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Geomate.jr Quick Start Guide

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Page 1: ...omate jr Quick Start Guide On a legal size sheet 14 X 8 5 Print page 1 out then turn over the sheet to print out the back page Cut along the fold lines and fold like folding diagram Folding diagram Page 1 ...

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Page 3: ...Geomate Jr User s Guide Part Number 04 0003 01 Date May 2009 ...

Page 4: ...ely responsible for the accuracy and maintenance of the GPS network The accuracy of resultant positions can be affected by the periodic adjustments to GPS satellites made by the U S Government and is subject to change in accordance with the Department of Defense civil GPS user policy and the Federal Radio Navigation Plan Position accuracy can also be affected by poor satellite geometry and obstruc...

Page 5: ... to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct eh interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna...

Page 6: ... Messages 10 Getting a GPS Position 10 3 Geocaching With Your Geomate jr 12 Set Your Home Position 12 Reviewing Geocache Information 12 Selecting Your Target Geocache to Find 14 Selecting A Different Geocache 14 Geocache Hunting 15 Marking a Geocache as Found 16 Going Home 16 4 Other Features Functions 18 Available Pages 18 The Geocaching Page 19 The GC Code Page 20 The Navigation Page 21 The Foun...

Page 7: ...ed information about each feature and function of the Geomate jr MyGeomate To make sure you get the latest info about what is happening in the geocaching world to register your product and get exclusive Geomate jr offers you may want to create your own MyGeomate account www mygeomate com sign_up Support For all your support needs you can Visit www mygeomate com support Email geomate support apisph...

Page 8: ...c container the size of your hand But they can be as tiny as your thumbnail or be as large as a bucket They will usually have an official geocaching sticker on them or be marked as such Inside a geocache you will find a log book and often small trinkets Once you find a geocache you should sign the log book and if there are trinkets you can trade Once you have finished with your geocache you need t...

Page 9: ... and you can have halves and tells you how difficult the terrain is that you will have to cover A 1 rating will be a walk along a garden path or something just as easy while a 5 means you will probably be climbing a mountain Difficulty Another rating between 1 and 5 this tells you how well the geocache is hidden A 1 means it should be easy to find while a 5 is very very hard to find The Geomate jr...

Page 10: ... hunt your first geocache Don t worry it ll be quick Bits Pieces of Your Geomate jr Figure 1 Handy to know bits and pieces of your Geomate jr The Buttons Your Geomate jr has only two buttons Yep only two But it s quite amazing what you can do with just two buttons There are three possible ways the buttons can be used They are 1 A simple press ...

Page 11: ...ed and held Figure 2 Buttons and their actions of your Geomate jr Batteries Needed The Geomate jr needs two AAA batteries To get the batteries inside and around the right way 1 Remove the battery door by pressing on the Geomate jr guy on the battery door slide the door back and then lift it up 2 Insert the batteries making sure that they follow the battery diagram located in the battery compartmen...

Page 12: ...omate jr You may be asked for this if one day you have some questions about using your Geomate jr 4 19 The next thing you will see is a month and day This is the date of that the geocache list that you are using was compiled 2009 You will see a year as well This is the year that the geocache list that you are using was compiled HELLO A nice warm greeting to start your day right Getting a GPS Posit...

Page 13: ...ignal interference by nearby objects The satellite symbol shows the current status of the GPS and the position quality If you see It means Your Geomate jr is searching for satellites and does not have a valid position It is not possible to hunt geocaches in this state Make sure you have a clear view of the sky Your Geomate jr has a position but the quality of the position is not good It is possibl...

Page 14: ...can find your way back later To set your home position 1 Make sure you have a valid GPS position The satellite symbol should not be flashing 2 Hold both buttons down for a few seconds You will see the message HOME SAVED flash on the screen This means that you have successfully stored a home position Figure 4 You can set your home position by holding both buttons for a few seconds Reviewing Geocach...

Page 15: ...ng between 1 and 4 with a 1 being a very small micro cache which could be as small as your thumbnail and a 4 being as big as a bucket This is the Terrain Difficulty rating Out of 5 with 5 being the hardest this gives you an indication of the type of terrain you need to cover to get to the geocache This cool little satellite symbol gives you an indication of the position quality The more bars the b...

Page 16: ...all difficult to find and very rarely have trinkets to trade So if you are looking for an easier find with some trading potential a larger geocache may be more your style Selecting A Different Geocache If you don t want to go to the closest geocache it is very easy to select the next closest geocache instead To select the next closest geocache 1 Press the BIG button The closeness counter will go t...

Page 17: ...keep your Geomate jr straight in front of you and not twist it around when following the arrow 2 Keep following the arrow and watch the distance The distance should keep getting smaller as you get closer to the geocache 3 When you get the distance as small as possible somewhere from 0 to 10 feet this is ground zero This is where you start searching for the geocache Figure 7 When hunting your geoca...

Page 18: ...as found 1 Simply press and hold the SMALL button Once a geocache has been marked as found it will be added to the Found List and a smiley will be displayed on the main Geocaching page if that geocache is selected Figure 8 This geocache has already been marked as found See the smiley Going Home You ve found the geocache Congratulations It s now time to go home Remember when we saved a home locatio...

Page 19: ...You will see something like this if going home 2 Now just follow the arrow and distance to get back to the point where you stored your home location Figure 10 To be guided back to your home location just press and hold the BIG button ...

Page 20: ...currently on If you see You are on Which is for The geocaching page Selecting and hunting geocaches This is the page that you will spend most of your time The GC Code page Viewing the GC Code of the selected geocache A GC Code is a unique identifier for geocaches The navigation page Accessing the GPS heading position and satellite tracking information The found list page Viewing the list of geocac...

Page 21: ...on Reviewing Geocache Information More on the Closeness Order When you first switch on your Geomate jr it will immediately calculate the closest 20 geocaches to your current location It will order them from 1 being the closest through 20 being the furthest from your position This is known as the closeness order Figure 12 The closeness order tells you if the selected geocache is the closest geocach...

Page 22: ...ain exactly the same and be relative to the position that your Geomate jr was turned on To recalculate the closeness order of geocaches 1 Turn your Geomate jr off and back on again When this happens the geocaches will then be ordered by closeness based on your new position The GC Code Page Every geocache has its own unique identifier This is known as its GC Code You can use the GC Code to Make sur...

Page 23: ...ou can scroll through and view GPS information like heading latitude longitude height above sea level and GPS satellites being tracked and used To view GPS information 3 Press the SMALL button until you are on the Navigation Page 4 Press the BIG button to scroll through heading latitude longitude height and GPS satellites being tracked and used The heading view displays the heading that you are cu...

Page 24: ...is an example of what a longitude would look like When viewing the satellite tracked and used information you will see two numbers The one on the left is the number of satellites that your Geomate jr is currently tracking The number of the right however is the number of satellites that your Geomate jr is actually using to calculate its position Number of GPS satellites tracked Number of GPS satell...

Page 25: ...und List page When you first get to the Found List page you will see the text FOUND and the number of geocaches that are in the found list 2 Press the ACTION button to see the first geocache that is in the found list Displayed is the GC code the date it was marked as found and the order it is in the list The most resent finds are first in the list Figure 18 An example of a found geocache listing o...

Page 26: ... Battery Your Geomate jr has a low battery warning symbol to make sure you don t get caught out When the batteries are running low a battery symbol will flash Once you see the battery warning symbol you will have approximately 30 minutes before your Geomate jr will stop operating It is important to change the batteries as soon as you can when you see this symbol as low batteries can start to impac...

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