Magellan 210 - Manual

Using the eXplorist with MapSend 4 Personalizing the eXplorist 84 Setting the Light Timer 84 Clearing Memory 85 Clearing All Track Logs 85 Selecting Languages 85 Clearing Routes 86 Clearing Active Track , User-Entered POIs and Routes 86 Clearing User-Entered POIs and Routes 86 Setting Alarms 87 Rese...

5 eXplorist 210 GPS Receiver eXplorist 210 GPS Receiver Antenna Display Backlight Button Arrow Joystick ZOOM IN NAV MARK ESC GOTO MENU ZOOM OUT ENTER On/Off Button Features of the Magellan eXplorist GPS receiver: • Built-in background map (8 MB) • High-definition grayscale display • Preloaded points...

eXplorist 210 GPS Receiver 8 The eXplorist 210 uses two AA batteries that are installed as shown in the accompanying diagram. Be sure to observe the proper polarity when installing the batteries. Under normal operating conditions you can expect to get more than 14 hours of battery life when using fr...

eXplorist 210 GPS Receiver 9 Connecting to a Personal Computer (requires optional USB cable) Turn your eXplorist off and connect the round connector of the eXplorist data cable to the back of your eXplorist and tighten the locking screw. There are alignment tabs on the connector to make sure that th...

10 The eXplorist 210 uses information from the GPS satellites orbiting the earth to provide you with detailed information about your exact location. This is the foundation that your eXplorist will use to provide you with the necessary information to arrive at your destination. The most common use of...

Using the eXplorist 210 11 Step Two: Where Do You Want To Go? Now that the eXplorist knows where you are, you need to tell it where you want to go. There are many different ways you can do this, but the simplest and most commonly used is a “GOTO” route. This is a one-leg route with a beginning (wher...

Using the eXplorist 210 12 It was mentioned earlier that your eXplorist is constantly computing your present position and that you can save your position by using the MARK button. Now imagine that your eXplorist automatically saved your com- puted positions as you moved along the trail. Pretty soon ...

13 To turn the eXplorist on, press the POWER button on the top right side. To prevent the eXplorist from being turned on accidentally, draining the batteries, you need to press ENTER when the Startup screen is displayed. You have approximately 30 seconds from the time you press the POWER button to p...

Starting Up 14 The display backlight has three levels of intensity: off, low and high. When the eXplorist is first turned on, the display backlight is off. Press the LIGHT button on the top left side of the eXplorist to turn the backlight on low. Pressing the LIGHT button a second time sets the back...

Starting Up 18 Cold vs. Warm Start. When the eXplorist is turned on, one of the first things it does is to find out what satellites are overhead, along with their relative position. It does this by using a built-in satellite almanac. This almanac, when given the current date, time and approximate po...

19 The eXplorist has three navigation screens as well as a Satellite Status screen that can be accessed by pressing the NAV button. Each screen provides the same information in a different format giving you the choice of choosing the screen that best suits your needs. Tip: The ESC button will also s...

Navigation Screens 20 • Press MENU and select Customize page to change the information displayed at the bottom of the screen. • Press MENU and select Map Setup to change the orientation of the screen as well as the primary usage (land or marine). Press the Zoom In or the Zoom Out buttons to change h...

Navigation Screens 21 In the Cursor mode, you have a cursor icon displayed that you can use to pan around the map. The information displayed at the bottom of the screen provide you with the heading and distance the cursor is at from your present position. In the Cursor mode you can: • scroll around ...

Navigation Screens 22 The information displayed at the bottom of the screen can be customized to change what is shown in the two map information fields. You can select from: • Bearing • Distance to Next (Next leg in multi-leg routes) • Distance to End • Speed [default] • Heading [default] • ETA (Est...

Navigation Screens 23 You can choose to display information about the street you are on instead of displaying the two data fields at the bottom of the display. To display street information: 1. While viewing the Map screen, press MENU . 2. Use the Arrow joystick to highlight Customize page . 3. Pres...

Navigation Screens 24 The Map screen can be changed to be primarily used on land (default) or marine. When in land usage, land areas are displayed as white areas on the display and water is displayed as dark gray. The opposite is true when the map is set for marine usage. (Water is white and land ar...

Navigation Screens 25 As you move, your eXplorist is recording your journey (track). You can select how often the track points are recorded. In Auto mode, the eXplorist doesn’t save track points when you are traveling in a straight line and only a few as you make turns. This saves memory and provide...

Navigation Screens 26 The Compass screen provides an easy-to-use graphical compass that should be familiar to most GPS users. Highlights of the Compass screen: • With an active route, the top of the Compass screen displays the name of the destination. • Press MENU and select Customize page to change...

Navigation Screens 27 The information displayed at the top of the screen can be customized to information important to you. You can select from: • Bearing • Distance to Next (Next leg in multi-leg routes) [default] • Distance to End • Speed [default] • Heading • ETA (Estimated Time of Arrival) • Tim...

Navigation Screens 28 The Position screen provides detailed position information in a text format that is familiar to seasoned navigators. Highlights of the Position screen: • Position is displayed in textual format using the coordinate system selected. ( See Setting Coordinate System for informatio...

Navigation Screens 29 Whenever you begin a trip that you want to record how far you have travelled, you will want to reset the trip odometer to zero. To reset the trip odometer: 1. While viewing the Position screen, press MENU . 2. Use the Arrow joystick to highlight Reset Trip . 3. Press ENTER . 4....

30 The eXplorist has a file structure system that is unlike any other filing system used before on a GPS receiver. It is based on the file system that you are probably familiar with from using your personal computer. This graphic displays the basic layout of the file structure that is internal to th...

eXplorist 210 GPS File Structure 31 • When retrieving or saving a POI, the eXplorist automatically goes to the default POI file where the POI will be found or saved. NOTE : The default file is set at the factory but you can change the default file to be used by accessing Preferences > Active Setu...

eXplorist 210 GPS File Structure 32 • Track logs are saved differently from POIs and routes in that there is only one track log per file. Also, you can’t set a default file for track logs. The eXplorist automatically accesses the internal Tracklog folder. • Creating a new Track Log File: Use the Arr...

33 Whether driving in a car, hiking on the trail or out for an afternoon sail, you are going to want to save places you’ve been in your eXplorist so you can go back to them in the future. This is the fundamental starting point for any GPS navigator. Saving these places is called “Marking you positio...

Points of Interest 34 Normally, marking you position is simply a two button process, MARK and ENTER . However, sometimes you will want to personalize the POI you are marking to make it easier to identify later. You are able to change the icon, change the name, and create a message. (You are also abl...

Points of Interest 35 This method of marking a position would normally be used when you have gotten the coordinates for the position from a map or chart. It is also possible that you have gotten the coordinates from a friend and want to save this POI in your eXplorist database. Before beginning, mak...

Points of Interest 36 This gives you a way of marking a position, other then your present position, by moving the cursor around the map to a place you want to create a POI. 1. While viewing the Map screen, use the Arrow joystick to put the eXplorist into Cursor mode. 2. Continue moving the crosshair...

Points of Interest 37 All of the POI’s that you have saved as well as background map POI’s that came with your eXplorist can be accessed using the POI database. Once the database has been accessed and the POI selected you can view or edit the POI. Highlights of the POI database are: • Searching for ...

Points of Interest 38 Searching for a preloaded POI using the Nearest option is similar to searching for user-entered POI’s with an additional step. Preloaded POI’s have been categorized into five categories (Cities, Highways, Airports, Waterways and Parks) and you need to select the category that t...

Points of Interest 39 POI’s that you have saved can be edited to change the icon, name, elevation and message. You can also change the location but keep in mind that this effectively is creating a new POI in a new location. 1. Press MENU . 2. Use the Arrow joystick to highlight Pts of Interest . 3. ...

Points of Interest 40 POI’s that you have saved can be deleted using this operation. You may want to delete a POI to make it easier to search for a POI you created if you have a lot of them. POI’s that have been deleted cannot be restored. You will need to input the information for a POI you delete ...

Points of Interest 41 POI’s that have been preloaded as part of the background map can be saved as a user-entered POI. This does not delete a preloaded POI (preloaded POI’s can not be deleted) it just copies it to the My Points of Interest portion of the database. 1. Press MENU . 2. Use the Arrow jo...

Points of Interest 42 POI’s that have been preloaded as part of the background map can be viewed on the Map screen to assist you in locating the POI. 1. Press MENU . 2. Use the Arrow joystick to highlight Pts of Interest . 3. Press ENTER . 4. Use the Arrow joystick up/down to highlight Background Ma...

Points of Interest 43 You can select whether a user-entered POI is displayed or hidden while viewing the Map screen. In the upper left corner of the POI Save screen (next to the icon field) is a checkbox that indicated if the POI will be visible on the map. When it is checked, the POI is visible. Th...

44 Routes are the least understood and one of the most important functions of a GPS receiver. The better you understand routes and how to use them, the more enjoyment you will receive from using your eXplorist. The easiest, and most common form of a route is a GOTO route. A GOTO route is a one-leg r...

Routes 45 The instructions here describe the most common, and easiest way to create a GOTO route. 1. Press GOTO . 2. Use the POI database to select the POI to be the destination. Note : Detailed instructions for searching the POI database can be found in the Points of Interest section of this manual...

Routes 46 This will create a GOTO route to a map object (city, highway, user POI, etc.) that you have indicated by moving the crosshair cursor on the Map screen over the map object. 1. While viewing the Map screen, use the Arrow joystick causing the eXplorist to go into Cursor mode. 2. Continue usin...

Routes 47 The eXplorist will provide you an empty list for your route and you can use the POI’s saved in the POI database to create the route. All the tools you’d need to create the route will be described here. Steps in creating a multi-leg route: 1. Press MENU . 2. Use the Arrow joystick to highli...

Routes 48 An active route is the route you are presently navigating on. Anytime you activate a route, it will remain the active route until you either turn it off (deactivate) or activate a new route. GOTO’s are automatically activated when they are created while multi-leg routes need to be activate...

Routes 49 When a route is created it can have many different legs to the route, each leg with its own destination. If during your travels you wanted to skip some of the legs you can select the leg that you want to proceed to next. An example would be your planned route starts at your campsite. The f...

Routes 50 Saved routes can be edited to add a new leg at the end of the route ( <Add POI> ) remove a leg ( Delete POI ), insert a new leg ( Insert POI ) or change the destination from one POI to another ( Replace POI ). 1. Press MENU . 2. Use the Arrow joystick to highlight Routes . 3. Press E...

Routes 51 Reversing a route takes a saved route and recreates it in reverse order. The sample route that was discussed earlier, Camp > Bridge > Marker > Ranger > Swim , would now be Swim > Ranger > Marker > Bridge > Camp. 1. Press MENU . 2. Use the Arrow joystick to highlight...

Routes 52 This provides you with a means of moving a route from one file to another. 1. Press MENU . 2. Use the Arrow joystick to highlight Routes . 3. Press ENTER . 4. Locate the file that contains the route you want to move. (The eXplorist will automatically open the default file.) 5. Press ENTER ...

Routes 53 Viewing the route on the map gives you a way of graphically seeing the legs of the route as they appear on the map. 1. Press MENU . 2. Use the Arrow joystick to highlight Routes . 3. Press ENTER . 4. Locate the file that contains the route. Locate the file that contains the route you want ...

54 As you are moving, the eXplorist continuously records your track. Much like leaving breadcrumbs on the trail that you can use later to find your way back, the eXplorist leaves “electronic breadcrumbs” on the map. The advantage here is that you don’t have to worry about animals coming along and ea...

Track Logs 55 The instructions here describe the most common, and easiest way to create a GOTO route. Press MENU . 1. Use the Arrow joystick to highlight Track Log . 2. Press ENTER. 3. Highlight Active Track . 4. Press ENTER . 5. Highlight Stop Logging or Resume Logging . Note : Stop Logging is disp...

Track Logs 56 This will save your active track log with a name you enter that you can use at some time in the future. This does not erase your presently active route; only saves the current active track and adds it to the list of available track logs. 1. Press MENU . 2. Use the Arrow joystick to hig...

Track Logs 57 BackTrack routes use your active track to create a route back to where you started, turning around and following the electronic breadcrumb trail that the eXplorist dropped. 1. Press MENU . 2. Use the Arrow joystick to highlight Track Log . 3. Press ENTER . 4. Use the Arrow joystick to ...

Track Logs 58 This function takes the track log and turns it into a multi-leg route that is saved in your route list. From here, the route can be edited if necessary. Note : Convert to Route is available for both active track logs and track logs you have saved. 1. Press MENU . 2. Use the Arrow joyst...

Track Logs 59 It has been mentioned before that you can convert saved track logs to a route and view saved track logs on the map. There are three functions unique to saved track logs that you can perform: following, reversing, and deleting the track. This function provides you with a means to use a ...

Track Logs 60 Use this function to remove track logs that have been previously saved and are no longer needed. 1. Press MENU . 2. Use the Arrow joystick to highlight Track Log . 3. Press ENTER . 4. Use the Arrow joystick to highlight any track log you have previously saved. 5. Press ENTER . 6. Highl...

Advanced Features 62 1. With the Fish/Hunt screen displayed, highlight the At field. 2. Press ENTER . 3. Select a POI from the POI database. 1. With the Fish/Hunt screen displayed, highlight the On field. 2. Press ENTER . 3. Use the Arrow joystick to change the date. Up/Down changes the data at the ...

Advanced Features 63 1. With the Sun/Moon screen displayed, highlight the On field. 2. Press ENTER . 3. Use the Arrow joystick to change the date. Up/Down changes the data at the cursor position; Left/Right moves the cursor. 4. When the date is correct, press ENTER . Vertical Profile will graphicall...

Advanced Features 64 When the eXplorist is placed in the simulator mode, it simulates movement along a predefined or saved route. 1. Press MENU . 2. Use the Arrow joystick to highlight Adv. Features . 3. Press ENTER . 4. Use the Arrow joystick to highlight Simulate . 5. Press ENTER . 6. Highlight th...

Advanced Features 65 For this feature to operate properly, you must have your eXplorist connected to a personal computer through the computer USB port 1. Turn the eXplorist off. 2. First connect the PC interface cable to the connector on the back of the eXplorist. 3. Insert the USB connector on the ...

Advanced Features 66 Using the personal computer, you have complete access to moving, renaming, modifying, or deleting any of the saved files. Special care should be taken whenever working with saved files as unwanted results may occur. It is advised that you backup any files that you plan on editin...

67 Very simply, geocaching is a fun, recreational game that you can play using your eXplorist receiver. It’s been referred to as “electronic treasure hunting” and is just that. Caches are hidden all over the world and your task is to find them, armed only with the coordinates of the cache and your M...

Magellan Geocache Manager 68 1. Access the Magellan Geocache Manager by using the Start button on the Windows toolbar. 2. Under “Programs” select ‘Magellan > eXplorist 210 > Magellan Geocache Manager’. 3. The Magellan Geocache Manager will open and an empty list of geocache points is displayed...

Magellan Geocache Manager 69 Using the icons at the top of the window is the easiest way of accessing the most common functions. The following lists the icons, their hotkey equivalent, and their usage. Magellan Geocache Manager Tools Icon Name Hotkey Description New Ctrl+N Creates a new database for...

Magellan Geocache Manager 70 This is a picture of a sample geocache file with a list of geocache points. You can modify this list by editing, deleting, or adding points to it. You can also add other downloaded geocache point files to this list but you will need to follow the instructions provided be...

Magellan Geocache Manager 71 1. Turn the eXplorist off and connect it to the USB port on your computer. 2. Turn the eXplorist on. If connected correctly, it will begin in the USB File Transfer mode or the Communications menu is displayed. (If the Communications menu is shown, select USB File Transfe...

Using the eXplorist with MapSend 75 You can transfer POIs, routes and track logs to and from MapSend and the eXplorist using the Magellan Conversion Manager. Since the eXplorist stores these data items in a more accessible manner than previous GPS receivers, you must use the Magellan Conversion Mana...

Using the eXplorist with MapSend 76 The process for transferring from from MapSend to the eXplorist is similar to the one described above. 1. Open the MapSend software program. This procedure will discuss sending waypoints to the eXplorist. Use similar steps for transferring routes and tracks. 2. Cl...

77 The Preferences portion of the eXplorist provides the tools to personalize the eXplorist to your usage and needs. There are tools that are designed to give you full flexibility over its use as well as performing maintanence on the internal memory should the need arise. Features found in Preferenc...

Preferences 80 Whenever you need to access POIs, routes, and other saved data, the eXplorist automatically goes to the default file for the particular piece of data you are working with. These default locations may not meet your requirements as to where you are saving your data. You can use the Acti...

Preferences 81 The eXplorist comes with a basemap already installed but you may use MapSend Worldwide software (purchased separately) to define your own basemap. You can use Active Setup to select the background map you want to use if you have stored a new one. Also, you can use one of the other Map...

Preferences 82 You can set the North Reference used by the eXplorist to be either magnetic north or True North. 1. Press MENU . 2. Use the Arrow joystick to highlight Preferences . 3. Press ENTER . 4. Use the Arrow joystick to highlight Map Units . 5. Press ENTER . 6. Use the Arrow joystick to highl...

Preferences 83 When using the eXplorist in conjunction with a map or chart, you should make sure that the map datum in the eXplorist matches the map datum that the map or chart uses. This can usually be found in the legend block on the map or chart. The default map datum for the eXplorist is WGS84 a...

Preferences 84 As has been mentioned before, the display backlight makes the display easier to read in low light situations but it also is the largest drain on the batteries. The 1. Press MENU . 2. Use the Arrow joystick to highlight Preferences . 3. Press ENTER . 4. Use the Arrow joystick to highli...

Preferences 85 The eXplorist can be set to display information from any one of ten different langauges. You can select from English, Français (French), Deutsch (German), Nederlands (Dutch), Suomi (Finnish), Español (Spanish), Italiano (Italian), Português (Portuguese), Svenska (Swedish) and Norsk (N...

Preferences 86 1. Press MENU . 2. Use the Arrow joystick to highlight Preferences . 3. Press ENTER . 4. Use the Arrow joystick to highlight Clear Memory . 5. Press ENTER . 6. Use the Arrow joystick to highlight POIs/Routes . 7. Confirm. Use the Arrow joystick to highlight Yes to confirm or No to can...

Preferences 87 1. Press MENU . 2. Use the Arrow joystick to highlight Preferences . 3. Press ENTER . 4. Use the Arrow joystick to highlight Reset Default . 5. Press ENTER . 6. Use the Arrow joystick to highlight All . 7. Confirm. Use the Arrow joystick to highlight Yes to confirm or No to cancel. 8....

Preferences 88 Setting Alarms 1. Press MENU . 2. Use the Arrow joystick to highlight Preferences . 3. Press ENTER . 4. Use the Arrow joystick to highlight Alarms . 5. Press ENTER . 6. Use the Arrow joystick to highlight the alarm field that you want to turn off or set. 7. Press ENTER . 8. Select fro...

Preferences 89 1. Press MENU . 2. Use the Arrow joystick to highlight Preferences . 3. Press ENTER . 4. Use the Arrow joystick to highlight Clock . 5. Press ENTER . 6. Use the Arrow joystick to highlight the Daylight Savings field. 7. Press ENTER . 8. Use the Arrow joystick to highlight the Region f...

Specifications 91 Power Source 2 AA Batteries Battery Life Up to 14 hours with backlight display on low Memory 32 MB internal memory Coordinate Systems Available 11 plus 1 user grid. Lat/Lon, UTM, OSGB, Irish, Swiss, Swedish, Finnish, German, French, USNG and MGRS Routes Total Flexible, based on mem...

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94 The following information is provided so that if you need support for your Magellan eXplorist, you can direct your questions/comments to the proper person at Thales Navigation. If you need technical assistance, "how-to" help, or if you have a technical question about the functionality of ...

Contacting Magellan Support 95 For Magellan product support and warranty service information in English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Norwegian, Finnish and Danish please dial FREE PHONE: 00800MAGELLAN* ( 00800 62435526) from 9 AM to 6 PM GMT & GMT+1 or send an e-mail in English, ...