Furuno Satellite Compass SC-50 User Manual

3. OPERATION

 

1.  Press the [MENU] key to open the menu. 
2.  Choose WAAS/DGPS and then press the [ENT] key. 

WAAS/DGPS

 

MODE

:    

GPS   

      

WAAS SEARCH:  AUTO
CORRECTIONS DATA SET:  02
DPGS STATION: AUTO
RATE: 000BPS
FREQ: 310.0kHz
STATION: GOOD*  DATA:GOOD*
SIG. S: 55.2 dB*     SNR: 22.0 dB*

STATION: Shows GOOD or NG.
DATA: Shows GOOD or NG.
SIG. S: Signal Strength. A figure be tween 0 
and 99 is shown. The higher the figure the
stronger the beacon signal.
SNR: Signal to Noise Ratio. A figure between
1 and 22 is shown. When your boat is in the
service area of a beacon station, SNR should
be 21 or 22. If the figure is below 18 the position
will be inaccurate. If this happens, check for radar
interference, poor ground and generator noise on own ship.

 

3.  MODE is selected; press the [ENT] key. 

GPS

WAAS
DGPS
AUTO

 

4.  Choose appropriate mode referring to the description below and then press 

the [ENT] key. 

GPS: 

Position fix by GPS   

WAAS:  Position fix by WAAS 
DPGS:  Position fix by DGPS (external beacon receiver required) 
AUTO:  Position fix in order of WAAS, DGPS and GPS 

5.  For WAAS or AUTO do as below. For GPS or DGPS go to step 6. 

1)  WAAS SEARCH is selected; press the [ENT] key. 

AUTO

 

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