Northstar 972 Quickstart Guide and Reference Manual Revision B Attention Installers: This processor module must be handled with reasonable care and protected from the following; · Moisture: Do not mount this processor in unprotected areas of the vessel having moisture. · Vibration and shock: Use of the supplied shock/vibration mount is a mandatory part of the installation. Only mount this unit in a horizontal position with adequate space for ventilation, maintenance and for field service removal. Rough handling during removal or installation can cause premature failure of internal components. · Radar interference: Do not install the processor or cabling in areas exposed to interference from any radar. The processor should be mounted as far as possible below any source of radar interference. Flybridge installations of the processor are not recommended and should be avoided. Installations in these areas require special provisions for shielding and the installation design must provide total protection from any moisture. Problems caused by moisture, vibration and radar interference are not covered by warranty. Refer to the installation manual P/N GM972IM for additional installation, troubleshooting and warranty information. For advice regarding equipment placement, please consult with an authorized Northstar Servicing Dealer before beginning the installation. To locate a Northstar Servicing Dealer near you call 978-897-6600 Contents Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Welcome to the Northstar 972. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using this manual. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Networking the 972. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interfacing the 972. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maintaining the 972 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Technical support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Electronic Charts and the 972 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Purchasing charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 3 4 4 5 6 7 Reference Sections 1 Using the Chart Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using the course predictor line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using the distance and bearing calculator. . . . . . . . . . 28 28 29 29 31 33 38 38 Quickstart Guide Northstar 972 Quickstart Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Turning the 972 on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Introducing the display screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Introducing the controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Detailed chart data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Displaying the chart screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Displaying the chart screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using demo mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Displaying numeric data on the chart screen. . . . . . . Displaying numeric data on the position screen . . . . Going immediately to a quick waypoint . . . . . . . . . . . Radar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The echo sounder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Split function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The STAR key: alarms, TideTrack and setup . . . . . . . SAVE and Man Overboard (MOB). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 11 12 13 14 14 19 19 20 21 22 23 23 24 25 2 3D maps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Introduction to 3D images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Configuring the screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Flying around the vessel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 3 Position coordinates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Displaying position, COG, and speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using GPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Position screen options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Viewing GPS satellite status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using Phantom Loran . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 46 47 48 49 4 Navigating to Waypoints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Introducing waypoints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Designating a waypoint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Steering to a waypoint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The course predictor line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Navigating along routes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Restarting the track line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 52 54 57 58 59 The NAVLOG screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 5 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 69 71 72 73 74 76 80 83 The picture menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Changing the depth settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using the MORE key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Setting the ECHO screen data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Viewing past echoes using SoundTrac . . . . . . . . . . . . Echo sounding alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 116 117 119 120 121 8 Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Video sources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 Displaying video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 9 Alarms and TideTrack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 Alarms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 TideTrackTM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 6 Radar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 How radar works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Displaying radar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Turning the radar transmitter on and off . . . . . . . . . . Overlaying radar on the chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Changing radar scale and rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using the radar's main menu keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using the Adjustment keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using the Markers keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Radar cursor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MARPA targets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 87 87 90 90 88 91 94 96 96 10 Networking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 Restrictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 11 Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 972 configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Navigation options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Changing your port settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Setting up the echosounder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Installing software updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Changing the time zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 147 151 151 151 152 153 7 Echo sounding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Welcome to the Northstar Echo Sounder . . . . . . . . . Displaying the echo sounder's picture . . . . . . . . . . . Using automatic mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Changing the frequency of echoes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Zooming in and out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Echo Sounder setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 106 107 108 109 112 Appendix A -- Datum list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 Appendix B -- Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 Getting Started Welcome to the Northstar 972 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Using this manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Maintaining the 972. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Interfacing the 972. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Technical support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Electronic Charts and the 972. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Purchasing charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 chapter introduces this manual and explains a few things you should know to keep your Northstar 972 in top operating condition. This Reference Manual Revision B 1 Welcome to the Northstar 972 The 972 has several requirements that must be met to ensure safe and proper operation. Installation and interfacing of the 972 should be handled by a marine technician using the guidelines found in the Northstar 972 Installation Manual. Congratulations on your purchase of the Northstar 972 Integrated Navigation System! The 972 is a full-featured 3D 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 972's capabilities. The 972 enhances GPS with the Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) for superb accuracy, and offers a high-resolution full-color screen with Jeppesen Marine and BSB cartography. 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 972, please see the Northstar 972 Installation Manual (part number GM972IM) or contact your local authorized Northstar dealer. Using this manual This manual is divided into two main sections: · The Quickstart Guide begins on page 9 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 972 set up and running so you can try out the various functions and see the results. and has all the basic information you need to operate the 972. Be sure to read this section as you start using the unit. · A Reference Section starts on page 27. 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 972. Getting Started Welcome to the Northstar 972 Conventions This manual uses certain conventions to provide a consistent means of recognizing specific information, as follows: 2 Northstar 972 · 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! briefly and release, unless otherwise specified. "Press and Hold" means to hold the key until the desired result occurs. · Text written like "CHART" generally refers to named keys on the 972's front panel. · Text written like "More info" generally refers to the 972'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 ...