NorthStar 951X Operator's Manual page 145

Setting the
cross-track distance
Setting the arrive
radius
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3. Press the &85625 3$' to highlight ANCHOR ALARM,
then press the (',7 $/$50 menu key.
4. Press the &85625 3$' to turn the alarm to ON.
5. Press the &85625 3$' to move the cursor right, and use
the .(<3$' to specify the distance the boat can normally
be expected to move on its anchor chain (add a safety fac-
tor to allow for GPS or loran inaccuracy).
6. Press the (17(5 key.
Remember to set the anchor alarm to OFF before intentionally
moving away from the anchor-drop point.
The CROSS TRACK alarm lets you specify the maximum dis-
tance the boat is permitted to move from the track line before
it sounds an alarm. You can turn the cross-track alarm to ON
or OFF, and specify the alarm distance from the track line.
1. Press the &85625 3$' to highlight CROSS TRACK, then
press the (',7 $/$50 menu key.
2. Press the &85625 3$' to turn the alarm to ON.
3. If you want to change the limit at which the cross-track
alarm alerts you, press the &85625 3$' to move the
cursor right, and use the .(<3$' to specify the distance
at which you want to be alerted.
4. Press the (17(5 key.
The ARRIVE RADIUS alarm signals you when you come within
a specified distance of the next waypoint. You can specify the
distance of the radius around waypoints to as close as 0.01 nm.
Keep the arrive radius distance very small because the unit automatically
begins to sequence to the next waypoint when you come within the arrival
distance you've set for the current waypoint.
1. Press the &85625 3$' to highlight ARRIVE RADIUS,
then press the (',7 $/$50 menu key.
Chapter 10 - Using Other Special Functions
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