vessel position in the Chart application against
your actual proximity to a known charted object.
• Estimated Horizontal Position Error (EHPE)
— EHPE is a measure of the estimated error of
a position x in the horizontal plane. The value
displayed indicates that your position is within a
circle radius of the stated size 50% of the time.
• Fix status — indicates the actual mode the
receiver is reporting:
– Fix — Satellite x has been acquired.
– No Fix — No satellite x can be acquired.
– D Fix — A differential beacon x has been
acquired.
– SD Fix — A differential satellite x has been
acquired.
• Position — Displays the latitude and longitude
position of your receiver.
• Date / Time — Displays the current date and time
generated by the position x in UTC format .
• Mode — Identies wether the receiver is working
in differential mode or non-differential mode.
• Datum — The receiver's datum setting affects
the accuracy of the vessel position information
displayed in the Chart application. In order for your
receiver and MFD to correlate accurately with your
paper charts, they must be using the same datum.
14.5 Chart ranging and panning
Ranging in and out
The table below shows the Range controls available
for each display variant.
Rotary Control • eS Series
Rotary Control • c Series
• e Series
• RMK-9 keypad
Range in and
Range out buttons
• c Series
• e Series
(excluding e7
and e7D
• RMK-9 keypad
Range in and
Range out
onscreen icons
• a Series
• e Series
• gS Series
• eS Series
Multi-Touch
gesture — Pinch
to Zoom
• a Series
• gS Series
• eS Series
Panning the chart
You can pan the chart area on a touchscreen
multifunction display by following the steps below.
In the chart application:
1. Swipe your nger across the screen from right
to left to pan right.
2. Swipe your nger across the screen from left to
right to pan left.
3. Swipe your nger across the screen from top to
bottom to pan up.
4. Swipe your nger across the screen from bottom
to top to pan down.
Panning the chart
You can pan the chart area on a non-touchscreen
multifunction display by following the steps below.
From the chart application:
1. Move the Joystick in the direction you want to
pan.
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