NorthStar 961x User Manual
Chapter 12 - Alarms, TideTrack, and Currents
961 Operations and Reference Manual Rev. D
Page 12-9
Adding the tide
overlay
To add tide-station information to the CHART screen:
1. At the CHART screen, press the OVERLAY key, then press
the SHOW TIDES key.
If tide stations are in the area, they’re displayed on the
CHART screen, the GRAPH ON key appears, and a STA-
TION COVERAGE bar (replacing an INFO BAR) shows
today’s date and the number of stations within the cover-
age area.
CHART screen, the GRAPH ON key appears, and a STA-
TION COVERAGE bar (replacing an INFO BAR) shows
today’s date and the number of stations within the cover-
age area.
If the STATION COVERAGE bar says there aren’t any
stations in the coverage area, press the OUT key to zoom
out to a wider coverage area (the GRAPH ON key will
appear). If the STATION COVERAGE bar says there are
too many stations, press the IN key to zoom in to a smaller
coverage area (the GRAPH ON key will appear).
stations in the coverage area, press the OUT key to zoom
out to a wider coverage area (the GRAPH ON key will
appear). If the STATION COVERAGE bar says there are
too many stations, press the IN key to zoom in to a smaller
coverage area (the GRAPH ON key will appear).
In either case, you can also press the CURSOR PAD to
change the coverage area.
change the coverage area.
Chart screen with tide stations and station coverage bar
Selecting a tide
station on the chart
screen
Choosing vessel-location tide stations
To select the tide station nearest to your vessel and view its
tide data graphically:
tide data graphically: