Gps explorist 200 manual

Depending on the coordinate system used, the information will be different but the process is the same. Input the data on the first line of the Location field. Continue inputting the data for the second line of the Location field. Use the Arrow joystick to highlight Save. Save Cancel Entering new positioning coordinates Note: While not described here, you can change the icon, name, elevation, and add a message, just as described in Marking Your Position Personalized.

Page 33 Points of Interest 28 Marking a Position using the Map Cursor This gives you a way of marking a position, other than your present position, by moving the cursor around the map to a place where you want to create a POI. While viewing the Map screen, use the Arrow joystick to put the eXplorist into Cursor mode. Continue moving the crosshair cursor until you are over the location where you want to add a POI.

Marking a Position from a Map Object Another method of marking a position while in the Cursor mode is to use the crosshair cursor to mark a map object road, city, etc. Continue moving the crosshair cursor until you are over a map object that you want to add as a POI. The information about the map object will be displayed at the bottom of the display. Use the Arrow joystick to select, from the list of map objects for that location, the one you want to use as the baseline for the new POI.

The Save option will be highlighted. Use the Arrow joystick to highlight Pts of Interest. Use the Arrow joystick to highlight the desired POI. Detailed information on these functions can be found later in this manual. Use the Arrow joystick to highlight the POI desired. Five characters is usually enough to put you close enough on the list to the POI you are looking for. Use the Arrow joystick to highlight OK. You can also change the location, but keep in mind that this effectively is creating a new POI in a new location.

Use the Arrow joystick to highlight the POI to be edited. Note: User-entered POI names can be only eight characters long including spaces.

If the Message field was selected: Use the keypad displayed, just as was described in 13b, to enter a message for this POI.

If you have created a lot of POIs, you may wish to delete any unneessary ones so that you may more easily search for a newly created POI.

POIs that have been deleted cannot be restored. You will need to input the information for a deleted POI if you will want it again. To prevent accidental deletion, a confirmation window will be displayed, confirming the deletion.

Use the Arrow joystick to highlight the POI to be deleted. Note: If the POI selected is used in a route, you will be asked to confirm the deletion. Confirm the deletion by highlighting Yes, or cancel the deletion by highlighting No. Use the Arrow joystick to highlight the POI to be viewed. Use the Arrow joystick to highlight View on Map. The Map screen will be displayed in the Cursor mode.

The cursor will be directly over the POI you have selected. You may use the Zoom buttons to change the scale of the map displayed; and if your position icon is within range, it will be shown. Use the Arrow joystick to highlight the POI to be copied. Steps 12 through 14 are optional. If the Message field was selected: Use the keypad displayed, just as was described in 14b, to enter a message for this POI.

Use the Arrow joystick to highlight View. Page 42 Routes 37 Routes are the least understood and one of the most important functions of a GPS receiver. The better you understand routes and how to use them, the more enjoyment you will receive from using your eXplorist. The simpliest and most common form of a route is a GOTO route.

This route is useful when you want to go to a specific preloaded or userentered POI. The next type of a route is a multi-leg route. The easiest way to understand multi-leg routes is to know that they are GOTO routes stuck together. Using the term multi-leg is somewhat misleading because it can be a single-leg route; but these types of routes are rarely used as a one-leg routes, a GOTO route would be used instead.

A third type of route is a backtrack route. The creation of backtrack routes is not described in this section of the manual because these routes are part of the Track Log functions of the eXplorist. As you travel the eXplorist records your track.

Creating a backtrack route uses this track information and creates a multi-leg route, in reverse order, enabling you to navigate back to where you started. Press GOTO. Note: Detailed instructions for searching the POI database can be found in the Points of Interest section of this manual.

Notice the line on the screen that graphically displays the route. The Compass screen will change to display the name of the POI used as the destination in the screen header bar and an icon representing the destination outside the diameter of the compass.

While viewing the Map screen, use the Arrow joystick, causing the eXplorist to go into Cursor mode. Continue using the Arrow joystick to move the crosshair cursor to a point on the map that represents where you want to go.

You are then asked whether you want to create a new GOTO route. Confirm that you want to create a GOTO from the current cursor position. Highlight Yes. The POI database screen will be displayed so that you can search the database for the POI you want to use as the destination.

Attention Goto current cursor position? The Compass screen will change to display the name of the POI used as the destination in the screen header bar and an icon representing the destination outside the compass diameter. Continue using the Arrow joystick to move the crosshair cursor to the map object that you want to go. Some areas of the map may have multiple map objects in the same location. Use the Arrow joystick to highlight Goto.

Page 46 Routes 41 Multi-Leg Routes Multi-leg routes can be used to navigate to a final destination using multiple legs. An example would be leaving the dock, motoring over to buoy 1, then the bait boat, and finally to a fishing hot spot. A maximum of 20 routes can be saved. Each saved route can have up to 29 legs in the route. In the above example, you could skip going to Buoy 1 by selecting the Bait leg when the route is active.

Steps in creating a multi-leg route: 1. Use the Arrow joystick to highlight Routes. The POI database is shown. You can insert, delete, or replace a POI that is already in the route list. The new POI will be inserting into the route you are creating. When you have added all of the legs to the route you are creating, use the Arrow joystick to highlight Save Route.

Highlight OK. Anytime you activate a route, it will remain the active route until you either turn it off deactivate or activate a new route. GOTOs are automatically activated when they are created, while multi-leg routes need to be activated manually. Use the Arrow joystick to highlight the name of the route you want to activate or deactivate. Active routes have their names bolded in the route list.

Highlight Activate Route or Deactivate Route. You will be returned to the last viewed navigation screen with the route chosen activated or deactivated. Page 49 Routes 44 Changing the Destination Leg of an Active Route When a route is created it can have many different legs to it, each leg with its own destination.

If during your travels you want to skip some of the legs, you can select the leg that you want to proceed to next. An example would be that your planned route starts at your campsite.

The first leg goes to the bridge. The second leg goes across the bridge to the stone marker. Leg 3 leaves the stone marker and takes you to the ranger station. To finish out the route, the final leg goes from the ranger station to the swimming area. Because the route is active you can select legs only from active routes , you would follow the instructions below and tell the eXplorist to set the next leg to the ranger station.

The route would be recomputed, eliminating the navigation instructions to go to the stone marker. Use the Arrow joystick to highlight the active route. Highlight Select Leg. Use the Arrow joystick to highlight the next destination POI from the route list that you want to go to.

In the example to the right, that would be Ranger. Confirm that you want to do this by using the Arrow joystick to highlight Yes. Note that Marker is bold because it is the current active leg.

Use the Arrow joystick to highlight the name of the route you want to edit. The new POI will be added to the end of the route. Inserting: Use the Arrow joystick to highlight the POI that you want to a new leg inserted in front of. The new POI will be added inserting into the route you are creating. When the route has been edited, use the Arrow joystick to highlight Save Route.

Page 51 Routes 46 Reversing a Route Reversing a route takes a saved route and recreates it in reverse order. Use the Arrow joystick to highlight the name of the route you want to reverse. Highlight Reverse Route. When you have 20 routes saved, you will need to delete one before you can create a new one. Use the Arrow joystick to highlight the name of the route you want to delete. Highlight Delete Route.

Highlight Yes to confirm deletion, or No to cancel deletion. Warning Delete route? Another use would be to copy a route and reverse it. Use the Arrow joystick to highlight the name of the route you want to copy. Use the Arrow joystick to highlight Edit Route. Use the Arrow joystick to highlight Save Route. Page 54 Routes 49 Viewing a Route on the Map Viewing the route on the map gives you a way of graphically seeing the legs of the route as they appear on the map.

Use the Arrow joystick to highlight the name of the route you want to view. The route is displayed with the map scaled to display the entire route. You can use the Zoom In and Zoom Out buttons to change the scale, and the Arrow joystick to move around the map.

Page 55 Track Logs 50 As you are moving, the eXplorist continuously records your track. This provides you with just another tool to make your eXplorist more valuable to you out in the field or on the waters.

You can save your active track as a track log or as a multi-leg route that you can use over and over. You can also create a backtrack route that will guide you back to your starting point, following the same path you just took. You will find many other additional uses for track logs once you feel comfortable with them.

Track Logs As mentioned above, track logs are records of your travels using electronic breadcrumbs to record where you have been. Track logs can be a track history that you have saved or the active track the eXplorist is recording. Page 56 Track Logs 51 Stopping and Resuming Active Track Logging This provides the ability to turn off the recording of the active track and then to starting it up again. Use the Arrow joystick to highlight Track Log.

Highlight Stop Logging or Resume Logging. Note: Stop Logging is displayed only when the active track is being recorded; Resume Logging appears only when the active track is not being recorded. Note: The eXplorist will fill in a straight line from the point where track logging was stopped to the point where it has been resumed.

This is true unless more than four hours have elapsed between the stop and the Resume Logging command. In that case, the eXplorist will not draw a straight line from the stop to the resume points of the track. Track Log 3. Active Track Apr Apr 4. Use the Arrow joystick to highlight Active Track. Highlight Stop Logging. If Resume Logging is displayed, the Track Log has already been stopped. Go to step Highlight New Track.

This does not erase your presently active route; only saves the current active track and adds it to the list of available track logs. Up to five track logs can be saved, each with a name no more than seven characters long. Highlight Save. If there are not enough track points to save, an alert will be displayed, informing you of the same and canceling the save.

Track log names can be up to seven characters in length. Use the Arrow joystick to highlight OK when the name has been entered. Page 59 Track Logs 54 Creating a BackTrack Route BackTrack routes use your active track to create a route back to where you started, turning around and following the electronic breadcrumb trail that the eXplorist dropped.

Highlight BackTrack. The eXplorist will now begin computing the navigation information needed to guide you back to your starting point. It is recommended that if you plan to use BackTrack or to save the upcoming track log that you should clear the active track before beginning your journey. If you do not, the other functions will still work, but you will probably have a lot more track log information than you want. Highlight Clear Track.

The active track is cleared, and you are returned to the Track Log screen. From here, the route can be edited if necessary. Note: Convert to Route is available for both active track logs and track logs you have saved. Use the Arrow joystick to highlight Active Track or any track log you have previously saved.

Highlight Convert to Route. Route names can be up to ten characters in length. The route is created with the name you assigned, and you are returned to the Track Log screen. This gives you the opportunity to graphically view the track log. Note: View on Map is available for both active track logs and track logs you have saved.

Highlight View on Map. The Map screen is displayed, in the Cursor mode, with the selected track log displayed on the screen. Page 63 Track Logs 58 Working with Saved Track Logs It has been mentioned before that you can convert saved track logs to a route and view saved track logs on the map. There are three functions unique to saved track logs that you can perform: following, reversing, and deleting the track.

Following Saved Track Logs This function provides you with a means to use a saved track as a multi-leg route. Once this function has been activated, the eXplorist will navigate you along your saved track. Use the Arrow joystick to highlight any track log you have previously saved.

Highlight Follow Track. The last viewed navigation screen is displayed with the track log selected being used as an active route. Reversing a Saved Track Log Reversing a saved track log is identical to following a saved track log, with the exception that the route created is reversed from the original track log. Highlight Reverse Track. The last viewed navigation screen is displayed with the reversed track log selected being used as an active route. Page 64 Track Logs Deleting a Saved Track Log Use this function to remove track logs that have been previously saved and are no longer needed.

Highlight Delete Track. The saved track log is deleted, and you are returned to the Track Log screen. There are tools that are designed to give you full flexibility over its use, as well as to perform maintanence on the internal memory should the need arise. Long time GPS receiver users will know this option as initializing. To understand when you would use this option, a brief explanation of how the eXplorist works will be helpful.

The GPS constellation consists of 24 satellites and three spares that orbit the earth. At any given time of the day a different collection of satellites will be overhead. Every time you turn your eXplorist off, it records, in a special place in its memory, the last position fix computed.

Now, if you turn your eXplorist off and fly across the country, the next time you turn it back on it will think it is still at the location where it was turned off and will begin looking for the satellites that it thinks are overhead.

This process can take time and can appear as if the GPS portion of the eXplorist is not working. Under normal conditions, the eXplorist will still be able to compute your position, but this can take longer than normal.

Restart GPS gives you the ability to give the eXplorist its approximate location, hence speeding up the time to acquire its first fix. Many eXplorist users will never need to use the Restart GPS option, but it is available should the need arise.

Thanks to a built-in feature, the eXplorist, when it has trouble computing its first position fix, automatically asks you to supply your approximate position. Restarting the GPS: 1.

Use the Arrow joystick to highlight Preferences. Use the Arrow joystick to highlight the region of the world for your present location. You can also enter the coordinates for your present position, if you know them, by highlighting Enter Coord. This is rarely used and is not described in this manual. Use the Arrow joystick to highlight the area of your location.

The list of areas is different for each region selected in step 6. Page 5 Accessories Backlight Turns the display backlight on. Sequences from off to low to high intensity. Be sure to observe the proper polarity when installing the batteries. Under normal operating conditions you can expect to get more than 14 hours of battery life when using fresh batteries. Page Using The Explorist Using the eXplorist The eXplorist uses information from the GPS satellites orbiting the earth to provide you with detailed information about your exact location.

This is the foundation that your eXplorist will use to provide you with the necessary information to arrive at your destination. Now that the eXplorist knows where you are, you need to tell it where you want to go. Page Tracing Your Steps Using the eXplorist A simpler example, and one you can do at just about any time, is finding your car in that ocean of other cars in the shopping mall parking lot. Just park your car, step outside and let your eXplorist compute your position.

Page Additional Features Using the eXplorist Additional Features Your Magellan eXplorist contains all of the features that you would expect from a high-quality Magellan-brand handheld navigation device, as well as many more to make your outdoor experience more enjoyable.

You have the ability to customize the navigation screens, enabling you to view the information that is important to you. To prevent the eXplorist from being turned on accidentally, draining the batteries, you need to press ENTER when the Startup screen is displayed. Press the Power button. Select Language. When you turn on the eXplorist for the first time, you are given the option of selecting one of the ten languages that can be used.

Page 16 Starting Up The Satellite Status screen will continuously update, and you will be able to graphically see how well your eXplorist is performing. When the eXplorist has enough information to compute a position fix, the Satellite Status screen is replaced with the Map screen.

The arrow cursor in the center of the Map screen represents your position. Use the arrow joystick to enter the current time. Page Conclusion Conclusion This concludes the initial startup procedure for the Magellan eXplorist Once the Map screen is displayed, you have successfully initialized the eXplorist and are ready to go.

Now would be a good time to familiarize yourself with the different navigation screens using the NAV button and to set any preferences that may be different from the factory defaults. Each screen provides the same information in a different format, giving you the choice of choosing the screen that best suits your needs. Glendora vina 1. The map scale indicator in the bottom left corner of the map indicates the relative distance between the two end-points of the scale.

The information displayed at the bottom of the screen provides you with the heading and distance of the cursor from your present position. Page Customizing The Map Information Navigation Screens Customizing the Map Information The information displayed at the bottom of the screen can be customized to change what is shown in the two map information fields.

This means that the top of the display represents true north. This orientation can be changed so that the top of the display is more useful to you. When in land usage, land areas are displayed as white areas on the display and water is displayed as dark gray. The opposite is true when the map is set for marine usage.

Page Customizing The Information Fields Navigation Screens Customizing the Information Fields The information displayed at the top of the screen can be customized to information that is important to you. Page Position Screen Navigation Screens Position Screen The Position screen provides detailed position information in a text format that is familiar to seasoned navigators. See Setting Coordinate System for information on how to select the coordinate system. Page Resetting The Trip Odometer Navigation Screens Resetting the Trip Odometer Whenever you begin a trip and you want to record how far you have travelled, you will want to reset the trip odometer to zero.

Use the Arrow joystick to highlight Reset Trip. This is the fundamental starting point for any GPS navigator. However, sometimes you will want to personalize the POI you are marking to make it easier to identify later. You are able to change the icon, change the name, and create a message. Options can be selected by using the arrow joystick to highlight the option and pressing ENTER to access it.

Steps through the navigation screens. Used to save your present position as a point of interest. Points of interest that you save are stored in the My Points of Interest portion of the database. Creates a one-leg route from your present position to a destination selected from the Points of Interest database or by using the cursor on the background map.

The eXplorist uses two AA batteries that are installed as shown in the accompanying diagram. Be sure to observe the proper polarity when installing the batteries. Under normal operating conditions you can expect to get more than 14 hours of battery life when using fresh batteries. Whether you are moving or standing still, the eXplorist is constantly calculating position fixes and using power at the same rate.

If you are going to be at the same position for any length of time, turn the eXplorist off. The Power Timer option allows you to set a time that the eXplorist will automatically turn off when none of the buttons have been pressed and you are not moving for a selected time.

You can select from 5, 10, 30 or 60 minutes. The most severe drain on the batteries is the use of the display backlight. You will notice a drastic drop in battery life with the backlight display on continuously. You should use the Light Timer to set a time interval that the display backlight will automatically turn off when none of the buttons have been pressed.

Press NAV to return to the last viewed navigation screen. Use the down arrow to highlight the Light Timer field.

The eXplorist uses information from the GPS satellites orbiting the earth to provide you with detailed information about your exact location.

This is the foundation that your eXplorist will use to provide you with the necessary information to arrive at your destination. The simplest route, and the one used most, is a GOTO route. This is a route that is computed as a straight line from where you are to where you want to go. The basic operation of your eXplorist is to use the GPS satellites to compute your present position. This is done internally in the software of your eXplorist.

The only thing that you need to do is to give your eXplorist a clear view of the sky so that it can receive the signals from the satellites. If you find that the eXplorist is not computing a position, just move to a place that has a better view of the sky. Anytime that you want to view the status of the satellites and their signal strength, switch to the Satellite Status screen.

Here, you will graphically see the satellites and their relative signal strength. You need at least three satellites with good signal strength indicated by black bars to compute your position. A computed position with only three satellites is termed a 2D position fix.

When you are getting a 2D position fix, your elevation is not being computed. To add elevation to your position fix, you need at least four satellites with good signal strength. Positions that use four or more satellites are called 3D position fixes. Now that the eXplorist knows where you are, you need to tell it where you want to go. This is a one-leg route with a beginning where you are now and a destination where you want to go.

The destination is selected by using the Points of Interest database. This database has two main options: positions you have saved My Points of Interest or points of interest that have been preloaded into your eXplorist Background Map. As you move, your eXplorist is constantly calculating new positions, comparing the new position to the previous position and calculating such things as heading and speed.

Your eXplorist constantly computes a direct line from your present position to your destination. From there, it will provide you instructions to guide you along that straight path. Unless you are on a large body of water, it will be unlikely that you will be able to follow these instructions exactly.

To compensate for that, your eXplorist automatically updates the route, providing you with up-to-date information about getting to your destination. GOTO routes are the simplest and most commonly used feature of your eXplorist With just the GOTO button the eXplorist will provide you with the tools needed to get to any point of interest stored in your database.

Another commonly used feature of the eXplorist is saving your position to the points of interest database. This feature is accessed by pressing the MARK button. When saving your position, you can also add attributes such as the icon or a name for the point of interest. This will help you to find this spot in the future when accessing it from the points of interest database. Suppose that you have set up camp for the night.

Tomorrow, you plan on doing some nature exploring and you want to be able to come back to the campsite when you are done. While out fishing on the lake, you come across the perfect spot for catching your limit. Next year, you want to be able to come back to this same spot.

Next year, you can be back at the same hot spot with just a press of the GOTO button. A simpler example, and one you can do at just about any time, is finding your car in that ocean of other cars in the shopping mall parking lot. Just park your car, step outside and let your eXplorist compute your position.

Make sure that you have a clear view of the sky. No matter where you parked, your eXplorist will guide you back, simply and easily. Hikers, mountain bikers and outdoor enthusiasts often need the option of leaving a trail of breadcrumbs that they can follow back to where they started.

The eXplorist has a feature called BackTrack that enables you to do just that. It was mentioned earlier that your eXplorist is constantly computing your present position and that you can save your position by using the MARK button. Now, imagine that your eXplorist automatically saved your computed positions as you moved along the trail.

Pretty soon there would be a set of saved positions, like breadcrumbs, that represents the trail you have taken. This is exactly what the eXplorist does.

It saves the computed positions as hidden points of interest and strings them together to represent your travels. This is called your Track, and the hidden points of interest are your Track Log.

Your eXplorist enables you to use this Track, reverse it and navigate you along the same path that you followed to get you back to your destination. You might drive to the ranger station and follow the trail that leads you to the waterfalls you have been wanting to see.

With your eXplorist turned on and able to compute position fixes, you continue along the trail. The trail winds along and has many smaller trails attached to it. As the day progresses you arrive at the falls. Your eXplorist will now seamlessly guide you along the path, tracing your footsteps, back to where you started. Another nice feature of Track Logs, which you may find useful, is that you are able to save the Track Logs and recall them at any time.

In the above example, at the waterfall, you could save that track and use it anytime you wanted to go back.

Your Magellan eXplorist contains all of the features that you would expect from a high-quality Magellan-brand handheld navigation device, as well as many more to make your outdoor experience more enjoyable. You have the ability to customize the navigation screens, enabling you to view the information that is important to you.

The eXplorist makes full use of the Map screens, enabling you to graphically see your position, the route you are navigating, the path you have trekked Track , and points of interest icons. There is a builtin odometer so that you can log the length of your journey.

User preferences enable you to set up and maintain your eXplorist so that it fits your needs and requirements. The eXplorist gives you all of this and more in an easy-to-use, portable navigation tool that includes built-in help files that you can access in the great outdoors.

To prevent the eXplorist from being turned on accidentally, draining the batteries, you need to press ENTER when the Startup screen is displayed.

If you change your mind and decide to leave the eXplorist on, just press the ESC button. The display backlight has three levels of intensity: off, low and high. When the eXplorist is first turned on, the display backlight is off.

Turn the eXplorist on. Press the Power button. When the Startup screen is displayed, press. Select Language. When you turn on the eXplorist for the first time, you are given the option of selecting one of the ten languages that can be used. Press MENU. The Language Select screen will be displayed. Read Warning.

Compute Initial Position. For this operation, it is best if you are outside and have a clear, unobstructed view of the sky. Without a clear view, this will take much longer and could result in the eXplorist being unable to compute the initial position. The eXplorist begins to compute your initial position. This may take a few minutes while it is doing a cold start. Normally, when you first turn the eXplorist on it will compute your position in a matter of seconds when able to do a warm start.

An explanation of cold start vs. The Satellite Status screen is displayed, showing you the progress of the collection of satellite data. Satellite Status screen shows how many satellites are being tracked, as well as the relative strength of the signal.

The Satellite Status screen will continuously update, and you will be able to graphically see how well your eXplorist is performing. When the eXplorist has enough information to compute a position fix, the Satellite Status screen is replaced with the Map screen.

The arrow cursor in the center of the Map screen represents your position. As you move, the arrow will point in the direction you are traveling. If the eXplorist is unable to compute your initial fix in a few minutes: If the eXplorist determines that it is unable to track the satellites within a few minutes, it will present you with the following screens in an effort to better determine its.

Select Region. Use the arrow joystick to highlight the region that. Select Area. This displays a list of areas for the region you selected. Enter Current Time. Use the arrow joystick to enter the current time. Arrow Joystick Right: Moves the highlight one character to the right Arrow Joystick Left: Moves the highlight one character to the left. Enter the Date. Use the Arrow joystick to set the date displayed to the current date.

When the month is highlighted, use the arrow joystick up or down to scroll through the list of months. Accept Information. The Done button is highlighted at the bottom of the display. Tip: If the time or the date is incorrect, you can fix it now.