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Summary of Contents for Expedition

Page 1: ...INSTALLATION AND OPERATION INSTRUCTIONS Eagle Expedition TM TM PAGES ...

Page 2: ...vantage of all available navigation tools when travelling to a waypoint but will also visually check to make certain a clear safe path to the waypoint is always available The storage temperature for your unit is from 4 degrees to 167 de grees Fahrenheit 20 to 75 degrees Celsius Extended storage tem peratures higher or lower than specified will cause the liquid crystal dis play to fail Neither this...

Page 3: ... WINDOWS 16 SATELLITE INFORMATION SCREEN 17 CLOCK 17 CLOCK ALARM 18 TIMERS 18 REPROGRAM BOXES 19 WAYPOINTS 20 SAVING YOUR PRESENT POSITION QUICK SAVE 20 SAVING CURSOR POSITION 20 SAVING YOUR PRESENT POSITION 21 EDIT WAYPOINT LAT LON 22 WAYPOINT NAMES 22 MOVE A WAYPOINT 23 DISTANCE BETWEEN WAYPONTS 24 WAYPOINT OPTIONS 24 DELETE A WAYPOINT 25 ROUTES 25 CREATE A ROUTE 25 SELECT WAYPOINTS FOR ROUTE 26...

Page 4: ...35 GPS SETUP 36 COLD START 36 POSITION FORMAT 37 DATUM 38 PCF 39 POSITION PINNING 40 ALARMS 40 MESSAGES 41 SIMULATOR 42 STARTING POSITION 42 USER ARROW KEYS TO STEER 42 DEFINITION OF TERMS ABBREVIATIONS 43 WINDOW GROUPS 44 LIST OF DATUMS 46 WARRANTY STATEMENT 51 UPS RETURN SERVICE 52 HOW TO OBTAIN SERVICE INTERNATIONAL INSIDE BACK COVER HOW TO OBTAIN SERVICE U S A ONLY BACK COVER ...

Page 5: ...r it is for the unit to determine your direction Another factor that influences the GPS position and navigation capabili ties is called selective availability or S A This is small errors purposefully injected into the transmitted signal from the satellites The government does this to degrade the system s accuracy to civilian and foreign users Even with S A GPS is the most accurate navigation syste...

Page 6: ...l power is in use however they make a good backup in case of power failure BATTERY INSTALLATION For battery operation the Expedition requires four AA batteries or the optional DURACELL DR 121 rechargeable battery The DR 121 battery comes with the Eagle BR 1B recharger This charger lets you recharge the DR 121 battery while it s in the unit plus you can use the Expedition while the battery is charg...

Page 7: ...ard has twelve keys The arrow keys are tied to most of the features letting you easily move the plotter s cursor navigate through the menus make selections from menus and other tasks The WPT key lets you create save and recall waypoints and routes The PAGES key switches the unit between the three major displays windows navigation and plotter To select different features or to modify functions pres...

Page 8: ...ght different menus on the list Pressing the right arrow key selects the high lighted menu item To erase a menu press the EXIT key Finding Your Position Cold Start When the Eagle Expedition is turned on for the very first time it doesn t know where it is nor what the local time or date is If you tell it your position time and date the unit should take less time to lock on to the satellites and giv...

Page 9: ...u have to do to find your position Your local time display may not be correct when the cold start method is used See the initialization section for details on changing the time Finding Your Position Initialization A cold start as described above can take over two minutes to find your position A faster method is to initialize the Eagle Expedition manually To do this first press the PWR key Next rea...

Page 10: ...is screen Don t worry about altitude When everything is acceptable press the EXIT key repeatedly to return to a mode screen The Expedition will in stantly use the data you entered to find the satellites in the sky The unit knows which satellites will be available at the position date and time you entered Therefore it will only look for those satellites making the search time much shorter than a co...

Page 11: ...roups For example Group A is the first windows group on the PAGES menu Press the right arrow key to see more screens on each mode When the desired screen appears press the EXIT key to clear the menu Note For a list of abbreviations used on the dis plays see the back of this manual Navigation Screens There are two navigation screens Nav screen number one shows a graphi cal view of your trip the oth...

Page 12: ... 28 for information on waypoint navigation If you navigate to a waypoint the screen looks like the one at right The bearing to the destination waypoint is shown in the upper left corner of the screen Bearing is also shown by the large arrow pointing up to the compass The bearing is 176 on the screen at right The lines on either side of the present position arrow show the cross track error range In...

Page 13: ...TK along with a CDI See below for more infor mation on the CDI Course Deviation Indicator CDI The CDI shows your distance to the left or right of the desired course You must recall a waypoint or run a route to use the CDI The vertical line in the center of the box shows the direction to the destina tion For example if you re travelling straight towards the destination the line stays in the center ...

Page 14: ...ot screen number 1 shows by default Your current position displays at the center of the screen as a cross surrounded by a flashing diamond To view the other plotter screen press the PAGES key Press the up or down arrow key to move the black box to the PLOT label Now press the right arrow or left arrow key to select plot 2 This screen as shown at right has navigation data displayed at the bottom of...

Page 15: ... Plotter Orientation Normally the Eagle Expedition shows the plotter with north always at the top of the screen This is the way most maps and charts are printed on paper This is fine if you re always travelling due north Waypoints you see to your left corresponds to the left side of the plotter to your right shows on the right side of the plotter and so on However if you travel any other direction...

Page 16: ...tions menu then press the left or right arrow keys until the desired mode appears Press the EXIT key to leave this menu Clear Current Plot Trail To erase the plot trail highlight the ClearTrail label on the Plotter Op tions menu then press the right arrow key A message box appears asking you if you really want to erase the plot trail Follow the directions on this message box The Expedition returns...

Page 17: ... current trail off the plotter s present position icon will continue to move on the screen but a trail will not be shown To recall a saved trail highlight Trail 1 or Trail 2 then press the right arrow key Press the EXIT key repeatedly until all menus are erased The recalled trail will be displayed on the plotter screen Note You may need to scroll over to the saved trail or zoom out to see it if yo...

Page 18: ...abel then press the left or right arrow keys until the desired setting appears Press the EXIT key to erase this menu ICONS The Eagle Expedition has fifteen symbols or icons available These icons can be placed anywhere on the plotter screens These can be used to mark fishing or hunting spots boat ramps rest stops or whatever You can place an icon at your present position or at the cursor s location...

Page 19: ... screen first press the MENU key then select the WPT Icon Options menu A screen similar to the one at right appears There are three methods used to erase icons from the screen You can delete all of the icons re gardless of their position on the display delete all of the icons of a certain type or selectively erase individual icons You can also simply turn all of the icons off without erasing them ...

Page 20: ... position as shown at right Use the arrow keys to move the cursor to the icon on the map that you wish to erase Press the ENT key to erase the icon If you wish to de lete another icon move the cursor over it and press the ENT key When you re finished press the EXIT key to erase the cursor WINDOWS This feature gives you 15 different groups of win dows so you can use the best navigation display for ...

Page 21: ... pass through the circles The N on the left center of the screen shows the direction of north rela tive to the satellite graph The FIX number in the top left of the screen shows the quality of fix If the FIX is 9 then it s the best you can get A FIX of 1 is the worst The light bulb in the top right corner of the screen shows when the backlight is on CLOCK Whenever a clock timer or alarm is showing...

Page 22: ... The Eagle Expedition must be on in order for the alarms to work In other words if you set the alarm to go off at 7 00 a m then the Eagle Expedition will have to be on at 7 00 a m also Timers The Eagle Expedition has two timers built in One is a countdown timer and the other is a count up timer The countdown timer counts down from the time you put in to zero The count up timer starts at zero and c...

Page 23: ...eset or DN Tmr Reset label then press the right arrow key REPROGRAM BOXES The digital boxes on the PLOT 2 and both NAV screens can be repro grammed The changes you make to the screen will remain in memory even if all power is removed from the unit You can however return the boxes to the factory settings from the Preset Groups item in the Sys tem Setup menu To customize a screen first switch to the...

Page 24: ...To save your present position simply press the WPT key twice The Eagle Expedition puts your current position into the first available waypoint number on the list A message appears on the display telling you the waypoint number it just used This also momentarily places you in the database menu Anytime a database menu is showing sim ply press the WPT key once and the unit will store your present pos...

Page 25: ...right arrow keys until the waypoint number ap pears that you wish to store your present posi tion In this example we re going to store a posi tion as waypoint number 6 Now press the down arrow key until the WPT Options label is high lighted Press the right arrow key A screen simi lar to the one shown at right appears Highlight the SaveWPT As label shown at the bottom of the menu and press the righ...

Page 26: ...t Lat Lon menu and press the right arrow key The screen shown at right appears Using the left and right arrow keys highlight each number in the po sition and change it using the up and down arrow keys When you re ready to save this position and return to the waypoint screen press the ENT key The location you entered shows at the bottom of the screen under the waypoint number you selected Note You ...

Page 27: ... one waypoint number to another In this example we ll move all of the information in waypoint number 10 to waypoint number 20 To do this highlight the way point options label on the waypoint screen and press the right arrow key Now highlight the Move WPT label Press the right arrow key The screen shown at right appears The black box is resting on the From label Now press the down arrow key once to...

Page 28: ...st waypoint A to the second waypoint B shows at the bottom of the screen You can select more waypoints to measure at this time or press the EXIT key to erase this screen WAYPOINT OPTIONS You can customize the look of the waypoints on the plotter or even turn them off To do this first press the MENU key then highlight the WPT Icon Opts label Press the right arrow key The screen shown at right appea...

Page 29: ... waypoint in the route To create a route first press the MENU key high light the PLAN EDIT ROUTES label and press the right arrow key The screen shown at right appears This unit can store up to fifty 50 different routes Route number one shows on this page If you wish to create a route using a different number simply press the left or right arrow keys until the desired route number appears In this ...

Page 30: ...t the top of the screen or waypoint name menus As you move through the list of saved waypoints their date and time saved po sition and distance and bearing from your present position show at the bottom of the screen When the desired waypoint appears that you want to use as the first waypoint on the route move the black box to the Add WPT label then press the right arrow key The unit returns to the...

Page 31: ...he route s list Press the right arrow key The screen shown at right appears Highlight the Delete label on this menu and press the right arrow key The unit returns to the route list with the waypoint removed from the list Note This doesn t delete the way point from the database it only removes it from the route Waypoint Detail To view the position bearing distance and other information about a wayp...

Page 32: ...reen shown at right appears The black box is on the Start RTE Auto label This starts the navigation to the waypoint that is closest to your present position If you want to start the route with the first waypoint in the route press the right arrow key until the number 1 ap pears If you want to see details about the highlighted waypoint press the WPT key When you have everything on this screen set a...

Page 33: ...een then pressing the left or right arrow keys until the de sired waypoint number appears Now highlight the Go To label and press the right arrow key The unit immediately returns to the navigation plotter or windows screen and shows navigation information to the selected location In this example we recalled waypoint number 1 Switching to a plotter screen shown at right shows our starting location ...

Page 34: ...ursor position is used as a destination If you follow the track line you ll reach the destination covering the shortest distance in the least time CAUTION The Eagle Expedition does NOT take land features altitudes restricted or prohibited areas or any other feature into account when it projects the track line on the screen Therefore you must use care when navigating on the track line and avoid any...

Page 35: ...nal power is applied to the unit The time delay is adjustable from 5 to 240 seconds You can also turn the lights on continuously from this menu Use the Light Dly light delay menu to change this Highlight this menu then press the right arrow key to increase the time the lights are on the left arrow key to decrease it Press the EXIT key to erase this menu SOUND To turn the speaker off highlight the ...

Page 36: ... s owner s manual for more wiring information Once the cables are wired turn the Expedition on press the menu key and select NMEA DGPS from the System Setup menu A screen similar to the one at right appears Units of Measure The Expedition can show its data in many differ ent formats For example distance can be dis played in statute miles MI nautical miles NM or kilometers KM The following can be c...

Page 37: ...TION S WIRES OTHER DEVICE S WIRES EXPEDITION TRANSMIT TING NMEA DATA TO ANOTHER DEVICE TO EXPEDITION DGPS RECEIVER 12 VDC BATTERY BLACK WIRE GROUND WIRES WHITE WIRE RED WIRE TO 12V DGPS RECEIVER S RECEIVE DATA WIRE IF NEEDED EXPEDITION S WIRES EXPEDITION RECEIVING DATA FROM A DGPS RECEIVER GREEN WIRE DGPS RECEIVER S TRANSMIT DATA WIRE ...

Page 38: ...fault setting for these sen tences is on In other words it automatically sends these sentences when NMEA is turned on To turn any of these off move the black box to the desired menu and press the left arrow key Press the EXIT key when everything on this screen is the way you want it DGPS The Eagle Expedition will recognize Starlink and Magnavox automatic DGPS receivers If you have either one of th...

Page 39: ...reset Options menu on the System Setup screen Now press the right arrow key A message appears asking if you want to restore the original options Press the right arrow key if you do the left arrow key to quit If you restore the unit to the factory settings all options such as contrast alarms and other system choices are returned to their default values However no waypoints routes or icons are erase...

Page 40: ...ng the satellites perhaps it is using the wrong data This can happen if you ve entered the wrong data by accident when initializing the receiver For example if you entered east longitude instead of west Or if you ve moved a long distance with the unit turned off To send a cold start message to the receiver highlight the GPS Cold Start label then press the right arrow key A message appears asking y...

Page 41: ...ilar to the one at right ap pears UTM s are marked on USGS topographic charts This system divides the Earth into 60 zones each 6 degrees wide in longitude Their unit of mea sure is in meters For example 15N means that the position shown to the right of the 15N is in zone 15 and it s north of the equator British Irish Swedish Swiss and Finnish grid sys tems are the national coordinate system used o...

Page 42: ...abel Finally press the right arrow key again A screen similar to the one at right appears TheWGS 84 label is highlighted To change it sim ply press the up or down arrow keys to highlight the desired datum then press the ENT key This selects the datum and erases the select datum menu To erase the menu without changing the datum simply press the EXIT key A list of the datums used by the Expedition i...

Page 43: ... PCF feature you can make the Eagle Expedi tion match the chart you re using If you move the unit will continuously add the change to all posi tion navigation and mapping displays This makes it more closely match the datum used by the chart For this reason you should be careful when en tering the PCF offset It s saved in memory and doesn t change when the unit is turned off How ever resetting the ...

Page 44: ...ts of S A is to stand still with the Expedi tion turned on and watch your plot trail with position pinning turned off You ll see the present position change speed increase and decrease and a random plot trail on the plotter s screen If you wish to turn the position pinning feature off press the MENU key then highlight the GPS Setup label and press the right arrow key Now highlight the Pinning labe...

Page 45: ... ranges may be usable Arrival Alarm If you set the arrival alarm s distance to a small number and you run a route see the routes section the Eagle Expedition may not show navigation data to the next waypoint once you arrive at the first one since you may not be able to come close enough to the first waypoint to trip the arrival alarm MESSAGES The position and DGPS message selections are found on t...

Page 46: ...Position Normally the starting position for the simulator is your present position If you want to change the starting position highlight the Set Starting Way point label on the Simulator Setup menu then press the right arrow key The screen shown at right appears You can select any waypoint as the simulator s starting point Select the starting point by pressing the right arrow key on the WPT label ...

Page 47: ...level BRG Bearing The direction from your present position to a waypoint CLOCK Your local time TRK Track The direction you re travelling DIS Distance Distance remaining between your present po sition and a waypoint DNT UPT Countdown timer DNT and Count up timer UPT ETE Estimated Time En route FIX A measure of your receiver s position quality A fix of 1 is bad 9 is the best ICON A symbol you can pl...

Page 48: ...44 GROUP A GROUP B GROUP C GROUP D GROUP E GROUP F GROUP G GROUP H GROUP I WINDOWS The following is a listing of windows groups A through O ...

Page 49: ...45 GROUP J GROUP K GROUP L GROUP M GROUP N GROUP O ...

Page 50: ...ARC 1960 MEAN ASCENSION ISLAND 1958 ASTRO BEACON E 1945 IWO JIMA ASTRO DOS 714 ST HELENA ISLAND ASTRO TERN ISLAND 1961 ASTRONOMICAL STATION 52 MARCUS ISLE AUSTRALIAN GEODETIC 1966 AUSTRALIAN GEODETIC 1984 AYABELLE LIGHTHOUSE DJIBOUTI BELLEVUE IGN EFATE ERRAOMANGO BERMUDA 1957 BISSAU GUINEA BOGOTA OBSERVATORY COLOMBIA BUKIT RIMPAH INDONESIA CAMP AREA ASTRO ANTARCTICA CAMPO INCHAUSPE ARGENTINA CANTO...

Page 51: ...ean 1950 England Channel Islands Ireland Scotland Shetland Islands European 1950 Finland Norway European 1950 Greece European 1950 Iran EUROPEAN 1950 ITALY SARDINIA EUROPEAN 1950 ITALY SICILY EUROPEAN 1950 MALTA EUROPEAN 1950 SPAIN PORTUGAL EUROPEAN 1979 MEAN FORT THOMAS 1955 NEVIS ST KITTS GAN 1970 REPUBLIC OF MALDIVES GEODETIC DATUM 1949 NEW ZEALAND GRACIOSA BASE SW 1948 AZORES GUAM 1963 GUNUNG ...

Page 52: ...A 1927 MEAN CARRIBEAN N AMERICA 1927 MEAN CENTRAL AMER N AMERICA 1927 MEAN CANADA N AMERICA 1927 MEAN CONUS N AMERICA 1927 MEAN CONUS EAST N AMERICA 1927 MEAN CONUS WEST N AMERICA 1927 ALASKA N AMERICA 1927 BAHAMAS NO SAN SALV N AMERICA 1927 BAHAMAS N AMERICAN 1927 CANADA WEST N AMERICAN 1927 CANADA CENTRAL N AMERICAN 1927 CANADA EAST N AMERICAN 1927 CANADA NORTH N AMERICAN 1927 CANADA YUKON Nahrw...

Page 53: ...n 1927 Mexico North American 1983 Alaska Canada CONUS North American 1983 Central America Mexico Observaorio Metereo 1939 Azores Corvo Flores Islands Old Egyptian 1907 Egypt Old Hawaiian Mean for Hawaii Kauai Maui Oahu Old Hawaiian Hawaii Old Hawaiian Kauai Old Hawaiian Maui Old Hawaiian Oahu Oman Oman Ordinance Survey Great Britain 1936 Mean for England Isle of Man Scotland Shetland Islands Wales...

Page 54: ...th American 1969 Argentina South American 1969 Bolivia South American 1969 Brazil South American 1969 Chile South American 1969 Colombia South American 1969 Ecuador South American 1969 Ecuador Baltra Galapagos South American 1969 Guyana South American 1969 Paraguay South American 1969 Peru South American 1969 Trinidad Tobago South American 1969 Venezuela SOUTH ASIA SINGAPORE TANANARIVE OBSERVATORY...

Page 55: ...IR REPLACEMENT OR REFUND AS JUST DE SCRIBED IS THE EXCLUSIVE REMEDY AVAILABLE TO YOU AGAINST US FOR ANY DEFECT MALFUNCTION OR NON CONFORMITY CONCERNING THE PRODUCT OR FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE RESULTING FROM ANY OTHER CAUSE WHATSOEVER WE WILL NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES BE LIABLETO ANYONE FOR ANY SPE CIAL CONSEQUENTIAL INCIDENTAL OR OTHER INDIRECT DAMAGE OF ANY KIND Some states do not allow the exclu...

Page 56: ...rief note detailing the problem you re having with the unit Please include your name address and daytime telephone number 4 Please include payment for non warranty repairs Check money or der Visa or MasterCard may be used 5 Fill in your name address zip code date and RA number in the blanks provided on the UPS form included with your unit 6 Attach the label to the shipping box tear off the tab for...

Page 57: ...Most quality dealers that handle marine elec tronic equipment should be able to assist you with these items Consult your local telephone directory for listings 2 LEI Extras Inc P O Box 129 Catoosa OK 74015 0129 or call 800 324 0045 USA orders only Eagle Electronics may find it necessary to change or end our shipping policies regulations and special offers at any time We reserve the right to do so ...

Page 58: ...H GRP I GRP J GRP K MODE PAGES Press the PAGES key to view the pages menu then using the up and down arrow keys to switch between nav plot and groups screens Use the right or left ar row keys to switch between differ ent screens on each page ...

Page 59: ...55 NAV SCREENS NAV 1 NAV 2 PLOT SCREENS PLOT 1 PLOT 2 GRP D GRP E GRP F GRP G GRP O GRP L GRP M GRP N ...

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Page 61: ... brief note with the product describing the problem Be sure to include your name return shipping address and a daytime telephone number How to Obtain Service International Customers Only Except Canada If you need service or repairs contact the dealer in the country you purchased your unit WARRANTY REPAIR WILL BE HONORED ONLY IN THE COUNTRY UNIT WAS PURCHASED Please follow the shipping instructions...

Page 62: ...ee page 51 inside this manual for complete warranty details If your unit fails and the failure is not covered by the original warranty Eagle has a flat rate repair policy that covers your unit and accessories packed with the unit at the factory There is a 180 day warranty on all non warranty repairs from the factory which is similar to the original warranty but is for 180 days rather than one year...

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