NorthStar Navigation EXPLORER 657 manuals

Northstar navigation EXPLORER 657 User Manual (92 pages)

Brand: Northstar-navigation | Category: Sports and recreation | Size: 2.38 MB |

English

Table of contents

Explorer 657

1

IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION

2

Important

3

Contents

4

1 Introduction

7

1-3 Plug-in cards

8

1-2 Cleaning and maintenance

8

1-1 Overview

8

Changing the plug-in card

9

2 Basic Operation

10

Turning on manually

11

Turning off manually

11

Auto power

11

2-3 Backlight and night mode

12

Backlight

12

Night mode

12

2-4 Man overboard (MOB)

12

2-6 Simulate mode

13

2-5 Alarms

13

2-7 The main windows

14

(see section 2-7-3)

15

2-7-1 Multi window displays

16

2-7-2 Favorite displays

17

2-7-3 Data header

18

2-7-4 Compass

18

3 Navigation: Chart

19

3-1-3 Following a route

20

3-2 Chart window

21

3-2-3 Chart scale

22

3-2-1 Chart modes

22

3-2-2 Latitude and longitude

22

3-2-5 Finding a chart symbol

23

3-2-6 Perspective view

23

3-4 Projected course

23

4 Navigation: Highway window

24

5 Navigation: Waypoints

25

6 Navigation: Routes

27

6-1 Routes window

28

6-2-1 Creating a new route

28

6-2 Managing routes

28

6-2-2 Editing a route

29

7 Satellites

30

7-1 Satellite window

31

8-1 Using the 657

31

8-2 Interpreting the display

32

Strength of echoes

32

Bottom types

33

Frequency and cone width

33

When to use Mixed

35

When to use 50/200 kHz

35

Where to find fish

37

Fish symbols

37

Fish arches

37

8-5 Range

38

8-6 Gain and threshold

39

The gain window

39

9 Sonar fishfinding: Displays

40

9-1-1 Extended history mode

41

9-3 Sonar Bottom display

42

9-4 Sonar 50/200 display

42

9-5 Sonar A-Scope display

43

Setting gain and threshold

43

Fish recognition

43

Bottom type

43

10 Gauges window

44

11 Data window

44

12 Fuel functions and display

45

12-4 Low fuel alarm

47

12-5 Boat speed sensors

47

12-6 Fuel consumption curves

49

12-7 Calibration

51

13 Tides window

52

14 User card window

53

Formatting the user card

54

Sorting the file names

54

15-1 Viewing AIS Vessels

55

15-2 Dangerous Vessels

55

16 DSC/Buddy track windows

57

17 Setting up the 657

59

Setup option menus

60

Rotation

62

17-2 Setup > Chart

62

Palette

62

Map datum

62

NMEA datum offset

63

Map shift

63

17-9 Setup > Alarms

70

17-12 Setup > Calibrate

72

Speed filter

72

Temperature

72

Temperature filter

72

18 Installation

74

Connections

76

1 Flush Mounting

77

2 Bracket Mounting

77

Installing an antenna

79

Selecting an antenna

79

Setup and test

83

Appendix A - Specifications

84

List of datums

85

Appendix B - Troubleshooting

86

B-2 GPS navigation problems

87

B-3 Fuel consumption problems

87

Glossary

90

Navigation data

91

Made in New Zealand

92

MN000651A-G

92

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