Raymarine GPS Plotter, Owner'S Handbook Manual

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Figure ii: WAAS Coverage Map
Coverage Outside of North America
Europe and Asia are developing similar systems to WAAS called
EGNOS and MSAS respectively. Combined with WAAS, these
systems will provide global satellite based differential GPS
augmentation into the future.
EGNOS is currently in the early testing and qualification phases and
signal outages may occur at any time. The status of EGNOS and any
planned outages are available on-line at Raymarine’s website:
http://www.raymarine.com
Your unit is shipped from the factory in normal GPS mode. For
improved accuracy provided by the EGNOS system, you need to
enable the EGNOS capability of your unit.
➤
To enable EGNOS:
1. Press the
MENU
key
2. Press
GPS SETUP soft key
3. Press
FIX MODE
soft key to select SD mode.
Accuracy and Continuation of Broadcast Coverage
The navigational accuracy of equipment using these satellite
broadcast SD signals during the testing and qualification phases is not
guaranteed by Raymarine Limited or Raytheon Corporation, nor is
the continuation of the broadcast SD signals the responsibility of
Raymarine Limited or Raytheon Corporation.
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