User manual MAGELLAN MERIDIAN XL

[. . . ] Magellan GPS Satellite Navigator User Manual Meridian XL WARNINGS USE GOOD JUDGEMENT This product is an excellent navigation aid, but does not replace the need for careful orienteering and good judgement. Government, which is solely responsible for the accuracy and maintenance of GPS. The accuracy of position fixes can be affected by the periodic adjustments to GPS satellites made by the U. S. Government and is subject to change in accordance with the Department of Defense civil GPS user policy and the Federal Radionavigation Plan. [. . . ] A pop-up menu allows you to activate, deactivate, or reverse a selected route, edit or view the legs of the route, or clear the route. The ROUTE MENU can be accessed in three ways: Press MENU, use the UP/DOWN ARROWs to select ROUTE MENU in the FUNCTION MENU, and press ENTER. FUNCTION MENU SAT STATUS ROUTE MENU WAYPOINTS SETUP SIMULATOR From any NAV or PLOT screen, press ENTER to access the pop-up menu, select ROUTE MENU and press ENTER. SAVE POS CREATE WPT ROUTE MENU CONTRAST ESCAPE Press GOTO and highlight ROUTE and press ENTER. GOTO MOB BCKTRK ROUTE COORD BUOY JETTY DOCK WP001 WP002 Creating a Multileg Route This creates a route of 1 to 15 legs. Each end waypoint is the start waypoint for the following leg. Access the ROUTE MENU Use ARROW KEYS to highlight an empty route Use ARROW KEYS select end of leg waypoint ENTER Use ARROW KEYS select start of route waypoint ENTER ENTER To finish creating a multileg route, press ENTER without selecting a "TO" waypoint. 32 Access the ROUTE MENU. Use the UP/ DOWN ARROWs to select an EMPTY route and press ENTER. ROUTE MENU 1 2 3 4 5 EMPTY EMPTY EMPTY EMPTY EMPTY If there are no EMPTY routes in the ROUTE MENU, you must clear a route before you can create a new one. Use the LEFT/RIGHT ARROWs to select the FROM waypoint and press ENTER. The default waypoint in the FROM field is the current position, labeled as STRT1. Use the LEFT/RIGHT ARROWs to change the TO waypoint to be the destination for this leg. Note that the screen displays the bearing and distance for this leg of the route. The receiver automatically used the TO waypoint from the previous leg as the FROM waypoint for the next leg. SET ROUTE LEG 01 FROM TO DOCK SET ROUTE LEG 01 FROM TO DOCK JETTY n 13. 5 m 028` M SET ROUTE LEG 02 FROM TO JETTY Continue to add legs to this route by using the LEFT/RIGHT ARROWs changing the TO waypoint and ENTER to confirm. The bearing and distance are updated as you scroll through the various TO waypoints. When you have created as many legs of the route as desired, simply press ENTER with the TO highlight blank. 33 The display returns to the Route Menu. The new route is now the active route, and can be viewed on the NAV and PLOT screens. The receiver will not accept TO waypoints having the same or nearly the same coordinates (within 0. 1 distance units) as the FROM waypoint. Activating and Deactivating a Route Only one route, MOB, BACKTRACK, COORD route or GOTO can be active (in use) at any time. When you set a MOB, GOTO or BACKTRACK route, any multileg route that you were using is automatically deactivated and replaced with the route you just set. Likewise, creating a multileg route makes that route the current active route, deactivating any other route. Access the ROUTE MENU Use ARROW KEYS to highlight route to activate / deactivate ENTER ENTER Access the ROUTE MENU and use the UP/DOWN ARROWs to highlight the route you wish to activate or deactivate and press ENTER to display the pop-up menu. Use the UP/DOWN ARROWs to highlight ACTIVATE or DEACTIVATE and press ENTER. If the route you selected is currently active, DEACTIVATE will appear on the menu, and pressing ENTER will deactivate the route. If the route is not active, ACTIVATE will appear on the menu, and pressing ENTER will activate the route and return you to the last viewed NAV screen. Reversing a Route REVERSE ROUTE allows you to take an existing route and reverse the order of waypoints in the route. For example, if you were to set a route that went from point A to point B and ended at point C, REVERSE ROUTE would change the route to go from point C to point B and ending at point A. Access the ROUTE MENU Use ARROW KEYS to highlight route to be reversed ENTER Highlight REVERSE Press ENTER Access the ROUTE MENU, highlight the route you want to reverse, and press ENTER. The route is reversed and the display returns to the ROUTE MENU. 34 Viewing the Route Summary (Edit Option) The edit option displays a summary of the selected route, including starting and ending waypoints, number of legs, and total distance. [. . . ] Estimated Time to Arrival is the approximate time it will take to reach the destination from the current position based on VMG. Measures the probable accuracy of a position fix, based on the position of the satellites relative to each other. Datum Elevation EPE ETA Geometric Quality 79 GOTO A single leg route with the present position being the start of the route and a defined waypoint as the destination. (If the unit has been moved while turned off and has not yet acquired a new position fix, the start of the GOTO will be the position fix last recorded. ) The direction in which the receiver is moving, track or ground course, (due to wind, current, and so forth), and may also be different from the course. Coordinate system using latitude and longitude coordinates to define a position on the earth. [. . . ]