be moved to
known locations or a specific location on the chart. Any geographic
location on the chart display can be designated by its Latitude/Longitude
(L/L) coordinates. Locations that may be needed repeatedly can be saved
by name, and then selected from a drop-down list, which is sorted
alphabetically. When a designated position is accepted, the chart display
shifts to show the desired location.