Raymarine i70 - Multiple Data Sources (MDS) Overview; Selecting a Preferred Data Source

6.5Multipledatasources(MDS)
overview
Whenasystemincludesmultipleinstancesofa
datasourcethepreferreddatasourceisselected
automatically.Thesystemspreferredsourcemaynot
beyourpreferredsource,orifyouareexperiencinga
dataconictyoucanmanuallyselectyourpreferred
datasource.
MDSenablesyoutochooseapreferredsourcefor
thefollowingdatatypes:
•GPSPosition
•GPSDatum
•Time&Date
•Heading
•Depth
•Speed
•Wind
Thisexercisewouldusuallybecompletedaspart
oftheinitialinstallation,orwhennewequipmentis
added.
For MDS to be available all products in the system
that use the data sources listed above, must be
MDS-compliant. The system will report any products
that are NOT MDS-compliant. It may be possible
to upgrade the software for these products, to make
them compliant.
IfMDS-compliantsoftwareisnotavailableforthe
productandyoudoNOTwanttousethesystems
preferreddatasource,youmustremoveany
non-compliantproductfromthesystem.Youshould
thenbeabletoselectyourpreferreddatasource.
Note:Onceyouhavecompletedsettingupyour
preferreddatasources,youmaybeabletoadd
thenon-compliantproductsbackintothesystem.
Selectingapreferreddatasource
FromtheSystemSet-upmenu:(Menu>Set-up>
SystemSet-up)
1.SelectDataSources.
2.SelecttheDatatype.
Theunitwillnowsearchforanddisplayalistof
allsourcesfortheselecteddatatype.
3.Selectyourpreferreddatasource,or
4.SelectAutotoallowthesystemtodecide.
ACTIVEisdisplayednexttothedatasourcethat
isthecurrentsourceforthedatatype.
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