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Summary of Contents for Meridian Series

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Page 2: ...quick start Guide will provide you with the information needed to get started and basic functions of the Magellan Meridian Please refer to the Adobe Acrobat file supplied on the CD ROM that came with...

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Page 4: ...he world s first commercial hand held GPS receiver in 1989 Since that time Magellan has continued to equip the outdoorsman and consumer markets with navigational receivers all the way from the first G...

Page 5: ...remove the battery cover push the two buttons on the cover fully to the left and lift the battery cover away from the receiver Insert the new batteries as shown making sure that the batteries are inst...

Page 6: ...ime it is turned on However when the Meridian is new or when memory has been completely erased the Meridian has no last position information Thus it can either start polling the satellites to see whic...

Page 7: ...yed This Screen will be displayed for 10 seconds and if the key has not been pressed the Meridian will shut off If you understand and agree to the warning presented press The Meridian displays a messa...

Page 8: ...e First Fix Enter Local Time The cursor appears in the time field waiting for you to input your local time Set your local time using the arrow keys Be sure that you set the AM PM indicator When the ti...

Page 9: ...This completes the set up for your Meridian GPS receiver The next chapter will describe the basic operation and use of the Meridian as a navigation tool Basic Operation The Satellite Status screen is...

Page 10: ...he features and functions provided with the Meridian it may seem a bit intimidating at first Don t worry There are only a few things you need to know to use the Meridian They will be discussed here in...

Page 11: ...klight On Off The display backlight can be set one of three levels low high or off The backlight causes severe drain on the batteries in the Meridian To prevent accidentally turning the backlight on a...

Page 12: ...information it needs from satellites orbiting the earth the antenna needs to have a relatively unobstructed view of the sky This allows the Meridian to choose from all satellites currently available...

Page 13: ...l be shown To access the Cursor Mode press any arrow on the keypad A crosshair appears that can be moved with the arrows keys To return to the position Mode press The cursor will disappear and the pre...

Page 14: ...en The Data screen provides you with six data fields and an active compass that is the same as the one used on the road screen You have the option of customizing this screen by selecting what data is...

Page 15: ...rking So when references are made to marking a waypoint that simply means to save a position on the globe into memory The Meridian has a number of ways to perform this but the most common are saving y...

Page 16: ...eld using the UP DOWN arrows and press The Icon Select window is displayed Use the arrow keypad to move from one icon to another with the name of the icon displayed at the top As a reference tool all...

Page 17: ...name is presented allowing you to enter a message Using the same technique you can enter a message up to 30 characters in length Is there a limit to the number of waypoints I can store in the Meridian...

Page 18: ...r car in a large parking lot and never have to worry about roaming endlessly looking for your car Creating a GOTO Route Step1 Accessing GOTO Step 2 Select Category of Waypoints Step 3 Select Find By P...

Page 19: ...s you have created or ones that have been loaded into the Meridian When selecting waypoints other then User you are first presented with the keyboard display The reason for this is there can be thousa...

Page 20: ...dicating You don t need to spell out the entire world The attempt here is to get close to the name so you won t need to scroll very far during the next step As a guide entering the first five letters...

Page 21: ...on icon in the center of the screen with a line drawn for you on the map graphically displaying the GOTO route Note that this route is line of sight LOS or as the crow files The Meridian does not comp...

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