Eagle Explorer, Installation And Operation Instructions Manual

Page 1: ...1 INSTALLATION AND OPERATION INSTRUCTIONS Eagle Explorer TM TM ...

Page 2: ...ntage of all available navigation tools when trav elling to a waypoint but will also visually check to make certain a clear safe path to the waypoint is always available The storage temperature for your unit is from 4 degrees to 167 degrees Fahrenheit 20 to 75 degrees Celsius Extended storage temperatures higher or lower than specified will cause the liquid crystal display to fail Neither this typ...

Page 3: ...0 CLOCK 20 CLOCK ALARM 21 TIMERS 21 REPROGRAM BOXES 22 WAYPOINTS 23 SAVINGYOUR PRESENT POSITION QUICK SAVE 23 SAVING CURSOR POSITION 23 SAVINGYOUR PRESENT POSITION 24 EDITWAYPOINT LAT LON 25 EDITWAYPOINT NAME 25 MOVE A WAYPOINT 26 DISTANCE BETWEENWAYPONTS 27 WAYPOINT OPTIONS 27 DELETE AWAYPOINT 28 ROUTES 28 CREATE A ROUTE 28 SELECTWAYPOINTS FOR ROUTE 29 FINISHINGTHE ROUTE 30 DELETE AWAYPOINT FROM ...

Page 4: ...OLD START 39 DATUM 40 PCF 40 POSITION PINNING 41 ALARMS 42 MESSAGES 43 SIMULATOR 43 STARTING POSITION 44 USER ARROW KEYS TO STEER 44 BACKLIGHT 45 DEFINITION OFTERMS ABBREVIATIONS 45 WINDOW GROUPS 47 WARRANTY STATEMENT 49 UPS RETURN SERVICE 50 ACCESSORY ORDERING 51 HOW TO OBTAIN SERVICE INTERNATIONAL INSIDE BACK COVER HOW TO OBTAIN SERVICE U S A ONLY BACK COVER ...

Page 5: ...s it will But the faster you travel the easier it is for the unit to determine your direction Another factor that influences the GPS position and navigation capabili ties is called selective availability or S A This is small errors purposefully injected into the transmitted signal from the satellites The government does this to degrade the system s accuracy to civilian and foreign users Even with ...

Page 6: ... the unit will automatically switch to the batteries The Explorer does not require batteries when the external power is in use however they make a good backup in case of power failure BATTERY INSTALLATION For battery operation the Explorer requires four AA batteries or the op tional DuraCell rechargeable battery We recommend DuraCell alkaline batteries but other brands will work You can also use r...

Page 7: ...rd has twelve keys The arrow keys are tied to most of the features letting you easily move the plotter s cursor navigate through the menus make selections from menus and other tasks TheWPT key lets you create save and recall waypoints and routes The MODE key switches the unit between the three major displays windows navigation and plotter To select different features or to modify func tions press ...

Page 8: ...t different menus on the list Pressing the right arrow key selects the high lighted menu item To erase a menu press the EXIT key Finding Your Position Cold Start When the Eagle Explorer is turned on for the very first time it doesn t know where it is nor what the local time or date is If you tell it your position time and date the unit will take much less time to lock on to the satellites and give...

Page 9: ... have to do to find your position Your local time display may not be correct when the cold start method is used See the initialization section for details on changing the time Finding Your Position Initialization A cold start as described above can take over two minutes to find your position A faster method is to initialize the Eagle Explorer manually To do this first press the PWR key Next read t...

Page 10: ...on this screen Don t worry about altitude When everything is acceptable press the EXIT key repeatedly to return to a mode screen The Explorer will in stantly use the data you entered to find the satellites in the sky The unit knows which satellites will be available at the position date and time you entered Therefore it will only look for those satellites making the search time much shorter than a...

Page 11: ...oups For example Group A is the first windows group on the MODE menu Press the right arrow key to see more screens on each mode When the de sired screen appears press the EXIT key to clear the menu Note For a list of abbreviations used on the dis plays see the back of this manual Navigation Screens There are two navigation screens Nav screen number one shows a graphi cal view of your trip the othe...

Page 12: ...e 28 for information on waypoint navigation If you navigate to a waypoint the screen looks like the one at right The bearing to the destination waypoint is shown in the upper left corner of the screen Bearing is also shown by the large arrow pointing up to the compass The bearing is 176 on the screen at right The lines on either side of the present position arrow show the cross track error range I...

Page 13: ...K along with a CDI See below for more infor mation on the CDI Course Deviation Indicator CDI The CDI shows your distance to the left or right of the desired course You must recall a waypoint or run a route to use the CDI The vertical line in the center of the box shows the direction to the desti nation For example if you re travelling straight to wards the destination the line stays in the center ...

Page 14: ...een number 1 shows by default Your current position displays at the center of the screen as a cross surrounded by a flashing diamond To view the other plotter screen press the MODE key Press the up or down arrow key to move the black box to the PLOT label Now press the right arrow or left arrow key to select plot 2 This screen as shown at right has navigation data displayed at the bottom of the sc...

Page 15: ...e MENU key then use the up or down arrow keys to highlight the Plotter Options label Finally press the right arrow key The screen shown at right appears Plotter Orientation Normally the Eagle Explorer shows the plotter with north always at the top of the screen This is the way most maps and charts are printed on paper This is fine if you re always travelling due north Waypoints you see to your lef...

Page 16: ... rotates as you change direction It always keeps your direction of travel track heading towards the top of the screen In the course up mode the screen is locked into your original bearing to the recalled waypoint regardless of your track To select the desired mode highlight the ROTATE label on the Plotter Options menu then press the left or right arrow keys until the desired mode appears Press the...

Page 17: ... to DIST If you want to change the update time or distance simply highlight either the UPDT RATE to change the update time or the UPDT DIST to change the update distance then press the left or right arrow keys until the desired setting appears Press the EXIT key to erase the plotter menu ICONS The Eagle Explorer has fifteen symbols or icons available These icons can be placed anywhere on the plott...

Page 18: ...e screen first press the MENU key then select the WPT Icon Options menu A screen similar to the one at right ap pears There are three methods used to erase icons from the screen You can delete all of the icons re gardless of their position on the display delete all of the icons of a certain type or selectively erase individual icons You can also simply turn all of the icons off without erasing the...

Page 19: ...nt position as shown at right Use the arrow keys to move the cursor to the icon on the map that you wish to erase Press the ENT key to erase the icon If you wish to de lete another icon move the cursor over it and press the ENT key When you re finished press the EXIT key to erase the cursor WINDOWS This feature gives you 15 different groups of win dows so you can use the best navigation display fo...

Page 20: ...ght above you when it is at the inter section of the horizontal and vertical lines that pass through the circles The FIX number in the upper right corner of the screen show the quality of fix If the FIX is 9 then it s the best you can get A FIX of 1 is the worst CLOCK Whenever a clock timer or alarm is showing on a display new items appear in the list when you press the MENU key These items let yo...

Page 21: ...e The Eagle Explorer must be on in order for the alarms to work In other words if you set the alarm to go off at 7 00 a m then the Eagle Ex plorer will have to be on at 7 00 a m also Timers The Eagle Explorer has two timers built in One is a countdown timer and the other is a count up timer The countdown timer counts down from the time you put in to zero The count up timer starts at zero and count...

Page 22: ...he black box to either the Up Tmr Reset or DN Tmr Reset label then press the right arrow key REPROGRAM BOXES The digital boxes on the PLOT 2 and both NAV screens can be repro grammed The changes you make to the screen will remain in memory even if all power is removed from the unit You can however return the boxes to the factory settings from the Preset Groups item in the Sys tem Setup menu To cus...

Page 23: ...int Quick Save Method To save your present position simply press the WPT key twice The Eagle Explorer puts your cur rent position into the first available waypoint num ber on the list A message appears on the display telling you the waypoint number it just used This also momentarily places you in the database menu Anytime a database menu is showing sim ply press theWPT key once and the unit will s...

Page 24: ...right arrow keys until the waypoint number ap pears that you wish to store your present posi tion In this example we re going to store a posi tion as waypoint number 6 Now press the down arrow key until the WPT Options label is high lighted Press the right arrow key A screen simi lar to the one shown at right appears Highlight the SaveWPT As label shown at the bottom of the menu and press the righ...

Page 25: ...t Lat Lon menu and press the right arrow key The screen shown at right appears Using the left and right arrow keys highlight each number in the po sition and change it using the up and down arrow keys When you re ready to save this position and return to the waypoint screen press the ENT key The location you entered shows at the bottom of the screen under the waypoint number you selected Note You ...

Page 26: ...ne waypoint number to another In this example we ll move all of the information in waypoint number 10 to waypoint number 20 To do this highlight the way point options label on the waypoint screen and press the right arrow key Now highlight the Move WPT label Press the right arrow key The screen shown at right appears The black box is resting on the From label Now press the down arrow key once to h...

Page 27: ... waypoint A to the second waypoint B shows at the bottom of the screen You can select more waypoints to measure at this time or press the EXIT key to erase this screen WAYPOINT OPTIONS You can customize the look of the waypoints on the plotter or even turn them off To do this first press the MENU key then highlight the WPT Icon Opts label Press the right arrow key The screen shown at right appears...

Page 28: ...way point in the route To create a route first press the MENU key high light the PLAN EDIT ROUTES label and press the right arrow key The screen shown at right appears This unit can store up to twenty different routes Route number one shows on this page If you wish to create a route using a different number simply press the left or right arrow keys until the desired route number appears In this ex...

Page 29: ...t the top of the screen or waypoint name menus As you move through the list of saved waypoints their date and time saved po sition and distance and bearing from your present position show at the bottom of the screen When the desired waypoint appears that you want to use as the first waypoint on the route move the black box to the Add WPT label then press the right arrow key The unit returns to the...

Page 30: ...he route s list Press the right arrow key The screen shown at right appears Highlight the Delete label on this menu and press the right arrow key The unit returns to the route list with the waypoint removed from the list Note This doesn t delete the way point from the database it only removes it from the route Waypoint Detail To view the position bearing distance and other information about a wayp...

Page 31: ...screen shown at right appears The black box is on the Start RTE Auto label This starts the navigation to the waypoint that is closest to your present position If you want to start the route with the first waypoint in the route press the right arrow key until the number 1 ap pears If you want to see details about the highlighted waypoint press the WPT key When you have everything on this screen set...

Page 32: ...reen then pressing the left or right arrow keys until the de sired waypoint number appears Now highlight the Go To label and press the right arrow key The unit immediately returns to the navigation plotter or windows screen and shows navigation information to the selected location In this example we recalled waypoint number 1 Switching to a plotter screen shown at right shows our starting location...

Page 33: ... cursor position is used as a destination If you follow the track line you ll reach the destination covering the shortest distance in the least time CAUTION The Eagle Explorer does NOT take land features altitudes restricted or prohibited areas or any other feature into account when it projects the track line on the screen Therefore you must use care when navigating on the track line and avoid any...

Page 34: ...re The Eagle Explorer can show data in many different formats For ex ample distance can be displayed in statute miles MI nautical miles NM or kilometers KM The following can be changed on the Change Units menu Defaults shown in bold Distance miles nautical miles kilometers Speed miles per hour knots kilometers per hour Bearing magnetic true Altitude feet meters Clock 12 hour a m p m 24 hour Positi...

Page 35: ...tion format Press the EXIT key to both select the format and erase the position format menu NMEA DGPS The Eagle Explorer transmits data through the data port in the back of the unit using NMEA 0183 format version 1 5 or 2 0 This data is used by other electronic devices such as marine autopilots for position and steer ing information DGPS on the other hand is a data input DGPS is an acronym for Dif...

Page 36: ...ences is on In other words it automatically sends these sentences when NMEA is turned on To turn any of these off move the black box to the de sired menu and press the left arrow key Press the EXIT key when every thing on this screen is the way you want it DGPS The Eagle Explorer will recognize Starlink and Magnavox DGPS re ceivers If you have either one of these receivers simply highlight the Sta...

Page 37: ...XPLORER S WIRES OTHER DEVICE S WIRES EXPLORER TRANSMITTING NMEA DATA TO ANOTHER DEVICE TO EXPLORER DGPS RECEIVER 12 VDC BATTERY BLACK WIRE GROUNDWIRES WHITE WIRE RED WIRE TO 12V DGPS RECEIVER S RECEIVE DATA WIRE IF NEEDED EXPLORER S WIRES EXPLORER RECEIVING DATA FROM A DGPS RECEIVER GREEN WIRE DGPS RECEIVER S TRANSMIT DATA WIRE ...

Page 38: ...e left or right arrow keys to change them The serial port defaults are 4800 baud no parity and 8 data bits Press the EXIT key to erase this menu RESET OPTIONS To return the Eagle Explorer to its original factory settings highlight the Preset Options menu on the System Setup screen Now press the right arrow key A message appears asking if you want to restore the original options Press the right arr...

Page 39: ... for the first time out of the box it automatically sends a cold start message to the GPS receiver You can also send a cold start message to the receiver at any time If the unit can t lock on to the satellites using the data you ve given it or if it has trouble finding the satellites perhaps it is using the wrong data This can happen if you ve entered the wrong data by accident when initializing t...

Page 40: ...ght arrow key Now highlight the Select Da tum label Finally press the right arrow key again A screen similar to the one at right appears The WGS 84 label is highlighted To change it simply press the up or down arrow keys to highlight the desired datum then press the ENT key This selects the datum and erases the select datum menu PCF Position Correction Factor Another method used to make your displ...

Page 41: ...enter the correction for your location Re member this is the difference between the loca tion shown on the present position display and the position shown on the chart In this example we entered 0 degrees 0 047 minutes north lati tude and 0 degrees 0 244 minutes east longi tude That is the difference between the present position shown by the Eagle Explorer and the one on our chart After you ve ent...

Page 42: ...age when you cross a preset distance from a way point For example if you have the arrival alarm set to 1 mile then the alarm will flash a message when you come within 1 mile of the recalled waypoint The course deviation indicator alarm CDI can warns when your track drifts too far to the right or left of the line to the waypoint For example if the alarm is set to 1 mile then the alarm flashes a mes...

Page 43: ...GPS message selec tions When turned on the position message appears for a few seconds whenever the Eagle Explorer locks onto the satellites and shows a posi tion It also appears when the unit loses the lock onto the satellites and cannot navigate Pressing the EXIT key erases these messages The DGPS message appears whenever the unit begins or stops using DGPS data to help deter mine your position T...

Page 44: ...ou can select any waypoint as the simulator s starting point Select the starting point by press ing the right arrow key on the WPT label until the desired starting waypoint number appears Now highlight the Start At label and press the right arrow key The Eagle Explorer returns to the Simulator Setup menu using the waypoint you specified as the starting waypoint Use Arrow Keys to Steer This option ...

Page 45: ...ht the System Setup menu and press the right arrow key Next high light the Light Dly light delay menu Press the right arrow key to in crease the time the lights are on the left arrow key to decrease it Press the EXIT key to erase this menu DEFINITION OF TERMS ABBREVIATIONS Due to space considerations the digital displays use abbreviations for some names They are as follows ALT Altitude Your height...

Page 46: ...me remaining at your present speed until you reach a waypoint VOLTS Electrical system voltage VMG Velocity Made Good Your ground speed towards a re called waypoint airport etc XTK CrossTrack Error Shows your distance to the side of the desired course line ...

Page 47: ...47 GROUP A GROUP B GROUP C WINDOWS The following is a listing of windows groups A through O GROUP D GROUP E GROUP F GROUP G GROUP H GROUP I ...

Page 48: ...48 GROUP J GROUP K GROUP L GROUP M GROUP N GROUP O ...

Page 49: ...LACEMENT OR REFUND AS JUST DESCRIBED IS THE EXCLUSIVE REMEDY AVAILABLE TO YOU AGAINST US FOR ANY DEFECT MALFUNCTION OR NON CON FORMITY CONCERNING THE PRODUCT OR FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE RESULT ING FROM ANY OTHER CAUSE WHATSOEVER WE WILL NOT UNDER ANY CIR CUMSTANCES BE LIABLE TO ANYONE FOR ANY SPECIAL CONSEQUENTIAL INCI DENTAL OR OTHER INDIRECT DAMAGE OF ANY KIND Some states do not allow the exclusio...

Page 50: ...rief note detailing the problem you re having with the unit Please include your name address and daytime telephone number 4 Please include payment for non warranty repairs Check money order Visa or MasterCard may be used 5 Fill in your name address zip code date and RA number in the blanks provided on the UPS form included with your unit 6 Attach the label to the shipping box tear off the tab for ...

Page 51: ...st quality dealers that handle marine elec tronic equipment should be able to assist you with these items Consult your local telephone directory for listings 2 LEI Extras Inc P O Box 129 Catoosa OK 74015 0129 or call 800 324 0045 USA orders only Eagle Electronics may find it necessary to change or end our shipping policies regulations and special offers at any time We reserve the right to do so wi...

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Page 53: ... a brief note with the product describing the problem Be sure to include your name return shipping address and a daytime telephone number How to Obtain Service International Customers Only Except Canada If you need service or repairs contact the dealer in the country you purchased your unit WARRANTY REPAIR WILL BE HONORED ONLY INTHE COUNTRY UNITWAS PURCHASED Please follow the shipping instructions...

Page 54: ...this manual for complete warranty details If your unit fails and the failure is not covered by the original warranty Eagle has a flat rate repair policy that covers your unit and accessories packed with the unit at the factory There is a 180 day warranty on all non warranty repairs from the factory which is similar to the original warranty but is for 180 days rather than one year For further detai...