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Displaying vessel identity (AIS)
If you have an AIS receiver fitted to your system, you can use it to:
• Show the position and display vessel data for other AIS-equipped vessels within a
specified range of your boat.
• Display voyage data (position, course, speed and rate of turn) of AIS-equipped ves-
sels.
• Display basic or detailed information for each target vessel including safety critical
target data.
• Set up a safe zone around your boat.
• View alarm and safety related messages.
This information is displayed in the form of an overlay or as a dialog box on your
radar screen. For more information about AIS, see
Chapter 17
.
To overlay AIS on a radar window
1. Press the PRESENTATION softkey.
2. Toggle the AIS LAYER to ON.
(Also see
Selecting the AIS function
on
page 265
)
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