Northstar
M121/M84
Installation and Operation Manual
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SmartCraft
- A feature of Mercury Marine
engines for monitoring engine performance.
TCPA
- Time to Closest Point of Approach.
Time until the closest point of approach for two
vessels.
Sea clutter
- Rough seas can cause
interference with the radar image.
Sonar status
- A summary of sonar settings.
TTN
- Time to the next position the M121/M84
is navigating to, either a waypoint or the cursor.
User card
- A plug-in card that stores
waypoints, routes and tracks (see section 1-2).
UTC
- Universal Time Coordinated or
Coordinated Universal Time, which is a standard
world time, formerly called Greenwich Mean
Time (GMT).
VHF
- Very High Frequency. The frequency
range used by marine radios.
Waypoint
- A position that you can set on the
Instrument chart, for example a fishing spot or a
point on a route (see section 5).
Weather
- An estimate of the weather based
on barometric pressure (requires Northstar 721
VHF radio).