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SYSTEM PAGE
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SYSTEM PAGE
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Using the Advanced Screen
From the Advanced screen, you can change the advanced operational
parameters used by your GPS 500.
To change advanced parameters:
1. From the System page Ẅ, push the JOYSTICK up or down to highlight
and select ADVANCED by pressing the ENTER button. A menu of advanced
parameters appears. SELECT will be highlighted ẅ.
2. Press the ENTER button and the title of the first data field will begin to
blink Ẇ. Highlight field you wish to change (highlighted field will blink).
3. Choose from the following. (You only need to select the settings you
want to change.)
• WAAS
To turn the unit’s WAAS receiver on or off, highlight WAAS Ẇ (see “What
is WAAS,” page 57.) Press the ENTER button to bring up the menu.
Select ON or OFF ẇ.
• Compass
To change the method of indicating direction used by the compass,
highlight COMPASS Ẇ. Press the ENTER button to bring up the menu.
Select CARDINAL (standard N-S-E-W), DEGREES (
<
0°-360°) or
MILS (0000-6400) Ẉ.
• Map Datum
To change the datum used by your unit when comparing information
with a paper map or other navigational reference, highlight
MAP DATUM Ẇ (see “What is a Map Datum?,” page 57, for details).
Press the ENTER button to bring up the menu. Select the map datum
that matches the item you are comparing ẉ.
NOTE: Most widely used datum is WGS 84
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Advanced Screen
• Position Format
To change the format the device uses to display location coordinates,
highlight POSITION FORMAT Ẇ. Press the ENTER button to bring up the
menu select from the following: hddd.ddddd° (degrees, decimal
degrees), hddd°mm.mm (degrees, minutes, decimal minutes),
hddd°mm’ss.s (degrees, minutes, seconds, decimal seconds), British
Grid, Dutch Grid, Finnish KK127 Grid, German Grid, Irish Grid,
Maidenhead, MGRS (Military Grid Reference System), New Zealand,
Qatar Grid, Swedish Grid, Swiss Grid, Taiwan Grid, User Defined Grid,
UTM/UPS (Universal Transfer Mercator/Universal Polar Stereograph),
W Malaysian R Ẋ.
• North Reference
To change the unit’s method of orientation to the earth’s magnetic field,
highlight NORTH REFERENCE Ẇ (see “About North Reference,”
page 57). Press the ENTER button to bring up the menu. Select TRUE for
true north, MAGNETIC for magnetic north or GRID for grid north ẋ.
• About
Highlight and select ABOUT Ẇ to display system information: your
unit’s serial number, the version of the operating software used by
your unit, and applicable patent numbers Ẍ. Press ENTER button to
return to the Advanced Screen.
4. To save the changes made, highlight and select SAVE. To exit this
function without saving changes, press the PAGE button ẗẻ.
ẅ Select Data
Fields
ẇ WAAS
On/Off
Ẅ System
Page
Ẇ First Data
Field Blinks
ẉ Map Datum
Settings
Ẉ Set Compass
Ẋ Location
Coordinates
ẋ Set
Orientation
ẗẻ Return to
System Page
Ẍ System
Information
Advanced Screen