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Explorer 660
Chartplotter and Fishfi nder
Installation and Operation Manual
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IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION Please read carefully before installation and use. This is the safety alert symbol. It is used to alert you to potential personal injury hazards, Obey all safety messages that follow this symbol to DANGER avoid possible injury or death. WARNING indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if not avoided, ! WARNING could result in death or serious injury CAUTION indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if not avoided, could !CAUTION result in minor
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Contents Important ................................................................................................................................................ 6 1 Introduction ......................................................................................................................................... 7 1-1 Cleaning and maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 1-2 Plug-in cards . . . . . . . . . .
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8 Sonar fishfinding: Introduction ........................................................................................................... 31 8-1 Using the Explorer 660 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 8-2 Interpreting the display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 8-3 Single and Dual frequency fishfinding . . . . . . . . . .
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16 Installation ....................................................................................................................................... 61 16-1 What comes with this product? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 16-2 Options and Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62 16-3 Mounting the display unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Important It is the owner’s sole responsibility to install and use the instrument in a manner that will not cause ac- cidents, personal injury or property damage. The user of this product is solely responsible for observing safe boating practices. Global Positioning System: The Global Positioning System (GPS) is operated by the US Government which is solely responsible for its operation, accuracy and maintenance. The GPS system is subject to changes which could aff ect the accuracy and perfor
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1 Introduction The Northstar Explorer 660 is a compact, rugged, The Explorer 660 can detect the bottom to a highly integrated GPS navigation chartplotter depth of 3300 feet (1000 metres) depending on and sonar fishfinder. It is designed to be easy to the clarity of the water, the ultrasonic frequency use and has a large, easy to read color display. chosen and the type of transducer used. Complex navigation or fishfinding functions can The Explorer 660 can be used to find fish, to be perfor
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1-2 Plug-in cards The Explorer 660 can use two kinds of plug-in Changing the plug-in card card: The Explorer 660 has two card slots and can use C-MAP™ chart cards have chart details two plug-in cards at the same time. It does not required for navigating in a particular region. matter which slot a card is inserted in. When a chart card is plugged in, the extra details automatically appear on the Explorer CAUTION 660 chart display. Handle plug-in cards carefully. Keep them in C-MAP™ u
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1-3 Removing and replacing the display unit If the display unit is bracket mounted then the display unit can easily be removed and replaced for security or protection. Removing the display unit: Adjust tilt, then 1 Turn the Explorer 660 off (see section 2-1) tighten 2 Push the dust cover over the display unit. knobs 3 Hold the display unit and remove the knobs Knob from the mounting bracket. 4 Unplug each plug from the back of the display unit by turning the locking collar anticlockwise
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2 Basic Operation Overview of the keys Go back to an earlier menu or display. Any changes are ignored. In chart mode centers chart at boat's position. Show a menu of the main Explorer 660 displays. To go to a display, select it from the menu (see section 2-6). , , , C ursor keys, to move the cursor or the selection highlight. Show a menu of the options for the current display. Press MENU again to display the Setup menu (see section 15). Start an action or accept a change. , Fo
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2-1 Turning on and off / auto power Auto power Turning off manually If the Explorer 660 is wired for auto power (see If the Explorer 660 is not wired for auto power, section 16-5), then the Explorer 660 automatically turn the unit off by holding down u ntil the turns on and off with the boat power, and can not display turns off. be turned on or off manually. Turning on manually If the Explorer 660 is not wired for auto power, turn the unit on by pressing . If necessary, adjust the displ
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2-4 Alarms When the Explorer 660 detects an alarm condition, it displays a warning message on the display, the internal beeper sounds and any external beepers or lights operate. Press ESC to clear the alarm. The alarm will sound again if the alarm condition occurs again. The Explorer 660 has twelve user settable alarms (see section 15-8). In addition, the Explorer 660 has a fixed alarm for loss of GPS fix. 2-5 Simulate mode Simulate mode allows a user to become familiar Otherwise, the Explorer
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2-6 The main displays To show a display, press DISPLAY, press or to select the type of display to show (Chart, Sonar or Other), press or to select the display from the list, then press ENTER. To return to the chart display, press ESC. Northstar Explorer 660 Installation and Operation Manual 13
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Highway Fuel Data Waypoints Routes Satellite Tides User card About 14 Northstar Explorer 660 Installation and Operation Manual
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2-6-1 Dual displays The active display has a yellow border. The Explorer 660 can show two displays at once, for example Chart + sonar or Sonar + highway To change the active display, press (see section 2-6). When two displays are shown at DISPLAY twice: once, one of the displays, called the active display, For example, if Chart + sonar is shown: is controlled by the user. For example: If Chart is the active window, then press If Chart is the active window, then pressing DISPLAY twic
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A typical display with data and compass 2-6-3 Data header and compass The chart, sonar and highway displays can show Data header data and a compass at the top of the display. Compass The data header 1 Press MENU and select Data header. 2 To turn the data header off or on: i Select Data. ii Select Off or On. 3 To choose the size of the numbers: i Select Size. ii Select: Small: displays three fi elds per line and up to four lines. Medium: displays two fi elds per line and up to six lines. Larg
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3 Navigation: Chart The chart display shows the chart, the boat’s position course and navigation data. To show the Chart display, press ESC until the chart is displayed. 3-1 Introduction to navigating The Explorer 660 has two ways of navigating, Following a route going straight to a point or following a route. A route is a list of waypoints that the boat can Enter waypoints at points of interest before follow (see section 6). starting to navigate (see section 5-2-1). 1 To create waypoints b
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3-2 Chart display A typical chart display shows: Data header. To turn the data off or on or to change what data is displayed, see A compass section 2-6-3. (see section 2-6-3). The chart. To change the types of information displayed, (see section 15-2). Typical waypoint (see section 5). Boat position (see section 3-2-1). Boat track The cursor (see section 3-6). (see section 3-2-1). Boat course and CDI lines (see Appendix C, CDI). Boat is going to the waypoint called FISH06. Sea Land D
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3-2-2 Latitude and longitude 3-2-5 Find nearby places Latitude and longitude can be displayed in the To find and display nearby places of interest: data header. Normally the position is the boat’s 1 To see places near the boat’s position, press position, and the latitude and longitude has a ESC to switch to centre on boat mode. To see boat symbol to show this: places near a different point, move the cursor Latitude to that point on the chart. 36° 29.637' S 2 Press MENU and select Find.
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3-3 Distance and bearing calculator The distance and bearing calculator can plot a 4 To remove the last leg from the course, press course of one or several legs and to show the MENU and select Remove. bearing and length of each leg, as well as the 5 Repeat the above two steps to enter the total distance along the course. The completed whole course. course can be converted into a route. 6 To save the new course as a route, press To use the distance and bearing calculator: MENU and select Sav
