User manual LOWRANCE GLOBAL NAV

[. . . ] G LOBALNAV INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL 988-0129-01 12000 F. PDF compression, OCR, web-optimization with CVISION's PdfCompressor I®LOWRANCE ELECTRONICS, INC. NOTES: Copyright© 1991, Lowrance Electronics, Inc. A CAREFUL NAVIGATOR NEVER RELYS ON ONLY ONE METHOD TO OBTAIN POSITION INFORMATION. CAUTION This GPS receiver, (like all GE'S navigation equipment) will show the shortest, most direct path to a waypoint. [. . . ] For example, if your longitude is 81 degrees, then enter 081. UNITS OF MEASURE Initi. 126 Wue1°4a 232 N The GlobalNav can display distance, speed, altitude, degrees, and time in different units of measure. For example, distance can be displayedin statue miles, nauticalmiles, or kilometers. North/South Lat. I I , _ Distance = ni Speed = npli I 1 1 Clear After enteringthe position, the screen shown above appears. Press the key adjacent to the North/South label to change the latitude from north to south, if necessary. Likewise, press the key adjacent to the East/West label tb change the longitude. Whenthe initial positionis correct, press the key adjacent to the "Use Position"label. The GlobalNav returns to the Initial Settings screen. Altitude = ft Direction = nag I L me -- it' 1 To change the units of measure, first press the MENU key , then press the key next to the "More" label until the "Change Units" label appears. The screen shown above appears. 14 39 PDF compression, OCR, web-optimization with CVISION's PdfCompressor GPS ALARMS The GlobalNavhasIwo GPS alarms; a CDI alarm arid an Arrival alarm. The CDI alarm sounds an audible tone when the CDI indicator moves past a preset limit. Both alarms are set and adjustedfrom thesame menu. The arrival alarm sounds a tone when your positionis within the alarm's radius of a waypoint. For example, if the alarm's setting is . 5 mile, then the alarm sounds a tone when you come within . 5 miles of a waypoint. To set the arrivalalarm, first press the MENU key, then pressthe key next to the "More' label until the "Set Alarms" label appears. Press the key adjacent to the up arrow in the arrival alarm's menu to increase the alarm's radius. The arrival alarm's key range is from . 01 to 10 miles. ARRIVAL ALARM The initial setup is now complete. The GPS position screen appears with the present position display flashing. The latitude/longitude position will stop flashing when theGlobalNavhas locked onto the necessary satellites. To view the satellite data, see the SatelliteStatus section in this manual. Nevernavigatewith this unit whenthepositionscreen flashesthe latitude/longitude!If you move a long distance from the last time you used the GlobalNav, you may need to re-initialize the unit. If you preset the GlobalNav, you will definitely need to re-initialize the unit. The 'Initial Setup" menu selection on the GPS' second menu page returnsyou to the initial setup menu, when needed. These are the Position, Navigation, Steering, Plotter, and Status displays. [. . . ] The positionis now saved. NOTICE! The GlobalNav won't let you save a positionin a waypoint location that's already in use when you use the Waypoint QuickSave feature. However, it will let you overwrite a position when using the View and Save or the New Waypoint Number (see below) methods. Make certain the waypoint number is really the one you wish to use. Saving Current Position (Save as # Method) New Waypoint Number The NewWaypoint Numbermenu gives you another way to save a waypoint. This option lets you simply enter the numberof the waypoint that you want the positionassignedto. [. . . ]