Northstar 6000i Quickstart Guide and Reference Manual Contents Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Welcome to the Northstar 6000i . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using this manual. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Networking the 6000i . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interfacing the 6000i . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maintaining the 6000i . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Technical support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 3 4 4 5 Reference Sections 1 Using the Chart Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Using electronic charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Zooming in and out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using the cursor on the chart screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Comparing vessel and browse modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rotating the chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Setting up the chart screen (Classic charts) . . . . . . . . . Setting up the chart screen (Gold Charts) . . . . . . . . . . . Using Gold charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Changing the track control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using the course predictor line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using the distance and bearing calculator. . . . . . . . . . 24 25 27 28 29 31 33 36 39 40 40 Quickstart Guide Northstar 6000i Quickstart Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Turning the 6000i on and off. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Introducing the display screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Introducing the controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Navionics chart cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Displaying the chart screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Using demo mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Displaying numeric data on the chart screen. . . . . . . 17 Displaying numeric data on the position screen . . . . 18 Going immediately to a quick waypoint . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Radar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 The echo sounder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Split function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 The STAR key: alarms, TideTrack and setup . . . . . . . 21 SAVE and Man Overboard (MOB). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 2 Position coordinates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Displaying position, COG, and speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using GPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using DGPS or WAAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using loran. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using Phantom Loran. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 44 46 47 49 3 Navigating to Waypoints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Introducing waypoints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Designating a waypoint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Steering to a waypoint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The course predictor line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Navigating along routes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Restarting the track line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The NAV LOG screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 52 54 57 57 59 59 4 Creating waypoints and routes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Displaying waypoints. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating new waypoints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating avoidance-area waypoints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Editing waypoints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Introducing routes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating a route from the chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating routes from a list of waypoints . . . . . . . . . . . Saving a route as you travel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Editing a route. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transferring waypoints/routes to other units. . . . . . . Transferring waypoints to and from a PC. . . . . . . . . . 64 65 68 70 71 72 74 74 76 80 83 Using the MORE key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Setting the ECHO screen data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Viewing past echoes using SoundTrac. . . . . . . . . . . . Echo sounding alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 125 127 128 7 Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 Video sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 Displaying video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 8 Alarms and TideTrack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 Alarms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 TideTrackTM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 9 N2 Networking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 Restrictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 5 Radar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 How radar works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Turning the radar transmitter on and off . . . . . . . . . . Displaying radar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using the radar's main menu keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Overlaying radar on the chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Changing radar scale and rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Setting user preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Operating modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using the radar adjustment keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using the Radar Markers keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 94 98 10 Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 Changing your display settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Changing your navigation settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Changing your receiver settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Changing your port settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Setting up the echosounder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Setting up radar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Installing software updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Displaying system information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Changing the time zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 156 160 163 163 164 164 165 166 6 Echo sounding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Welcome to the Northstar 490 Echo Sounder . . . . . Displaying the echo sounder's picture . . . . . . . . . . . Using automatic mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Changing the frequency of echoes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Zooming in and out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Echo Sounder setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The picture menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Changing the depth settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 107 109 110 112 115 117 121 Appendix A -- Datum list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 Getting Started Welcome to the Northstar 6000i . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Using this manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Networking the 6000i. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Maintaining the 6000i . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Interfacing the 6000i . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Technical support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 This chapter introduces this manual and explains a few things you should know to keep your Northstar 6000i in top operating condition. Reference Manual Revision D 1 Welcome to the Northstar 6000i The 6000i has several requirements that must be met to ensure safe and proper operation. Installation and interfacing of the 6000i should be handled by a marine technician using the guidelines found in the Northstar 6000i Installation Manual. Congratulations on your purchase of the Northstar 6000i Integrated Navigation System! The 6000i is a full-featured color GPS/vector charting system -- easy to use, but meeting your marine navigation needs in a comprehensive, logical manner. Optional Northstar radar and fish finding modules round out the 6000i's capabilities. The 6000i enhances GPS with the Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) or optional radiobeacon differential position navigation for superb accuracy, and offers a high-resolution full-color screen with Navionics cartography and video overlay. Major functions are accessed with a single keypress. By reducing the attention required to navigate, you can devote more time to simply enjoying your trip. For information on installing, interfacing, and troubleshooting the 6000i, please see the Northstar 6000i Installation Manual (part number GM6KIM) or contact your local authorized Northstar dealer. Using this manual This manual is divided into two main sections: · The Quickstart Guide begins on page 7 and has all the basic information you need to operate the 6000i. Be sure to read this section as you start using the unit. · A Reference Section starts on page 23. Use this when you need more information about any of the unit's functions -- you'll find answers here to any questions about getting the most from your 6000i. Check the mini table of contents at the beginning of each chapter to quickly locate a topic you need help with. It's best to read this manual with the 6000i set up and running so you can try out the various functions and see the results. 2 Getting Started Welcome to the Northstar 6000i Northstar 6000i Conventions This manual uses certain conventions to provide a consistent means of recognizing specific information, as follows: · is the universal caution symbol for caution and warning information related to your personal safety or possible damage to the system. The CAUTION and WARNING notes contain critical information--please read them! · Text written like "CHART" generally refers to named keys on the 6000i's front panel. Text written like "More info" generally refers to the 6000i's menu keys at the right side of the screen. · Whenever this manual tells you to press ENTER to perform a function, you can press CLEAR instead if you decide not to perform that function. These keys are abbreviated ENT and CLR on the 6000i. · The phrase "Press a key" means push briefly and release, unless otherwise specified. Networking the 6000i Northstar's N2 networking technology lets you connect two or more 6000i units in order to share navigation data (including radar and sounder data) and all waypoints and routes between the units. The system can be operated from any connected unit, and all changes to routes and waypoints are reflected on all the networked units. Networking is fully automatic on the 6000i; no special steps are necessary In an N2 network, one display unit is designated as the master, and all others as slaves. The only restrictions on N2 networking are the following: · there must be one and only one master unit operating in a network · all units must have the same software version. If, for example, a slave unit is turned on before the master, a message is displayed reminding you to turn on the master unit before using the slave. In case the master unit is not available (removed for service, for example), brief instructions show how to temporarily convert a slave into a master unit. For details on networking, see N2 Networking, starting on page 149. Getting Started Reference Manual Revision D Networking the 6000i 3 Interfacing the 6000i The 6000i can be connected to a wide variety of compatible marine devices, including Northstar's echo sounder and radar. A qualified marine electronics technician should perform these installations. For details, contact your local authorized Northstar dealer. Maintaining the 6000i Basic maintenance To help retain the 6000i's best possible performance, Northstar recommends the following: · be sure to keep the cartridge access door closed at all times, ...