Magellan eXplorist 100, Reference Manual

Page 1: ...st 100 Reference Manual Topics eXplorist 100 GPS Receiver Using the eXplorist 100 Starting Up Navigation Screens Points of Interest Routes Track Logs Preferences Specifications Accessories Contacting...

Page 2: ...e 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...

Page 3: ...the Display Backlight On Off 9 Using the eXplorist for the First Time 10 Conclusion 13 Navigation Screens 14 Accessing the Navigation Screens 14 Plotter Screen 14 Plotter Screen Overview 15 Changing...

Page 4: ...I Database 28 Searching for a POI 28 Editing a POI 29 Deleting a POI 30 Viewing a POI on the Plotter Screen 31 Routes 32 GOTO Routes 32 Creating a GOTO Route 33 Creating a GOTO Route from the Cursor 3...

Page 5: ...54 Restarting the GPS 55 Setting the Map Units 57 Selecting Navigational Units of Measure 57 Selecting the North Reference 58 Selecting the Coordinate System 59 Selecting the Map Datum 60 Using the P...

Page 6: ...Joystick Display Backlight Button Antenna eXplorist 100 GPS Receiver front Rugged design rubber protected Superior tracking with 14 parallel channels 14 hour battery life on 2 AA batteries TrueFix GPS...

Page 7: ...er 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 selecte...

Page 8: ...eXplorist 100 GPS Receiver 3 Battery Door Fastener Unscrew to open battery door to install batteries eXplorist 100 GPS Receiver back Battery Door Wrist Lanyard Strap Mounting Hole...

Page 9: ...ed 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 batte...

Page 10: ...ites Do Point the antenna up toward 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 Sta...

Page 11: ...information about getting to your destination GOTO routes are the simplest and most commonly used feature of your eXplorist 100 With just the GOTO button the eXplorist will provide you with the tools...

Page 12: ...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 i...

Page 13: ...you to graphically see your position the route you are navigating the path you have trekked Track and points of interest icons There is a built in odometer so that you can log the length of your jour...

Page 14: ...R button If 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 Turni...

Page 15: ...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...

Page 16: ...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 few minutes it will present you with the following screens in an e...

Page 17: ...utton is highlighted at the bottom of the display Review the information you entered if correct press ENTER Tip If the time or the date is incorrect you can fix it now Use the Arrow joystick to highli...

Page 18: ...ition 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...

Page 19: ...ave your position Use the Arrow joystick to move the cursor The arrow cursor changes to a crosshair cursor with any available information about the position of the cursor at the bottom of the display...

Page 20: ...In the Position mode the Plotter screen displays your position indicated by the arrow icon in the center of the plotter The arrow not only displays your position but also when moving will point in the...

Page 21: ...ed 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 Plotter screen is returned to the Position mode w...

Page 22: ...highlight Customize page 3 Press ENTER 4 The title bar for one of the fields is highlighted Use the Arrow joystick to highlight the title bar for the field you want to customize 5 Press ENTER 6 Highl...

Page 23: ...op of the display indicates true north Track Up In track up the top of the plotter display changes to reflect your heading If you are not moving the top of the display indicates true north Note In Cou...

Page 24: ...n 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 Als...

Page 25: ...Customize page 3 Press ENTER 4 The title bar for one of the fields is highlighted Use the Arrow joystick to highlight the title bar for the field you want to customize 5 Press ENTER 6 Highlight the i...

Page 26: ...eld 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 th...

Page 27: ...trip odometer to zero To reset the trip odometer 1 While viewing the Position screen press MENU 2 Use the Arrow joystick to highlight Reset Trip 3 Press ENTER 4 Use the Arrow joystick to highlight Ye...

Page 28: ...en Type of position fix and the number of satellites being tracked is displayed A 2D Position Fix requires three satellites a 3D Position Fix requires four satellites or more Graphical indication of t...

Page 29: ...your position The second method provides you with the means to personalize POIs you are saving Quick Marking Your Position This saves your present position in the database using mark position defaults...

Page 30: ...ed 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 Back and p...

Page 31: ...change the coordinate system used by your eXplorist 1 Press MARK 2 Use the Arrow joystick to highlight the Location field 3 Press ENTER 4 Depending on the coordinate system used the information will...

Page 32: ...he Arrow joystick to put the eXplorist into Cursor mode 2 Continue moving the crosshair cursor until you are over the location where you want to add a POI 3 Press MARK 4 Optional Use the Arrow joystic...

Page 33: ...on letting you view a POI on the plotter Provides another means to save a preloaded POI as a user entered POI While viewing the list of POIs the bearing and distance from your present position is disp...

Page 34: ...nd press ENTER To aid in your selection the type of icon selected is displayed in the information block at the top of the keypad 12b If the Name field was selected Use the Arrow joystick to select the...

Page 35: ...l deletion a confirmation window will be displayed confirming the deletion 1 Press MENU 2 Use the Arrow joystick to highlight My Pts of Interest 3 Press ENTER 4 Use the Arrow joystick to select Neares...

Page 36: ...ck to highlight View on Plotter 9 Press ENTER 10 The Plotter screen will be displayed in the Cursor mode The cursor will be directly over the POI you have selected You may use the Zoom buttons to chan...

Page 37: ...f 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 backtrack route The creation of backtrack routes is not describe...

Page 38: ...confirm the creation of this GOTO After you press ENTER the last viewed navigation screen will be displayed updated as needed to provide information about the GOTO route you have created On the Plotte...

Page 39: ...onfirm that you want to create a GOTO from the current cursor position Highlight Yes If you highlight No and press ENTER the eXplorist assumes that you still want to create a GOTO just not to the curr...

Page 40: ...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...

Page 41: ...ace 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 MENU highlight Insert POI and press ENTER Search the PO...

Page 42: ...ss MENU 2 Use the Arrow joystick to highlight Routes 3 Press ENTER 4 Use the Arrow joystick to highlight the name of the route you want to activate or deactivate Active routes have their names bolded...

Page 43: ...he route is active you can select legs only 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 el...

Page 44: ...d in front of 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 joystic...

Page 45: ...was discussed earlier Camp Bridge Marker Ranger Swim would now be Swim Ranger Marker Bridge Camp 1 Press MENU 2 Use the Arrow joystick to highlight Routes 3 Press ENTER 4 Use the Arrow joystick to hig...

Page 46: ...an create a new one 1 Press MENU 2 Use the Arrow joystick to highlight Routes 3 Press ENTER 4 Use the Arrow joystick to highlight the name of the route you want to delete 5 Press MENU 6 Highlight Dele...

Page 47: ...Press MENU 2 Use the Arrow joystick to highlight Routes 3 Press ENTER 4 Use the Arrow joystick to highlight the name of the route you want to copy 5 Press ENTER 6 Press MENU 7 Use the Arrow joystick t...

Page 48: ...the Arrow joystick to highlight the name of the route you want to view 5 Press ENTER 6 Use the Arrow joystick to highlight View on Map 7 Press ENTER The route is displayed with the plotter scaled to d...

Page 49: ...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 using electronic breadcrumbs to record where yo...

Page 50: ...ppears only when the active track is not being recorded 6 Press ENTER Note The eXplorist will fill in a straight line from the point where track logging was stopped to the point where it has been resu...

Page 51: ...Press ENTER 4 Use the Arrow joystick to highlight Active Track 5 Press MENU 6 Highlight Stop Logging If Resume Logging is displayed the Track Log has already been stopped Go to step 10 7 Press ENTER 8...

Page 52: ...an seven characters long 1 Press MENU 2 Use the Arrow joystick to highlight Track Log 3 Press ENTER 4 Use the Arrow joystick to highlight Active Track 5 Press MENU 6 Highlight Save 7 Press ENTER 8 If...

Page 53: ...orist 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 informa...

Page 54: ...If you do not the other functions will still work but you will probably have a lot more track log information than you want 1 Press MENU 2 Use the Arrow joystick to highlight Track Log 3 Press ENTER 4...

Page 55: ...e the Arrow joystick to highlight Active Track or any track log you have previously saved 5 Press MENU 6 Highlight Convert to Route 7 Press ENTER 8 Use the Arrow joystick and ENTER button to assign a...

Page 56: ...Arrow joystick to highlight Track Log 3 Press ENTER 4 Use the Arrow joystick to highlight Active Track or any track log you have previously saved 5 Press MENU 6 Highlight View on Map 7 Press ENTER The...

Page 57: ...previously saved 5 Press MENU 6 Highlight Follow Track 7 Press ENTER 8 Track logging will be turned off alert status Press ENTER The last viewed navigation screen is displayed with the track log sele...

Page 58: ...longer needed 1 Press MENU 2 Use the Arrow joystick to highlight Track Log 3 Press ENTER 4 Use the Arrow joystick to highlight any track log you have previously saved 5 Press MENU 6 Highlight Delete T...

Page 59: ...arge distance while turned off Access to setting the units of measure for information displayed A means to set the north reference used to be either magnetic north or True North The coordinate system...

Page 60: ...ing for the satellites that it thinks are overhead If the satellites are not there the eXplorist begins polling the skies trying to determine which satellites are in view This process can take time an...

Page 61: ...ote Time is one of the first pieces of information transmitted by the satellites Even without enough satellite information to compute a position fix the time displayed may have already been corrected...

Page 62: ...Knots or KM KPH 1 Press MENU 2 Use the Arrow joystick to highlight Preferences 3 Press ENTER 4 Use the Arrow joystick to highlight Map Units 5 Press ENTER 6 Use the Arrow joystick to highlight the da...

Page 63: ...tick to highlight Map Units 5 Press ENTER 6 Use the Arrow joystick to highlight the data field for North Reference 7 Press ENTER 8 Use the Arrow joystick to highlight Magnetic or TRUE 9 Press ENTER Th...

Page 64: ...row joystick to highlight Preferences 3 Press ENTER 4 Use the Arrow joystick to highlight Map Units 5 Press ENTER 6 Use the Arrow joystick to highlight the data field for Coord System 7 Press ENTER 8...

Page 65: ...ress MENU 2 Use the Arrow joystick to highlight Preferences 3 Press ENTER 4 Use the Arrow joystick to highlight Map Units 5 Press ENTER 6 Use the Arrow joystick to highlight the data field for Map Dat...

Page 66: ...s from running out if you accidentally leave the eXplorist on 1 Press MENU 2 Use the Arrow joystick to highlight Preferences 3 Press ENTER 4 Use the Arrow joystick to highlight Pwr Management 5 Press...

Page 67: ...klight to remain on while no buttons have been pressed 1 Press MENU 2 Use the Arrow joystick to highlight Preferences 3 Press ENTER 4 Use the Arrow joystick to highlight Pwr Management 5 Press ENTER 6...

Page 68: ...7 Press 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 highli...

Page 69: ...Italian Portugu s Portuguese Svenska Swedish and Norsk Norwegian Selecting the Language for Your eXplorist 1 Press MENU 2 Use the Arrow joystick to highlight Preferences 3 Press ENTER 4 Use the Arrow...

Page 70: ...n also set all of the defaults in the eXplorist to the factory defaults Clearing All Track Logs 1 Press MENU 2 Use the Arrow joystick to highlight Preferences 3 Press ENTER 4 Use the Arrow joystick to...

Page 71: ...es 3 Press ENTER 4 Use the Arrow joystick to highlight Clear Memory 5 Press ENTER 6 Use the Arrow joystick to highlight Routes 7 Confirm Use the Arrow joystick to highlight Yes to confirm or No to can...

Page 72: ...rrow joystick to highlight Preferences 3 Press ENTER 4 Use the Arrow joystick to highlight Reset Default 5 Press ENTER 6 Use the Arrow joystick to highlight All 7 Confirm Use the Arrow joystick to hig...

Page 73: ...eady state Limits Speed 951 MPH 1530 5 km h Altitude 60 000 ft 18 600 meters Physical 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 D...

Page 74: ...7 characters including spaces Points of Interest Total Up to 500 saved points of interest Name Length 8 characters including spaces Navigation Screens Plotter Includes position plotter and 2 data fie...

Page 75: ...er wherever your adventure takes you Part number 702209 Bike Mounting Mount your Magellan eXplorist on your bicycle snowmobile or motorcycle for convenient operation and viewing The easy to install mo...

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