Turning On And Off / Auto Power; Backlight; Man Overboard (Mob) - NorthStar Explorer 660 Installation And Operation Manual

2-1 Turning on and off / auto power

Auto power
If the Explorer 660 is wired for auto power (see
section 16-5), then the Explorer 660 automatically
turns on and off with the boat power, and can not
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
adjust the display to be easy to read (see section
2-2).

2-2 Backlight

The display and keys are backlit, with a choice of 16
brightness levels. To change the backlight level:
1. Press briefly to show the display controls.
2. Press to dim or
3. Press ENTER to confirm.

2-3 Man overboard (MOB)

The MOB feature saves the boat's position and
then navigates back to this point.
WARNING
!
MOB will not work if the Explorer 660 does
not have a GPS fix.
1 Press .
The Explorer 660 stores the boat's position as
a waypoint called MOB.
2 The Explorer 660 changes to the chart display,
with the MOB waypoint at the centre of the
chart.
The chart zooms in for accurate navigation.
If the chart can not show the required small
scale, the Explorer 660 changes to plotter
mode (a white display with crosshatching and
no chart details, see section 15-2).
3 If the autopilot output (NMEA) is off (see
section 15-10) the Explorer 660 immediately
starts navigating back to the MOB waypoint.
If the autopilot output is on, the Explorer 660
asks if the autopilot is active. Select:
No: The Explorer 660 immediately starts
navigating back to the MOB waypoint.
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Northstar Explorer 660 Installation and Operation Manual
Turning off manually
If the Explorer 660 is not wired for auto power,
turn the unit off by holding down
display turns off.
Press twice to return to the maximum
backlight setting.
Yes: The Explorer 660 asks if the boat is to go
to the MOB waypoint.
Select:
Yes: To immediately start navigating to
the MOB waypoint.
WARNING
!
This might result in a sudden and dangerous
turn.
No: To allow time to disengage the
autopilot; then use Goto to navigate back
to the MOB waypoint (see section 3-4).
To cancel MOB or set another MOB.
1 Press again to display a menu.
2 Select an option from the menu.
Tip: The MOB waypoint remains on the chart
after the MOB has been cancelled. To delete
the MOB waypoint, see section 5-2-5.
until the
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