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This manual provides

basic operation

instructions for all

models of the

Magellan eXplorist

GPS Receiver.

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

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and with Thales Navigation GPS products (the “SOFTWARE”) in the normal
operation of the equipment.

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 this SOFTWARE like any other copyright material.

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

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eXplorist GPS Receiver

This guide will provide you with the basics of using the Magellan®
eXplorist™ GPS receiver. If you require more detailed
descriptions of functions not described in this guide, please visit
the Magellan eXplorist Support page at the Magellan web site
(www.magellangps.com).

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Light

Enter

Zoom In

Nav

Mark

EscapeEscape

Zoom Out
Zoom In

Nav Used to select the navigational screen desired.

Menu Brings up a menu, allowing you to access other functions

GOTO Used to create a route to a destination that is selected

Mark Adds your present position to the list of POIs.

Enter Accepts inputs and selections.

Escape Returns you to the last viewed screen. If inputting data,

Power Turns the eXplorist receiver on or off.

Allows you to zoom in or out on the Map screen.

and display customizing.

from the list of points of interest (POIs).

cancels changes as well.

Power

Joystick

Zoom Out

Menu

GOTO

Light Used to set the intensity of the display backlight.

Joystick Moves the cursor on the Map screen and used to highlight

selections from menus.

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Basic Operation

The eXplorist GPS receiver is a handheld personal navigation
device that uses information from a constellation of GPS satellites
to compute your present position. It uses changes in your present
position to compute various navigation data, such as speed,
heading, etc. In its simplest form, you select a destination from
the list of POI’s (Points of Interest) and the eXplorist receiver will
provide you with the information to arrive at your destination.

1. Compute your position...

Turn the eXplorist on by pressing the

Power button.

With a clear view of the sky, your eXplorist

receiver will begin tracking satellites and
computing your present position.

Press

Your eXplorist begins

acquiring satellite
information and
computes your present
position.

When “Position Fix” is
displayed in the upper
left corner, you are
ready to select your
destination.

You can see the progress
of satellite data
collection by viewing
the Satellite Status
screen shown here.

Press Nav until this
screen is displayed.

Pressing Nav
button will allow you
to select the navigation
screen, (Map, Position
or Compass) that best
suits your needs.

Basic Operation

2. Select a destination...

Press the GOTO button.

If your eXplorist has a built-in background map,

you will be asked to choose the destination from
your saved points of interest or from points of
interests preloaded with your background map.

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Press

From the POI list, select

your destination

3. Go to your destination.

Use the joystick
to highlight your
desired
destination and

press Enter.

As you travel you
will notice that your
eXplorist will
continually update
your position as
well as providing
you with the
necessary details to
arrive at your
destination.

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Turning the eXplorist Receiver On

Basic Functions

Press Power. (Press
and hold for 2 - 3

Press
Enter.

seconds.)

After the eXplorist receiver successfully computes your present

position, the last viewed navigation screen is displayed.

Turning the eXplorist Receiver Off

Press Power.

A shutdown
sequence begins. To
cancel power off,

press Escape.

Setting the Display Backlight

Press Light.

The display backlight is a large drain on the receiver’s
batteries.

Each time you press the Light button, the
display backlight changes from low to
high and back to off.

Adjusting the Contrast

From any screen, press
Menu. Use the joystick to
highlight Contrast and
press

Enter.

Use the
joystick to
adjust the
contrast to the
desired level.

Press Escape when
done.

Navigational Functions

Your eXplorist receiver employs three different navigational
screens to assist you in arriving at your destination. Pressing the
Nav button allows you to cycle through the navigation screen.

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The Map screen displays
your present position using a
map of the area as the
background. You can zoom

The Map screen is
customizable. Press

Menu, highlight

Customize page and
press Enter.

in or out using the zoom in/
out buttons to show just the
portion of the map you need.
The Map screen can also display your track history as well as a
visual indicator of a route you may be navigating on.

The Position screen displays
your present position using
the coordinate system
selected in Preferences.

You can reset the trip
odometer by pressing

Menu, highlight

Reset Trip and pressing

Enter.

Also displayed is your
elevation, accuracy, date and
time, trip odometer and
battery life.

The Compass screen uses a
graphical compass to provide
you with information used to
navigate to your destination.
An icon outside the compass

The Compass screen is
also customizable.

Press Menu,
highlight Customize
page and press
Enter.

ring indicates your
destination and the compass
points in the direction you are heading.

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Your eXplorist receiver may come with preloaded POI’s for a
variety of areas. However, you will find that you will want to add
your own POI’s to the database. POI’s that you save are accessed
from the “My Pts of Interest” option of the database.

Creating User POI’s

Saving Your Present Position

From any screen, press
Mark.

Highlight Save and press

previously viewed screen.

Some examples of POI’s you might want to save would be your
campsite, a special landmark that you want to visit again at a
future date, fishing hotspots, even your car to help you find it
when your day is done. Anytime you think you might want to
come back to your current location, you should save it to your POI
database and then it will be at your fingertips the next time you
want to return.

You might be familiar with the more common navigation

term of “waypoint” for My Pts of Interest. Waypoints and

My Pts of Interest are exactly the same and the terminology

Enter when done and return to the

is interchangeable

You can change the
information in any of
the fields by using
the joystick to
highlight the field

and press Enter.

GOTO a Destination

You can use your eXplorist receiver to go to (“GOTO”) any
destination in your POI database. This can be one of the POI’s
that was preloaded in your eXplorist receiver (if applicable) or one
that you have added. Once a GOTO route has been defined, your
eXplorist receiver will guide you in a straight line to your
destination. If you need to move away from the suggested path,
the eXplorist receiver will continuously update the route, keeping
you headed towards your destination.

Setting a GOTO Route

From any screen, press GOTO

If your eXplorist came with a built-in

background map, you need to select the topic in
your database where the POI is located.
Highlight the topic that contains the POI you
are looking for is in. Use the joystick to select
Alphabetical or Nearest.

If your eXplorist does not have a built-in

background map, you will be asked how you want your POIs
displayed, alphabetical or nearest to your position.

Choose the POI that you want to go to and

press

Enter. The information at the bottom

of the screen is the bearing and distance to the
highlighted POI from your present position.

The last viewed Nav screen is displayed and

the eXplorist receiver begins computing the
navigational information required to get you to your
destination.

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Some navigational information that is computed
requires that you be moving for it to be calculated.
When that information is not being calculated, the
navigational fields will be filled with dashes.

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Using Backtrack

As you travel with your eXplorist receiver on, it will continuously
record your track. Track is then a history of everywhere you have
gone. At anytime you want to reverse your direction and head
back to where you started, you can create a Backtrack route. This
route will automatically be computed using the track history stored
in your eXplorist receiver.

Creating a Backtrack Route

From any screen, press
Menu. Use the joystick to
highlight “Track Log” and
press

Enter.

With Active Track
highlighted, press

Menu.

Active Track is the
active track history
since the last time
track was cleared.
Other Track Logs in
the list are track logs
that you have saved for
future use.

Highlight “BackTrack”
and press Enter.
You will return to the

Nav screen and begin
seeing information to
guide you along your
track back to your point
of origin.

Your track history may go back further then your intended

destination. You may want to clear your track (from the

Track Log menu above, highlight “Clear Track” and press

Enter) before you begin your travels so when you do a

backtrack route, it is limited to just the track history desired.

You can also save your track history using the Save command
from the “Track Log” option or convert the track to one of your
saved routes with the “Convert to Route” option. This will allow
your eXplorist receiver to guide you over the same path at a future
date.

Using Track Logs

As mentioned earlier, your eXplorist receiver records your track
and allows you to use this information to create a route, backtrack
or just to provide you with a visual indication of your journeys.

Accessing Track Logs

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From any screen, press

Menu. Use the

joystick to highlight
“Track Log” and press

Enter.

The Track
Log is
divided into
two areas:
Active
Track and
Track Logs.

Active Track

Active Track is the track that is presently being
created by your eXplorist receiver. Highlighting
“Active Track” and pressing
menu offering a choice of activities to perform on
your active route.

Stop Logging: Turns the recording of your

track off.

Resume Logging: (Displayed if Track has been stopped).

Continues recording track from the point when it was stopped.

New Track: (Displayed if Track has been stopped). Erases old

track logging and begins recording a new track log.

Save: Allows the present track to be saved as a track log.

BackTrack: Creates a route that traces your track from your

present position back to where the track started.

Clear Track: Erases the active track from memory.

Convert to Route: Changes the track into a route that can be

accessed from the “Routes” menu option.

View on M a p: Graphically displays the track on the Map

screen.

Enter brings up a

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Using Track Logs

Track Logs

When an active track is saved it becomes one of
your stored track logs. Highlight the desired
track log and press
log options.

Follow Track: Navigates from the start of

the track log to the end.

Reverse Track: Same as Follow track but

navigates from the end of the track log to the starting point.

Delete Track: Removes the selected track log from memory.

Convert to Route: Changes the track into a route that can be

accessed from the “Routes” menu option.

View on Map: Graphically displays the track on the Map

screen.

Enter for a list of track

Using Multileg Routes

If you understand the concept of a GOTO route being a straight
route with a starting and ending point, then you can understand
multileg routes. A multileg route is many GOTO routes linked
together. So instead of having a route that only goes from A to B,
you can create routes that go from A to B to C to D and so on.

Accessing Routes

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From any screen, press
Menu. Use the joystick to
highlight “Routes” and
press

Enter.

Any routes
saved will be
displayed
along with an
option to
create a new
route.

New Route

When “<New>” is selected, the Create Route screen is displayed.
Press
select the next POI in the route list. If you highlight an existing
item in the route list and press
choices of inserting a POI before the one highlighted, deleting the
highlighted POI from the route or just replacing it with a new POI.
When you have the route organized like you
want it, use the joystick to highlight Save Route
and press
name for the route, highlight the “OK” button
and press

Enter with “<Add POI>” to go to the POI database to

Menu, you will be given the

Enter. Use the keypad to enter a

Enter.

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Using Multileg Routes

Using a Saved Route

Highlighting a route you have saved and
pressing
you can perform on that route.

Activate/Deactivate Route: Assigns the

selected route as the route you are wanting
to follow or turns off the routing for that
route if it was already active.

Edit Route: Allows you to insert, delete or add POI’s to the

existing route.

Reverse Route: Stores the selected route in reverse order.

Delete Route: Removes the selected route from the eXplorist

memory.

View on Map: Graphically displays the route on the Map

screen.

Menu brings up a list of options

The POI Database

The POI database is the place where your saved positions (“My
Pts of Interest”) or any preloaded positions are stored for easy
access when creating a GOTO or multileg route.

NOTE: Not all versions of the eXplorist GPS receivers contain
preloaded POI’s. If your eXplorist does not have any preloaded
POI’s you will need to add user points of interest before you can
create a GOTO or a multileg route.

Accessing the POI Database

From any screen, press Menu. Use the
joystick to highlight “Pts of Interest” and press

Enter.

If your eXplorist receiver has preloaded
POI’s: With preloaded POI’s you get a list of

topics to choose from. If you select “My Pts of
Interest” a list of all the POI’s you have saved are
displayed in the order you defined. If you
highlight one of the displayed POI’s and press
Menu, you will have the option of editing or
deleting the POI. (Shortcut: pressing
highlighted goes into the edit mode.)
From “Background Map,” you will be given a list of topics, such
as cities, highways, airports, waterways and parks. After selecting
one of these topics, a keyboard is displayed if alphabetical listing
is chosen. As the list of POI’s in the database can be enormous,
you can use the keyboard to enter the first few characters in the
POI you are looking for when doing an alphabetical search. With
the first few characters entered, highlight “OK” and press
Enter. This will speed up the search for the POI you are seeking.
When you have the POI selected, pressing
information about that POI. You can also save it as one of your
user POI’s or view it on the Map screen.

Enter with the POI

Enter brings up

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Need Help?

Your eXplorist receiver has a built-in help function that can
provide you information to help you while using it. This is a
general help function that should answer most of your questions
about the eXplorist receiver and its use.

Accessing Screen Specific Help

From most screens, press Menu. Highlight
“Help” and press

Enter to access the help

screens.

About Your eXplorist Receiver

Accessing the About...
screen will provide you
information about the
software version and
memory usage of your
eXplorist GPS receiver.
From any Nav screen,
press

Menu.

The About...
screen
displays the
software
revision and
date, mapping
detail (if

applicable),
and number of
routes, POI’s, length of active
track and track logs.

Highlight “About...” and
press

Enter to access

the About... screen.

The Property of: field will display the information you entered in
the Name field after you have personalized your eXplorist
receiver. (See the section on Preferences for information on
personalizing.)

Setting User Preferences

Accessing Preferences

From any Nav screen,
press

Menu. Use the

joystick to highlight
“Preferences” and press

Enter.

Restarting GPS (Initializing)

When To Restart GPS: Your eXplorist always starts looking for
satellites assuming it is in the same location as when it was turned
off. Traveling more than 500 miles with your eXplorist receiver
turned off may cause delays in position computation. Restarting
GPS is not mandatory but will decrease the time taken to compute
your position following such a move.

Changing Map Units

Map Units has four selectable options: Nav
Units, North Reference, Coord. System and Map
Datum.
Highlight the desired option and press

Nav Units: Allows you to select the units of

measure used for displaying navigation and
position measurements.

North Reference: Used to set the top of the map display to

True North or Magnetic North.

Coordinate System (Coord System): Used to select the

coordinate system used to display position information.

Map Datum: Allows you to select the map datum used for

mapping information. If you are using a paper map or chart in
conjunction with your eXplorist receiver, be sure that the map
datum selected matches the map datum for the map or chart
you are using.

Use the
joystick to
highlight the
desired
function and

press
Enter.

Enter.

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Setting User Preferences

Setting Power Management

Power Management options are used to help preserve battery life in
your eXplorist receiver. Under Power Management you have two
options, Power Off Timer and Light Timer.

Power Off Timer: Set the time that your eXplorist receiver will

turn off automatically if no keys have been pressed and you are
not moving.

Light Timer: Set the time that the backlight for the display will

turn off automatically if no keys have been pressed .

Personalizing Your eXplorist Receiver

You can add your name and address information to your eXplorist
receiver. Should you lose your eXplorist receiver, this information
could be used to aid in its recovery. The name you enter here will
also be displayed on the About... screen.

Changing Languages

You can set your eXplorist receiver to display text in any of 10
different languages. You can choose from English, French
(Français), German (Deutsch), Dutch (Nederlands), Finnish
(Suomi), Spanish (Español), Italian (Italiano), Portuguese
(Português), Swedish (Svenska) or Norwegean (Norsk).

Clearing Memory

You have five options for clearing memory. Be very careful when
clearing memory. This cannot be undone and all data selected will
be lost.

All Track Log: Clears all saved track logs.

POIs/Routes: Clears all user entered POIs and routes.

Routes: Clears all user created routes,.

Reset default: Resets the receiver to its default configuration.

Resets language, preferences and any screen customization done.

All: Clears all of the memory of your eXplorist receiver and sets

all of the defaults back to factory defaults. The eXplorist
receiver will shut off after all the memory has been cleared.

Contacting Magellan

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

For Magellan product support in English, French, German, Spanish,
Portuguese, Dutch, Norwegian, Finnish and Danish please dial FREE
PHONE:

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from 9 AM to 6 PM GMT & GMT+1 or send an e-mail in English,
French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Norwegian, Finnish and
Danish to: [e-mail]

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and Finland

For Magellan product phone support in English, French or German
from other Europe, Middle East or African locations please dial:

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For Magellan product phone support in other European Middle East or
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locator or send an e-mail to:
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Accessories

A complete list of accessories, along with ordering information can be
found on the Magellan web site, www.magellangps.com.

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