Magellan GPS Tracker - Manual

ii Basic Operation ....................... 13 Power Up Sequence .............................. 13Navigation Screens ............................... 13Using the Status Screen .......................... 14Selecting Temp Units and Calibrationin your Status Screen ............................. 15Using t...

iii Setting the Speed Average ..................... 29Using the Time Screen ........................... 29Selecting Time Format ............................ 30Saving a Waypoint ............................... 30Saving Your Position Fix with aReceiver-Generated Name ..................... 30Saving You...

iv Changing a Waypoint in a Route ..... 40Adding a Waypoint at the End ofa Route ......................................... 41Deleting a Waypoint in a Route ........ 41Saving a Route ............................... 42 Activating/Deactivating a Route .............. 42Reversing a Route ...................

Magellan GPS Tracker 1 Introduction 1 Congratulations on your purchase of the GPS Tracker. Since introducing the world’s very first commercial, hand-held GPS receiver in 1989, Magellan has led the way with innovative GPS products to meet a wide range of positioning and navigation needs. The GPS Trac...

2 Magellan GPS Tracker Features of Your GPS Tracker • Powerful 12-channel receiver. • Large ultra-sharp display. • Detachable super sensitive antenna for superior tracking. • Industry record - 30 hours of continuous battery life. • Backlit display. • Rugged, durable and waterproof. Conventions Used ...

Magellan GPS Tracker 3 Getting Started/Initialize This section shows you how to begin using your GPS Tracker for the first time. After a brief description of the receiver, it discusses: • Installing batteries. • First time use, initializing the receiver. • Usage. GPS Tracker Description The GPS Trac...

4 Magellan GPS Tracker GPS Tracker Receiver Display ENTER key GOTO key MENU key POWER key ARROW PAD LIGHT key MARK key NAV key QUIT key Water Seal Battery Caps Detachable Quadrifilar Antenna

Magellan GPS Tracker 5 Using the Keypad LIGHT - Turns back light off and on and offers two levels of brightness adjustable with consecutive presses of the light key. PWR - Turns the receiver on and off. ENTER - Selects menu items, confirms changes and initiates certain functions. QUIT - Cancels the ...

6 Magellan GPS Tracker Installing the Batteries The GPS Tracker uses four AA alkaline batteries that are installed from the bottom of the receiver. Use the rings to unscrew the water seal battery caps. Insert the batteries into the battery tubes, with the positive end first, two batteries in each si...

Magellan GPS Tracker 7 Using your GPS Tracker The constellation of 24 GPS satellites circling the globe is in constant motion. Before your receiver can tell you where you are, it needs to know where the satellites are relative to itself. It does this with the use of an internal almanac, where it has...

8 Magellan GPS Tracker Holding the Receiver GPS Tracker is designed to fit comfort- ably in your hand. Hold the receiver in the palm of your hand with the antenna pointing towards the sky. First Time Use - Initializing the Receiver You do not need to initialize your receiver each time you use it unl...

Magellan GPS Tracker 9 Input Location Information A screen is displayed with a list of geographi- cal regions. Use the UP/DOWN ARROWs to highlight the region where you are located and press ENTER . As you proceed with the initialization process, you can press QUIT at any time to return to the previo...

10 Magellan GPS Tracker Selecting Primary Usage A screen will be displayed asking your primary use for the receiver, MARINE or LAND. Use the UP/DOWN ARROWs to select and press ENTER . The default is MARINE. The following chart shows the differences in terminology that your GPS Tracker uses while in ...

Magellan GPS Tracker 11 Getting a Fixed Position Once you have chosen the primary usage for your GPS Tracker, the STATUS screen will be displayed. At this point, you should go outside in an area where you can get a clear view of the sky. The GPS Tracker will begin receiving data from the satellites ...

12 Magellan GPS Tracker Creating a GOTO Once this fixed position has been saved in your receiver. Travel to another location away from the saved position to create a route back to the saved waypoint. To create this route, press GOTO . Once GOTO is pressed, a menu will be displayed with the waypoint ...

Magellan GPS Tracker 13 Basic Operation 3 Power Up Sequence The receiver is powered up by pressing PWR (power). On power up, the GPS Tracker will display the Magellan logo/start up animation momentarily and then switch to the STATUS screen. The receiver begins searching the sky for satellites and be...

14 Magellan GPS Tracker North Indicator SatellitePosition Graph SatelliteSignal Chart Battery LifeIndicator 2D/3D Icon SatelliteSignalStrengths SatelliteNumbers Temperature Using the Status Screen The Status screen will be the first screen displayed, after the Magellan screen, once the unit is turne...

Magellan GPS Tracker 15 Selecting Temp Units and Calibration in your Status Screen You have two options for customizing the STATUS screen, TEMP UNITS and TEMP CALIB. Press MENU to display the STATUS screen menu. Use the UP/ DOWN ARROWs to make your selection and press ENTER . The other menu items di...

16 Magellan GPS Tracker Using the Position Screen The POSITION screen displays the coordinates of your last computed position and basic navigation data. You also have the option of viewing your present position using another coordinate system. Viewing Secondary Coordinate System from the POSITION Sc...

18 Magellan GPS Tracker Customizing the NAV 1 Screen You can change the four navigational fields. You can choose from BRG, DST, SOG, COG, VMG, CTS, ETA, ETE, XTE, TRN, ALT, TME, TMP and Blank. To customize your NAV 1 screen, press MENU while viewing the NAV 1 screen, select CUSTOMIZE and press ENTER...

Magellan GPS Tracker 19 Using the Compass Screen The Course Direction Icon displays your course over ground while the Steering Indicator displays the bearing of the destination relative to the course over ground. When the arrows are pointed in the same direction, you are on course. The CDI Scale ind...

20 Magellan GPS Tracker Align the sun on the COMPASS screen with the sun in the sky, as shown. When aligned, the Steering Indicator will point you in the direction you should be travelling in order to reach your destination. Customizing the Compas s Screen You can change the four navigational fields...

Magellan GPS Tracker 21 You are presented with a pop-up menu from which you can make your selection. Use the UP/DOWN ARROWs to highlight your choice and press ENTER . You will return to the COMPASS screen, still in the customize mode. You can continue to customize the display or press QUIT to exit. ...

22 Magellan GPS Tracker Using th e Plot Screen The PLOT screen is a mini map that shows where you have travelled and where you want to travel. You can view the active route, your current position as well as the other waypoints and destination in the PLOT screen. At the top of the screen, the destina...

Magellan GPS Tracker 23 Selecting PAN-N-SCAN By using PAN-N-SCAN, you can look ahead or review where you have travelled according to waypoints, routes and track history. PAN-N-SCAN allows you to view the area from .20 miles to 320 miles, depending on your selection. While viewing the PLOT screen, pr...

24 Magellan GPS Tracker Setting Track History Using TRACK HISTORY records where you have been by automatically storing locations, as “dropping bread crumbs” from your starting point as you travel. This will be especially useful when you want to return to your starting point, the receiver uses these ...

26 Magellan GPS Tracker Setting Hide Data/Show Data When using the PLOT screen, you may want bearing and distance to be hidden. You can choose to hide these information fields or have the fields present. Under HIDE DATA/SHOW DATA, you can turn the data fields on or off. While viewing the PLOT screen...

Magellan GPS Tracker 27 Setting Hide WPTS/Show WPTS When using the ROAD screen, you may want the waypoints to be hidden. You can choose to hide the waypoints or have the waypoints present. Under HIDE WPTS/SHOW WPTS, you can turn the waypoints on or off. While viewing the ROAD screen, press MENU . Hi...

28 Magellan GPS Tracker The top of the screen displays the destination name, bearing and course. The Graphical Speedometer is shown with a Circumference Bar that moves clockwise around the Speedometer to indicate instantaneous speed. The scale for the Speedometer is adjustable by using the RIGHT/LEF...

Magellan GPS Tracker 29 Using the Time Screen The TIME screen displays the current time, estimated time enroute (ETE), time of arrival and elapsed time in regards to the route you are navigating in. The first data field can be customized to correct the current time and to select the time format. Res...

30 Magellan GPS Tracker Saving a Waypoint Waypoints are used to create routes and GOTOs. Before you can set a route or GOTO, you must have a saved waypoint in your receiver. You have two options when naming waypoints. You can create waypoints with either a receiver-created name or with a name you cr...

Magellan GPS Tracker 31 Saving Your Position Fix with a User-Created Name To save a waypoint with a user-created name, press MARK , press ENTER and the ARROWs to enter alphanumeric characters. Once you have entered the name, press MARK again to save the waypoint. You have the option of creating a me...

Magellan GPS Tracker 33 Working with Waypoints 4 This section tells you how to edit, delete, project and sort waypoints. You can store up to 500 positions which can be used to build routes for naviga- tion. Editing a Waypoint Under editing a waypoint, you have the following options: • Editing a wayp...

34 Magellan GPS Tracker Creating/Editing/Deleting a Message in a Waypoint To create a message, follow the instructions on selecting a waypoint. Use the DOWN ARROW to highlight CREATE MSG and press ENTER. Use the ARROWs to input alphanumeric characters. Your message may contain up to twenty character...

Magellan GPS Tracker 35 Projecting a Waypoint This function allows you to create a waypoint at a certain distance and direction from an existing waypoint or from your current position. From any NAV screen, press MENU, highlight WAYPOINTS and press ENTER . Highlight the waypoint you wish to project a...

36 Magellan GPS Tracker Sorting a Waypoint You may want to change how the waypoints are sorted. You have the options of ALPHABETIC, NEAREST and ICON/NAME. From any NAV screen, press MENU , highlight WAYPOINTS and press ENTER . Press MENU , highlight SORT WPT and press ENTER . A pop-up window will ap...

Magellan GPS Tracker 37 5 Working with Routes A route is a planned course of travel defined by a series of waypoints stored in the receiver’s memory. These waypoints are connected to form the segments or “legs” of the route. There are 4 different types of routes consisting of GOTO, BACKTRACK, MOB an...

38 Magellan GPS Tracker Creating a Man Over Board Route Another type of route is Man Over Board (MOB). The MOB route is useful when you want to instantly create a route. To activate MOB, press GOTO. A GOTO MENU will appear with MOB (the first on the menu) highlighted. Press ENTER and the receiver wi...

Magellan GPS Tracker 39 Creating a Multi-Leg Route You may want to create a route with your saved waypoints. For example, if you want to create a route from your home, to a campsite and then to a great fishing spot, you can create a route that would take you to each place. Press MENU, highlight ROUT...

40 Magellan GPS Tracker Viewing/Editing a Route From any screen, press MENU , highlight ROUTES and press ENTER. Highlight the route you wish to edit and press ENTER or press MENU , highlight VIEW/EDIT and press ENTER . Inserting a Leg With the route you have created, from your home to a campsite, yo...

Magellan GPS Tracker 41 Or Press MENU , highlight REPLACE and press ENTER . A list of waypoints will appear, highlight the waypoint you want to be replaced and press ENTER . Adding a Waypoint at the End of a Route You may be navigating using the home to campsite route and find a great picnic spot. Y...

42 Magellan GPS Tracker Saving a Route Once you have made changes to your route, you may want to save those changes. While viewing the route, press MENU, highlight SAVE ROUTE and press ENTER . The changes you have made to your route will now be saved until you delete them. Or Press MENU, highlight S...

Magellan GPS Tracker 43 Reversing a Route Once you have reached the end of your route, you can reverse the route to return home. For example, Camp...Fish, goes from point A to B to C to D, reversed would read from D to C to B to A and the title would read Fish...Camp. Press MENU, highlight ROUTES an...

44 Magellan GPS Tracker Working with Map ‘N Track Route The Map ‘N Track Route consists of track points downloaded from the Map ‘N Track PC software (an optional accessory; see accessory list). With Map ‘N Track PC software, you can generate a route manually or automati- cally using the Point-to-Poi...

Magellan GPS Tracker 45 Auxiliary Functions Working with Sun/Moon and Fish/Hunt The Sun/Moon function displays solar and lunar calculations and the Fish/ Hunt function displays times for excellent and good Fishing/Hunting. The default will be the current position unless the function is accessed from...

46 Magellan GPS Tracker Selecting the Simulate Mode The Simulate mode will help you become familiar with your receiver and how it works by generating artificial position fixes. By utilizing Simulate, the receiver will create a route and will continue until you end it. In order to end and delete the ...

Magellan GPS Tracker 47 Selecting Contrast You may want to change the contrast of your receiver. You can adjust the lightness or darkness depending on your preference. From any NAV screen, press MENU , high- light CONTRAST and press ENTER . A pop-up window will be displayed. Use the LEFT/RIGHT ARROW...

48 Magellan GPS Tracker Selecting Anchor Alarm The Anchor alarm will notify that you have moved from the set position. For example, while boating, you can set your Anchor alarm. Once anchored, your boat begins to drift from the set position, a pop-up window will appear to notify that you are moving....

Magellan GPS Tracker 49 Selecting XTE Alarm The XTE (Cross Track Error) alarm will notify you when you have gone off your set course. While viewing the Alarm/Message screen, highlight the XTE ALARM and press ENTER . A pop-up screen will appear with your choices for alarm settings of OFF, 100, 250, 5...

50 Magellan GPS Tracker The PROXIMITY WPTS menu will be displayed for you to select proximity way- points. Highlight the empty field, as shown, and press ENTER . Your saved waypoints will appear. Highlight a waypoint and press ENTER . The selected waypoint will appear. To continue this process, use ...

Magellan GPS Tracker 51 Selecting Alarm Defaults After a memory clear, you may want to restore the alarm default settings. While viewing the Alarm/MSG menu, highlight DEFAULTS and press ENTER . A pop-up window will be displayed, select YES or NO and press ENTER . Clearing Alarm Messages The message ...

Magellan GPS Tracker 53 7 Customizing (Setup) Selecting Setup Setup allows you to initialize the receiver and set system parameters to your preference. To view the Setup Menu, from any screen press the MENU and highlight SETUP and press ENTER . Initializing By initializing your receiver, you establi...

54 Magellan GPS Tracker Disabling NAV Screens You may find that you do not use one, or more, of the nine NAV screens provided in the receiver. You have the option to disable NAV screens, except for the Status and Position screens. To disable a NAV screen, press MENU , highlight SETUP and press ENTER...

Magellan GPS Tracker 55 You would generally want the receiver to use position coordinates in the same map datum that is used by your maps. For example, the Irish Grid uses the Irish datum, Finnish Grid uses KKJ datum, Swedish Grid uses the RT 90 datum and Swiss Grid uses the Swiss datum. The default...

56 Magellan GPS Tracker To change the Elevation Mode, press MENU , highlight SETUP and press ENTER . High- light ELEV MODE and press ENTER . A pop-up menu will appear. Highlight 2D or 3D and press ENTER . If you select 3D, the receiver will return to SETUP. If 2D is selected, the receiver will ask f...

Magellan GPS Tracker 57 Selecting NAV Units You can choose the units of measure used by your receiver. NAV UNITS gives you the options of MILES/MPH, NM/KNOTS and KM/ KPH. Press MENU , from any screen, highlight SETUP and press ENTER . Highlight NAV UNITS and press ENTER . A pop-up menu will be displ...

58 Magellan GPS Tracker Selecting Light Timer With the Light Timer function, you can choose the setting for the light timer. You can choose from ALWAYS ON, 15 and 30 seconds, 1,2 and 4 minutes. The light timer is a power saving function that automatically turns the light off. Once the light has been...

Magellan GPS Tracker 59 Selecting Personalize With the personalize function, you have the option of inputting your name into the GPS Tracker receiver. Press MENU , from any screen, highlight SETUP and press ENTER . Highlight PERSONALIZE and press ENTER . A pop-up menu will be displayed, highlight OF...

60 Magellan GPS Tracker Selecting NMEA Your GPS Tracker receiver can be set to output GPS data to interface with your personal computer. You can select from OFF, V1.5 APA, V1.5 XTE and V2.1 GSA. Press MENU , from any screen, highlight SETUP and press ENTER . Highlight NMEA and press ENTER . A pop-up...

Magellan GPS Tracker 61 Troubleshooting Receiver will not turn on: 1. Check to see if batteries are installed correctly. 2. Replace with four new AA alkaline batteries. Takes more than 10 minutes to get a position fix: 1. If there are any obstacles nearby or overhead, move to a new location. 2. Make...

62 Magellan GPS Tracker Commonly Asked Questions Does the receiver adjust itself for daylight savings time? No. You need to reset the time for changes in your area. (see Changing Time Display). Will my receiver function correctly in the year 2000? Absolutely. Even though the last two digits of the y...

Magellan GPS Tracker 63 You say my receiver should work for 30 hours on four batteries, mine doesn’t last that long? There can be two reasons. The first, and most common, reason is that you have the display backlight on. The light increases the drain on the batteries causing the decrease in battery ...

64 Magellan GPS Tracker NMEA Data Messages Your GPS receiver can be set to output GPS data in the NMEA 0183 version 1.5or version 2.1 format to interface with other marine devices or equipment. NMEA DATA MESSAGES. NMEA data is output at 4800 baud, 8, N, 1, checksum off. These settings are acceptable...

Magellan GPS Tracker 67 GGA Global Positioning System Fix Data 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 GGA, hhmmss.ss,1111.11,a,yyyyy.yy,a,x,xx,x.x,x.x,M,x.x, 12 13 14 M,x.x,xxxx*hh 1 UTC of Position 2-3 Latitude - N/S 4-5 Longitude - E/W 6 GPS Quality Indicator 0 = fix not available or invalid 1 = GPS SPS Mode, Fi...

68 Magellan GPS Tracker GSA GPS DOP and Active Satellites GPS receiver operating mode, satelites used in the naviga- tion solution reported by the $--GGA sentence, and DOP values. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 GSA,a,x,xx,xx,xx,xx,xx,xx,xx,xx,xx,xx,xx,xx,x.x,x.x,x.x*hh<CR><LF>, 1 Mode: M=Manual, forced t...

Magellan GPS Tracker 69 RMB Generic Navigation Information (immediately follows RMC) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 RMB,A,X.XX,a,c--c,c--c,1111.11,a,yyyyy.yy,a,x.x,x.x,x.x,A *hh 1 Data Status (A = valid, V = invalid) 2-3 XTE, naut. miles and direction to steer (L or R) [If XTE exceeds 9.99 NM, dis...

70 Magellan GPS Tracker Available Datums Datum Full Name Datum Full Name WGS84 World Geodetic System NAD27 North America 1927 NAD83 North American 1983 ADIND Adinda ALASK Alaska ARC50 Arc 1950 ARC60 Arc 1960 ASTRO Camp Area Astro AUS66 Australian Geodetic 1966 AUS84 Australian Geodetic 1984 BOGOT Bo...

Magellan GPS Tracker 71 Specifications CHARACTERISTICS Performance Receiver: 12-channel technology, tracks up to 12 satellites tocompute and update information with detachablequadrifilar antenna Acquisition Times (under optimal conditions): Warm Approximately 15 seconds Cold Approximately 1 minute U...

72 Magellan GPS Tracker Coordinate Systems Positions are locations that are described in a unique way so that one loca-tion cannot be confused with another. This is done by using a coordinatesystem to describe locations. Your Magellan receiver has the ability to useany one of twelve different coordi...

Magellan GPS Tracker 73 A UTM position is described by three elements; the zone it is in, theeasting, and the northing. Eastings and northings measure how far into azone a position is in meters. Eastings are an east/west measurement, andcorrespond roughly to longitude. Northings are a north/south me...

Magellan GPS Tracker 75 Ephemeris data is the precise satellite positioning information that is used for ranging. Each satellite transmits its own ephemeris data. Both almanac and ephemeris data are required for a GPS receiver to locate and acquire satellites quickly and compute a position fix. Accu...

76 Magellan GPS Tracker The differential beacon receiver receives and demodulates the signal, then relays it to the user’s differential-ready GPS receiver. The user’s GPS receiver applies the corrections to the positioning information it collects to compute differentially corrected position and navi...

Magellan GPS Tracker 77 Accessories for your GPS Tracker are available from your Magellan dealer or you can order directly from Magellan using the order card supplied with your receiver or call Magellan at (800) 669-4477 (press 3 twice to place an order). Carrying Case: The carrying case protects yo...

78 Magellan GPS Tracker Antenna Removal. The GPS Tracker has a quadrifilar antenna that can be removed. The antenna may be removed in order to connect an external antenna. To remove the antenna, hold the receiver in one hand and rotate the antenna to the stop at the 1 o’clock position (as shown belo...

Magellan GPS Tracker 79 Glossary Active Leg The segment of a route currently being travelled. Altitude The current elevation above sea level. BRG Bearing. The compass direction from your position to a destination, measured to the nearest degree. CDI Course Deviation Indicator. A graphical representa...

Magellan GPS Tracker 83 Index A Accessories 77Accuracy 3, 75Alarms 47 accessing 47; anchor 48; arrival 48; clearing 51; defaults 51; proximity 49; selecting 47; viewing 50; XTE 49Antenna 4; reception 7-8; troubleshooting 61; removal 78Automatic Averaging 16Auxiliary Functions 45 B Backtrack creating...