Garmin GPS 12 MAP, Owner'S Manual & Reference

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Page 2: ...d No part of this manual may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means including photocopying and recording for any purpose with out the express written permission of GARMIN Information...

Page 3: ...ures of the unit and provides a quick start orientation to the GPS 12 Reference provides details about the advanced features and opera tions of the GPS 12 by topic The Appendix section contains initia...

Page 4: ...necessary FCC standards This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accor dance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio...

Page 5: ...osition Position Averaging Function 17 Waypoint Pages 18 22 GOTO Man Overboard 23 TracBack Navigation 24 25 Creating and Using Routes 26 30 Compass Highway Pages 31 34 Map Page Zooming Panning 35 37 M...

Page 6: ...nac data must be acquired before GPS navigation can begin Bearing BRG The compass direction from your position to a destination Course Made Good CMG The bearing from the active from position your star...

Page 7: ...y circle that passes through the north and south poles Navigation The process of traveling from one place to another and knowing where you are in relation to your desired course Position An exact uniq...

Page 8: ...turn counter clockwise 2 Insert the batteries into position The battery pole you can still see should match the symbol or marked on the case 3 Replace and secure the battery cover by turning the thum...

Page 9: ...e main data pages in sequence and returns display from a submenu page to a primary page M Captures a position and dis plays the mark position page G Displays GOTO page with the waypoint highlighted fo...

Page 10: ...row of signal strength bars corresponding to each satellite being used Position Page The Position Page shows you where you are what direction you re heading and how fast you re going The top of the pa...

Page 11: ...the default and will be briefly explained here The Highway Page is covered on page 34 The Compass Page shows the destination way point at the top of the page with the bearing BRG and distance DST to...

Page 12: ...tion as a waypoint Your GPS 12 can hold up to 500 waypoints To mark your present position 1 Press the M key The mark position page will appear with a default three digit name for the new waypoint in t...

Page 13: ...turn approximately 90 to your right and continue walking for another 2 3 minutes Notice how the dis play changes always keeping the direction you are moving at the top of the map see right Going to a...

Page 14: ...n We ll cover more about that field in the reference section see page 32 As you get close to HOME you ll be alerted to press PAGE The GPS 12 will give you the message Arrival at HOME Once you ve arriv...

Page 15: ...ime use Activate backlighting by pressing the B key briefly Backlighting will remain on for the time specified on the system setup page See page 43 Turning the Receiver Off You ve now gone through the...

Page 16: ...orientation option on the Map Page See pg 38 for setup instructions When the receiver is looking for a particular satel lite the corresponding signal strength bar will be blank and the sky view indic...

Page 17: ...enough satellites for a 2D or 3D fix due to bad satellite geometry Not Usable the receiver is unusable possibly due to incorrect initialization or abnormal satellite conditions Turn the unit off and b...

Page 18: ...ing is turned on Emergency Erase Function You may erase the GPS 12 s memory in four quick steps This will cause all stored data to be deleted including routes waypoints and the track log To erase all...

Page 19: ...2 or 24 hour clock Both the trip odometer and the altitude fields are user selectable and both offer a trip odometer trip timer and elapsed time This way you can always be sure of viewing this informa...

Page 20: ...e unit To reset the maximum speed field 1 Highlight the MXSPD field and press E 2 Press E to confirm the RESET prompt Altitude Field When the GPS 12 is acquiring satellites or navigat ing in the 2D mo...

Page 21: ...As the GPS 12 calculates the FOM it will rapidly change ini tially then begin to stabilize over time 2 The unit will continue averaging until you have high lighted SAVE and pressed E To enter a differ...

Page 22: ...st waypoint page 1 Highlight DONE 2 Press E To go to a highlighted list waypoint 1 Highlight the desired waypoint and press G 2 Press E Waypoint List Page The waypoint list page provides a complete li...

Page 23: ...press E 2 Using the arrow keys highlight the first empty way point field and press E 3 Use the U or D key to scroll through stored waypoints until the desired waypoint appears 4 Press E The distance...

Page 24: ...ypoints To create a new waypoint manually without knowing its position coordinates you ll need to enter its bearing and dis tance from an existing waypoint or your present position Tocreate anewwaypoi...

Page 25: ...ich waypoint information is displayed on the map 4 Press E and select one of the following display options NAME WITH SYMBOL SYMBOL ONLY or COMMENT WITH SYMBOL 5 Press Eto confirm your selection and E...

Page 26: ...n waypoints from a waypoint field 1 Highlight the waypoint name field and press E 2 Press the left side of the keypad to clear the name field 3 Scroll through the waypoints Note The GPS 12 s waypoint...

Page 27: ...active GOTO 1 Press the G key 2 Highlight CANCELGOTO and press E Man Overboard Function The GPS 12 s man overboard function MOB lets you simultaneously mark and set a course to a position for quick re...

Page 28: ...rom the Map Page press E highlight the TRACK SETUP option and press E 2 Highlight CLEARLOG press E highlight Yes and press E To activate a TracBack route 1 Press G highlight TRACBACK and press E Once...

Page 29: ...ost and where it resumed If the changes in direction and distance of your track log are complex 30 waypoints may not be enough to accurately mark your exact path The receiver will then assign the 30 w...

Page 30: ...smaller segments called legs The waypoint you are going to in a leg is called the active to waypoint and the way point immediately behind you is called the active from waypoint The line between the ac...

Page 31: ...e with fields for desired track and distance between legs The total route distance is indicated below the waypoint list The bottom of the route definition page features several function fields which l...

Page 32: ...either acti vated in sequence or inverted from the route definition page The process of activating or inverting a stored route takes a storage route routes 1 19 and copies it into the active route rou...

Page 33: ...ACT and press E Copying and Clearing Routes The route definition page is also used to copy a route to another route number This feature is useful when you make changes to the active route or create a...

Page 34: ...you steering guidance to the desired track desired course of the active leg Note that the first waypoint selected as the destination waypoint will be along the route leg closest to your present posit...

Page 35: ...on your cross track error the distance and direction you are off course The cross track error XTK is depicted on a course deviation indicator CDI see pg 34 The Highway Page is well suited for boating...

Page 36: ...Provides the most efficient heading to get back on course and proceed along your route or GOTO Crosstrack Error XTK the distance you are off the desired course in either direction left or right This f...

Page 37: ...ou are moving For instance if the arrow points up you are going directly to the way point If the arrow points any direction left right down etc turn toward the arrow until it points up Then continue i...

Page 38: ...on the highway leads left or right until the highway leads straight up the page If you do get off the desired course by more than 1 5th of the selected CDI range the exact distance you are off course...

Page 39: ...formation The four corners of the Map Page are used to dis play various navigation data the bearing and distance to a destination waypoint and your current track and speed over the ground The two fiel...

Page 40: ...To cancel the pan function press Q As you begin to move the map a crosshair plus sign will appear This crosshair will now serve as a tar get marker for the moving map The distance and bear ing to you...

Page 41: ...to confirm the DONE prompt 6 Press E again on the waypoint definition page to return to the Map Page The last function you can perform with a waypoint highlighted on the Map Page is a GOTO directly t...

Page 42: ...The Map and Satellite Pages may be oriented to NORTH UP TRACK UP the direction of current travel or DTK UP desired track up or the direction of the desired course The default setting is TRACKUP To cha...

Page 43: ...how often positions are stored in the track log The default setting is auto which records track points based upon a set variance from your projected course over ground This setting gives the most effi...

Page 44: ...o clear the track log at the beginning of the trail etc in order to make the best use of the TracBack feature see pg 24 Main Menu Page The GPS 12 s Main Menu Page shown on pgs 18 and 41 provides acces...

Page 45: ...our present position Messages The messages page displays any current message alerts There are two types of messages temporary alerts e g approaching a waypoint and condition alerts e g battery power l...

Page 46: ...the time shown is UTC Greenwich Mean Time time you will need to enter a time offset to display the correct local time for your area To deter mine the time offset for your area note your position and r...

Page 47: ...or 15 30 60 120 or 240 seconds The timeout may be can celled by setting it to Stay On continuously Whenever backlighting is on a bulb icon will appear on the Satellite Page To set the backlight timeou...

Page 48: ...and Northing and press E 3 Highlight SAVE and press E Navigation Setup Map Datums The MAP DATUM field comes with a WGS 84 default setting Although over 100 map datums are available for use see Appendi...

Page 49: ...ti cal or metric units of measure for all speed and dis tance readouts To change the unit of measure 1 Highlight the UNITS field and press E 2 Select the desired units of measure and press E Navigatio...

Page 50: ...press E enter the desired distance and press E The CDI alarm will alert you if your position devi ates off course left or right beyond the limits specified To set the CDI alarm 1 Highlight the CDI Al...

Page 51: ...DGPS The last two format settings allow the differential ready GPS 12 to accept RTCM DGPS corrections in RTCM 104 version 2 0 format Using DGPS corrections will improve receiver accuracy to 1 5 meter...

Page 52: ...Once a valid beacon signal has been received a Receiving message will be displayed If the beacon signal is received and no correction data is being received a No Data message will be displayed If a b...

Page 53: ...Page highlight SYSTEM and press E 2 Highlight the MODE field and press E 3 Select Simulator and press E Once the simulator mode has been activated use the Position Compass or Highway Page to set your...

Page 54: ...will be replaced by the Satellite Page and the EZinit prompt may appear prompting you to select one of two initial ization methods Select Country allows you to initialize the receiver by selecting yo...

Page 55: ...Satellite Page Initialization Troubleshooting If you have trouble initializing the receiver or acquiring a position check the following Does the unit have a clear view of the sky If there are large bu...

Page 56: ...17 ft with DGPS corrections 15 meters 49 ft RMS Velocity Accuracy 0 1 knot RMS steady state Dynamics 6g POWER Input Four 1 5 volt AA batteries or 5 8 vDC Power Consumption 1 watt Battery Life Up to 24...

Page 57: ...waypoint symbols such as the GPS II plus GPS 12 and GPS 12XL software version 3 01 or later Part No 010 10142 00 PC Kit Interface Cable PC interface cable with 9 pin D serial data connec tor Part No 0...

Page 58: ...ta is available to compute a DGPS position No RTCM Input Beacon receiver is improperly connected or baud rates do not match Poor GPSCoverage The GPS 12 cannot acquire the necessary number of satellite...

Page 59: ...mpleted The receiver is finished uploading or downloading informa tion to the connected device WPT Memory is Full You have used all 500 waypoints in the GPS 12 Delete unwanted waypoints to make room f...

Page 60: ...903 Switzerland Chatham 1971 Chatham 1971 Chatham Island New Zealand Chua Astro Chua Astro Paraguay Corrego Alegr Corrego Alegre Brazil Djakarta Djakarta Batavia Sumatra Island Indonesia Dos 1968 Dos...

Page 61: ...d Hawaiian Mean Value Oman Oman Oman Ord Srvy GB Old Survey Grt Britn England Isle of Man Scotland Shetland Isl Wales Pico De Las Nv Canary Islands Potsdam Potsdam Germany Ptcairn Ast 67 Pitcairn Astr...

Page 62: ...ay 11 Clearing Routes 29 Clearing Track Log 11 24 40 Compass Page 7 10 31 33 Configuring the Map 38 Copying Routes 29 Course to Steer CTS 32 Creating Routes 28 Crosstrack Error XTK 32 D Data Entry 5 D...

Page 63: ...mats 53 Navigation Pages 7 31 Navigating Routes 2 Navigation Setup 44 45 Navigation Simulator 49 Nearest Waypoints 18 O Offset 42 On Route GOTOs 30 Operating modes 42 P Page Sequence 6 Panning 36 Posi...

Page 64: ...up 39 Trip Odometer TRIP 15 Trip Timer TTIME 15 Troubleshooting 49 Turn TRN 32 Turning the GPS 12 Off 11 Turning the GPS 12 On 8 U Units of Measure 45 User Grid 44 User Heading 45 Using the Keypad 5 V...

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