Magellan Magellan eXplorist 300 User manual

Magellan eXplorist 300
Reference
Manual
Topics:
• eXplorist 300 GPS Receiver
• Using the eXplorist 300
• Starting Up
• Navigation Screens
• Points of Interest
• Routes
• Track Logs
• Weather
• Electronic Compass
• Preferences
• Specifications
• Accessories
• Contacting Magellan Support

IN THE INTEREST OF SAFETY, DO NOT USE THIS NAVIGATION DEVICE WHILE DRIVING

A VEHICLE.

Please do not try to change any settings on the Magellan®eXplorist™ while driving. Come to a

complete stop or have a passenger make any changes. Taking your eyes off the road is dangerous

and can result in an accident in which you or others could be injured.

USE GOOD JUDGMENT

This product is an excellent navigation aid, but it does not replace the need for careful orienteering

and good judgment. Never rely solely on one device for navigating.

USE CARE

The Global Positioning System (GPS) is operated by the U.S. Government, which is solely

responsible for the accuracy and maintenance of the GPS network. 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. Accuracy can also be affected by poor satellite geometry and

obstructions, such as buildings and large trees.

USE PROPER ACCESSORIES

Use only Magellan cables and antennas; the use of non-Magellan cables and antennas may severely

degrade performance or damage the receiver, and will void the warranty.

LICENSE AGREEMENT

Thales Navigation grants you, the purchaser, the right to use the software supplied in and with

Thales Navigation GPS products (the “SOFTWARE”) in the normal operation of the equipment in

accordance with the terms of the End User License Agreement that is included with the product.

The SOFTWARE is the property of Thales Navigation and/or its suppliers and is protected by United

States copyright laws and international treaty provisions; therefore, you must treat the SOFTWARE

like any other copyright material.

You may not use, copy, modify, reverse engineer or transfer this SOFTWARE except as expressly

provided in the license. All rights not expressly granted are reserved by Thales Navigation and/or its

suppliers.

* * *

No part of this guide may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or

mechanical, including photocopying and recording, for any purpose other than the purchaser’s

personal use without the prior written permission of Thales Navigation.

* * *

Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause interference, and

(2) this device must accept any interference, including interference that may cause undesired

operation of the device.

The Magellan Logo, Magellan, eXplorist and TrueFix are trademarks of Thales Navigation.

631206-01 B

*** Warnings ***

Table of Contents i
eXplorist 300 GPS Receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Features of the Magellan eXplorist GPS receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Button Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Installing the Batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Using the eXplorist 300 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Going to a Destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Saving Your Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Tracing Your Steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Additional Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Starting Up. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Turning the eXplorist On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Turning the eXplorist Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Turning the Display Backlight On/Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Using the eXplorist for the First Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Conclusion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Navigation Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Accessing the Navigation Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Map Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Map Screen Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Changing Map Scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Map Screen Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Showing or Hiding Map Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Customizing the Map Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Changing the Map Orientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Changing the Primary Usage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Compass Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Compass Screen Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Customizing the Information Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Position Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Position Screen Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Resetting the Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Satellite Status Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Points of Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Marking Your Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Quick-Marking Your Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Marking Your Position (Personalized). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Making POIs for Locations Other Than Your Present Position . . . . . . . . 27
Marking a Position by Entering Coordinates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Marking a Position using the Map Cursor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Marking a Position from a Map Object. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
The POI Database. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Searching for a User-Entered POI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Searching for a Preloaded POI using Nearest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Searching for a Preloaded POI using Alphabetical . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Editing a User-Created POI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Deleting a User-Created POI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Viewing a User-Created POI on the Map Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Copying a Preloaded POI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Viewing a Preloaded POI on the Map Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Routes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
GOTO Routes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Creating a GOTO Route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Creating a GOTO Route from the Map Cursor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Creating a GOTO Route to a Map Object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Multi-Leg Routes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Creating a Multi-leg Route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Activating/Deactivating a Route. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Changing the Destination Leg of an Active Route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Editing a Saved Route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Reversing a Route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Deleting a Route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Copying a Route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Viewing a Route on the Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
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Track Logs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Track Logs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Stopping and Resuming Active Track Logging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Starting a New Active Track Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Saving an Active Track Log. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Creating a BackTrack Route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Clearing the Active Track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Converting the Track Log to a Route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Viewing the Track Log on the Map. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Working with Saved Track Logs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Following Saved Track Logs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Reversing a Saved Track Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Deleting a Saved Track Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Weather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Weather Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Accessing the Weather Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Calibrating the Pressure Altimeter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Electronic Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Calibrating the Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Turning the Compass Off/On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Restarting the GPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Setting the Map Units. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Selecting Navigational Units of Measure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Selecting the North Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Selecting the Coordinate System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Selecting the Map Datum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Using the Power Management Tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Setting the Power-Off Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Setting the Light Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Personalizing the eXplorist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Selecting Languages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
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Clearing Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Clearing All Track Logs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Clearing All User-Entered POIs and Routes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Clearing All Routes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Clearing All Track Logs, User-Entered POIs, and Routes . . . . . . . . . 77
Reseting the eXplorist to Factory Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Contacting Magellan Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Features of the Magellan eXplorist GPS receiver:

eXplorist 300 GPS Receiver 1

Power Button

ENTER

ZOOM OUT

GOTO

ESCAPE

MARK

NAV

ZOOM IN

Arrow Joystick

Display Backlight

Button

Antenna

eXplorist 300 GPS Receiver (front)

• Built-in background map

• Preloaded points of interest

• Rugged design, rubber-protected

• 8 MB of background map

• 2-axis electronic compass

• Superior tracking with 14 parallel channels

• 14 hour+ battery life on 2 AA batteries

• TrueFix™GPS technology

• 3 meter accuracy (WAAS/EGNOS)

• Multiple track logs

• Stores up to 500 points of interest and

20 routes

• Pocket-sized and waterproof to IPX-7

Button Descriptions:

Power Turns the eXplorist on or off.

Backlight Turns the display backlight on. Sequences from off to low to high

intensity.

ENTER Used to access highlighted menu items or accept highlighted

buttons.

ESCAPE Cancels data inputs.

Closes the accessed function and goes back to the last viewed

screen.

Steps backward through the navigation screens.

ZOOM IN Used on the Map screen to zoom in on the map displayed. The

map display can be zoomed in to 100 ft. (35.0 m).

Also used to quickly step through the list of POIs when doing an

alphabetical search.

ZOOM OUT Used on the Map screen to zoom out on the map displayed. The

map display can be zoomed out to 1700 mi (2700 km).

Also used to quickly step through the list of POIs when doing an

alphabetical search.

MENU Brings up a menu with available options. Options can be selected

by using the arrow joystick to highlight the option and pressing

ENTER to access it.

NAV Steps through the navigation screens. (Map screen > Compass

screen > Position screen > Satellite Status screen)

MARK Used to save your present position as a point of interest. Points of

interest that you save are stored in the

My Points of Interest

portion

of the database.

GOTO Creates a one-leg route from your present position to a destination

selected from the Points of Interest database or by using the cursor

on the background map.

Arrow joystick Pans the cursor on the Map screen.

Moves the highlight bar to select menu options and data-entry

fields.

eXplorist 300 GPS Receiver 2

eXplorist 300 GPS Receiver 3

Battery Door

Fastener

(Unscrew to

open battery

door to install

batteries.)

eXplorist 300 GPS Receiver (back)

Battery Door

Wrist Lanyard

Strap Mounting

Hole

eXplorist 300 GPS Receiver 4

Installing the Batteries

The eXplorist 300 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 fresh batteries.

Tips on conserving battery life:

•

Turn the eXplorist off when not in use.

Whether you are moving or standing still, the

eXplorist is constantly calculating position fixes and using power at the same rate.

So if you are going to be at the same position for any length of time, turn the

eXplorist off.

•

Use the Power Timer to automatically turn the eXplorist off.

The Power Timer option

allows you to set a time that the eXplorist will automatically turn off when none of

the buttons have been pressed and you are not moving for a selected time. You can

select from 5, 10, 30 or 60 minutes.

•

Use the display backlight sparingly.

The most severe drain on the batteries is the

use of the display backlight. You will notice a drastic drop in battery life with the

backlight display on continuously. You should use the Light Timer to set a time

interval that the display backlight will automatically turn off when none of the

buttons have been pressed.

Setting the Power Timer

From any

Nav

screen press MENU. Highlight Preferences and press ENTER. Highlight

Pwr Management and press ENTER twice. Use the arrow joystick to select 5 Minutes, 10

Minutes, 30 Minutes, 60 Minutes or Off. Press ENTER. Press NAV to return to the last

viewed navigation screen.

Setting the Light Timer

From any

Nav

screen press MENU. Highlight Preferences and press ENTER. Highlight

Pwr Management and press ENTER. Use the down arrow to highlight the Light Timer field.

Press ENTER. Use the arrow joystick to select 30 Seconds, 1 Minute, 2 Minutes, 4

Minutes, 10 Minutes or Timer Off. Press ENTER. Press NAV to return to the last viewed

navigation screen.

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