NorthStar Explorer 538 - Waypoints, Routes, and Highway Display; Highway Display Navigation

Northstar Explorer 538i/538 Installation and Operation Manual
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4 Navigation: Highway display
The highway display has a bird’s eye view of the boat’s
course to a destination. To go to the Highway display,
press
, select Other, then select Highway.
The highway display shows:
A Optional data header (see section 2-8-3)
B Optional compass (see section 2-8-4)
C Destination waypoint
D Boat’s plotted course to destination
E CDI lines, parallel to the boat’s plotted course (see
Appendix C, CDI). The CDI lines are like a highway
over the water where the boat will move.
F CDI scale
G The boat position is at the bottom, centre of the
display.
A
C
D
B
E
G
F
5 Navigation: Waypoints
A waypoint is a position that you can set on the
Explorer 538/538i chart for example a fishing spot
or a point on a route. The Explorer 538/538i can
have up to 3000 waypoints. A waypoint can be
created, changed or deleted. A waypoint has:
A name (up to eight characters).
An icon showing what kind of waypoint it is.
The available icons are:
A position.
A color for the waypoint symbol and name
on the chart.
A type:
Normal: A normal waypoint can be
navigated to or included in a route.
Danger: A danger waypoint is a point to
avoid. If the boat comes within the danger
radius of a danger waypoint the unit can
sound an alarm (see section 14-7).
A display option:
Controls how the waypoint is displayed
when the
Waypoints setup option is set to
Selected (see section 14-2):
Off: The waypoint is not displayed.
Icon: The waypoint icon is displayed.
I+N (Icon and Name): The waypoint
icon and name are displayed.
If there are many waypoints, use this feature
to select which waypoints are displayed on
the chart.
Note: The other choices for Waypoints are Hide
all and Show all (see section 14-2).
The highway display does not show land,
dangerous waters or chart symbols.