Backlight And Night Mode; Man Overboard (Mob) - NorthStar EXPLORER 650 Installation And Operation Manual

2-3 Backlight and night mode

To go to the Backlight display, press
Backlight
The display and keys are backlit. To change the
backlight level, highlight
press to dim or to brighten.
When you have finished, press
Tip: Press twice to give the brightest
screen, with maximum backlight and Night mode
off.

2-4 Man overboard (MOB)

The MOB feature saves the boat's position and
then navigates back to this point.
WARNING
!
MOB will not work if the Explorer does not
have a GPS fix.
1 Press .
The Explorer stores the boat's position as a
waypoint called MOB.
2 The Explorer changes to the chart display,
with the MOB waypoint at the centre of the
chart.
The chart zooms in for accurate navigation.
If the chart can not show the required small
scale, the Explorer changes to plotter mode
(a white display with crosshatching and no
chart details, see section 17-2).
3 The Explorer sets the MOB waypoint to be
the destination to navigate to.
If the NMEA output (autopilot) is off (see
section 17-10) use the Explorer to manually
navigate to the destination MOB waypoint
(see sections 3-1-1 and 3-1-2).
If the NMEA output (autopilot) is on, the
Explorer asks if the autopilot is active. Select:
No: Use the Explorer to manually navigate
to the destination MOB waypoint (see
sections 3-1-1 and 3-1-2).
Yes: The Explorer asks if the boat is to go to
the MOB waypoint.
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briefly.
select Backlight, then
Northstar Explorer 650 Installation and Operation Manual
Night mode
Night mode sets the palette for all displays.
Normal palette, for daytime
A palette optimised for night time.
To change mode, hilight Night mode, then press
or . To change only the chart palette,
see section 17-2.
Select:
Yes: to immediately start navigating to
the MOB waypoint.
WARNING
!
This might result in a sudden and dangerous
turn.
No: disengage the autopilot; then use
the Explorer to manually navigate to the
destination MOB waypoint (see sections
3-1-1 and 3-1-2).
To cancel MOB or set another MOB
1 Press again to display a menu.
2 Select an option from the menu.
Tip: The MOB waypoint remains on the chart
after the MOB has been cancelled. To delete the
MOB waypoint, see section 5-2-5.