MaxSea Operator Manual version 12.6 - Furuno USA

Opening a M.C. Pack Chart file
Electronic Charts
IMPORTANT ! If you want to change the chart CD-ROM in use, you have to first close the charts in use.
Select Open from the File menu. The open file dialog appears.
If necessary, pull down by clicking the pop-up menu Format of file and select Charts. Then pull down the pop-up menu
File of type and select M.C. Pack from the File of type pop-up menu.
Insert, for example, the Maptech Chart Pack "Gulf of Mexico" CD-ROM. After a short while, select the Open function in
the File menu, then select the CD drive:
The contents of CD-ROM are displayed as a list in the dialog box:
Open the "Charthdr" folder.
Then click one of the files (.hdr extension) of the list, and finally click Open.
Note: MaxSea automatically open all the charts of the folder.
The dialog box with warning about the use of digitized documents appears. Click I AGREE to agree.
Maptech Chartkits
Maptech Chartkits Overview
IMPORTANT - MaxSea is compatible with BSB charts version 2.0 (and higher), as well as BSB charts version 1.
MaxSea handles any kind of BSB charts, even the charts which are not North Up oriented.
In the U.S., Maptech charts have the same high level of detail as NOAA paper charts. NOAA is the national hydrographic
office of the United States. These charts are the result of a 10 year cooperative research and development agreement
between Maptech and NOAA.
Learn more on Maptech Chartkits web site : http://www.maptech.com.
1. Opening a M.C. Kit Chart file in MaxSea
2. Consulting BSB Charts List in MaxSea Catalog
Look after your CD-ROMs, cleaning them when necessary with a product designed specifically for this purpose. A dirty
CD-ROM may lead to the malfunctioning of MaxSea and/or the system software.
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Opening a Maptech Chartkit File in MaxSea
IMPORTANT - when using Maptech Chart, we recommend that you create a folder called "CHARTS" under the "My
Documents" folder in your PC, and then copy the charts from the CD into this new folder.
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