Magellan SPORTRAK COLOR 2 User Manual

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Waypoints / Database

Accessing Waypoints in the Database — All stored waypoints, whether

user-input or preloaded, can be found in the Waypoint Database. You will need to access waypoints in the database whenever you are editing waypoints, activating a GOTO route or creating a multileg route.

Database

Use left/right

“Find By”

Highlight

Use up/down

arrows to select

category

From

Any

Screen

arrows to select

Selecting Waypoints from the Nearest List.

If Near P osition, N ear C ity or Near C ursor is selected as the “Find By” option for the database or if User was selected as the category, you will be presented with a list of waypoints that you can choose from. The information at the bottom of the screen indicates the bearing and distance to the highlighted waypoint from your present position.

Use up/down

arrows to highlight

waypoint

Selecting Waypoints from the Alphabetical List. If Alphabetical is selected as the “Find

By” option for the database a slightly different screen from the Nearest list is displayed. A keyboard is graphically displayed allowing you to enter the name of the waypoint or map object you are looking for. You need not enter the entire name, just enough letters to narrow the search down. (A minimum of four characters is recommended.) Selecting “OK” and pressing enter brings up a listing of the waypoints, starting with the one you entered at the top.

Note: When selecting the User category, the SporTrak does not use the keyboard display.

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Selecting Waypoints Nearest to the Cursor. As discussed in the Map

Saving Present Position as a Waypoint — Creates and stores your present

Screen section, the Map Screen has two modes of operation, position and cursor. If you are in the cursor mode you may want to know what waypoints are near your cursor rather than the ones nearest to your present position. You can do this by selecting the “Find By” option of Near C ursor . You are then presented with a list of waypoints that are close to the cursor for the category you selected.

After the list is presented, you can use the Up/Down arrows to highlight a waypoint, and press [ENTER] to view information on it. When highlighting a waypoint, the bearing and distance from the cursor to the waypoint is displayed at the bottom of the list.

Note: The “Find By” option Near C ursor is only available when the Map screen is in the Cursor Mode.

position into the memory of the SporTrak. Stored waypoints can be used in GOTO and route creation. While saving the waypoint, you can edit the icon, name and add a message or you can just save the waypoint using the default name supplied by the SporTrak.

From

Any

Screen

Modify

(see Note)

(Note: To modify the icon, name or message use the Up/Down arrows to highlight the field you wish to change and press [ENTER]. You are then placed into the Edit Mode . Using the method described in “Getting Started” you can personalize the waypoint, making it easy to remember what it is.)

Creating New Waypoint Manually — Allows the creation of a new

waypoint with coordinates other than your present position. The coordinates for the new position need to be entered manually.

Field

Highlight

Location

Field

Edit

Elevation

Field

Edit Line 1 of the Location

Field

Highlight

“Save” Button

From

Any

Screen

Edit Line 2 of

the Location

(Note: To modify the icon, name or message use the Up/Down arrows to highlight the field you wish to change and press [ENTER]. You are then placed into the Edit M ode .)

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Creating New Waypoint with Map Cursor — Provides a method of

creating a new waypoint with coordinates other than your present position. The new coordinates are computed automatically based on the location of the map cursor.

From Map

Screen

Use arrow

keys to move

cursor to

desired

Modify

(see Note)

(Note: To modify the icon, name or message use the Up/Down arrows to highlight the field you wish to change and press [ENTER]. You are then placed into the Edit M ode .)

Deleting a User Waypoint — Deletes a waypoint that you have created.

From

Any

Screen

Confirm?

Yes or No

Highlight

Database

Select

Waypoint to

be Deleted

Highlight

Delete

User

left/right

arrows select

“Find By”

Editing a User Waypoint — Allows you to edit a waypoint that you have

already stored in the SporTrak’s memory.

From

Any

Screen

Highlight

Database

Highlight

User

left/right

arrows select

“Find By”

Select

Waypoint to

be Edited

Repeat selecting and editing fields until all

changes are complete

Select Field

Highlight

“Save” button

to be

Edited

Edit the

Field

An alternative method to entering the edit mode is after highlighting

the waypoint you wish to modify press [MENU]. Highlight Edit WPT and press [ENTER].

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Viewing a Map Object on the Map — Displays on the Map the Map

Object you have selected.

Note: This function is for viewing map objects (cities, airports, etc.) only. See Viewing User Waypoints on the Map for instructions on how to perform this feature using User waypoints.

Select

Waypoint

Highlight

Database

Select

Database

Category

From

Any

Screen

from the list

Viewing a User Waypoint on the Map — Locates and displays on the

Map the selected User Waypoint.

From

Any

Screen

Select

Waypoint

from the list

Highlight

Database

Use U/D arrows

to highlight

“View” button

Highlight

User

Note: If the waypoint is used in a route you will get a warning that it is in a route after selecting it from the list. This is because the screen that you access the view button can also be used to edit the waypoint and it may be undesirable to edit a waypoint that is being used in a route.

Also note that any edits you make to the waypoint are not saved when you use the View button. You need to highlight the Save button and

press [ENTER] to record your changes.

Saving a Map Object as a User Waypoint — Saves a Map Object as a

waypoint to be stored in your User Waypoint List. You would do this should you want to modify the object or if you wanted to use the object as a waypoint in the Sun/Moon or Fish/Hunt functions.

Follow the instructions above for Viewing a M ap O bject on a M ap. Press

[MARK]. Edit any field of the waypoint that you want and when

you are done, highlight “Save” and press [ENTER].

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Searching for a Street Address — This option allows you to search an

uploaded map database for a specific street address. After finding the address, you can save it as a waypoint (“Mark”) or view it on the Map Screen.

NOTE: The option is av ailable ONL Y if y ou hav e uploaded one or mor e detailed maps fr om the M agellan M apS end S treets CD-R OM.

Enter street

name

Enter address number

Use arrows to

highlight an

uploaded map

region

Use arrows to highlight street name

Highlight

“Mark” or

“View”

From

Any

Screen

Highlight

Address

Use arrows to

view address

range

Highlight

Database

Mark. If you select “Mark” and press [ENTER], the Edit Waypoint screen is displayed. You can now change any of the attributes for this waypoint. Highlight “Save” and press [ENTER] to record this waypoint into the memory of the SporTrak.

View. Selecting “View” and pressing [ENTER] returns you to the Map Screen in the Cursor Mode with the cursor on the address you entered. From this point, you can create a waypoint by pressing the

[MARK] button.

Note: The address search has some limitations and is based upon the map that was uploaded from the MapSend Streets software. While you are entering the address you will notice that the available range is displayed on the screen. Addresses entered must fall within that range.

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Creating a GOTO Route — Creates and sets as the active route a 1-leg

Routes

From

Any

Screen

If a GOTO route

already exists, you will

be asked to clear it.

Select

Waypoint

from List

Select Waypoint Category

Use left/right

arrows to select

“Find By”

route with your present position as the starting point and a destination waypoint that you choose from the waypoint database.

GOTO routes are not saved in memory. When you turn your SporTrak off and then back on, the GOTO route is gone. You need to create a new GOTO route if you intend on completing the route.

Also note that when you are selecting the Waypoint Category you are being instructed to select the “Find By”. You can select only those waypoints in your general vicinity (Near Position) or all of the waypoints in the category in alphabetical order (Alphabetical).

Creating a Backtrack Route — Creates a route using track information

stored in the SporTrak to “retrace” your steps. A good example of using a backtrack would be if you were out hiking or jogging with your SporTrak turned on and computing position fixes. After 30 minutes you

From

Any

Screen

Highlight

Routes

Select

“Backtrack”

from Route List

Highlight

Activate Backtrk

choose to return to where you started, following the same route you just took. All you need do is follow the instructions below and let the SporTrak take you there.

Creating a Multileg Route — Provides the means to create a multileg

route that can be stored in memory.

Multileg routes are easily the most complicated function in the

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SporTrak, but once you can visualize what a multileg route (route) is, it becomes very easy to understand and create. If you understand that a GOTO is a 1-leg route with a starting point and a destination point, then imagine a bunch of GOTO’s strung together where the destination of one GOTO is the starting point for the next GOTO. That means if

Segment 1

Segment 2

Segment 3

you had three GOTO’s, one from “A” to “B”, another from “B” to “C” and a third from “C” to “D” you could then put them together to make one multileg route. In this example you would have a 3-leg route that went from “A” to “B” to “C” to “D”.

From

Any

Screen

Step 1: Select starting waypoint

Step 2: Select leg destination waypoint

Repeat Step 2 for all additional legs in the route.

Step 3: Save the route

Highlight

Routes

Select Waypoint Category

Select

Waypoint

from List

Use up/down arrows to move highlight to next available leg in the route. Indicated by dashes.

Select Waypoint Category

Use up/down

arrows to highlight

“Save Route” button

Use left/right

arrows to

select

“Find By”

Use L/R arrows

to select “Find By”

Select an

“Empty”

Route

Select Waypoint from List

These routes have an advantage over GOTO’s in that A) the starting point does not have to be your present position, B) they are always in memory and if activated they remain activated, even when you turn the SporTrak off and then back on, and C) they can be saved and used over and over again.

(Note: these routes have been termed “multileg” in an effort to make the understanding of them a little clearer, however you could create a 1-leg route and save it in the SporTrak’s memory.)

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Sample Route List

(Bold route indicates “Active” route)

Sample Route Create

Activating/Deactivating a Route — Enables the activating or deactivating

of a stored route. When a route is being used to navigate, it is termed to be “active”. When you want to use a route to navigate with, follow these steps to activate it.

From

Any

Screen

Highlight

Routes

Select Route

Highlight

Activate

Deactivate

(Note: If the route is active, the SporTrak will automatically display “Deactivate Route” in the menu and inversely if the route is not active, “Activate Route” will be displayed.)

Viewing a Route — Allows you to view the legs of a route using the same

screen that was used to create the route. Viewing a route can be used if you just wanted to see the components of the route or as a precursor to editing the route.

From

Any

Screen

Highlight

Routes

Select Route

Highlight

Map View Route

Editing a Route — Enables you to modify an existing route by inserting a

leg, deleting a leg or replacing a leg. Follow the instructions above for Viewing a R oute and then use the instructions for inserting, deleting, replacing or appending a leg as appropriate.

When you are done with editing the route, use the Up/Down arrows to highlight the “Save Route” button and press [ENTER].

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Inserting a Leg — Inserts a waypoint in the middle of an existing leg thereby making two legs where there used to be one.

Select route to be edited.

See Instructions for

Viewing a Route

Highlight

Insert

Highlight destination

waypoint for leg that will

have a leg inserted.

Select

Database

Select

Waypoint

In the example of a route that goes from “A” to “B” to “C” to “D”, if

Segment 1

Segment 2

Segment 3

Segment 4

you wanted to insert the waypoint “E” between “B” and “C” you would

highlight the waypoint “C” and follow the steps to insert waypoint “E”. Your route would then be “A”

to “B” to “E” to “C” to “D”.

Deleting a Leg — Deletes a leg from the route.

Select route to be edited.

See Instructions for

Viewing a Route

Highlight

Delete

Highlight destination

waypoint for leg that will

be deleted.

Replacing a Leg — Replaces the destination of an existing leg with a new destination.

Select route to be edited.

See Instructions for

Viewing a Route

Highlight

Replace

Select

Waypoint

Highlight destination

waypoint for leg that will

be replaced.

Select

Database

Appending a Leg — Adds a leg to the end of a route.

Select route to be edited.

See Instructions for

Viewing a Route

Select

Database

Highlight next available

leg. (Indicated by

dashes)

Select

Waypoint

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Appending a Newly Created Waypoint to a Route — Allows a newly

created waypoint to be appended to any route in memory.

Create a Waypoint by pressing the GOTO button. Can be present position, user-generated position

or by using Map Cursor to locate position.

Edit/Modify Waypoint as

desired.

Highlight

“Route”

Button

Select Route

Reversing a Route — Allows any route in memory to be reversed. In the

example used earlier of “A” to “B” to “C” to “D”, if this route were reversed it would end up as “D” to “C” to “B” to “A”.

Highlight

Reverse

Highlight

Routes

Select Route

From

Any

Screen

Deleting a Route — Enables the deletion of any route in memory. Useful

when you want to add a new route but no “EMPTY” routes are available.

Highlight

Delete

Highlight

Routes

Select Route

From

Any

Screen

Viewing a Route on the Map Screen — Provides you with a graphical

representation of the route selected on the Map screen.

From

Any

Screen

Highlight

Routes

Select Route

Highlight

Map View

Creating a Route Using Track History — This enables you to automati-

cally create a multileg route using your track history. This route will be saved to your route list with a naming convention of “T01P01 to T01Pxx” where Pxx indicates the number of points in the route.

From

Any

Screen

Highlight

Routes

Highlight

Save Trk to Rte

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Setup

Initializing the SporTrak — Enables you to initialize the SporTrak should

it be needed to speed up satellite acquisition. Two such instances would be travelling over 500 miles with your SporTrak turned off or complete loss of memory.

From

Any

Screen

Highlight

Setup

Highlight

Initialize

Highlight

Region

Input Time

Highlight

Area

Input

Date

Input

Elevation

(optional)

Tu r n ing NAV Screens On/Off — Allows you to turn off or on any of the

navigation screens you choose.

From

Any

Screen

Sat Status

On/Off

Position

On/Off

Highlight

Setup

Compass

On/Off

Road

On/Off

Highlight

Nav Screens

Large Data

On/Off

(Note: you must go through the entire sequence of nav screens for your selections to be saved. As an example, if you turn the Sat Status screen off and press

[ESC] before confirming all of the nav screens, your

selection will not be saved and the Sat Status screen will still be on.)

Default: All On

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Selecting the Coordinate System — Allows you to set the coordinate

system that will be used to display the position for the primary or secondary position screen. Available coordinate systems are: Lat/Lon, UTM, OSGB, Irish, Swiss, Swedish, Finnish, German, French, USNG, MGRS, or User Grid.

From

Any

Screen

Select Primary or

Secondary

The coordinate system you select

may require additional

information.

Highlight

Setup

Highlight

Coord System

Select Coordinate

System

Default: Primary - Lat/Lon DEG.MIN.MMM

Secondary - UTM

Selecting a Map Datum — Allows you to set the datum used to compute

the coordinates to match the datum used on a map or chart. If you are using a map or chart with your SporTrak and the datums do not match, you may find irregularities when comparing the coordinates.

From

Any

Screen

Highlight

Setup

Select Primary or

Secondary

Select

Datum

Highlight

Map Datum

Default: Primary - WGS84 Secondary - WGS84

Selecting the Elevation Mode — Allows you to select the elevation mode

used by the SporTrak. You may choose between 3D (uses satellite information to compute elevation) or 2D (displays a fixed elevation based upon the elevation entered).

From

Any

Screen

Select

3D or 2D

Highlight

Setup

Highlight

Elev Mode

Default: 3D

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Selecting the Time Format — Enables you to choose from three different

time formats: Local 24 Hr (military time), Local AM/PM or UTC.

From

Any

Screen

Select

Format

Highlight

Setup

If Local time is selected (24 hr. or

AM/PM) you will be prompted to enter

Highlight

Time Format

your local time.

Default: Local AM/PM

Selecting NAV Units — Allows you to select the units of measure that will

be used when displaying navigational data. Options are: Miles/Yd/ MPH, Miles/Ft/MPH, NM/Ft/Knots, or KM/KPH.

From

Any

Screen

Select

Nav Units

Highlight

Setup

Highlight

Nav Units

Default: Miles/Ft/MPH

Selecting the North Reference — Allows the selection of whether the

SporTrak uses True North, Magnetic North, Military True or Military Magnetic as its North reference.

From

Any

Screen

Highlight

Setup

Highlight

North Reference

Select North

Reference

Default: Magnetic

Setting the Backlight Timer — Allows you to set the time interval that

will be used to turn off the display backlight when not in use. Times available are: 30 seconds, 1 Minute, 2 Minutes, 4 Minutes, 10 Minutes or Timer Off.

From

Any

Screen

Select Timer

Duration

Highlight

Setup

Highlight

Light Timer

Default: 4 Minutes

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Tu rning the Beeper On/Off — Allows you to select which actions will

cause the beeper to sound. You can choose from Off, Keys Only (pressing a key causes a beep), Alarms Only (when an alarm is activated) or Keys & Alarms.

From

Any

Screen

Select

Beeper

Options

Highlight

Setup

Highlight

Beeper

Default: Keys & Alarms

Selecting NMEA Message — Allows the selection of the NMEA message

that will be output from the SporTrak. Choices are Off, V1.5 APA, V1.5 XTE or V2.1 GSA. Your choice will be dependent upon what message the device you are connecting to needs to receive.

From

Any

Screen

Select NMEA

Message

Highlight

Setup

Highlight

NMEA

Default: Off

Selecting the Baud Rate — Enables you to set the baud rate of the data

being sent out from the SporTrak’s output port. The baud rate sent out must match the baud rate that the receiving device is set for. You can choose from 1200 baud, 4800 baud, 9600 baud, 19200 baud, 57600 baud or 115200 baud.

From

Any

Screen

Select

Baud

Rate

Highlight

Setup

Highlight

Baud Rate

Default: 4800 Baud

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Selecting Daylight Savings — Allows you to select what region you are in

which will allow the SporTrak to automatically adjust the time displayed to compensate for daylight savings time. You can select United States (daylight savings starts on the first Sunday in April and ends on the last Sunday in October), European Union (daylight savings starts on the last Sunday in March and ends on the last Sunday in October), or you can select Customize which allows you to set the month and day that daylight savings starts and ends in your area.

From

Any

Screen

Highlight

Setup

Select

Region

Highlight

Daylight savings

Default: The appropriate daylight savings time (United States or European Union only) will automatically be set by the SporTrak during startup when you use the SporTrak for the first time.

Power Off Timer — Conserving battery life is important to any GPS user

and the power off timer provides another tool in saving battery life. Selecting “On” will allow you to select the mode and how long the SporTrak will stay powered on. If the mode you select is “Time”, the timer field allows you to select time that the SporTrak will remain on before automatically powering off if no keys are pressed. If the mode selected is “Position”, the timer field sets how soon the SporTrak will be powered down when the position hasn’t changed and if no keys have been pressed.

From

Any

Screen

Highlight

Setup

Highlight

Power Off Timer

Select

On or Off

If On, select Mode and

Timer settings

Default: Off

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