Using The Menus; Turning On And Off / Auto Power - NorthStar EXPLORER 550 Installation And Operation Manual

2-2 Using the menus

Operate the EXPLORER by selecting items from
menus. Items can be submenus, commands or
data.
Selecting a submenu
A after a menu item indicates a submenu, for
example Chart . Press
highlight to the submenu, then press
Starting a command
Press or to move the highlight to the
command, for example Goto cursor, then press
.
Changing data
First press or to move the highlight to the
data to change, then:
a) To change a tick box
means On or Yes
means Off or No.
Press or
b) To select an option
1 Press to display the menu of options.
2 Press or to move the highlight to the
option you want, then press

2-3 Turning on and off / auto power

Turning on manually
If the EXPLORER is not wired for auto power, press
to turn the unit on. If necessary, adjust the
display to be easy to read (see section 2-4).
Note: If the EXPLORER is not wired for auto power
then the EXPLORER does not record engine hours
and might not record fuel consumption (see
section 15-4).
Turning off manually
If the EXPLORER is not wired for auto power or if
the ignition switch is off, hold down
display turns off.
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or to move the
to change the tick box.
.
until the
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c) To change a name or number:
.
1 Press
2 Press
change. Press
digit.
Repeat this to change other letters or
numbers.
3 Press
d) To change a slider value
Press to decrease the value or
the value.
Auto power
If the EXPLORER is wired for auto power (see
section 15-4), then:
The EXPLORER automatically turns on when
you turn the boat's ignition switch on.
You can not turn the EXPLORER off while the
ignition switch is on.
If Auto power off (see section 14-1)
is , the EXPLORER automatically turns off
when you turn the boat's ignition switch off.
If Auto power off (see section 14-1)
is , the EXPLORER stays on when you turn
the boat's ignition switch off. You can now
turn the EXPLORER off manually.
to display the name or number:
or to select a letter or digit to
or to change the letter or
to accept the new value. Or press
to ignore the changes.
to increase