Magellan NAV 6500 GPS Receiver User Manual


 
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Adjusting Contrast
The contrast can be changed for best screen viewing.
Press the Aux softkey, highlight General Setup using the CUR-
SOR KEY and press ENTER. Highlight Contrast and press
ENTER to display the contrast scale adjustment bar.
Use the CURSOR KEY to change
contrast and press ENTER to con-
firm. Press ESC to exit.
Default setting: 20
Setting Time Reference
Time can be referenced to either Universal Time Coordinates
(UTC, Greenwich Mean Time in Greenwich, England) or
local time. For local time, you must enter the hourly offset
from UTC to Local (local minus UTC). Use the world map
included with the unit to calculate the offset.
Press the Aux softkey, highlight General
Setup using the CURSOR KEY, press EN-
TER, highlight Time Reference, press EN-
TER and a window opens that lists UTC, Local. Use the
CURSOR KEY to select an option and press ENTER. If
local is chosen, use the CURSOR KEY to input Local Offset
in hours and press ENTER.
Press ESC to exit.
Default setting: UTC
Initializing Date/Time
In order for the receiver to locate satellites and compute posi-
tion fixes within a short period of time (less than 1 minute),
it must have the correct UTC (Universal Time Coordinates
or Greenwich Mean Time in Greenwich, England) time and
date.
If you are unsure about the UTC time/date, do not enter
UTC time/date during initialization. Simply wait about 6
minutes and the unit will automatically get the UTC time/
date from the satellites and then compute a position fix.
Press the Aux softkey, highlight General Setup using the
CURSOR KEY and press ENTER. Highlight UTC Date
and press ENTER to display a window showing the cur-
rent UTC date.
Use the CURSOR KEY to select num-
bers and move between day, month and
year. When you have finished, press
ENTER to set.
Use the CURSOR KEY to highlight
UTC Time, press ENTER. A window
opens that shows the current UTC time.
Use the CURSOR KEY to select numbers and move be-
tween hours, minutes and seconds. When you have fin-
UTC
Local
UTC Date
01/24/96
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