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TRACKER 5500, 5500i 5100 and 5100i C H A R T P L O T T E R S Installation and Operation Manual English ..... 2 Español ..41 Português ..79 TRACKER 5100i TRACKER 5500 TRACKER 5500i TRACKER 5100...
FCC Statement Note: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a normal installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
Contents 1 Introduction ..................... 6 1-1 Care ..........................6 1-2 Plug-in cards ....................... 6 1-3 Removing and replacing the display unit ..............7 2 Basic operation ....................8 2-1 Turning on and off / auto power ................... 9 2-2 The main displays ......................9 2-3 Backlight and display contrast ...................
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10 Routes ......................22 10-1 Routes display ......................22 10-2 Managing routes ...................... 22 10-2-1 Creating a new route ..................22 10-2-2 Editing a route ....................23 10-2-3 Displaying a route on the chart ................ 23 10-2-4 Deleting a route ....................23 10-2-5 Deleting all routes ....................
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(Translation). In the event of any conflict between any Translation of the Documentation, the English language version of the Documentation will be the official version of the Documentation. This manual represents the TRACKER as at the time of printing. Navman NZ Limited reserves the right to make changes to specifications without notice.
Colour display, internal GPS antenna. TRACKER 5100 be easily transferred to another NAVMAN chartplotter. Greyscale display, external GPS antenna. The TRACKER is part of the NAVMAN family of TRACKER 5100i instruments, which includes instruments for speed, Greyscale display, internal GPS antenna.
Store the display unit in a safe place, such as between the bracket and the display unit. the optional NAVMAN carry bag. Adjust the tilt and rotation of the display for best viewing and hand tighten the knob on the mounting bracket.
2 Basic operation Overview of the keys ESC Go back to an earlier menu or display. Any changes are ignored. DISP Show a menu of the main TRACKER displays. To go to a display, select it from the menu (see section 2-2). Cursor keys, to move the cursor or the selection highlight.
2-1 Turning on and off / auto power Auto power If necessary, adjust the display to be easy to read (see section 2-3). If the TRACKER is wired for auto power (see section 15-3), then the TRACKER automatically turns on and Read the warning and press ENT.
2-3 Backlight and display contrast Press briefly to show the display controls. To change the display contrast (TRACKER 5100 or 5100i): The display and keys are backlit, with sixteen brightness levels. Press to choose Contrast. To change the backlight, press (dimmer) or Press to adjust the contrast.
2-7 Navigating The TRACKER has two ways of navigating, going Following a route straight to a point or following a route. A route is a list of waypoints that the boat can follow Enter waypoints at points of interest before starting (see section 10).
3 Chart The chart display is the most important of the TRACKER’s displays, showing the chart, the boat’s position and course, and navigation data. 3-1 Chart display A typical chart display shows: Data display. To turn the data off or on or to change what data is displayed, see Compass display section 3-1-8.
3-1-2 Latitude and longitude 3-1-6 Chart information Latitude and longitude can be displayed at the top of To see stored data about a point on the chart (for the chart. Normally the position is the boat’s position, example, a chart symbol): and the latitude has a boat symbol to show this: Move the cursor to that point on the chart.
To change the data display: Select Data setup. Change a data field: Press the cursor keys to highlight the field. Press ENT to display a menu of the data that can be shown in the field. Select the data to show in the field; select None to leave the field empty.
3-4 Projected course If Projected course is turned on, then the TRACKER will display the projected position based on the course over ground (COG), speed and a specified time. To turn Projected course on and off and to set the time, see section 13-2. Projected position Boat’s projected course Boat position...
4 Fuel display To use the fuel display, the optional fuel kit must be installed and the fuel data set up (see section 13-4). To go to the fuel display, press DISP and select Fuel. The fuel display shows: Used: The total fuel used since it was reset to 0 by the Clear Used command (see section 13-4).
6 Highway display The highway display has a bird’s eye view of the boat’s course to a destination: To go to the highway display, press DISP and select Highway. Warning: The highway display does not show land, dangerous waters or chart symbols. The highway display shows: Six numeric data fields.
2 to 5 m (6 to 16 ft). To use differential beacon DGPS, the TRACKER must be installed with an external DGPS antenna, such as the NAVMAN DGPS 1 (see section 15-3). 7-1 Satellite display The satellite display has information about the GPS When the TRACKER is turned on, the satellite satellites and GPS position.
8 Tides display The tides display shows tide information at a tide Press MENU and select Chart info. station for the selected date. Select Tide height. To go to the tides display for the tide station nearest Choosing the date of the tide chart to the boat, press DISP and select Tides.
9 Waypoints A waypoint is a position of interest that is saved by A type: the TRACKER, for example a fishing spot or a point Normal: A normal waypoint can be on a route. The TRACKER can have up to 500 navigated to or included in a route.
Change the waypoint data if necessary (see 9-2-4 Displaying a waypoint on the section 9-2-7). Select Save. chart Creating a new waypoint from the waypoints display This goes to the chart display, and shows the In the waypoints display, press MENU and selected waypoint at the centre of the display.
10 Routes A route is a list of waypoints that the boat can navigate The TRACKER can navigate along a route in either along. Routes can be created, changed and deleted. direction. Waypoints on the route can be skipped. The TRACKER can have up to 25 routes. Each route Routes are a powerful feature when the TRACKER can have up to 50 waypoints.
B. Creating a new route from the routes display 10-2-2 Editing a route In the routes display, press MENU and select Editing a route from the chart Create. In the routes display, select the route to edit. A new route, with a default name and no Press MENU and select Edit on chart.
11 User card display A C-MAP™ user card is an optional plug-in card that can store data files (see section 1-2). There are three types of files: waypoints, routes or a track. To go to the user card display, press DISP and select User card.
The number of waypoints, routes and tracks in the TRACKER. Wiring information for the TRACKER connectors. In the unlikely event of having to contact a NAVMAN dealer for service, quote the software version number and date. 13 Setup menu making any changes to the data in these menus.
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Setup menu map, with factory default settings in brackets System Language (English) Rotation (North up) Colours (Normal) Projected course (Off) Keybeep (On) CDI scale (0.1 nm) Factory reset Chart Plotter mode (Off) Map datum (WGS84) Map shift (None) Waypoints (Selected) Lat.Lon Grid (Off) Boundaries (On) Bathymetric Lines (On)
13-2 Chart setup Rotation Either select Map datum and select the datum for the local chart. See appendix A for a list of The options for chart rotation are: the available datums. WGS84 is the default North up: North is always at the top of the datum, and the datum most commonly used on chart display.
The options are: Surface to Depth area limit 1: Shallow water colour. On: displays attention area boundaries and Depth area limit 1 to Depth area limit 2: information icons Medium water colour. Off: does not display attention area boundaries Below Depth area limit 2: or information icons Deep water colour.
Fuel Cal Check the actual amount of fuel used per engine. The easiest way to do this is to refill Without calibration the error in fuel measurements the tank(s) to the original level(s) and record can be up to ± 10%. Calibration can reduce the error the value(s) shown on the fuel dispenser.
To enable the alarm, enter an anchor alarm To enable the alarm, set the XTE alarm to On. distance (up to 9.99 distance units). The To disable the alarm, set the XTE alarm to Off. TRACKER saves the current boat position. Danger alarm To disable the alarm, set the anchor alarm to When the danger alarm is enabled, an alarm will...
NavBus alarm. NavBus is a NAVMAN proprietary system that allows NavBus and the TRACKER systems of multiple instruments to be built using a The TRACKER can display depth data if it is single set of transducers.
This Installation and Operation manual. Screws. 15-2 Options and accessories C-MAP™ chart cards. 5 m (16 ft) extension cable for NAVMAN 1300 GPS antenna. C-MAP™ user cards for storing data. Second station kit. Allows a bracket mounted Fuel kit for single or twin petrol/gasoline TRACKER to be used at another place in the engines.
GPS/DGPS Do not fit the display unit yet. antenna may be connected for enhanced accuracy when in range of conventional land based differential beacons. Please contact the nearest NAVMAN dealer for further information. TRACKER 5100/5100i/5500/5500i Installation and Operation Manual...
Power/data cable for display unit If the display unit is bracket mounted: Wire the cable as shown on the next page. Hold the display unit in place on the Note: mounting bracket shaft, with the rubber The unit requires 12 V DC power. This power washer clamped between the bracket and supply must be protected with a fuse or circuit the display unit.
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Installation Basic Wiring This option is possible on both the TRACKER 5100 and the TRACKER 5500. Power/data cable (black locking collar) Black wire: Connect this to the negative battery Pin Wire Signal terminal. Black Ground (power negative, NMEA) Red Wire: Connect this to the 12 V positive battery Brown Power out, 9 V DC terminal after the main switch.
Routes NavBus 25 routes, with up to 50 points each. Connection to other NAVMAN instruments. Tracks NMEA By time or distance, one track of 2000 points NMEA 0183 ver 2. and four of 500 points.
Repairs to the unit must only be carried Map shift has been applied wrongly. Clear map shift, out by a service centre approved by Navman NZ then reapply if necessary (see section 13-2). Limited. Users who service the TRACKER Can not see boat on chart: themselves will void the warranty.
(see section 2-4). as a restricted anchorage or a shallow area (see section 13-2). NavBus - A way of connecting NAVMAN instruments together to share data (see section 14). Bathymetric line - A depth contour line on the chart.
Navigation data The boat is sailing from the start to the destination and has moved off the plotted course from the start to the destination. Bearing to Destination Bearing to the destination from the boat. +BRG Bearing to cursor Bearing to cursor from boat (cursor mode, see section 3-1-1). Course Deviation Indicator When the boat is navigating to a point, the chart and highway displays show a parallel line on either side of the plotted course.
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