Magellan eXplorist 600, Basic User Manual

Page 1: ...Magellan eXplorist GPS Receiver Basic User Manual This manual provides basic operation instructions for Magellan eXplorist 600 GPS Receiver ...

Page 2: ...ellan 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 The SOFTWARE is the property of Thales Navigation and or its suppliers and is protected by Uni...

Page 3: ...o access other functions and display customizing GOTO Used to create a route to a destination that is selected from the list of points of interest POIs 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 cancels changes as well Power Turns the eXplorist receiver on or off Light Used to set the intens...

Page 4: ...ion Turn the eXplorist on by pressing the Power button and then pressing Enter With a clear view of the sky your eXplorist receiver will begin tracking satellites and computing your present position Press Basic Operation 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 desti...

Page 5: ...ap contains POIs that were preloaded into your eXplorist with the background map Browse either the eXplorist s internal memory or SD card if installed to find the POI you want to go to 3 Go to your destination Press 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 ...

Page 6: ...vigation screen is displayed Turning the eXplorist Receiver Off Press Power Setting the Display Backlight Press Light The display backlight is a large drain on the receiver s batteries Press Enter A shutdown sequence begins To cancel power off press Escape Each time you press the Light button the display backlight changes from low to high and back to off Basic Functions ...

Page 7: ...isual indicator of a route you may be navigating on The Position screen displays your present position using the coordinate system selected in Preferences 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 ring indicates yo...

Page 8: ...ist uses and creates automatically on an SD card a basic file structure with default folders for storing the data You have the opportunity of creating your own folders and new ASCII data files Those items are covered in greater depth in the Reference User Guide When you save or retrieve a file you will be taken to either the default folder and data file for files of that type or the default folder...

Page 9: ...il you have created your own POI file This sample displays what is shown when you access the default POI file There is an Up One Level item that is again used to move around the file hierarchy Below that is a listing of all the files that have been stored in this POI ASCII file ASCII Text Data Files An advanced feature of saving data in ASCII text files is that it provides another means of utilizi...

Page 10: ...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 can change the information in any of the fields...

Page 11: ...se the left or right arrows on the joystick select Alphabetical or Nearest 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 destinat...

Page 12: ...iver to guide you over the same path at a future date 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...

Page 13: ... 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 posi...

Page 14: ...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 Copy Track Copies the track log to a new file Move Track Moves the selected track log to a new location either on the SD card or internally Convert to Route Changes the track into a route that can be accessed from the Routes menu option View on Map Graphically d...

Page 15: ... the Create Route screen is displayed Press Enter with Add POI to go to the POI database to select the next POI in the route list If you highlight an existing item in the route list and press Menu you will be given the 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...

Page 16: ...at 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 Move Route Moves the selected route from the SD card to internal memory or from internal memory to the SD card depending upon its present location View on Map Graphicall...

Page 17: ...ighlighted goes into the edit mode Geocache Pts provides a path to POI s that you have added using the Magellan geocaching software 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 t...

Page 18: ... 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 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 informatio...

Page 19: ... maps you wish to access basemap or detail map your eXplorist will automatically take you to the preassigned default folder This is fine for normal operation but if you want to access a different folder multiple times you may find it easier to set a personal default folder For example you may have created a file named Yosemite for a camping trip you are on For this trip every POI you save or retri...

Page 20: ...g 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 Setting Power Management Power Management options are used to help preserve battery life in your eXplorist receiver Under Power Management you have three options Power Off Timer Light Timer and Beeper Power Off Timer Set the time that your ...

Page 21: ...ch 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 Track Hist Clears all saved track logs Reset default Resets the receiver to its default configuration Resets language preferences a...

Page 22: ...sound whenever the eXplorist loses its GPS fix Proximity Alarm If using a multileg route proximity alarm sets when an alarm will sound as you approach the destination of each leg in your route Setting the Clock The eXplorist receives constant time information from the atomic clock in the GPS satellites but you can set how time is displayed as well as providing information for automatic corrections...

Page 23: ...ugh a Magellan dealer or on line at www magellangps com under Products Maps and Software Most MapSend products are provided on CD ROM Typically cover very large areas allowing the user to cut smaller regions of the big map to load to the GPS receiver Offer useful trip planning and map analysis functions such as the ability to easily create and store lots of waypoints routes map regions etc Some ma...

Page 24: ...ores Map region size considerations MapSend products typically have limited the amount of map data that could be uploaded at once mostly because of performance limitations eXplorist can handle larger maps and the eXplorist file system makes it easier to manage multiple maps on the GPS If you make multiple smaller map regions with existing MapSend products you can load them all at once to eXplorist...

Page 25: ... receivers Only the basics of storing a map region for eXplorist are covered in this section In MapSend on the PC when you have a map region defined and ready to upload click the map upload button on the MapSend toolbar You will see this dialog box Select Store on Hard Drive and then the Next button Do not choose Upload to GPS Unit or Upload to SD Card Programmer for eXplorist Next you will see th...

Page 26: ...eXplorist Use the Magellan Conversion Manager to Copy Maps to eXplorist Storage Media Now that you have your map regions saved on the PC hard drive the easy way to transfer maps to eXplorist storage media is to use the Magellan Conversion Manager This program can be installed from your eXplorist welcome disk or you can download it from the Magellan website at www magellangps com To transfer stored...

Page 27: ...n plus the name you chose for the region when you defined the map region For example if you made a region named Rockies the saved map file will be Rockies imi or Rockies mgi depending on the MapSend product you used Important note files created from MapSend Worldwide Basemap must have a mgi extension to be compatible with eXplorist If you are using a version of MapSend Worldwide Basemap that produ...

Page 28: ... detail map regions but only one detail region can be active at once To activate a detail map push the Menu button on the eXplorist then select Preferences on the Main Menu followed by Active Setup You will now see the following screen To make your detail map active select the Detail Maps line and press Enter You will be shown the Detail Maps folder containing your maps If you decided to place you...

Page 29: ... will you be able to view highly detailed mapping information you will have the flexibility of switching to different maps either stored internally or on SD cards This provides your Magellan eXplorist the ability to display and navigate using highly detailed maps limited only by the amount of memory you have at your disposal and the MapSend products you are using ...

Page 30: ...ibrate the compass while in a moving vehicle Read the instructions and press ENTER 4 Lay the unit down on its back It is best to use a hard surface such as a table or a desk Make sure the unit is not near any metallic objects as this may affect the unit s sensors Make sure the bubble is centered in the crosshairs and press ENTER 5 Do not touch the unit until it prompts you to do so 6 When the unit...

Page 31: ... press ENTER 5 Scroll down the list to highlight Map Units and press ENTER The Nav Units field will be highlighted press EN TER Scroll down the list to highlight KM KPH and press ENTER Press ESC or NAV to return to the last NAV screen viewed 6 Return to the Weather screen as previously described and the units will be changed To set the altitude for the Pressure Altimeter 1 From the Weather screen p...

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