Magellan EXplorist Quick manual

WARNINGS

THE

INTEREST

SAFETY,

NOT

USE

THIS

NAVIGATION

DEVICE

WHILE

DRI-

VING

VEHICLE.

Please do

not

try and change any settings

the

Magellan eXplorist while driving.

Come

acomplete stop or have apassenger make any changes. Taking your eyes

off

the road is dangerous and can result in

accident

in which you or others could

injured.

USE

GOOD

JUDGEMENT

This product is

excellent navigation aid,

but

does not replace the need for careful

orienteering and good judgement. Never rely solely

one device for navigating.

USE

CARE

The Global Positioning System (GPS)

operated

the U.S. Government, which is

solely responsible for the accuracy and maintenance

the

GPS

network.The accuracy

position fixes can

affected

the periodic adjustments

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

affected by poor satellite geometry and obstructions, like

buildings

and large trees.

USE

PROPER

ACCESSORIES

Use only Magellan cables and antennas; the use

non-Magellan cables and antennas

may severely degrade performance or damage the receiver, and

void

the

warranty.

LICENSE

AGREEMENT

Thales Navigation grants you, the purchaser, the right

use the software supplied in

and with Thales Navigation

GPS

products (the "SOFTWAR

E")

the

normal operation

of the equipment.

The SOFTWARE

the property

Thales Navigation and/or its suppliers and is protect-

ed by United States copyright laws and international treaty provisions; therefore,

you

must treat

this

SOFTWARE like any other copyright material.

You

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

expressly provided

this

license. All rights not expressly granted are reserved

Thales Navigation and/or its suppliers.

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

this

device.

No part of

this

guide may

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.

2005

The Magellan logo, Magellan and eXplorist are trademarks of Thales Navigation, Inc.

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This guide will provide you with the basics of using the

Magellan@

eXplorist™

GPS

receiver.

you require more

detailed descriptions of functions not described in

this

guide,

please visit the Magellan eXplorist Support page at the

Magellan web site (www.magellangps.com).

Zoom In

Nav

Mark

Power

Arrow Joystick

Zoom Out

Allows you to zoom in or out

the Map screen.

Zoom

Nav •Used to select

the

navigational screen desired.

Brings up amenu, allowing you to access other

functions and customizing the display.

GOTO

lUsed to create aroute to adestination

that

selected from the

list

of POI's (points of interest).

Mark

Adds your present position to the Iist of

'so

Enter

Accepts

inputs

and selections.

Escape XReturns you to last viewed screen.

inputting

data, cancels changes

well.

Power

Turns the eXplorist receiver

or off.

Light

Used to set the intensity of the display backlight.

Arrow Moves the cursor

the Map screen and used to

Joystick highlight selections from menus.

The eXplorist

GPS

receiver is ahandheld personal navigation

device

that

uses information from aconstellation of G

satellites to compute your present position. In its

simplest

form,

you select adestination from the

list

POI's (Points of Interest)

and the eXplorist receiver wi

provide you

with

the

information

arrive at your destination.

Make sure

that

the battery has been installed

per the

instructions in the Read

First document.

Compute

your

position

...

Turn the eXplorist

pressing

the Power button, and then

pressing

Enter.

With aclear view of

the

sky,

your eXplorist receiver wi

begin

tracking

satellites and

computing

your present posi-

tion.

Your eXplorist

begins acquiring

satellite information

and computes your

present position.

When "Position Fix"

is displayed in the

upper

left

corner,

you are ready to

select your

destination.

Cu~tomize

DOg;;

hl.·JPSetuD

Database

Routes

Track

Lo"

Preferences

You

can see

the

progress

satel-

Iite data collec-

tion

by viewing

the

Satellite

Status screen

shown here.

Press

.;;

Nav

until

this

screen

is displayed.

Pressing

the

Nav

button

will

allow you to

select the navi-

gation screen,

(Map, Position or

Compass)

that

best

its your

needs.

Selecta

destination

...

Press the

GOTO

button.

Next you need to select which major category

the

Iyou want to

resides. My Pts of

Interest are

pals

you've created, Geocache

Pts are

PO~ls

that

have been uploaded using

the

Magellan Geocaching software, and

Background Map contains

pals

that

were

preloaded into your eXplorist

with

the

background map.

Browse either the

eXplorist's internal

memory (or

card

installed) to

find

the

POI

you want to

to.

emory\My Poi\default

I1J

One

Lev.e

I.....

...

.11

$'#9N"-:

1$-

POI002

Use

the

arrow

joystick

high-

Iight yourdesired

destination and

press

..tJ

Enter.

Bearing

231?~

Distance

31.8'1"

your

destination.

you travel you

notice

that

your

eXplorist wi

con-

tinually

update your

position

well

providing you with

the necessary

detai

arrive at

your destination.

Ttltning.the eXploristReceiver

Press

Power.

(Press and

hold for 2 - 3

seconds.)

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Thales

Navigation

PRESS S

Press

Enter.

After the eXplorist receiver successfully computes your present

position, the last viewed navigation screen is displayed.

Turning the· eXploristlteceiverOff

Press

Power.

POWER

DOWN

SECONDS

PRESS

ESC

ICEY

CANCEL

utdown sequence

begins.

cancel power off,

press X

Escape.

tSettingtheDisplayBacklight

Press Light.

•Each

me you press the Light button,

the display backlight changes from low

to high and back

off

The

display

backlight

large

drain

the

receiver's

batteries.

The Map screen

is customizable.

Press

Menu,

highlight

Customize page

and press

Enter.

Your eXplorist receiver employs three

different

navigational

screens

assist you in arriving at your destination. Pressing

the"

Nav

button allows you

cycle through the navigation

screens.

The Map screen displays

your present position

using amap of

the

area

the

background.

You

can zoom in or out using

the

zoom in/out buttons

show

just

the

portion

the

map you need.

The Map screen also displays

indication

where you

have been

adashed line (track history),

well

visual indicator of aroute you may

navigating on.

location

Th P

"t"

34°07.096N

OSI

Ion

screen IS-

117

49.525W

plays your present posi- Elevation Accuracy

tion

using the coordinate

_1~~.

~!i_

DatetTime

system selected in 11 OCT

Preferences. Also dis-

05:11:48

Trip

Odomete~

Battery

played is your elevation,

_QJ!QQ~~J

accuracy, date and

time,

tripodometer and battery life.

You

can reset

the

tri

podome-

ter by pressing

Menu,

high-

Iight Reset

Tri

and pressing

Enter.

The Compass screen The Compass

uses agraphical com- screen is also

pass to provide you with customizable.

information used to navi- Press

Menu,

gate to your destination. highlight

icon outside the com- Customize page

pass ring indicates your and press

destination and the com-

Enter.

pass points in the direction you are heading.

The eXplorist stores data (POls, routes,

track

logs, etc.)

ASCII text files to either

card or to its internal memory.

Files saved internally or

card can

opened and

viewed

apersonal computer providing you added

flexibility

modifying

and storing data to

used in your eXplorist.

Whenever you save aPOI, route or

track

log or

you are

creating a

GOTD

or a

multileg

route, you need

tell

the

eXplorist where you want the

file

saved or retrieved from.

This is done through the internal browser in the eXplorist.

File Structure

Inlern(l~

Memory

Card

.....------_....:..........-

- - --- - - -- - - - -

Bac

kg:'

oun:d

M,aps

a·-=

Deta~

ftAaps

Cl"·

lJ\yPOIs D

R.(Jl~tes

Trock

Logs

w",

Geocaches

W····

TrackL.~s

.aGeocaches

Bocki'OUf>d

Maps

Detai~

HiapS

P.Ols

DRoutes

The eXplorist uses

(and creates

automatically

card) abasic fi

structu

with

default

folders for

storing the data.

You

have the

opportunity of

creating your own folders and new ASCII data files. Those

items are covered in greater depth in the Reference User

Guide.

When you save or retrieve a

you wi

taken to either the

defauIt folder and data fi

for files of

that

type or the defauIt

folder and data

file

that

you assign in

Preferences>

Active

Setup.

Points

Remember:

•All data is saved in files

•

POI

and route files can contain

multiple

items; track

log files contain only one item.

•

You

can create new folders and new files to better

organize your data.

File Structure

.,,-

emory\My

Poi\default

ltl

:~·,

$- POIOOl

$- POIOO2

$- POIOO3

Bearing Distance

...

This is asample of the My POls folder.

The

first

item,

One

Level, is used

move

around the fi

hierarchy.

The second item, New Folder, provides you

the tool to add a new folder at

this

level.

New POI File is used to create anew ASCII

text fi

to save your POI's too. In the sample shown here,

Yosemite is a new

POI

file

that

was created for

this

sample

save POI's created while

hiking

through Yosemite National

Park.

The last item, Default POI File, is the

default

ASCII text

file

where POI's you save are stored. This is the

file

that

provided

default

to save POI's in

until

you have created

your own

POI

file.

This sample displays what is shown when you

access the

default

POI

file. There is

One

Level item

that

is again used to move

around the fi

hierarchy. Below

that

is a

listing

of all the files

that

have been stored in

this

POI

ASCII file.

ASCII Text

Data

Files

advanced feature of saving data in

ASC

text files is

that

provides another means

utilizing

and

modifying

data

that

you have recorded. Using

external card reader or by

connecting your eXplorist to your personal computer, you can

now access the files

that

you have saved. All of the

information

there to

used

you need or modified with

simple

text editor like Notepad. Keep in

mind

that

modifying

some of the information may cause

the

POI

unusable or have unexpected results.

Your eXplorist receiver comes

with

preloaded POI's for avariety

of areas. However, you will

find

that

you

will

want to add your

own POI's to the database. POI's

that

you save are accessed

from

the"

My Pts of Interest" option of

the

database.

SavingYour Present Position

From any screen, press

Mark.

You

can change the infor-

Imation in any of the

fields

"---.1

by using

the

arrow joystick

,,--liiiiiiill

highlight

the

field

and

press

Enter.

HighI

ight

Save and

press""

Enter when done.

You

then

just

need

select or create

the

data

file

you want

this

saved position saved to.

~I!~~;!I

Some examples

POI's you

might

want to save

would

your campsite, aspecial landmark

,",

that

you want to

visit

again at a

future

date,

- !

fishing

hotspots, even your car to help you

find

when your day is done. Anytime you

think

you

might

want

come back to your current

location, you should save

to your

POI

database and then

will

at your fingertips the next

time

you want to return.

You

might

familiar

with the more common navigation term

"waypoint"

for My Pts

Interest. Waypoints and My Pts

Interest are exactly the same and

the

terminology is

interchangeable.

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