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GPS Tab
The Differential Receiver status will show one of the following:
• None— No optional beacon receiver is attached or enabled on the Interface screen (Main Menu: Setup
Tab) or WAAS is turned Off
• Searching for WAAS— WAAS is enabled and the receiver is searching for WAAS signal
• Using WAAS— WAAS capability is enabled and the unit is receiving WAAS corrections
• Check Beacon Wiring— the DGPS setting is enabled on the Interface screen (Main Menu: Setup tab)
but no DGPS device is detected
• No Beacon Signal— DGPS receiver is attached, but not transmitting RTCM data to GPS
• Tuning Beacon— Receiver is tuning manual DGPS frequency
• Using Differential— Unit is receiving DGPS corrections
• Scanning for Beacon— DGPS receiver is scanning for available frequency
GPS Tab Options
The GPSMAP 196’s GPS tab features an options menu that provides access to functions and features
relating to the GPS tab.
To display the GPS Tab options, press MENU (with the GPS Tab information displayed):
To select a menu option, use the ARROW KEYPAD to highlight the desired option and
press ENTER.
The following options are available:
• Start/Stop Simulator— toggles the unit simulator on or off.
• Track Up/North Up— allows you to select between a north up or track up sky view display.
• New Location— allows you to initialize the receiver graphically on the Map Page (using the ARROW
KEYPAD) to initially help the receiver acquire more quickly.
• New Elevation— allows you to manually enter the altitude (using the ARROW KEYPAD) when in 2D
or Simulator mode only. Any altitude entered will ignored if the GPSMAP 196 switches to 3D mode
(since altitude is automatically calculated when a suffi cient number of satellites are available).
With the GPS screen displayed, press MENU to display context-
sensitive options for this screen. Use the ARROW KEYPAD,
then ENTER to select the desired option.
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Note: If a DGPS receiver is attached
to the unit and Garmin DGPS, RTCM
In/NMEA Out, or Other DGPS is enabled,
WAAS will be automatically disabled. It
is not possible for the GPSMAP 196 to
receive WAAS and DGPS corrections at
the same time.
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