Furuno GP-3500 - Basic Operation; Controls Description

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
SYSTEM CONFIGURATIONS ............................................................................ vii
1. BASIC OPERATION ......................................................................................1-1
1.1 Controls Description ..................................................................................................1-1
1.1.1 Display unit .....................................................................................................1-1
1.1.2 Remote controller............................................................................................1-2
1.2 Loading a Mini Chart Card.........................................................................................1-3
1.3 Turning the Power On/Off.......................................................................................... 1-4
1.4 Adjusting Brilliance and Hue......................................................................................1-6
1.4.1 Adjusting display brilliance ..............................................................................1-6
1.4.2 Adjusting control panel dimmer .......................................................................1-7
1.4.3 Selecting hue ..................................................................................................1-9
1.5 Selecting a Display.................................................................................................. 1-10
1.6 MOB Mark ............................................................................................................... 1-11
1.7 Using PROG Key.....................................................................................................1-12
1.8 Simulation Mode...................................................................................................... 1-13
1.9 Menu Overview........................................................................................................1-15
2. PLOTTER AND PILOT DISPLAY DESCRIPTION.........................................2-1
2.1 Plotter and Pilot Displays...........................................................................................2-1
2.1.1 Plotter display.................................................................................................. 2-1
2.1.2 Pilot display.....................................................................................................2-2
2.1.3 NAV INFO 1 display ........................................................................................2-3
2.1.4 Compass plotter (or pilot) display ....................................................................2-4
2.1.5 GPS status display..........................................................................................2-6
2.2 Operating the Cursor.................................................................................................2-7
2.3 Shifting the Display.................................................................................................... 2-8
2.4 Changing Chart Scale................................................................................................2-8
2.5 Measuring Range and Bearing Between two Points ..................................................2-9
2.6 Using the VRM (Variable Range Marker)................................................................. 2-11
2.7 Mini Chart Cards...................................................................................................... 2-12
3. TRACK ...........................................................................................................3-1
3.1 Displaying Track ........................................................................................................3-1
3.1.1 Own ship’s track..............................................................................................3-1
3.1.2 Sub track......................................................................................................... 3-3
3.1.3 Other ship’s track ............................................................................................3-4
3.2 Stopping, Restarting Plotting of Own Ship Track........................................................3-5
3.2.1 Displaying own ship’s track while track plotting is stopped ..............................3-6
3.2.2 Connecting own ship’s track when resuming plotting....................................... 3-7
3.3 Changing Track Color................................................................................................3-8
3.3.1 Changing own ship’s track color...................................................................... 3-8
3.3.2 Changing sub track color................................................................................. 3-8
3.3.3 Changing target track color .............................................................................3-8