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Tracker500/500i User Manual

NAD27 CENTRL

North American 1927 Central America

NAS-N

Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala,

Honduras, Nicaragua

NAD27 CONUS

North American 1927 Conus

NAS-C

NAD27 CUBA

North American 1927 Cuba

NAS-T

NAD27 GREEN

North American 1927 Greenland

NAS-U

(Hayes Peninsula)

NAD27 MEXICO

North American 1927 Mexico

NAS-L

NAD27 SANSAL

North American 1927 San Salvador Island NAS-R

NAD83

North American 1983

NAR

NTH SAHARA59

North Sahara 1959

NSD

Algeria

OBSERV 1966

Observatorio 1966

FLO

Corvo and Flores Islands (Azores)

OLD EGYPT”07

Old Egyptian 1907

OEG

Egypt

OLD HAWAIIAN

Old Hawaiian

OHA-M

Hawaii

OMAN

Oman

FAH

Oman

ORD SRVY GB

Ordinance Survey of Great Britain

OGB-M

England, Isle of Man, Scotland, Shetland Islands,

Wales

PICODELASNV

Pico de las Nieves

PLN

Canary Islands

PITCAIRN1967

Pitcairn Astro 1967

PIT

Pitcairn Island

PORTO SANTO

Porto Santo 1936

POS

Porto Santo & Madeira Islands

PROV S AM 56

Provisional South American 1956

PRP-M

Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru,

Venezuela

PROV S CH 63

Provisional South Chilean 1963

HIT

Southern Chile

PUERTO RICO

Puerto Rico

PUR

Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands

QATAR NAT

Qatar National

FAH

Qatar

QORNOQ

Qornoq

QUO

South Greenland

REUNION

Reunion

REU

Mascarene Islands

ROME 1940

Rome 1940

MOD

Sardinia (Sardegna Island)

SANTO DOS

Santo (DOS)

SAE

Espirito Santo Island

SAO BRAZ

Sao Braz

SAO

Sao Miguel, Santa Maria Islands (Azores)

SAPP.HILL 43

Sapper Hill 1943

SAP

East Falkland Island

SCHWARZECK

Schwarzeck

SCK

Namibia

S AMERICA 69

South American 1969

SAN-M

Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile

SOUTH ASIA

South Asia

SOA

Singapore

TIMBALAI1948

Timbalai 1948

TIL

Brunei, East Malaysia

TOKYO

Tokyo

TOY-M

Japan, Okinawa, South Korea

TRISTAN 1968

Tristan Astro 1968

TDC

Tristan da Cunha

VIT LEVU1916

Viti Levu 1916

MVS

Viti Levu Island (Fiji Islands)

WAKE IS ASTR

Wake Island Astro 1952

WAK

Wake Atoll

WAKE-ENIWET

Wake-Eniwetok 1960

ENW

Marshall Island

WGS84

WGS-84

ZANDERIJ

Zanderij

ZAN

Suriname

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Datum

Locality

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code

Summary of Contents for Tracker500/500i

Page 1: ...NAVMAN...

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Page 3: ...fields 10 5 3 Screen Summary 11 6 0 Trackplot Screen 12 7 0 Position Screen 13 8 0 Highway Screen 14 9 0 Fuel Screen Tracker500i only 15 9 1 Fuel used reset 16 9 2 Fuel used calibration Transducer cal...

Page 4: ...es 27 13 1 Creating a New Route 27 13 2 Adding and Deleting Waypoints in a Route 28 13 3 Starting and Cancelling Routes 29 13 4 Deleting a Route 30 14 0 Setup 31 15 0 Chart Datums 33 Appendix A Specif...

Page 5: ...an approximate guideline it is generally assumed that the accuracy obtained with SA active causes the GPS derived position to be within 100 metres of the true position 90 of the time and within 50 met...

Page 6: ...of waypoints has built up Be sure to save the position of the launching ramp before you start out so that you can use the Tracker500 500i to find your way back if there is fog rain or it gets dark on...

Page 7: ...fuel is being consumed and how far you are travelling for every litre or gallon of fuel used All this information is shown on one screen The fuel used value can be cleared to zero at any time so that...

Page 8: ...r on off key and the zoom in key together to activate the Man Over Board MOB function See section 3 0 Man Over Board MOB Function for further details Escape Key The key is used to back out of sub scre...

Page 9: ...B location 4 The display mode is automatically changed to the Highway screen with the Tracker500 500i navigating to the MOB waypoint zoom in zoom out keys The Zoom In and Zoom Out functions are only a...

Page 10: ...0i receives a valid position fix from the antenna or the key is pressed 4 1 Satellite Status Screen zoom out zoom in mark ctr MOB on During satellite acquisition the satellite status screen displays t...

Page 11: ...ntion Following the above power up sequence the Tracker500 500i will display the main selection screen See section 5 0 for more details 4 2 Acquisition Period The time from initial power up to the tim...

Page 12: ...e associated sub screen Press the key to return to the previous level The sub screen selected may provide another list of related screens The cursor keys can then be used to select a screen from the l...

Page 13: ...l consumption economy used information Satellite Status Navigation Data Navigation functions waypoint and route construction and general setup parameters are accessed from five main screens Fuel Data...

Page 14: ...itude of the cursor position will be displayed in the upper section of the display for 5 seconds The scale of the displayed track plot area can be instantly changed by pressing the zoom in or zoom out...

Page 15: ...n displays navigation data speed course etc along with additional data not readily available from other screens The latitude and longitude of your current boat position is displayed at the top of the...

Page 16: ...The current speed and heading will be displayed on the lower section of the screen but the remainder of the page will be inactive The following diagram shows the information available on the Highway...

Page 17: ...wn below zoom out zoom in mark ctr MOB on Flow rate averaging An engine does not draw fuel from the tank at a steady rate Normally it will draw fuel at a relatively high rate for a few seconds until t...

Page 18: ...t only the display of the flow rate Economy and speed As the speed error caused by Selective Availability becomes significant at low boat speeds the economy rate is not displayed for speeds of 5 knots...

Page 19: ...a twin engine installation must be calibrated This may be done at the same time with two portable tanks or at different times with one tank The procedure is as follows 1 Reset the fuel used amount on...

Page 20: ...his feature to warn you when your fuel remaining drops below a certain value The value can be set from 1 9999 When the level drops below the value set a message box saying Fuel low alarm will display...

Page 21: ...opilot to the destination waypoint There are several other methods of activating the GoTo function From the Trackplot screen position the cursor over a waypoint or mark Press and hold the zoom out key...

Page 22: ...Screen The Waypoints screen displays a list of waypoint functions These functions allow you to create a new waypoint or select an existing waypoint to examine or change A waypoint can be created by m...

Page 23: ...bed later in this section Select EDIT to enter the required lat lon and optionally change the name and symbol zoom out zoom in mark ctr mob on Note When a new waypoint is created the Tracker500 500i w...

Page 24: ...t of waypoints This option is available from the Waypoints screen as described below Alternatively you can display waypoint details for a particular waypoint directly from the Trackplot screen Positio...

Page 25: ...function from the list of available functions 11 4 Changing Waypoint Details To change the lat lon value waypoint name or waypoint symbol display the Waypoint Edit screen by selecting EDIT from the Wa...

Page 26: ...lation to other waypoints and the current boat position zoom out zoom in mark ctr mob on 11 6 Deleting a Waypoint zoom out zoom in mark ctr mob on 1 Display the Waypoint Details screen for the waypoin...

Page 27: ...agram illustrates the method used to determine distance and bearing between waypoints 1 Use the cursor keys to select DISTANCE from the Waypoints screen 2 Select the start and end waypoints from the l...

Page 28: ...he mark on the Trackplot screen and holding down the zoom out key or by selecting the mark from the list displayed by the MARKS option on the Main Selection screen The symbol for a Mark is 12 1 Conver...

Page 29: ...ute A route is created by selecting the waypoints in the route from those currently in memory 1 Use the cursor keys to select from the screen Routes Main Selection 2 Select to create a new route New A...

Page 30: ...DIT option Insert Waypoint Remove Waypoint Examples of the two possible choices You have the option of inserting the new waypoint either above the point you highlighted or below it 4 The list of waypo...

Page 31: ...on screen A message asking you to confirm that you wish to cancel the active route will be displayed 1 Choose to see the list of routes currently stored in memory Select 2 Select the route from the li...

Page 32: ...ng sequence removes an existing route from memory 1 Choose to see the list of routes currently stored in memory Select 2 Select the route from the list 3 Select from the list of available functions De...

Page 33: ...seconds to 1 hour The selectable distance interval range is 0 1 to 5 miles kilometres Highway screen road width Range 0 1 to 5 miles nautical miles kilometres GPS derived positions are based on a worl...

Page 34: ...he number of petrol engines 1 or 2 VOL UNIT Select the unit of measure for volume litres Imperial gallons or U S gallons FLOW FLTR Adjust the amount of averaging of the fuel flow rate Range 1 60 CONTR...

Page 35: ...land may have a large position error but all points around the island have the same error ADINAN Adindan ADI M Ethiopia Sudan AFGOOYE AFGOOYE AFG Somalia AINELABD70 AINELABD1970 AIN A Bahrain Island A...

Page 36: ...Astro 1969 IST DiegoCarcia JOHNSTONIS Johnston Island 1961 JOH Johnston Island KANDAWALA Kandawala KAN Sri Lanka KERGUELENIS KerguelenIsland KEG KerguelenIsland KERTAU1948 Kertau1948 KEA West Malaysi...

Page 37: ...ands PROV S AM 56 Provisional South American 1956 PRP M Bolivia Chile Colombia Ecuador Guyana Peru Venezuela PROVSCH63 Provisional South Chilean 1963 HIT SouthernChile PUERTORICO PuertoRico PUR Puerto...

Page 38: ...e termination Maximum Latitude 75 N or S NMEA0183 V2 1 Output APB BWR GLL RMC VTG XTE DGPS Input RTCM 104 9600 baud NMEA 0183 or RS232 signal levels Power Use Tracker500i and Tracker500 including exte...

Page 39: ...ides good visibility and protects the unit from direct sun and excessive exposure to water Select a position that is At least 300mm from a compass At least 300mm from any radio At least 1 5m from any...

Page 40: ...upplied with the antenna Tracker500 only 2 Insert the display head rubber washers and mounting knobs in to the mounting bracket The rubber washers are located between the bracket and the case of the d...

Page 41: ...s been moved more than 500 kilometres since it was last switched on or if it has not been used for several months The Tracker500 500i will automatically search the sky for all available satellites thi...

Page 42: ...ducer connector is fully inserted into its socket on the back of the Tracker500i Check that the fuel filter s in the line are clean Ensure that the fuel flow transducer has not been exposed to excessi...

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