User manual NORTHSTAR EXPLORER AP380

[. . . ] Explorer AP380 Autopilot Installation and Operation Manual www. northstarnav. com IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION Please read carefully before installation and use. DANGER !It is used to alert you to potential personal injury hazards, Obey all safety messages that follow this symbol to avoid possible injury or death. WARNING indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if not avoided, could result in death or serious injury CAUTION indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if not avoided, could result in minor or moderate injury. CAUTION used without the safety alert symbol indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if not avoided, may result in property damage. WARNING CAUTION CAUTION DISCLAIMER: It is the owner's sole responsibility to install and use the instrument and transducers in a manner that will not cause accidents, personal injury or property damage. [. . . ] If there are no other AP380 display heads on the system, The Explorer AP380 will turn on and enter STBY (Standby) mode. 3-1-6 Control Dial When using menus and adjusting settings, use to scroll through items and increment or decrement values. STBY mode: Moves the rudder to port or to starboard half of a degree per click. AUTO mode: Changes the set course by one degree per click. Note: If the AP380 was switched off while still in AUTO mode, a warning message will be displayed to alert the user that there may have been a power interruption. Note: When the AP380 is powered on, the Control Dial and Dodge keys are active and can operate the rudder at any time (see Power Steering modes 1-1-3) Northstar Explorer AP380 System Installation and Operation Manual 41 3-3 Turning the Explorer AP380 off When in STBY mode: · Press and hold . A pop-up box will appear and start a 3 second count-down. The unit will turn off when the counter reaches 0. Releasing during this time will resume normal operation. Any settings you have made are retained by the unit. 3-5 Engaging AP380 Select AUTO mode by pressing . The AP380 is now steering the boat based on the selected steering mode. · · 3-6 Disengaging AP380 Select STBY mode by pressing . The AP380 is not steering the boat ­ the helmsman must steer the boat using the manual helm. When in AUTO mode: · Press and hold . A warning pop-up box will remind you to enter STBY mode before the unit can be turned off. Press to close the pop-up. 3-7 Setting the steering mode For a power boat: For a boat without GPS, or for a boat with GPS but you do not want to navigate to a waypoint, choose Compass mode. The AP380 steers the boat at a set compass heading. · Select Compass mode by pressing choose Compass and press . , 3-4 Backlight Briefly press appear. The Backlight pop-up will Repeating this action will toggle from day to night mode. Use the Control Dial to increase or decrease the display and keypad backlighting. · The Explorer AP380 has a choice of white background `Day' and black background `Night' backlighting modes. Either mode can be selected using the Control Dial. The Backlight pop-up may also be selected: Menu > Setup > System > Backlight menu. Backlighting on all other Northstar instruments that are connected on the same NavBus backlighting channel will also change. To use the AP380 with a GPS to navigate to a waypoint or along a route, choose GPS mode. The AP380 steers the boat using navigation data from the GPS. [. . . ] Repairs to the unit must only be carried out by a service centre approved by Northstar. Users who service the unit themselves will void the warranty. More information can be found on our Website: www. northstarnav. com. 1 a b c 2 Unit will not turn on: Fuse blown or circuit breaker tripped. [. . . ]