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Page 1: ...AccuNav II INSTALLATION AND OPERATION INSTRUCTIONS LITHOIN U S A 988 0129 18 EAGI PDF compression OCR web optimization with CVISION s PdfCompressor ...

Page 2: ...g to awaypoint butwillalso visuallychecktomakecertainaclear safepath to thewaypoint is always available NOTICE As ofthis writing the Department of Defense DOD has notdeclared the GPSnavigationsystemoperational Thesystemis still in atesting phase Satellitescanbetumedofforaccuracycan bedegradedatwillbythesystem operators Remember thattheAccuNav II oranyGPSreceiverisonlyas accurateasthesysteiit susin...

Page 3: ...1 IS CLEAR PLOT IS SETRANGE 19 ICONON OFF 19 ALARMS 19 GOTO CURSOR 19 CHANGE DISPLAY 20 PLOTTERMENU PAGE2 20 SELECT UNITSOFMEASURE 20 BACK LIGHT ON OFF 21 GRID LINES 21 PLOTTER UPDATE 22 EVENT MARKER 22 USINGTHEEVENT MARKER WITH THECURSOR 22 ERASING ICONS 23 HELP 23 WINDOWS 24 VIEWING WINDOWS OPTIONS 25 WAYPOINT NAVIGATION 25 HOWTOSAVE AWAYPOINT 26 QUICKSAVE METHOD 26 VIEWANDSAVE METHOD 26 ENTER N...

Page 4: ... then re peatedpress thedownarrow key This will cycle theunitthrough all groups rcUEHENT POSITIOFf N 36 08 987 U 950 50 559 DIe IDie I MPH I 22 0 U N A I A LE L GROUP B N J i E N A I A I i A a S 1MI U N I MI I o I i i a 0 29 GROUP D S 1111 W E S IMI rni4IiI niu I PI A I I F L t I U N i 4u iu I u Ain I i il 4tiJj GROUP c 11t fl U NI A l i A I A a I FIPII I 22 O I MI I U N iM iiI n a FAEL 0 26 GROUP...

Page 5: ...y and keyboard are also lightedfornightoperation Thisunitis also differential GPS DGPS ready forsuperioraccuracy Readthis manualandtakeitwithyouthefirstfewtimesyouuseyourunit It makes a greatreference ifyouneed it MOUNTING Install the AccuNav II in any convenient location provided there is clearance behindtheunitwhenitistiltedforthe bestviewing angle Holes inthe bracketbase allowwoodscreworthrough...

Page 6: ...Thecurrent softwareversion numberalsoappears near the bottom of the screen Contact the factory customerservice department if the module fails the self test Do not attempt to use this product ifitfailsthe selftest To use the self test feature presstheMENUkeytwicewhile it sintheUPSmode thenpress thekey nexttothe UPS MOD ULE SELF TEST label The screen shownatright appears Toexitfromthis screen press ...

Page 7: ...e If the white and green wires are not used tapetheirends sothattheycannot short To connect adevice to the AccuNav s white or green wires attach a shielded twisted paircablefromthe device s NMEA intput to the white wire on the AccuNav It s power cable Solder the ground conductor of the twisted pairand the shield to the black wire onthepowercable Do notconnect the shield to the other device Seethe ...

Page 8: ...tum thisunitgivesyouthecapability to move or offset theposition shownonthedisplaytomatch theoneon thechart The unitwill add thisoffsettoall position displays atalltimes Remember the UPS erroris verydynamic and the PCFoffsetshould never be used in an attempt to cancel the error In general terms this featureshould only beusedifyourmap indicateswhatthe possibleerror is Thisfeatureshouldalways bereset...

Page 9: ...Man Overboard screen theAccuNavll stopsnavigatingto the recalledwaypoint Remember savingthevictimistheprimary goal Tryalloptions to rescue the person immediatelyaftertheaccidenthappens Training and educa tion are also good accident preventatives The Coast Guard has excellentsafetycourses Instructall membersonboardyourboatonsafety proceduresbefore leavingthedock Makecertain allonboardknowwhat to do...

Page 10: ...turereturns allsonarandGPSunitstotheiroriginalfactory settings This resets the units of measure speakervolume display contrast andmore Thisdoesn teraseanywaypointsorroutes however To presettheunit presstheMENU key until the PRESET UNIT label appears Pressthekeynexttothatlabel Themenuscreendisappearsand theAccuNavII returnstotheGPSpositionscreen Allunitswillbereturned totheirfactorysettings MAN OVE...

Page 11: ...ETIC POSITION Trueandmagneticnortharenotalwaysthesame Truenorthisthetopof theworld It swhere alllinesoflongitudeconverge Magnetic north isthe location ourcompassespoint Itliesseveral hundredmiles tothe south of true north at alocation in Canada Charts are usuallylaidoutaccordingtoaMercator projectionthat usestrue north Ifyouplotacourse on achart usingthe Mercator projection you ll eitherhavetoconv...

Page 12: ...netime Itsendsposition information to the AccuNav II onceevery second By incorporating Rockwell s GPS receivertechnology withEagle s state of the artdesignand manufactur ingcapabilities Eagle brings totheconsumer the mostadvanced line of GPS marinenavigation systemsavailable intheworld 1 You ll haveto tellthe AccuNav II which beaconreceiver s datatoexpect and setuptheparametersforthatdata Todothis...

Page 13: ...youletitfindthesatellites thetimedisplaywillprobably bewrong since itwill beshowing UTCtime orthetimeatGreenwich England However allothernavigationdisplays including the position display willbecorrect Youcansetthetimeto your localtime Tospeed upthesatellite acquisitionprocess you can initialize the AccuNav II or tell it where it is the first time it s turned on This initialization process isusuall...

Page 14: ...age appears Thearrival alarm sounds atonewhenyourposition is within the alarm s radius ofawaypoint Forexample thealarm sounds ifyoucome within 1 mileofarecalledwaypoint ifthearrivalalarm ssetting is 1 mile Thealarm isadjustable from 01 to 9 9 miles XTEALARM The XTE cross trackerror alarm sounds atonewhenyourcross track error is greaterthan the alarm s setting Changing the XTE alarm also changesthe...

Page 15: ... is labled OLD VALUE LATITUDE LONGITUDE N 36 08 852 W 95 5O 484 ALTITUDE 1696 LOCAL TIME 10 17 23 LOCAL DATE 1 03 1993 L41WNUMERIC KEYS TO CHANSE VALUE AM DN PM Usethe numbered keysto changethealarm s setting thenpressthekey nexttothe ACCEPT labeltoenterit Forexample tosetthearrival alarm E IT IaISACcEPT DATE label Thescreen shown below appears Enterthedateusingthe numbered keys When you refinishe...

Page 16: ... atthetop of the display Thechannelsare __________________________________ numberedonethroughfiveon the leftside of the screen Ev erysatellite intheconstellation has a number assigned to it calledthePRN ThePRNisthe first number in the channel s row TR1C stands for track If the AccuNavII is trackingthe satellite thena T is placed in thiscolumn IftheAccuNavllis Tocreatearoute firstpress the MENU key...

Page 17: ...isthe azimuth ordirection ofthesatellite fromyourposition Forexample iftheazimuth ofasatellite is180degrees then itisduesouth SNRisthesignal to noise ratio Thistellsyouhow strongthesatellite s signal is ThehighertheSNR number the better Thesatellitesthatarevisibleintheskyfromyourpositionareshown inthe lowerright cornerofthe screen underthe VISIBLE SATS heading Inthelowerleftcornerofthescreen areth...

Page 18: ...rms to change the CDI range Usingthedigital displays at the bottom ofthe screen withthe graphical forthe secondwaypoint intheroute Continueenteringthewaypointsuntil all ofthewaypoints havebeen entered fortheroute Thenpressthe key nexttothe EXIT label Thissaves yourroute inmemory IMPORTANT You mustselect waypoints intheordertheyaretobe usedintheroute In otherwords supposeyouwantaroutethatconsists o...

Page 19: ...number Next press the key next to the ACCEPT label The cursorshouldnow be on thesecondwaypointline Again USE NUMERIC KEYS TO CHANGE UALUE RTE 6 NAME REEF1 P 0 0 U EXIT iACCEP display atthetop letyouaccu rately steer the boat to a waypoint NAVIGATION SCREEN Use the navigation screen when you re navigating to a waypoint It shows your Dis tanceToGo DTG Bearing to Waypoint BRG LocalTime Speed Over Gro...

Page 20: ...ngnavi gation datatothewaypointyou recalled WPT 1NAME LJERO BROS H 36009 869 8IL0H hi 95037fl I jOT8 MILES 12S BRO MAO 86 TUflT I8EWPT ROUTES Aroutegives youtheabilityto navigateto severalwaypointswithout having tore programtheunitafterarrivingateach one Arouteconsistsoftwoor morewaypoints When youtravellon aroute theAccuNavIIfirstshows navigation information tothefirstwaypoint in the route When y...

Page 21: ...mof thescreen Thisisthedistance fromone side tothe otherand fromthetoptothebottom Your presentpositionisshown atthe top of the screen N 36 O I 8 853 U 955O 662 N Ifl 22 0 UI 104 I S 1111 Ifyourpresent positionstarts to move outside the square the ______ _____________________ AccuNavll clears the display then re draws your present positionclosertothecenterofthescreen Yourpresentpositionwillalways b...

Page 22: ...the destination recalled waypoint The number inside theflagistherecalledwaypoint number Inthisexample waypoint number 10 is the destination Thedottedline istheshortest mostdirect course from the starting point to the destination Follow this line to getto the waypoint Anarrival alarm canbesettosound atonewhenyoucomewithinapreset distance tothedestination Seethesectiononalarmsformoreinformation abou...

Page 23: ...el Thepositionshown intheCURRENT POSITIONboxalsowillshowinthe waypoint locationatthetopof the screen To savethe waypoint without naming it simply press the keynexttothe SAVE label Tosavethelocationunderadifferentwaypoint number pressthekeynext tothe WPT labelto increasethewaypointnumber i e fromwaypoint number ito2 Pressthekey nexttothe WPT labelto decrease the waypoint number Onceyou vedecidedthe...

Page 24: ...keytwice Next press the key nextto the SELECT UNITS OF MEASURE label The screen shown belowappears The blackboxon eachline shows theunit of measure currentlyinuse In the screen shown below the units of measure are in dow menus Pressing the key adjacenttooneofthe window menu labelsgivesyou amenu with functions that relate only tothatwindow Forexample if youpressthekey adjacent to the plotter menu l...

Page 25: ...These are leftered A through H Group A showsfirst Press the down arrow keyto move forward through the screens Presstheuparrowkeyto move backward statute milesfordistance miles per hourfor velocity degrees magneticforbearing altitudein feet and timeis inthe 12 hour format a m p m Press thekeynexttotheunitthat youwishtochange Forexample pressthekeynexttotheDistance labeltwicetoswitchfrommilesto kilo...

Page 26: ...theplotteratyourpresent position However youcanplace an icon anywhere onthe plotterusing thecursor Todothis firstpress one of the arrow keys This makes theplottercursorlines appear on the display Now move the linesto thedesired position on the display by pressingthearrowkeys When it s at the desired location press the EVENT MARKER key then select an icon The AccuNavII places theicon at the interse...

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