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INSTALLATION AND

OPERATION INSTRUCTIONS

AirMap

VERSION 3.3

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Page 1: ...INSTALLATION AND OPERATION INSTRUCTIONS AirMap TM VERSION 3 3...

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: ...3 AIR MAP OPTIONS 24 MAP ORIENTATION 25 EARTH MAP OPTIONS 26 C MAP OPTIONS 28 PLOTTER OPTIONS 29 ICONS 31 WINDOWS 33 REPROGRAM WINDOW GROUPS 33 SATELLITE INFORMATION SCREEN 35 DUAL MAPPING 37 CLOCK 37...

Page 4: ...ION SETUP 65 RESET OPTIONS 65 RESET GROUPS 65 SYSTEM INFO 65 NAME INPUT 66 GPS SETUP 66 GPS UPDATE RATE BATTERY SAVE 67 POSITION PINNING 67 EXECUTE GPS SELF TEST 67 EXECUTE GPS COLD START 68 ALARMS 69...

Page 5: ...vision 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 receivers...

Page 6: ...pack optional has a nickle metal hydride battery and charger built into a pack that s almost identical to the alkaline battery pack that slides onto the bottom of the AirMap An external antenna kit su...

Page 7: ...th alkaline and ni cad batteries at the same time To install the batteries first turn the AirMap so that it is facing you Now grasp the bottom part of the case and push it to the right until it comes...

Page 8: ...with your unit that will plug into your vehicle s cigarette lighter To use this cable simply plug one end into the AirMap and the other end into the cigarette lighter A rubber plug is supplied with y...

Page 9: ...er 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 sim...

Page 10: ...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 w...

Page 11: ...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 12: ...ap 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 signals...

Page 13: ...features 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 wor...

Page 14: ...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 15: ...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 FindingYou...

Page 16: ...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 17: ...te This 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 accepts your entry and retur...

Page 18: ...ns 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 Grou...

Page 19: ...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 20: ...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 21: ...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 represents...

Page 22: ...at 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 in...

Page 23: ...lled waypoint the AirMap begins zooming out showing more of your course to the way point After you cross the halfway point to your destination the AirMap zooms in closer one zoom range at a time keepi...

Page 24: ...as 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...

Page 25: ...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 26: ...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 27: ...e defaults for the AirMap are as follows Class B C D Prohibited Restricted 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 airspace...

Page 28: ...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 29: ...and charts are printed on paper This is fine if you re always travelling due north What you see to your left cor responds to the left side of the map to your right is shown on the right side of the ma...

Page 30: ...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 key...

Page 31: ...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 indica...

Page 32: ...idge 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 of c...

Page 33: ...u 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 usin...

Page 34: ...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 35: ...ou have everything on this menu adjusted to the desired settings press the EXIT key to erase the menu ICONS The AirMap has fifteen symbols or icons available These icons can be placed anywhere on the...

Page 36: ...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 37: ...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 38: ...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 39: ...ically 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...

Page 40: ...f HDOP VDOP and TDOP The smaller the DOP s value the better The receiver selects satellites based on the GDOP value therefore it always tries to use sat ellites that have good DOP values These depend...

Page 41: ...the MENU ZOOM IN or OUT or ENT keys a message appears asking you which display you want to affect On the screen shown at right the menu key was pressed The unit wants to know which map you want to cha...

Page 42: ...l 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 th...

Page 43: ...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 key In...

Page 44: ...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 45: ...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 46: ...s 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 Datab...

Page 47: ...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 48: ...ay 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 the...

Page 49: ...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 50: ...rs DME appear in this box If not the box is left blank USER DATABASE The AirMap gives you the capability of creating your own database of locations called waypoints These locations are stored in the U...

Page 51: ...aypoint 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 t...

Page 52: ...rs 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 black...

Page 53: ...f 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 Pre...

Page 54: ...the 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...

Page 55: ...ints 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 RO...

Page 56: ...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 57: ...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 58: ...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 59: ...his 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 selec...

Page 60: ...en 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 and...

Page 61: ...e 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 recognize...

Page 62: ...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 the gov...

Page 63: ...ps 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...

Page 64: ...h the chart you re using If you move the unit will continuously add the change to all position navi gation and mapping displays This makes it more closely match the da tum used by the chart For this r...

Page 65: ...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 can show the position in degr...

Page 66: ...nefit 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 and start using it immediately However please note that...

Page 67: ...ired menu and press the left arrow key Press the EXIT key when everything on this screen is the way you want it DGPS The AirMap will recognize Starlink and Magnavox DGPS receivers and compatibles If y...

Page 68: ...IRE AIRMAP WIRES OTHER DEVICE S WIRES AIRMAP TRANSMITTING NMEA DATA TO ANOTHER DEVICE NDC 1 TO AIRMAP DGPS RECEIVER POWER IF NEEDED SHIELD WIRE GROUNDWIRES WHITE WIRE RED WIRE TO 12V DGPS RECEIVER S R...

Page 69: ...ge 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 settings all options such as battery...

Page 70: ...od 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 Sport s per manent memory You w...

Page 71: ...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 72: ...lizing 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 Ex...

Page 73: ...ow key 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 le...

Page 74: ...not only does your position and track determine when an airspace alarm is triggered but also your altitude displayed on the AirMap plus or minus 500 feet For example if the ceiling of an airspace tha...

Page 75: ...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 76: ...lt into the AirMap 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 any speed before ev...

Page 77: ...eed 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 screen shown at right...

Page 78: ...m 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 calibrated...

Page 79: ...rt 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 airpor...

Page 80: ...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 81: ...a base enclosed in the AirMap at the time of purchase has expired This update offer is valid during the first 30 days from original purchase and dated proof of purchase is required 2 Additional update...

Page 82: ...78 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 83: ...79 13 14 15 16...

Page 84: ...80 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 85: ...81 M N O...

Page 86: ...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 87: ...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 88: ...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 89: ...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 90: ...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...

Page 91: ...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 92: ...age 84 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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