Lowrance electronic 212 User Manual

GlobalNav 212

INSTALLATION AND

OPERATION INSTRUCTIONS

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Copyright © 1996, 1997 Lowrance Electronics, Inc.
All rights reserved.

GlobalNav 212™ is a trademark of Lowrance Electronics
Lowrance® is a registered trademark of Lowrance Electronics

WARNING!
USE THIS UNIT ONLY AS AN AID T O NA VIGA TION. A CAREFUL NA VI­GATOR NEVER RELIES ON ONLY ONE METHOD TO OBTAIN POSI­TION INFORMA TION.

Never use this product while operating a vehicle.

CAUTION

When showing navigation data to a position (wa ypoint), this unit will show
the shortest, most direct path to the waypoint. It pro vides navigation data
to the waypoint regardless of obstructions. Therefore , the prudent naviga­tor will not only take advantage of all a vailable na vigation tools when trav­elling to a waypoint, but will also visually check to make certain a clear,
safe path to the wa ypoint is alw ays available.

The operating and storage temperature for y our unit is from -4 degrees to
+167 degrees Fahrenheit (-20 to +75 deg rees Celsius). Extended storage
temperatures higher or lower than specified will cause the liquid crystal
display to fail. Neither this type of failure nor its consequences are cov­ered by the warranty. F or more inf ormation, consult the factory customer
service department.

All features and specifications subject to change without notice.
Lowrance Electronics may find it necessary to change or end our poli-

cies, regulations, and special off ers at any time. W e reserve the right to do
so without notice.

All screens in this manual are simulated.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................1

GETTING STA RTED ...................................................................................................... 3

Power .......................................................................................................................3

BATTERIES ....................................................................................................................3

Battery Installation ................................................................................................... 3

NiMH Battery............................................................................................................3

External Antenna .....................................................................................................4

OPERATION ...................................................................................................................4

Keyboard .................................................................................................................. 4

Menus.......................................................................................................................4

Turning Power On .................................................................................................... 5

Satellite Status Screen ............................................................................................ 5

Finding Y our Position................................................................................................ 6

Auto Search ............................................................................................................. 6

Quick Initialization .................................................................................................... 7

Full Initialization ....................................................................................................... 7

Position Acquisition .................................................................................................. 8

POSITION/NAVIGATION SCREENS ...................................................................... 8

Navigation Screens ........................................................................................... 9

Course Deviation Indicator (CDI) ......................................................................10

Plotter ................................................................................................................ 11

Cursor ................................................................................................................12

PLOTTER OPTIONS......................................................................................... 12

.....Update Options ........................................................................................... 12

.....Plotter Orientation.......................................................................................13

.....Plot Trails .....................................................................................................14

.....Save Trail ..................................................................................................... 14

.....View (Recall) Trail .......................................................................................14

.....Clear Trail ....................................................................................................14

.....Range Rings/Grid Lines.............................................................................. 14

.....GRIDS ......................................................................................................... 15

ICONS ............................................................................................................... 15

Place Icon - Present Position............................................................................15

Place Icon - Cursor Position .............................................................................. 16

Icon Options ...................................................................................................... 16

WINDOWS ...............................................................................................................17

Reprogram Window Groups ..............................................................................22

Reprogram Boxes .............................................................................................. 23

Reset Groups .................................................................................................... 24

WAYPOINTS ............................................................................................................ 24

Waypoint Menu.................................................................................................. 24

Saving Your Present Position as a Waypoint (Quick Save Method) ................. 25

Saving The Cursor Position as a Waypoint ....................................................... 25

Saving Your Present Position as a Waypoint ....................................................26

Selecting a Waypoint ......................................................................................... 26

Editing a Waypoint.............................................................................................27

WAYPOINT NAVIGATION ........................................................................................ 28

Navigating to a cursor location.......................................................................... 29

Navigating to a Waypoint using the Plotter ....................................................... 29

OTHER WAYPOINT OPTIONS ............................................................................... 29

Move a Waypoint ...............................................................................................29

Distance Between Waypoints............................................................................ 30

Project a Waypoint............................................................................................. 31

Position Averaging ............................................................................................. 32

Delete a Waypoint .............................................................................................32

Delete All Waypoints .........................................................................................33

ROUTES .................................................................................................................. 33

Create a Route ..................................................................................................33

Delete a Waypoint .............................................................................................34

Waypoint Detail ..................................................................................................35

Following a Route..............................................................................................35

Delete a Route................................................................................................... 36

CANCEL NAVIGATION ............................................................................................36

Navigation Notes...................................................................................................... 36

SYSTEM SETUP .....................................................................................................37

Backlight ............................................................................................................37

Sound ................................................................................................................37

Contrast .............................................................................................................37

Units of Measure ...............................................................................................37

NMEA / DGPS ................................................................................................... 38

NMEA Output .................................................................................................... 38

Configure NMEA Output ...................................................................................38

DGPS................................................................................................................. 40

Serial Communication Setup............................................................................. 40

Reset Options....................................................................................................41

Reset Groups .................................................................................................... 41

System Info ........................................................................................................41

GPS SETUP ............................................................................................................41

Position Format ................................................................................................. 41

Map Fix .............................................................................................................. 42

Alternate Format................................................................................................ 43

DATUM...............................................................................................................44

PCF (Position Correction Factor) ...................................................................... 44

POSITION PINNING .........................................................................................45

POWER SAVE................................................................................................... 46

ALARMS ..................................................................................................................46

MESSAGES.............................................................................................................47

SUNRISE/SET MOONRISE/SET CALCULATOR ...................................................48

SIMULATOR ............................................................................................................. 48

DEFINITION OF TERMS/ABBREVIATIONS ........................................................... 50

INTRODUCTION

Welcome to the e xciting world of GPS! Whether you’ re a first-time user or
a professional navigator, you’ll find the GlobalNav 212 is a full-featured
GPS receiver at a price that was impossible just a few years ago. The
Rockwell® receiver built inside has 12 channels that will track all of the
satellites that are in view of your location. It’ s acquisition time and tracking
ability are second to none in its class.

The Global Positioning System (GPS) w as developed by the United States
Department of Defense as a 24-hour a day, 365 days a year global navi­gation system for the military. Civilian availability was added with less
accuracy using the same satellites. Twenty-f our satellites orbit the Earth.
Three of these satellites are spares, unused until needed. The rest virtu­ally guarantee that at least four satellites are in vie w of anyplace on Earth
at all times.

The system requires three satellites in order to determine a position. This
is called a 2D fix. It takes four satellites to determine both position and
elevation, (y our height abov e sea le v el - also called altitude.) called a 3D
fix.

Remember, the unit must have a clear view of the satellites in order to
receiver their signals. Unlike radio or television, GPS works at very high
frequencies. The signals can be blocked easily by trees, buildings, even
your body. Fortunately, they do travel through glass and plastic, so your
receiver will work in the car, if it has a clear vie w of the satellites through
the windshield or side windows. Let someone else drive if you use it in a
car or other vehicle.

Never use this GPS receiver while operating a vehicle!

The first time you use this unit, walk outside and turn it on in your back­yard, an open field or park. Once it locks onto the satellites, you can ex­periment with it around buildings and trees. This will give you some idea
of its sensitivity to blockage.

Like most GPS receivers, this unit doesn’t have a compass or any other
navigation aid built inside. It relies solely on the signals from the satellites
to calculate a position. Speed, direction of travel, and distance are all
calculated from position information. Theref ore, in order for it to determine
direction of travel, you must be moving and the faster, the better. This is
not to say that it won’t work at walking speeds - it will. There will simply be
more “wandering” of the data sho wn on the displa y.

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S/A - What is it?

Another factor that greatly influences the receiver’s ability to deter mine
position is SA. The United States government intentionally degrades the
satellites signal for civilian users. They introduce small errors into the
satellite’s signals that makes the GPS receiver less accurate. These er­rors are called selective av ailability , or SA. Ho w bad is it? The y guarantee
that the position reported by a GPS receiver that meets their specifica­tions is within 100 meters horizontally and 150 meters vertically 95% of
the time. (The position can be better than that or worse than that the other
5% of the time.) In other words, the position shown on your receiver is
within 100 meters of your actual position, 95% of the time. That’s o ver 300
feet! Not exactly pinpoint accur acy, but then few people need positioning
accuracy greater than this. However, if you do want better performance,
(and who doesn’t?) many manufacturers (including Lo wrance) sell a DGPS
receiver that attaches to your GPS receiv er . The DGPS system transmits
correction signals that nullify the effects of SA. The DGPS receiver takes
signals from these land-based transmitters and gives them to the GPS
receiver which then uses them to show a more accurate position. The
ironic part is the federal government implemented SA and is also operat­ing many DGPS transmitters. (You can use the signals from all of the
Coast Guard DGPS stations for free, b y the wa y.) The downside to this is
it requires another piece of electronic gear (the DGPS receiver) which
usually isn’t small enough to carry with you, but will work nicely on a
vehicle. And you ha ve to be close enough to a station to receive the DGPS
signals.

Don’t Get Lost

Generally, you find that using your GPS receiver without DGPS is both
easy and amazingly accurate. It’s easily the most accurate method of
electronic navigation available to the general public today. Remember,
however that this receiver is only a tool. Always have another method of
navigation available, such as a chart or map and a compass. It’s a good
idea to carry spare batteries with you, especially if you’re venturing into
unknown territory .

Also remember that this unit will always show navigation information in
the shortest line from your present position to a waypoint, regardless of
terrain! It only calculates position, it can’t know what’s between you and
your camp, f or example. It’ s up to you to saf ely navigate around obstacles,
no matter how you’re using this product.

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GETTING STARTED
Po wer

This unit operates from four AA batteries, or one DURACELL® NiMH
rechargeable battery, or from 5 to 16 volts DC using the external power
cable. If the power cab le is used, it automatically switches to it if the exter­nal power is greater than the battery voltage. If f or any reason the external
power fails , the unit automatically s witches to the batteries.

BATTERIES

The unit requires four AA batteries. We recommend you use alkaline
batteries for the best trade-off between battery life and cost. However,
you can use nickel-cadmium (ni-cad), or lithium batteries. You can also
use rechargeable alkaline batteries such as RayOVac® Renewals®. With
the exception of lithium, none of the abov e batteries will last as long as
standard alkaline batteries. W e recommend DURA CELL® brand, but
others will work. Do not use “heavy-duty” batteries or any type other
than the ones listed above. Do not mix different types of batteries. (For
example, don’t use both alkaline and ni-cad batteries at the same time.)

Battery Installation

First turn the unit so that its back is facing
you. Push the two tabs to the left and re­move the battery cover as shown at right.
Install the batteries according to this dia­gram. (There’s a decal in the battery com­partment showing the correct polarity,
also.) Replace the battery compartment
cover and the unit is ready f or use.

NiMH Battery

The DURACELL® DR-121 nickel-metal
hydride (NiMH) battery replaces the four
standard batteries. It is sold as an acces­sory , model BR-1 which includes a charger
custom designed for the DR-121. The bat­tery never needs to be removed from the
unit, since the charger connects to the
GPS receiver and charges the DR-121. You can even use the receiver
while the battery is charging!

To install the NiMH battery, remove the battery cover and place the bat­tery into the compartment as shown on the next page. It will only fit one
way, so if it’s difficult to install, simply turn it over and drop it into place.

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Replace the compartment cover and follow
the charging instructions included with the
BR-1.

(Note: The DR-121 is the only batter y that
can be recharged in this unit! Using the ex­ternal power cable alone does not charge the
battery! You must use a charger supplied by
Lowrance in order to charge the battery . Also,
this charger will only charge a DR-121. It will
not charge any other type of battery, includ­ing ni-cads or rechargeable alkallines.)

External Antenna

Although this GPS receiver is extremely sen­sitive, it can be used in locations where the
built-in antenna simply cannot receive signals from enough satellites. A
second connector on the back of the unit is for an external antenna. The
Lowrance model EA-2 antenna plugs directly into this connector. Other
antennas may work. If you use an antenna other than Lowrance, it will
need to be a passive antenna. This unit does not supply power to the
antenna.

OPERATION
Keyboard

There are 12 keys on the k eyboard. Y ou na vi­gate through the menus, adjust the chart’s

PAGES WPT

cursor, and enter data using the arro w keys.
The five major modes of operation are ac­cessed using the PAGES key. Press the
MENU key to select or adjust a f eature from

MENU EXIT

a list. The Z-IN and Z-OUT keys zoom-in or
zoom-out the view on the plotter screen. The

ZOUT

PWR

ZIN ENT

ENT and EXIT keys are used to enter or
clear data or screens. Save and edit way­points using the WPT ke y. The PWR key turns the unit on and off. Press­ing it once while the unit is operating turns on the screen’s backlight. To
prevent an accidental shutdo wn, y ou must hold the PWR k e y do wn for a
few seconds in order to turn the unit off.

Menus

Most of the unit’s f eatures are f ound on “men us’. Y ou can view the men us
by pressing the MENU key. This product has “Intelligent Menus”. There
are many menus that pertain to only the plotter, for example. When you

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press the MENU key and the plotter is sho wing, menu items for the plotter
show in addition to the normal menus. If the na vigation screen is showing,
and you press the MENU key, plotter menu items won’t show on the list.
This helps you find the item you need without scrolling through unneces­sary menus.

Turning Power On

T o turn the unit on, simply press the PWR ke y . A screen
similar to the one at right appears. Read the message
on the screen, then press the EXIT key to erase it or
wait a few seconds and it automatically clears. The
screen shown below appears next.

Satellite Status Screen

This screen appears each time you turn the unit on. It
shows a graphical view of the satellites that are in vie w.
Each satellite is shown on the circular chart relative to
your position. The point in the center of the chart is
directly overhead. The small inner ring represents 45°
above the horizon and the large ring represents the
horizon. North is at the top of the screen. You can use
this to see which satellites are obstructed by obstacles
in your immediate area if you hold the unit f acing north.

The GPS receiver is tracking satellites that are surrounded by a black
box. If the satellite number is not surrounded by a box, then the receiver
hasn’t locked onto that satellite and it isn’t being used to solve the posi­tion.

Beneath the graph are the bar graphs, one for each satellite in view. Al­though the unit has twelve channels, it dedicates one channel per visible
satellite. Therefore, if only six satellites are visible, only six bar charts
show at the bottom of the screen. The higher the bar on the graph, the
better the unit is receiving the signals from the satellite.

The number in the upper left corner is the “expected horizontal position
error” or e xpected error from a benchmark location. In other words , if the
expected error shows 50 f eet, then the position sho wn by the unit is esti­mated to be within 50 feet of the actual location. Ho we v er , this n umber is
only valid if you’re using DGPS or if S/A is tur ned off. Due to S/A, the
accuracy can only be less than 100 meters, 95% of the time, per U.S.
government specifications. Although the expected error is not accurate

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unless you hav e a DGPS receiv er, it does give you an indicator of the fix
quality the unit currently has. The smaller the expected error n umber , the
better (and more accurate) the fix is.

If the expected error is flashing, then the unit has not locked onto the
satellites, and the number shown is not v alid.

A battery level indicator on the lower right side of the
screen shows the approximately how much life is in
the batteries. This runs from “F” (fully charged) to “E”
(expired).

A light bulb indicator at the top right corner of the screen
appears when the backlights are on.

You can press the EXIT key anytime to erase this
screen. This automatically switches the unit to the last-used navigation,
plotter, or windo w group screen.

Finding Y our Position
Auto Search

To lock onto the satellites, the GPS receiver needs to know it’s current
position, local time, and date. (Elev ation (altitude) is also used in the equa­tion, but it’ s rarely required to determine a position.) It needs this data so
that it can calculate which satellites should be in view . It then searches for
only those satellites. When your GPS receiver is turned on for the first
time, it doesn’t know what your position or elevation (altitude) is. It does
know the current UTC time and date since these were programmed into it
at the factory and an internal clock keeps the time while the unit is turned
off. It begins searching for the satellites using the above data that it ac­quired the last time it was turned on. This probably was at the Lowrance
factory. Since it’s almost certain that you’re not at the Lowrance factory,
it’s probab ly looking for the wrong satellites . If it doesn’t find the satellites
it’s looking for after five minutes, it switches to the Quick Initiailization
screen. This lets you enter your location from a list of states and coun­tries. If y ou simply press the EXIT key while the Quic k Initialization screen
is showing, after a few min utes the unit begins to search f or any satellite .
This is called “Auto Search”. Due to advanced technology, the auto search
time has shrunk to about five minutes, so the longest time you should
ever have to wait is ten minutes from the time y ou turn the unit on until it
locks onto the satellites and shows a position. Once the unit locks onto
the satellites, it should take less than a minute to find your position the
next time it’s turned on, provided you haven’t mo ved more than approxi­mately 100 miles from the last location it was used.

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Quick Initialization

If you don’t want to wait for the Auto Search, then you can speed up the
initialization process by using the “Quic k Initialization” f eature . T o do this ,
first turn the unit on, then press the MENU key . The screen shown at right
appears. Now press the down arrow key until the “GPS SETUP” label is
highlighted. Press the right arrow ke y . The “INIT GPS”
(Initialize GPS) label is highlighted. Press the right
arrow key.The Quick Initialization label is highlighted.
Press the right arrow key. The screen at right ap­pears. All of the states in America are listed, along
with most of the countries in the world. Using the up
or down arrow keys, highlight the state or country
that is closest to your location, then press the right
arrow key. The unit returns to the initialize GPS menu.
Press the EXIT key three more times to erase the
menus. The unit returns to the satellite status screen.

Using the quick initialization method loads a position that’ s close to yours
into the GPS receiver . It should now have position, time, and date, thereby
giving it the data it needs to determine which satellites are in view. Once
the satellites are known, the receiver searches for only those satellites,
making a lock much faster than an auto search method.

Full Initialization

There are occasions when you will want or need to manually initialize the
unit by entering the position, elevation, time, and date. To do this, press
the MENU key, Now press the down arrow key until the “GPS SETUP”
label is highlighted. Press the right arrow key. The “INIT GPS” (Initialize
GPS) label is highlighted. Press the right arrow key. Now highlight the
“FULL INIT” label and press the right arrow key. The
screen at right appears.

This is the full initialization screen. The position, alti­tude, time, and date the GPS receiver is currently us­ing to find the satellites shows at the bottom of the
screen. To update these settings to the current values,
simply highlight the desired label using the up or down
arrow keys, then press the right arrow key. The posi­tion label (see at the top of the next page) was se­lected in this example.

To change a number in the position, highlight it using the right arrow key,
then use the up or down arrow ke y to change its value . The left arrow k ey
acts as a backspace. When the position is correct, press the ENT key.

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The unit returns to the full initialization screen.
Repeat this for each of the other settings until they’re

correct for your location and time. Note: The position
doesn’t have to be very accurate. If you enter a posi­tion within one degree of your actual location, the unit
will be able to acquire the proper satellites.

Press the EXIT key to erase the full initialization men u.
The unit will use the data you entered to find the satel­lites that are currently in view. The receiver should lock onto them and
show a position within a few min utes.

Position Acquisition

When the receiver loc ks onto and calculates a position, it shows the mes­sage “Position Acquired” on the screen. All position and navigation data
flashes until the unit acquires a position.

flashing!

When the numbers are flashing, they represent the last known

Do not rely on any data that is

values when the unit lost it’ s loc k on the satellites.
(Note: The altitude data may still flash even if the unit shows a “Position

Acquired” message and all other data is not flashing. The unit must be
locked onto at least f our satellites to determine altitude. It only tak es three
satellites to determine position. You can navigate with this unit if the alti­tude is flashing, simply ignore the altitude display until it quits flashing.)

REMEMBER, DO NOT NAVIGA TE WITH THIS UNIT UNTIL THE

NUMBERS STOP FLASHING!

POSITION/NA VIGA TION SCREENS

This unit has four modes: status , plotter , na vigation, and window groups .
Use the PAGES and arrow keys to switch between the different screens.
The three screens that show by def ault are shown belo w.

STATUS NAVIGATION PLOTTER WINDOWS

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To change modes, simply press the PAGES key. A
screen similar to the one at right appears. Use the up
or down arrow keys to change modes. (The windows
mode is shown as “GRP” (groups); group “A” is the first
windows group.)

Press the right arrow key while the abov e menu is show­ing to switch between diff erent versions of each mode.
When the desired screen appears, press the EXIT key
to erase the menu.

Navigation Screens

There are two different na vigation screens. Nav screen number one shows
a graphical view of your trip, Nav screen number 2 shows all navigation
details in large digital numbers. You can also customize both navigation
screens to show data other than the default. See the “Prog ramming Box es”
section for more information.

Nav Screen #1

This screen has a compass rose that shows not only
your direction of travel, but also the direction to a re­called waypoint. The navigation screen looks like the
one at right when you’re

not

navigating to a wa ypoint.
Your position is shown by an arrow in the center of the
screen. Your trail history, or path you’ve taken is de­picted by the line extending from the arro w. The arro w
pointing down at the top of the compass rose indicates
the current track (direction of travel) you are taking.
This is also shown in the “TRK” (track) bo x in the upper
right corner of the screen. On the example shown at
right, the track is 355°. The current ground speed (GS) sho ws in the bo x
in the lower left corner of this screen.

When navigating to a waypoint, Nav screen number
one looks like the one at right. Bearing to the destina­tion waypoint is in the bo x in the upper left corner. Bear­ing is also shown by the large arrow pointing up to­wards the compass, abov e the present position arrow .
Distance from the present position to the waypoint (DIS)
shows beneath the compass on the lower left side of
the screen.

Lines on either side of the present position show the
current cross track error range. Cross trac k error is the

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distance you are off-course to the side of the desired
course line. The course line is an imaginary line dra wn
from your position when you started navigating to the
destination waypoint. It’s shown on the screen as a
vertical dotted line. The default f or the cross track error
range is 0.25 mile. For e xample, if the present position
symbol touches the right cross track error line, then
you are .25 mile to the right of the desired course. You
need to steer left to return to the desired course. The
cross track error is also shown in the “XTK” box. Be­neath this box is the course (CRS) box showing the
direction from your starting position to the waypoint.
Remember, a course is a proposed path from the start­ing position to the destination. Track is your actual di­rection of travel.

A circle depicting your destination (wa ypoint) appears
on the screen as you approach the waypoint as sho wn
on the screen at right.

Nav Screen #2

This navigation screen shows all navigation informa­tion in large digital numbers. To view this screen, press
the PAGES key, then press the up arrow key until the
“NA V1” label is highlighted. While it’s highlighted, press
the right arrow key . The screen shown at right appears.
Press the EXIT key to erase the menu.

This screen is composed of eight digital boxes. Track
(TRK) and ground speed (GS) are all that show if you’ re
not navigating to a wa ypoint. If you are navigating to a
waypoint, then bearing (BRG), distance to waypoint
(DIS), estimated time en route (ETE), course (CRS), cross track error
(XTK), and the CDI also operate. See below for more information on the
CDI.

Course Deviation Indicator (CDI)

Once navigation to a waypoint is established, the CDI shows your dis­tance to the left or right of the desired course. The ver­tical line in the box shows both the direction you must
steer to get back on course and the distance to the
course line. F or e xample, if y ou’ re tr av elling straight to­wards the destination, from the start, then the line stays

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in the center. If you drift off course to the left, the line moves to the

right

This signifies that you need to steer to the right to get back on course.
This is called “chasing the needle”. If y ou steer towards the line (needle),
you’ll alwa ys be heading in the correct direction to get bac k on course .

The CDI’s range sho ws in the upper right corner of the CDI box. You can
adjust the range by selecting the “ALARMS/CDI” label on the main menu.
The default is 0.25 mile. This is also shown by the dots at the f ar left and
right side of the CDI. If the line is on either of these dots , then you are 0.25
mile off course. Remember, if the line moves to the left, then you are too
far to the right of the desired course line and vice-versa. On the CDI shown
above, the w e are almost 0.125 mile to the left of the desired course.

Plotter

The plotter shows your course and track from a “birds-e ye” view. If you’ re
navigating to a wa ypoint, the plotter shows your starting location, present
position, course line, and destination. You don’t have to na vigate to a way­point, howev er, to use the plotter.

Using the plotter is as simple as pressing the PAGES key, then highlight­ing “PLOT 1”. A screen similar to the one below appears. The diamond
flashing in the center of the screen is your present position. The solid line
extending from the diamond is your plot trail, or path you’ve taken. The
plotter’s range shows in the lower left corner of the screen. In this ex­ample, the plotter’ s range is two miles from the left edge of the screen to
the right.

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There are three different plotter screens av ailable . T o view the other plot­ter screens, press the PAGES key, highlight the PLOT label, and press
the right arrow key. Press the EXIT k ey to er ase the menu. Plot-2 (sho wn
at right) has navigation data added at the bottom of the screen, beneath
the plotter. The data includes bearing to waypoint (BRG), distance to wa y­point (DIS), ground speed (GS), and track (TRK).

PLOT-1 PLOT-2 PLOT-3

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Plot-3 (see at the top of the next page) is similar to
plot-2. The major difference is the steering arrow and
waypoint inf ormation at the bottom of the screen. When
you navigate to a waypoint, the waypoint’s name and
number show at the bottom of this screen. The steer­ing arrow always points in the direction to the w aypoint.

The Z-IN and Z-OUT keys zoom-in and out all plotters
to enlarge or reduce their coverage area. The av ailable
ranges are: 0.1, 0.15, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8, 1, 1.5, 2, 3,
4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 15, 20, 30, 40, 60, 80, 100, 150, 200, 300, 400, 600, 800,
1000, 1500, and 2000 miles. Pressing both the Z-IN and Z-OUT centers
the cursor’s position on the plotter screen.

Cursor

Pressing an arrow key turns on two dotted lines that
intersect at the present position symbol. These lines
are called a “cursor” and ha v e a variety of uses.

T o turn the cursor on, simply press the arrow k ey in the
direction you want the cursor to move. This lets you
view areas on the plotter that are away from your
present position. The cursor’s latitude and longitude
show at the top of plot-1’s screen. The zoom-in and
zoom-out keys work from the cursor’s position when
it’s activ e - not the present position. You can zoom in on
any detail, anywhere. The cursor can also place icons and waypoints .

Press the EXIT key to erase the cursor.

Plotter Options

This unit lets you customize the plotter using the plot­ter options menu. To use this menu, press the MENU
key , then highlight the “Plotter Options” label. The screen
at right appears.

Update Options

By default, the plotter places a dot on the screen e very
3 seconds to create the plot trail. You can change this
time from once per second to once every thirty min­utes. The plot trail can also be updated by distance
instead of by time. The distance update rate can be set from 0.01 to once
every 10 miles.

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From the Plotter Options menu, choose Update Options to change the
update rate or type. Select the option that you wish to change, use the left
or right arrow keys to adjust it, then press the EXIT key to erase the
menu.

Plotter Orientation

Normally , the plotter shows north at the top of the screen. This is the way
most maps and charts are printed. This is fine if you’re travelling north­ward. Waypoints on the plotter’ s left side should also be to your left, and
so on. Ho wev er, if y ou trav el any other direction, the plotter doesn’t line up
with your view of the world.

To solve the problem, this unit has a track-up mode that orients the top of
the display to your trac k, or direction of trav el. It rotates the plotter as y ou
turn. Thus, what you see on the left side of the plotter should alwa ys be on
your left. The unit also has a course-up mode that loc ks the course to the
top of the display.

On the example screens shown below, we’re trav elling southward (about
150°). In the north-up view, the present position indicator appears to mov e
toward the lower right corner of the screen. The anchor icon sho wn on the
right side of the screen is actually on our left. North is always at the top of
this screen.

TRACK-UP MODENORTH-UP MODE COURSE-UP MODE

In the track-up view, the present position symbol (which has changed to
an arrow) moves straight toward the top of the display. As you can see,
the anchor icon is now shown in its proper orientation - to the left. A “N”
shows to help see which direction north is when the track-up mode is on.
Remember, in the track-up mode, the screen rotates as you change di­rection. It always keeps y our direction of trav el (track) headed tow ards the
top of the screen.

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The course-up mode locks the top of the screen into the original bearing
to the waypoint when navigation was first started. (See the navigation
section for more information on course, trac k, and w a ypoint na vigation.)

T o select a plotter orientation, highlight the “R OTATE” label on the “Plotter
Options” menu. Press the right or left arrow keys until the desired mode
appears. Press the EXIT key to erase the menu.

Plot T rails
Save T rail

The line extending from the present position is your
plot trail, or path you’ve taken. The unit automatically
saves the current plot trail in memory when you turn it
off. You can save four other trails in memory. To save
your current plot trail in a specific memory location,
choose “SA VE TRAIL” from the “Plotter Options” menu.
The screen shown at right appears. Highlight the de­sired number that you wish to save the current trail,
(i.e. “Trail 1, Trail 2, etc.) and press the right arrow key.
Your current trail is saved. Press the EXIT k ey to erase
this menu.

View (Recall) Trail

Your current plot trail shows on the plotter by default.
T o place a sa ved trail onto the plotter , choose “TRAILS
SHOWN” from the Plotter Options menu. The screen
shown at right appears. Highlight the desired trail on
this screen, then press the right arrow key to select it.
Press the EXIT key to erase this menu. The plot trail
you selected shows on the plotter.

Clear Trail

To erase the current plot trail from the screen, select Clear Trail from the
Plotter Options menu. A message appears, asking if you really want to
erase the plot trail. Follow the instructions on the screen. When the trail is
erased, the unit returns to the plotter screen.

Range Rings/Grid Lines

The plotter screen can be customized with rings that are 1/4 of the range
and/or grids that divide the plotter into equal segments of latitude and
longitude. From the Plotter Options men u, choose either Range Rings or
Grid and press the right arrow key to turn it on. A sample screen of each
type shows at the top of the next page .

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GRIDS

RINGS BOTH

ICONS

The plotter has 28 symbols or “icons” available that can be placed any­where on the screen. They can be used to mark fishing or hunting loca­tions, landmarks, boat ramps, and virtually any point of interest. An icon
can be placed at your present position or at the cursor’ s location.

Place Icon - Present Position

To place an icon at your present position, simply press
the ENT key. The screen shown at right appears. Use
the arrow keys to highlight the desired icon. No w press
the ENT key again. The plotter screen reappears with
the icon showing at the position you were at when the
ENT key was pressed.

PLOT-1 SCREEN

PRESS ENT KEY

SELECT ICON

PRESS ENT KEY

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ICON IS PLACED

AT POSITION.

Place Icon - Cursor Position

To place an icon at the cursor’s position, first use the arrow ke ys to mov e
the cursor to the location that you wish to place the icon. Ne xt, press the
ENT key. Now select the icon using the arro w keys. When it’s highlighted,
press the ENT key. The plotter screen reappears with the icon placed at
the center of the cursor. Press the EXIT key to erase the cursor. On the
screens shown below, the house icon was selected and placed at the
cursor’s location.

MOVE CURSOR

PRESS ENT KEY

SELECT ICON

PRESS ENT KEY

ICON IS PLACED

AT CURSOR POS.

Icon Options

Icons can be erased from the plotter individually, all of
a specific type, or all at once. To delete an icon, press
the MENU key, then choose Icon Options. The screen
shown at right appears.

The first menu on this page “ICONS OFF/ON” simply
turns all icon symbols off or on. This doesn’t erase the
icons, it simply “hides” the icons from the plotter. You
can use this feature to temporarily de-clutter the dis­play.

The DEL ALL ICONS selection does erase all of the icons from memory ,
Use this only if you want to erase all icons that have been placed on all
plotter screens.

To erase only a certain type of icon, select the DEL ICON TYPE menu.
The icon menu appears. Highlight the icon style that you want to erase
from memory , then press the ENT key . The unit returns to the plotter screen
with only the selected icons erased.

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You can delete individual icons by selecting the DEL
FROM PLOTTER menu from the Icon Options menu.
Once this menu is selected, the unit returns to the plot­ter screen with the cursor activated as shown at right.
Use the arrow keys to mo ve the cursor to the icon that
you want to erase. Once the crosshairs are on top of
the icon, press the ENT key. The icon is immediately
erased. When you’re finished, press the EXIT key to
erase the cursor.

WINDOWS

The windows feature provides fifteen different data
screens chosen for their broad range of navigation in­formation and ease of use.

T o use the windows f eature, press the P A GES key, then
highlight the GRP A (Group A) label at the bottom of
the screen. Group A is visible in the backg round when
you switch to the windo ws group. Press the left or right
arrow key to switch between all off the groups. When
the desired group appears, press the EXIT ke y to erase
the Pages menu. A summary of the groups follow s. Note
that many of the groups have navigation data that re­quire navigation to a waypoint in order to show data.
See the waypoint section f or inf ormation on setting up
the unit for wa ypoint na vigation.

Group A

This screen has bearing (BRG), track (TRK), a trip
meter, distance to go (DIS), and ground speed (GS).
The trip meter logs the distance you have tr avelled since
the unit began reporting a position. The trip meter is
not erased when the unit is shut off. To reset the tr ip
meter to zero, press the MENU key, then select
“Tripmeter Reset” from the menu. The unit retur ns to
group A with the trip meter reset.

Group B

Bearing, track, distance to go, and ground speed are
all the same as group A. Two new windows appear ­ETE and CDI. ETE is your Estimated Time En route , or
an approximation of the time it will take to arriv e at the
waypoint you’re navigating to. The CDI is a steering
indicator. See page 10 for more inf ormation on the CDI.

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Group C

This group consists of bearing, track, distance to go,
and estimated time en route.

Group D

Bearing, distance to go, track, ground speed, estimated
time of arrival, estimated time en route, velocity made
good (VMG), estimated time of arrival, and CDI show
on this screen. Velocity made good is the speed you’re
making towards the wa ypoint. For e xample, if y ou’ re in
a boat and travelling directly to wards a wa ypoint at 30
miles per hour, b ut you’ re going against a 5 m.p .h. cur­rent, then your velocity made good is 25 miles per hour .

Group E

This screen has bearing, track, distance to go, and
velocity made good.

Group F

A repeat of group E, except velocity made good is re­placed with a large CDI.

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Group G

This screen shows the present position, bearing, dis­tance to go, trac k, and g round speed.

Group H

Present position, a large CDI, distance to go, and
estimated time en route show on this screen.

Group I

Dual position screen. This unit shows the present posi­tion in a variety of formats including two different ver­sion of latitude/longitude, UTM’ s, military grid reference,
and more. Group I lets you view your position in two
different formats at the same time. See the Position
Format for inf ormation on changing the format.

Group J - Set Local Time

This screen includes a clock that shows y our local time,
estimated time of arrival, bearing, ground speed, dis­tance to go, and the small CDI. The clock shows the
time based upon the setting in the initialization. It’s an
offset from UTC, which is the time the GPS system
uses. If this time is incorrect, you can reset it b y press­ing the MENU key, then highlight System Setup and
press the right arrow key. Now highlight the Set Local
Time label and press the right arrow key. The screen at
the top of the next page appears.

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Use the left and right arrow keys to highlight the num­bers that you need to change. Press the up or down
arrow ke ys to change them. After setting the time, press
the ENT key to save it.

Group K - Clock Alarm

This group has both estimated time of arrival and en
route, plus the clock and a clock alarm. To set the clock
alarm, press the MENU key while this group is show­ing, then highlight the Clock Alm Set label and press
the right arrow key. The screen below right appears.
Use the left and right arrow keys to highlight the num­bers in the alarm’s time. Press the up or down arrow
keys to change the numbers. After setting the alarm,
press the ENT key to save it. To turn the alarm on,
select the Clock Alm on/off from the main menu and
press the right arrow key. (Note: The unit must be on in
order for the alarm to work. If you set the alarm, then
turn the unit off, the alarm won’t sound.) To silence the
alarm, press the EXIT key.

Group L - Timers

This group has two timers, an up timer and a down
timer. The up timer starts at zero and counts up, the
down timer starts at the time you put in until it reaches
zero.

T o set either timer , first press the MENU key, then high­light the desired timer set menu. In this example, w e’r e
setting the countdown timer , so the DWN TIMER SET
label was selected. Now press the right arrow key. A
screen similar to the one at the top of the next page appears.

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Using the right and left arrow keys, highlight the first
number in the time that you want to set. (The time is in
hours, minutes, and seconds) No w press the up or down
arrow keys until the desired number shows. Continue
until the time shown in the display is correct, then press
the ENT key. The unit returns to the main menu screen.
To star t the timer, highlight the “Dwn Timer Off On”
label. Press the right arrow key to start the timer. Press
the EXIT key to erase the men u. The time you set shows
in the box at the bottom of group L. The timer contin­ues counting until you stop it. When it reaches zero, an alarm sounds.
Press the EXIT key to stop the alarm.

(Note: When the countdown timer reaches zero, it begins counting

up

until you press the EXIT key. This tells you how long it’s been since the
alarm sounded.)

The up timer has an alarm that can be set to sound at a preset time. (F or
example, one hour from now, three hours, etc.) If you turn the up timer’s
alarm on (press the right arrow key when the Up ALM...Off/On label is
highlighted, it sounds an alarm when it reaches the time you entered in
the up timer set menu. Press the EXIT k e y to shut off the alarm.

You can reset either alarm by pressing the MENU key, then highlighting
either the “Up Timer Reset” or “Dwn Timer Reset” label, then pressing the
right arrow key.

Group M

This is a time screen. An analog clock shows at the
top, f ollowed by a digital cloc k showing your local time .
UTC time shows at the bottom of this screen. (UTC is
the time at the prime meridian. It used to be called GMT .)

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Group N and O

The group N and O screens show DGPS information.
Other than the altitude and course information on group
N, (shown at right) in order to use these screens, you
must have a DGPS receiver connected to the unit.

The DGPS corrections at the top of the screen show
the corrections the GPS receiver is using. The satellite’ s
number is follow b y an identifier showing its status. They
are as follows:

OK DGPS corrections are in use by GPS receiver

and corrections are available .

OLD Unit hasn’t received corrections in last 60

seconds.
BAD Corrections not usable.
NA No correction available .
When a DGPS receiver is connected to this unit and is working correctly,

its status is shown by group O. The DGPS station’s ID number, plus fre­quency, baud rate, signal strength, signal to noise ratio (SNR), and time
since the GPS receiver received the satellite corrections (AGE) all show
on this screen.

Reprogram Window Groups

You can reprogram or customize the window groups to meet your own
needs. This unit has over thirty different windows that can be rearranged
into many combinations. The changes y ou make to the screen will remain
in memory , even if all power is remo v ed from the unit. You can, how ever,
return to the factory settings from the “Preset Groups” item in the “System
Setup” menu.

To reprogram a group, first select the group that you
wish to change. Group “A” is to be reprogrammed in
the example shown at right.

While the group that you want to reprog ram is showing
on the screen, press the MENU key, highlight the "Re­program Groups" label and press the right arrow key.
A screen similar to the one shown at right appears.

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The altitude window appears at the top of the screen.
To view a different window , press the left or right arrow
key . When the desired window appears, press the down
arrow key to select it. In this example, we selected the
digital clock. The unit adds this window to the selected
group. It then shows the selected window’s position,
as shown to the right of the instruction box. If you want
to delete this window from the group, simply press the
up arrow ke y.

The next window selected was ETE. Continue selecting
windows in this manner until all of the desired windows
have been added to the group.

When the last window has been added, the unit returns
to normal operation with the reprogrammed group
showing on the screen, as shown at right.

Reprogram Boxes

The digital boxes on the PLOT-2 and both NAV screens can also be re­programmed, using a method similar to the one used to reprogram the
window groups.

To customize a screen, first switch to the screen that you want to custom­ize. In this e xample, we’ll change Plot-2. Next, press the MENU key, then
highlight the “Reprogram Boxes” menu. Press the right arrow key. The
screen shown below center appears.

This is the plot-2 edit screen. The “BRG” box near the left corner flashes,
which means it’s ready for change. If you don’t want to change this box,

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simply press the up or down arrow key to move to the box that you do
want to change. In this example, we will change the BRG box to altitude
(ALT). To do this, simply press the left or right arrow key while the box is
flashing. The bo x changes each time the arrow k ey is pressed. When the
desired box appears, then you can change another box or save your
changes by pressing the ENT key. If y ou want to lea ve this screen without
saving the changes, simply press the EXIT ke y. In this e xample, w e sim­ply changed the BRG to ALT, then pressed the ENT key. The screen on
the far right on the previous page is the final v ersion. Use this same method
to change the NA V screens .

RESET GROUPS

To restore all windows groups (and boxes on the navigation and plotter
screens) to their factory settings, first press the MENU key, then highlight
the “System Setup” label and press the right arro w key. No w highlight the
“Reset Groups” label on this menu. Press the right arrow key. A message
appears, asking if you really want to do this . Press the right arrow key to
continue, or the left arrow k e y to e xit without resetting the groups .

WAYPOINTS

This GPS receiver gives you the ability to create your own database of
locations, called “waypoints’. You can save your present position, cursor
position, or enter a coordinate and save it as a waypoint. For example,
you may wish to store the location of your parked car as a waypoint be­fore starting on a hike. When you w ant to return to the car, all you ha ve to
do is recall the waypoint and the unit will sho w distance and bearing from
your present position to the car . This unit will store up to 999 waypoints .

Waypoint Men u

With few e xceptions, in order to sa v e, modify, or recall
a waypoint, y ou will use the w a ypoint menu, sho wn at
right. The current wa ypoint number shows at the top of
the screen. Its name appears near the center of the
screen, right above its position. Beneath this is the dis­tance and bearing from your present position to the
waypoint. It’s icon shows just to the right of the dis­tance and bearing. The date and time the waypoint w as
saved is at the bottom of this screen. In short, all of the
detail about the waypoint shows on this screen.

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Saving Y our Present Position as a W a ypoint (Quic k Sa ve Method)

To save your present position, simply press the WPT k ey twice . Your cur­rent position is placed into the first available waypoint
number on the list. A message appears on the display
telling you the waypoint number it just used. This also
momentarily places you in the waypoint menu. Any­time this menu is showing, simply press the WPT key
once and the unit will store your present position on
the waypoint list.

Every time you save a w aypoint, the date and time are
logged along with the position data. It’s icon is also
placed on the plotter as shown at right. In this case,
waypoint number one w as assigned when the position was sa v ed.

Saving The Cursor Position as a Waypoint

When the cursor is showing on the plotter and you press the WPT key
twice, the cursor’ s position is placed into the first availab le waypoint num­ber. In the example screen shown below, the cursor is placed at the
desired location. Pressing the WPT twice causes wa ypoint number two to
be placed at the cursor’s crosshairs. (Waypoint 2 was the next available
waypoint number.) A message appears on the display telling you the
waypoint number it just used. Wait a f ew seconds and the menu will clear
automatically. Press the EXIT key to erase the cursor.

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Saving Y our Present Position as a Wa ypoint
(Select Number Method)

The method shown previously doesn’t let you choose
the waypoint number. You can pick the waypoint num­ber, (see belo w on wa ypoint selection) then sav e y our
present or cursor position. To do this, first press the
WPT key once. A screen similar to the one at right ap­pears.

Highlight the “WPT” label at the top of the screen. Press
the right or left arrow keys until the desired waypoint
number appears that you wish to sa ve your present (or
cursor) location under. When it does, highlight the “Op­tions” label and press the right arrow key. The screen
shown at right appears.

Highlight the “Sav e WPT As” label (shown at the top of
the menu) and press the right arrow key. This saves
your present position (or cursor position) under the way­point number you selected on the first page.

SELECTING A WAYPOINT

In order to edit or navigate to a waypoint, you must first select it. There
are three ways to do this: by waypoint number, waypoint list, or nearest.
All waypoint selection methods are on the main wa ypoint menu sho wn at
the top of this page.

Waypoint Number

T o select a w aypoint by its number , simply highlight the “WPT” label at the
top of the waypoint menu, then press the left or right arrow k eys until the
desired waypoint number appears .

Waypoint List

The waypoint number selection method forces you to
scroll through all waypoint numbers , whether there’ s a
location saved in them or not. The wa ypoint list is com­posed only of saved waypoints. To use the list, select
“WPT LIST” from the wa ypoint menu. The screen shown
at right appears. The names of all waypoints stored in
memory show on this list. Simply highlight the desired
waypoint and press the right arrow k ey to select it. The
waypoint list screen is erased and the waypoint menu
reappears.

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Nearest Waypoint

You can select the nearest waypoint to your present
position by choosing “Nearest” from the waypoint menu.
The screen shown below right appears. Up to five wa y­points show on this screen. The highlighted waypoint
at the top of the screen is nearest to your present posi­tion, the next one is farther, the one after that even
farther, and so on.

Each waypoint is sho wn by its number , name, distance
and bearing from your present position to the waypoint.
Use the up or down arrow keys to scroll through the list of waypoints.
When the desired waypoint is highlighted, press the right arrow key to
select it. The unit returns to the waypoint men u.

EDITING A WAYPOINT

You can customize a waypoint by giving it a name or change it’s position
or icon. To do this, first press the WPT ke y. The waypoint screen appears .
Now highlight the OPTIONS label and press the right arrow key. Follow
the instructions below for each item.

Edit Name

You can assign a name to each waypoint. The name
can have up to eight characters . To do this, first select
Name Edit from the Options menu. A screen similar to
the one at right appears.

Press the up or down arrow keys to select the first let­ter in the name. Press the right arrow key to highlight
the next position in the name. Repeat this sequence
until you’ve entered all of the letters in the waypoint
name. Press the ENT key to accept this name, the WPT
key to erase all characters in the name, or the EXIT
key to lea v e this screen without sa ving an y changes .

Edit Position

Any latitude/longitude can be assigned to any wa ypoint
by manually entering it using the keyboard. First se­lect the waypoint number that y ou want to save a posi­tion under from the waypoint menu. Ne xt, highlight the
“Options” menu and press the right arrow k ey . Now high­light the Position Edit menu and press the right arrow
key. The screen shown at right appears. Using the left
and right arrow keys, highlight each n umber in the po-

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sition and change it using the up and down arrow ke ys. When you’ re ready
to save this position and return to the waypoint screen, press the ENT
key. Press the EXIT k ey to erase the men us and return to the navigation,
plotter, or windo ws screen. Note: You can also use this method to change
the position of an existing wa ypoint.

Edit Icon

To change the icon assigned to a waypoint, first select
the waypoint, then choose OPTIONS from the way ­point menu. Now select the Symbol Edit menu. The
screen at right appears. Use the arrow keys to select
the icon that you want to assign to the waypoint, then
press the ENT key. The wa ypoint now has the new icon.

W AYPOINT NAVIGATION

The GlobalNav 212 makes it easy to navigate to any waypoint. All you
have to do is select the waypoint (see page 26), then highlight the “GO
TO” label on the w a ypoint screen and press the right arrow ke y. The unit
immediately shows navigation inf ormation to the wa ypoint on all naviga­tion, plotter, and windo ws screens.

In this example, waypoint number 5 was recalled. Switching to a plotter
number two screen (shown at right) shows the starting location “S”, the
recalled waypoint “5”, the plot trail from the starting location to the present
position, and the present position.

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Navigating to a cursor location

This unit lets you navigation to a location without storing it in the wa ypoint
database by using the plotter and cursor . To do this, first switch to a plotter
screen. No w mov e the cursor to the location that you want to na vigate to .
Next, press the MENU ke y. A new, highlighted menu appears on the list:
“Go To Cursor”. Press the right arrow ke y . It now shows na vigation data to
the cursor location (shown as “D” on the plotter). See the screens below .

Navigating to a Waypoint using the Plotter

The unique “birds-ey e” vie w used by the plotter giv es you an easy w a y to
navigate to a wa ypoint. On the plotter screen shown abo v e, the diamond
with a cross in it is your present position. The box with the “S” in it was
your starting location when you recalled the waypoint. The dotted line is
called a track line and is the shortest path from the starting location to the
destination. The number “1” is w aypoint number one, which is the recalled
waypoint and the destination. The “D” on the plotter screen at the top of
this page is the cursor destination, when the cursor position is used as a
destination. If you follo w the track line , you’ll reach the destination, cov er­ing the shortest distance in the least time.

CAUTION!

This product does NOT take land f eatures, restricted or prohibited areas,
or any other feature into account when it projects the track line on the
screen. Use caution when navigating to a location. Make certain there are
no obstructions in your path.

OTHER W A YPOINT OPTIONS
Move a Waypoint

You can move all information from one waypoint number to another to
help organize the waypoints. In this example, we’ll move all of the infor­mation in waypoint number 1 to waypoint number 9. To do this, highlight
the waypoint options label on the waypoint screen and press the r ight

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arrow key. No w highlight the “Move WPT” label. Press
the right arrow key. The screen shown at right appears.
The “F rom” label is highlighted at the top of the screen.
Press the right arrow key until the waypoint number
that you want to move appears. In this example, we
selected waypoint n umber 1. Now press the down ar­row key once to highlight the “To” label. Press the left
or right arrow key until the number that you want to
move the wa ypoint to appears. Again, in this example,
we chose to mov e waypoint number 1 to wa ypoint num­ber 9, so we pressed the right arrow key until “9” ap­peared. As y ou can see on the screen below , waypoint n umber 1 is show­ing in the “From” box. Now press the ENT key. The “From” box is now
empty and the “To” bo x has w a ypoint n umber 9.

Note: The names in the “From” and “To” box es are not the wa ypoint num­bers - they are the waypoint names .

Press the EXIT key to erase this men u.

DIST ANCE BETWEEN WAYPOINTS

This unit can easily give you the distance between tw o
waypoints. To do this, first press the WPT k ey , highlight
the Options menu and press the right arrow key, then
highlight the Dist Btwn WPTS label and press the right
arrow key. The screen at right appears.

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You must now select the first wa ypoint, which is called
waypoint “A” on this screen. Highlight the “Set WPT A”
label, and press the right arrow key. A screen similar to
the one shown at right appears.

This screen is virtually identical to the waypoint screen
Select a waypoint using the w aypoint number , from the
waypoint list, or the nearest waypoint list. After select­ing the waypoint, highlight the “SET WPT A” label and
press the right arrow key. The unit retur ns to the dis­tance between waypoints screen.

Once the first waypoint sho ws on the screen, then you
need to choose the other waypoint. Highlight the “Set
WPT B” label. Now select the second waypoint. The
unit returns to the distance between waypoints screen.
Both waypoints are shown on this screen. At the bot­tom of the screen are the distance and bearing from
the first waypoint “A” to the second waypoint “B”. You
can select more waypoints to measure at this time or
press the EXIT key to erase this screen.

Project a Waypoint

You can save a wa ypoint even if y ou don’t know it’ s position or location on
the plotter. This unit lets you project the location of a waypoint from a
known waypoint using only bearing and distance from the known way­point. This is useful if you don’t know the latitude/longitude of a location,
but you do know the distance and bearing from a sav ed w aypoint or y our
own position.

(Note: To project a waypoint from your present position, you must first
save y our present position as a waypoint.)

To use this feature, press the WPT key, then select a
waypoint number that you want to save the projected
waypoint under.Now select Project WPT from the Op­tions menu. The screen shown at right appears.

The unit needs a starting location to project the new
waypoint from. Highlight the “REF WPT” label on the
Project WPT menu and press the right arrow k e y. The
screen at the top of the next page appears. Select a
waypoint from either the waypoint number, newest, or

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waypoint list. When you’ve chosen the wa ypoint, high­light the “USE REF” label and press the right arrow
key. The unit retur ns to the Project WPT screen. The
starting waypoint you chose shows in the middle of
this screen. Now set the distance from the star ting
waypoint to the projected waypoint by highlighting the
“SET DIST” label and pressing the right arrow k ey . Use
the arrow keys to set the distance , then press the ENT
key when you’ re finished. The unit returns to the Project
WPT screen. Now enter the bearing from the starting
waypoint to the projected waypoint by selecting “SET
BRG” from the Project WPT screen. Once you’ve en­tered the bearing, the unit returns to the Project WPT
screen with the distance and bearing showing at the
bottom of the screen, as shown at right. No w press the
ENT key. The unit saves the projected location under
the waypoint number that y ou picked at the beginning.

Position A veraging

The effects of Selective Availability, described in the
Introduction, can be minimized or virtually eliminated using position aver­aging. You can only save a wa ypoint using this method, howe ver the loca­tion saved can be much more accurate than any other method without
using DGPS. The do wnside to this method is twofold-It only works to sav e
a waypoint and the unit must be in the location that you want to save,
preferab ly for an hour.

This method works by taking an extremely large number of position re­ports and averaging them. This results in a surprisingly accurate position.
The longer you leav e the unit in the location, the better the position should
be.

To save a waypoint using position averaging, first se­lect a number that you wish to save the waypoint un­der. Next, select “Average WPT” from the OPTIONS
menu on the waypoint menu. The screen shown at right
appears. When you’ re ready to save the wa ypoint, press
the ENT key. The position is sav ed under the wa ypoint
number you selected.

Delete a Waypoint

T o erase all of the inf ormation in a waypoint, first press
the WPT key, then select the waypoint you want to erase. Now highlight

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the “Options” label and press the right arrow key. Finally, highlight the
“Delete WPT” label and press the right arrow key. A message appears,
asking if you really want to delete this wa ypoint. Press the right arrow key
to delete it, the left to exit without deleting the wa ypoint.

Delete All W a ypoints

You can remove all of the waypoints from the unit’s memory. To do this,
press the MENU key, then highlight the System Setup menu and press
the right arrow key. Now highlight the DEL ALL WPTS label. The unit re­moves all waypoints from memory. Note: This also removes all routes
from memory .

ROUTES

You can connect several user waypoints together to form a route. When
you recall the route, the unit shows navigation inf ormation to the first way­point in the route, then when you reach that waypoint, it switches to the
next wa ypoint, and so on until you reach the last waypoint in the route.

Create a Route

To create a route, first press the MENU key, highlight
the “PLAN/EDIT ROUTES” label, and press the right
arrow key. The screen shown at right appears.

This unit can store up to 99 routes. Route number one
shows on this page. If y ou wish to create a route using
a different number, simply press the left or right arrow
keys until the desired route number appears. In this
example, how e v er, we’ll use route number one.

At the bottom of this menu is the “Edit Name” label. If you wish to name
the route, highlight that label, then press the right arrow key. Use the ar­row keys to name the route, (you can use up to eight characters in the
name) then press the ENT key when you’re finished.

T o add w aypoints to the route, highlight the “Edit Route”
label and press the right arrow key. The screen sho wn
at right appears. This is the waypoint list screen. This
shows all of the waypoints that f orm the route. The first
waypoint is highlighted at the top of the screen. To se­lect the first waypoint in the route, simply press the
right arrow key. A new menu appears as sho wn at the
top of the next page.

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This menu lets you go to the wa ypoint selection menu,
delete a waypoint from the route, or see details about
any wa ypoint in the route. Since we want to add a wa y­point to the route, press the right arrow key on the “ADD
WPT” label. The screen shown below left appears.

This screen is virtually identical to the waypoint screen Select a wa ypoint
either using the waypoint number, from the waypoint list, or the nearest
waypoint list. After selecting the waypoint, highlight the “ADD WPT” label
and press the right arrow key. The unit returns to the wa ypoint list screen
with the first waypoint at the top. Highlight the next waypoint location be­neath the first waypoint and press the right arrow key. Now select the
second waypoint f or y our route . After selecting the second waypoint, the
unit returns to the waypoint list screen. The second waypoint shows be­neath the first one, with bearing and distance from the first waypoint in the
route to the second showing under the second waypoint’ s name. The total
route distance shows at the bottom of the screen. Continue selecting way­points in this manner until all of the waypoints in the route are on the list.
Press the EXIT key to return to the Route menu. Your route is now saved
in memory . Press the EXIT key to erase the menus.

Delete a Waypoint

To remove a waypoint from a route, first select the route, then highlight
the waypoint from the route list that you w ant to delete and press the right
arrow key. Highlight the “Delete” label on this menu and press the right
arrow key. The unit retur ns to the route list with the waypoint removed

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from the list. (Note: This doesn’t delete the wa ypoint from the database, it
only removes it from the route.)

Waypoint Detail

T o vie w the position, bearing, distance, and other infor­mation about a waypoint saved in a route, first select
the route, then highlight the desired waypoint from the
route’s list. No w press the right arrow key. Highlight the
“Detail” label and press the right arrow k ey . The screen
at right appears.

This screen shows the waypoint’s name, number, cre­ation time and date, icon, position, distance, and bear­ing from your present position. When y ou’re finished vie wing this informa­tion, press the EXIT key to erase it.

Following a Route

Before starting the route, you’ll need to decide if you
want to start at the beginning and travel f orward or start
at the last waypoint in the route and travel backwards
(reverse) to the first waypoint. The default is forward.
To change it, press the MENU key, then select the
“PLAN/EDIT ROUTES” label and press the right arrow
key. The screen shown at right appears. To run a route
from the end to the beginning, highlight the “RUN” la­bel, then press the right arrow key to change it.

To follow a route, first select the route number that yo u
wish to follow by highlighting the “Route No” label, and
pressing the left or right arrow keys until the desired
route number appears. In this example we’ re using route
number one. No w highlight the “START R OUTE” label
and press the right arrow key. The screen shown at
right appears.

The “Start RTE Auto” label is highlighted. This starts
the navigation along the leg of the route that is closest
to your present position. On the screen shown at right,
waypoint number 7 is the closest to the present position. If you want to
start the route with a different waypoint press the right arrow ke y until the
desired waypoint number appears .

If you want to see details about the highlighted wa ypoint, press the WPT
key .

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When you have everything on this screen set as de­sired, press the ENT key to start the unit navigating to
the first waypoint on the route.

As you trav el to the first wa ypoint, the unit shows navi­gation data to the waypoint. If you use the plotter, as
shown at right, the unit draws a dotted line from your
starting position, and a dashed line from the first way­point to each of the other waypoints in the route . When
you enter the radius set by the arrival alarm, the unit
automatically switches to the next w aypoint on the list,
showing navigation data to that waypoint, and so on
until the last waypoint on the route list has been reached.
(Note: The arrival alarm does not hav e to be turned on
in order to use the route feature.)

Delete a Route

To erase a route, first press the MENU key, then high­light the “Plan/Edit Routes” label and press the right
arrow key. Now select the route you want to erase at
the top of the screen, then highlight the “Delete Route”
label and press the right arrow key. A message appears, asking if you
really want to erase the route. If you press the right arrow key, the route
will be erased. If you select “Yes” (by pressing the right arrow ke y) the unit
then asks if you want to erase the w aypoints used in the route from memory
also. Press the right arrow key again to er ase them, or the left arro w key
to leave the waypoints in memory. The unit returns to the routes menu.
Press the EXIT key to erase the menu.

CANCEL NA VIGATION

This unit continues to navigate to a recalled wa ypoint, the last waypoint in
a route, or the cursor position until you stop it.

T o stop the na vigation function, press the MENU key, then press the up or
down arrow ke ys until the “Cancel Navigation” label is highlighted. Press
the right arrow key. The unit stops showing navigation information.

Navigation Notes

If you are navigating with this unit, either to a waypoint or in a route and
shut it off, it will preserve the current wa ypoint number that it is navigating
to. It also sa ves the current route (if it is in use) and the route’s forward or
reverse order. When you turn the unit on, it will show navigation data to
the waypoint as soon as it locks onto the satellites as if it had ne v er been
turned off.

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SYSTEM SETUP

Many features are listed under the “System Setup” la­bel on the main menu. These commands aff ect the ba­sic operation of the unit. To use them, press the MENU
key, then highlight the “System Setup” label. Press the
right arrow key. The screen shown at right appears.

Backlight

The display has lights that can be turned on for night
use. To turn the lights on, simply press the PWR key.
To turn them off, press the PWR key again. An indica­tor on the satellite status screen shows when the lights are on.

The lights automatically turn off after 30 seconds to preserve the battery
power . It will do this even if the external power is applied to the unit.

The time delay is adjustable from 5 to 240 seconds b y selecting Light Dly
from the System Setup menu . You can also turn the lights on continu­ously from this menu. Highlight this menu, then press the right arrow k ey
to increase the time the lights are on, the left arrow key to decrease it.

Sound

To turn the speaker off, highlight the “SOUND” label as shown above,
then press the left arrow key. Note: This turns the speaker completely off .
The unit will not sound a tone when a key is pressed, nor will any alarm
sound. The alarm messages will still flash on the screen, however .

Contrast

To adjust the display’s contrast, highlight the “Contrast” label on the “Sys­tem Setup” menu. Press the right or left arrow keys until the screen’s
contrast is best for the lighting conditions.

Units of Measure

You can view data in three different f ormats: statute, nautical, and metric.
The default is statute. The chart below shows the settings for each.

Statute Nautical Metric

Distance ....... miles...................nautical miles ...kilometers

Speed ........... miles per hour.....knots ................kilometers per hour

Altitude ......... feet .....................feet ...................meters

The unit will also show bearing in degrees true or magnetic, and the clock
in 12 hour (a.m./p.m.) or 24 hour formats. To change a unit of measure,
first select Change Units from the System Setup menu. Highlight the de-

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sired selection, then press the left or right arrow key.
You can change any or all of the settings on this page.
When you’ re finished, press the EXIT k e y.

NMEA / DGPS

This product transmits data through the power/data port
in the back of the unit using NMEA 0183 format, ver­sion 1.5 or 2.0. The data is used by other electronic
devices such as marine autopilots for position and steering inf ormation.

DGPS on the other hand, is a data input. DGPS is an acronym f or Diff er­ential Global Positioning System. Currently, it relies on a system of ground­based transmitters that send correction signals to small DGPS receivers.
DGPS gives you more accurate positions than is otherwise possib le .

All wiring connections to the GlobalNav 212 are made through the power
cable. See the sample wiring diagrams on the next page for general wir­ing procedures. Read your other product’s owner’s manual for more wir­ing information.

Once the cables are wired, turn the unit on, press the menu key, and
select NMEA / DGPS CONFIG from the System Setup menu. A screen
similar to the one shown below appears.

NMEA Output

T o turn the NMEA output on, highlight the “NMEA OUTPUT” menu (shown
at the bottom of the previous page), then press the right arrow ke y . If y our
other equipment works, then no setup will need to be performed. If your
other equipment doesn’t recognize the NMEA data being sent by the Glo­balNav 212 and the wiring is correct, then you may need to change the
NMEA or the serial communication settings.

Configure NMEA Output

Highlight the “Configure NMEA Output” menu, then
press the right arrow key. A screen similar to the one at
the top of page 40 appears.

NMEA 0183 Version

There are two versions of the NMEA data, 1.5 and 2.0.
If your other equipment requires 2.0, press the right
arrow key to select it.

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Sentences

Some equipment requires different sentence. The de­fault setting for these sentences is on. In other words,
it automatically sends these sentences when NMEA is
turned on. To turn any of these off, move the b lack bo x
to the desired menu and press the left arrow ke y . Press
the EXIT key when everything on this screen is the
way you w ant it.

DGPS

This unit will recognize Starlink® and Magnavo x® automatic DGPS receiv­ers. If you have either one of these receivers, simply highlight the “Star
DGPS” or “Magn DGPS” on the NMEA / DGPS menu and press the right
arrow key to turn it on. (Note: If you have a Magnavox DGPS receiver
connected, the GlobalNav 212 can’t send NMEA data.) With the excep­tion of serial communications, typically no other setup needs to be made
with these receivers.

If you hav e any other Magnavo x or Starlink compatible
DGPS receiver connected to the GlobalNav 212, you
may need to change the settings. To do this, move the
black bo x to the “Configure DGPS” label and press the
right arrow key. A screen similar to the one at right ap­pears.

These menus select the beacon receiver’s frequency
and bit rate (in bits per second). To change one of these
settings, simply highlight the menu item you wish to
change, then press the right or left arrow ke y until the
desired number appears. Press the EXIT k e y when y ou’re finished.

Serial Communication Setup

To set the data port, select Com Port Setup on the
System Setup menu. Press the right arrow key. The
screen shown at right appears.

Check your DGPS receiver’ s manual f or the proper data
settings. Highlight the menu item y ou need to change.
Press the left or right arrow keys to change them. The
serial port defaults are 4800 baud, no parity , and 8 data
bits. Press the EXIT key to erase this men u.

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Reset Options

To return the unit to the original factory settings, highlight the “Preset Op­tions” menu on the System Setup screen. Now press the right arrow key.
A message appears, asking if you want to restore the original options.
Press the right arrow key if y ou do, the left arrow key to quit.

If you restore the unit to the factory settings, all options such as contrast,
alarms, and other system choices are returned to their default values.
Howe v er , no w a ypoints, routes , or icons are er ased.

Reset Groups

T o return all window groups and bo xes on the navigation and plot-2 screens
to their factory defaults, select Reset Groups on the System Setup men u.
Finally , press the right arrow k ey. All windo w groups and digital box es are
reset to their factory settings.

System Info

The system information screen shows the release date and the software’ s
version number . To view this screen, highlight the System Info label on the
System Setup menu. Now press the right arrow key. Press the EXIT key
when you’ re finished reading this screen.

GPS SETUP

Items found under the GPS Setup menu include initialization, (cov ered at
the beginning of this manual), position format, power sav e, datums, and
more. To use any of these features, first press the MENU key, highlight
GPS Setup and press the right arrow key. The screen
shown at right appears.

Position Format

The GlobalNav 212 can show the position in degrees,
minutes, and thousandths of a minute (36° 28.700') or
degrees, minutes, seconds, and tenths of a second (36°
28' 40.9"). It can also sho w position in UTM (Universal
Transverse Mercator) projection, British, Irish, Swed­ish, Swiss, Finnish, New Zealand, Military Grid, and
Map Fix systems.

UTM’s are mark ed on USGS topographic charts. This system divides the
Earth into 60 zones, each 6 degrees wide in longitude.

British, Irish, Swedish, Swiss, New Zealand, and Finnish grid systems
are the national coordinate system used only in their respective coun­tries. In order to use these grid systems, you must be in the respective

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country . This unit will pick the matching datum f or you when you select the
grid. See the Datums section for more information.

The military grid reference system (MGRS) uses two grid lettering
schemes, which are referred to as standard and alternate MGRS on the
GlobalNav 212. Your position and datum in use determines which one to
use. If you use the standard, and y our position is off significantly, then try
using the alternate.

See below for Map Fix inf ormation.
Note: When the position format is changed, it affects

the way all positions are shown on all screens. This
includes waypoints.

To change the format, highlight the “Position Format”
label on the “GPS Setup” menu, then press the right
arrow key. A screen similar to the one at right appears.
Press the up or down arrow keys to highlight the de­sired format. Press the EXIT k ey to both select the f or­mat and erase the position format menu.

Map Fix

Map Fix is used with charts or maps. This system asks for a reference
position in latitude/longitude, which you take from a marked location on
the map. It then shows the present position as distance on the map from
that reference point. For example, if it shows a distance of UP 4.00” and
LEFT 0.50”, you then measure up four inches and to the left a half-inch
from the reference point on the map to find your location.

T o use this f ormat, you need to follow these steps in order . First, take your
map of the area and determine a reference latitude/longitude. (Note: in
order for this system to work, the latitude/longitude lines must be parallel
with the edge of the map. USGS maps are parallel, others may not be.
Also, this works better with smaller scale maps.) The reference position
can be anywhere on the map, but the closer it is to your location, the
smaller the numbers will be that you’ll hav e to deal with.

Once you’ve decided on a reference position, you’ll need to save it as a
waypoint. See the waypoint section for information on saving a w aypoint
using the EDIT Position method. Save the reference position as a way­point. Exit from the waypoint screens.

Press the MENU key, then select GPS Setup. Highlight Map Fix Setup

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and press the right arrow key. The screen at right ap­pears. Reference Point is highlighted. Press the right
arrow key. The screen below left appears. Select the
waypoint number that you saved the reference point
under. Highlight the Use Ref label and press the right
arrow ke y . The unit returns to the Map Fix Setup menu.
Now highlight the Map Scale label and press the right
arrow key. Enter the map’s scale. This is generally at
the bottom of the map. It’s shown as a ratio, for ex­ample 1:24000. In this e xample , we entered 24000 as
a map scale. (Ignore the 1:) The unit returns to the
Map Fix Setup screen.

Finally , press the EXIT k ey to erase this menu. No w highlight the Position
Format label and press the right arrow key. Select Map Fix from the list
and press the EXIT key. All position inf ormation now shows as a distance
from the reference point you entered and sa v ed as a w a ypoint earlier.

Alternate Format

Windows group I has two position screens. You can change the f ormat of
each position display independently. For example, the position at the top
of the screen can show latitude/longitude while the one at the bottom
shows map fix. Use the position format to set the format for the top dis­play, and Alternate Format to set the bottom display . The alternate format
screen is identical to and adjusts the same as the position format screen.

Note: The alter nate format only affects the second position window on
group I. The main position format affects all position displays on all win­dows, na vigation, and plotter screens.

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DATUM

Maps and charts are based on a survey of the area that’s cov ered by the
map or chart. These surve ys are called “Datums”. Maps that are created
using different datums will show the same latitude/longitude in slightly
different locations.

All datums are named. The GPS system is based on the WGS-84 datum,
which covers the entire world. Other datums may also cover the entire
world, or just a small portion. By default, your position shows using the
WGS-84 datum. However, it can show your position using one of 191
different datums.

To change the datum, first press the MENU key, then
highlight the “GPS Setup” label and press the right ar­row key. Now highlight the “Select Datum” label. Finally,
press the right arrow key again. A screen similar to the
one at right appears.

The WGS-84 label is highlighted. To change it, simply
press the up or down arrow keys to highlight the de­sired datum, then press the ENT key. This selects the
datum and erases the select datum menu. To erase
the menu without changing the datum, simply press the EXIT key.

A list of the datums used by the GlobalNav 212 is in the back of this
manual.

PCF (Position Correction Factor)

Another method used to make your displa y match a chart or map is called
“PCF” or Position Correction Factor. This unit gives you the capability to
move or offset the position shown on the display to match one on the
chart. The unit will add this offset to all position and navigation displays at
all times.

Remember, the position error on an y radio na vigation system is very dy­namic and the PCF offset should never be used in an attempt to cancel
the error.

In general terms, PCF should only be used if your map indicates what the
possible error is. PCF should always be reset to zero when you’re

finished with the chart.

For example, suppose you are stopped at a location that is accurately
marked on a chart. Your unit shows a longitude position that is .244 min-

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utes east of the one on the chart and .047 minutes
north latitude. Using the PCF feature, you can make
the GlobalNav 212 match the chart you’re using. If y ou
move, the unit will continuously add the change to all
position, navigation, and mapping displays . This makes
it more closely match the datum used by the chart. F or
this reason, you should be careful when entering the
PCF offset. It’s saved in memory and doesn’t change
when the unit is turned off. Ho we v er , resetting the unit
does erase the PCF offset.

To change the PCF offset, first press the MENU key, then highlight the
“GPS Setup” label and press the right arrow key. Now highlight the “Set
PCF Offset” label. Finally, press the right arrow k ey again. A screen simi­lar to the one above right appears.

Now enter the correction for your location. Remember ,
this is the difference between the location shown on
the present position display and the position shown on
the chart. In this example, w e entered 0 degrees, 0.047
minutes north latitude and 0 degrees, 0.244 minutes
east longitude. That is the difference between the
present position shown by the GlobalNav 212 and the
one on our chart.

After you’ve entered the latitude/longitude correction,
press the ENT key to accept it. The GlobalNa v 212 erases the PCF entry
screen and returns to the navigation or mapping screens with the correc­tion factor applied.

POSITION PINNING

When using a GPS receiver at extremely lo w speeds, it can ha v e trouble
determining your course over ground, or direction you’ re tra velling. This is
due in large part to SA, or selective availability. SA is small inaccuracies
purposefully put into the GPS satellite’s signal by the government. This
cause wide variations in the track display and other navigation displays
when using the unit at slow speeds.

If you’re using this receiver without DGPS and stop, the position pinning
feature locks the present position indicator on the plotter until y ou’ve moved
a short distance or exceed a very slow speed. This pre vents the “w ander­ing” plot trail seen when you’re stopped with position pinning turned off.
This also affects the navigational displays.

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The easiest way to see the effects of S/A is to stand
still with the GPS receiver turned on and watch your
plot trail with position pinning turned off. You’ll see the
present position change, speed increase and decrease,
and a random plot trail on the plotter’ s screen.

If you wish to turn the position pinning feature off, press
the MENU key, then highlight the “GPS Setup” label
and press the right arrow key. Now highlight the “Pin­ning” label. Finally, press the left arro w ke y.

POWER SAVE

This GPS receiver has an important power save software upgrade that
significantly improves battery life. However, this feature does affect the
receiver's performance. If you are using it under heavy cover, such as
trees or around tall buildings, the receiver can lose its lock on the satel­lites easier when the power save feature is enabled. The power save
feature changes the position update rate. We recommend you test the
power sav e f eature in known surroundings and determine its capabilities
before venturing into unknown territory.

T o turn the power sa ve feature on, press the MENU k ey , then highlight the
"GPS SETUP" label and press the right arrow key . Now highlight the "PWR
SA VE" label and press the right arrow key to turn it on. Press the EXIT key
to erase the menu.

The letters "PS" for "Power Save" show on the satellite status screen
whenever the po wer sav e mode is on. Y ou can also v erify the power sa ve
mode status by viewing the GPS Setup menu.

T o turn the power sa ve mode off, simply return to the GPS Setup menu as
described above, highlight the "PWR SAVE" label, and press the left ar­row key.

ALARMS

The GlobalNav 212 has several alarms. You can set an arrival alarm to
flash a warning message when you cross a preset distance from a way­point. For example, if you have the arrival alarm set to .1 mile, then the
alarm will flash a message when you come within .1 mile of the recalled
waypoint. The course deviation indicator alarm (CDI) can warns when
your track drifts too f ar to the right or left of the course line to the waypoint.
For example , if the alarm is set to .1 mile, then the alarm flashes a mes­sage if you drift .1 of a mile or more to the right or left of the line to the
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radius. Again, using the .1 mile as an example, if you’re anchored and
your boat moves more than .1 of a mile , the alarm will flash a message.

To use any of these alarms, first press the MENU key,
then select the “ALARMS/CDI” menu. A screen similar
to the one shown at right appears. Press the up or down
arrow key to mov e the black box to the desired alarm,
then press the right arrow key to turn it on.

To adjust an alarm’s distance, move the black box to
the alarm’s “DIST” menu item, then press the r ight or
left arrow keys to increase or decrease the alarm’ s dis­tance.

When you’ re finished, press the EXIT k e y to er ase this menu.

Important Alarm Notes:

Anchor Alarm - Since civilian users don’t receive the accuracy given to
military users, the anchor alarm may be triggered even when you’re sit­ting still. This typically happens when using small (less than .05 mile)
anchor alarm ranges. If y ou ha ve a DGPS beacon receiver connected to
the GlobalNav 212, smaller ranges ma y be usable .

Arrival Alarm - If you set the arrival alarm’s distance to a small number,
and you run a route (see the routes section), the GlobalNav 212 may not
show navigation data to the next waypoint, once you arrive at the first
one, since you may not be ab le to come close enough to the first waypoint
to trip the arrival alarm.

MESSAGES

The position and DGPS message selections are found on the Alarms/
CDI menu. When turned on, the position message appears for a f ew sec­onds whenever the unit locks onto the satellites and shows a position. It
also appears when the unit loses the lock onto the satellites and cannot
navigate. Pressing the EXIT key erases these messages.

The DGPS message appears whenever the unit begins or stops using
DGPS data to help determine your position.

The default setting f or these messages is “on”. T o turn either message off ,
select the “Setup Alarms” menu from the main men u, then move the blac k
box to the desired message and press the left arrow k ey. Press the EXIT
key to erase this screen.

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SUNRISE/SET MOONRISE/SET CALCULA T OR

This unit has a sunrise/sunset and moonrise/moonset calculator that shows
this information anywhere or anytime in the world. To use it, press the
MENU key, then highlight the Sun/Moon Calc label and
press the right arrow key. Highlight either the sun or
moon calculator and press the right arrow key. The
screen shown at right appears if you chose the sunrise
calculator. (Both calculators work identically . We’ll con­centrate on the sunrise/sunset calculator for this ex­ample.) The sunrise and sunset for today’s date ap­pear in the center of the screen. Today’ s date shows at
the top of the screen. If you want to know the sunrise/
sunset for a different date, press the ENT key, then
enter the new date. The unit returns to the sunrise/sun­set calculator screen with the sunrise and sunset times
shown for the date y ou entered.

The sunrise and sunset show for your present position. If you move the
plotter’s cursor to a different position before using this calculator, it will
show the sunrise/sunset for the cursor’s location.

The moonrise/moonset calculator works identically to
the sunrise/sunset calculator. It looks like the screen at
right. A moon symbol shows near the bottom of the
screen, showing the approximate phase of the moon.
The arrow next to the symbol shows if it is moving to­wards a full moon (up) or a new moon (down).

Press the EXIT key to erase this screen.

SIMULATOR

A simulator is built into this unit that has several options. You can use
nearly all of the unit’s features - even save and recall waypoints. This is
useful for trip planning.

To use the simulator, press the MENU key, then press
the up or down arrow keys until the “Simulator Setup”
menu is surrounded by the black box. Now press the
right arrow key. The screen shown at right appears.

If you simply press the right arrow key, turning the simu­lator on, the GlobalNav 212 will start from your present
position and follow a track of 355° at 100 miles per
hour.

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T o change either the track or speed, highlight the one y ou want to change,
then press the right or left arrow key. When the numbers are correct,
press the EXIT key.

Starting Position

Normally , the starting position for the simulator is your
present position. If you want to change the starting
position, highlight the “Set Starting W a ypoint” label on
the Simulator Setup menu, then press the right arrow
key. The screen shown at right appears.

You can select any waypoint as the simulator’ s starting
point. Select the starting point by pressing the right ar­row key on the “WPT#” label until the desired starting
waypoint number appears . Now highlight the “Start At”
label and press the right arrow key. The GlobalNav 212 retur ns to the
Simulator Setup menu using the waypoint you specified as the starting
waypoint.

Use Arrow Ke ys to Steer

This option lets you change both the course and speed
on the screen as the simulator is running. To do this,
highlight the “Steer With Arrows” label on the Sim ula­tor Setup screen, then press the right arrow key. The
screen shown at right appears. Use the up and do w n
arrow keys to increase or decrease the speed. Use
the right and left arrow keys to change the trac k. Press
the EXIT key to erase these menus.

When you’re finished changing the track and speed,
press the EXIT key to erase the men us .

T o turn the simulator off , press the MENU key, then move the blac k box to
the “Simulator Setup” label. Finally, press the left arro w ke y.

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DEFINITION OF TERMS/ABBREVIATIONS

Due to space considerations, the digital displays use abbreviations for
some names. They are as follows:

ALT ............... Altitude - Your height above sea le v el.

BRG ............. Bearing - The direction from your present position to a

waypoint.

CLOCK......... Your local time.

TRK .............. Track - The direction you’re travelling.

DIS ............... Distance - Distance remaining between your present po-

sition and a waypoint.

DNT/UPT...... Countdown timer (DNT) and Count up timer (UPT)

ETE .............. Estimated Time En route

FIX................ A measure of your receiver’s position quality. A fix of 1 is

bad, 9 is the best.

ICON ............ A symbol you can place on the map, representing a land-

mark.

POSITION .... Y our present position.

GS ................ Ground Speed - Your actual speed.

TTG .............. Time To Go - Time remaining at your present speed until

you reach a wa ypoint.

UTC.............. Coordinated Universal Time - Time at the prime meridian

at Greenwich, England. Formerly known as GMT.

VOLTS .......... Electrical system voltage.

VMG ............. Velocity Made Good - Your ground speed towards a re-

called waypoint, airport, etc.

CDI ............... Course Deviation Indicator - Shows your distance to the

side of the desired course line.

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DATUMS

WGS 84 .................

DEFAULT

ADINDAN...............

MEAN

ADINDAN...............

BURKINA
FASO

ADINDAN...............

CAMEROON

ADINDAN...............

ETHIOPIA

ADINDAN...............

MALI

ADINDAN...............

SENEGAL

ADINDAN...............

SUDAN

AFGOOYE .............

SOMALIA

AIN EL ABD ...........

1970
BAHRAIN

AIN EL ABD ...........

1970 SAUDI
ARABIA

ANNA 1 ASTRO ....

1965 COCOS
ISLANDS

ANTIGUA ...............

ISLAND
ASTRO 1943

ARC 1950 ..............

MEAN

ARC 1950 ..............

BOTSWANA

ARC 1950 ..............

BURUNDI

ARC 1950 ..............

LESOTHO

ARC 1950 ..............

MALAWI

ARC 1950 ..............

SWAZILAND

ARC 1950 ..............

ZAIRE

ARC 1950 ..............

ZAMBIA

ARC 1950 ..............

ZIMBABWE

WGS 1984
Default

Adindan
Mean for Ethiopia, Sudan

Adindan
Burkina Faso

Adindan
Cameroon

Adindan
Ethiopia

Adindan
Mali

Adindan
Senegal

Adindan
Sudan

Afgooye
Somalia

Ain el Abd 1970
Bahrain

Ain el Abd 1970
Saudi Arabia

Anna 1 Astro 1965
Cocos Islands

Antigua Island Astro 1943
Antigua (Leeward Islands)

Arc 1950
Mean for Botswana, Lesotho,
Malawi, Swaziland, Zaire, Zambia,
Zimbabwe

Arc 1950 - Botswana

Arc 1950 - Burundi

Arc 1950 - Lesotho

Arc 1950 - Malawi

Arc 1950 - Swaziland

Arc 1950 - Zaire

Arc 1950 - Zambia

Arc 1950 - Zimbabwe

ARC 1960 ..............

MEAN

ASCENSION..........

ISLAND
1958

ASTRO BEACON ..
E 1945
IWO JIMA

ASTRO DOS 714 ..
ST HELENA
ISLAND

ASTRO TERN ........

ISLAND
1961

ASTRONOMICAL ..
STATION ‘52
MARCUS ISLE

AUSTRALIAN ........

GEODETIC
1966

AUSTRALIAN ........

GEODETIC
1984

AYABELLE .............

LIGHTHOUSE
DJIBOUTI

BELLEVUE ............

(IGN) EFATE
ERRAOMANGO

BERMUDA .............

1957

BISSAU..................

GUINEA

BOGOTA ................

OBSERVATORY
COLOMBIA

BUKIT RIMPAH......

INDONESIA

CAMP AREA..........

ASTRO
ANT ARCTICA

CAMPO..................

INCHAUSPE
ARGENTINA

CANTON ASTRO ..
’66 PHOENIX
ISLANDS

CAPE .....................

SOUTH
AFRICA

CAPE .....................

CANAVERAL
BAHAMAS FL

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Arc 1960 - Mean for Kenya,
Tanzania

Ascension Island 1958 ­Ascension Island

Astro Beacon E 1945 - Iwo Jima

Astro DOS 71/4 - St Helena Island

Astro Tern Island (FRIG) 1961 ­Tern Island

Astronomical Station 1952 ­Marcus Island

Australian Geodetic 1966 ­Australia & Tasmania

Australian Geodetic 1984 ­Australia & Tasmania

Ayabelle Lightlhouse - Djibouti

Bellevue (IGN) - Efate &
Erromango Islands

Bermuda 1957 - Bermuda

Bissau - Guinea-Bissau

Bogota Observatory - Colombia

Bukit Rimpah - Indonesia (Bangka
& Belitung Islands)

Camp Area Astro - Antarctica
(McMurdo Camp Area)

Campo Inchauspe - Argentina

Canton Astro 1966 - Phoenix
Islands

Cape - South Africa

Cape Canaveral - Bahamas,
Florida

CARTHAGE ...........

TUNISIA

CH-1903 ................

CHATHAM .............

ISLAND ASTRO
NEW ZEALAND

CHUA ASTRO .......

P ARA GU AY

CORREGO ............

ALEGRE
BRAZIL

DABOLA ................

GUINEA

DJAKARTA .............

(BA TAVIA)
INDONESIA

DOS 1968 ..............

NEW GEORGIA
ISLANDS

EASTER ................

ISLAND
1967

EUROPEAN...........

1950 MEAN
WESTERN

EUROPEAN...........

1950 MEAN
CENTRAL

EUROPEAN...........

1950 MEAN
MIDDLE EAST

EUROPEAN...........

1950
CYPRUS

EUROPEAN...........

1950
EGYPT

EUROPEAN...........

1950 GREAT
BRIT AIN

EUROPEAN ‘50 .....

FINLAND
NORWA Y

EUROPEAN...........

1950
GREECE

EUROPEAN...........

1950
IRAN

Carthage - Tunisia

Switzerland
Chatham Island Astro 1971

New Zealand (Chatham Island)

Chua Astro
Paraguay

Corrego Alegre
Brazil

Dabola
Guinea

Djakarta (Batavia)
Indonesia (Sumatra)

DOS 1968
New Georgia Islands
(Gizo Island)

Easter Island 1967
Easter Island

European 1950
Mean for Austria, Belgium,
Denmark, Finland, France,
West Germany, Gibralter, Greece,
Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands,
Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden,
Switzerland

European 1950
Mean for Austria, Denmark,
France, West Germany ,
Netherlands, Switzerland

European 1950
Mean for Iraq, Israel, Jordan,
Lebanon, Kuwait,
Saudi Arabia, Syria

European 1950
Cyprus

European 1950
Egypt

European 1950
England, Channel Islands, Ireland,
Scotland, Shetland Islands

European 1950
Finland, Norway

European 1950
Greece

European 1950
Iran

EUROPEAN...........

1950 ITALY
(SARDINIA)

EUROPEAN...........

1950 ITALY
(SICILY)

EUROPEAN...........

1950
MALTA

EUROPEAN...........

1950 SPAIN
PORTUGAL

EUROPEAN...........

1979
MEAN

FORT THOMAS.....

1955 NEVIS
ST. KITTS

GAN 1970 ..............

REPUBLIC OF
MALDIVES

GEODETIC ............

DATUM 1949
NEW ZEALAND

GRACIOSA ............

BASE SW
1948 AZORES

GUAM ....................

1963

GUNUNG ...............

SEGARA
INDONESIA

GUX 1 ASTRO.......

GUADALCANAL
ISLAND

HERAT NOR TH .....

AFGHANIST AN

HJORSEY ..............

1955
ICELAND

HONG KONG ........

1963

HU-TZU-SHAN ......

TAIWA N

INDIAN...................

BANGLADESH

INDIAN...................

INDIA NEPAL

INDIAN 1954 .........

THAILAND
VIETNAM

INDIAN 1975 .........

THAILAND

European 1950
Italy (Sardinia)

European 1950
(Sicily)

European 1950
Malta

European 1950
Portugal, Spain

European 1979
Mean for Austria, Finland,
Netherlands, Norway, Spain,
Sweden, Switzerland

Fort Thomas, 1955
Nevis, St. Kitts
(Leeward Islands)

Gan 1970
Republic of Maldives

Geodeic Datum 1949
New Zealand

Graciosa Base SW 1948
Azores (Faial, Graciosa, Pico,
Sao Jorge, Terceira)

Guam 1963
Guam

Gunung Segara
Indonesia (Kalimantan)

GUX 1 Astro
Guadalcanal Island

Herat North
Afghanistan

Hjorsey 1955
Iceland

Hong Kong 1963
Hong Kong

Hu-Tzu-Shan
Taiwan

Indian
Bangladesh

Indian
India, Nepal

Indian - 1954
Thailand, Vietnam

Indian - 1975
Thailand

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IRELAND ...............

1965

ISTS 061 ................

ASTRO 1968
S GEORGIA

ISTS 073 ................

ASTRO 1969
DIEGO GARCIA

JOHNSTON ...........

ISLAND
1961

KANDAWALA .........

SRI LANKA

KERGUELEN.........

ISLAND
1949

KERTAU 1948 ........

W MALAYSIA
SINGAPORE

KUSAIE ASTRO ....

CAROLINE 1951
ISLANDS

L C 5 ASTRO.........

1961 CA YMAN
BRAC ISLAND

LEIGON .................

GHANA

LIBERIA .................

1964

LUZON...................

PHILIPPINES

LUZON...................

PHILIPPINES
MINDANAO

MAHE ISLAND ......

1971

MASSAW A.............

ETHIOPIA
(ERITREA)

MERCHICH ...........

MOROCCO
MIDWAY ASTRO ...

1961

MINNA ...................

CAMEROON

MINNA ...................

NIGERIA

MONTSERRAT ......

ISLAND
ASTRO 1958

M’PORALOKO.......

GABON

Ireland 1965
Ireland

ISTS 061 Astro 1968
South Georgia Islands

ISTS 073 Astro 1969
Diego Garcia

Johnston Island 1961
Johnston Island

Kandawala
Sri Lanka

Kerguelen Island 1949
Kerguelen Island

Kertau 1948
West Malaysia & Singapore

Kusaie Astro 1951
Caroline Islands

L.C. 5 Astro 1961
Cayman Brac Island

Leigon
Ghana

Liberia 1964
Liberia

Luzon
Philipines
(Excluding Mindanao)

Luzon
Philipines (Mindanao)

Mahe 1971
Mahe Island

Massawa
Ethiopia (Eritrea)

Merchich
Morocco

Midway Astro 1961
Midway Islands

Minna
Cameroon

Minna
Nigeria

Montserrat Island Astro 1958
Montserrat
(Leeward Islands)

M’Poraloko
Gabon

NAHRWAN .............

OMAN

NAHRWAN .............

SAUDI ARABIA

NAHRW AN.............

UNITED ARAB
EMIRA TES

NAP ARIMA BWI.....

TRINIDAD AND
TOBAG O

N AMERICA ...........

1927 MEAN
CARRIBEAN

N AMERICA ...........

1927 MEAN
CENTRAL AMER

N AMERICA ...........

1927 MEAN
CANADA

N AMERICA ...........

1927 MEAN
CONUS

N AMERICA ...........

1927 MEAN
CONUS EAST

N AMERICA ...........

1927 MEAN
CONUS WEST

N AMERICA ...........

1927 ALASKA

N AMERICA ...........

1927 BAHAMAS
(NO SAN SALV)

N AMERICA ...........

1927 BAHAMAS

N AMERICAN ........

1927 CANADA
(WEST)

N AMERICAN ........

1927 CANADA
(CENTRAL)

N AMERICAN ........

1927 CANADA
EAST

N AMERICAN ........

1927 CANADA
NORTH

N AMERICAN ........

1927 CANADA
YUKON

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Nahrwan
Oman (Masirah Island)

Nahrwan
Saudi Arabia

Nahrwan
United Arab Emirates

Naparima BWI
Trinidad & Tobago

North American 1927
Mean for Antigua, Barbados, Barbuda,
Caicos Islands, Cuba, Dominican
Republic, Grand Cayman, Jamaica,
Turks Islands

North American 1927
Mean for Belize, Costa Rica,
El Salvador, Guatmala, Honduras,
Nicaragua

North American 1927
Mean for Canada

North American 1927
Mean for CONUS
(Continental United States)

North American 1927
Mean for CONUS (East of Mississippi
River) including Louisiana, Missouri,
Minnesota

North American 1927
Mean for CONUS
(West of Mississippi River)

North American 1927
Alaska

North American 1927
Bahamas
(Except San Salvador Island)

North American 1927
Bahamas (San Salvador Island)

North American 1927
Canada (Alberta, British Columbia)

North American 1927
Canada (Manitoba, Ontario)

North American 1927
Canada (New Brunswick,
Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Quebec)

North American 1927
Canada (Northwest Territories,
Saskatchewan)

North American 1927
Canada (Yukon)

N AMERICAN ........

1927 CANAL
ZONE

N AMERICAN ........

1927 CUBA

N AMERICAN ........

1927
GREENLAND

N AMERICAN ........

1927 MEXICO

N AMERICAN ........

1983 ALASKA
CANADA CONUS

N AMERICAN ........

1983 CENTRAL
AM MEXICO

OBSERVATORIA ...
METEREO
1939 AZORES

OLD EGYPTIAN ....

1907 EGYPT

OLD HAWAIIAN.....

MEAN

OLD HAWAIIAN.....

HAWAII

OLD HAWAIIAN.....

KAUAI

OLD HAWAIIAN.....

MAUI

OLD HAWAIIAN.....

OAHU

OMAN ....................

ORD SURVEY .......

G BRITAIN
1936 MEAN

ORD SURVEY .......

G BRITAIN
1936 ENGLAND

ORD SURVEY G ...
BRITAIN 1936
ENGLND WALES

ORD SURVEY G ...
BRITAIN 1936
SCOTLAND

ORD SURVEY .......

G BRITAIN
1936 WALES

PICO DE ................

LAS NIEVES
CANARY ISLES

North American 1927
Canal Zone

North American 1927
Cuba

North American 1927
Greenland (Hayes Peninsula)

North American 1927
Mexico

North American 1983
Alaska, Canada, CONUS

North American 1983
Central America, Mexico

Observaorio Metereo 1939
Azores (Corvo & Flores Islands)

Old Egyptian 1907
Egypt

Old Hawaiian
Mean for Hawaii, Kauai,
Maui, Oahu

Old Hawaiian
Hawaii

Old Hawaiian
Kauai

Old Hawaiian
Maui

Old Hawaiian
Oahu

Oman
Oman

Ordinance Survey
Great Britain 1936 - Mean for
England, Isle of Man, Scotland,
Shetland Islands, Wales

Ordinance Survey
Great Britian 1936 - England

Ordinance Survey
Great Britian 1936 - England,
Isle of Man, Wales

Ordinance Survey
Great Britian 1936 - Scotland,
Shetland Islands

Ordinance Survey
Great Britian 1936 - Wales

Pico de las Nieves
Canary Islands

PITCAIRN ..............

ASTRO
1967

POINT 58 ...............

BURKINA
FASO NIGER

POINTE NOIRE .....

1948 CONGO

PORTO SANTO.....

1936 MADEIRA
ISLANDS

PROVISIONAL.......

S AMERICA
1956 MEAN

PROVISIONAL.......

S AMERICA
1956 BOLIVIA

PROVISIONAL.......

S AMERICA
1956 N CHILE

PROVISIONAL.......

S AMERICA
1956 S CHILE

PROV S AMER ......

1956
COLOMBIA

PROVISIONAL.......

S AMERICA
1956 ECUADOR

PROVISIONAL.......

S AMERICA
1956 GUYANA

PROVISIONAL.......

S AMERICA
1956 PERU

PROVI S AMER .....

1956
VENEZUELA

PROVISIONAL.......

S CHILEAN
1963 S CHLIE

PUERTO RICO ......

VIRGIN
ISLANDS

QA TAR ...................

NATIONAL

QORNOQ ..............

GREENLAND
(SOUTH)

REUNION ..............

MASCARENE
ISLANDS

ROME 1940 ...........

ITALY
(SARDINIA)

Pitcairn astro 1967
Pitcairn Island

Point 58
Mean for Burkina Faso & Niger

Pointe Noire 1948
Congo

Porto Santo 1936
Porto Santo, Madeira Islands

Provisional S. American 1956
Mean for Bolivia, Chile, Colombia,
Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Venezuela

Provisional S. American 1956
Bolivia

Provisional S. American 1956
Chile (Northern, Near 19°S)

Provisional S. American 1956
Chile (Southern, Near 43°S)

Provisional S. American 1956
Colombia

Provisional S. American 1956
Ecuador

Provisional S. American 1956
Guyana

Provisional S. American 1956
Peru

Provisional S. American 1956
Venezuela

Provisional S. American 1956
Chile (South, Near 53°S) (Hito XVIII)

Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands

Qatar National
Qatar

Qornoq
Greenland (South)

Reunion
Mascarene Islands

Rome 1940
Italy (Sardinia)

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RT 90 .....................

SANTO (DOS) .......

’65 ESPIRITO
SANTO ISLAND

SAO BRAZ.............

AZORES

SAPPER HILL........

1943 EAST
FALKLND ISLE

SCHWARZECK .....

NAMIBIA
SEL VAGEM

GRANDE
SALVAGE ISLE

SOVIET..................

GEODETIC
SYSTEM 1985

S AMERICAN ........

1969 MEAN

S AMERICAN ........

1969
ARGENTINA

S AMERICAN ........

1969 BOLIVIA

S AMERICAN ........

1969 BRAZIL

S AMERICAN ........

1969 CHILE

S AMERICAN ........

1969
COLOMBIA

S AMERICAN ........

1969
ECUADOR

S AMERICAN ........

1969 ECUADOR
GALAP A GOS

S AMERICAN ........

1969 GUYANA

S AMERICAN ........

1969
P ARA GU AY

S AMERICAN ........

1969 PERU

S AMERICAN ........

1969 TOBAG O
AND TRINIDAD

S AMERICAN ........

1969
VENEZUELA

Sweden
Santo (DOS)

1965 Espirito Santo Island

Sao Braz
Azores (Sao Miguel,
Santa Maria Islands)

Sapper Hill 1943
East Falkland Island

Schwarzeck
Nambia

Selvagem Grande
Salvage Islands

SGS 85
Soviet Geodetic System 1985

South American 1969
Mean for Argentina, Bolivia,
Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador,
Guyana, Paraguay, Peru,
T rinidad & Tobago, Venezuela

South American 1969
Argentina

South American 1969
Bolivia

South American 1969
Brazil

South American 1969
Chile

South American 1969
Colombia

South American 1969
Ecuador

South American 1969
Ecuador (Baltra, Galapagos)

South American 1969
Guyana

South American 1969
Paraguay

South American 1969
Peru

South American 1969
Trinidad & Tobago

South American 1969
Venezuela

SOUTH ASIA .........

SINGAPORE .........

TANANARIVE ........

OBSERV ATORY
1925
MADAGASCAR

TIMBALAI ..............

1948 BRUNEI
E MALAYSIA

TOKYO...................

MEAN

TOKYO...................

JAPAN

TOKYO...................

KOREA

TOKYO...................

OKINAWA ..............

TRISTAN DA ..........

CUNHA
ASTRO 1968

VITI LEVU ..............

1916 FIJI

WAKE ....................

ENIWETOK ‘60 ......

MARSHALL ISL .....

WAKE ISLAND ......

ASTRO 1952

WGS 1972 .............

GLOBAL
DEFINITION

YACARE .................

URUGUAY

ZANDERIJ .............

SURINAME

South Asia
Singapore
Tananarive Observatory 1925

Madagascar

Timbalai 1948
Brunei, East Malaysia
(Sabah, Sarawak)

Tokyo
Mean for Japan, Korea, Okinawa

Tokyo
Japan

Tokyo
Korea

Tokyo
Okinawa
Tristan Astro 1968

Tristan da Cunha

Viti Levu 1916
Fiji (Viti Levu Island)

Wake
Eniwetok 1960
Marshall Islands
Wake Island Astro 1952

Wake Atoll
WGS 1972

Global Definition

Yacare
Uruguay

Zanderij
Suriname

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“We", “our”, or “us” refers to LOWRANCE ELECTRONICS, INC., the manufacturer of this
product. “You” or “your” refers to the first person who purchases this product as a con­sumer item for personal, family, or household use.

We warrant this product against defects or malfunctions in materials and workmanship,
and against failure to conform to this product’s written specifications, all for one year (1)
from the date of original purchase by you. WE MAKE NO O THER EXPRESS W ARRANTY
OR REPRESENTATION OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER CONCERNING THIS PRODUCT.
Your remedies under this warranty will be available so long as you can show in a reason­able manner that any defect or malfunction in materials or workmanship, or any non­conformity with the product’s written specifications, occurred within one year from the date
of your original purchase, which must be substantiated by a dated sales receipt or sales
slip. Any such defect, malfunction, or non-conformity which occurs within one year from
your original purchase date will either be repaired without charge or be replaced with a
new product identical or reasonably equivalent to this product, at our option, within a rea­sonable time after our receipt of the product. If such defect, malfunction, or non-conformity
remains after a reasonable number of attempts to repair by us, you may elect to obtain
without charge a replacement of the product or a refund for the product. THIS REPAIR,
REPLACEMENT, OR REFUND (AS JUST DESCRIBED) IS THE EXCLUSIVE REMEDY
AVAILABLE TO YOU AGAINST US FOR ANY DEFECT, MALFUNCTION, OR NON-CON­FORMITY CONCERNING THE PRODUCT OR FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE RESULT­ING FROM ANY OTHER CAUSE WHATSOEVER. WE WILL NOT UNDER ANY CIR­CUMSTANCES BE LIABLE TO ANYONE FOR ANY SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, INCI­DENTAL, OR OTHER INDIRECT DAMAGE OF ANY KIND.

Some states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential dam­ages, so the above limitations or exclusions may not apply to you.

This warranty does NOT apply in the following circumstances: (1) when the product has
been serviced or repaired by anyone other than us, (2) when the product has been con­nected, installed, combined, altered, adjusted, or handled in a manner other than accord­ing to the instructions furnished with the product, (3) when any serial number has been
effaced, altered, or removed, or (4) when any defect, problem, loss, or damage has re­sulted from any accident, misuse, negligence, or carelessness, or from any failure to pro­vide reasonable and necessary maintenance in accordance with the instructions of the
owner’s manual for the product.

We reserve the right to make changes or improvements in our products from time to time
without incurring the obligation to install such improvements or changes on equipment or
items previously manufactured.

This warranty gives you specific legal rights and you ma y also ha ve other rights which ma y
vary from state to state.

REMINDER: You must retain the sales slip or sales receipt proving the date of your origi­nal purchase in case warranty service is ever required.

LOWRANCE ELECTR ONICS, INC.

12000 E SKELLY DRIVE TULSA, OK 74128

[phone]

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How to Obtain Service
(Canadian Customers Only)

We back your investment in quality products with quick, expert service and genuine
Lowrance replacement parts. If you need service or repairs, contact the Lowrance
Factory Customer Service Department at the toll-free number listed below. A techni­cian may be able to solve the prob lem and sav e you the incon venience of returning your
unit. You will be asked for your unit's serial number.

800-324-1356

Canada Only. Monday through Friday 8:00 A.M. - 8:00 P.M. Central Time.
When sending a product for repair, please do the following:

1. Always use the original shipping container and filler material the product was packed
in when shipping your product.

2 Always insure the parcel against damage or loss during shipment. Lowrance does

not assume responsibility for goods lost or damaged in transit.

3. For proper testing, repair, and service, send a brief note with the product describing
the problem. Be sure to include y our name, return shipping address, and a daytime
telephone number.

How to Obtain Service
(International Customers Only - Except Canada)

If you need service or repairs, contact the dealer in the country you purchased your
unit.

WARRANTY REPAIR WILL BE HONORED ONLY IN THE

COUNTRY UNIT WAS PURCHASED.

Please follow the shipping instructions shown below on this page if you have to mail
your unit to the dealer. For proper testing, repair, and service, send a brief note with the
product describing the problem. Be sure to include your name, return shipping ad­dress, and a daytime telephone number.

Accessory Ordering Information - All Countries

To order accessor ies such as power cables or transducers, please contact:

1. Your local dealer. Most quality dealers that handle GPS navigation equipment
should be able to assist you with these items. Consult your local telephone direc­tory for listings.

2. Canadian customers only can write:
Lowrance/Eagle Canada, 919 Matheson Blvd., E. Mississauga, Ontario L4W2R7

or fax [phone]

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How to Obtain Service - U.S.A. Only

We back your investment in quality products with quick, expert ser vice
and genuine Lowrance® replacement parts. If you're in the United States
and you have questions, please contact the Factory Customer Service
Department using our toll-free number listed below. You must send the
unit to the factory for warranty service or repair. Please call the factory
before sending the unit. You will be asked for your unit's serial number.
Use the following toll-free number:

800-324-1356

U.S.A.only. Monday through Friday 8:00 A.M. - 8:00 P.M. Central time, except holidays.

Your unit is covered by a full one-y ear w arranty. (See page 60 inside this
manual for complete warranty details.) If your unit fails and the failure is
not covered b y the original warranty , Lowrance has a flat-r ate repair policy
that covers y our unit and accessories pack ed with the unit at the f actory.
There is a 180-day warranty on all non-w arranty repairs from the f actory,
which is similar to the original warranty , but is f or 180 days rather than one
year . For further details, please call us at the above number.

Lowrance also gives y ou free UPS shipping from anywhere in the conti­nental United States both to and from the factory for all warranty repairs.
You can also use the enclosed UPS shipping label for non-warranty ship­ments. See page 56 for more information. Remember, non-warranty re­pairs are subject to Lowrance's published flat-rate charges and 180-day
warranty.

LITHO IN U.S.A. 988-0145-34

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