NorthStar EXPLORER 650 - 15-1 The displays

53Northstar Explorer 650 Installation and Operation Manual
15-1 The displays
Distress
Boats that have sent DSC
distress messages and their
positions.
Poll
Boats you have manually polled
on the VHF radio, and their
position at that time.
Buddy track
Buddy boats from your DSC
radio. The radio regularly calls
the boats and updates their
positions.
When your DSC radio receives a distress
message, the Explorer creates a distress
waypoint at the boat position. Distress
waypoints have default names like DSTRSS01.
The Explorer displays a Distress warning.
Select:
OK to return to what you were doing.
Display to switch to Chart and display the
position of the boat sending the distress
message.
Boat positions
The boat positions on the Explorer can differ from the true boat positions:
Distress: The position is the distress waypoint, which is where the boat was when it sent the
distress message.
Polled boats: The position is where the boat was when you last polled the boat.
Buddy track: The position is where the boat was when your radio last polled the boat.