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Page 1: ... 4 Z 9500 INSTALLATION OPERATION MANUAL LITHO IN U S A 988 0119 26 EAGLET4 PDF compression OCR web optimization with CVISION s PdfCompressor ...

Page 2: ...s Therefore theprudentnavi gatorwillnot onlytakeadvantage ofall available navigation tools when travellingto a waypoint butwill also visuallycheckto makecertaina clear safepathtothe waypoint is alwaysavailable NOTICE MAKE CERTAIN THE LORANIS DISPLAYING THECORRECTPO SITIONIN LATITUDE LONGITUDE COORDINATES BEFORENAVI GATINGWITH THIS UNIT THE POSITION MUST BE CORRECT FORTHENAVIGATION FEATURES TOWORKP...

Page 3: ...stimates ofstationrange limits CHART FREOUENCY 22 atmospheriCnoise and grid geometry CHART DUALFREQUENCY OPERATION 23 SURFACE CLARITY CONTROL SCC 24 DISCRIMINATION 25 ASP 26 FISH I D 27 DIGITAL DISPLAYS 29 DIGITAL DEPTH DISPLAY 30 SPEEDOMETER 31 SPEEDOMETERCALIBRATION 32 TEMPERATURE 33 DISTANCE LOG 34 LORAN DISPLAY 35 CHARACTER SIZE 36 TENTHS 37 SPEAKER VOLUME 38 DISPLAY CONTRAST 28 LIGHT DEPTH UN...

Page 4: ...U S CHAIN NOCUS GRI 8290 DRAFT ApproximateUmits ofCoverage 1 3SNRand 1 4 NM Fix Accuracy 95 2dRMS Noise 53db HAVRE MT BAUDE1TE MN GILLETTE WY WILLIAMS LAKE BC PDF compression OCR web optimization with CVISION s PdfCompressor ...

Page 5: ...is tiltedforthebest viewingangle Holes wascomputed usingconservative estimates of station range limits in thebracket baseallowwood screw or through bolt mounting You atmospheric noise and grid geometry may needto place apiece of plywood on the back of thin fiberglass panelstosecure themounting hardware Makecertainthere is enough roombehind theunitto attach thepowerandtransducercables The smallest ...

Page 6: ...achashielded twistedpair cablefromthe autopilot s NMEA intputtothewhitewire on theZ 9500 spowercable Solder theground conductorof thetwisted pair and the shield to the black wire on the power cable Do not connecttheshield to the autopilot Seethe otherdevice smanual for morewiringinstructions TheELC 1 suppliedwiththe2 9500hasanexternal groundlug This is useful if you have noise problems or if you r...

Page 7: ...One of the largest noise generators isthe engine swiring hamess For best results keepthe power loran module and transducercables away from the engine wiring Bilge pumpsandtheirwiringcanalsoradiatenoise sokeepthe cables awayfromthem ifpossible VHFradio antennas and cables radiate RFenergyat highpowerlevels Note This is an UnofficialpreliminaryCoverage Diagram Coverage It is important tokeeptheZ 950...

Page 8: ...er for lightning protection the an tennashouldn tbethehighest partoftheboat Theantennashould be mounted vertically Makecertain itis asfarawayas possible fromVHF radio antennas Improperperformancecan also occur if the antennais mounted too close to metal objects such as tuna towers Again a locationthat places theLoranassemblyin theclearispreferable to one that ishigh and obstructed You must purchas...

Page 9: ...UNEAU AK COORDINATOROFCHAINOPERATIONS LOCATION LORMONSTA KODIAK M CONTROLSITE LORMONSTA KODIAK AK 09250 ATIGI OCOR coBa tE EMUER PWR XE ThANSIU ANTE4NA Nal ECD NOTES MASTER StPALL AX 57091 23N 170IS09 8W A UFPOI 42 225 525FT M4OFO E 0 0 XRAY ATOll AK 524944 ON 721049 08 hOES 3875 25 M4 FR4 42 225 525FT MO4CFOLE 0 0 VAM EE PORT ClARENCE 5 6514403N 18992 flOW 290ES 30Et05 AN FW 42 1000 1250 FT MClCl...

Page 10: ...s on pressthe keyadjacenttotheONlabel Toturn thelights off pressthe key adjacenttothe OFF label or waitten seconds and thelights will automaticallyturn themselvesoff The menu will also disappearafter tenseconds or you canturn it offbypressing thekeyadjacentto the CLEARlabel atthebottomof thescreen 6 LEGEND TRANSMITTING oCONTROL MONITOR Approximat Limib of Conr ge 1 3SNRmid NM FixAccuresy 36 2dRMSI...

Page 11: ...urface clutter When the Z 9500is intheAutomatic mode thesensitivityis automati callyadjusted tokeepa solidbottomsignaldisplayed plus a littlemore Thisgives itthecapabilityto showfish and otherdetail Sometimes ftbecomes necessary tomanuallyincreaseordecreasethe sensitivity Thistypicallyhappens whenyouwishtoseemoredetail so an increase insensitivity is indicated The procedureto adjust it is the same...

Page 12: ...n arrow The bar graph and the number will decrease When the sensitivityis atthedesired level releasethekey Whenyoureacheitherthemaximum orminimum limit thespeakerwill soundanalerttone Toturnthemenus off pressthekeyadjacenttothe CLEAR label atthe bottomleft sideof the unit GRAYLINP GRAYLINE lets you distinguish between strongand weak echoes It paints gray on targetsthat are strongerthan a presetval...

Page 13: ...elps distinguish weedsfromtreesonthebottom orfish from structure GRAYLINE is adjustable SinceGRAYLINE shows thedifferencebe tween strong and weak signals adjusting Sensitivitymay require a different GRAYLINE level also The level chosen by the Z 9500 at poweronisusuallyadequateformostconditions Experiment withyour unittofindtheGRAYLINEsetting that sbestforyou To adjust GRAYLINE press the SENS key T...

Page 14: ...thetopcenterportion of thescreen and the STOPlabel changes to START Thechartcan be started again by pressing the key adjacentto the START label PressthekeyadjacenttotheCLEAR labelto erasethesemenus RANGE Automatic Whentumedonforthe firsttime theZ 9500automatically placesthe bottomsignal inthe lowerportionof thescreen This is called Auto Ranging and is part of the automaticfunction The range can be...

Page 15: ... MANAGER COMMMJDER ATLANTIC AREA NEWYORK NY CHAIN MANAGER COMMANDER ATLANTIC AREA NEWYORK NY COORDINATOR OFCHAIN OPERATIONS LOCATION LORSTA SENECA NY CONTROLSITE LORSTA SENECA NY Btn Track Clear D6010 STATIU4 000R CDBLL Iso XOr TER PWH 6KW TSANSIMT ANTENMA NW ECD NOTES MASTER SENECA NY 424250 EN 754933 6W M0Ffl ISSHC 6 510 700FT MO4DPOLE 0 0 DUALRATEW 0R16970 MII6KEY CARBCIJ I E 46452720 575537 7W...

Page 16: ...it Pressthekey nexttothe __________ LOWER label toadjustthe ______________ lowerlimit To enteran exactupperlimitdepth firstpressthekeycorresponding to theUpperLimit menu arrow A newmenu appears EnterUpperLimit 0as shown onthenextpage Enterthe desiredupperlimitusing the keys on theleft and right side of theunit Forexample for a25foot upper limit first pressthe key adjacent to the 2 then pressthe ke...

Page 17: ...least ten feet between the upperand lowerlimit Forexample a25to 35foot range has aten foot spread NOTE The depth capability of the Z 9500dependsonthetransducer installation water and bottomconditions and other factors You can expectto readdepthsin excess of 500feet inbothfreshand saltwater Upper and lower limits can be set in variouscombinations to show segments ofthewaterfromthesurface tothebotto...

Page 18: ...he ZOOM menu The 2X ZOOM doesni track the bottom it only showsechoes that passinsidethebaron the rightside Themenu labeled IX zoomsthescreenon theleft fourtimes larger thantheone ontheright The OFF labelturnsthezoomfunctionoff Thesplit screen disappears whenzoomis turnedoff ZOOM WINDOW BAR Once you ve set the zoom as desired press thekey adiacent to the CLEARlabelto erase themenus 2XSPUTSCREEN ZOO...

Page 19: ...s from17to 57feet pressing thekeynext to the up arrowwilt change thezoom windowto 16to 56feet You ll also see the zoom window barmove up slightly in thecenter of the screens Press the key next to the down arrow to move the zoom windowdown Thebarinthecenterof thescreenshowsyouthearea that is displayedon the left side ofthe screen When you have the zoom windowat thedesired depth pressthe key nextto ...

Page 20: ...e bottomsignalwill trip this alarm Thisisusefulasananchorwatch a shallowwater alert or for navigation The Fish Alarm sounds atone whentheFish ID featuredisplaysa fish symbolonthescreen Youcan alsoturn the alarm speakeroffthroughtheALARM menu ZoneAlarm To activatethe ZoneAlarm first press theALARM key The screen shownatthetopofthenextpageappears Now pressthekey nextto the Zone Alarm label The scree...

Page 21: ...ne alarm press thekey nextto this label SOUTHEAST U S LORAN C CHAIN FRi7990 REGIONAL MANAGERCOMMANDER ATLANTIC AREA NEWYORK NY CHAIN MANAGER COMMANDER ATLANTIC AREA NEWYORK NY COORDINATOR OFCHAIN OPERATIONSLOCATION LORSTA MALONE FL CONTROL SIrE LORSTA MALONE FL DEWS STATIa C000 C3LL I XMTrEA PWA 1KW T9n100411 MTB WtA Hal LCD NOI2S MASTER MALaIE R 306920 N 0510092W AISFI W64 96HC073 090 700FT MaIOP...

Page 22: ...istsof a shallowalarm and a deep alarm The shallow alarm soundsawarning tonewhen thebottomsignalgoesshallowerthanthe alarmsetpoint Thedeepalarm soundswhen thebottomsignalgoes deeperthanthealarm setpoint Usetheshallowalarmtowam youof shallowwater Usethe deep alarm to alertyou to deeperwater such as adrop off The shallowand deepalarms adjustidentically althoughthrough dif ferent menus Toturn theBott...

Page 23: ...ZLLLJ JAN MAY04 NWAY 7054523W 084350 7W 00560 321631 MVFFN 39 105 025FT 0Aa4OL0 0 0 ShallowAlarmlabelwaspressed The screen shown atthetopof the nextpage appears The current shallowalarm settingis displayedat thetopofthescreen To set the shallowalarm press the key adjacent to the Adj Alarm Value label The screen shown at thetop ofthenext pageappears Now enter the desired depth 10 feet isused in thi...

Page 24: ...arm Every timetheZ 9500 displays a fish symbol on the screen a tone sounds There are differenttonesforeachfish symbol size Toturn theFishAlarmoff repeattheabove steps then pressthekey adjacenttothe FishAlarm Off label Enter Shallow Alarm 10 1 lear lEnten Select Function Audio Alarn Off Zone Alarn Botton Alarn Fish Alarn On 1 I a I 20 PDF compression OCR web optimization with CVISION s PdfCompresso...

Page 25: ...ALCOVE AK 552520 5W 1311510 6W 20002 3051 14 M4WPN44A 540 SIT 0 0 DUALRATEW 0RI5000 NOTE Thewordscorresponding tothealarminusewillstillflashatthe top of the displaywhen the alarm is triggered even ifthe speaker is turned off For example the word ZONE will flash when the zone alarm istriggered MUTE When any sonar or loran alarm sounds exceptthe Fish Alarm the Mute label appearsat the bottomof the s...

Page 26: ...y Chart Speed Turii Fish ID On Light More I I I 1 I pO TheZ 9500chart soperating frequencyis 192 kHzwhenft sfirstturned on To change frequencies first press the MENU key The menu shown above appears Next press the key adjacentto the Chart Frequency label I Select Frequency 50kHz 50 192 LHz Clear I Now press thekey adjacent to the desired frequency either 50kHz 192 kHz or both50and 192 kHz splitscr...

Page 27: ...XMITEII P608 1V4 TRAflSMOT MJTSIW N0 ECD NCIS MASTER FOXHAREDUR NWM CANWIDA 52223521 054220 4W AN FPN 64 ESHCGS 000 700FT MaIa OLE 0 0 DUALRATEW 0R15530 WH60KEY CAPERACE NR D CANADA 4845 3224 ES 1020 V 11056 20072 AWFW4 45 1500 1300 Ft Ma4opoLE 0 0 DUALRATEW 3R1E530 XRAY N4GISS GRES4LmD 00501721 451027 5W 2 000 aSSESS MJ FFII 45 780 535FT Ma4OPOLE 0 0 DUALRATE60 0819980 Dual Frequency Split SaeenM...

Page 28: ...he receiver decreasing it nearthesurface and gradually increasing itas therangeincreases The maximum depththat 8CC willaffect is 75 of theselecteddepth range Forexample on a0 60 foot rangewith maximum SCC surface clutterwouldbe reduced downto 45feet NOTE 8CC is available onlywhentheFishIDfeatureis off The 8CC menu doesn tappearwhentheFishIDfeatureis on There are 10 levels of SCC available onthe Z ...

Page 29: ...000LE 0 0 ALERTBAY This brings uptheSOC adjustment menu Toincreasethe5CC press thekey adjacent to theup an ow The bar graph increases each time you presstheup key The number in thelowerleft portionoftheSOC menu also changes as you change the level To decreasethe 500 pressthe keyadjacent to the downarrow Press the keyadjacent totheCLEARlabelto erase themenus DISCRIMINATION Discrimination is anoiser...

Page 30: ...number inthe lowerleft portionofthe Discrimination menu alsochanges asyou changethelevel TodecreasetheDiscrimination pressthekey adja centtothedown arrow When the Discrimination level is at the desired level press the key adjacent totheCLEAR labelto erase the menus ASP The newesttechnologyinnoiserejection systems is AdvancedSignal Processing or ASP This system constantlyevaluatesthe incoming sonar...

Page 31: ... Nowpress the key next to that label The Z 9500 returnsto the sonar screen You should see an increase in noiseon the display To turn ASP on again repeat theabove steps thenpressthekey adjacent tothe Turn ASPOn label FISH ID The Fish l D featureidentifies targetsthat meet certain conditionsas fish The micro computer analyzes all echoesand eliminates surface clutter thermoclines and other signals th...

Page 32: ... mode If you turn the Fish 1 0 feature on when the Z 9500 is in manual themicro computer will turnthe automatic featureon If you turn automatic offwhentheFish I D featureison theFishl D feature will be turnedoffalso Thesensitivity canonlybe increased afixedamount whentheFish1 0 featureis on Thisshouldn taffecttheabilityto displaytargets if you can tseefish symbols tryincreasing the sensitivity SGG...

Page 33: ...IN OPERATIONS LOCATION LORMONSTA STANTHONY NEWFOUN0LAN 0 CN4AOA CONTROLSITE LORMONSTA ST MJTHONY NEWFOUNDLAND CANADA 00006 StATI Coal CD BLL los XMFVTER P040 1KW TRANSMIt ANTEIFLA NA ECD Noire MASIFO CMBOU0180 454527 36 675537 7W APUPN42 350 OtT 50 DUALOATSWlGA 5900 XFAY NMITUO ET SM 41151134 695035 1W 110001 2131 86 MVFPN 42 326 625FT MalOpas 59 DUALRATEW 0RI5000 VAWEE CMERACE NRDC JIA 46403221 5...

Page 34: ...This is the Digital Depth functionmenu As you can seebelow this menu lets you turnthe digital sonar display on or off NOTE This doesn t turn thedigital sonaron or off only the display Itcanalso displaythedepthinfeet fathoms or meters onboththe digitalsonar andthegraph Depth Disp On I Depth in Feet in Meters Dept1i iii Fathoms Depth Disp OFF Clear L I I I To make achange simplypressthe key correspo...

Page 35: ...is attached The speedom etercan also be calibrated through this menu To display thespeed firstpresstheMENU key Next pressthekey adjacenttothe More label Nowpressthekey adjacent tothe DigitalDisplay label Next press the key adjacentto the More label Finally pressthekeynext to the Speed label The menu shown below appears Press thekey nextto the Speed Disp On labeltoturnthedigitalspeeddisplayon Selec...

Page 36: ...mile per hour The displayed speedwould thenbe 9miles perhour Thebest way to calibratethespeedometeris to have someoneelse drivetheboat throughameasured mileat a constant speed Timehow long it takesto travelthe mile thencalculateyouractual speedusing thisformula 60 Time Speed Now makethe run through themile in LORAN CABLE SPLICING INSTRUCTIONS 1 Cutthecableinalocation that willbeinaprotected areain...

Page 37: ...iles per hour inone direction and 4 1 2 minutes to go theother direction Calculating our speed wefind that the boatwas actually going 8 5 miles perhourthe first time through and 13 3milesper hourthelast time Adding thesetwotogetherand dividing bytworesults ina10 9mile perhouractualspeed This is an approximate 1 error Changing thespeed adjustto 1 will make the speedometermoreaccurate TEMPERATURE Th...

Page 38: ...g 4 Any part of the hull oftheboatthat is metallic and incontact with waterisalsoacceptable for attachingtheexternalground We donot recommend thatyouground undertheconsoleofthe boat Totest thedegreeofimproved function oftheLoran thefollowing test shouldbeconducted 1 Startyourunitwith the external ground ofthecouplerdisconnected At a known latitude and longitude allowthe unittolockontotheknown stat...

Page 39: ...he desired label TheZ 9500will return tothesonarscreen The distancelog displays thedistance travelledfrom thetime it was firstturnedon To reset thedistance logtozero presstheMENUkey Next press the keyadjacent to the More label This brings upthe second menu page Now press thekeyadjacentto the DigitalDis play label Next press the key adjacent to the MORE label again Finally pressthe key next to the ...

Page 40: ...nnashouldbe higherthananything elseontheboat 2 Forbest results wirethepowercabledirectlytothebattery prefer ably themain engine s cranking battery This assures the boatwill begrounded since the lowerunit is inthe water If you reusingan isolated battery wire a grounding plate to the ground side of the battery The loran willworkbetterif it s groundedto water 3 If you reusing the bran on land keep aw...

Page 41: ...ext pressthe key next to the Tenths label The screen shown below appears Press the key correspondingto the desired label The screen will clear and returnto the sonar screen with the digitalnumbers displayed inthedesired manner SPEED FILTER The speed constant is the amountof filtering done by the receiver Thereare threelevels light medium and heavy Ifyouselectlight the amount of jitter shown on the...

Page 42: ...rast label The Disp menu appears Press the key adjacent to the up arrow to increase the display contrast The key adjacent to the downarrowdecreasesit The bargraphchangeswith yourselection The number inthe menu boxalso changes Thereare 31 stepsofcontrast Press theCLEARkey to erasethemenu adacent to the Enter label This changes the TD of the selected station bytheamountyouentered and It locksthestat...

Page 43: ...preset or whenyouturn the unitoff To change the cycle first press the MENU key then press the key adjacent to the Change Setup label Pressthe key adjacent to the More label untilthe Jump LockSta labelappears Pressthekey next to that label The screen shown at the top of the next page appears Pressthekey next tothe Set to move the boxtothestationletterthat youwishto change Forexample to jumpthe cycl...

Page 44: ...onarunit is showing an adequate waterdepth Most sonarunits including the Z 9500 read water depth from the face of the trans ducer However theZ 9500givesyouansolution KeelOffset Measuring the distance between the lowest part of the boat and the face of the transducer theninputting this value intotheZ 9500 lets youcompen sateforthedepth oftheboat The offset or correctioninmicro seconds isshown for e...

Page 45: ...e youentered ASF N U Exact Pos 32 00 45 83 11 33 East West Long __Use Position I I Sincethe deepest part oftheboat inourexampleisfour feet deeper thanthetransducer s face pressthekeyadjacent to the4 label then thekey next to the0 label The number 4 0 appearsin the Enter Keel Off window Now press the key adjacentto the ENTER label The Z 9500will automatically compensateforthe four foot difference a...

Page 46: ... More labeltwotimes Next pressthekeyadjacent to the System Info label A message similartothe one below willbe displayed 2 9500 Version 3 0 Copyright 1990 EagleEIectinics Ifaloran module is connectedtotheZ 9500 then it s versionnumber is included also Pressthekey adjacent to the CLEAR label to erase thismessageand returnto the sonarscreen rTurn Auto ASP On Turn Man ASP On Set TD OFfset Set Lat Long...

Page 47: ...d Thistypicallyoccursinvery shallow water The reasonthis happensis shown onthetwocharts below First look atthecharton theleft The sonarsignalpenetrates the surface clutter hits thebottomand returns There s acleardiffer ence between the surface clutter and the bottom The digital has no problem withtheseconditions 0 10 Problems occur when the surface clutter extendsto the bottom as shown on the righ...

Page 48: ... F 1921th a 1 I Whenthe 50 kHz digital is inuse the words 50kHz appearimmedi atelybeneaththedigitalbottomdepth To turnthedigitalsonaroff or backonagain simplypressthekeyadjacent tothe Turn SonarOn or Turn SonarOff labels Note Thisonlyturnsthedigital sonaroff not thechart CROSS TRK ERR I fl FFURSE NMEAINTERFACE TheZ 9500cansenddataoutaccording to NMEA0180 0182 or0183 formats The NMEAoutputis0180whe...

Page 49: ...emory This memory is Loran A1arms retainedeven if power is disconnected from the unit Ifyou need to ___________ return the unittothefactorysettings usethe Preset function ris RRItJiL ALIIRM I I OFF C D Ii iiLARI 1 4CO 25HM j IMPORTANT Presetreturnsall loransettingsto zero Theloran will haveto be I re initalized afteraPreset I To do this pressthe MENU key then press the key adjacentto the More labe...

Page 50: ...ill arch butturn thesensitivity up indeeperwaterto see thearch Because of waterconditions such as heavysurface clutter thermoclines etc the sensitivity sometimes cannot be increased enoughto get fish arches TheZ 9500will show navigation information to eachofthewaypoints in the route As you come within the arrival alarm s radius of each waypoint theZ 9500will automatically switch to the nextwaypoin...

Page 51: ...I One of the best ways to get fish arches is to expand or zoom a segment of the water Forexample from 45to 60feet The smaller thesegment thebetterthe screen resolution will be The easiestway todothis ontheZ 9500iswiththe BottomTrackfeature Usethe2x or 4x BottomTrack mode to expand theechoes makingit easierto see detail Forthe best results turn the sensitivity upas high as possible withoutgetting t...

Page 52: ...gstraightdown Clean thefaceof the transducer Oil dirt and fuel can cause a film to form on the transducer reducingits effectiveness Ifthe transducer is mounted used in theroute Pressthe keys adjacent totheupordownarrows to scroll throughthelistofwaypoints Whenthefirst waypoint tobeused in therouteappears inthe selection boxatthetopofthescreen press thekey adjacent tothe Enter label Continueselecti...

Page 53: ...flashcontinuously It maychangetherangeto limitsfar greaterthanthewateryou are in If this happens placetheunit inthe manual mode then change the range to arealisticone forexample 0 100feet and increase the sensitivity As you moveinto shallower water abottomsignal shouldappear 4 Checkthe batteryvoltage Ifthevoltagedrops theunit s transmit ter poweralsodrops reducing its abilitytofindthebottomortarge...

Page 54: ...r pump or radio tryto isolate theproblem Youcan usuallyre routethesonarunit spowercableandtransducercable away fromthe wiring that is causingthe interference VHF radio antenna cables radiatenoisewhentransmitting sobecertaintokeepthe sonar s wires away from it You may need to route the sonar unit s power cable directlytothebatteryto isolate it fromotherwiringonthe boat If no noisedisplayson the son...

Page 55: ...ermustbeplacedin a location that hasasmoothflowof waterat all boat speeds Readyour trans ducerowner smanual forthe bestmounting position Sevenwaypoints display on this screen Waypointnumber one s posi tion shows at the top of the screen To recall this waypoint simply pressthe keynexttothe Enterlabel Toviewotherwaypoints simply pressthe key next to the Up or Down labels This moves theblack box up o...

Page 56: ...adjacent to the waypoint number that you wantto recall Forexample ifyouwanttorecallwaypoint numberone pressthekey nexttothe 1 label thenpress thekeynexttothe Enter label If you wish to recallwaypoint number 30 press thekey nextto the 3 then 0 andfinally Enter Afterpressing thelastkey theZ 9500returnstothe loran screen showing navigationdatatotheposition yourecalled 52 85 Waypt Pos Jaypt It 0 JC1ea...

Page 57: ...ON REQUIRES OPTIONALELC 1 LORAN MODULE Saue IJaypoint IJiEtypoint a 1 I Now press the key adjacent tothe GotoWaypoint label TheZ 9500 returns tothe loran display showing navigation datato the positionyou entered WAYPOINT RECALL You must recall awaypoint to usethe Steering or Navigation screens To recallawaypoint first press Waypoint Recallkey The menu shown atthetop ofthe nextpageappears Ifyoualre...

Page 58: ...T 84 WAYPOINF RECALL 84 ENTERDESINATION WAYPOINT NUMBER 85 VIEWANDGOTOWAYPOINF 86 ERASEAWAYPOINT 87 ROUTES 87 CREATING AROUTE 87 FOLLOWING AROUTE 89 CANCELLING AROUTE 91 ERASING AROUTE 91 LORANALARMS 92 ARRIVAL ALARM 92 CDI ALARM 92 NPeEAINTERFACE 93 ASPCORRECTION 94 AUTOMATIC ASP 95 LATITUDE LONGITUDE ASPCORRECTION 95 TD OFFSETASFCORRECTION 97 JUMPANDLOCIC 98 LOCK STATIONS UNLOCK STATIONS 100 SPE...

Page 59: ...twas called Loran A and operated at a higher frequency Research and development continued duringthe fifties The current Loran version Loran C was introduced inthesixties It works over longerdistances thanLoran Aand it s easierto use ACCURACY The absolute accuracyof Loran is between 0 1 and0 25nautical miles depending onyour location Repeatable accuracy yourabilityto return tothesame spot is 100 fe...

Page 60: ...ted somewhere on the14605 2Line Of Position The Loran receiver then measures the time difference between the master and another secondary The example on the next page is 31882 8 IfyouplotthisLOPonachart you llnoticethat itcrossesthe first line of position Your positionis atthe intersection ofthetwolines WAYPT 2 _____________ LIJAYPT 3 LIJAYPT 4 _____________ WAYPT 5 WAYPT 6 ____________ WAYPT 7 En...

Page 61: ...an the one displayed simply pressthe keyadjacent totheupor downlabels Thismovestheboxup or downthe listof waypoint numbers The position savedunder each waypoint number appears in the boxes in the upper corner of the display When the black box is over the desired waypoint number press thekey nexttothe Enterlabel The waypoint displayedatthe topofthescreen will be savedunderthis number thentheZ 9500w...

Page 62: ...dyouwillhaveto choosethe stations Based uponthe SRI used youcan alwaysswitchtheZ 9500intothe manual mode but you can talwaysuseautomatic Maps ofmostiorancoverageareas arelistedin the backofthismanual to help you choose a CR1 Many of the maps show the preferred stationsto usewithintheSRI fordifferentlocations Usethesestations wheninitializing theZ 9500forthebestresults down arrows in the PLOTTER RA...

Page 63: ...search simply pressthe key adjacenttotheupordown arrows in the GAl box in the centerof thescreen If you knowyour present position and you wantthe loran to choosetheGAl pressthe key adjacent tothe NEWPOS arrow Clear J Note You can re initializethe loran at any time using the INITIAL SETTINGS menu It savailable through the Change Setup menu CHANGE INITIALPOSITION To initializethe Z 9500usingthe init...

Page 64: ...tination Thedestination is the recalled waypoint s posi tion Ifyouare using aroute ft sthefirstwaypointlocationintheroute The dottedline is the direct path orcoursefromthe starting location to thedestination Follow this line togettothewaypoint The destination waypoint number is displayed in theplotters lowerleft corner Inthis example waypoint numberI isthedestination Distance To Go DTG and Bearing...

Page 65: ...o use theplotterin this manner simply recall awaypoint see the Waypoint Recallsectionfor more information thenpressthePLOTTER key Ascreen similarto theone atthetopofthe nextpage appears latitude longitude Since usingtheInitial Position startupplacestheZ 9500in the automatic mode itwill choose the beststationstouse Until theloranfindsall ofthenecessary stations inthechain and locks onto them it fla...

Page 66: ...eappears UseSRI label The screen at the NAVIGATION SCREEN SUMMARY DATA MODE The navigation displayinthesummary data modeshowsbottomdepth routename waypoint number and position presentposition distanceto go and bearingto waypoint PLOTTER Theplotterlets youeasily seeyourcourse and direction oftravelonthe screen The plotterwill alsoshow yourstarting positionanddestination if you aretravellingto awayp...

Page 67: ...ocitymadegood VMG is the speed you are making to wardsawaypoint Forexample ifyouaretravellingattenknotsdirectly at a waypoint andthere snocurrentorwind thenyouVMGistenknots Ifyouare moving 180degreesawayfromthe waypoint thenyourVMG is 10 knots 00000 00 CYC ERR 11 It V Ufl 14598 83 CYC ERR 33 X 31883 31 SEARCH 9 4536O 95 CYC ERR 29 6O866 12 SEARCH 9 MfdI FIX QUALITY lfl1 tS F I 1 MODE SOLN 0 74 63 ...

Page 68: ...al mite increments TotherightoftheC D I alarms menu are theCrossTrackError XTE Bearing BAG and Distance To Go DTG displays The CrossTrack Errordisplayshowsthedistance to theleft or right of courseindigital numbers Alettertothesideof the number showsifyou are to theleft L orright A of course Bearing BAG isthe direction you are travelling This is expressed in degreesmagnetic Distance To Go DTG is di...

Page 69: ... key adjacent to the CHANGE SETUP label Now press the key adjacent tothe SELECT STATIONS label The screen shownbelow appears The GRIcurrentlyusedbytheZ 9500showsatthetopofthe screen Stationsin use are on theleft side stationsrecommended by theunit if any showon the right OURSE MESSAGE OX The C D I range is 1 nautical mile whentheZ 9500is turnedon forthe firsttime Toset it to a different distance p...

Page 70: ...shes Findand correctthe problem beforenavigating with the unit To placetheZ 9500in themanual mode simplypresstheAUTOkey The word MAN appearsatthebottomofthepositionscreen showing which mode is inuse Although you can switch from automatic to manual at any time you cani alwaysswitchto automatic The Z 9500must beusing the pre ferred GRIfor yoUr areainorderto usethe automatic mode Ifyou try switching ...

Page 71: ...matic mode theletters AUTOappear Iftheletters MAN appear then it s in the manual mode The primary alternate solutiondisplay is similar Iftheunit is in theprimarymode the letters Amathematical formulaintheloran receiverusesTD sto determine the latitude longitude position Due to the natureof loran yourposition in latitude longitude canbeoneitherside of abaseline The baselineis an imaginary straight ...

Page 72: ...key then press the key adjacentto the CHANGESETUP label Nowpress thekey adjacent to the MORE label Themenu shown above appears In this example magnetic is in screen will clear and return tothelast used loran screen showing all navigation information in degrees true Repeat these stepsto switch backto magnetic The menu now reads ShowMag Brgs FULL AND SUMMARY DATA MODES The Position Navigation and St...

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