AvMap ekp iii c User Manual

14.6 DATE & TIME SET-UP

These functions control how the EKP-III displays time and date settings.

>‘MENU’ 1 sec. + “SYSTEM SETUP” + ‘ENTER’ + “DATE & TIME SETUP” + ‘ENTER’

14.6.1 TIME FORMAT

>‘MENU’ 1 sec. + “SYSTEM SETUP” + ‘ENTER’ + “DATE & TIME SETUP” + ‘ENTER’
+ “TIME FORMAT” + ‘ENTER’

Using the cursor keys select the desired setting and press ‘ENTER’.

Time can be displayed as UTC (Zulu time) 12 hour or 24 hour local time. The default

setting is 24/Local.

If you select a local time display, continue with the next step.

14.6.2 LOCAL TIME DIFFERENCE

If you select local time above, you must key in an offset from UTC. The correct time differ-

ence must be entered to calculate the local time.

>‘MENU’ 1 sec. + “SYSTEM SETUP” + ‘ENTER’ + “DATE & TIME SETUP” + ‘ENTER’
+ “LOCAL TIME DIFFERENCE” + ‘ENTER’

After pressing ‘ENTER’ a window appears; using the cursor keys, select the difference

between local time and UTC to the nearest 30 Minutes. Press ‘ENTER’ to activate.

NOTE

If you are unsure what the time difference is for your area, get a position fix using the UTC format. Display the

Location page and note the displayed time. Compare UTC to your local time and note the difference. Key in the dif-

ference as hours and minutes to the nearest half hour, using a negative value if you are in the western hemisphere

(for example, the difference in New York is -5 hours, or -4 hours on Daylight Savings Time).

14.6.3 DATA FORMAT

>‘MENU’ 1 sec. + “SYSTEM SETUP” + ‘ENTER’ + “DATE & TIME SETUP” + ‘ENTER’
+ “DATE FORMAT” + ‘ENTER’

The EKP-III displays dates as MM/DD/YY – Month/Day/Year or DD/MM/YY –

Day/Month/Year. The default setting is MM/DD/YY.

14.7 COLORS SET-UP – ONLY EKP III C

>‘MENU’ 1 sec. + “SYSTEM SETUP” + ‘ENTER’ + “COLORS SETUP” + ‘ENTER’

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