
Nav6 Plus Navtex System User Guide
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later on it is now very easy to tell if there are any new messages to
read (the ‘NEW’ icon in the status bar at the top of the display will be
illuminated).
Note that messages that have been ‘marked as read’ will still be
displayed but with the ‘NEW’ icon removed from the header in each
one. However, it is possible to hide messages once they have been
read. Go to [Navtex Mode⇒
⇒⇒
⇒Filter View⇒
⇒⇒
⇒490 or 518 Types Page]
and set the message categories that you want to hide after they
have been marked as read to ‘New’ instead of ‘On’. You may wish to
leave SAR messages as ‘On’ so that they are not hidden once read.
Displaying The Newest Message
All messages are date and time stamped by the Nav6plus even if
there is no GPS connected and therefore no correct source of time
data.
If there is not a GPS connected then you can manually enter the
time and date or just ignore it. The Nav6plus will still order the
messages in the correct chronological order (remember that the
indicated time of reception will be wrong though).
To display the newest message, go to [Navtex Mode⇒
⇒⇒
⇒Sort
View⇒
⇒⇒
⇒Descending Order⇒
⇒⇒
⇒Date Criteria]. The newest message is
now at the top of the display.
Message Aging
NAVTEX messages become less relevant over time & eventually just
clutter the display. In order to reduce the number of obsolete
NAVTEX messages that are being displayed, the Nav6plus uses the
concept of a message ‘Age Limit’.
It is possible to hide messages that are older than a certain pre-
settable age limit. These messages are still stored in the Nav6plus
memory for a considerable time after they have been removed from
the display and can still be displayed if necessary by increasing the
message age limit setting.
To change the age limit go to [Setup Mode⇒
⇒⇒
⇒Navtex View⇒
⇒⇒
⇒Options
Page] and select the age limit that you require. Use the
UP &
DOWN key to select ‘age limit’ and LEFT & RIGHT keys to select a
value. 3 days is a sensible choice as NAVTEX messages have a
nominal life of 72 hours. Set a longer age limit if you wish to display
NAVTEX messages going back over the previous weeks.
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