Manuale d’uso / di manutenzione del prodotto 438 del fabbricante NorthStar Navigation
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www .n ort hs ta rn a v .c om E x p lo r e r 435/438 Fis h fi nder Installation and Op er ation Manual.
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IMPORT ANT SAFETY INFORMA TION Please read carefully befor e installation and use. DANGER This is the safety alert symbol. It is used to aler t you to potential personal injury hazards, Obey all safety messages that follow this symbol to avoidpossible injury or death.
Northstar Explorer 435/438 Installation and Operation Manual 4 Con t e n t s 1 Intr od uc t io n .......................................................................................................................................... 6 1 - 1 Be nef it s of the E xp lore r 43 5 and E xpl orer 438 .
Northstar Explorer 435/438 Installation and Operation Manual 5 App en di x A - Spe ci f ic at io ns ..................................................................................................................... 27 App en di x B - Troub le sho ot ing .
Northstar Explorer 435/438 Installation and Operation Manual 6 1 In trod uction Congr atul ation s on cho osin g a Nor t hst ar fish fin der. For ma ximu m ben ef it, p leas e read this m anual caref ull y be fore ins ta llatio n and us e. This m anual d esc rib es h ow to ins tall a nd se t up the E x plo rer 435 or Ex pl orer 438.
Northstar Explorer 435/438 Installation and Operation Manual 7 1 - 2 Ho w the E xp lore r 43 5 an d Ex plo rer 438 work Th e E xpl orer 435 and E xp lore r 438 have tw o par t s: - the tr ans ducer at t ach ed to th e hull - the dis play u nit .
Northstar Explorer 435/438 Installation and Operation Manual 8 2 Basi c Ope rat ion Key Ope ra tion The fi shfinde r i s ope rat ed thr ough menus. To select a menu item: 1. Press or to move th e highl ight to th e item. 2. Press to sel ec t t he ite m.
Northstar Explorer 435/438 Installation and Operation Manual 9 Gain Adjustment Gain (s ensit iv it y) contro ls the a mou nt of de tail d ispla yed o n the s cree n. Re fer to se ct ion 4 -3 for m ore information. 1. P r e s s brief ly to show the ga in contro ls.
Northstar Explorer 435/438 Installation and Operation Manual 10 3 Set ti ng up t he E xplo rer 435 and E x plore r 438 Press MENU tw ice to show th e Setup menu , then s ele c t a pa r tic ular o ptio n using t he or cursor keys . (Se c tion 2 B asic O pe rati on, de scr ibe s how to use t he key s in more d eta il.
Northstar Explorer 435/438 Installation and Operation Manual 11 Press MENU t wi ce to displa y the Setup me nu, then select Sys te m : Language Sel ec t th e lan guag e for t he disp lays . T he op tio ns are: En glish, It alian, French , Ger man, Spa nish, Dutch, Swe dish, Por tu gues e, Finnish an d Gre ek .
Northstar Explorer 435/438 Installation and Operation Manual 12 3- 3 Se tup > Fue l (Ex plo re r 438 only) ! W ARNING These features can be used only when the optional single or twin engine fuel kit has been installed. Press MENU t wi ce to displa y the Setup menu, then select Fuel : • As a f ish sy mb ol ( On ).
Northstar Explorer 435/438 Installation and Operation Manual 13 Clear Used Select Clear us ed to s et Us e d (th e amo unt of fu el use d) to zero. D o this to s tar t measur ing the am ount o f fu el use d ove r a cer ta in tim e or distance. Whe n asked A r e you su re? selec t Ye s .
Northstar Explorer 435/438 Installation and Operation Manual 14 3- 5 Setu p > Logs Press MENU t wi ce to displa y the Setup me nu, then select Logs : Th e val ues c an be c hang ed i nde pen dent ly o f each oth er. Thes e lo g valu es are s aved w hen th e unit is turned of f.
Northstar Explorer 435/438 Installation and Operation Manual 15 3- 7 Setu p > Uni ts Press MENU t wi ce to displa y the Setup me nu, then select Units : Th e def aul t unit s are show n in this examp le.
Northstar Explorer 435/438 Installation and Operation Manual 16 Te m p e r a t u r e The factory settings should be sufficiently accurate for normal usage. To calibrate the temperature readout, first measure the water temperature with a thermometer known to be accurate.
Northstar Explorer 435/438 Installation and Operation Manual 17 Bottom Large school of fish Strength of ec hoes Th e colo rs i ndi cate di f fe rence s in th e st reng th of the e cho.
Northstar Explorer 435/438 Installation and Operation Manual 18 Shadows Shad ows are c reated a roun d areas wh ere th e ult ras oni c bea m cann ot ‘se e’.
Northstar Explorer 435/438 Installation and Operation Manual 19 Note : T im es ind ica ted are f or ill ust rat ion o nly. 1 minu te ago Now Tim e St ationary boat When a boat is stationary, all bottom echoes will come from the same small area of bottom.
Northstar Explorer 435/438 Installation and Operation Manual 20 T ransduc ers Inst allation Guide ). • If th e bo at is anch ore d the n fish w ill tend to show on t he dis play as h or izont al lin es as t hey swi m into and o ut of t he tr ans ducer s ona r beam .
Northstar Explorer 435/438 Installation and Operation Manual 21 4-4 Ra nge Rang e is the ve r tic al de pth disp laye d on th e Ex pl orer 435 and E xp lore r 438.
Northstar Explorer 435/438 Installation and Operation Manual 22 5- 1 Son ar d isp lay T o sh ow th e Sona r displ ay highl ight Son a r and press : This d ispla y scro lls fro m ri ght (mo st re cent ech oe s) to lef t (ol des t ec ho es). (s ee s ec ti on 3 - 2 Set up > So nar).
Northstar Explorer 435/438 Installation and Operation Manual 23 5-4 So nar A-Scope d isp lay T o sh ow th e A-Scop e displ ay, selec t S onar A-Scop e and p ress . Use this to ana ly se th e son ar data in d eta il and o ptim ize th e Gain s et tin gs.
Northstar Explorer 435/438 Installation and Operation Manual 24 5-6 D ata d is pla y T o sh ow the D ata disp lay, selec t Data and press . Th e data d isplay shows a graph of the water temperature and depth over ti m e a n d ot h e r selected da ta it ems.
Northstar Explorer 435/438 Installation and Operation Manual 25 • Bracket mounting requires a panel for mount ing th e br acket . Ensure that th e pan el is not like ly to def orm a nd is not su bje c t to exces sive v ibr atio n.
Northstar Explorer 435/438 Installation and Operation Manual 26 Fuse Fuse White (NMEA out) Green External Beeper or Light Red Y ellow Black Main switch 12 V DC Ignition switch T o ignition system Auto p ower o pti on Auto p ower o pti on Black wire : Connect this to the negative batter y terminal.
Northstar Explorer 435/438 Installation and Operation Manual 27 Ex p lo re r R310: Repeater for d epth, s pe ed , wate r temp erat ure an d bat ter y volt age.
Northstar Explorer 435/438 Installation and Operation Manual 28 This troubleshooting guide is written with the assumption that the user has read and understood the relevant sections in this manual. It is po ssib le in many c ase s to sol ve dif fi cult ies wit hou t havin g to sen d the d ispla y unit b ack to the ma nuf ac tu rer for re pai r.
Northstar Explorer 435/438 Installation and Operation Manual 29 3. The fi shfinder operate s erra tically: a) Check that the transducer does not have debris (e.g. weed, plastic bag) caught around it. b) The transducer may have been damaged during launching, running aground or whil e und er way w ith d ebr is etc.
Northstar Explorer 435/438 Installation and Operation Manual 30 9. Fuel use d or remaining seem inaccurate: a) If the en gine is r un wh ile th e fish fin der is powe red o f f, the f ishfi nde r doe s not re cord the am ount o f fu el use d dur ing that e ngin e run .
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