Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product Platinum Chart Card Raymarine
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Navionics Platinum Chart Card User’ s Guide Documen t Numbe r: 81259-1 Date: Jun e 2005 81259_1_NGC.book Page i Wednesday, July 27, 2005 11:51 AM.
Navionic s Platinum Cha rt Card - User’ s Guide T rademarks and registered tr ademarks Autohe lm, HSB Raymarin e , RayT ech, RayT ech R NS , Sail Pilot , SeaT alk and Sportpilot are regi stered trademarks o f Raymarin e Limited.
Contents i Contents Important information ........... .......................... .......................... .......... ............... ...... 1 Introduction ..... ................................... ....................................................
ii Navionic s Platinum Cha rt Card - Us er’ s Guide Rotary con trol ............... .................................................... ...................... 14 Range button ................................................... .....................
Imp orta nt In format ion 1 Important information Intr oduction T hi s handbook introduc es the Navionic s Platinum chart c ard and its featur es . T hese chart cards are intended for rec reational mari ne use .
2 Navionics Pla tinum Chart C ard - User’ s Guide About this manu al T hi s manual describe s how to install an d operate your displ ay with the Navi onics Platinum Cha rt Card.
Introduction 3 Intr oduction T hi s User’ s Gui de introduces the Na vionics Plat inum chart card. U sed in conjunction with y our Raymarin e display , you will be able to a ccess new a nd enhanced f eatures that will give you an accurate, easy-to-view image of the ar ea around you r boat.
4 Navionics Pla tinum Chart C ard - User’ s Guide 2D Chart Enhancements Intr oduction T he Navi onics Platinum c hart card provide s additional features that e nhance the 2D cartography described in yo ur display’ s manual. New Port Services • P anoram ic photos.
2D Chart Enha ncements 5 • 3D loca tor (see page 21 ). • 2D/3D chart sy nchronizatio n (see pag e 21 ). Incr eased coverage • In addition to coa stal regions, the Platinum chart car d also covers US lakes and inland waterways .
6 Navionics Pla tinum Chart C ard - User’ s Guide New Port Services P o rt Services incl ude pilot book in formation an d panoramic photos (if available).
2D Chart Enha ncements 7 P anor amic photos Y ou can display a pa noramic phot o(s) of many po rts and marinas. T he availabili ty of photos is i ndicated by a camera symbol on t he chart. T his symbol is pla ced where the photo was tak en and the angle o f the shot is indicated by the camera symbol.
8 Navionics Pla tinum Chart C ard - User’ s Guide New cartogr aphic objects T he followi ng new cartograp hic object s are now available: • Business service s .
2D Chart Enha ncements 9 Addition al wr ecks Navionics Plati num cartography pro vides detai ls of wrecks that you wo uld find on a paper char t together with detailed data for additional w recks . T o displ ay additio nal in formati on about the obj ect, sele ct the w reck o n the Obje ct Info screen.
10 Navionic s Platinum Cha rt Card - User’ s Guide New fea tur es T he Cha rt Layers opti on now includes : • Aerial p hoto overlay . • 3D loca tor (see page 21 ). • 2D/3D chart sy nchronizatio n (see pag e 21 ). Aerial photo o verlay T he aerial photo ove rlay feature w ill help you to in terpret your environm ent and its features.
2D Chart Enhan cements 11 Note : Any changes that you make will affect all displ ays in your system. Specifying the overlay area Y ou can specify whe ther the overlay is displayed for land areas only or for land and sea areas , via the Car tography Setup menu.
12 Navionic s Platinum Cha rt Card - User’ s Guide 3D Cartogr aphy An intr oduction 3D cartogra phy introduces an easy-to-use cha rt format that provides yo u with a graphical vie w of land and sea con tours around your bo at. Land masses are shown in green, the shade dependin g on the heigh t above sea l evel.
3D Cartograph y 13 • Ability to sy nchronize 2D and 3D cha rts . • Ability to i ndicate the area that you r fishfinde r transduc er cone covers (i f fitted). T o obtain the be st results from the 3D ca rtography appl ication you shoul d mak e sure that your displa y is receivin g accurate headi ng and position data f rom a suitable source .
14 Navionic s Platinum Cha rt Card - User’ s Guide Using the 3D c hart Set-up Before usi ng 3D cartogra phy you shou ld set-up th e chart to show y ou the inform ation that is needed fo r the particular operati on that you are doing .
3D Cartograph y 15 Soft keys Y ou can also chan ge the view of the 3D c hart using the foll owing soft k eys: FIND SHIP Pressing this soft k ey at a ny time will retur n to the active mot ion mode , f orward looking ch art view . GO TO T hi s enables you to select an existin g route to follow or a waypoint to go to .
16 Navionic s Platinum Cha rt Card - User’ s Guide • 3D OPTIONS Y ou can change the directi on of the vi ew (see pag e 17 ), adjust the exaggeration (see page 19 ) or c h an ge th e vess el offse t. • WA YPOINT NAME Y ou can turn the waypoi nt name on or off as re quired.
3D Cartograph y 17 Changing the view View options In active motio n mode there are four view optio ns that you can c hoose from: •F o r w a r d . •A f t . • P ort. • Starboard. With ea ch view the ey e point is changed to sh ow a differ ent area of the cha rt.
18 Navionic s Platinum Cha rt Card - User’ s Guide V iew option s are acce ssed via the P RESENT A TION - 3D VIE W OPTIONS - VIEW T O sof t k eys. T he current option is highl ighted on the soft k e ys and displayed in the statu s bar .
3D Cartograph y 19 Making the view clea r er Y ou can mak e the view cle arer usi ng the fol lowing feat ures: • Exaggeration. • Declu tter . Exagger ation Sometimes i t is easier to see ce rtain topo graphical features by making them mor e obvious.
20 Navionic s Platinum Cha rt Card - User’ s Guide Declutte r Navigating in an area that shows a lot of infor mation on the chart, such as naviga tion marks , can be confusing. D epending on your c hart view le vel it can mak e feature s or even your position difficult to see.
3D Cartograph y 21 Y our display han dbook gives you det ails of how to set up a page set to view the two applicat ions together . With the chart s displa yed side by side , a comprehensive view of the surroundin g area is available. As with all mult iple page sets the ac tive wi ndow is indicated by a red border .
22 Navionic s Platinum Cha rt Card - User’ s Guide Chart synchro nization ena bles you to sync hronize the head ing, range and position informatio n on the 2D and 3D charts. When chart synchronizati on is ON , please note t he foll owing: • T he 2D-3D synchroni zation is shown in the status bar of th e applicatio ns .
3D Cartograph y 23 T o navigat e to a new waypoint or route, you should first create the waypoint/route in your 2D chart . Full details o f how to create a route will be found in your display handbook. Once navigati on is active , the 3D chart disp lays: • T he ac tive waypoint using the same symb ol as the 2D chart.
24 Navionic s Platinum Cha rt Card - User’ s Guide T echnical su pport For Raymarine pr oducts www . raym arine .com Vi sit the Custo mer Support area of ou r website for F requently A sk ed Que stions , servic ing inform ation, e-m ail acce ss to the R aymarine T echni cal Suppor t Departm enta and detail s of Raym arine agents, worldwide .
T ech nical Support 25 For Navionics cartogr aphy F o r questions abo ut Navio nics Plat inum or Na vionics Gol d cartography , please contact Navionics directl y through their web sit e: www .
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