9 setup > alarms – NorthStar Navigation EXPLORER 657 User Manual

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Northstar Explorer 657 Installation and Operation Manual

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Press

twice, then select Alarms:

17-9 Setup > Alarms

All alarms except

Loss of GPS fix

can be

turned on (enabled) or off (disabled).

For all alarms select

to turn the alarm on or

select

to turn the alarm off.

For most alarms there is a trigger value. The
alarm will sound each time the alarm value equals
the trigger value. For example, the

Danger

alarm will sound if the boat comes closer to a
danger waypoint than the trigger value and the

Anchor

alarm will sound if the boat moves by

more than the trigger value.

Icons for alarms that are on can be displayed in
the data header (see section 2-7-3). An alarm icon
is normally black and turns red when the alarm
sounds.

Symbol

Alarm

Alarm sounds when it is on and the:

Arrival radius

Boat is closer to the destination or to a waypoint than the alarm
trigger value

Anchor alarm

Boat moves by more than the alarm trigger value

XTE

Boat moves off course by more than the CDI scale (see section 14-2)

Danger

Boat comes closer to a danger waypoint than the alarm trigger value

Loss of DGPS fi x

657 can not receive the DGPS signal (beacon, WAAS or EGNOS)

Loss of GPS fi x

657 can not receive the GPS signal (this alarm is always on

Loss of
AIS receiver
communication

657 is no longer receiving communication from the AIS receiver
(Alarm is on when AIS is enabled)

Fish

Echo matches the profi le of a fi sh

Too shallow

Depth is less than the alarm trigger value

Too deep

Depth is greater than the alarm trigger value

Temperature

Temperature equals the alarm trigger value

Temperature rate

Rate of change of temperature equals the alarm trigger value

Low battery

Battery voltage is less than the alarm trigger value

Low fuel

Fuel remaining equals the alarm trigger value

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