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- Page 1 Explorer 550/550i Chartplotter Installation and Operation Manual www.northstarnav.com...
- Page 2 Documentation will be the official version of the practices. Documentation. BRUNSWICK NEW TECHNOLOGIES INC. AND This manual represents the Explorer 550/550i as at ITS SUBSIDIARIES AND AFFILIATES DISCLAIM the time of printing. Brunswick New Technologies Inc. ALL LIABILITY FOR ANY USE OF THIS PRODUCT...
- Page 3 Important It is your sole responsibility to install and use Northstar’s instrument and GPS antenna in a manner that will not cause accidents, personal injury or property damage. Always observe safe boating practices. The choice, location, angle and installation of the instrument & GPS antenna are critical to performance of the system as intended.
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Page 4: Table Of Contents
7-1 Satellite display ............... . 29 8 Gauges display ............................. 29 9 Data display ............................30 Northstar EXPLORER 550/550i Installation and Operation Manual... - Page 5 15-1 Installation: What comes with the EXPLORER 550/550i ....... 52...
- Page 6 2-8-2 Compass at top of main displays 2-8-3 Dedicated data display Fuel Fuel computer, petrol/gasoline engine Fuel sensors Fuel computer, SmartCraft engines SmartCraft What to do when you add or remove fuel 10-3 Northstar EXPLORER 550/550i Installation and Operation Manual...
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Page 7: Introduction
For more information on this instrument The Fuel functions require optional and other Northstar products, go to our website, petrol/gasoline or SmartCraft fuel sensors to www.northstarnav.com. be installed and set up. -
Page 8: Removing And Replacing The Display Unit
Match the connector’s color to the socket the knob on the mounting bracket. Remove color. the dust cover. Insert each connector and turn the locking collar clockwise until it is finger tight. Northstar EXPLORER 550/550i Installation and Operation Manual... -
Page 9: Basic Operation
Press means to push the key for less than a second. Hold means to hold the key down. The internal beeper beeps when a key is pressed (to disable or enable the beep, see section 14-1). Northstar EXPLORER 550/550i Installation and Operation Manual... -
Page 10: Using The Menus
, the EXPLORER stays on when you turn display turns off. the boat’s ignition switch off. You can now turn the EXPLORER off manually. Northstar EXPLORER 550/550i Installation and Operation Manual... -
Page 11: Backlight And Night Mode
The EXPLORER has user settable alarms plus an or lights operate. alarm for loss of GPS fix (see section 14-7). Northstar EXPLORER 550/550i Installation and Operation Manual... -
Page 12: Simulate Mode
Chart menu and displays SmartCraft menu and displays The SmartCraft displays require a SmartCraft system to be installed. For information on using SmartCraft, see the SmartCraft Gateway Installation and Operation Manual. Northstar EXPLORER 550/550i Installation and Operation Manual... - Page 13 Other menu and displays Note: Press to go from an Other display back to your last chart display. Northstar EXPLORER 550/550i Installation and Operation Manual...
- Page 14 None to leave the field To turn the data header off or on: empty. Select Data. iii Repeat the above step to set the other data fields. Press Select To choose the size of the numbers: Northstar EXPLORER 550/550i Installation and Operation Manual...
- Page 15 (COG), a red symbol in the middle. When the boat is navigating to a point, the compass also shows bearing to the destination (BRG), a black symbol. In this example, BRG is 300° and COG is 320°. Northstar EXPLORER 550/550i Installation and Operation Manual...
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Page 16: Navigation: Chart
Go to the chart display. go to. Move the cursor to the waypoint: either use Press and select Goto. the cursor keys or use Find (see section 3-2-5). Press and select Goto. Northstar EXPLORER 550/550i Installation and Operation Manual... - Page 17 Select Forward (the order the route was time, cancel the route. Go to a chart display, press created) or Reverse. and select Cancel route. Northstar EXPLORER 550/550i Installation and Operation Manual...
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Page 18: Chart Display
Distance and bearing of cursor from boat Land The cursor (see section 3-2-1) A typical waypoint (see section 5) Note: To change the types of information displayed on the chart, see section 17-2. Northstar EXPLORER 550/550i Installation and Operation Manual... - Page 19 Select an object to display. with information about the symbol. Press to return to the menu. Select other objects. iii Finally, press to return to the chart. Northstar EXPLORER 550/550i Installation and Operation Manual...
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Page 20: Distance And Bearing Calculator
It does not matter if this point is a waypoint or not. The display shows the bearing and length of the leg, as well as the total distance along the course. Press Northstar EXPLORER 550/550i Installation and Operation Manual... -
Page 21: Projected Course
2,000 in the track are deleted. The maximum length of a track depends on the selected track interval: a 20,000 5,000 small interval will give a shorter, more detailed Northstar EXPLORER 550/550i Installation and Operation Manual... -
Page 22: Navigation: Highway Display
Note: The other choices for Waypoints are Hide A position. all and Show all (see section 14-2). A color for the waypoint symbol and name on the chart. Northstar EXPLORER 550/550i Installation and Operation Manual... -
Page 23: Waypoints Display
To move a waypoint from the waypoints display, edit the waypoint (see section 5-2-3) and change Press and select Move. the latitude and longitude. Move the cursor to the new position and press Northstar EXPLORER 550/550i Installation and Operation Manual... - Page 24 To change the waypoint data when it is displayed If necessary, repeat the above step to in a window: change other data. Select the data to change. Select Save. Press Use the cursor keys to change the data. Press Northstar EXPLORER 550/550i Installation and Operation Manual...
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Page 25: Navigation: Routes
To go to the routes display, press , select Other , then select Routes. If there are more routes than will fit on the display, press to scroll up or down a page at a time. Northstar EXPLORER 550/550i Installation and Operation Manual... -
Page 26: Managing Routes
Press to complete the route Change the name if necessary. Menu options while creating a route: iii Press To add a waypoint to the route Press and select Add. Northstar EXPLORER 550/550i Installation and Operation Manual... - Page 27 Press and select Delete. Select Yes to confirm. 6-2-5 Deleting all routes In the routes display, press and select Delete all. Select Yes to confirm. 6-2-6 Navigating a route See section 3-1-3. Northstar EXPLORER 550/550i Installation and Operation Manual...
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Page 28: Satellites
EXPLORER standard GPS antenna. The accuracy of the corrected GPS position is typically better than 5 m (15 ft) for 95% of the time. Northstar EXPLORER 550/550i Installation and Operation Manual... -
Page 29: Satellite Display
If necessary, press twice to switch to the Gauges display (see section 2-8-1). Before using the Gauge display, set Speed range, Max RPM and Max fuel flow (see sections 14-3 and 14-4). Gauges Northstar EXPLORER 550/550i Installation and Operation Manual... -
Page 30: Data Display
Select a data item that is available on your system or select None to leave the field empty. Repeat the above step to set the other data fields. Press Northstar EXPLORER 550/550i Installation and Operation Manual... -
Page 31: Fuel Functions And Display
(see section 10-4), a red bar shows the level at which the alarm will trigger. If there are two tanks, the left bar shows the port tank, the right bar shows the starboard tank. Northstar EXPLORER 550/550i Installation and Operation Manual... -
Page 32: When You Add Or Remove Fuel
Add fuel. On a multi-tank boat, select the tank that you have added fuel to. Change the number to the amount of fuel that you added. Northstar EXPLORER 550/550i Installation and Operation Manual... -
Page 33: Low Fuel Alarm
A paddlewheel Speed type sensor is more accurate than a pitot sensor at Select Paddlewheel or Pitot. low speeds. Tip: You can select a different speed sensor during a trip. Northstar EXPLORER 550/550i Installation and Operation Manual... - Page 34 If the boat travels for one hour, uses 3 gallons of fuel and has 50 gallons of fuel left: Speed Economy Range Using water speed: 10 knots 10 nm 3.3 nm / gal 165 nm Using ground speed: 14 knots 14 nm 4.7 nm / gal 235 nm Northstar EXPLORER 550/550i Installation and Operation Manual...
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Page 35: Fuel Consumption Curves
RPM. Set the throttle to idle; on a Note To interrupt making the curve at any time, multi engine boat set all engines to about the press same idle RPM. Northstar EXPLORER 550/550i Installation and Operation Manual... - Page 36 On a multi engine boat, keep the RPM of all engines similar while using a curve. The shape of the curve depends on the type of speed sensor you selected when making the curve (see sections 10-5-1 and 10-5). Northstar EXPLORER 550/550i Installation and Operation Manual...
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Page 37: Calibration
Select Calibrate and change the displayed calibration. value to be equal to the reading of the fuel dispenser’s gauge, then press . Repeat for the other engines. Northstar EXPLORER 550/550i Installation and Operation Manual... -
Page 38: Tides Display
Tide height cursor, a horizontal dotted line. Press to move cursor up and down. M Height of cursor on the tide chart N Moon phase for moon at the current time on the chosen date Northstar EXPLORER 550/550i Installation and Operation Manual... -
Page 39: User Card Display
For Tracks, select the track number to the existing waypoints. save. The new file is created. Change the name if required. The new file appears in the file list. Northstar EXPLORER 550/550i Installation and Operation Manual... -
Page 40: About Display
The number of waypoints, routes and tracks in the EXPLORER. Wiring information for the EXPLORER connectors. In the unlikely event of having to contact a Northstar dealer for service, quote the software version number and date. Northstar EXPLORER 550/550i Installation and Operation Manual... -
Page 41: Setting Up The Explorer 550/550I
Tip: In case you can’t read the current language, the language setting is found at the top of the system menu. Backlight Select the backlight level for the keys and display (see also section 2-4) Northstar EXPLORER 550/550i Installation and Operation Manual... - Page 42 (see 14-4) (see 14-3) SmartCraft (see the SmartCraft Gateway Installation and Operation Manual) Track Logs Alarms Units (see 14-5) (see 14-6) (see 14-7) (see 14-8) Comms Time Simulate (see 14-9) (see 14-10) (see 14-11) Northstar EXPLORER 550/550i Installation and Operation Manual...
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Page 43: Setup > Chart
Use Map datum to select the EXPLORER map datum to match the datum of the paper chart. Then, the latitude and longitude coordinates of objects displayed on the EXPLORER will change to match the corresponding coordinates on the paper chart. Northstar EXPLORER 550/550i Installation and Operation Manual... - Page 44 Clearing the map shift removes any map shift from the cartographic features on the EXPLORER chart display. 1 In the Chart setup menu, select Map shift. 2 Press and select Clear. 3 Press Northstar EXPLORER 550/550i Installation and Operation Manual...
- Page 45 General submenu Plotter mode Normal: only scales available on the chart card can be displayed. If you press to select a chart scale which is not available, on the chart card, the chart display will change to this scale but will only display the boat position and track (if enabled). The rest of the display is white with black crosshatch lines and no chart information is displayed.
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Page 46: Setup > Gps
GPS receiver (see section 7). Restart the GPS if the receiver has not been used for some time and is taking a long time to get a GPS fix. Northstar EXPLORER 550/550i Installation and Operation Manual... -
Page 47: Setup > Fuel
To give a stable fuel flow reading, the EXPLORER calculates the flow by taking several measurements and averaging them. Use the Flow filter to set the period over which the fuel flow is averaged. Northstar EXPLORER 550/550i Installation and Operation Manual... -
Page 48: Setup > Track
The data in the track selected for Record (see selected track. above) is deleted. Display Off: No track is shown on the chart. 1 to 5 (select a track number): The selected track is shown on the chart. Northstar EXPLORER 550/550i Installation and Operation Manual... -
Page 49: Setup > Logs
(see section 10-4) Loss of EXPLORER can not receive the DGPS signal DGPS fix (beacon, WAAS or EGNOS) Loss of EXPLORER can not receive the GPS signal GPS fix (this alarm is always on) Northstar EXPLORER 550/550i Installation and Operation Manual... -
Page 50: Setup > Units
EXPLORER to other Northstar instruments. Select this if the instruments are connected using NavBus. NavBus Group Use this when a group of Northstar instruments are connected together using NavBus, to specify NMEA out a group of instruments for backlighting, if required. -
Page 51: Setup > Time
Simulates the boat moving from the selected start point at the given speed and heading. The options required for Normal are: Speed: The simulated boat speed to use. Course: The simulated bearing for the boat to follow. Northstar EXPLORER 550/550i Installation and Operation Manual... -
Page 52: Installation
C-MAP™ user cards (3 V) for storing data. (The older 5 volt cards are not supported) • Northstar carry bag. • Northstar NavBus junction boxes simplify wiring, particularly if several instruments are connected. For more information, see the NavBus Installation Manual. Northstar EXPLORER 550/550i Installation and Operation Manual... - Page 53 Power out, 9 V DC (not used) White NMEA out Blue NavBus- + power in, 10.5 to 32 V DC Orange NavBus+ Yellow Auto power in Green External alarm out, 30 V DC 200 mA maximum. Northstar EXPLORER 550/550i Installation and Operation Manual...
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Page 54: Installation: The Display Unit
Screw the four studs into the brass inserts in knob on the mounting bracket. the back of the display unit. Sit the display unit in place and fit the washers and nuts to the studs. Mounting Knob bracket Northstar EXPLORER 550/550i Installation and Operation Manual... -
Page 55: Installation: Power/Data Cable
If the current is more than 200 mA, fit a relay. Black Black Green Connect the power/data cable to the black External beepers or display unit connector; turn the collar to lights lock the connector. Northstar EXPLORER 550/550i Installation and Operation Manual... -
Page 56: Installation: Gps Antenna
SmartCraft engines have fuel flow sensors, • Fuel sensor cable therefore Northstar fuel sensors are not required as well. White White Wire for auto power (see section 15-4). • During setup enter fuel setup data (see section 14-4) Northstar EXPLORER 550/550i Installation and Operation Manual... -
Page 57: Installation: Smartcraft
If the backlight is changed in an instrument automatically change in all other instruments in group 0 then no other instruments are of the same type. affected. Northstar EXPLORER 550/550i Installation and Operation Manual... -
Page 58: Installation: Other Nmea Instruments
During setup to send NMEA data to other An autopilot requires APB, APA and VTG instruments, set NMEA out to and specify the sentences (see section 14-9). NMEA data to send (see section 14-9). Northstar EXPLORER 550/550i Installation and Operation Manual... -
Page 59: Installation: Setup And Test
Select the language to use. Change the data if necessary (see section 2-1) iii When the setup data is correct, press This data can be changed later (see section 14). Northstar EXPLORER 550/550i Installation and Operation Manual... - Page 60 (5.9” x 6.5” x 2.6”) NMEA 0183 ver 2 4800 baud Display: • Inputs from compatible instruments: DBT, DPT EXPLORER 550, 550i: 5” diagonal, TFT color, 234 (preferred), GGA, GLL, GSA, GSV, MTW, MWV, x 320 pixels RMC, VHW, VTG Backlight: Display and keys...
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- Page 62 Repairs to the product may only be carried out It is possible in many cases to solve difficulties by a service centre approved by Northstar. If the without having to send the display unit back to product must be sent into a service centre for the manufacturer for repair.
- Page 63 No GPS fix. In simulate mode. Turn simulate mode off (see section 14-11). Local time offset is wrong (see section 14-10). The Local Time Offset must be changed when daylight saving time starts or ends. Northstar EXPLORER 550/550i Installation and Operation Manual...
- Page 64 You added or removed fuel but did not tell the EXPLORER (see section 10-3). The fuel tank may not refill to the same capacity each time due to air pockets. This is a particular problem with underfloor tanks. Northstar EXPLORER 550/550i Installation and Operation Manual...
- Page 65 EXPLORER chart, for example a fishing spot or a Leg - The straight segments of a route between point on a route (see section 5). waypoints. A route with four waypoints has three legs. Northstar EXPLORER 550/550i Installation and Operation Manual...
- Page 66 Velocity Made Good: The speed at which the boat is approaching the destination. Destination Destination Plotted DTG (distance) course (distance) VMG (speed) SOG (speed) Boat position CDI scale CDI scale (distance) (distance) Plotted course Boat position Start Start Northstar EXPLORER 550/550i Installation and Operation Manual...
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