Chapter 3: Advanced Operation 27If you wish to set the Watch mode, the WATCH screen must be con-figured as one of the Data Pages for display, as described in section 5.1.To set and control the Watch alarm:1. Select Auto, Track or Vane mode.2. Press the disp key until the WATCH Data Page is displayed.• The watch timer starts counting.• When the timer reaches 3 minutes, the text on the display startsflashing to indicate the last minute of Watch alarm.• When the timer reaches 4 minutes, the audible Watch alarm isactivated.3. Press auto at any time to silence the alarm and reset the timer to4 minutes. (Pressing any other key resets the timer and performsthe key’s normal function).4. To clear Watch mode, press disp to display a different page, orpress standby.Note: You cannot engage Auto mode from Watch mode – pressingauto only resets the Watch timer.Shallow alarmSHALLOWThe Shallow alarm is activated on the ST5000 Plus if a shallow depthalarm is received via SeaTalk.• Press disp to cancel the alarm.Man overboard (MOB)If a man overboard (MOB) message is received from anotherinstrument on the SeaTalk system, the text MOB is shown instead of thewaypoint number for the XTE, DTW and BTW Data Pages.If the autopilot is operating in Track mode, the Waypoint Advancealarm will sound to notify the change in waypoint.
