Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product NAV REPEATER Star Trac
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OPERATION MANUAL.
1 Introduction ........................................................................................................ 2 1.1 Part specification .............................................................................................. 2 2 Installation .
1 Introduction Thank you for choosing the Star NAV Repeater which will display all necessary data from your NMEA navigator. Power and NMEA data are connected on the reverse side of the instrument. The colour coded 4-pole jack plug makes the installation easy.
2 Installation • The installation includes 6 major steps: 1. Read the installation and operation manual. 2. Plan where to install the transducer and instrument. 3. Install the transducer, then the instrument. 4. Run the cables. 5. Take a break and admire your installation.
2.1 Installing the instrument • Place the adhesive drill template on the desired location for the instrument. Drill the four screw holes using a 2 .8 mm ( 7 / 64 ”) drill for wood or 3.2 mm ( 1 / 8 ”) for fibre glass. Use a 52 mm (2 1 / 16 ”) hole saw to machine the clearance hole for the instrument connection socket.
3 Function overview The display is divided in two function groups: Position and Navigation. To change between them, press MODE . To scroll in function list, press UP or DOWN . 3.1 How to use the push buttons Mode / Light button This button is used to change between Position mode and Navigation mode.
3.2 Position The position is displayed in latitude and longitude to three decimal places. If the NMEA Navigator just sends two decimals, the third will always read zero. 3.2.1 Time and date To display date and time, press DOWN . Date and time is displayed in month, day, hour, minute and second.
3.3 Navigation functions To change to combi steer, press MODE . The combi steer window provides you with information of five values at a time. The arrow at the top helps you to keep on track. This function is explained in section 3.3.7. The functions displayed are speed over ground, course over ground, distance to Waypoint and course to Waypoint.
3.3.4 Select Waypoint In the navigation mode you can at any time set a Waypoint to go to. The NAV Repeater will then compute the distance and bearing to Waypoint and all other functions .The W aypoint is selected by pressing the KEY in any navigation mode.
3.3.7 Top arrows At the top of the display there are four arrows and four text signs. The arrows tell you if you are on the ”road” or not and the text displays the status of your NMEA navigator . The width of the road can be adjusted, see calibration section 5.
The following NMEA sentences are red for displaying different data. The sentences are in priority order (i.e. if the NMEA navigater is sending more than one sentence, the information in the first sentence is displayed.) Position: 1. GGA, 2. RMC, 3. RMA, 4.
5.2 Unit for distance The unit for distance can be selected as nautical miles (NM), kilometres (KM) or miles (MI). 5.3 Unit for speed The unit for speed can be selected as knots (KTS), kilometres/hour (KMH) or miles/hour (MPH). 5.4 Seconds ON/OFF Select the position to be displayed in seconds or hundreths of minutes.
5.7 Circle alarm The Star NAV Repeater has a built in arrival alarm. When the boat is closer to the Waypoint than the setting in this calibration mode, the alarm is activated. You can select the radius of the circle. To turn off the alarm, set the value to zero.
6 Fault finding The instrument has three fault messages. No INPUT, NO DATA and UNKNOWN dATA. Screen Cause Action Blank No power supply 1. Check fuse. 2. Check connections. No input No signals are registrated by the NAV Repeater 1. Check connections 2.
LIMITED WARRANTY The warranty covers repair of defective parts, due to faulty manufacture and includes labour when repaired in the country of purchase. The warranty period is two years, and commences from the date of purchase. The above warranty is the Manufacturers only warranty and no other terms, expressed or implied, will apply.
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