Standart Horizont CP500 User manual

CP500
12" WAAS GPS Chart Plotter
Owner's Manual
GPS Chart Plotters
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WARNING!!!
ElectronicchartsdisplayedbytheGPSChartPlotterarebelievedtobeaccurateand
reliable, but are not intended to be a substitute for the official charts, which should
remain your main reference for all matters related to the execution of safe
navigation.
Forthisreasonyoushouldalwayskeeptheofficialpublishedandapprovednautical
charts on board.
FCC Compliance Statement
ThisdevicecomplieswithPart15oftheFCClimitsforClassAdigitaldevices.This
equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not
installedorusedinaccordancewiththeinstructionsmaycauseharmfulinterference
with radio communications.
Thereisnoguaranteethatinterferencewillnotoccurinaparticularinstance.Ifthis
equipment does cause harmful interference to other equipment, try to correct the
problem by relocating the equipment.
Consult an authorized STANDARD HORIZON dealer or other qualified service
technician if the problem cannot be corrected. Operation is subject to the following
conditions: (1) This device cannot cause harmful interference, and (2) this device
must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause
undesired operation.
Copyright 2011. VERTEX STANDARD CO., LTD. All rights reserved. Printed in Italy.
No portion of this manual may be reproduced without the permission of VERTEX STANDARD CO., LTD.
OM CODE: S5e2SH12c_0ww 16.50hB40 - 040211

CLEANING PROCEDURE FOR THE GPS CHART PLOTTER SCREEN
Cleaningof thechart plotterscreenisavery importantoperationandmustbe done
carefully.Sincethesurface iscoveredbyaantireflectivecoating,theprocedurefor
cleaning all the surfaces can be performed using the following procedure: Use a
clean, soft, lint-free cloth to clean the glass. We recommend using a micro-fiber
cloth. Spray a small amount of ammonia-free cleaner (isopropyl alcohol) onto the
cloth. Spraying on the cloth will prevent overspray. Fold the cloth or lens cloth into
atriangularshape,moistenthetipandusetheindexfingerbehindacornertomove
theclothacrossthesurfaceinoverlappingsidetosidestrokes.Iftheclothistoowet,
a noticeable wet film will be left in its path and you will need to repeat the process.
If too dry, the cloth won’t glide easily, and may damage the surface.
CAUTION
- The GPS Chart Plotter is designed for maritime use. To avoid water intrusion,
ensure the C-MAP BYJEPPESEN C-CARD door is completely closed.
- Extensive exposure to heat may result in damage to the GPS Chart Plotter.
- The GPS Chart Plotter contains dangerous high-voltage circuits which only
experienced technicians can handle.
- STANDARD HORIZON will not be liable for errors contained herein, or for
incidental or consequential damages in connection with the performance or use
of this material.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................11
1.0 GENERAL INFORMATION .................................................................................... 11
1.1 PACKING LIST ......................................................................................................12
1.2 OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES ..................................................................................12
1.3 RADAR UNIT SUPPLIED BY SI-TEX USA............................................................12
2. GETTING STARTED ..........................................................................................................13
2.0 MOUNTING THE GPS CHART PLOTTER ............................................................ 13
2.1 BRACKET MOUNTING ..........................................................................................13
2.3 EXTERNAL GPS ANTENNA MOUNTING .............................................................14
2.3.0 Flush mounting the antenna ......................................................................14
2.3.1 GPS cable ..................................................................................................15
2.3.2 GPS antenna connections......................................................................................15
3. CONTROLS AND INDICATORS ......................................................................................21
3.0 CONTROLS AND CONNECTIONS .......................................................................21
3.0.1 The alphanumeric keys..............................................................................23
3.1 GETTING STARTED ..............................................................................................23
3.1.0 Power On, Off and ShuttlePoint Knob operation ......................................23
3.1.1 Cursor Vs. Home Mode .............................................................................24
3.1.2 Cursor and Menu selection speed.............................................................24
3.1.3 Changing the Ship Icon .............................................................................25
3.1.4 Changing the backlight and contrast .........................................................26
3.1.5 Selecting North Up or Course Up ..............................................................26
3.2 AUTOMATIC TIME .................................................................................................26
3.3 SELECTING LORAN TD OR OTHER COORDINATE SYSTEM ..........................28
3.4 CHANGING THE CHART COLOR.........................................................................28
3.5 SELECTING LANGUAGE ......................................................................................29
3.6 SELECTING PAGES WITH SOFT KEYS..............................................................30
3.7 CUSTOMIZING THE SOFT KEYS.........................................................................30
3.8 SETTINGS IN GENERAL SETUP MENU.............................................................. 31
3.9 ABOUT PAGE ........................................................................................................33
4. FIND SERVICES .............................................................................................................. 35
4.0 USING FIND SERVICES & MORE FUNCTIONS ..................................................35
4.0.0 Port Services..............................................................................................35
4.0.1 Port ............................................................................................................36
4.0.2 Tide Stations ..............................................................................................36
4.0.3 Wrecks ......................................................................................................37
4.0.4 Obstructions...............................................................................................38
4.0.5 Lakes Information ...................................................................................... 39
4.0.6 Lakes By Name .........................................................................................41
4.0.7 Points Of Interest .......................................................................................41
4.0.8 User Points ................................................................................................ 42
4.0.9 Coordinates................................................................................................42
4.0.10 Information .................................................................................................43

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5. MAX CARTOGRAPHY OVERVIEW.................................................................................45
5.0 INSERTING THE C-CARD .....................................................................................45
6. MAP FUNCTIONS ............................................................................................................ 47
6.0 MAX FUNCTIONS MENU ......................................................................................47
6.0.0 Zoom Type .................................................................................................47
6.0.1 Icon Size .................................................................................................... 48
6.0.2 Place Name Size .......................................................................................49
6.0.3 Perspective View .......................................................................................49
6.0.4 Dynamic Nav-Aids ..................................................................................... 50
6.0.5 Safety Status Bar (DSI - Data Safety Indicator)........................................ 50
6.0.6 Satellite Imagery ........................................................................................ 51
6.0.7 Currents Prediction ....................................................................................52
6.0.8 Chart Language .........................................................................................53
6.0.9 Pictures or Diagrams .................................................................................53
How to show the Pictures or Diagrams of a Object ..................................54
6.0.10 Enhanced Port Info ....................................................................................55
7. CREATING MARKS ......................................................................................................... 57
7.0 CREATING A NEW MARK USING THE CHART PAGE ....................................... 57
7.1 EDITING A MARK ..................................................................................................57
7.1.0 Deleting a Mark or Waypoint .....................................................................58
7.1.1 Moving a Mark or Waypoint .......................................................................58
7.2 MARKS/WAYPOINTS LIST ...................................................................................59
7.3 CREATING/MODIFY A NEW MARK IN THE USER POINTS LIST......................60
7.4 GOTO CURSOR, ROUTE AND MARK.................................................................. 61
8. MAN OVER BOARD (MOB) FUNCTION .........................................................................63
8.0 PLACING A MOB POINT .......................................................................................63
8.1 DELETING A MOB POINT .....................................................................................63
9. ROUTES ...........................................................................................................................65
9.0 CREATING A ROUTE USING WAYPOINTS ........................................................65
9.1 CHANGING THE NAME OF A ROUTE .................................................................66
9.2 CREATING AN OLYMPIC ROUTE ........................................................................66
9.3 MAKING ADDITIONAL ROUTES...........................................................................67
9.4 CREATING A ROUTE USING MARKS ON THE CHART PAGE .......................... 67
9.5 INSERTING A WAYPOINT INTO A ROUTE .........................................................68
9.6 GOTO A ROUTE .................................................................................................... 68
9.6.0 Using [GOTO] to select Route...................................................................68
9.6.1 Using the ShuttlePoint knob ......................................................................69
9.7 DELETING A ROUTE.............................................................................................69
9.8 OTHER SETTINGS IN ROUTE MENU ..................................................................70
9.8.0 Route Check ..............................................................................................70
10. TRACKS ...........................................................................................................................73
10.0 TRACKING .............................................................................................................73
10.0.0 Saving and starting a new Track ...............................................................74
10.0.1 Deleting a Track.........................................................................................74
10.0.2 Other settings.............................................................................................74
10.1 TRIP LOG ...............................................................................................................75
10.1.0 Using the Trip Log .....................................................................................75
10.1.1 Setup / Reset .............................................................................................75

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11. USER C-CARD .................................................................................................................77
11.0 USER C-CARD MENU ...........................................................................................77
11.0.0 Formatting the optional User C-CARD ...................................................... 77
11.0.1 Transferring files to the optional User C-CARD ........................................78
11.0.2 Loading a file from the optional User C-CARD .........................................78
11.0.3 Deleting a file from the optional User C-CARD ......................................... 78
11.0.4 Changing the optional User C-CARD ........................................................78
12. PAGES ..............................................................................................................................79
12.0 CHART PAGE ........................................................................................................80
12.0.0 Focus Soft Key on Dual Chart Page .........................................................80
12.0.1 Single Chart Page......................................................................................81
12.0.2 Window Selections .................................................................................... 82
12.0.3 Customizing the Data Windows ................................................................82
12.0.4 Additional Functions on Chart Page..........................................................83
12.0.5 Turning Off Information on Icon Points .....................................................83
12.0.6 Display Mode .............................................................................................84
12.0.7 Marine Settings ..........................................................................................85
12.0.8 Depth Settings ........................................................................................... 86
12.0.9 Land Settings .............................................................................................86
12.0.10Chart Settings ............................................................................................ 86
12.0.11Underwater Objects Settings..................................................................... 88
12.1 CUSTOMIZING CHART SETTINGS ......................................................................88
12.2 NAVIGATION PAGE .............................................................................................. 88
12.3 HIGHWAY PAGE ...................................................................................................89
12.4 CELESTIAL PAGE .................................................................................................90
12.5 GPS STATUS PAGE ..............................................................................................91
12.5.0 WAAS/EGNOS Setting..............................................................................91
12.5.1 Setup Menu................................................................................................91
12.6 NMEA DISPLAY PAGE ..........................................................................................92
Changing the NMEA Page Windows .....................................................................92
12.7 NMEA DATA PAGE................................................................................................93
12.8 NMEA TREND PAGES ..........................................................................................94
12.9 VHF DIGITAL SELECTIVE CALLING ....................................................................95
12.9.1 Distress Call...............................................................................................95
12.9.2 Position Request........................................................................................96
13. ADVANCED SETTINGS ...................................................................................................97
13.0 INPUT/OUTPUT (NMEA, AIS, RADAR) ................................................................97
13.0.0 Input ..........................................................................................................97
13.0.1 Ouput .........................................................................................................97
13.1 NAVIGATE..............................................................................................................98
13.1.0 Loran TD ....................................................................................................98
13.2 COMPASS ..............................................................................................................99
13.3 ALARMS .................................................................................................................99
13.4 SIMULATION ........................................................................................................100
13.4.0 Navigating a Route in Simulation mode ..................................................100
13.5 DSC POLLING......................................................................................................101
14. AIS ..................................................................................................................................103
14.0 SYSTEM DEFINITIONS .......................................................................................103
14.1 MENU ...................................................................................................................104
14.2 AIS SETUP ...........................................................................................................104

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14.3 QUICK INFO ON AIS TARGET............................................................................104
14.4 LIST.......................................................................................................................105
14.5 AIS TARGET COLORS ........................................................................................105
15. C-WEATHER SERVICE.................................................................................................. 107
15.0 C-WEATHER SERVICE MENU ...........................................................................107
15.0.0 Download .................................................................................................107
15.0.1 Copy From Memory Card ........................................................................108
15.0.2 Forecast ...................................................................................................108
15.0.3 Real Time View ........................................................................................108
15.0.4 Type of Data ............................................................................................108
16. MOBILARM .....................................................................................................................109
16.0 MOBILARM-GPS CHART PLOTTER CONNECTION .........................................109
16.1 SOFTWARE SETUP ............................................................................................110
16.2 MOBILARM STATUS ...........................................................................................110
16.3 MOBILARM PTX...................................................................................................111
16.3.0 MOBILARM MOB alert is received ..........................................................111
16.4 PLACING CURSOR ON THE PTX ICON ............................................................112
16.4.0 Delete PTX............................................................................................... 112
16.4.1 Goto PTX .................................................................................................112
16.4.2 The MOBILARM Alarm Status List..........................................................113
17. TROUBLESHOOTING....................................................................................................115
18. TECHNICAL TESTS ....................................................................................................117
18.0 SYSTEM TEST ....................................................................................................117
18.0.0 RAM Menu (reset)....................................................................................117
18.0.1 DIM Menu.................................................................................................117
18.0.2 Cartridges (used by Standard Horizon Technicians) .............................. 118
18.0.3 Serial Ports (used by Standard Horizon Technicians) ............................118
19. SPECIFICATIONS .......................................................................................................... 119
19.0 OPTIONAL WAAS GPS RECEIVER SPECIFICATIONS....................................121
20. APPENDIX: TERMS ....................................................................................................... 123
ANALYTICALINDEX ............................................................................................................127

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1. INTRODUCTION
Congratulations on your purchase of the STANDARD HORIZON GPS Chart Plotter.
Whether this is your first Navigation device, or if you have other STANDARD HORIZON
equipment,STANDARDHORIZONorganizationiscommittedtoensuring your enjoyment
ofthisNavigationdevice.STANDARDHORIZONtechnicalsupportpersonnelstandbehind
everyproductwe sell. Post SalesandTechnicalSupport can be obtainedfromyourdealer
or distributor. European customers are invited to contact their dealer or distributor in their
country for support. UK customers can contact STANDARD HORIZON on 01962 866667
or [email protected].
1.0 GENERAL INFORMATION
The CP500 is precision-crafted high-performance receiver for the Global Positioning
System (WAAS GPS) constellation of satellites that provide precise location data with a
hostof navigationfeaturesand areidealfor nauticaluseand sealedagainstwateringress.
The GPS Chart Plotter is housed in rugged, impact-resistant cases with outstanding
ergonomic design for effortless operation.The CP500 is IP56 water resistent.
The advanced features of the GPS Chart Plotter include:
·12-inch sunlight-readable display
·Full VGA 800 x 600 high resolution LCD
·WAAS GPS antenna with 15 meter of cable
·2 Video camera or DVD (NTSC or PAL) inputs
·1 VGA video output, connects to compatible TV or monitor
·Customizable ”picture-in-picture” video window
·Fish Finder capable when the optional FF52550/200kHz(BlackBox FishFinder)are
installed
·Capable of using a RADAR Antenna (USA ONLY)
·Dual chart window with independent zoom levels
·Selectablesailboatandpowerboatshipiconswithredandgreenforportandstarboard
·Compass Rose indication around ship icon
·Satellite images on base chart
·Route Checking
·Color Targets AIS
·Dedicated AIS List page
·Navigate to an Olympic Route
·SOG Speed Filter function to resolve erratic speed redings in rough seas
·C-MAP BYJEPPESEN NT+/MAX cartography compatible
·Improved Worldwide background showing detail up to 2.0 NM
·Connections to and from STANDARD HORIZON compatible DSC VHF’s for Distress
and Position Request calls
·3000 Marks / 50 Routes / 10000 Track Points
·3-years waterproof warranty

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1.1 PACKING LIST
WhenthepackagecontainingtheNavigationdeviceisfirstopened,pleasecheckforthefollowing
contents.If any partsare missingcontactthe dealerthis Navigationdevicewaspurchased
from.Accessories and replacement parts may be ordered from STANDARD HORIZON’s
PartsDepartmentat741/827-7600extension6800oremailat[email protected].
PART CODE ITEM
S8002251 External bracket (includes two knob-screws)
S8002252 Dust cover
T9101553 PWR ACC1 & ACC2 cable
S8002253 Flush mounting screws
Q7000619A GPS ANT Unit GSU-5H Series UX0GSU51SD**
EM029U104 Owner’s Manual
EM023U510 Quick Reference Guide
NOTE: “*” is a revision number
1.2 OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES
DST520
2” Nylon
Thru-hull
Depth & Temp
DST521
Transom Mount,
Depth, Speed
& Temp
DST523
2” Bronze
Thru-hull
Depth & Temp
DST525
In-hull Mount,
Depth
DST526
Bronze Thru-hull,
Triducer, Depth,
Speed & Temp
1000W Transducers
DST527
In-hull Mount,
Depth
DST528A
Thru-hull,
Long stem,
Depth & Temp
600W Transducers
F 525 Fish FinderFACVC10 Video Adapter cable VGAC10 VGA Adapter cable
Dual Frequency Fish Finder
Dual Frequency Fish Finder
1.3 RADAR UNIT SUPPLIED BY SI-TEX USA
TheRadarantennasaresuppliedbySI-TEX(631)996-2690intheUSAandCanada.Refer
to the table below for compatible models:
MODEL NUMBER DESCRIPTION
MDS-1 2kW 24 Mile 12.4” diameter Radome antenna
MDS-8 2kW 24 Mile 20” diameter Radome antenna
MDS-9 4kW 36 Mile 23.5” diameter Radome antenna
MDS-10-4 4kW 48 Mile 4FT Open Array
MDS-10-5 4kW 48 Mile 5FT Open Array
NOTE
Please contact to the Standard Horizon Authorized dealer, STANDARD HORIZON product
technical support or SI-TEX directly for additional information.