Using the Marine Timer
The Marine Timer, specifically designed for sail boat racing, allows
you to easily count up or down by specified time increments. As
is common in sail boat racing, there is often a 5-minute warning
countdown, followed by a 4-minute preparation countdown, and
finally a one-minute final countdown. Then during the race, mariners
may want to count up to keep track of their time. By default, all of
these different count downs and count ups can easily be performed
with the 276C Plus by pressing a few buttons.
You must change the Compass page layout to use the Marine Timer.
To show the Marine Timer:
1. Press
PAGE
or
QUIT
repeatedly to open the Compass page.
2. Press
MENU
.
3. Use the
Rocker
key to highlight
Set Up Page Layout
and
press
ENTER
.
4. Highlight
2 Columns With Timer
and press
ENTER
. The
Marine Timer is displayed in the lower right corner.
To use the Marine Timer:
1. Press the
Rocker
key Up or Down to select the time you
want to count. Five (5) minutes is the default.
2. Press
ENTER
to start the timer. Use the
Rocker
key during
the timing to quickly select a different length of time.
3. Press
ENTER
to stop timing.
Marine Timer on the Compass Page
As discussed previously, the timer is set to count down five minutes.
If you want to change the length of time and the behavior of the
timer, open the Timers Setup tab in the Main Menu.
To set the Marine Timer:
1. Press
MENU
twice to open the Main Menu.
2. Press the
Rocker
key Down to select
Setup
and then right to
select the
Timers
tab.
3. Highlight
Stop
next to
Marine
to change the timer’s behavior.
4. Highlight the time field, press
ENTER
, and then use the
rocker key to enter a new time.
TIP:
Be sure that the
Beeper
sound is set to
Alarms Only
or
Key
and Alarm
so you can hear the warnings for the timer. Press the
MENU
key twice to open the Main Menu. Open the
Sound
tab.
Refer to page 84 for more information.
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