Sperry Marine Visionmaster FT ECDIS, User Manual

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ECDIS User Guide Basic Operation of ECDIS
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Basic Operation of ECDIS Chapter 3
This section describes the basic operation of the ECDIS. The following
topics are covered:
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Selecting Transmit Mode
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Own ship's heading line and ship symbols
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Cursor readout
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Position data
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Alert Status Indicator
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Sensor Data Display
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Presentation Modes
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Motion Modes (including setting True Motion limits)
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Vector Modes
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Radar Video Mode
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Scale Ratio
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Chart Database & Sub Menu Selection
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access to Target Display
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access to AIS Display
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access to Own Ship AIS messages
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User interface, including Presentation options, screen navigation,
range rings and synthetics
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Positioning options, including Panning Offsetting and Goto and
Centre and Maximum View
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Display options, including Display Chart and Display Base
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Access to Pick Report
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Current Date and Time
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Brilliance Control
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User Profiles
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Zooming into an area
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Watch Mode
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Safety Checking
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CID windows
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Print screen
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Printing a secondary chart
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Alternate bow functionality
Appendix A describes operational functions specific to Multi-node and
Client/Server systems.