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Chapter 10 - Using Other Special Functions
2. Using the , specify the distance at which you
want to be alerted.
3. Press the key.
Setting the DGPS
alarm
The DGPS ALARM signals when the unit stops using differen-
tial corrections because no valid corrections have been
received within the time specified by the DGPS data time-out
limit (for details, see ”Changing DGPS data time-out” starting
on page 167). To activate the audible DGPS time-out alarm:
1. Press the to highlight DGPS ALARM, then
press the menu key.
2. Press the to turn the alarm to ON.
3. Press the key.
Setting the
anchor-watch alarm
honk
In the anchor-watch alarm function, you can set the unit to
honk, in addition to beep, as long as you’ve connected a
honker with pin #14 on the interface connector (see the
Northstar 951/952 Installation Manual for connection infor-
mation). Once you set the anchor-watch alarm to honk, a
continuous honking sequence begins either when your vessel
moves outside the specified anchor-alarm radius or when the
navigation source (i.e., GPS) becomes unavailable.
NOTE:
For this feature to work, the
ANCHOR ALARM
field on the
ALARMS
screen (952) or
ALARMS & BACKLIGHT
screen (951) must be set to
ON
.
To set the anchor-watch alarm to honk:
1. Press the to highlight the HONK OUTPUT
field, then press the menu key.
2. Press the to select ANCHOR ALM.
3. Press the key.
If your vessel moves outside the set anchor-alarm radius, then
for the next 10 seconds, the exclamation point begins flashing
and the alarm automatically starts beeping (you’ll hear the
beeping only if you’ve set the ALARM AUDIO field to ON). The
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