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951/952 Operator's Manual Rev. B
honk sequence then starts for a total of 3.5 minutes: 1 second
of honking followed by 14 seconds of silence; 2 seconds of
honking followed by 13 seconds of silence; 3 seconds of
honking followed by 12 seconds of silence, and so forth, until
the honking is up to 14 seconds followed by 1 second of
silence. This 3.5-minute honk cycle repeats forever unless you
clear the anchor alarm. This honk does not automatically clear
with the following conditions:
• your vessel moves back into the anchor-alarm radius
• you change the anchor-alarm radius
• you select a new "drop anchor" position
• you turn off the anchor alarm
Instead, you must clear the anchor alarm in either of the
following two ways.
Option #1:
1. Press the 67$5 key once to display the ALARMS screen
(952) or ALARMS & BACKLIGHT screen (951), then press
the &/($5 $/$50 key.
Option #2:
1. Press the 67$5 key once to display the ALARMS screen
(952) or ALARMS & BACKLIGHT screen (951).
2. Press the &85625 3$' to highlight the HONK OUTPUT
field, then press the (',7 $/$50 key.
3. Press the &85625 3$' to select either 200 PPNM (used
to interface to speed log devices; see the Northstar 951/
952 Installation Manual for details), or ALL ALARMS,
instead of ANCHOR ALM, then press the (17(5 key.
Honking for all alarms
Instead of setting all alarms to beep only, you can set all
alarms to honk. This honking starts simultaneously with the
flashing exclamation point on the ALARMS screen (952) or
ALARMS & BACKLIGHT screen (951). After you set all alarms
to honk, the system emits an output sound for half a second,
followed by silence for half a second. This repeatable honking
Chapter 10 - Using Other Special Functions
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