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The Meridian will walk you through the process of setting up the receiver
for first time use. This procedure is commonly referred to as "Initializing
the Receiver". The purpose of this initialization is to provide the Meridian
with a general knowledge of its approximate location.
This may seem a little confusing at first as why does a device that is used to
compute its position need to know where it's at? The Meridian uses
information from the GPS satellites that orbit the earth and if the Meridian
has an approximate idea as to its location, it will refer to the almanac it has
in memory to select what satellites are overhead. From this information, the
meridian can then select the satellites that will give it the best information
for computing its location. Under normal use, the Meridian will save the last
position it calculated and use that position the next time 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 which ones are overhead or you can provide
it with your approximate location allowing the Meridian to begin computing
the initial position, known as "first fix".
Note: You can skip the initialization process by pressing the
key
anytime after selecting the language you want the Meridian to use the
agreeing to the Warning Page. If the Meridian is able to collect satellite data
( i.e., have a clear view of the sky) it will begin to self initialize. This could
take anywhere from 3 to 8 minutes to compute its initial position.
Follow these instructions to initialize the Meridian.
Step 1: Turn the Meridian On
Press
The Meridian turns on and displays the start-up
Screen, followed by the language selection screen.
Step 2: Select Language
Use the Up/Down arrows to move the highest to the
language that you want the screens to be displayed in.
With the desire language highlighted, press
