Lowrance electronic GlobalMap 12 User Manual

GlobalMap 12

INSTALLATION AND

OPERATION INSTRUCTIONS

GlobalMap 12™ is a trademark of Lowrance Electronics, Inc. Lowrance® is a registered trademark of Lowrance Electronics, Inc. IMS SmartMap™ is a trademark of Lowrance Electronics, Inc.

WARNING! USE THIS MAPPING UNIT ONL Y AS AN AID TO NA VIGA TION. A CAREFUL NAVIGATOR NEVER RELIES ON ONLY ONE METHOD TO OBTAIN POSITION INFORMATION.

Never use this product while operating a vehicle.

The background map built into this unit is not intended f or navigation and its accuracy has not been verified. This map is deriv ed from U .S. government sources which rely on ground and aerial surveys and satellite data. Since there can be inaccuracies in the data used to create the maps and in the map’s resolution, plus position inaccuracies in the navigation system, use caution when using this product.

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 storage temperature for y our unit is from -4 degrees to +167 degrees Fahrenheit (-20 to +75 deg rees Celsius). Extended stor age temperatures higher or lower than specified will cause the liquid crystal display to fail. Neither this type of failure nor its consequences are cov ered b y the warranty . For more information, consult the factory customer service department.

All features and specifications subject to change without notice. All screens in this manual are simulated. Many were taken with an IMS SmartMap™ loaded into one of the cartridge slots.

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

INSTALLATION............................................................................................................. 2

BATTERY INSTALLATION ............................................................................................ 3

ANTENNA..................................................................................................................... 4

MAP CARTRIDGE INSTALLATION ............................................................................. 5

REMOVING MAP CARTRIDGE ................................................................................... 6

KEYBOARD .................................................................................................................. 6

OPERATION ................................................................................................................. 7

TURNING POWER ON ................................................................................................ 7

MENUS ......................................................................................................................... 7

FINDING YOUR POSITION .......................................................................................... 7

COLD START ............................................................................................................... 7

INITIALIZATION ........................................................................................................... 8

ENTER BY MAP........................................................................................................... 8

ENTER MANUALLY...................................................................................................... 10

POSITION/NAVIGATION DISPLAYS ........................................................................... 11

NAVIGATION SCREENS ............................................................................................. 12

CDI INDICATOR ........................................................................................................... 13

MAPPING SCREENS .................................................................................................. 14

MAP CURSOR ............................................................................................................. 15

AUTOZOOM ................................................................................................................. 16

EARTH MAP OPTIONS ............................................................................................... 17

C-MAP OPTIONS......................................................................................................... 19

NAVIONICS OPTIONS ................................................................................................. 19

PLOTTER OPTIONS.................................................................................................... 21

ICONS .......................................................................................................................... 23

WINDOWS.................................................................................................................... 25

REPROGRAM WINDOW GROUPS............................................................................. 25

SATELLITE INFORMATION SCREEN ......................................................................... 26

DUAL MAPPING ........................................................................................................... 27

CLOCK ......................................................................................................................... 27

TIMERS ........................................................................................................................ 2 9

REPROGRAM BOXES................................................................................................. 30

WAYPOINT DATABASE ............................................................................................... 30

SAVING PRESENT POSITION AS A WAYPOINT (QUICK SAVE)............................. 30

SAVING CURSOR POSITION AS A WAYPOINT ........................................................ 32

SAVING PRESENT POSITION AS A WAYPOINT (SELECT WAYPOINT #).............. 32

SAVING CURSOR POSITION AS A WAYPOINT (SELECT WAYPOINT #) ............... 32

EDIT WAYPOINT LAT/LON .......................................................................................... 33

WAYPOINT NAMES ..................................................................................................... 33

WAYPOINT ICONS ...................................................................................................... 34

DELETE A WAYPOINT ................................................................................................ 34

MOVE A WAYPOINT .................................................................................................... 35

DISTANCE BETWEEN WAYPOINTS........................................................................... 35

WAYPOINT OPTIONS.................................................................................................. 36

ROUTES ....................................................................................................................... 36

SELECT WAYPOINTS - WAYPOINT LIST................................................................... 37

SELECT WAYPOINTS - FROM MAP........................................................................... 38

FINISHING THE ROUTE .............................................................................................. 38

FOLLOWING A ROUTE ............................................................................................... 39

DELETE A ROUTE....................................................................................................... 40

NAVIGATION ................................................................................................................ 40

NAVIGATE TO A WAYPOINT ....................................................................................... 40

NAVIGATE TO CURSOR POSITION ........................................................................... 41

NAVIGATE TO A WAYPOINT USING THE MAP ......................................................... 41

CANCEL NAVIGATION ................................................................................................ 42

SYSTEM SETUP.......................................................................................................... 42

TRACK HOLDING ........................................................................................................ 42

GPS CORRECTIONS .................................................................................................. 43

DATUM .......................................................................................................................... 43

PCF (POSITION CORRECTION FACTOR)................................................................. 44

UNITS OF MEASURE .................................................................................................. 45

POSITION FORMAT .................................................................................................... 45

NMEA/DGPS ................................................................................................................ 46

SERIAL COMMUNICATION SETUP ............................................................................ 49

RESET OPTIONS ........................................................................................................ 49

RESET GROUPS ......................................................................................................... 49

SYSTEM INFO ............................................................................................................. 49

NAME INPUT ............................................................................................................... 50

GPS SETUP ................................................................................................................. 50

GPS UPDATE RATE/BATTERY SAVE......................................................................... 51

POSITION PINNING .................................................................................................... 51

EXECUTE GPS SELF-TEST ....................................................................................... 51

EXECUTE GPS COLD STA RT .................................................................................... 52

ALARMS ....................................................................................................................... 52

MESSAGES.................................................................................................................. 53

BACKLIGHT ................................................................................................................. 54

CONTRAST .................................................................................................................. 54

SPEAKER ON/OFF ...................................................................................................... 54

SIMULATOR ................................................................................................................. 55

BATTERIES .................................................................................................................. 56

DEFINITION OF TERMS/ABBREVIATIONS ............................................................... 57

WINDOW BOXES......................................................................................................... 58

WINDOW GROUPS ..................................................................................................... 60

UPS RETURN POLICY ................................................................................................ 62

WARRANTY ................................................................................................................. 64

DATABASE LICENSE AGREEMENT........................................................................... 65

DATABASES LIMITED WARRANTY............................................................................ 66

HOW TO OBTAIN SERVICE - INTERNATIONAL .......................... INSIDE BACK COVER

HOW TO OBTAIN SERVICE - U.S.A. ONLY ................................................BACK COVER

INTRODUCTION

Thank you for purchasing an Lowrance® GlobalMap 12™. With its large LCD screen, easy to use menus, and outstanding performance, we think you’ll be happy with this product f or man y y ears.

The GlobalMap 12 can be used for fishing, hiking, canoeing, offshore boating, and just about any other ground-based activity . This product also takes IMS SmartMap™, C-MAP™, and Navionics™ cartridges, which show greater detail of land and hydrog raphic f eatures.

Like most GPS receivers, your GlobalMap 12 doesn’t ha ve a compass or any other navigation aid built into it. It relies solely on the signals from the satellites to determine its position. Speed, direction of tra vel, and distance are all calculated from position information. Therefore, in order for it to determine the direction you’re travelling, you must be moving, and the faster - the better . This is not to say the unit w on’t work at walking speeds

- it will. But the faster you travel, the easier it is for the unit to determine your direction.

GPS works from satellites that transmit information to the world at very high frequencies. One disadvantage to this frequency is that it’s “line-ofsight”. In other words, the signals don’t bounce around like your local radio or television. If you don’t have a clear view of the sky, or if you’re inside a metal building, the unit probably won’t be able to pick up the signals from the satellites. This is common among all GPS receivers . W e have f ound that using this product inside a car is usually sufficiently close to the windows and windshield that it works well. However, there is an optional remote antenna bracket and cable (model PA-2) that lets you mount the removable antenna on top of the dash, in case it’s required.

Another factor that influences the GPS’ position and navigation capabilities is called selective av ailability or SA. This is small errors purposefully injected into the transmitted signal from the satellites. The government does this to degrade the system’ s accur acy to civilian and f oreign users.

Even with SA, GPS is the most accurate na vigation system ever inv ented on such a large scale. The Gover nment’s accuracy specification is 100 meters horizontally and 150 meters vertically 95% of the time. In other words, the position shown on your GlobalMap 12 could be up to 100 meters in any direction from your actual position, and the altitude could be plus or minus 150 meters from what’ s shown on the screen, 95% of the time .

One way around the S/A problem is to purchase a DGPS receiver and connect it to your GlobalMap 12. A DGPS receiver (commonly called a beacon receiver), picks up correction signals broadcast from ground sta

tions. The GlobalMap 12 takes these corrections and applies them to the position and altitude screens, giving you much better accuracy. Ev en with S/A on, and without a DGPS receiver , y our GlobalMap 12 gives y ou outstanding position and navigation information.

Please sit down with the unit and this manual and f amiliarize yourself with them before using this unit in the “real w orld”. A sim ulator is built in, which lets you practice with the receiver.

INSTALLATION

The GlobalMap 12 operates from six AA batteries or from 6 to 35 volts DC. The cigarette lighter adapter included with your unit plugs into virtually any vehicle’s electrical system. The GlobalMap 12 automatically switches to external power when it’s plugged into the unit (provided that the external power is a higher voltage than the batteries.) If, for any reason, the external power f ails , the unit will automatically s witch to the batteries. The GlobalMap 12 does not require batteries when external power is in use, however they make a good backup in case of power failure. An optional rechargeable battery pack, (model RBP-L) has a nickle-metal hydride battery and charger built into a pack that’ s almost identical to the alkaline battery pack that slides onto the bottom of the GlobalMap 12.

An external antenna kit is also availab le (model PA-2) that allows the removable antenna to be mounted on a suction cup br ac k et up to four feet awa y from the GPS receiv er.

RBP-L

P A-2

BATTERY INSTALLATION

The GlobalMap 12 requires six AA batteries. We recommend DURA CELL alkaline batteries, but other brands will work. You can use lithium batteries which will last longer than alkaline batteries (but cost more) or rechargeable ni-cad batteries (won’t last as long as standard alkalines). Rechargeable alkaline batteries such as RayOVac® Renewals® will also work .

Do not use heavy-duty batteries or any battery 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.)

To install the batteries, first turn the GlobalMap 12 so that it is facing you. Now grasp the bottom part of the case and push it to the right until it

comes completely off the unit. The bottom part of the case holds the batteries. Next, push the battery holder out the bottom of the battery cover as shown below. Install each battery with the negative end (-) against the spring. The positive end (+) of each battery should be firmly against the metal plate. When all six batteries are installed, slide the battery holder into the battery cover.

If the battery holder sticks when sliding into the battery cover, apply a thin film of petroleum jelly to the “O” rings on the battery holder.

IMPORTANT!

There are arrows molded into the bottom of the battery cover and battery holder. Mak e certain the arrows are properly aligned! Otherwise, the battery holder won’t slide all the way into the cover and the battery pack won’t slide onto the unit.

Slide the battery pack onto the unit and the GlobalMap 12 is ready for use.

ANTENNA

Your GlobalMap 12 has a removable antenna that folds over the display when the unit is not in use. This prevents damage to the display. To open the antenna, simply lift on an edge and raise it to the desired position. The antenna is a quick release design, simplifying its remov al and installation. To remove the antenna, push the antenna to the right (1), while simultaneously moving the antenna up (2), until it clears the AirMap's right side (3). To replace the antenna, reverse the above steps. Make certain to align the antenna with the GlobalMap 12 until the antenna slides into place to the left by itself. When it does, the antenna has mated with the connector inside the unit and it’s ready f or use .

1. 2. 3.

MAP CARTRIDGE INSTALLATION

The GlobalMap 12 uses IMS SmartMap™ and WorldMap™, C-Map™, and Navionics™ cartridges, all of which are packaged in a cartridge housing specifically designed for Lowrance mapping products .

The IMS SmartMap™ car tridges contain digitized data of over 120,000 bodies of water . Nearly all inland waterw ays-pub lic and private lakes , rivers, and streams, plus coastal United States waters up to 25 miles out are included. There are also state and U.S. interstate highways and routes, cities and towns. These inland mapping cartridges cover the entire continental United States in 64 highly detailed cartridges. The WorldMap™ cartridges cover all other areas of the world, showing more detail than the background map , b ut not as much as the SmartMap™ areas.

The Navionics and C-Map cartridges cover most of the world with detailed views of coastal and some inland waters. Over 600 cartridges are available.

LEI IMS

TEXAS

NORTH

LEI IMS

OKLAHOMA

EAST

To install a cartridge into the GlobalMap 12,

turned off.

Never install or remove a cartridge with the unit turned

LEI IMS

AMERICAS

DATABASE

LEI IMS

OKLAHOMA

EAST

first make certain the unit is

on! You can damage your unit if y ou install or remove a cartridge with the unit turned on. Ne xt, pry the cover off the bac k of the unit. Place the cartridge into either slot with it’s label facing you as shown at the bottom of the previous page. Now slide the cartridge towards the top until it stops. Replace the cover .

REMOVING A CAR TRIDGE

If you have difficulty removing a cartridge, use the back cover as a removal tool. Simply press one side of the cover against the ridge on the cartridge and gently push towards the bottom of the unit. Don’t use a corner of the cover - it could damage it.

KEYBOARD

The keyboard has twelve keys. The arrow keys are tied to most of the features, letting you easily move the mapping cursor, navigate through the menus, make selections from men us, and other tasks .

PAGES

Z-OUT Z-IN ENT PWR

WPT

EXIT

The WPT k ey lets y ou create, sav e, and recall wa ypoints and routes. The P A GES key s witches the unit between the three major displays: windows , navigation, and mapping. To select different features, or to modify functions, press the MENU key. The Z-OUT and Z-IN keys z oom-out and zoomin your view on the mapping screen. The ENT and EXIT keys let y ou enter or erase selections. The PWR key turns both the GlobalMap 12 and its lights on and off.

Note: To prev ent an accidental po wer shutdown, y ou must hold the PWR key down for a few seconds in order to turn the unit off.

OPERATION

Turning Power On

T o turn the GlobalMap 12 on, simply press the PWR key. A screen similar to the one at right appears. Press the EXIT key to erase this screen.

MENUS

Most of the adjustments and features are found on “men us”. Pressing the MENU k ey lets you view the menus . Different menus items are added or subtracted to the basic list, depending on which mode (mapping, navigation, or windows) the unit is in. This gives y ou the features that are specific to the mode you are in, but also has items that are used on all modes.

T o er ase the main menu, simply press the EXIT key.

Finding Y our Position

Cold Start

When it’s turned on for the v ery first time, the GPS receiver doesn’t kno w where it is, nor what the local time or date is. If you tell it your position, time, and date, the unit will take less time to lock-on to the satellites and give you a fix or position.

However, if you don’t want to push buttons at this time, that’s fine. The GlobalMap 12 will lock onto the satellites and give y ou a position without any input from you. This is called a “cold-start”. It simply means that the unit is searching without your help for the satellites that are in orbit. A cold-start can take up to 5 minutes to acquire enough satellite data to determine your position, although it typically takes less time than that.

Once the GPS receiver locks on to the satellites and finds y our position, it stores the satellite data in its memory. The next time you use the unit, it should take less time to lock on.

Once the GlobalMap 12 locks on to the satellites and finds your position, it stores the satellite data in its memory . The ne xt time y ou use the unit, it should take much less time to lock on.

T o use y our GlobalMap 12, first take it outside, awa y from trees and buildings. You need a clear view of the sky.

Open the antenna and adjust it so that it is parallel with the ground. Press the PWR key. Read the message on the screen, then press the EXIT key to erase the message. A screen similar to the one at right appears.

This is Map 3. Your present position is shown as a cross surrounded by a diamond. As you wait f or the GlobalMap 12 to find your position, you’ll see numbers flashing on the display. Anytime you see flashing numbers, it means the GlobalMap 12 does not have a position! Do not rely on any data that is flashing! When the numbers stop flashing, the unit has loc ked on to the satellites and the position is good.

That’s all y ou have to do to find y our position. The time displa y may not be correct when the cold start method is used. See the manual initialization section for details on changing the time.

Finding Y our Position

Initialization

A cold-start as described above can take up to 5 minutes to find your position. There is another method to initialize the GlobalMap 12 that may let it acquire the satellites faster. Manually entering your position, local time and date will help the GPS receiver determine which satellites are available and lock on to them faster. There are two ways to input your position. You can locate your position on the receiver’ s map or enter your latitude and longitude. Remember, once the receiver finds its position, it stores the position into memory. The receiver won’t have to initializ ed the next time you it on.

Enter by Map

To show the receiver your approximate location on its map, first press the MENU ke y , then the up or down arrow keys until the “GPS SETUP” menu is highlighted as sho wn at right. Now press the right arrow key. The screen shown at the top of the next page appears .

Using the down arrow key, highlight the “Initialize GPS Receiver” menu, then press the right arrow key. The screen shown below appears next.

This is the GPS initialization screen. The position, altitude, time, and date the GPS receiver is currently using to find the satellites is shown at the bottom of this screen. Changing these values to your local position and time will speed the position lock.

T o change the position, highlight the “EDIT LA T/ LON label, then press the right arrow key. A screen similar to the one at right appears. With the “INPUT FROM MAP” label highlighted, press the right arrow key. The screen below appears.

The mapping screen appears with two lines that intersect at the center. These lines are the cursor. Using the arrow keys, mov e the cursor to your present position. You can use the Z-IN and Z-OUT keys to zoom in or out to find y our area on the map. Once you have the cursor close to your location, simply press the ENT

key. The unit returns to the GPS SETUP menu with your local latitude and longitude showing in the box at the bottom of the screen.

Enter Manually

To change the position by manually entering the latitude and longitude, press the MENU key, then highlight the “GPS SETUP” label and press the right arrow key. Now press right arrow key again while the “EDIT LAT/LON” box is highlighted. The screen shown at right appears. Highlight the “INPUT MANU ALLY” label and press the right arrow key. The screen shown below appears.

If your latitude is south, press the up or down arrow key to change it. If it is north, press the right arrow key to highlight the first number in the latitude. Now press the up arro w key to increase the number or the down arrow key to decrease it. Once the first number in the latitude is set, press the right arrow key once to move to the ne xt number in the latitude .

Keep pressing the arrow k eys until the latitude and longitude are set to your local position. (Note: This position does not have to be v ery accurate. If y ou can get it within one degree of your actual position, that will be fine.) When it’ s set, press the ENT key. The GlobalMap 12 accepts your entry and returns to the GPS setup menu.

Now change the local time and date if they’re incorrect on this screen by highlighting the appropriate label and pressing the right arrow key. (Don’t worry about altitude.) When everything is acceptable, press the EXIT key to return to a mode screen. The GlobalMap 12 will instantly use the data you entered to find the satellites in the sky. (The unit knows which satellites will be availab le at the position, date, and time you entered. Therefore, it will only look for those satellites, making the search time much shorter than a cold start which looks for all of the satellites until it finds three.)

IMPORTANT!

If the data shown in digital numbers on any screen is flashing, it means that data is invalid. DO NOT RELY ON ANY NUMBERS THA T ARE FLASHING! Usually , this happens when the GPS receiver has lost its loc k on the satellites. The data that is flashing was the last kno wn when the unit lost its navigational capability .

DO NOT NAVIGATE WITH THIS UNIT UNTIL THE DATA STOPS

FLASHING!

POSITION/NA VIGA TION DISPLAYS

The GlobalMap 12 has navigation, mapping, and windows group modes . These screens were designed to show data that is used most often. Many of the navigation, mapping, and windows screens can be customized to show data other than the ones chosen by the f actory . See the Reprog ram Groups section for more details.

The three default displays are shown below. To change displays, simply press the PAGES key. A screen similar to the one at right appears. Now press the up or down arrow keys to change modes . (The windows display is shown as "Groups". For example, Group A is the first windows group on the PAGES menu.) Press the right arrow key to see more screens on each mode. When the desired screen appears, press the EXIT key to clear the menu.

NAVIGATION

(Nav 1)

MAPPING

(Map 3)

WINDOWS

(Group A)

Note: F or a list of abbre viations used on the displays, see the bac k of this manual.

Navigation Screens

There are two navigation screens. Nav screen number one sho ws a graphical view of your trip , the other screen shows all navigation details in large digital numbers.

Nav Screen #1

This screen is dominated by a compass rose. Your track (direction of travel) is indicated by an arrow pointing down toward the compass rose at the top center of the screen. Track is also shown in the upper right corner of the display under the “TRK” label. In the example screen shown at right, the track is 355°. The line extending behind the arrow in the center shows your trac k history.

Your speed over ground or Ground Speed is shown at the bottom of this screen. In this example, the ground speed is 21.3 miles per hour. The screen looks like this when you’ re not navigating to a wa ypoint. (See page 39 for information on wa ypoint navigation.) If y ou navigate to a w a ypoint, the screen looks like the one below.

The bearing to the destination waypoint is shown in the upper left corner of the screen. Bearing is also shown by the large arrow pointing up to the compass.

The numbers on either side of the center arrow show the cross track error range . In other words, (using the screen at right as an example) if the arrow crosses the dark band on either side, you are .10 miles to the left or right of the desired course.

A circle depicting your destination appears on the screen as you approach the waypoint, as shown here.

The digital boxes at the bottom of the screen show (from left to right) your distance to go to the destination (DIS), estimated time en route (ETE), ground speed (GS), and course (CRS). Course (CRS) is the bearing from your starting location to your destination. (Remember,

course has nothing to do with your present position, except f or your starting location.) It’s shown as a dotted line on the NAV 1 display. This is shown as a reminder so that if you de viate from your original course, y ou can easily return to it. (A “course” is a proposed path over the ground. A “track” is y our actual path over ground.)

All of the digital boxes on this screen are programmable. See the “Programming” section f or more inf ormation.

Nav Screen #2

The navigation screen shows navigation inf ormation in large digital numbers. To vie w this screen, press the PAGES k e y, then press the up arrow key until the black box surrounds the “NAV 1” label. Now press the right arrow key. A screen similar to the one belo w appears. Press the EXIT key to erase the menu.

This screen is composed of eight digital display boxes, showing your track (TRK), and ground speed (GS). The other boxes show navigation data when a waypoint is recalled, including bearing to the waypoint (BRG), distance to waypoint (DIS), velocity made good (VMG), estimated time en route (ETE), local time (CLOCK), and a CDI. The CDI is a course deviation indicator, showing your distance to the left or right of the desired course.

You can reprogram all of the digital box es on the NAV 2 screen. See the "Programming" section for more inf ormation.

COURSE DEVIATION INDICAT OR (CDI)

The CDI shows your distance to the left or right of the desired course to a waypoint. (In order to use the CDI, you must first recall a w aypoint or route. See the Navigation section for more details.) The arrow in the center of the box shows the direction to the destination. For example, if you’re travelling straight towards the waypoint, the arrow points straight up. If you turn to the right, the arrow points to the left, showing that the destination is to your left.

The smaller arrows pointing down on each side show the CDI’ s range. The def ault is 1/10 mile. The small vertical bar shows the distance off course and represents the course line. If the bar moves to the right, then you are to the left of the desired course line, and vice-versa. The CDI indicator shown above shows that we are about .02 miles to the left of the desired course. (With the CDI range of .10 miles, each vertical dotted line represents .02 mile.) You can adjust the CDI’s range through the “Alarms/CDI” men u.

Using the CDI with a mapping screen helps you visualize your position in relation to the course. The screen belo w left shows that we are on course. The CDI arrow is pointing straight ahead and no off-course bar is showing. Looking at the screen on the right, howe v er , y ou can see that we are off course to the right. In f act, w e are so far off course that we exceeded the range of the CDI. The vertical bar has gone off the scale on the left side of the CDI. A small arrow points to the left, showing the direction to the desired course line. The CDI gives you a quick, easy to read visual indicator of your relationship between your direction of tra v el and the desired direction.

Mapping

The GlobalMap 12 has a ground map of the world built inside. This map has the majority of its detail in far southern Canada, the continental United States and Hawaiian islands, northern Mexico, the Bahamas, and Bermuda. The bac kground map shows when the GlobalMap 12 is first turned on, with or without a map cartridge.

There are three different mapping screens availab le. Map screen number 3 shows b y default, as shown at right. Your current position displays at the center of the screen by a cross surrounded by a flashing diamond.

MAP 1 MAP 2 MAP 3

To view the other mapping screens, press the PAGES key. Press the up or down arrow key to highlight the "MAP 1" label. Now press the right or left arrow key to select a diff erent mapping screen. Press the EXIT k ey to erase the pages menu.

Maps 2 and 3 (as shown above) have navigation data displayed using digital numbers. The digital displays on map 3 can be rearranged or changed to other displays. See the “Reprogram Boxes” section for more information.

As you move, the map slides past your present position, which always remains at the center of the screen. The line extending from your position sho ws the path you’ve tak en.

Use the Z-OUT and Z-IN keys to enlarge or reduce the mapping area. If you have an IMS SmartMap™ cartridge installed, it’s detail typically begins showing when you zoom in to the 10 mile r ange.

Map Cursor

Pressing an arrow key while a map is on shows two dotted lines that intersect at your present position. These dotted lines are called a “cursor” and have a v ariety of uses.

You can move the cursor around the display b y pressing the arrow ke ys in the direction you want it to move. This lets you view different areas of a map, away from your present position. When it’s turned on, the zoom-in and zoom-out keys w ork from the cursor’s position - not the present position, so you can zoom in on any detail, anywhere while na vigating.

The latitude/longitude of the cursor shows in the box at the top of the screen whenev er the cursor is activ ated.

CURSOR OFF

CURSOR ON

The map cursor is also used to place and erase icons and waypoints .

AUTOZOOM

Generally, when you travel using a mapping receiver like the GlobalMap 12, you spend some amount of time zooming in and out, looking at detail or the whole route between the start and destination.

The GlobalMap 12 has an autozoom feature that eliminates much of the button pushing that competitive units force you to make. It works in conjunction with the navigation feature . First y ou must recall a waypoint. (See the waypoint section for more information on navigating to a waypoint.) When you turn the autozoom mode on, the GlobalMap 12 zooms in on your present position. As you trav el towards the destination (recalled wa ypoint), the GlobalMap 12 begins zooming out, showing more of your course to the waypoint. After you cross the halfway point to your destination, the GlobalMap 12 zooms in closer, one zoom range at a time, keeping the destination on the screen. Nearly every time it zooms in, you can see more detail. This is a benefit for two reasons. Number one, you want to see more detail as you get closer to the destination, especially if you’ve never been there before. Two, it takes a load (small, perhaps, but still another thing to keep track of) while y ou’re occupied with other details.

The screens at the top of the next page show a slice of the progression of a trip on an area lake. Screen number one is the start and is on the 1 mile range. Intermediate stages progressively zoom out, until you’ re at the midway point. The GlobalMap 12 then begins zooming in as you get closer to the destination.

To use the autozoom feature, first set the GlobalMap 12 up to navigate to a waypoint. (See the Navigation section for more details.) Next, simply press the MENU key, then use the up or down arrow keys to highlight the “AUT OZOOM OFF/ON” menu. Press the right arrow ke y to turn it on, the left to turn it off.

EARTH MAP OPTIONS

The earth map consists of the built-in background map of the world, plus any cartridge that is attached to the GlobalMap 12. To change the Earth map options, first press the MENU key, then press the up or down arrow keys until the Earth Map label appears. Highlight the label, then press the right arrow key to select it. The screen shown at right appears.

T ext Labels

Use this menu to turn all names on the map (such as Lake Tahoe or Mississippi River) off or on. The def ault is “on”. Press the left arrow key to turn them off.

Map Boundaries

If you have a IMS SmartMap™, Navionics®, or a C-MAP™ cartridge plugged into the back of the GlobalMap 12, this feature will show the boundaries of the cartridge on the map. This lets you know the e xact area covered by y our cartridge. The example at the top of the next page sho ws

the boundaries of the Oklahoma - East IMS SmartMap car tridge. The default for this feature is on. Press the left arrow key on the “MAP BOUNDS” label to turn them off.

Earth Map On/Off

You can turn the earth map completely off, clearing the screen of all ground detail (including IMS SmartMap cartridge detail). To do this, highlight the “EARTH MAP OFF/ON” label and press the left arrow key.

Icons On/Off

The GlobalMap 12 has symbols that you can place at any location. These symbols can be turned off, if desired. To do so, mov e the blac k bo x to the “ICONS OFF/ON” label and press the left arrow key. See the “ICONS” section in this manual for more information on the icon symbols. Note: This doesn’t erase the icons, it merely “hides” them.

Move Map Center

In normal operation, the present position indicator stays in the center of the screen and the map moves past it as you travel. To move the present position indicator to a different part of the screen, highlight the “Mov e Map Center” label on the “Earth Map Options” menu and press the right arrow k ey.

The unit returns to the mapping screen with the message “Set Map Center” flashing at the bottom of the screen. Use the arrow keys to mov e the present position indicator to the desired location on the screen, then press the EXIT key. This locks the present position indicator in this location.

The above e xamples show the present position in the center of the screen, then moving the present position down and to the left. This shows more of the lake.

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