NorthStar Navigation explorer 538i Manual Do Utilizador

Northstar Explorer 538i/538  Installation and Operation Manual

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A waypoint is a position that you can set on the 
Explorer 538/538i chart, for example a fishing 
spot or a point on a route (see section 5).

1 

Go to the chart display. 

2 

Move the cursor to the waypoint: either use  

 

the cursor keys or use Find (see section 3-2-5).

3 Press 

 and select 

Goto.

1 

Go to the waypoints display.

2 Press   or 

 to highlight the waypoint to  

 go 

to.

3 Press 

 and select 

Goto.

When the Explorer 538/538i is navigating to 
a point, the chart and highway displays show 
navigation data: 

A  The boat position  .

B  The destination point marked with a circle.

C  The boat’s plotted course to the destination.

D  Two CDI lines, parallel to the boat’s plotted 

course, which indicate the maximum 
expected deviation from the plotted course. 

For more information, see appendix C.

If the Explorer 538/538i is connected to an 
autopilot, the Explorer 538/538i will send data to 
the autopilot to steer the boat to the destination. 
Start the autopilot before starting to navigate to 
the point.

If the Explorer 538/538i has no autopilot, steer the 
boat manually:

a 

use the boat position and destination on  

 

the chart or highway displays

b  or use navigation data displayed on the    
 

data header (see section 2-8-2)

c 

or use COG and BRG on the compass (see  

 section 

2-8-3).

1 

If the XTE alarm is enabled, an alarm will 
sound if the boat deviates too much from its 
intended course (see section 14-7).

2 

If the arrival radius alarm is enabled, then an 
alarm will sound to show that the boat has 
reached the destination (see section 14-7).

A

C

D

D

B

The chart display shows the chart, the boat’s position course and navigation data. 

The Explorer 538/538i has two ways of navigating, going straight to a point or following a route.