NorthStar 961x Manuale Utente
Chapter 12 - Alarms, TideTrack, and Currents
961 Operations and Reference Manual Rev. D
Page 12-15
future hours, press the CURSOR PAD to highlight the hour
(for example, 03), then press the LEFT ARROW or RIGHT
ARROW
(for example, 03), then press the LEFT ARROW or RIGHT
ARROW
keys to view past or future hours, respectively. To
view the current graph for past or future minutes, press the
cursor pad to highlight the minutes (for example, 46), then
press the LEFT ARROW or RIGHT ARROW keys to view past
or future minutes (in five-minute increments only), respec-
tively.
cursor pad to highlight the minutes (for example, 46), then
press the LEFT ARROW or RIGHT ARROW keys to view past
or future minutes (in five-minute increments only), respec-
tively.
For a selected currents station, the CURRENTS STATION bar
at the bottom displays the distance and bearing to the selected
current station, as well as its lat/lon coordinates and TDs.
at the bottom displays the distance and bearing to the selected
current station, as well as its lat/lon coordinates and TDs.
To select current stations other than the one nearest your ves-
sel, see below.
sel, see below.
Choosing cursor-location current stations
You can choose any current station on the CHART screen by
moving the cursor to that station.
moving the cursor to that station.
1. At the CHART screen, press the OVERLAY key, then press
the SHOW CURRENTS key.
2. As you’re displaying the CHART screen showing the area
current stations and STATION COVERAGE bar, press the
CURSOR PAD
CURSOR PAD
to move the cursor to select the desired
current station (you may have to press the OUT key to see
the location of other current stations).
the location of other current stations).
3. To view the graph, press the GRAPH ON key.
Removing current
stations and the
currents overlay
To turn a current graph off, press the GRAPH OFF key.
To remove all current stations from the CHART screen, press
the OVERLAY key, then press the HIDE CURRENTS key.
the OVERLAY key, then press the HIDE CURRENTS key.
To return to vessel functions, press the VESSEL key.
Changing current
graph units
You can change the units for the currents at the 961’s DIS-
PLAY SETUP
PLAY SETUP
screen. You can display current speed to be in
kilometers or miles per hour, or in knots. For details on chang-
ing these units, see ”Distance and speed units” starting on page
13-4.
ing these units, see ”Distance and speed units” starting on page
13-4.