13.3 TracksA track is an on-screen trail that shows the passageyou have taken. This trail is made up of a series oftrack points which are created automatically. Youcan save the track to create a permanent record ofwhere you have beenD11754-2With tracks you can:• Review where you have been.• Create a route from a track.Creating a trackFrom the chart application menu:1. Select Navigate.2. Select Start Track.The start track pop up message is displayed.3. Select Ok.As you navigate your vessel, your journey isautomatically recorded as a track.Note: If the power fails whilst a track is beingrecorded or the position fix is lost, a break willoccur in the track.Note: If the maximum number of tracking pointsis reached, you will be warned. The track willcontinue to be recorded with the earlier trackingpoints being overwritten.4. To complete your track select Stop Track fromthe Navigate menu: Menu > Navigate > StopTrack.The track stopped pop up message is displayed.5. Select Save, Erase or Cancel.• Save — Will save the track and open the Edittrack Properties dialog where you can namethe track and choose a color for the track line.• Erase — Will erase the track.• Cancel — Will cancel the Stop Track action.Track intervalThe track interval specifies the time period ordistance between the points in a track.You can adjust the interval between track points andchoose the interval type (i.e. distance or time), whichcan help ensure best use of the available storage.The settings are available from the Tracks Set-upoptions.• Record Track By — specifies the interval type(Auto / Time / Distance).• Track Interval — specifies the interval value (e.g.15 minutes).For example when creating a track for a long journey,an interval set to Auto could result in rapid use of allof the storage available for track points. In this caseselecting a higher value for the Track Interval wouldprovide capacity for a longer track.Setting the track intervalFrom the My Data menu in the Chart application oron the Homescreen:1. Select Tracks.2. Select Track Set-up.3. Select Record Tracks By: and set to theappropriate value:• Auto— The track interval is automaticallyset (Auto will minimize track points whilstmaintaining correlation between the track andthe actual path followed).• Time— The track points are placed at regularintervals of time.• Distance— The track points are placed atregular intervals of distance.4. Select the Track Interval and set to theappropriate value:• Units of time (available if “record track by” isset to time).• Units of distance (available if “record track by”is set to distance).• Not available — no Track Interval is available ifthe “record track by” is set to auto).Reviewing and editing a trackYou can review and edit aspects of the tracks stored.You can:• Erase a track.• Create a route from a track.• Show or hide a track on the chart (only availablefrom the chart application).• Change the name of a track.• Change the color of a track.Showing or hiding routes and tracksFrom the chart application:1. Select Menu.2. Select My Data.3. Select Routes or Tracks.4. Select Show/Hide.5. Select the route or track to switch between Showand Hide.Selecting a track to review or edit1. Do one of the following to select the requiredtrack:• From the Chart application, select a track onscreen to display the track context menu.152 LightHouse MFD operation instructions
