Furuno FEA-2107 - 6 Setup before Departure; Update Chart Material; Display and Approve Dates for S57 Charts and Manual Updates; Creating or Updating User Chart

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6. Setup Before Departure
6.1 Update Chart Material
Update your ARCS and S57 chart material before embarking on a new voyage. To get more information about
updating ARCS charts, see Chapter 9 “Raster Chart Material”. For information about updating S57 charts, see
paragraph 8.2 “S57 Vector Charts”.
6.2 Display and Approve Dates for S57 Charts and
Manual Updates
Note: It is very important that you set the Display and Approve dates for S57 charts as the current date.
There may be features which require chart viewing dates or seasonal dates in S57 charts. Accordingly, if you have
not set Display and Approve dates as the current date there is a possibility that you may get a wrong presentation or
some feature may be absent. For how to set Display and Approve dates, see paragraph 8.12 “Chart Viewing Dates
and Seasonal Features of the Vector Chart”.
6.3 Creating or Updating User Chart
If necessary, create a new user chart or modify an existing one. For more information about user charts, see Chapter
15 “User Chart Control”.
6.4 Creating or Updating Pilot Data
If necessary, create a new pilot data or modify an existing one. For more information about pilot data, see Chapter
16 “Pilot Data”.