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Magellan eXplorist 200

Reference Manual

Topics:

• eXplorist 200 GPS Receiver

• Using the eXplorist 200

• Starting Up

• Navigation Screens

• Points of Interest

• Routes

• Track Logs

• Preferences

• Specifications

• Accessories

• Contacting Magellan Support

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*** Warnings ***

IN THE INTEREST OF SAFETY, DO NOT USE THIS NAVIGATION DEVICE WHILE DRIVING

A VEHICLE.

Please do not try and change any settings on the Magellan®eXplorist™ while driving. Come to a complete stop or have a passenger make any changes. Taking your eyes off the road is dangerous and can result in an accident in which you or others could be injured.

USE GOOD JUDGEMENT

This product is an excellent navigation aid, but does not replace the need for careful orienteering and good judgement. Never rely solely on one device for navigating.

USE CARE

The Global Positioning System (GPS) is operated by the U.S. Government, which is solely responsible for the accuracy and maintenance of the GPS network.The accuracy of position fixes can be affected by the periodic adjustments to GPS satellites made by the U.S. government and is subject to change in accordance with the Department of Defense civil GPS user policy and the Federal Radionavigation Plan. Accuracy can also be affected by poor satellite geometry and obstructions, like buildings and large trees.

USE PROPER ACCESSORIES

Use only Magellan cables and antennas; the use of non-Magellan cables and antennas may severely degrade performance or damage the receiver, and will void the warranty.

LICENSE AGREEMENT

Thales Navigation grants you, the purchaser, the right to use the software supplied in and with Thales Navigation GPS products (the “SOFTWARE”) in the normal operation of the equipment in accordance with the terms of the End User License Agreement that is included with the product.

The SOFTWARE is the property of Thales Navigation and/or its suppliers and is protected by United States copyright laws and international treaty provisions; therefore, you must treat the SOFTWARE like any other copyright material.

You may not use, copy, modify, reverse engineer or transfer this SOFTWARE except as expressly provided in the license. All rights not expressly granted are reserved by Thales Navigation and/or its suppliers.

* * * No part of this guide may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means,

electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, for any purpose other than the purchaser’s personal use without the prior written permission of Thales Navigation.

631182-01 B

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eXplorist 200 GPS Receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Features of the Magellan eXplorist GPS receiver:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Button Descriptions: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Installing the Batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Using the eXplorist 200 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Going to a Destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Saving Your Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Tracing Your Steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Additional Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Summary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Starting Up. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Turning the eXplorist On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Turning the eXplorist Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Turning the Display Backlight On/Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Using the eXplorist for the First Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Conclusion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Navigation Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Accessing the Navigation Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Map Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Map Screen Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Changing Map Scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Map Screen Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Showing or Hiding Map Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Customizing the Map Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Changing the Map Orientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Changing the Primary Usage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Compass Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Compass Screen Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Customizing the Information Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Position Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Position Screen Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Resetting the Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Satellite Status Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

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Table of Contents

Points of Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Marking Your Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Quick Marking Your Position. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Marking Your Position (Personalized). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Making POIs for Locations other then your Present Position . . . . . . . . . 27

Marking a Position by Entering Coordinates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Marking a Position using the Map Cursor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Marking a Position from a Map Object. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

The POI Database. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Searching for a User-Entered POI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Searching for a Preloaded POI using Nearest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Searching for a Preloaded POI using Alphabetical . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Editing a User-Created POI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Deleting a User-Created POI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Viewing a User-Created POI on the Map Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Copying a Preloaded POI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Viewing a Preloaded POI on the Map Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Routes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

GOTO Routes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Creating a GOTO Route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Creating a GOTO Route from the Map Cursor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Creating a GOTO Route to a Map Object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Multi-Leg Routes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Creating a Multi-leg Route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Activating/Deactivating a Route. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Changing the Destination Leg of an Active Route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Editing a Saved Route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Reversing a Route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Deleting a Route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Copying a Route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Viewing a Route on the Map. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

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Track Logs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Track Logs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Stopping and Resuming Active Track Logging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Starting a New Active Track Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Saving an Active Track Log. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Creating a BackTrack Route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Clearing the Active Track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Converting the Track Log to a Route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Viewing the Track Log on the Map. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Working with Saved Track Logs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Following Saved Track Logs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Reversing a Saved Track Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Deleting a Saved Track Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

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Restarting the GPS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Setting the Map Units. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Selecting Navigational Units of Measure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Selecting the North Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Selecting the Coordinate System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Selecting the Map Datum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Using the Power Management Tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Setting the Power Off Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Setting the Light Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Personalizing the eXplorist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Selecting Languages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Clearing Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Clearing All Track Logs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Clearing All User-Entered POIs and Routes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Clearing All Routes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Resetting the eXplorist to Factory Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Contacting Magellan Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

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eXplorist 200 GPS Receiver

Features of the Magellan eXplorist GPS receiver:

• Built-in background map

• Preloaded points of interest

• Rugged design, rubber protected

• 8 MB of background map

• Superior tracking with 14 parallel channels

• 14 hour+ battery life on 2 AA batteries

Antenna

Display Backlight

Button

™

• TrueFix

• 3 meter accuracy (WAAS/EGNOS)

• Multiple track logs

• Stores up to 500 points of interest and 20 routes

• Pocket-sized and waterproof to IPX-7

GPS technology

On/Off Button

Arrow Joystick

ZOOM IN

NAV

MARK

eXplorist 200 GPS Receiver (front)

ENTER

ZOOM OUT

GOTO

ESCAPE

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Button Descriptions:

On/Off Turns the eXplorist on or off.

Backlight Turns the display backlight on. Sequences from off to low to high

intensity.

ENTER Used to access highlighted menu items or accept highlighted

buttons.

ESCAPE Cancels data inputs.

Closes the accessed function and goes back to the last viewed screen.

Steps backwards through the navigation screens.

ZOOM IN Used on the Map screen to zoom in the map displayed. The map

display can be zoomed in to 100 ft. (35.0 m).

Also used to quickly step through the list of POIs when doing an alphabetical search.

ZOOM OUT Used on the Map screen to zoom out the map displayed. The map

display can be zoomed out to 1700 mi (2700 km).

Also used to quickly step through the list of POIs when doing an alphabetical search.

MENU Brings up a menu with available options. Options can be selected

by using the arrow joystick to highlight the option and pressing

ENTER to access it.

NAV Steps through the navigation screens. (Map screen > Compass

screen > Position screen > Satellite Status screen)

MARK Used to save your present position as a point of interest. Points of

interest that you save are stored in the My Points of Interest portion of the database.

GOTO Creates a one-leg route from your present position to a destination

selected from the Points of Interest database or by using the cursor on the background map.

Arrow joystick Pans the cursor on the Map screen.

Moves the highlight bar to select menu options and data entry fields.

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eXplorist 200 GPS Receiver

Wrist Lanyard Strap Mounting Hole

Battery Door

Battery Door Fastener (Unscrew to open battery door to install batteries.)

eXplorist 200 GPS Receiver (back)

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Installing the Batteries

The eXplorist 200 uses two AA batteries that are installed as shown in the accompanying diagram. Be sure to observe the proper polarity when installing the batteries.

Under normal operating conditions you can expect to get more than 14 hours of battery life when using fresh batteries.

Tips on conserving battery life:

• Turn the eXplorist off when not in use. Whether you are moving or standing still, the eXplorist is constantly calculating position fixes and using power at the same rate. So if you are going to be at the same position for any length of time, turn the eXplorist off.

Use the Power Timer to automatically turn the eXplorist off. The Power Timer option

• allows you to set a time that the eXplorist will automatically turn off when none of the buttons have been pressed for a selected time. You can select from 5, 10, 30 or 60 minutes.

Use the display backlight sparingly. The most severe drain on the batteries is the

• use of the display backlight. You will notice a drastic drop in battery life with the backlight display on continuously. You should use the Light Timer to set a time interval that the display backlight will automatically turn off when none of the buttons have been pressed.

Setting the Power Timer

From any Nav screen press MENU. Highlight Preferences and press ENTER. Highlight Pwr Management and press ENTER twice. Use the arrow joystick to select 5 Minutes, 10 Minutes

viewed navigation screen.

Setting the Light Timer

From any Nav screen press MENU. Highlight Preferences and press ENTER. Highlight Pwr Management and press ENTER. Use the down arrow to highlight the Light Timer field.

Press

Minutes

navigation screen.

, 30 Minutes, 60 Minutes or Off. Press ENTER. Press NAV to return to the last

ENTER. Use the arrow joystick to select 30 Seconds, 1 Minute, 2 Minutes, 4

, 10 Minutes or Timer Off. Press ENTER. Press NAV to return to the last viewed

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3D Position Fix

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Using the eXplorist 200

The eXplorist 200 uses information from the GPS satellites orbiting the earth to provide you with detailed information about your exact location. This is the foundation that your eXplorist will use to provide you with the necessary information to arrive at your destination.

Going to a Destination

The most common use of your eXplorist will be to provide you with the navigation tools you’ll need to arrive at your chosen destination. The simplest route, and the one used most, is a GOTO route. This is a route that is computed as a straight line from where you are to where you want to go.

Step One: Compute Your Position

The basic operation of your eXplorist is to use the GPS satellites to compute your present position. This is done internally in the software of your eXplorist. The only thing that you need to do is to give your eXplorist a clear view of the sky so that it can receive the signals from the satellites.

Do:

• Point the antenna up towards the sky.

• Maintain a clear view of the sky.

Don’t:

• Cover the antenna with your hand or other objects.

• Point the antenna down.

• Stand under trees or other heavy foliage.

• Stand where the satellite signals are being blocked by large obstructions (such as buildings, in a narrow canyon, etc.)

If you find that the eXplorist is not computing a position, just move to a place that has a better view of the sky.

Anytime you want to view the status of the satellites and their signal strength, switch to the Satellite Status screen. Here you will graphically see the satellites and their relative signal strength. You need at least three satellites with good signal strength (indicated by black bars) to compute your position. A computed position with only three satellites is termed a 2D position fix. When you are getting a 2D position fix, your elevation is not being computed. To add elevation to your position fix, you need at least four satellites with good signal strength. Positions that use four or more satellites are called 3D position fixes.

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Step Two: Where Do You Want To Go?

Now that the eXplorist knows where you are, you need to tell it where you want to go. There are many different ways you can do this, but the simplest and most commonly used is a “GOTO” route. This is a one-leg route with a beginning (where you are now) and a destination (where you want to go). The destination is selected by using the Points of Interest database. This database has two main options; positions you have saved ( eXplorist (

My Points of Interest) or points of interest that have been preloaded into your

Background Map).

Creating a GOTO route is as simple as pressing the tination from the points of interest database.

Step Three: Calculating Movement

As you move, your eXplorist is constantly calculating new positions, comparing the new position to the previous position and calculating such things as heading and speed. This is all done in the eXplorist’s software communicating with the satellites and is instantaneously shown on your display.

Step Four: Providing Directions

Your eXplorist constantly computes a direct line from your present position to your destination. From that it will provide you instructions to guide you along that straight path. Unless you are on a large body of water, it will be unlikely that you will be able to follow these instructions exactly. To compensate for that, your eXplorist automatically updates the route, providing you with up-to-date information about getting to your destination.

GOTO routes are the simplest and most commonly used feature of your eXplorist 200. With just the interest stored in your database.

GOTO button the eXplorist will provide you with the tools needed to get to any point of

GOTO button and selecting the des-

Saving Your Position

Another commonly used feature of the eXplorist is saving your position to the Points of Interest database. This feature is accessed by pressing the you can also add attributes like a selected icon or a name for the point of interest. This will help you find this spot in the future when accessing it from the points of interest database.

Suppose you have set up camp for the night. Tomorrow you plan on doing some nature exploring and you want to be able to come back to the campsite when you are done. Press the hiking is done, simply use the

Points of Interest.

While out fishing on the lake, you come across the perfect spot for catching your limit. Next year you want to be able to come back to this very same spot. Turn on your eXplorist and after it has computed your position, press the This time you can enter the name “Catfish1” and save your point of interest. Next year you can be back at the same hot spot with just a press of the GOTO button.

MARK button and set the name of the point of interest to “Camp”. After your

GOTO button and select “Camp” from the list of My

It’s that simple to find your way back.

MARK button. When saving your position,

MARK button to save it.

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A simpler example, and one you can do just about any time, is finding your car in that ocean of other cars in the shopping mall parking lot. Just park your car, step outside and let your eXplorist compute your position. (Make sure that you have a clear view of the sky.) Using the done shopping, just go outside the mall and create a GOTO with the destination “Car”. No matter where you parked, your eXplorist will guide you back, simply and easily.

Tracing Your Steps

Hikers, mountain bikers and outdoor enthusiasts often need the option of leaving a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow back to where they started. The eXplorist has a feature called

It was mentioned earlier that your eXplorist is constantly computing your present position and that you can save your position by using the automatically saved your computed positions as you moved along the trail. Pretty soon there would be a set of saved positions, like breadcrumbs, that represents the trail you have taken. This is exactly what the eXplorist does. It saves the computed positions as hidden points of interest and strings them together to represent your travels. This is called your hidden points of interest are your

BackTrack that enables you to do just that.

MARK button, save this position with the name “Car”. When you are

MARK button. Now imagine that your eXplorist

Track and the

Track Log.

What your eXplorist enables you to do, is to use this Track, reverse it and navigate you along the same path you followed to get you back to your destination.

You might drive to the ranger station and follow the trail that leads you to the waterfalls you have been wanting to see. With your eXplorist turned on and able to compute position fixes, you continue along the trail. The trail winds along and has many smaller trails attached to it and as the day progresses you arrive at the falls. When it’s time to head back to your car, you access your Track Logs list and select the Now press MENU, highlight BackTrack and press ENTER. Your eXplorist will now seamlessly guide you along the path, tracing your footsteps, back to where you started.

Another nice feature of Track Logs that you may find useful, is that you are able to save the Track Logs and recall them at any time. In the above example, when you were at the waterfall, you could save that track and use it anytime you wanted to go back again.

Active Track log.

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Additional Features

Your Magellan eXplorist contains all the features you would expect from a high-quality Magellan brand handheld navigation device as well as many more to make your outdoor experience more enjoyable. You have the ability to customize the navigation screens, enabling you to view the information that is important to you. The eXplorist makes full use of the Map screens enabling you to graphically see your position, the route you are navigating on, the path that you have trekked (Track), as well as points of interest icons. There is a built-in odometer so you can log the length of your journey. User preferences enable you to set up and maintain your eXplorist so that it fits your needs and requirements. The eXplorist gives you all of this and more in an easy-to-use, portable navigation tool that includes built-in help files that you can access in the great outdoors.

Magellan eXplorist 200

with optional

swivel mounting bracket

Summary

Go from this...

to this...

with this.

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Starting Up

Turning the eXplorist On

To turn the eXplorist on, press the POWER button on the top right side. To prevent the eXplorist from being turned on accidentally, draining the batteries, you need to press screen is displayed. You have approximately 30 seconds from the time you press the otherwise the eXplorist will automatically turn itself off.

POWER button to press the ENTER button,

Turning the eXplorist Off

To turn the eXplorist off, press the POWER button on the top right side.

ENTER when the Startup

There is a 5 second countdown after you press the you change your mind and decide to leave the eXplorist on, just press the

ESC button. If you press the POWER button during this

countdown period, the eXplorist will immediately turn off.

POWER button. If

Turning the Display Backlight On/Off

The display backlight has three levels of intensity; off, low and high. When the eXplorist is first turned on, the display backlight is off. Press the the eXplorist to turn the backlight on low. Pressing the backlight to high. To turn off the backlight, press the LIGHT button again.

Backlight intensity changes each time you press the button.

LIGHT

LIGHT button on the top left side of

LIGHT button a second time sets the

REMEMBER: Using the display backlight causes severe drain on

the batteries.

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Language

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PRESS

WARNING!

All data is provided for reference only.

You assume full

responsibility and

risk when using this

device.

PRESS

TO AGREE

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Using the eXplorist for the First Time

Turn the eXplorist on. Press the Power button. When the Startup screen is displayed, press ENTER.

Select Language. When you turn on the eXplorist for the first time you are given the option of selecting one of the ten languages that will be used.

You can change the language selection at any time by accessing Menu > Preferences > Languages.

Tip: If you accidentally change the language and you can’t read the text and need to change it back, press the the Satellite Status screen is displayed. Press Arrow joystick to highlight the fourth line and press ENTER. Use the Arrow joystick to highlight the fifth line and press ENTER. The Language Select screen will be displayed.

NAV button until

MENU. Use the

Use arrow joystick to move

the highlight up and down.

Press ENTER to accept.

Read Warning. When you agree to the warning statement, press

ENTER to continue.

Compute Initial Position. For this operation, it is best if you are outside and have a clear, unobstructed view of the sky. Without a clear view, this will take much longer and could result in the eXplorist being unable to compute the initial position automatically.

The eXplorist begins to compute your initial position. This may take a few minutes as it is doing a

Normally, when you first turn the eXplorist on it will compute your position in a manner of seconds as it is able to do a explanation of cold start vs. warm start is explained following this section.)

The of the collection of satellite data.

Press ENTER to continue.

cold start.

warm start. (An

Satellite Status screen is displayed, showing you the progress

Satellite Status screen shows

how many satellites are being tracked as well as the relative

strength of the signal.

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The Satellite Status screen will continuously update and you will be able to graphically see how well your eXplorist is performing.

When the eXplorist has enough information to compute a position fix,

Satellite Status screen is replaced with the Map screen. The

the arrow cursor in the center of the Map screen represents your position. As you move, the arrow will point in the direction you are traveling.

Tip: Use the ZOOM IN and ZOOM OUT buttons to change the map scale to better see your present position.

If the eXplorist is unable to compute your initial fix in a few minutes: If the eXplorist determines that it is unable to track the satellites within a two minutes, it will present you with the following screens in an effort to better determine its approximate location.

Select Region. Use the arrow joystick to highlight the region that you are located in. With the region highlighted, press the ENTER button.

Select Area. This displays a list of areas for the region you selected. Use the arrow joystick to highlight the area that applies to you and press the

ENTER button.

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Enter Current Time. Use the arrow joystick to enter the current time.

Arrow Joystick Up: Increases the highlighted number Arrow Joystick Down: Decreases the highlighted number Arrow Joystick Right: Moves the highlight one character to the right

Arrow Joystick Left: Moves the highlight one character to the left

Toggle between AM and PM by moving the arrow joystick up or down when AM or PM is highlighted.

When you have entered the correct time, press ENTER.

Enter the Date. Use the arrow joystick to set the date displayed

to the current date.

Arrow Joystick Up: Increases the highlighted number Arrow Joystick Down: Decreases the highlighted number Arrow Joystick Right: Moves the highlight one character to the right

Arrow Joystick Left: Moves the highlight one character to the left

When the month is highlighted, use the arrow joystick up or down to scroll through the list of months.

When you have entered the correct date, press ENTER.

Accept Information. The Done button is highlighted at the bottom of the display. Review the information you entered and if correct press ENTER.

Tip: If the time or the date is incorrect, you can fix them now. Use the arrow joystick to highlight the time or date field that you want to fix. With the field highlighted, press

ENTER.

You can now change the information using the same technique used before.

The latitude and longitude

that represents the center

of the region and area you

selected is displayed.

The Satellite Status screen is displayed again and the eXplorist will try to compute your position using the information you just provided.

Tip: If you notice that the satellite signal strength bars are still not changing, try moving to a new location where you have a clearer view of the sky.

As before, when the eXplorist computes the initial position, the Map screen will be displayed with your computed position indicated by the arrow cursor in the middle of the display.

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Cold vs. Warm Start. When the eXplorist is turned on, one of the first things it does is to find out what satellites are overhead, along with their relative position. It does this by using a built-in satellite almanac. This almanac, when given the current date, time and approximate position, can provide the eXplorist with information on what satellites are overhead and their approximate relationship to the eXplorist. Now with information on satellite availability, the eXplorist can begin setting its internal satellite channels to receive satellite transmission.

Cold Start. Cold start is defined as when the eXplorist doe not have an approximate position to use when referring to its almanac. This can occur when:

• The eXplorist is turned on for the first time after purchase. The memory is

cleared prior to shipping so any position that may have been in the eXplorist is set to a null value.

• If you have cleared the eXplorist's memory, (found in the memory will be cleared and the last computed position will be set to a null value.

• If you have traveled with your eXplorist with it turned off, the last position saved may be so far away that when the eXplorist begins looking for satellites, the ones it is expecting to find, are not there. (As a rule of thumb, any time you move for more then 500 mi [804.7 km] with the eXplorist turned off, there is a good chance it will start up using a cold start.

A cold start should take no more then 2-3 minutes to compute the initial position fix.

Warm Start. Warm starts are when the last position calculated before the eXplorist was turned off is still in memory and you are in the same approximate position. Most of the time the eXplorist is turned on, it will be in its warm start mode. With a clear view of the sky, the eXplorist should compute its position in a matter of seconds.

Preferences) all of

Conclusion

This concludes the initial startup procedure for the Magellan eXplorist 200. Once the Map screen is displayed, you have successfully initialized the eXplorist and are ready to go.

Now would be a good time to familiarize yourself with the different navigation screens (using the NAV button) and to set any preferences that may be different from the factory defaults.

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Accessing the Navigation Screens

The eXplorist has three navigation screens as well as a Satellite Status screen that can be accessed by pressing the different format giving you the choice of choosing the screen that best suits your needs.

NAV button. Each screen provides the same information in a

Tip: The ESC button will also set through the navigation screens, just like the NAV button but in the reverse order.

Map Screen

The first, and most commonly used screen is the Map screen. The Map screen displays your position, as well as POI’s and any background map data for the area displayed.

Highlights of the

• Use the zoom in/out buttons to change the scale.

• The arrow cursor in the middle of the display indicates your position, and if moving, points in the direction you are heading.

• Press

MARK to save your position.

• Use the cursor with any available information about the position of the cursor at the bottom of the display. You can also save the position of the crosshair cursor as a POI by pressing

MARK button.

the

• Press ESC when you are done panning with the crosshair cursor to display your present position with the arrow cursor.

• Press

MENU and select Hide Map Info or Show Map Info to turn the information

boxes at the bottom of the screen on or off.

MENU and select Customize page to change the information displayed at the

bottom of the screen.

• Press the primary usage (land or marine).

MENU and select Map Setup to change the orientation of the screen as well as

Map screen:

Arrow joystick to move the cursor. The arrow cursor changes to a crosshair

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Hourglass (used when position is unknown and eXplorist is trying to compute the position)

Track Indicator

Route Marker

Map Screen Overview

Changing Map Scale

Press the Zoom In or the Zoom Out buttons to change how much of the map is displayed on the screen. The map scale indicator in the bottom left corner of the map indicates the relative distance between the two end-points of the scale. The scale can be changed from 1700 mi (2700 km) to 100 ft. (35.0 m).

Tip: Press and hold the Zoom In or the Zoom Out buttons to rapidly step through the map scales.

Map Screen Modes

The Map screen has two modes that it can be in, position or cursor. In the Position mode the Map screen displays your position, indicated by the arrow icon in the center of the map. The arrow not only displays your position but, when moving, will point in the direction you are heading.

The Position mode is the default mode for the Map screen. Whenever you enter the Map screen it will be in the Position mode.

The Map screen in the

Position Mode

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In the Cursor mode, you have a cursor icon displayed that you can use to pan around the map. The information displayed at the bottom of the screen provide you with the heading and distance the cursor is at from your present position. In the Cursor mode you can:

• scroll around the map, seeing available information for areas on the map not displayed around your present position,

• create a POI for the position indicated by the cursor,

• create a GOTO route to the position indicated by the cursor location, or

• get detailed information about POI’s or map objects found at the cursor location.

These options will be explained in the section of this manual on creating POI’s and GOTO routes.

The Map screen in the

Cursor Mode

To enter the Cursor mode, use the

Arrow joystick to move the cursor. As soon as the

joystick is moved, a crosshair cursor is displayed and the bottom of the screen changes to provide information about the cursor position.

To exit the cursor mode, press the

ESC button. When pressed, the Map screen is returned

to the Position mode, with your present position displayed in the center of the screen.

Showing or Hiding Map Information

The information at the bottom of the Map screen provides you with information that can be used to assist you in navigating to your destination. However, you may want to display more of the map and do not need this information. The eXplorist gives you the capability to turn this information on or off.

1. While viewing the

2. With

Hide Map Info or Show Map Info highlighted, press ENTER.

Map screen, press MENU.

The Map screen with map

information shown.

The Map screen with map

information hidden.

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Customizing the Map Information

The information displayed at the bottom of the screen can be customized to change what is shown in the two map information fields. You can select from:

• Bearing

• Distance

• Speed [default]

• Heading [default]

• ETA (Estimated Time of Arrival)

• ETE (Estimated Time Enroute)

• Elevation

• Time

• Date

To customize the map information:

1. While viewing the

2. Use the

3. Press

Arrow joystick to highlight Customize page.

ENTER.

4. The title bar for one of the fields is highlighted. Use the

Map screen, press MENU.

Arrow joystick to highlight

the title bar for the field you want to customize.

5. Press ENTER.

6. Highlight the information you want displayed from the list.

7. Press

ENTER.

8. The highlight will automatically jump to the other field. Go back to step 5 to change the information displayed for this field.

9. When the information to be displayed is chosen, press

ESC

to exit the customize function.

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Changing the Map Orientation

The default orientation for the Map screen is North Up. This means that the top of the display represents true north. This orientation can be changed so that the top of the display is more useful to you. You can choose from:

• North Up. [default] This orientates the top of the map display to represent true north.

• Course Up. In course up, the top of the map displays the direction to your destination. (When there is not an active route, the top of the display indicates true north.)

• Track Up. In track up, the top of the map display changes to reflect your heading. (If you are not moving, the top of the display indicates true north.)

Note: In Course Up and Track Up, a north indicator is displayed in the upper right corner of the display. This arrow points in the direction of true north.

To change the map orientation:

1. While viewing the

2. Use the

3. Press

4. Use the Arrow joystick to highlight the Orientation field.

5. Press

6. Use the Course Up or Track Up.

7. Press

8. Press NAV

Arrow joystick to highlight Map Setup.

ENTER.

Arrow joystick to highlight North Up,

ENTER.

to return to the Map screen.

Map screen, press MENU.

Orientation

North Up

Course Up Track Up

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Changing the Primary Usage

The Map screen can be changed to be primarily used on land (default) or marine. When in land usage, land areas are displayed as white areas on the display and water is

displayed as dark gray. The opposite is true when the map is set for marine usage. (Water is white and land areas are

displayed as dark gray.) This is provided as an option to provide you the ability to view the text and map details

easier, depending on where you are navigating. To change the primary usage:

1. While viewing the

2. Use the

Arrow joystick to highlight Map Setup.

Map screen, press MENU.

3. Press ENTER.

4. Use the

5. Press

6. Use the

7. Press

Arrow joystick to highlight the Primary Usage field.

ENTER.

Arrow joystick to highlight Marine or Land.

ENTER.

8. Press NAV to return to the Map screen.

The Map screen with the

primary usage in Land.

The Map screen with the primary usage in Marine.

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Compass Screen

The Compass screen provides an easy-to-use graphical compass that should be familiar to most GPS users.

Highlights of the

Compass screen:

• With an active route, the top of the Compass screen displays the name of the destination.

• Press

MENU and select Customize page to change the information displayed at the top

of the screen.

• When there is no active route, the graphical compass performs like a standard compass, indicating to your heading referenced to true north. (Note you must be moving at least

0.5 mph for the compass to display heading information.)

• With an active route, the compass graphically displays an icon representing your destination. The compass arrow points in the direction you are heading when you are moving.

Compass Screen Overview

The top of the screen (the header bar) displays the name of the destination if you have an active route. Without an active route, the destination name is blank.

There are also two navigation information fields (customizable) displayed. When there is no active route, the graphical compass indicates the direction you are

travelling. (When you are not moving, the compass points to the last computed heading.) When there is an active route, an icon representing the destination is displayed outside the compass diameter with the compass arrow pointing in the direction you are heading. When the compass arrow points directly to the destination icon you are going in the direction of your destination.

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Customizing the Information Fields

The information displayed at the top of the screen can be customized to information important to you. You can select from:

• Bearing

• Distance [default]

• Speed [default]

• Heading

• ETA (Estimated Time of Arrival)

• ETE (Estimated Time Enroute)

• Elevation

• Time

• Date

To customize the map information:

1. While viewing the

2. Use the

3. Press

Arrow joystick to highlight Customize page.

ENTER.

4. The title bar for one of the fields is highlighted. Use the

Compass screen, press MENU.

Arrow joystick to highlight

the title bar for the field you want to customize.

5. Press ENTER.

6. Highlight the information you want displayed from the list.

7. Press

ENTER.

8. The highlight will automatically jump to the other field. Go back to step 5 to change the information displayed for this field.

9. When the information to be displayed is chosen, press

ESC

to exit the customize function.

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Position Screen

The Position screen provides detailed position information in a text format that is familiar to seasoned navigators.

Highlights of the

Position screen:

• Position is displayed in textual format using the coordinate system selected. (

Setting Coordinate System for information on how to select the coordinate system

• Elevation information is displayed. (Accurate when four or more satellites are being used to compute the position.)

• Computed accuracy of the position computed is displayed. WAAS is also displayed in the Accuracy field when the eXplorist is using WAAS information to increase the accuracy of the position fix.

• Date and time are shown, automatically adjusted from time information supplied from the atomic clocks in the GPS satellites.

• A resettable trip odometer to keep track of the distance you’ve travelled.

• A graphical battery indicator provides you with information on the current condition of the AA batteries in the eXplorist.

Position Screen Overview

See

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Resetting the Trip Odometer

Whenever you begin a trip that you want to record how far you have travelled, you will want to reset the trip odometer to zero.

To reset the trip odometer:

1. While viewing the

2. Use the

3. Press

4. Use the

5. Press

Arrow joystick to highlight Reset Trip.

ENTER.

Arrow joystick to highlight Yes.

ENTER.

Position screen, press MENU.

Warning page offers you

the opportunity to change

your mind.

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Number of satellites being tracked

Current location indicator

Satellite icon

Signal level bar graph

Satellite identifier

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Satellite Status Screen

The Satellite Status screen is a handy way to visually see just how well the eXplorist is tracking and receiving satellite signals.

Highlights of the

Satellite Status screen:

• Type of position fix as well as the number of satellites being tracked is displayed. [2D Position Fix requires three satellites; a 3D Position Fix requires four satellites or more.]

• Graphical indication of the location of the satellites, as well as their assigned number identifiers, are shown.

• Bar chart supplies information as to the signal strength for each satellite. [A hollow bar indicates that the satellite is being tracked but has not been locked on yet, a solid bar indicates that the satellite has been locked on.

Satellite Status Screen Overview

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Points of Interest

Whether driving in a car, hiking on the trail or out for an afternoon sail, you are going to want to save places you’ve been in your eXplorist so you can go back to them in the future. This is the fundamental starting point for any GPS navigator.

Saving these places is called “Marking you position” or just MARK for short. The saved positions are called points of interest, or just POI’s. (You may have heard the term “waypoints” to describe marked positions. Waypoints and points of interest are identical.)

There are two types of POI’s in your eXplorist 200, POI’s that you have marked (saved) and POI’s that have been stored in your eXplorist as part of the built-in background map. These two classes of POI’s are accessed from the same MENU option and can be used independently or combined to create routes.

Marking Your Position

The most common way of adding POI’s to the database will be marking your present position. There are two levels of marking your position. The first that will be described will be quick marking your position. The second method provides you the means to personalize POI’s you are saving.

Quick Marking Your Position

This saves your present position in the database using mark position defaults.

1. Press

2. Press ENTER.

Note: if a position fix is not being computed or if only a 2D position fix (no elevation information) is being computed, a warning will be displayed asking you to confirm that you still want to save this position.

When you save a 2D position fix you will notice that even though elevation was not computed, that a elevation value is included as part of the POI. This elevation is the last elevation that was computed by the eXplorist.

Tip: Later in this manual you will see a way to modify the icon, name and message of positions you have quick marked.

MARK.

Sample Mark Screen

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Marking Your Position (Personalized)

Normally, marking you position is simply a two button process, MARK and ENTER. However, sometimes you will want to personalize the POI you are marking to make it easier to identify later. You are able to change the icon, change the name, and create a message. (You are also able to change the location coordinates as well as the elevation. This changes the position that is being saved and is discussed in a following section.)

1. Press

MARK.

2. Use the Arrow joystick to highlight the field you want

to change.

3. Press

ENTER.

4a. If the icon field was selected: Use the Arrow joystick

to select the icon desired and press

ENTER. To aid in

your selection, the type of icon selected is displayed in the information block at the top of the keypad.

4b. If the Name field was selected. Use the

Arrow joystick

to select the character desired and press ENTER. If you make a mistake, highlight To access the lower case characters, highlight

Back and press ENTER.

Shift

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Mark Screen with Name

field highlighted.

Cancel

and press ENTER. To clear everything and start over, highlight CLEAR and press

ENTER. When you are satisfied with the name, highlight OK and press

ENTER.

Note: User saved POI names can only be eight characters long (including spaces).

4c. If the Message field was selected. Use the keypad displayed just as was

described in 4b to enter a message for this POI. Message fields can have up to 30 characters, including spaces.

5. When the Icon, Name and Message fields are done, use the highlight

6. Press

Save.

ENTER.

Arrow joystick to

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Making POIs for Locations other then your Present Position

Sometimes you may want to save a position that is not your present position. The eXplorist offers you two ways of doing that. You can modify the coordinates of your present position or you can use the Cursor mode of the Map screen to pan to the location you want to mark.

Marking a Position by Entering Coordinates

This method of marking a position would normally be used when you have gotten the coordinates for the position from a map or chart. It is also possible that you have gotten the coordinates from a friend and want to save this POI in your eXplorist database.

Before beginning, make sure that your eXplorist has been set to use the same coordinate system that the coordinates you plan on entering are in. If not, you will have to go to Preferences and change the coordinate system used by your eXplorist.

1. Press

2. Use the

MARK.

Arrow joystick to highlight the Location field.

3. Press ENTER.

4. Depending on the coordinate system used, the information will be different but the process is the same. Use the

Arrow

joystick in an up/down motion to increase or decrease the value at the cursor point. To move the cursor point left or right, use the

Arrow joystick in a left/right motion.

Input the data on the first line of the Location field. When done, press

ENTER and the cursor will drop to the second

line. Continue inputting the data for the second line of the Location field.

5. Press

ENTER.

6. Use the

7. Press

ENTER to save the new POI.

Arrow joystick to highlight Save.

Entering new positioning

coordinates

Note: While not described here, you can change the icon, name, elevation and add a message just as described in

Marking Your Position (Personalized).

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Marking a Position using the Map Cursor

This gives you a way of marking a position, other then your present position, by moving the cursor around the map to a place you want to create a POI.

1. While viewing the Cursor mode.

2. Continue moving the crosshair cursor until you are over the location where you want to add a POI.

3. Press

4. [Optional] Use the Arrow joystick to highlight fields (icon, name, etc.) of the POI that you want to edit. When you are done editing the field, press

5. With

6. Press

Marking a Position from a Map Object

Another method of marking a position while in the Cursor mode, is to use the crosshair cursor to mark a map object (road, city, etc.).

1. While viewing the Cursor mode.

2. Continue moving the crosshair cursor until you are over a map object you want to add as a POI. (The information about the map object will be displayed at the bottom of the display.

MARK.

Save highlighted, press ENTER.

ESC to exit the Cursor mode and return to the Position mode.

Map screen, use the Arrow joystick to put the eXplorist into

ENTER.

Map screen, use the Arrow joystick to put the eXplorist into

3. Press

4. Use the one you want to use as the baseline for the new POI.

5. Press ENTER.

6. The

7. Press

8. [Optional] Use the Arrow joystick to highlight fields (icon, name, etc.) of the POI that you want to edit. When you are done editing the field, press

9. With

10. Press

ENTER.

Arrow joystick to select from the list of map objects for that location the

Save option will be highlighted.

ENTER.

Save highlighted, press ENTER.

ESC to exit the Cursor mode and return to the Position mode.

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The POI Database

All of the POI’s that you have saved as well as background map POI’s that came with your eXplorist can be accessed using the POI database. Once the database has been accessed and the POI selected you can view or edit the POI.

Highlights of the POI database are:

• Searching for POI’s you have saved, nearest to your position or in alphabetical order.

• Searching for POI’s that have been preloaded into the eXplorist, nearest to your position or in alphabetical order.

• Ability to edit POI’s you have saved.

• Ability to delete POI’s you have saved.

• Function letting you view a POI (one’s you have saved or preloaded) on the map.

• Provides another means to save a preloaded POI as a user-entered POI.

• While viewing the list of POI’s, the bearing and distance from your present position is displayed at the bottom of the screen.

Searching for a User-Entered POI

When searching for a POI that you have entered, you have two options to choose from, nearest or alphabetical.

1. Press

2. Use the

3. Press

4. Use the

Pts of Interest

5. Use the Nearest or Alphabetical.

6. Press

7. Use the Arrow joystick to highlight the POI desired.

From here you can edit, delete or view on the map the POI you have highlighted by pressing ENTER and selected the desired function from the menu. Detailed information on these functions can be found later in this manual.

MENU.

Arrow joystick to highlight Pts of Interest.

ENTER.

Arrow joystick in an up/down motion to highlight My

Arrow joystick in a left/right motion to select

ENTER.

POI database set to search

for user-entered POIs

alphabetically.

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Points of Interest

Cities

San Dimas

Glendora Pomona Vincent West Covina Valinda Montclair Baldwin Park

Bearing

Distance

086°

1.05

Searching for a Preloaded POI using Nearest

Searching for a preloaded POI using the Nearest option is similar to searching for userentered POI’s with an additional step. Preloaded POI’s have been categorized into five categories (Cities, Highways, Airports, Waterways and Parks) and you need to select the category that the POI will be found in.

1. Press

2. Use the

3. Press

MENU.

Arrow joystick to highlight Pts of Interest.

ENTER.

4. Use the Arrow joystick in an up/down motion to highlight

Background Map.

5. Use the

Arrow joystick in a left/right motion to select

Nearest.

6. Press

7. Use the

ENTER.

Arrow joystick to highlight the category, (Cities,

List of cities, nearest to

the present position.

Highways, Airports, Waterways or Parks) for the POI.

8. Press

ENTER.

9. Use the Arrow joystick to highlight the POI desired.

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Points of Interest

Cities

ABBEVILLE

Searching for a Preloaded POI using Alphabetical

This is very similar to searching for a POI using nearest but due to the large numbers of POI’s in the database, an additional step has been added to help you find the POI you are looking for quicker.

1. Press

2. Use the

3. Press

4. Use the

5. Use the

6. Press

7. Use the

MENU.

Arrow joystick to highlight Pts of Interest.

ENTER.

Arrow joystick in an up/down motion to highlight Background Map. Arrow joystick in a left/right motion to select Alphabetical.

ENTER.

Arrow joystick to highlight the category, (Cities,

Highways, Airports, Waterways or Parks) for the POI.

8. Press

9. Use the

ENTER.

Arrow joystick and the ENTER button to enter the

first few characters of the POI you are searching for. (Five characters is usually enough to put you close enough on the list to the POI you are looking for.)

10. Use the

11. Press

12. Use the

Arrow joystick to highlight OK.

ENTER.

Arrow joystick to highlight the POI desired.

Keyboard used to narrow

the search.

From here you can copy or view on the map the POI you have highlighted by pressing ENTER and selected the desired function from the menu. Detailed information on these functions can be found later in this manual.

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Points of Interest

Mark

Cancel

CREATE MESSAGE?

Message

Elevation

Location

Icon Name

924

34°06.560N 117°49.566W

Save

MAGELLAN

Editing a User-Created POI

POI’s that you have saved can be edited to change the icon, name, elevation and message. You can also change the location but keep in mind that this effectively is creating a new POI in a new location.

1. Press

2. Use the

3. Press

4. Use the

5. Use the

6. Press

MENU.

Arrow joystick to highlight Pts of Interest.

ENTER.

Arrow joystick up/down to highlight My Pts of Interest. Arrow joystick left/right to select Nearest or Alphabetical.

ENTER.

7. Use the Arrow joystick to highlight the POI to be edited.

8. Press

9. Use the

10. Press

ENTER.

Arrow joystick to highlight Edit POI.

ENTER.

NOTE: If the POI you are trying to edit is used in a route, you will be asked to confirm

that you want to edit this POI.

11. Use the

Arrow joystick to highlight the field you want to

change.

12. Press ENTER.

13a. If the icon field was selected: Use the

Arrow joystick to

select the icon desired and press ENTER. To aid in your selection, the type of icon selected is displayed in the information block at the top of the keypad.

13b. If the Name field was selected. Use the

select the character desired and press a mistake, highlight lower case characters, highlight

Back and press ENTER. To access the

Shift and press ENTER. To

clear everything and start over, highlight

Arrow joystick to

ENTER. If you make

CLEAR and press

Editing an existing POI

with the icon field

highlighted

ENTER. When you are satisfied with the name, highlight OK and press ENTER. Note: User-entered POI names can only be eight characters long (including

spaces).

13c. If the Message field was selected. Use the keypad displayed just as was described

in 13b to enter a message for this POI.

14. When the Icon, Name and Message fields are done, use the highlight

15. Press

Save.

ENTER.

Arrow joystick to

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Points of Interest

Deleting a User-Created POI

POI’s that you have saved can be deleted using this operation. You may want to delete a POI to make it easier to search for a POI you created if you have a lot of them.

POI’s that have been deleted cannot be restored. You will need to input the information for a POI you delete if you want it back. To prevent accidental deletion, a confirmation window will be displayed, confirming the delete.

1. Press

2. Use the

3. Press

4. Use the

5. Use the

6. Press

7. Use the Arrow joystick to highlight the POI to be deleted.

8. Press

Note: If the POI selected is used in a route, you will be asked to confirm the deletion.

9. Use the

10. Confirm the deletion by highlighting

11. Press

MENU.

Arrow joystick to highlight Pts of Interest.

ENTER.

Arrow joystick up/down to highlight My Pts of Interest. Arrow joystick left/right to select Nearest or Alphabetical.

ENTER.

Arrow joystick to highlight Delete POI.

Yes or cancel the deletion by highlighting No.

ENTER.

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Points of Interest

Viewing a User-Created POI on the Map Screen

POI’s that you have saved can be viewed on the Map screen to assist you in locating the POI.

1. Press MENU.

2. Use the

3. Press

4. Use the

5. Use the

6. Press

7. Use the

8. Press ENTER.

9. Use the

10. Press

11. The over the POI you have selected. You may use the of the map displayed and if your position icon is within range, it will be shown.

12. Press

Note: Remember that pressing the

screen. In step 12 if you are finished with the POI’s in the POI database, you could press screen.

Arrow joystick to highlight Pts of Interest.

ENTER.

Arrow joystick up/down to highlight My Pts of Interest. Arrow joystick left/right to select Nearest or Alphabetical.

ENTER.

Arrow joystick to highlight the POI to be viewed.

Arrow joystick to highlight View on Map.

ENTER.

Map screen will be displayed in the Cursor mode. The cursor will be directly

Zoom buttons to change the scale

ESC to return to the list of POI’s found in step 7.

NAV button will return you to the last viewed Map

NAV to close the POI database and return to the last viewed Map

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Points of Interest

Copying a Preloaded POI

POI’s that have been preloaded as part of the background map can be saved as a userentered POI. This does not delete a preloaded POI (preloaded POI’s can not be deleted) it just copies it to the

My Points of Interest portion of the database.

1. Press

2. Use the

3. Press

4. Use the

5. Use the

6. Press

7. [Only if Alphabetical selected] Use the Arrow joystick and the ENTER button to enter the first few characters of the POI you are searching for. Highlight press

8. Use the

9. Press ENTER.

10. Use the

11. Press

Steps 12 through 14 are optional.

12. Use the

13. Press

MENU.

Arrow joystick to highlight Pts of Interest.

ENTER.

Arrow joystick up/down to highlight Background Map. Arrow joystick left/right to select Nearest or Alphabetical.

ENTER.

OK and

ENTER to continue.

Arrow joystick to highlight the POI to be copied.

Arrow joystick to highlight Save.

ENTER.

Arrow joystick to highlight the field you want to change.

ENTER.

14a. If the icon field was selected: Use the

press ENTER. To aid in your selection, the type of icon selected is displayed in the information block at the top of the keypad.

14b. If the Name field was selected. Use the

desired and press ENTER. To access the lower case characters, highlight Shift and press ENTER. To clear everything and start over, highlight are satisfied with the name, highlight

Note: User-entered POI names can only be eight characters long (including spaces).

14c. If the Message field was selected. Use the keypad displayed just as was described

in 13b to enter a message for this POI.

15. When the Icon, Name and Message fields are done, use the highlight

16. Press

Save.

ENTER.

ENTER. If you make a mistake, highlight Back and press

Arrow joystick to select the icon desired and

Arrow joystick to select the character

CLEAR and press ENTER. When you

OK and press ENTER.

Arrow joystick to

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Points of Interest

Viewing a Preloaded POI on the Map Screen

POI’s that have been preloaded as part of the background map can be viewed on the Map screen to assist you in locating the POI.

1. Press

2. Use the

3. Press

4. Use the

5. Use the

6. Press

7. [Only if Alphabetical selected] Use the enter the first few characters of the POI you are searching for. Highlight press

8. Use the

9. Press

10. Use the

11. Press

12. The Map screen will be displayed in the Cursor mode. The cursor will be directly over the POI you have selected. You may use the of the map displayed and if your position icon is within range, it will be shown.

MENU.

Arrow joystick to highlight Pts of Interest.

ENTER.

Arrow joystick up/down to highlight Background Map. Arrow joystick left/right to select Nearest or Alphabetical.

ENTER.

Arrow joystick and the ENTER button to

OK and

ENTER to continue.

Arrow joystick to highlight the POI to be viewed.

ENTER.

Arrow joystick to highlight View.

ENTER.

Zoom buttons to change the scale

13. Press

Note: Remember that pressing the

screen. In step 13 if you are finished with the POI’s in the POI database, you could press screen.

ESC to return to the detail screen of POI’s found in step 8.

NAV button will return you to the last viewed Map

NAV to close the POI database and return to the last viewed Map

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Routes

Routes are the least understood and one of the most important functions of a GPS receiver. The better you understand routes and how to use them, the more enjoyment you will receive from using your eXplorist.

The easiest, and most common form of a route is a one-leg route with a starting point (your present position) and a destination (a POI you select). This route is useful when you want to go to a specific preloaded or userentered POI.

GOTO route. A GOTO route is a

The next type of a route is a is they are GOTO routes stuck together. If a GOTO route is from A to B then a multi-leg route goes from A to B, B to C, C to D and so on. (Using the term multi-leg is somewhat misleading as it can be a single leg route but these types of routes are rarely used as a oneleg route, a GOTO route would be used instead.) An advantage of a multi-leg route is that it can be saved in the eXplorist’s memory to be activated and used over and over.

A third type of route is a in this section of the manual as they are part of the Track Log functions of the eXplorist.) As you travel the eXplorist records your track. Creating a backtrack route uses this track information and creates a multi-leg route, in reverse order, enabling you to navigate back to where you started.

multi-leg route. The easiest way to understand multi-leg routes

backtrack route. (The creation of backtrack routes are not described

GOTO Routes

A GOTO route is the most commonly used form of route in your eXplorist. The creation of a GOTO route is no harder then pressing the for the destination POI.

Features of a GOTO route:

• A straight line from your present position to a selected POI.

GOTO button and searching in the POI database

• GOTO routes can not be saved.

• GOTO routes are erased when the eXplorist is turned off.

• GOTO routes can be created by pressing the POI from the POI database.

• GOTO routes can also be created in the Cursor mode of the

GOTO button and selecting the destination

Map screen.

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Routes

South Lake Tahoe

CABIN

Rocky Slo

3.50mi

Heading Speed

48.0

030°M

Creating a GOTO Route

The instructions here describe the most common, and easiest way to create a GOTO route.

1. Press

GOTO.

2. Use the POI database to select the POI to be the destination.

Note: Detailed instructions for searching the POI database can be found in the Points of Interest section of this manual.

3. With the POI highlighted, press

ENTER.

4. If you already have a GOTO you will be asked to confirm the creation of this GOTO.

After pressing

ENTER, the last viewed navigation screen will be

displayed, updated as needed to provide information about the GOTO route you have created. On the drawn representing the GOTO route. The

Map screen, a line will be

Compass screen will

Map screen with a GOTO

route active. Notice the

line on the screen that

graphically displays the

route.

change to display the name of the POI used as the destination in the screen header bar and an icon representing the destination outside the diameter of the compass.

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Routes

Attention

Yes No

Goto

current

cursor

position?

Creating a GOTO Route from the Map Cursor

This will create a GOTO route to a point on the map that you have indicated by moving the crosshair cursor on the

1. While viewing the Map screen, use the Arrow joystick causing the eXplorist to go

into Cursor mode.

Map screen.

2. Continue using the map that represents where you want to go to.

3. Press

4. If a GOTO is active, you will be asked to deactivate it and create a new GOTO route. Highlight asked if you want to create a new GOTO route. Highlight

5. Confirm that you want to create a GOTO from the current cursor position. Highlight Yes.

(If you highlight that you still want to create a GOTO, just not to the current cursor position. The POI database screen will be displayed so you can search the database for the POI you want to use as the destination.)

6. Press

After pressing ENTER, the last viewed navigation screen will be displayed, updated as needed to provide information about the GOTO route you have created. On the Map screen, a line will be drawn representing the GOTO route. The Compass screen will change to display the name of the POI used as the destination in the screen header bar and an icon representing the destination outside the compass diameter.

GOTO.

Yes and press ENTER to overwrite the existing GOTO. You are then

ENTER.

Arrow joystick to move the crosshair cursor to a point on the

Yes and press ENTER.

No and press ENTER, the eXplorist assumes

Creating a GOTO using the

cursor confirmation

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Routes

Creating a GOTO Route to a Map Object

This will create a GOTO route to a map object (city, highway, user POI, etc.) that you have indicated by moving the crosshair cursor on the

1. While viewing the Map screen, use the Arrow joystick causing the eXplorist to go into Cursor mode.

Map screen over the map object.

2. Continue using the cursor to the map object that you want to go to.

3. Press

ENTER.

4. Use the Arrow joystick to highlight the map object that you want to use as the GOTO. (Some areas of the map may have

Arrow joystick to move the crosshair

Detail Info

Glendora 34°08.437N 117°51.845W

Glendora CA

multiple map objects in the same location.)

5. Press

6. Use the

7. Press

8. If a GOTO is active, you will be asked to deactivate it and create a new GOTO route. Highlight

After pressing needed to provide information about the GOTO route you have created. On the

ENTER.

Arrow joystick to highlight Goto.

ENTER.

Save

Sample City Detail screen

with Goto highlighted.

Yes and press ENTER.

ENTER, the last viewed navigation screen will be displayed, updated as

Map screen, a

Goto

line will be drawn representing the GOTO route. The Compass screen will change to display the name of the POI used as the destination in the screen header bar and an icon representing the destination outside the compass diameter.

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Routes

Multi-Leg Routes

Multi-leg routes can be used to navigate to a final destination using multiple legs. An example would be leaving the dock, motoring over to buoy 1, then the bait boat and finally to a fishing hot spot. This route would go from Dock to Buoy 1,Buoy 1 to Bait, Bait to Fish.

Features of a multi-leg route:

• Multi-leg routes can be saved in memory. (A maximum of 20 routes can be saved. Each saved route can have up to 29 legs in the route.)

• Multi-leg routes remain active even after the eXplorist has been turned off.

• Multi-leg routes can be edited, reversed, deleted or viewed on the map.

• When a multi-leg route is active, you can switch which leg will be used as the next destination point. In the above example, you could skip going to Buoy 1 by selecting the Bait leg when the route is active.

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Routes

Create Route

Save Route

Leg

Bearing Distance

Creating a Multi-leg Route

The eXplorist will provide you an empty list for your route and you can use the POI’s saved in the POI database to create the route. All the tools you’d need to create the route will be described here.

Steps in creating a multi-leg route:

1. Press

2. Use the

3. Press

4. Use the

5. Press

<Add POI> is highlighted. Press ENTER.

7. The POI database is shown. Search the database for the POI you want to use as the starting POI for the route.

8. Continue pressing Select the next POI for the route from the POI database.

9. [Optional] As you are creating the route you may want to edit what you have already entered. You can insert, delete or replace a POI that is already in the route list.

Inserting: Use the Arrow joystick to highlight the POI that you want to insert a new leg before. Press database for the new POI. The new POI will be added inserting into the route you are creating.

MENU.

Arrow joystick to highlight Routes.

ENTER.

Arrow joystick to highlight <New>.

ENTER.

ENTER with <Add POI> highlighted.

Create Route screen

MENU, highlight Insert POI and press ENTER. Search the POI

Deleting: Use the Arrow joystick to highlight the POI you want to delete from the route. Press

Replacing: Use the Arrow joystick to highlight the POI you want to replace. Press MENU, highlight Replace POI and press ENTER. Search the POI database for the

new POI. The POI you select will replace the POI that was originally highlighted.

10. When you have added all of the legs to the route you are creating, use the joystick to highlight Save Route.

11. Press

12. Use the characters, for the route.

13. Highlight

14. Press

ENTER.

MENU, highlight Delete POI and press ENTER.

Arrow joystick and the ENTER button to input a name, up to ten

OK.

Arrow

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Routes

Route List

4.95

Legs Distance

1 Tahoe Camp

2 Trout Spot

3 Magellan

New

Activating/Deactivating a Route

An active route is the route you are presently navigating on. Anytime you activate a route, it will remain the active route until you either turn it off (deactivate) or activate a new route. GOTO’s are automatically activated when they are created while multi-leg routes need to be activated manually.

1. Press

MENU.

2. Use the Arrow joystick to highlight Routes.

3. Press

4. Use the

ENTER.

Arrow joystick to highlight the name of the route you

want to activate or deactivate. (Active routes have their name bolded in the route list.)

5. Press

6. Highlight

7. Press

MENU.

Activate Route or Deactivate Route.

ENTER.

List of routes with route

named “Magellan” active.

You will be returned to the last viewed navigation screen with the route chosen activated or deactivated.

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Routes

Enter to Select

Camp Bridge

Marker

Ranger

Swim

Leg

Bearing

Distance

272° 3.06

M I

Changing the Destination Leg of an Active Route

When a route is created it can have many different legs to the route, each leg with its own destination. If during your travels you wanted to skip some of the legs you can select the leg that you want to proceed to next.

An example would be your planned route starts at your campsite. The first leg goes to the bridge. The second leg goes across the bridge to the stone marker. Leg 3 leaves the stone marker and takes you to the ranger station. To finish out the route, the final leg goes from the ranger station to the swimming area. This route would be

Ranger > Swim.

Suppose that after crossing the bridge you didn’t want to go to the stone marker but instead go directly to the ranger station. Since the route is active (you can only select legs from active routes), you would follow the instructions below and tell the eXplorist to set the next leg to the ranger station. The route would be recomputed, eliminating the navigation instructions to go to the stone marker.

Camp > Bridge > Marker >

1. Press

2. Use the

3. Press

4. Use the

5. Press

6. Highlight

7. Press

MENU.

Arrow joystick to highlight Routes.

ENTER.

Arrow joystick to highlight the active route.

MENU.

Select Leg.

ENTER.

8. Use the Arrow joystick to highlight the next destination POI

from the route list that you want to go to. In the example above, that would be

9. Press

ENTER.

10. Confirm that you want to do this by using the to highlight

11. Press

ENTER.

Yes.

Ranger.

Arrow joystick

12. Press NAV to return to the last viewed navigation screen.

Route leg list with Ranger

selected. Note that

Marker is bold as it is the

current active leg.

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Routes

Insert POI

Delete POI Replace POI Help

Editing a Saved Route

Saved routes can be edited to add a new leg at the end of the route (<Add POI>) remove a

Delete POI), insert a new leg (Insert POI) or change the destination from one POI to

leg ( another (

Replace POI).

1. Press

2. Use the

3. Press

4. Use the

5. Press

Adding a Leg: Use the Arrow joystick to highlight <Add

POI>

POI. The new POI will be added to the end of the route. Inserting: Use the Arrow joystick to highlight the POI that

you want to insert a new leg before. Press MENU, highlight Insert POI and press ENTER. Search the POI database for the new POI. The new POI will be added inserting into the route you are creating.

Deleting: Use the Arrow joystick to highlight the POI you want to delete from the route. Press

MENU.

Arrow joystick to highlight Routes.

ENTER.

Arrow joystick to highlight the name of the route you want to edit.

ENTER.

. Press ENTER. Search the POI database for the new

MENU, highlight Delete POI and press ENTER.

Replacing: Use the Arrow joystick to highlight the POI you want to replace. Press MENU, highlight Replace POI and press ENTER. Search the POI database for the

new POI. The POI you select will replace the POI that was originally highlighted.

10. When the route has been edited, use the

11. Press

12. [Optional] Use the characters, for the route.

13. Highlight

14. Press

ENTER.

Arrow joystick and the ENTER button to input a name, up to ten

OK.

ENTER.

Arrow joystick to highlight Save Route.

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Routes

Reversing a Route

Reversing a route takes a saved route and recreates it in reverse order. The sample route that was discussed earlier,

Ranger > Marker > Bridge > Camp.

1. Press MENU.

2. Use the Arrow joystick to highlight Routes.

Camp > Bridge > Marker > Ranger > Swim, would now be Swim >

3. Press

4. Use the

5. Press

6. Highlight

7. Press

ENTER.

MENU.

ENTER.

Arrow joystick to highlight the name of the route you want to reverse.

Reverse Route.

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Routes

Warning

Yes No

Delete

route ?

Deleting a Route

The eXplorist can hold up to 20 different routes. When you have 20 routes saved you will need to delete one before you can create a new one.

1. Press

2. Use the Arrow joystick to highlight Routes.

3. Press

4. Use the

5. Press

6. Highlight

7. Press

8. Highlight Yes to confirm deletion, or No to cancel deletion.

9. Press

MENU.

ENTER.

Arrow joystick to highlight the name of the route you want to delete.

MENU.

Delete Route.

ENTER.

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Routes

Copying a Route

Copying a route makes an exact duplicate of a route that can then be edited, saving you time in creating a new route that is similar to an existing route. Another use would be to copy a route and reverse it.

1. Press

2. Use the

3. Press

4. Use the

5. Press

6. Press MENU.

7. Use the

8. Press

9. Use the Arrow joystick to highlight Save Route.

10. Press

11. Use the characters, for the route.

12. Highlight

13. Press

MENU.

Arrow joystick to highlight Routes.

ENTER.

Arrow joystick to highlight the name of the route you want to copy.

ENTER.

Arrow joystick to highlight Edit Route.

ENTER.

Arrow joystick and the ENTER button to input a new name, up to ten

OK.

ENTER.

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Routes

Viewing a Route on the Map

Viewing the route on the map gives you a way of graphically seeing the legs of the route as they appear on the map.

1. Press MENU.

2. Use the

3. Press

4. Use the

5. Press

6. Press

7. Use the

8. Press

The route is displayed with the map scaled to display the entire route. You can use the move around the map.

9. When you are done viewing the route, press

Arrow joystick to highlight Routes.

ENTER.

Arrow joystick to highlight the name of the route you want to view. ENTER. MENU.

Arrow joystick to highlight View on Map. ENTER.

Zoom In and Zoom Out buttons to change the scale, and the Arrow joystick to

ESC to return to the Route List screen.

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Track Logs

As you are moving, the eXplorist continuously records your track. Much like leaving breadcrumbs on the trail that you can use later to find your way back, the eXplorist leaves “electronic breadcrumbs” on the map. The advantage here is you don’t have to worry about animals coming along and eating your return route markers.

This provides you with just another tool to make your eXplorist more valuable to you out in the field or on the waters. You can save your active track as track log or as a multi-leg route that you can use over and over. You can also create a backtrack route that will guide you back to your starting point, following the same path you just took. You will find many other additional uses for track logs once you feel comfortable with them.

Track Logs

As mentioned above, track logs are records of your travels uses electronic breadcrumbs to record where you have been. Track logs can be a track history that you have saved or the active track the eXplorist is recording.

Features of Track Logs:

• Active track is recording your travels whenever you are moving unless you have intentionally turned it off.

• Up to five track logs can be saved and recalled at a later date.

• Active tracks can be cleared, stopped and resumed adding flexibility to recorded tracking.

• Active tracks can be converted to a saved multi-leg route, providing a quick and easy way to create routes that can be used in the future.

• BackTrack, a function of Track Logs, provides an easy and quick way to activate a route that will return you to your starting position.

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Track Logs

Track Log

Active Track

Apr-24

Apr-28

10.48

Legs Distance

Stopping and Resuming Active Track Logging

This provides the ability to turn off the recording of the active track, and then starting it up again.

1. Press

2. Use the

3. Press

4. With Active Track highlighted, press

5. Highlight

MENU.

Arrow joystick to highlight Track Log.

ENTER.

MENU.

Stop Logging or Resume Logging.

Note: Stop Logging is displayed only when the active track is being recorded; Resume Logging appears only when the active track is not being recorded.

6. Press

ENTER.

Note: The eXplorist will fill in a straight line from the point that track logging was stopped to the point where it has been resumed. This is true unless there has been more then four hours between the stop and the resume logging command. In that case, the eXplorist will not draw a straight line from the stop to the resume points of the track.

Track Log List with

information at the bottom

for the number of legs and

the distance of the track

log highlighted.

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Track Logs

Track Log

Active Track

Apr-24 Apr-28

5253

Legs Distance

Starting a New Active Track Log

Before you can start a new active track log, you need to stop the one that is presently recording.

1. Press

2. Use the

3. Press

4. Use the

5. Press

6. Highlight

MENU.

Arrow joystick to highlight Track Log.

ENTER.

Arrow joystick to highlight Active Track.

MENU.

Stop Logging. (If Resume Logging is displayed,

the Track Log has already been stopped. Go to step 10.)

7. Press

8. Use the

9. Press

10. Highlight

11. Press

ENTER.

Arrow joystick to highlight Active Track.

MENU.

New Track.

ENTER.

Active route menu with

New Track highlighted.

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Track Logs

Saving an Active Track Log

This will save your active track log with a name you enter that you can use at some time in the future. This does not erase your presently active route, only saves the current active track and adds it to the list of available track logs. Up to five track logs can be saved, each with a name no more than seven characters long.

1. Press

2. Use the

3. Press

4. Use the

5. Press

6. Highlight

7. Press

8. If there are not enough track points to save, an alert will be displayed informing you of the same and cancels the save.

9. Use the log names can be up to seven characters in length.

10. Use the

11. Press

MENU.

Arrow joystick to highlight Track Log.

ENTER.

Arrow joystick to highlight Active Track.

MENU.

Save.

ENTER.

Arrow joystick and ENTER button to assign a name for the track log. Track

Arrow joystick to highlight OK when the name has been entered.

ENTER.

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Track Logs

Track Log

Active Track

0.00

Stop Logging Save

BackTrack

Clear Track Convert to Route View on Map Help

Creating a BackTrack Route

BackTrack routes use your active track to create a route back to where you started, turning around and following the electronic breadcrumb trail that the eXplorist dropped.

1. Press

2. Use the

3. Press

4. Use the

5. Press

6. Highlight

7. Press

8. [Track logging is turned off alert] Press

MENU.

Arrow joystick to highlight Track Log.

ENTER.

Arrow joystick to highlight Active Track.

MENU.

BackTrack.

ENTER.

After BackTrack has been activated, the last viewed navigation screen will be displayed. The eXplorist will now begin computing the navigation information needed to guide you back to your starting point.

NOTE: When you have an active BackTrack route, the eXplorist will not be recording track information. The previously mentioned options, Stop Logging, Resume Logging, New Track, will not be available. The eXplorist will automatically begin recording your track when:

• You have arrived at your destination.

• You activate a new route (GOTO or from Route menu).

• You deactivate the BackTrack. To deactivate a BackTrack:

Press

Highlight Track Log, press ENTER

Highlight Active Track, press MENU

Highlight Deactivate, press ENTER Press ENTER.

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Track Logs

Track Log

Active Track

0.00

Stop Logging Save

BackTrack

Clear Track

Convert to Route View on Map Help

Clearing the Active Track

The active track can get to be very large, especially if you haven’t cleared it in a while. It is recommended that if you plan on using a BackTrack or if you plan on saving the upcoming track log that you clear the active track before beginning your journey. If you do not, the other functions will still work but you will probably have a lot more track log information then you want.

1. Press

2. Use the

3. Press

MENU.

Arrow joystick to highlight Track Log.

ENTER.

4. Use the Arrow joystick to highlight Active Track.

5. Press

6. Highlight

7. Press

MENU.

Clear Track.

ENTER.

The active track is cleared and you are returned to the Track Log screen.

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Track Logs

Track Log

Apr-24

0.00

Follow Track Reverse Track DeleteTrack

Convert to Route

View on Map Help

Converting the Track Log to a Route

This function takes the track log and turns it in to a multi-leg route that is saved in your route list. From here the route can be edited if you need too.

Note: Convert to Route is available for both active track logs and track logs you have saved.

1. Press

2. Use the

3. Press

4. Use the

MENU.

Arrow joystick to highlight Track Log.

ENTER.

Arrow joystick to highlight Active Track or any track log you have

previously saved.

5. Press

6. Highlight

7. Press

MENU.

Convert to Route.

ENTER.

8. Use the Arrow joystick and ENTER button to assign a name for the route. Route names can be up to ten characters in length.

9. Use the

Arrow joystick to highlight OK when the name has

been entered.

10. Press

ENTER.

The route is created with the name you assigned and you are returned to the screen.

Track Log

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Track Logs

Viewing the Track Log on the Map

Selecting View on Map displays the track log chosen and plots it on the Map screen. This gives you the opportunity to graphically view the track log

Note: View on Map is available for both active track logs and track logs you have saved.

1. Press

2. Use the

3. Press

4. Use the previously saved.

5. Press

6. Highlight

7. Press

The Map screen is displayed, in the Cursor mode, with the selected track log displayed on the screen. The the cursor can be moved by using the

When you have finished viewing the track, press

MENU.

Arrow joystick to highlight Track Log.

ENTER.

Arrow joystick to highlight Active Track or any track log you have

MENU.

View on Map.

ENTER.

ZOOM IN and ZOOM OUT buttons can be used to change the map scale and

Arrow joystick.

ESC to return to the Track Log screen.

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Track Logs

Working with Saved Track Logs

It has been mentioned before that you can convert saved track logs to a route and view saved track logs on the map. There are three functions unique to saved track logs that you can perform; following, reversing and deleting the track.

Following Saved Track Logs

This function provides you with a means to use a saved track as a multi-leg route. Once this function has been activated, the eXplorist will navigate you along your saved track.

1. Press

2. Use the

3. Press

4. Use the

5. Press

6. Highlight

7. Press

8. {Track logging will be turned off alert.] Press

The last viewed navigation screen is displayed with the track log selected being used as an active route.

Reversing a Saved Track Log

Reversing a saved track log is identical to following a saved track log with the exception that the route created is reversed from the original track log.

1. Press

MENU.

Arrow joystick to highlight Track Log.

ENTER.

Arrow joystick to highlight any track log you have previously saved.

MENU.

Follow Track.

ENTER.

MENU.

2. Use the

3. Press

4. Use the

5. Press MENU.

6. Highlight

7. Press

8. {Track logging will be turned off alert.] Press ENTER.

The last viewed navigation screen is displayed with the reversed track log selected being used as an active route.

Arrow joystick to highlight Track Log.

ENTER.

Arrow joystick to highlight any track log you have previously saved.

Reverse Track.

ENTER.

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Track Logs

Deleting a Saved Track Log

Use this function to remove track logs that have been previously saved that are no longer needed.

1. Press

2. Use the

3. Press

4. Use the

5. Press

6. Highlight

7. Press

The saved track log is deleted and you are returned to the

MENU.

Arrow joystick to highlight Track Log.

ENTER.

Arrow joystick to highlight any track log you have previously saved.

MENU.

Delete Track.

ENTER.

Track Log screen.

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Preferences

The Preferences portion of the eXplorist provides the tools to personalize the eXplorist to your usage and needs. There are tools that are designed to give you full flexibility over its use as well as performing maintanence on the internal memory should the need arise.

Features found in Preferences:

• Restarting the GPS (Initializing) to give the eXplorist its approximate location if it has been moved a large distance while being turned off.

• Access to setting the units of measure for information displayed.

• Provides a means to set the north reference used to be either magnetic north or True North.

• The coordinate system for position information as well as the map datum used to compute the coordinate information can be choosen.

• Full control over the built-in power management tools to assist in prolonging battery life.

• Personalize your eXplorist.

• Choose from ten different langauges that can be used to display information.

• Access to tools that will provide you the means to clear all or part of the internal memory.

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Preferences

Restart GPS

Map Units Pwr Management Personalize Language Clear Memory

Restarting the GPS

Restarting the GPS provides a means of giving the eXplorist information about its approximate position, long time GPS receiver users will know this option as initializing. To understand when you would use this option, a breif explanation of how the eXplorist works will be helpful.

The GPS constellation consists of 24 satellites and three spares that orbit the earth, and at any given time of the day a different collection of satellites will be overhead. To keep track of what satellites are in view, the eXplorist has a built-in almanac that uses the present date and time, along with its approximate position, to “look-up” what satellites should be in view. Every time you turn your eXplorist off, it records in a special place in its memory, the last position fix computed, and then when it is turned back on, it assumes that it is still in the same approximate location and uses this last position fix when doing its “look-up” in the almanac.

Now if you turn your eXplorist off and fly across the country, the next time you turn it back on, it will think it is still at the location where it was turned off, and begin looking for the satellites it thinks are overhead. If the satellites are not there, the eXplorist begins “polling” the skies, trying to determine what satellites are in view. This process can take time and can appear as if the GPS portion of the eXplorist is not working. Under normal conditions, the eXplorist will still be able to compute your position but this can take longer then normal.

What location, hence speeding up the time to acquire its first fix. Many eXplorist users will never need to use the Restart the GPS option, but it is available should the need arise.

When to use

Restarting the GPS:

Restart GPS does is it gives you the ability to give the eXplorist its approximate

Restart GPS:

• When the eXplorist has been moved more then 500 miles (804.67 km) while turned off.

• When the eXplorist is sluggish and takes more then a few minutes to compute its first position fix when turned on. (This really isn’t an option that you need to be concerned about. The eXplorist has a built-in feature that when it has trouble computing its first position fix, it automatically asks you to supply the approximate position.)

1. Press

2. Use the

3. Press

4. Use the

5. Press

MENU.

Arrow joystick to highlight Preferences.

ENTER.

Arrow joystick to highlight Restart GPS.

ENTER.

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Preferences

Region

Enter Coord

USA

Americas Europe Asia East Asia West

Area

Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas

California

Colorado

Date

37° 00.000N

Done

119° 00.000W

10:16AM

21 MAY 04

6. Region. Use the Arrow joystick to highlight the region of the

world for your present location.

You can also enter the coordinates for your present position if you know them by highlighting used and is not described in this manual.

Enter Coord. This is rarely

7. Press

Area. Use the Arrow joystick to highlight the area of your

ENTER.

location. The list of areas is different for each region selected in step 6.

9. Press

10.

Time. Use the Arrow joystick to enter the current time. Push the Arrow joystick up

ENTER.

or down to change the value and left or right to move the cursor.

Note: Time is one of the first pieces of information transmitted by the satellites and even without enough satellite information to compute a position fix, the time displayed may have already been corrected.

11. Press

ENTER.

12. Date. Use the Arrow joystick to enter the present date. Push the Arrow joystick up

or down to change the value and left or right to move the cursor.

Note: Date is also sent by the satellites and may already be correct as well.

13. Press

14. Use the

15. Press

ENTER.

Arrow joystick to highlight Done.

ENTER.

16. The last viewed navigation screen is displayed and the eXplorist will begin tracking satellites.

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Preferences

Map Units

Miles/Ft/MPH

Magnetic

Nav Units

North Reference

Coord System

Map Datum

Lat/Lon

WGS84

Setting the Map Units

In the Map Units option of Preferences you can select which units of measure for navigation data, the north reference, the coordinate system and the map datum that will be used by the eXplorist.

Selecting Navigational Units of Measure

The eXplorist can be set to display navigation data in Miles/Yd/MPH, Miles/Ft/MPH, NM/Ft/Knots, NM/M/Knots or KM/KPH.

1. Press

2. Use the

3. Press

4. Use the

5. Press

6. Use the

Units

7. Press

8. Use the

9. Press

Map Units screen is displayed with the new Nav Units shown. You can change other

The settings or press

MENU.

Arrow joystick to highlight Preferences.

ENTER.

Arrow joystick to highlight Map Units.

ENTER.

Arrow joystick to highlight the data field for Nav

ENTER.

Arrow joystick to highlight the desired navigational units of measure.

ENTER.

ESC to return to the Preferences menu.

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Preferences

Map Units

Miles/Ft/MPH

Magnetic

Nav Units

North Reference

Coord System

Map Datum

Lat/Lon

WGS84

Selecting the North Reference

You can set the North Reference used by the eXplorist to be either magnetic north or True North.

1. Press

2. Use the

3. Press

4. Use the

5. Press

6. Use the

Reference

7. Press

8. Use the

9. Press

Map Units screen is displayed with the new North Reference shown. You can change

The other settings or press

MENU.

Arrow joystick to highlight Preferences.

ENTER.

Arrow joystick to highlight Map Units.

ENTER.

Arrow joystick to highlight the data field for North

ENTER.

Arrow joystick to highlight Magnetic or TRUE.

ENTER.

ESC to return to the Preferences menu.

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Preferences

Map Units

Miles/Ft/MPH

Magnetic

Nav Units

North Reference

Coord System

Map Datum

Lat/Lon

WGS84

Selecting the Coordinate System

Position data will be displayed in the coordinate system chosen in Map Units. The default system is latitude/longitude (Lat/Lon) and should be fine for most users. Experienced navigators will want to select a coordinate system that matches the maps or charts they are using. Coordinate systems that can be selected are:

• Lat/Lon

• UTM

• OSGB

• Irish

• Swiss

• Swedish

1. Press

MENU.

2. Use the

3. Press

ENTER.

4. Use the

5. Press

ENTER.

6. Use the

System

7. Press

ENTER.

• Finnish

• German

• French

• USNG

• MGRS

• User Grid

Arrow joystick to highlight Preferences.

Arrow joystick to highlight Map Units.

Arrow joystick to highlight the data field for Coord

8. Use the

Arrow joystick to highlight the desired coordinate

system.

If User Grid is selected additional information is required. This option will only be used by experienced users and is not described in this manual.

9. Press

Map Units screen is displayed with the new Coord System shown. You can change

The other settings or press

ENTER.

ESC to return to the Preferences menu.

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Preferences

Map Units

Miles/Ft/MPH

Magnetic

Nav Units

North Reference

Coord System

Map Datum

Lat/Lon

WGS84

Selecting the Map Datum

When using the eXplorist in conjunction with a map or chart, you should make sure that the map datum in the eXplorist matches the map datum that the map or chart uses. This can usually be found in the legend block on the map or chart. The default map datum for the eXplorist is WGS84 and should be used when in doubt.

1. Press

2. Use the

3. Press

4. Use the

5. Press

6. Use the

Datum

7. Press

8. Use the

9. Press

Map Units screen is displayed with the new Map Datum shown. You can change other

The settings or press

MENU.

Arrow joystick to highlight Preferences.

ENTER.

Arrow joystick to highlight Map Units.

ENTER.

Arrow joystick to highlight the data field for Map

ENTER.

Arrow joystick to highlight the desired map datum.

ENTER.

ESC to return to the Preferences menu.

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Preferences

Pwr Management

Off

4 Minutes

Power Off Timer

Light Timer

Using the Power Management Tool

When you are out in the field or on the water, extending the life of the batteries in your eXplorist should be something that you are mindful of. Two areas that you can control to extend the battery life are turning the eXplorist off when not in use and setting how long the display backlight will be on.

Setting the Power Off Timer

The eXplorist has a power off timer that will turn the eXplorist off after a defined time period if no buttons have been pressed or if you are not moving. This will prevent the batteries from running out if you accidently leave the eXplorist on.

1. Press

2. Use the

3. Press

4. Use the

5. Press

6. Use the

Off Timer

7. Press

8. Use the or set to

9. Press

Note: When using a GOTO route you should note that if the eXplorist turns off the GOTO route is erased. If you have a GOTO route activated and you think that the power timer may elapse and turn the eXplorist off, you might want to set the Power Off Timer to does not apply to multi-leg routes and BackTrack routes.

MENU.

Arrow joystick to highlight Preferences.

ENTER.

Arrow joystick to highlight Pwr Management.

ENTER.

Arrow joystick to highlight the data field for Power

ENTER.

Arrow joystick to highlight the desired time interval

Off.

ENTER.

Off. This

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Preferences

Light Timer

30 Seconds 1 Minute 2 Minutes

4 Minutes

10 Minutes Timer Off

Setting the Light Timer

As has been mentioned before, the display backlight makes the display easier to read in low light situations but it also is the largest drain on the batteries. The

1. Press

2. Use the

3. Press

4. Use the

5. Press

6. Use the

Timer

7. Press

8. Use the or set to Timer

9. Press

MENU.

ENTER.

Arrow joystick to highlight Preferences.

Arrow joystick to highlight Pwr Management.

Arrow joystick to highlight the data field for Light

Arrow joystick to highlight the desired time interval

Off.

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Preferences

Personalize

[Enter Name]

[Enter Address]

Name

Address

[Enter Telephone #]

Telephone #

[Enter Address]

City, State, Zip

Personalizing the eXplorist

This function provides a way to input information about yourself that could be used to return your eXplorist should you happen to lose it. Also the name you enter in the be displayed on the

About screen.

Steps to Personalize your eXplorist

1. Press MENU.

Name field will

2. Use the

3. Press

4. Use the

5. Press

6. Use the

7. Press

Arrow joystick to highlight Preferences.

ENTER.

Arrow joystick to highlight Personalize.

ENTER.

Arrow joystick to highlight the data field for Name.

ENTER.

8. Use the Arrow joystick and ENTER button to input your name.

9. Use the

Arrow joystick to highlight OK when the name is

entered.

10. Press

ENTER.

11. [Optional] Use the Arrow joystick to highlight the data field

Address. Repeat steps 7 through 10 for your address.

for

12. [Optional] Use the

City, State, Zip. Repeat steps 7 through 10 for your city, state and zip code.

for

Arrow joystick to highlight the data field

13. [Optional] Use the

Arrow joystick to highlight the data field for Telephone #.

Repeat steps 7 through 10 for your telephone number.

14. Press

ESC to exit the Personalize function.

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Preferences

Language

English

Français Deutsch Nederlands Suomi Español Italiano Português Svenska Norsk

Selecting Languages

The eXplorist can be set to display information from any one of ten different langauges. You can select from English, Français (French), Deutsch (German), Nederlands (Dutch), Suomi (Finnish), Español (Spanish), Italiano (Italian), Português (Portuguese), Svenska (Swedish) and Norsk (Norwegian).

Selecting the Language for Your eXplorist

1. Press MENU.

2. Use the

3. Press

ENTER.

4. Use the

5. Press

ENTER.

6. Use the

7. Press

ENTER.

Arrow joystick to highlight Preferences.

Arrow joystick to highlight Language.

Arrow joystick to selecte the language desired.

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Preferences

Clearing Memory

The Clear Memory function of Preferences gives you a tool that you can use to globally clear:

• all track logs [All Track Log],

• all user-entered POI’s and routes [

• all multi-leg routes [

• all track logs, user-entered POI’s, and routes [

Using Clear Memory you can also set all of the defaults in the eXplorist to the factory defaults.

Clearing All Track Logs

1. Press MENU.

2. Use the

3. Press

4. Use the

5. Press

6. Use the

7. Confirm. Use the

Arrow joystick to highlight Preferences.

ENTER.

Arrow joystick to highlight Clear Memory.

ENTER.

Arrow joystick to highlight All Track Log.

Routes], or

Arrow joystick to highlight Yes to confirm or No to cancel.

POIs/Routes],

All].

Clear Memory

All Track Log

POIs/Routes Routes Reset default All

8. Press

ENTER.

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Preferences

Clearing All User-Entered POIs and Routes

1. Press MENU.

2. Use the

3. Press

4. Use the

5. Press

6. Use the

7. Confirm. Use the

8. Press

Clearing All Routes

1. Press MENU.

2. Use the

3. Press

4. Use the

Arrow joystick to highlight Preferences.

ENTER.

Arrow joystick to highlight Clear Memory.

ENTER.

Arrow joystick to highlight POIs/Routes.

ENTER.

Arrow joystick to highlight Preferences.

ENTER.

Arrow joystick to highlight Clear Memory.

Arrow joystick to highlight Yes to confirm or No to cancel.

5. Press

6. Use the

7. Confirm. Use the

8. Press

Clearing All Track Logs, User-Entered POIs and Routes

1. Press MENU.

2. Use the

3. Press

4. Use the

5. Press

6. Use the

7. Confirm. Use the

8. Press

ENTER.

Arrow joystick to highlight Routes.

Arrow joystick to highlight Yes to confirm or No to cancel.

ENTER.

Arrow joystick to highlight Preferences.

ENTER.

Arrow joystick to highlight Clear Memory.

ENTER.

Arrow joystick to highlight All.

Arrow joystick to highlight Yes to confirm or No to cancel.

ENTER.

9. The eXplorist will automatically shut off.

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Preferences

Resetting the eXplorist to Factory Defaults

1. Press MENU.

2. Use the

3. Press

4. Use the

5. Press

6. Use the

7. Confirm. Use the

8. Press

Arrow joystick to highlight Preferences.

ENTER.

Arrow joystick to highlight Reset Default.

ENTER.

Arrow joystick to highlight All.

ENTER.

Arrow joystick to highlight Yes to confirm or No to cancel.

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Specifications

Performance

Receiver 14 parallel-channel technology, tracks up to 14 satellites to compute

Antenna Patch Acquisition Times (optimal conditions)

Accuracy

Limits

and update information.

Warm less than 1 minute Cold less than 2 minutes Update Rate 1 second continuous

Position <7 meters, 95% 2D RMS

w/WAAS/EGNOS <3 meters, 95% 2D RMS

Velocity 0.1 knot RMS steady state

Physical

Power

Speed 951 MPH (1530.5 km/h) Altitude 60,000 ft. (18,600 meters)

Size 4.6” x 2.1” x 1.3” [h] x [w] x [d]

11.7 cm x 5.3 cm x 3.3 cm Weight 4 ounces (110 grams) with 2 AA batteries installed Display 1.8” x 1.4” [h] x [w]

4.6 cm x 3.6 cm

4-level grayscale, high contrast LCD with EL backlit display Housing Weatherproof construction, wraparound rubber armor Temp. Range Operating: 14°F to 140°F (-10°C to 60°C)

Memory

Source 2 AA alkaline batteries Battery Life Greater than 14 hours w/backlight display off

8 MB background map

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Specifications

Coordinate Systems

Available 11 plus 1 user grid.

Routes

Total Up to 20 saved routes

Name Length 10 characters (including spaces)

Track Logs

Total Up to 5 saved track logs plus active track log

Lat/Lon, UTM, OSGB, Irish, Swiss, Swedish, Finnish, German,

French, USNG and MGRS

GOTO route

BackTrack route

Name Length 7 characters (including spaces)

Points of Interest

User-entered

Total Up to 500 saved points of interest Name Length 8 characters (including spaces)

Built-in (included with background map)

Cateogies Cities, highways, airports, waterways and parks.

Navigation Screens

Map Includes background map and 2 data fields (customizable) Compass Includes graphical compass and 2 data fields (customizable) Position Includes position, elevation, accuracy, date and time, trip odometer

and battery life

Alarms

XTE Alarm Alerts when more then 250 ft. left or right of computed track Arrival Alarm Alerts when within approximately 250 ft. of destination

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Accessories

Expand the use of your Magellan eXplorist with accessories from the Magellan Online Store for all of your adventures.

Carrying Case Specially designed for your Magellan eXplorist,

this rugged black canvas carrying case attaches conveniently to our belt or pack strap. It features handy pockets for carrying extra batteries. Protect your Magellan eXplorist while traveling or being stored.

Part number: 980773

Swivel Mount Conveniently mount your Magellan eXplorist in

your car, truck, boat or virtually any vehicle. This easy-to-install mounting bracket securely holds your receiver for optimal viewing while on-road or off-road, or on the water, wherever your adventure takes you.

Part number: 702209

Bike Mounting Mount your Magellan eXplorist on your bicycle, Bracket

Vehicle Mount Strong suction cups conveniently secure your

snowmobile or motorcycle for convenient operation and viewing. The easy-to-install mounting bracket securely holds your receiver at just the right angle while on the trails, back roads, city street or anywhere your adventure takes you.

Part number: 702211

Magellan eXplorist to the windshield of your car, truck or RV. Full tilt and swivel positioning enables optimal viewing of your receiver whenever your adventure takes you.

Part number: 702210

To order accessories you can go to the Magellan Online Store at:

.magellangps.com/en/store/

www

for a complete listing of these and any additional accessories that are available for your

Magellan eXplorist.

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Contacting Magellan Support

The following information is provided so that if you need support for your Magellan eXplorist, you can direct your questions/comments to the proper person at Thales Navigation.

Technical Support

If you need technical assistance, "how-to" help, or if you have a technical question about the functionality of your Magellan product, please contact us on the internet at www.magellangps.com or you may reach technical support by fax or by phone.

Our technical support phone representatives are available Monday through Friday, 6:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. P.S.T/P.D.T or after hours you may leave a detailed voice mail message that will be returned within the next business day.

Telephone: 800-707-9971 or +1 909-394-5000 (Outside North America). You may also reach technical support by fax: +1 909-394-7050 [Attn: Tech.

Support].

E-mail: magellansuppor

t@thalesnavigation.com

Warranty Service

To obtain warranty service on your eXplorist, you must contact us for a return authorization prior to shipment of product. Packages arriving at our dock without an RMA may be refused. To obtain an RMA, simply contact our technical support group at:

Tel: 800-707-9971 or 909-394-5000 Fax: 909-394-7050 [Attn: Tech. Support] E-mail: magellansuppor

t@thalesnavigation.com