Magellan 1500 GPS Receiver User Manual


 
Navigation Screens 16
The Compass Screen
The Compass screen displays information about your heading (the
direction you are travelling) and bearing (direction to your next waypoint
destination if a route is active) in a familiar graphical format.
Outside the compass are icons indicating the position of the sun and the
moon relative to your position and heading.
Inside the compass there are two arrows that can be displayed. The large
green arrow is your heading and is displayed only while moving. The
smaller, black arrow is the bearing to your next destination waypoint if
you have a route activated. When the two arrows are lined up together,
you are moving directly towards your destination. (Note that the compass
will rotate relative to North.)
The two data fields at the bottom of the display are customized by
following the instructions provided.
Customizing the Data Fields for the Compass Screen
1. Select the field you want to change by highlighting the field and pressing ENTER.
2. Select the data that you want to be displayed. (You can do this by either tapping on the data
field or use the cursor control to highlight the data field in orange and press ENTER.)
3. The Compass screen will be displayed with the field changed to the type selected.
The Satellite Status Screen
The Satellite Status Screen graphically displays the satellites and their
signal strength that is being used to compute your location. This screen
shows when you are getting strong, weak, or poor signal reception. Green
satellite icons represent satellites that are being used to compute your
position while yellow (good), white (medium), and red (poor) icons show
signal strengths of other available satellites. Signal levels are also
represented at the bottom of the screen as colored bars.
The numbers indicate the GPS satellite ID while “W” indicates WAAS
(Wide Area Augmentation System) satellites.
There are also two customizable navigational screens displayed at the
bottom of the display.
Customizing the Data Fields for the Satellite Status Screen
1. Select the field you want to change by highlighting the field and pressing ENTER.
2. Select the data that you want to be displayed. (You can do this by either tapping on the data
field or use the cursor control to highlight the data field in orange and press ENTER.)
3. The Satellite Status screen will be displayed with the field changed to the type selected.