Magellan Meridian Platinum, User Manual

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Magellan Meridian GPS Receiver
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The Position screens 1 and 2 simply display your present position using the
coordinate systems that you have selected in Setup. The Position 1 screen shows
all of the basic position, time and satellite information, all on one screen. In
addition, current navigation information is shown on the bottom half of the
screen.
GPS Status Messages — Messages indicating the status of the GPS receiver
section of the Meridian are displayed on the Position screen.
Message Description
Searching - 1st sat Searching for 1st satellite.
Searching - 2nd sat 1st satellite found; searching for 2nd satellite
Searching - 3rd sat Two satellites are being tracked and searching
for a third.
Searching - 4th sat Three satellites are being tracked and
searching for the fourth.
Collecting Data All satellites needed for position fix are being
tracked and position is being computed.
Averaging Meridian is computing fixes; speed is near 0.0
so position is being averaged.
EPE xxft Estimated Position Error in feet. Meridian is
computing fixes while moving.
DGPS Computed fixes are being differentially
corrected.
Since the Meridian is a 12-channel receiver, once the first satellite is
found, finding the remaining satellites and computing a fix may take
only a few seconds.
Selecting the Position Screen — Allows you to toggle between the two
Position screens. This allows the same position to be displayed in
different coordinate systems. This is useful when comparing navigation
data between devices and charts that use different coordinate systems.
The screen viewed can be changed by pressing the Left or Right arrows
while viewing the Position screen.
You can change the coordinate system displayed by following the
instructions in Setup - Selecting the Coordinate System.