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INSTALLATION AND

OPERATION INSTRUCTIONS

AirMap 300

TM

Summary of Contents for AirMap 300

Page 1: ...INSTALLATION AND OPERATION INSTRUCTIONS AirMap 300 TM...

Page 2: ...caution when using this product CAUTION When showing navigation data to a position waypoint this unit will show the shortest most direct path to the waypoint It provides navigation data to the waypoin...

Page 3: ...BOLS 24 OBSTRUCTIONS 24 AIRSPACE 26 AIR MAP OPTIONS 27 MAP ORIENTATION 28 EARTH MAP OPTIONS 29 C MAP OPTIONS 31 PLOTTER OPTIONS 32 ICONS 34 WINDOWS 36 REPROGRAM WINDOW GROUPS 36 SATELLITE INFORMATION...

Page 4: ...IAL COMMUNICATION SETUP 68 RESET OPTIONS 68 RESET GROUPS 68 SYSTEM INFO 68 NAME INPUT 69 GPS SETUP 69 GPS UPDATE RATE BATTERY SAVE 70 POSITION PINNING 70 EXECUTE GPS SELF TEST 70 EXECUTE GPS COLD STAR...

Page 5: ...elevision If you don t have a clear view of the sky or if you re inside a metal building the unit probably won t be able to pick up the signals from the satellites This is common among all GPS receive...

Page 6: ...d with the AirMap 300 has a nickle metal hy dride battery and charger built into a pack that s almost identical to the alkaline battery pack that slides onto the bottom of the AirMap 300 An external a...

Page 7: ...vice able parts inside 3 Do not expose this battery to fire or high temperatures If it is exposed to high temperatures or fire it can explode leak release toxic materi als or catch fire General Inform...

Page 8: ...ery is not in use B AT T E R Y COVER Next slide the old battery pack off of your GPS receiver and slide the NiMH battery pack on as shown below Plug the AC adapter or cigarette lighter adapter cable i...

Page 9: ...onditions the battery and optimizes its performance Remember you can use the GPS receiver while the battery is charging although the GPS receiver doesn t have to be turned on in order to charge the ba...

Page 10: ...both alkaline and ni cad batteries at the same time To install the batteries first turn the AirMap 300 so that it is facing you Now grasp the bottom part of the case and push it to the right until it...

Page 11: ...your unit that will plug into your vehicle s cigarette lighter To use this cable simply plug one end into the AirMap 300 and the other end into the cigarette lighter A rubber plug is supplied with yo...

Page 12: ...over the display when the unit is not in use This prevents damage to the display To open the antenna simply lift on an edge and raise it to the desired position The antenna is a quick release design s...

Page 13: ...e high ways and routes cities and towns These inland mapping cartridges cover the entire continental United States in 64 highly detailed cartridges The WorldMap cartridges cover all other areas of the...

Page 14: ...e cartridge contains the location ofVOR s NDB s intersections and airports It also has airport information such as runway length and widths frequencies fuel availablity and more These car tridges can...

Page 15: ...300 onto the hook and loop material that s on the yoke mount Make certain to push the antenna back as far as it will go It needs to be as parallel to the ground as possible in order to receive signal...

Page 16: ...eatures or to modify func tions press the MENU key The Z OUT and Z IN keys zoom out and zoom in your view on the mapping screen The ENT and EXIT keys let you enter or erase selections The ENT key work...

Page 17: ...XIT key FindingYour Position Cold Start When it s turned on for the very first time the GPS receiver doesn t know where it is nor what the local time or date is If you tell it your position time and d...

Page 18: ...good That s all you have to do to find your position The time display may not be correct when the cold start method is used See the manual initialization section for details on changing the time Find...

Page 19: ...e EDIT LAT LON label then press the right arrow key A screen similar to the one at right appears With the INPUT FROM MAP label highlighted press the right arrow key The screen below appears The mappin...

Page 20: ...position does not have to be very accurate If you can get it within one degree of your actual position that will be fine When it s set press the ENT key The AirMap 300 accepts your entry and returns...

Page 21: ...eens were designed to show data that is used most often Many of the navigation mapping and windows screens can be customized to show data other than the ones chosen by the factory See the Reprogram Gr...

Page 22: ...is when you re not navigating to a waypoint See page 58 for infor mation on waypoint navigation If you navigate to a waypoint the screen looks like the one below The bearing to the destination waypoin...

Page 23: ...ht digital dis play boxes including track TRK and ground speed GS The destination shows in the up per left corner Other boxes show navigation data when a waypoint is recalled including bearing to the...

Page 24: ...the desired course line and vice versa The CDI indicator shown above shows that we are about 02 miles to the left of the desired course With the CDI range of 10 miles each vertical dotted line repres...

Page 25: ...the center of the screen The line extending from your position shows the path you ve taken Use the Z OUT and Z IN keys to enlarge or reduce the mapping area If you have an IMS SmartMap cartridge inst...

Page 26: ...lled waypoint the AirMap 300 begins zooming out showing more of your course to the waypoint After you cross the halfway point to your destination the Air Map 300 zooms in closer one zoom range at a ti...

Page 27: ...of a map away from your present position When it s turned on the zoom in and zoom out keys work from the cursor s position not the present posi tion so you can zoom in on any detail anywhere while na...

Page 28: ...s have a triangle Intersections are depicted as an X AIRPORT WITH SMALL RUNWAY S AIRPORT WITH LARGE RUNWAY S VOR NDB INTERSECTION Obstructions Your Airmap has obstruction capability The database cart...

Page 29: ...ols and smaller ranges to see the larger obstruction s height and smaller obstructions To view smaller obstruction s height you may need to zoom in to the 5 mile range You can turn the obstructions on...

Page 30: ...defaults for the AirMap 300 are as follows Class B C D Prohibited Re stricted and MOA s are on All other airspaces default off An airspace alarm can be set that will warn you of any of the above airs...

Page 31: ...f With the cursor moved to the airspace press the MENU key A screen similar to the one at right appears Now highlight the Airspace Info label and press the right arrow key A message screen appears as...

Page 32: ...s and charts are printed on paper This is fine if you re always travelling due north What you see to your left corresponds to the left side of the map to your right is shown on the right side of the m...

Page 33: ...up modes do not work when the unit is zoomed in on a C Map cartridge To select the desired mode press the up or down arrow keys to move the black box to the UP ORIENTATION then press the right arrow k...

Page 34: ...DS label to turn them off Move Map Center In normal operation the present position indicator stays in the center of the screen and the map moves past it as you travel To move the present position indi...

Page 35: ...artridge at a time In other words you can t show detail from an IMS SmartMap and a C MAP cartridge at the same time You must select one or the other The Detail Cartridge menu lets you select the type...

Page 36: ...nu is highlighted then press the left arrow key Press the EXIT key to return to the mapping screen FILL WITH GRAY LAND FILL WITH GRAY WATER Normally you ll want to fill water with gray when you re usi...

Page 37: ...er the message box clears Save Current Plot Trail You can save up to two plot trails in memory The receiver saves these trails even if power is removed from the unit To save your current plot trail hi...

Page 38: ...have everything on this menu adjusted to the desired settings press the EXIT key to erase the menu ICONS The AirMap 300 has fifteen symbols or icons available These icons can be placed anywhere on th...

Page 39: ...a certain type or selec tively erase individual icons You can also sim ply turn the icons off by highlighting the ICON SYMBOLS menu then pressing the left arrow key This doesn t erase the icons it sim...

Page 40: ...label as shown at right The windows have 15 different pre pro grammed groups A through N Group A is visible in the background when you switch to the windows groups To view each group simply press the...

Page 41: ...T AFTER TWO MESSAGES APPEAR AND ERASE THEMSELVES YOU RE RETURNED TO THE WINDOW SELECTION MENU REPEAT STEPS 2 AND 3 WE CHOSE THIS WINDOW AS THE SECOND ONE FOR THIS GROUP REPEAT STEPS 2 AND 3 AGAIN THE...

Page 42: ...ly leave the menu after the last window is selected To return all groups to the factory defaults see the Preset Groups in the System Setup section Note The digital boxes on the navigation and map 3 sc...

Page 43: ...e top of this screen The FIX numbers in the lower left corner of the screen show 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 DOPS display beneath the...

Page 44: ...shown at right the menu key was pressed The unit wants to know which map you want to change Press the left arrow key for the left map the right arrow key for the right map The main menu then appears C...

Page 45: ...Now press the right arrow key to change it to 24 then press the EXIT key Clock Alarm You can set an alarm that works just like an alarm clock by using the Clock Alarm menu To set this alarm press the...

Page 46: ...want to set The time is in hours minutes and seconds Now press the up or down ar row keys until the desired number shows Con tinue until the time shown in the display is cor rect then press the ENT ke...

Page 47: ...top of the next page appears The first window appears on this screen A description of the window appears in a box on this screen also If you wish to use it simply press the up arrow key The unit flas...

Page 48: ...AT THE TOP AFTER MESSAGES ERASE THEMSELVES YOU RE RETURNED TO THE BOX SELECTION SCREEN SHOWN IN STEP 2 WE CHOSE THIS WINDOW AS THE SECOND ONE FOR THIS GROUP REPEAT STEPS 2 AND 3 AGAIN vOLTS IS THE LA...

Page 49: ...as com frequencies runway information and services fuel availability repairs oxygen etc You can also create routes composed of airports VORs NDBs or your own waypoints in any combination Aviation Dat...

Page 50: ...ight arrow key once This moves the selector to the second number in the identifier field Again press the up or down arrow keys until the letter S ap pears Finally press the right arrow key one more ti...

Page 51: ...nway information press the down arrow key on the airport database screen shown at the top of this page until the black box is on the RUNWAYS label then press the right arrow key A screen similar to th...

Page 52: ...igation section for more details In this example we re navigating to Halliburton field in Duncan Oklahoma Next se lect Runways Extensions from the Airports da tabase as shown at right The screen shown...

Page 53: ...ME appear in this box If not the box is left blank USER DATABASE The AirMap 300 gives you the capability of creating your own database of locations called waypoints These locations are stored in the U...

Page 54: ...waypoint number then save your present position To do this first press the WPT key Now press the up arrow key once This is the way point number selection menu Press the left or right arrow keys until...

Page 55: ...pears To enter the latitude simply move the black box using the right and left arrow keys then press the up or down arrow keys until the desired number appears If you make a mistake simply move the bl...

Page 56: ...If you wish to change the icon first press the waypoint key select the waypoint you want to change then highlight the EDIT ICON label Now press the right arrow key The screen shown at right appears P...

Page 57: ...he screen then press the right arrow key to select TO Now choose the waypoint number that you wish to move the information to In this ex ample we selected waypoint number 10 When everything on this sc...

Page 58: ...ts an icon Waypoint Symbols it s name Waypoint Names or it s number Waypoint Num bers Highlight the desired menu then press the right arrow key to turn it on Press the EXIT key to erase this menu ROUT...

Page 59: ...waypoint from the user waypoint airports VOR s NDB s or intersections menus As you move through the list of saved waypoints their date and time saved icon position distance and bearing from your prese...

Page 60: ...n with the cursor on See below Move the cursor using the arrow keys until it s on the exact location that you want to add to the route list When it s there press the ENT key As you move the cursor a l...

Page 61: ...our present position To use it simply highlight the START AUTO label and press the right arrow key To start the route using the nearest waypoint to your location simply press the ENT key You can start...

Page 62: ...this example we recalled Halliburton field in Duncan Oklahoma It s 144 1 nautical miles from our present position on a bearing of 227 magnetic Switching to the AIRPORTs database as shown above we sele...

Page 63: ...reen shown at right the diamond with a cross in it is your present position The box with the S in it was your starting location when you recalled the waypoint The dotted line is called a track line an...

Page 64: ...ese airports move the black box to the desired airport then press the right arrow key For the screen shown at right we moved the box to the TUL airport then pressed the right arrow key You ll recogniz...

Page 65: ...ation screens when you re travelling less than 3 miles per hour These random numbers are mostly caused by S A Selective Availability S A is random errors introduced into the GPS satellite network by t...

Page 66: ...and charts are based on a survey of the area that s covered by the map or chart These surveys are called Datums Maps that are created using different datums will show the same latitude longitude in sl...

Page 67: ...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 rea...

Page 68: ...selection then press the left or right arrow key You can change one or all of the settings on this page When you re finished press the EXIT key Position Format The AirMap 300 can show the position in...

Page 69: ...t of this system is that the Coast Guard doesn t charge for the use of this service You can attach the DGPS Bea con Receiver to your AirMap 300 and start using it immediately However please note that...

Page 70: ...enu and press the left arrow key Press the EXIT key when everything on this screen is the way you want it DGPS The AirMap 300 will recognize Starlink and Magnavox DGPS receivers and compatibles If you...

Page 71: ...AIRMAP WIRES OTHER DEVICE S WIRES AIRMAP 300 TRANSMITTING NMEA DATA TO ANOTHER DEVICE NDC 1 TO AIRMAP 300 DGPS RECEIVER POWER IF NEEDED SHIELD WIRE GROUNDWIRES WHITE WIRE RED WIRE TO 12V DGPS RECEIVER...

Page 72: ...press the right arrow key A message appears asking if you want to restore the original options Press the left arrow key if you do the right arrow key to quit If you restore the unit to the factory set...

Page 73: ...d as shown above When it s the way you want it press the ENT key Your I D is saved in permanent memory IMPORTANT The name or number you save is written into the AirMap 300 Sport s permanent memory You...

Page 74: ...ction you re travelling This is due in large part to SA or selective availability SA is small inaccuracies purposefully put into the GPS satellite s signal by the government This cause wide variations...

Page 75: ...alizing 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 high light the E...

Page 76: ...to move the black box to the desired alarm then press the right arrow key to turn it on To adjust the alarm s distance move the black box to the alarm s DIS menu item then press the right or left arro...

Page 77: ...ot only does your position and track determine when an airspace alarm is triggered but also your altitude displayed on the AirMap 300 plus or minus 500 feet For example if the ceiling of an airspace t...

Page 78: ...turn them off press the PWR key again If the unit is operating from the battery pack it automatically turns the lights off after 30 seconds This helps conserve battery power The time is adjustable fro...

Page 79: ...mulator is built into the AirMap 300 that has several options You can use nearly all of the unit s features even save and recall waypoints This is useful for flight planning You can fly the route at a...

Page 80: ...h the course and speed on the screen as the simulator is running To do this move the black box on the Simulator Setup screen to the User Arrow Keys to Fly la bel then press the right arrow key The scr...

Page 81: ...tem perature TEMP and calibrated airspeed CAS On the example shown at right the indicated alti tude is 5500 feet barometric pressure is 30 02 outside air temperature is 67 Fahrenheit and the calibrate...

Page 82: ...ort in Wichita Kansas It s identifier is shown at the bot tom of the screen ICT We are travelling at 4500 feet and need to be at the pattern altitude about 2300 feet by 5 nautical miles from the airpo...

Page 83: ...TERMS ABBREVIATIONS Due to space considerations the digital displays use abbreviations for some names They are as follows ALT Altitude Your height above sea level BRG Bearing The direction from your p...

Page 84: ...ta base enclosed in the AirMap 300 at the time of purchase has expired This update offer is valid during the first 30 days from original pur chase and dated proof of purchase is required 2 Additional...

Page 85: ...81 WINDOW BOXES These boxes are used on Map 3 and Nav 1 only 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12...

Page 86: ...82 13 14 15 16...

Page 87: ...83 WINDOW GROUPS This is a listing of window groups A through O A B C D E F G H I J K L...

Page 88: ...84 M N O...

Page 89: ...EMENT OR REFUND AS JUST DESCRIBED IS THE EXCLUSIVE REMEDY AVAILABLE TO YOU AGAINST US FOR ANY DEFECT MALFUNCTION OR NON CON FORMITY CONCERNING THE PRODUCT OR FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE RESULT ING FROM ANY...

Page 90: ...ief 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 order Visa or Mas...

Page 91: ...aler Most quality dealers that handle aircraft 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 Cato...

Page 92: ...erence purposes but only as long as you comply with the terms and conditions of this License Agreement We reserve the right to terminate this license if you violate any aspect of this License Agreemen...

Page 93: ...OT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES BE LIABLE TO ANYONE FOR ANY SPECIAL CONSEQUENTIAL INCIDENTAL OR OTHER INDIRECT DAMAGE OF ANY KIND Some states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental or conse...

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Page 95: ...d a 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 Can...

Page 96: ...age 87 inside this manual for complete warranty details If your unit fails and the failure is not covered by the original warranty Lowrance has a flat rate repair policy that covers your unit and acce...

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