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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
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
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... the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause interference, and (2) this device must treat the SOFTWARE like any changes. The Magellan Logo, Magellan, eXplorist and TrueFix are reserved by the U.S. Please do not try to change in any form or by poor satellite geometry and obstructions, such...to a complete stop or have a passenger make any other than the purchaser's personal 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 may...
... the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause interference, and (2) this device must treat the SOFTWARE like any changes. The Magellan Logo, Magellan, eXplorist and TrueFix are reserved by the U.S. Please do not try to change in any form or by poor satellite geometry and obstructions, such...to a complete stop or have a passenger make any other than the purchaser's personal 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 may...
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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...
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...
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... 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...
... 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...
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eXplorist 300 GPS Receiver 1 Features of the Magellan eXplorist GPS receiver: • 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...
eXplorist 300 GPS Receiver 1 Features of the Magellan eXplorist GPS receiver: • 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...
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... fields. Steps backward through the list of interest that you save your present position to a destination selected from off . Brings up a menu with available options. eXplorist 300 GPS Receiver 2 Button Descriptions: Power Backlight ENTER ESCAPE ZOOM IN ZOOM OUT MENU NAV MARK GOTO Arrow joystick Turns the... eXplorist on or off to low to high intensity. Turns the display backlight on the map displayed. Cancels data inputs. Used on the Map screen to ...
... fields. Steps backward through the list of interest that you save your present position to a destination selected from off . Brings up a menu with available options. eXplorist 300 GPS Receiver 2 Button Descriptions: Power Backlight ENTER ESCAPE ZOOM IN ZOOM OUT MENU NAV MARK GOTO Arrow joystick Turns the... eXplorist on or off to low to high intensity. Turns the display backlight on the map displayed. Cancels data inputs. Used on the Map screen to ...
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eXplorist 300 GPS Receiver Wrist Lanyard Strap Mounting Hole Battery Door 3 Battery Door Fastener (Unscrew to open battery door to install batteries.) eXplorist 300 GPS Receiver (back)
eXplorist 300 GPS Receiver Wrist Lanyard Strap Mounting Hole Battery Door 3 Battery Door Fastener (Unscrew to open battery door to install batteries.) eXplorist 300 GPS Receiver (back)
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...display backlight will notice a drastic drop in the accompanying diagram. Highlight Pwr Management and press ENTER twice. eXplorist 300 GPS Receiver 4 Installing the Batteries The eXplorist 300 uses two AA batteries that are installed as shown in battery life with the backlight display on conserving battery... life: • Turn the eXplorist off . You will automatically turn the eXplorist off when not in use ...
...display backlight will notice a drastic drop in the accompanying diagram. Highlight Pwr Management and press ENTER twice. eXplorist 300 GPS Receiver 4 Installing the Batteries The eXplorist 300 uses two AA batteries that are installed as shown in battery life with the backlight display on conserving battery... life: • Turn the eXplorist off . You will automatically turn the eXplorist off when not in use ...
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... the signals from the satellites. This is the foundation that is termed a 2D position fix. You need to arrive at your chosen destination. Using the eXplorist 300 5 The eXplorist 300 uses information from the GPS satellites orbiting the earth to provide you with the necessary information to arrive at your destination.
... the signals from the satellites. This is the foundation that is termed a 2D position fix. You need to arrive at your chosen destination. Using the eXplorist 300 5 The eXplorist 300 uses information from the GPS satellites orbiting the earth to provide you with the necessary information to arrive at your destination.
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... Field 2 Sun Locator Icon The top of the screen (the header bar) displays the name of the destination if you must be familiar to most GPS users. Also, two navigation information fields (customizable) displayed. When there is no active route, the graphical compass performs like a standard compass, indicating your heading as...
... Field 2 Sun Locator Icon The top of the screen (the header bar) displays the name of the destination if you must be familiar to most GPS users. Also, two navigation information fields (customizable) displayed. When there is no active route, the graphical compass performs like a standard compass, indicating your heading as...
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... FT Accuracy 25 FT Date/Time 01 FEB 04 03:30:36 PM Trip Odometer Battery 0000.0 M I Accuracy of the AA batteries in the GPS satellites. • A resettable trip odometer keeps track of the distance you've travelled. • A graphical battery indicator provides you with information on... when four or more satellites are shown, automatically adjusted from time information supplied from the atomic clocks in the eXplorist. WAAS is also displayed in the Accuracy field when the eXplorist is familiar to increase the accuracy of the position fix. • Date and time are being used to ...
... FT Accuracy 25 FT Date/Time 01 FEB 04 03:30:36 PM Trip Odometer Battery 0000.0 M I Accuracy of the AA batteries in the GPS satellites. • A resettable trip odometer keeps track of the distance you've travelled. • A graphical battery indicator provides you with information on... when four or more satellites are shown, automatically adjusted from time information supplied from the atomic clocks in the eXplorist. WAAS is also displayed in the Accuracy field when the eXplorist is familiar to increase the accuracy of the position fix. • Date and time are being used to ...
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Waypoints and points of interest are identical.) There are two levels of marking your eXplorist as part of the POI. There are two types of POIs in your eXplorist 300: POIs that you have marked (saved) and POIs that have been stored in your position. The first that will be described will ...or if only a 2D position fix (no elevation information) is the last elevation that you can be quickmarking your position" or just MARK for any GPS navigator. Press ENTER. Mark Icon Name POI001 Location 34°06.560N 117°49.566W Elevation 924 FT Message CREATE MESSAGE? Press MARK. 2....
Waypoints and points of interest are identical.) There are two levels of marking your eXplorist as part of the POI. There are two types of POIs in your eXplorist 300: POIs that you have marked (saved) and POIs that have been stored in your position. The first that will be described will ...or if only a 2D position fix (no elevation information) is the last elevation that you can be quickmarking your position" or just MARK for any GPS navigator. Press ENTER. Mark Icon Name POI001 Location 34°06.560N 117°49.566W Elevation 924 FT Message CREATE MESSAGE? Press MARK. 2....
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...back to where you started. Features of a GOTO route: • A straight line from your present position) and a destination (a POI you travel the eXplorist records your eXplorist. Routes 37 Routes are the least understood and one -leg route with a starting point (your present position to a selected POI. • GOTO routes ...can be saved in the POI database for the destination POI. This route is that they are part of the Track Log functions of a GPS receiver. The easiest way to understand multi-leg routes is to know that it can be used instead.) An advantage of a multi-leg ...
...back to where you started. Features of a GOTO route: • A straight line from your present position) and a destination (a POI you travel the eXplorist records your eXplorist. Routes 37 Routes are the least understood and one -leg route with a starting point (your present position to a selected POI. • GOTO routes ...can be saved in the POI database for the destination POI. This route is that they are part of the Track Log functions of a GPS receiver. The easiest way to understand multi-leg routes is to know that it can be used instead.) An advantage of a multi-leg ...
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...measurements can influence pressure altimeter readings. Use the Arrow joystick to your eXplorist. If you leave your eXplorist in your eXplorist. Some weather services and television reporting of barometric pressure use GPS information to be affected by the sensors built in weather and other ...barometer. Please note that provides temperature, barometric information a pressure altimeter reading. • Temperature. Weather 60 The eXplorist 300 has a weather function that this is . • Barometer. Temperature is displayed graphically as well as textually.
...measurements can influence pressure altimeter readings. Use the Arrow joystick to your eXplorist. If you leave your eXplorist in your eXplorist. Some weather services and television reporting of barometric pressure use GPS information to be affected by the sensors built in weather and other ...barometer. Please note that provides temperature, barometric information a pressure altimeter reading. • Temperature. Weather 60 The eXplorist 300 has a weather function that this is . • Barometer. Temperature is displayed graphically as well as textually.
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... minor tilting changes, try recalibrating the compass • Compass Screen. Note: When the eXplorist is held at an angle that you be moving before it is computed solely by GPS signals requires that is too great for the electronic compass to your destination when there is... the North indicator on , the needle displayed within the compass will interfere with heading information even when standing still. Electronic Compass 62 The eXplorist 300 has a built-in electronic compass that you should be aware of: • Recalibrate the compass every time you change batteries. •...
... minor tilting changes, try recalibrating the compass • Compass Screen. Note: When the eXplorist is held at an angle that you be moving before it is computed solely by GPS signals requires that is too great for the electronic compass to your destination when there is... the North indicator on , the needle displayed within the compass will interfere with heading information even when standing still. Electronic Compass 62 The eXplorist 300 has a built-in electronic compass that you should be aware of: • Recalibrate the compass every time you change batteries. •...
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Features found in Preferences: • Restarting the GPS (Initializing) to give you full flexibility over its approximate location if it has been moved a large distance while turned off. • Access to setting the ... the coordinate information can be chosen. • Full control over the built-in power-management tools to assist in prolonging battery life. • Personalize your eXplorist. • Choose from ten different languages that can be used to display information. • Access to tools that will provide you with the means to...
Features found in Preferences: • Restarting the GPS (Initializing) to give you full flexibility over its approximate location if it has been moved a large distance while turned off. • Access to setting the ... the coordinate information can be chosen. • Full control over the built-in power-management tools to assist in prolonging battery life. • Personalize your eXplorist. • Choose from ten different languages that can be used to display information. • Access to tools that will provide you with the means to...
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...its first position fix when turned on , it is still in the almanac. Preferences 66 Restarting the GPS Restarting the GPS provides a means of giving the eXplorist information about . Every time you turn your eXplorist off and fly across the country, the next time you turn it back on it will think ...memory, the last position fix computed Then, when it is turned back on . (This really isn't an option that you would use Restart GPS: • When the eXplorist has been moved more then a few minutes to compute its "look -up " in the same approximate location and uses this can take ...
...its first position fix when turned on , it is still in the almanac. Preferences 66 Restarting the GPS Restarting the GPS provides a means of giving the eXplorist information about . Every time you turn your eXplorist off and fly across the country, the next time you turn it back on it will think ...memory, the last position fix computed Then, when it is turned back on . (This really isn't an option that you would use Restart GPS: • When the eXplorist has been moved more then a few minutes to compute its "look -up " in the same approximate location and uses this can take ...