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www .n ort hs ta rn a v .c om E x p l o r e r 538 / 53 8 i Char tpl otte r Installation and Op eration Manual.
FC C Stat ement Note: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a normal installation.
Industry Canada Op erati on is subj ec t to the fo llowi ng t wo condi tions : ( 1) this device m ay not caus e inter fere nce, and (2) this d evi ce must a ccept any inter fe rence, in cludin g inter fere nce that may c ause un desire d op erati on of th e devi ce.
Northstar Explorer 538i/538 Installation and Operation M anual 4 Con t en t s Imp or ta nt ..................................................................................................................... ........................... 3 Qu ick r efe re nce .
Northstar Explorer 538i/538 Installation and Operation M anual 5 8 Gau ges d isp lay ..................................................................................................................................... 3 0 9 Dat a dis pl ay ..........
Northstar Explorer 538i/538 Installation and Operation M anual 6 Featur e T ype See Requires General How to use the keys and displays 2 T roubleshooting Appendix B Simulate mode 2-6 Glossary of specia.
Northstar Explorer 538i/538 Installation and Operation M anual 7 1 - 2 Cl ean ing a nd ma inte nan ce Th e Ex plore r 538/538i screen is co vered by a proprietary anti-reflec tion coati ng. T o avoid damag e, clean th e scre en only w ith a dam p cloth and mi ld dete rgent wh en dir t y or covere d in sea sa lt.
Northstar Explorer 538i/538 Installation and Operation M anual 8 Hand le plug -in c ards care full y. Keep t hem in th eir prote ct ive cas es whe n not plu gge d into the E xp l or er 53 8/ 538 i. Keep t he hol der in p lace in th e Ex plo rer 538/538i at all tim es to prevent m oist ure from e nterin g the card compartment.
Northstar Explorer 538i/538 Installation and Operation M anual 9 2 Basi c Opera tion Over view of th e keys Go b ack to an e arli er me nu or d ispl ay. Any chang es mad e are ign ore d. In ch ar t mo de, cen tres ch ar t at bo at ’s posi tion . Show a m enu o f the ma in dis play s.
Northstar Explorer 538i/538 Installation and Operation M anual 10 c) To change a name or number: 1 Press to display th e name o r numb er: 2 Press or to se lec t a le tter o r digi t to chang e. Press or to cha nge t he let ter o r digit. Rep eat this to chan ge other l et ters or numbers .
Northstar Explorer 538i/538 Installation and Operation M anual 11 MOB w ill not wo rk if t he E xplo rer 538/538i doe s not have a GPS f ix . Th e MOB featu re saves th e boat ’s posit ion an d then n avigate s bac k to this po int. 1 Press . Th e Ex plore r 538/538i stores th e boat ’s posi tion as a w ayp oint cal led MO B.
Northstar Explorer 538i/538 Installation and Operation M anual 12 2- 7 Sim ula te mode In Sim ulat e mode, the Explorer 53 8/538i ig nores data f rom th e GPS antenn a and othe r tra nsducer s and s ensor s and th e Ex plo rer 538/538i gene rates this dat a its elf.
Northstar Explorer 538i/538 Installation and Operation M anual 13 Other menu and displays Note: Press to go f rom an O ther d isplay bac k to your las t char t dis play.
Northstar Explorer 538i/538 Installation and Operation M anual 14 2-8- 1 Dua l disp lays Th e Ex plore r 538/5 38i ca n show t wo displ ays at once, fo r exa mple Cha r t + Gaug es. O ne of th e displ ays, ca lled t he ac tive d isplay, has a yello w bord er and is co ntroll ed by th e user.
Northstar Explorer 538i/538 Installation and Operation M anual 15 Th e char t and hi ghway disp lays c an show a comp ass at the to p of the d isplay. Th e compa ss alway s shows t he bo at’s cour se ove r groun d (COG), a re d sy mbo l in the mi ddle.
Northstar Explorer 538i/538 Installation and Operation M anual 16 A wayp oint is a p ositi on that yo u can se t on the Ex plo rer 538/538i char t, for e xamp le a fish ing spot o r a poi nt on a route (s ee se c tion 5) . Going to a waypoint from the chart display 1 Go to th e char t disp lay.
Northstar Explorer 538i/538 Installation and Operation M anual 17 Preparing A route is a lis t of wa ypo ints th at the bo at can foll ow (se e sec ti on 6). To create wayp oint s befo re creating t he route, s ee se c tion 5 - 2-1 . To create a route, se e se ct ion 6 - 2- 1.
Northstar Explorer 538i/538 Installation and Operation M anual 18 A typical chart display shows: 3- 2 Cha r t dis play T o g o to the Char t disp lay, press , sel ec t Chart , the n sele c t Chart .
Northstar Explorer 538i/538 Installation and Operation M anual 19 Th e char t sc ale is disp layed at t he top le f t of the char t: 3- 2- 2 Lat itude an d long itude Lat itud e and lo ngit ude c an be dis playe d in the dat a head er. The disp lay is de gree s and minu tes to three d ecim al pla ces, ab out 2 m ( 6 f t) reso lutio n.
Northstar Explorer 538i/538 Installation and Operation M anual 20 3- 3 D ista nce and b eari ng calc ulato r Th e dist ance and b eari ng cal culator c an plot a cour se of on e or seve ral le gs and sh ow the bear ing an d leng th of eac h leg , as well as th e total d ista nce alo ng th e cours e.
Northstar Explorer 538i/538 Installation and Operation M anual 21 T r ack ing reco rds the b oat ’s positi on to memo r y at regu lar inter v als, whi ch can b e: Tim e i nt erval s. Or di stance i nt ervals. Th e trac k of whe re the b oat has b een c an be displ ayed on t he char t .
Northstar Explorer 538i/538 Installation and Operation M anual 22 4 Navigat ion: H ighway dis play Th e highway d isplay ha s a bird’s eye v iew of t he bo at’s cour se to a des tinat ion. To go to the Hi ghway disp lay, press , sel ec t Other , then select Highwa y .
Northstar Explorer 538i/538 Installation and Operation M anual 23 5- 1 Wayp oi nts d ispl ay T o g o to the wa ypo ints dis play, press , sel ec t Ot her, then se lec t Way points .
Northstar Explorer 538i/538 Installation and Operation M anual 24 5- 2-3 Editin g a waypo int Editing a waypoint from the chart display 1 I n the cha r t display, move the c urso r to the way point to e dit . 2 Press a nd sel ec t Edit . 3 Ch ange t he way point d ata (se e sec ti on 5-2- 7) .
Northstar Explorer 538i/538 Installation and Operation M anual 25 5- 2-9 Naviga ting to a wayp oin t See s ec tio n 3- 1- 2. 5- 2-8 Sor t Wayp oin ts T o c hange h ow the w ayp oints l ist is disp layed : 1 Press and s ele ct Sor t by . 2 Sel ec t how to disp lay the l ist: Na m e: In alp habe tica l order by n ame.
Northstar Explorer 538i/538 Installation and Operation M anual 26 2 T o i nser t a way po int in the ro ute by brea king one l eg into t wo : i M ove the cu rso r to the le g you want to break. ii Press and s ele ct In sert . iii Move th e curs or to whe re the ne w route waypoint will be.
Northstar Explorer 538i/538 Installation and Operation M anual 27 4 T o i nser t a wa ypo int in the ro ute: i S ele ct w here th e wayp oint w ill be : To inser t the f irs t way point i n a new route, s ele ct Le g 1 . To inser t a way point at t he end o f the route, s elec t th e unuse d leg at t he end o f the lis t of way poi nts .
Northstar Explorer 538i/538 Installation and Operation M anual 28 GPS worldw ide navi gatio n Th e US Govern ment op erates t he GPS s ys tem. T w ent y-fo ur sate llites o rbi t the ear th a nd broa dcas t posi tion an d time sig nals. T he posi tions o f the se sate llites are co nst antly chang ing.
Northstar Explorer 538i/538 Installation and Operation M anual 29 Th e satell ite displ ay has info rmati on ab out th e GPS s atellite s and GPS p ositi on.
Northstar Explorer 538i/538 Installation and Operation M anual 30 8 Gauges d isplay Th e Gauge s display sh ows bo at data, su ch as water s pee d, as an alo g or digi tal g auges . T o g o to the Ga uge disp lay, press and select Chart , then s ele ct Cha rt+Gauges .
Northstar Explorer 538i/538 Installation and Operation M anual 31 9 Dat a display Th e data disp lay has larg e numer ic dat a fiel ds. T o g o to the dat a displ ay , p ress , se lec t Other , then select Da ta . T o s ele ct w hat data is dis playe d: 1 Press and s ele ct Data s et up .
Northstar Explorer 538i/538 Installation and Operation M anual 32 1 0-2 Fuel dis play Fuel display without engine RPM Fuel display with engine RPM T o g o to the Fuel d isplay, press , s ele ct Other , then select Fue l .
Northstar Explorer 538i/538 Installation and Operation M anual 33 6 Th e Ex plor er 538/538i then as ks yo u to set the th rott le to achi eve a targ et RPM. Fo r a t win eng ine bo at set b oth eng ines to ab out the t arget R PM. Wh en the en gine R PMs are corre c t, th e T arg et RPM box w ill tur n gree n.
Northstar Explorer 538i/538 Installation and Operation M anual 34 1 0-3- 2 Ma nag ing fu el con sump tion c urve s Re cord seve ral cur ve s for di f ferent con diti ons. Renaming a curve 1 Press one o r more ti mes unti l the Set up menu is dis playe d, then s ele ct Fuel .
Northstar Explorer 538i/538 Installation and Operation M anual 35 A C B I H J K D E G D F N L M 1 1 Tides dis play Th e tide s display is av ailab le on C -M AP char t s. Th e tides d isplay sho ws tide i nform ation at a ti de st ation fo r the s elec te d date.
Northstar Explorer 538i/538 Installation and Operation M anual 36 1 2 User card di splay A C - MAP™ us er card is a n optio nal plu g-i n card that ca n store da ta fil es (se e se cti on 1-4) . The re are thre e t yp es of fi les: w ayp oints , routes o r a track.
Northstar Explorer 538i/538 Installation and Operation M anual 37 1 3 About dis play T o sh ow the ab out dis play, press , select Other , then select Abo u t . Th e abou t display sh ows: Th e sof t ware ve rsion a nd date. Th e world c har t versio n.
Northstar Explorer 538i/538 Installation and Operation M anual 38 Press once or m ore unti l the Setup menu is di splaye d, then s ele ct Sy ste m : Language Sel ec t the la nguag e for th e displ ays. T he opt ions are: En glish, Ital ian, French, Ge rman, Sp anish, Dutch, Swe dish, Por tugu ese, Finnish an d Gree k.
Northstar Explorer 538i/538 Installation and Operation M anual 39 SmartCraft (see the SmartCraft Gateway Installation and Operation Manual ) Setup option menus Factor y de faul t set tin gs are show n. Th e setup d ata avai labl e will dep end o n the op tiona l senso rs and instrum ents installe d.
Northstar Explorer 538i/538 Installation and Operation M anual 40 Rotation Th e optio ns for cha rt rot atio n are: Nort h up: N or th is alw ays at th e top of th e char t disp lay. Track up : The c har t is rotate d so that th e bo at direc tio n is to the top of th e display.
Northstar Explorer 538i/538 Installation and Operation M anual 41 Setting map datum 1 I n the Char t s etup me nu, sel ec t Map da tum . 2 S ele ct t he map da tum for t he pap er cha rt y ou are using. 3 I f you se lec t a dat um other t han WGS 8 4 the Ex plo rer 538/538i ask s if yo u want to ap ply the NM EA dat um of f set (s ee b elow).
General submenu Plotter mode Normal : onl y sca les ava ilabl e on the c har t card c an be d isplaye d. If you p ress or to se lec t a cha rt s cal e which is n ot avai lable, o n the char t ca rd, the ch ar t displa y will chan ge to this s cale b ut wil l only d isplay th e bo at posit ion an d trac k (if enab led ).
Northstar Explorer 538i/538 Installation and Operation M anual 43 Press once or m ore unti l the Se tup me nu is displ ayed, th en sel ec t GPS: GPS Source • Interna l : Use th e inter nal GPS a ntenna (E xp lorer 538i ) or the e x terna l GPS anten na supp lied ( E xplo rer 538) (s ee se ct ion 1 5-5).
Northstar Explorer 538i/538 Installation and Operation M anual 44 Fuel setup r equires optional petrol/gasoline or Smar t Craf t s ensor s to be inst alle d.
Northstar Explorer 538i/538 Installation and Operation M anual 45 Th e Flow fi lter ca n be se t from 0 to 30 second s. Use the l owes t valu e which gi ves a st abl e fl ow. Usually a v alue o f 5 to 1 0 se conds wi ll give a satis fa cto r y result for t wo -s troke c arbu ret tor engi nes .
Northstar Explorer 538i/538 Installation and Operation M anual 46 1 4- 6 Setu p > Logs Press one or m ore tim es until t he Setup menu is di splaye d, then s ele ct Lo gs : Th e valu es can b e chan ged in dep ende ntly of each oth er. These l og va lues are s aved wh en the unit is turned of f.
Northstar Explorer 538i/538 Installation and Operation M anual 47 1 4- 8 Setup > U nits Press on e or mo re times u ntil the Setup menu is di splaye d, then s ele ct Un i ts : Th e def ault uni ts are sho wn abo ve.
Northstar Explorer 538i/538 Installation and Operation M anual 48 Press once or more u ntil the Setu p menu is di splaye d, then s ele ct Cali b ra te : Fue l Se e sec tio n 1 4 - 4. Spee d rang e Th e maxi mum readi ng to displa y on an anal og bo at spe ed gaug e (se e sec tio n 1 0).
Northstar Explorer 538i/538 Installation and Operation M anual 49 • C - MAP™ N T -M AX , NT + or N T char t cards . • C-MAP™ user cards (3 V) for storing data. ( T he o ld er 5 vo lt c ard s are not sup po r te d) • Nor ths tar ca rr y bag .
Northstar Explorer 538i/538 Installation and Operation M anual 50 Opt iona l sensor s and i nstru ment s Ex ternal alarms : Light s or so unde rs in the b oat to soun d alar ms throu gh the b oat (se e se cti on 15 - 4 ) . GP S or DG PS a nte nna : For G PS navig ation, s ee se ct ion 1 5 -5.
Northstar Explorer 538i/538 Installation and Operation M anual 51 2 Bracke t Mou nting Req uires a pa nel for m ountin g the br acket . Ensure that th e pane l is not likel y to defo rm and is n ot subje c t to excessi ve vibr atio n. Th e brac ket can be ti lted an d rotate d.
Northstar Explorer 538i/538 Installation and Operation M anual 52 Pow er/data cable Red Y ellow Black External beepers or lights Main switch 12 V DC] Fuse 2A Th e powe r/data cab le has a bl ack lo cki ng coll ar and f l ying l eads .
Northstar Explorer 538i/538 Installation and Operation M anual 53 Selecting an ant enna Fit on e of the se GPS a ntennas: • N orma lly use t he inter nal GPS a ntenna (E xp lorer 538i) o r the GP S antenna sup plie d (E xpl orer 538) .
Northstar Explorer 538i/538 Installation and Operation M anual 54 Black Pow er/data cable Orange Blue NavBus wires to other Navbus instruments If th e boat ha s one or t wo Smar t Cra f t capa ble Merc ur y pet rol /gasol ine en gines , conn ec t the Ex plo rer 538/538i to the Smar tC raf t en gines w ith an opt ional Sm ar tCr af t gatew ay .
Northstar Explorer 538i/538 Installation and Operation M anual 55 Dur ing set up to sen d NMEA d ata to other instru ments, set NMEA o ut to an d spe cif y the NMEA da ta to s end (se e se ct ion 14-9 ) . Setup a nd tes t 1 Put a bl anki ng cap o n any unuse d conn ec tor on th e back o f the disp lay unit .
Northstar Explorer 538i/538 Installation and Operation M anual 56 GENERAL Size : 126 mm H x 126 mm W x 65 mm D (5.0” x 5.0” x 2.6”) Display : 3.8” diagonal, TFT Color , 240 x 320 pixels Backlight : Display and keys Supply voltage 10 to 16 V DC.
Northstar Explorer 538i/538 Installation and Operation M anual 57 List of datums Adindan Afgooye AIN EL ABD 1970 American Samoa 1962 Anna 1 Astro 1965 Antigua Island Astro 1943 ARC 1950 ARC 1960 Ascen.
Northstar Explorer 538i/538 Installation and Operation M anual 58 1-1 The Explorer 538/538i won’t turn on: a T he E xp lorer 538/538i is de signe d to oper ate on a 1 2 vo lt bat ter y s ystem , where th e volt age may v ar y from 10 to 1 6 vol ts.
Northstar Explorer 538i/538 Installation and Operation M anual 59 2-1 No GPS fix or long time to get fix at startup: a M ay occur o ccasi onall y if the a ntenna do es not have a cl ear vie w of the s k y . T he s atelli te posi tions a re const antly ch angin g.
Northstar Explorer 538i/538 Installation and Operation M anual 60 Note : For th e Ex plor er 538/538i to me asure f uel consum ptio n, the o ptio nal f uel f low k it must b e fitt ed. 3-1 Fuel used or remaining seem inaccurate: Ex plo rer is not w ired fo r auto pow er (se e section 1 5-4).
Northstar Explorer 538i/538 Installation and Operation M anual 61 Att ent ion A rea - An i mpor t ant area on a ch ar t, such as a res tri cte d anch orag e or a shall ow area (se e sec ti on 14- 2) . Bathymetric line - A dept h contour li ne on the chart.
Northstar Explorer 538i/538 Installation and Operation M anual 62 Navigation da ta Th e boat is s ailin g from t he st ar t to the de stin ation an d has move d of f th e plot ted co urs e from th e st ar t to the des tination. BRG B eari ng to De sti natio n: B ear ing to th e des tina tion f rom t he bo at.
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