Turning The Explorer Ap380 Off; Backlight; Engaging Ap380; Disengaging Ap380 - NorthStar EXPLORER AP380 Installation And Operation Manual

3-3 Turning the Explorer AP380 off

When in STBY mode:
• Press and hold
and start a 3 second count-down. The unit
will turn off when the counter reaches 0.
• Releasing during this time will resume
normal operation.
• Any settings you have made are retained by
the unit.
When in AUTO mode:
• Press and hold
will remind you to enter STBY mode before
the unit can be turned off. Press
the pop-up.

3-4 Backlight

Briefly press . The Backlight pop-up will
appear.
Repeating this action will toggle from day to
night mode.
Use the Control Dial to increase or decrease the
display and keypad backlighting.
• The Explorer AP380 has a choice of white
background 'Day' and black background
'Night' backlighting modes. Either mode can
be selected using the Control Dial.
• The Backlight pop-up may also be selected:
Menu > Setup > System > Backlight menu.
• Backlighting on all other Northstar
instruments that are connected on the same
NavBus backlighting channel will also change.
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. A pop-up box will appear
. A warning pop-up box
to close
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3-5 Engaging AP380

Select AUTO mode by pressing
is now steering the boat based on the selected
steering mode.

3-6 Disengaging AP380

Select STBY mode by pressing
is not steering the boat – the helmsman must
steer the boat using the manual helm.

3-7 Setting the steering mode

For a power boat:
For a boat without GPS, or for a boat with GPS
but you do not want to navigate to a waypoint,
choose Compass mode. The AP380 steers the
boat at a set compass heading.
• Select Compass mode by pressing
choose Compass and press
To use the AP380 with a GPS to navigate to a
waypoint or along a route, choose GPS mode.
The AP380 steers the boat using navigation data
from the GPS.
• Select GPS mode by pressing
GPS and press
For a sailing boat:
To steer to a set compass heading, choose
Compass mode.
• Select Compass mode by pressing
choose Compass and press
To navigate to a waypoint or along a route,
choose GPS mode.
• Select GPS mode by pressing
GPS and press
To sail, tack and gybe at a set angle to the wind,
choose Wind mode.
• Select Wind mode by pressing
Wind and press
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