Raymarine hsb2 PLUS Series GPS Receiver User Manual


 
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PLUS Series LCD Display
Data Boxes
Data Boxes
Pressthe SELECT BOXES soft keyto displaythe data boxsub-menu.This allows
you to select up to 6 data boxes that you can display.
Note: 1.A fixedset of 9 ofthese dataitems areavailable for display in theNav
Data half-screen window (see Chapter 2).
2.In additionto thesegroupeddata boxes,boxes for the cursorreadout,VRM/
EBL data, waypoint data, MOBdata andsimulator statusare displayed when
selected or when the appropriate function is active.
3.Radar data is only repeated if the display is connected to an
hsb
2
series ra-
dar master display.
Data boxes provide regularly used data in a compact form so that most of the
picturecan still beseen. The onesyou select here can be turned on and off as a
groupduringnormaloperation,and youcanalsomove themaroundthescreen
individually using the context-sensitive cursor (see Context-Sensitive Cursor
Control on page 1-17.).
Bearing Mode
The mode (magnetic or true) of all the bearing and heading data displayed.
This is indicated in the radar status bar after the heading value.
Cursor Reference
The mode of the bearing data displayed for the cursor readout. The bearing
information can be displayed in either of two forms:
Relative: The bearing relative to your vessel’s heading.
Mag/True: The actual bearing in either degrees magnetic or degrees true.
Thisoption isonly availablein Radarmode ifyour system includesa radar
display and you have heading data from a compass.
If you choose this mode, the selection you made for the previous parame-
ter (Bearing Mode), °M or °T, is displayed in the cursor (Rng/Brg) data
boxes. The current units are shown for the heading value in the status bar
at the top of the screen.
Cursor Readout
Thisoptioncontrolswhether the cursordatais showninlatitudeandlongitude
or in range and bearing. Alternatively, you can show both types of readout, in
separate boxes, or turn the cursor data box off.
You can also turn the cursor readout box(es) on and off during normal
operation, via the SCREEN defaultsoft key(see Switchingthe CursorDataBox
On and Off on page 2-13.)
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