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Welcome to the Northstar 491

Congratulations on your purchase of the Northstar 491 Echo Sounder. The 491 connects with a Northstar navigator and a third-party transducer to add echo sounding capability to the Northstar 957, 958, 961, and 962 navigators. See the Northstar 491 Installation Manual (part number GM495) for recommended transducers.

You may be adding the 491 to your existing Northstar navigator for echo sounding, or you may have purchased your navigator complete with echo sounding. In either case, the 491 should be installed and configured by a qualified marine technician.

To get started right away, Section 2, ”Quick Start: Using the

Echo Sounder,” starting on page 2-11.

		CAUTION!
		Proper installation and configuration of your Northstar
		491 is of utmost importance for accurate and effective
		performance under a variety of conditions. To get the
		best performance from your 491, Northstar strongly rec-
		ommends installation and set-up by a qualified marine
		technician. For installation procedures, see the Northstar
		491 Echo Sounder Installation Manual (Part Number
		GM495).

Using this manual
Organization	Chapter 1 introduces you to the 491 echo sounder and to this
	operations manual.
	Chapter 2 gives you a quick-start introduction to get you
	started with echo sounding as soon as the 491 has been
	installed and configured.
	Chapter 3 tells how to adjust the echo sounder’s display—the
	gain, clutter, colors, etc.

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Contents Northstar Echo Sounder Contents Reviewing past echoes using SoundTrac Troubleshooting 491 OperationsPage 1Welcome Using this manual Welcome to the NorthstarOrganization Conventions Service and repair Technical supportHearing from you How echo sounding works 961/962 echo sounder system components Powering the 491 on and off Setting upUsing 491 with the 961/962 Using the 491 with the 957/958 Press the Port Setup Options key961/962 echo sounder menu structure 957/958 echo sounder menu structure 2Quick Start Using the Echo Sounder Displaying the echo sounder’s picture Illustrated Echo screenIllustrated Soundtrac screen Using demo mode At the Chart Overlay Selection window, pressChart Overlay screen Echo sounding Depth and temperatureIntroducing the displayed information Navigation Status tabsUsing automatic mode Cruising or ﬁshingManually overriding automatic mode Changing the frequency of echoes50 kHz 200 kHz Echo screen with both frequencies displayed Choosing a zoom mode Zooming in and outChoosing the zoom scale Using bottom zoom Using bottom lock zoomUsing bottom lock/ center zoom Setup functions Accessing the setup screenEntering numerical values Changing the depth units Changing the temperature graph’s units and scaleTransducer depth Number of special waypointsSpeed and temperature sensor setup 961/962 sensor setup screen957958/ sensor setup screen 3Adjusting the Echo Sounder Picture Adjusting the gain strong echoes Picture menuAdjusting the clutter weak echoes Gain windowAdjusting the signal level weak echoes Clutter windowSuppressing interference the noise limiter Selecting the color bar hue and white level Understanding the color barSetting the white level Hue and white level windowEcho Sounder Operations Manual 4Understanding Depth Settings Changing the depth settings Viewing the seabed depthViewing the depth marker Setting the picture’s shift starting depth Shift windowSetting the picture’s range Range window Echo Sounder Operations Manual 5Other Functions Using the More key Using the More key Changing the advance speedDisplaying the A-scope Scope on single-frequency echo screenSetting the Echo screen data Using the A-scope with dual frequenciesScope on dual-frequency echo screen Bottom depth box Temperature box Echo screen data selectionsSpeed through the water Temperature graphIntroducing snapshots Taking and storing a snapshotArchiving and restoring a snapshot with a ﬂoppy disk Snapshot screen 961/962 onlyArchiving and restoring snapshots with a Zip disk Archiving snapshots screen 961/962 onlySetting up the video image overlay Echo Sounder Operations Manual 6Reviewing past echoes using SoundTrac Viewing past echoes using SoundTrac SoundTrac screenMarking ﬁsh as waypoints Navigating to a past echo positionGoing directly to a past echo position Selected Cursor Position window appears7Setting the Alarms Understanding the alarms Setting the ﬁsh alarmSetting the upper and lower marker depths Fish alarm windowAlarm Setting the bottom alarmSetting inside or outside ﬁsh markers Turning the ﬁsh alarm on and offSetting the bottom level Bottom alarm windowSetting the temperature alarm Turning the bottom alarm on and offTemperature alarm window Turning the temperature alarm on and off Upper limit window is highlighted in blackWhen the temperature alarm sounds, an alert message is 8Troubleshooting 491 Operations Troubleshooting the echo sounder Checking the transducerTroubleshooting the echo sounder No echoes displayed when Star key is pressedChecking the transducer OFFManufacturer Model Power Northstar P/N Maintaining a transducerA491 Features and Speciﬁcations Performance characteristicsScreen notations Physical characteristicsEnvironmental characteristics InterfacingManual controls ON/OFFEcho Sounder Operations Manual Glossary Echo Sounder Operations Manual