The Star Key: Alarms, Tidetrack And Setup; Save And Man Overboard (Mob) - NorthStar 6000i Quickstart Manual And Reference Manual

The STAR key: alarms, TideTrack and setup

Using the alarms
The 6000i has several alarms that automat-
ically alert you to certain situations. For
example, the 6000i lets you know when
you're approaching a waypoint by
sounding a beep and flashing an alarm
icon on the screen. The icon explains the
reason for the alarm. Most of the common
alarms automatically cancel themselves
after ten seconds or after the condition
ends. For details, see Alarms, starting on
page 138.
Using TideTrack™
Press the STAR key twice to display the
6000i's Tide Track screen, a 24-hour tide

SAVE and Man Overboard (MOB)

Pressing SAVE/MOB always saves your
present position as a waypoint.
Saving waypoints
Press SAVE briefly to save a waypoint. The
new waypoint is given a name such as
-S002- , where the letter S indicates a saved
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The STAR key: alarms, TideTrack and setup

graph for any of over 3,000 NOAA tide
stations covering the entire U.S. coastline,
including Alaska and Hawaii, plus much of
the eastern and western Canadian coast-
line. You can display tides for today or any
other date. For details about TideTrack, see
TideTrack™, starting on page 146.
Setup functions
Additional presses of the STAR key access
the 6000i's various setup and customiza-
tion functions. These functions are
described beginning on page 156.
waypoint, and the three-digit number
increases by one every time you save a
waypoint.
You can limit the number of saved
waypoints that will be stored. Use the
SAVED WAYPT #
function in the
OPTIONS
menu (see The number of saved
waypoints, on page 155).
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