TRACKFISH 6500
Installation and Operation Manual
23
NAVMAN
3-2-5 Finding a chart symbol
To find and display a chart symbol:
1 Press
and select
Find
.
2 Select the type of symbol: Waypoints,
Routes, Ports by name, Ports & services, or
Tide stations.
3 For Ports & services: select the type of
service to find.
For Ports by name: press
,
,
or
to enter a name or letters contained in the
port name, then press
.
4 A list of items is displayed. If there are more
items than will fit on the display, press
or
to page up and down.
For Ports by name: to search for a different
port name, press
. change the name,
then press
.
5 Select the item and press
. The chart
display changes to show the item in the
middle of the display.
To see stored information about the item,
press
(see section 3-2-4).
3-2-6 Perspective view
Perspective view shows the chart from an
angle instead of from straight above. To turn
perspective view on or off, press
and
set
Perspective
to or .
3-3 Distance and bearing calculator
The distance and bearing calculator can plot
a course of one or several legs and show the
bearing and length of each leg, as well as the
total distance along the course. The completed
course can be converted into a route.
To use the distance and bearing calculator:
1 Press
until the chart display
is displayed. Press
and select
Distance
.
2 Move the cursor to the start of the first leg.
It does not matter if this point is a waypoint
or not. Press
.
3 To add a leg to the course, move the cursor
to the end of the leg. It does not matter if
this point is a waypoint or not. The display
shows the bearing and length of the leg, as
well as the total distance along the course.
Press
.
4 To remove the last leg from the course,
press
and select
Remove
.
5 Repeat the above two steps to enter the
whole course.
6 To save the new course as a route, press
and select
Save
.
This also
saves any new points on the course as
new waypoints, with default names. If
necessary, edit the route later (see section
6-2-2) and edit any new waypoints later
(see section 5-2-3).
7 Finally, press
to return to the chart
display.
If Projected course is turned on, then the
TRACKFISH will display the projected position
based on the course over ground (COG), speed
and a specified time. To turn Projected course
on and off and to set the time, see section 17-2.
A Projected position
B Boat’s projected course
C Boat position
3-4 Projected course
A
C
B
