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- Page 1 Explorer 457/467 Fishfi nder Installation and Operation Manual www.northstarnav.com...
- Page 2 Documentation will be the official version of the observing safe boating practices. Documentation. BRUNSWICK NEW TECHNOLOGIES INC. AND ITS This manual represents the Explorer 457/467 SUBSIDIARIES AND AFFILIATES DISCLAIM ALL as at the time of printing. Brunswick New LIABILITY FOR ANY USE OF THIS PRODUCT IN A Technologies Inc.
- Page 3 Failure to adhere to these warnings may lead to death, serious injury or property damage. Northstar disclaims all liability for installation or use of this product that causes or contributes to death, injury or property damage or that violates any law.
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Page 4: Table Of Contents
7-3 When you add or remove fuel ........... 31 Northstar FISH 457/467 Installation and Operation Manual... - Page 5 9-6 Installation: Northstar petrol/gasoline sensors ........50...
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Page 6: Introduction
Sounder Fishfi nder Sounder 1-1 Overview The Northstar 457 and 467 are compact, rugged, The 457/467 can send data to other highly integrated marine fishfinders. They are instruments, and receive data from other easy to use and have an easy to read color display. -
Page 7: Cleaning And Maintenance
Push the attached dust covers over the exposed ends of the connectors. Store the display unit in a dry clean place, such as the optional Northstar carry bag. Replacing the display unit Remove the dust covers from the connectors. Mounting... -
Page 8: Basic Operation
Language, then press Using the menus Operate the 457/467 by selecting items from Changing data menus. Items can be submenus, commands or First press to move the highlight to the data. data to change, then: Northstar FISH 457/467 Installation and Operation Manual... -
Page 9: Turning On And Off / Auto Power
• If Auto power off (see section 8-1) is , the display turns off. 457/467 stays on when you turn the boat’s ignition switch off. You can now turn the 457/467 off manually. Northstar FISH 457/467 Installation and Operation Manual... -
Page 10: Backlight And Night Mode
Otherwise, the 457/467 functions normally. Simulate mode allows a user to become familiar with the 457/467 off the water. WARNING Never have Simulate mode on when the 457/467 is on the water. Northstar FISH 457/467 Installation and Operation Manual... -
Page 11: The Main Windows
Other windows are available from the More… sub menu. Note: The windows available depend on the optional sensors and instruments that are installed (see section 1-1). Northstar FISH 457/467 Installation and Operation Manual... - Page 12 Note: The windows below the menu divider can only be shown full screen without a data header. (see section 2-6-3). Northstar FISH 457/467 Installation and Operation Manual...
- Page 13 If there is more than one window displayed, the the active window. active window is indicated by a red border. Press twice to change the active window. Sonar is active Red border Gauges is active Red border Northstar FISH 457/467 Installation and Operation Manual...
- Page 14 457/467 displays the favorites list. Select where in the list to add the new favorite. If you select an existing favorite display then the new favorite will replace the existing favorite in the list. Northstar FISH 457/467 Installation and Operation Manual...
- Page 15 Select a data item that is available on your system or select None to leave the field empty. iii Repeat the above step to set the other data fields. Northstar FISH 457/467 Installation and Operation Manual...
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Page 16: Sonar Fishfinding: Introduction
457/467 settings (see sections 8-2, 3-5 and • 3-6) echoes (different fish types, different bottom • types, wrecks and seaweed; see section 3-2) noise (water clarity and bubbles; see section • 3-2). Northstar FISH 457/467 Installation and Operation Manual... -
Page 17: Interpreting The Display
Large school of fish Soft bottoms such as mud, weed and sand show as narrow bands Small school of fish Hard bottoms such as rock or coral show as D Bottom wide bands Northstar FISH 457/467 Installation and Operation Manual... - Page 18 50 kHz it is approximately 45°, and at 200 kHz it is approximately 11°. The differences in the cone width affect what is displayed. See section 3-3. 1000 Northstar FISH 457/467 Installation and Operation Manual...
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Page 19: Single And Dual Frequency Fishfinding
The 200 kHz frequency generates a higher while any fish very close to the bottom may not definition pulse which produces little shadow be found at all. and returns excellent detail over a small area Northstar FISH 457/467 Installation and Operation Manual... - Page 20 A Narrow angle, more detailed 200 kHz cone To use 50/200 kHz, select the Split 50/200 display (see section 4-4). Wide angle, less detailed 50 kHz cone Northstar FISH 457/467 Installation and Operation Manual...
- Page 21 Comparison of the same fish scenario displayed at different frequencies: 1 minute ago 30 seconds ago 50 kHz display 200 kHz display 200/50 Khz display Mixed display Northstar FISH 457/467 Installation and Operation Manual...
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Page 22: Fish Detection And Display
As the fish passes out of the middle of the cone The 457/467 uses Northstar’s SBN II technology the reverse happens with a progressively weaker to analyse sonar echoes and identify which are and deeper echo. -
Page 23: Range
If the bottom depth is below the range, the bottom will not appear on the display. Manual range is useful if the bottom depth changes rapidly, because Auto range will cause the display to change range frequently. Northstar FISH 457/467 Installation and Operation Manual... -
Page 24: Gain And Threshold
Threshold to display the thresholds. There Tip: Use the A-scope display to help set gain are separate gain and threshold settings for each or threshold manually (see section 4-5). sonar frequency, 50 kHz and 200 kHz. Northstar FISH 457/467 Installation and Operation Manual... -
Page 25: Sonar Fishfinding: Displays
4-1 Sonar history display A Optional data header (see section 2-6-3) Depth Color bar D Bottom Range Fish symbols with depth G Depth line The window scrolls from right (most recent echoes) to left (oldest echoes). Northstar FISH 457/467 Installation and Operation Manual... -
Page 26: Sonar Zoom And Full Screen Zoom Displays
To turn Bottom lock on or off: area Press and select Bottom lock. Zoom bar Select On or Off. D Zoom section or If Bottom lock is on, pressing Sonar history will turn it off. Northstar FISH 457/467 Installation and Operation Manual... -
Page 27: Sonar Bottom Display
A the 50 kHz sonar history on the left the 200 kHz sonar history on the right. Gain can be set independently for each frequency (see section 3-6). Range applies to both frequencies (see section 3-5). Northstar FISH 457/467 Installation and Operation Manual... -
Page 28: Sonar A-Scope Display
If required, repeat these steps to adjust gain and threshold for the other frequency. Note: Setting the gain higher will display more detail from weak echoes, like fish, but will lose detail from the strong echo from the bottom. Northstar FISH 457/467 Installation and Operation Manual... -
Page 29: Gauges Window
Repeat the above step to set the other data fields. Press The time base of the graph can be changed by pressing , selecting Time Base, pressing , and selecting the required time base from the list. Northstar FISH 457/467 Installation and Operation Manual... -
Page 30: Fuel Functions And Display
(see section 7-4), a red bar shows the level at which the alarm will trigger. If there are two tanks, the left bar shows the port tank, the right bar shows the starboard tank. Northstar FISH 457/467 Installation and Operation Manual... -
Page 31: When You Add Or Remove Fuel
Add fuel. On a multi-tank boat, select the tank that you have added fuel to. Change the number to the amount of fuel that you added. Northstar FISH 457/467 Installation and Operation Manual... -
Page 32: Low Fuel Alarm
A paddlewheel Select Paddlewheel or Pitot. sensor is more accurate than a pitot sensor at Tip: You can select a different speed sensor low speeds. during a trip. Northstar FISH 457/467 Installation and Operation Manual... - Page 33 If the boat travels for one hour, uses 3 gallons of fuel and has 50 gallons of fuel left: Speed Economy Range Using water speed: 10 knots 10 nm 3.3 nm / gal 165 nm Using ground speed: 14 knots 14 nm 4.7 nm / gal 235 nm Northstar FISH 457/467 Installation and Operation Manual...
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Page 34: Fuel Consumption Curves
RPM. Now, do not change the engine speed. Wait for about 60 seconds for the boat to stabilise, then press . Wait while the fuel computer records the data. Northstar FISH 457/467 Installation and Operation Manual... - Page 35 (see section 7-5). better than when you recorded the curve. If the blue curve has a dip, then running the boat at this RPM will give the best speed for the least fuel consumption. Northstar FISH 457/467 Installation and Operation Manual...
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Page 36: Calibration
The Setup menu options are explained in the following sections. Section 2-1 describes how to set or change data in the setup menus. The setup data available will depend on the optional sensors and instruments installed. Northstar FISH 457/467 Installation and Operation Manual... - Page 37 Sonar (see 8-2) Fuel (see 8-3) SmartCraft (See the SmartCraft Gateway Installation and Operation Manual) Logs (see 8-4) Alarms (see 8-5) Units (see 8-6) Comms (see 8-7) Calibrate (see 8-8) Favorites (8-9) Simulate (8-10) Northstar FISH 457/467 Installation and Operation Manual...
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Page 38: Setup > System
Connector wiring information. See also section 2-3. In the unlikely event of having to contact a Night mode Northstar dealer for service, quote the software/ Night mode sets the palette for all displays. hardware version number and date. Normal palette, for daytime All displays have a palette optimised for night time. -
Page 39: Setup > Sonar
There is a choice of Auto, Short, Medium or Fish alarm. The options are: Small, Medium Long. The Auto setting is recommended. and Large. Northstar FISH 457/467 Installation and Operation Manual... -
Page 40: Setup > Fuel
Fuel window but it does Num tanks not affect the Fuel used reading. Set the number of fuel tanks. If there are two tanks they are called port and starboard. Northstar FISH 457/467 Installation and Operation Manual... -
Page 41: Setup > Logs
This option resets the total distance to zero. Reset engine hours Use this option to reset the engine hours to zero. This can be useful after an engine service or to count the engine hours between service intervals. Northstar FISH 457/467 Installation and Operation Manual... -
Page 42: Setup > Alarms
Battery voltage is less than the alarm trigger value Low fuel remaining equals the alarm trigger value; on a multi-tank Low fuel boat you can set separate alarms for each tank (see section 7-4) Northstar FISH 457/467 Installation and Operation Manual... -
Page 43: Setup > Units
Comms: Select this if the instruments are connected using NavBus. NavBus Group Use this when a group of Northstar instruments are connected together using NavBus, to specify a group of instruments for backlighting, if NMEA out required. Then, if the backlight setting on one... -
Page 44: Setup > Calibrate
30 seconds or Off (0). Temperature The factory settings should be sufficiently accurate for normal usage. To calibrate the temperature readout, first measure the water temperature with Depths measured a thermometer known to be accurate. below here Northstar FISH 457/467 Installation and Operation Manual... -
Page 45: Setup > Favorites
Press twice, then select Simulate: Turn simulate mode off Turn simulate mode on Speed: The simulated boat speed to use. WARNING Never have simulate mode on when the 457/467 is on the water. Northstar FISH 457/467 Installation and Operation Manual... -
Page 46: Installation
Fuel sensors: For fuel functions. The 457/467 can Maximum: 130 litres per hour (34 U.S. gallons use these optional fuel flow sensors, fitted to one per hour). or two engines: • Northstar petrol/gasoline sensors (see section 9-6) Northstar FISH 457/467 Installation and Operation Manual... - Page 47 NavBus or NMEA (see Mercury petrol/gasoline engines, the 457/467 can sections 9-8 and 9-9). display engine data and trim and can control troll speed (see section 9-7). Please consult your Northstar dealer for more information. Connections Power (9-4) External alarms (9-4)
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Page 48: Installation: The Display Unit
Hand tighten the the back of the display unit. knob on the mounting bracket. Sit the display unit in place and fit the washers and nuts to the studs. Mounting bracket Knob Northstar FISH 457/467 Installation and Operation Manual... -
Page 49: Installation: Power/Data Cable
Wire the 457/467 for auto power to have the 457/467 turn on with the boat’s ignition switch or to to record engine hours or if the 457/467 must add up the total fuel used (for example if Northstar petrol/gasoline fuel sensors are installed or if SmartCraft is installed without fuel tank level sensors). -
Page 50: Installation: Sonar Transducer
Northstar fuel sensors are not Fuel sensor cable required as well. For dual engines, fit a twin engine kit. Wire the 457/467 for auto power (see section 9-4). During setup set the fuel data (see section 8-3). Northstar FISH 457/467 Installation and Operation Manual... -
Page 51: Installation: Smartcraft
For information on installing, setting up and If the fuel tank does not have SmartCraft level using SmartCraft, see the SmartCraft Gateways sensors, wire for auto power (see section 9-4). Installation and Operation Manual. Northstar FISH 457/467 Installation and Operation Manual... -
Page 52: Installation: Other Navbus Instruments
NavBus and the 457/467 9-8-1 Installation: Northstar VHF radio The 457/467 can: Fit and set up the optional Northstar VHF radio (with NavBus functionality) following the Display wind speed and direction from an instructions supplied with the radio. -
Page 53: Installation: Setup And Test
When the 457/467 is turned on for the first time, it displays an installation menu: Select the language to use. Change the data if necessary (see section 2-1) iii When the setup data is correct, press Northstar FISH 457/467 Installation and Operation Manual... -
Page 54: Appendix A - Specifications
USA: FCC Part 15 Class B. temperature, temperature rate, low battery, Europe: (CE) EN301843-1:2004-06 low fuel (optional) New Zealand and Australia: (C Tick) EN60945 9.2 & 9.3 Environment: IPx6/IPx7/CFR46 (with connections in place) Northstar FISH 457/467 Installation and Operation Manual... - Page 55 33.1 mm ( 1.3 ") 32.0 mm ( 1.3 ") 88.5 mm ( 3.5 ") FISH 467 35.2 mm ( 1.4 ") 195.0 mm ( 7.7 ") 19.5 mm ( 0.8 ") 88.5 mm ( 3.5 ") Northstar FISH 457/467 Installation and Operation Manual...
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Page 56: Appendix B - Troubleshooting
Repairs to the product may only be carried out It is possible in many cases to solve difficulties by a service center approved by Northstar. If the without having to send the display unit back to product must be sent into a service center for the manufacturer for repair. -
Page 57: Fuel Consumption Problems
You added or removed fuel but did not tell the 457/467 (see section 7-3). The fuel tank may not refill to the same capacity each time due to air pockets. This is a particular problem with underfloor tanks. Northstar FISH 457/467 Installation and Operation Manual... -
Page 58: Sonar Fishfinding Problems
(See the transducer(s) and/or the 457/467. This may Transom Transducers Installation Guide, for cause the 457/467 to automatically decrease more information.) the Gain unless using Manual Gain. Northstar FISH 457/467 Installation and Operation Manual... -
Page 59: Appendix C - Glossary And Navigation Data
Appendix C - Glossary and navigation data Glossary NavBus - A way of connecting Northstar instruments together to share data (see section 9-8). NMEA - National Marine Electronics Association. NMEA 0183 - A standard for interfacing marine electronic devices (see section 9-9). - Page 60 AMERICAS EUROPE 30 Sudbury Road, Unit 2, Ocean Quay, Acton, MA 01720, USA Belvidere Rd, Southampton, Ph: +1 978.897.6600 SO14 5QY, ENGLAND Ph: +1 800.628.4487 Ph: +44 2380 339922 Fax: +1 978.897.7241 Fax: +44 2380 330345 sales@bntmarine.com northstaruk@northstarnav.com AUSTRALIA NEW ZEALAND PO Box 479, PO Box 68 155, Gladesville, NSW 2111,...