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5. Press ‘
View Data’
. A dialog box appears asking if you want to
load the default settings for your region.
6. Press ‘
Yes’.
The satellites will now populate the buttons in
the ‘
Tracking Satellites
‘section.
7. Press ‘
Update Antenna
’. This will send the new satellite
information to the antenna.
8. Press ‘
Restart
’ to initialize the antenna.
Setting the GPS
Your system antenna uses GPS information to enable it to track
the satellite faster. The better the GPS information, the better the
antenna performance.
There are two ways in which GPS information can be edited.
Method 1 - Your actual position
By obtaining your exact position from your boat’s GPS system,
you can input this into the antenna memory.
1. Click ‘
Set Antenna GPS And Find Antenna Angle
’ in the
menu options. The Set GPS screen appears.
2. Click ‘
Setup
’. The GUI enters set up mode.
3. Click on the Longitude box in the ‘City GPS’ section and enter
your longitude in decimal degrees format, e.g. 71.50
o
.
4. Click the drop-down arrow at the right of the longitude box
and select W or E according to your longitude.
5. Click on the latitude box and enter your latitude in degrees
and minutes format.
6. Click the drop-down arrow at the right of the latitude box and
select N or S according to your latitude.
7. Click ‘
Set GPS
’ to save this information and set the GPS.
8. Click ‘
Restart
’, the system leaves set up mode and the
antenna starts tracking.
Method 2 - Selecting the nearest city
If you are unable to enter your exact position, you can enter the
latitude and longitude for the nearest city.
1. Click ‘
Set Antenna GPS And Find Antenna Angle
’ in the
menu options. The Set GPS screen appears.
2. Click ‘
Setup
’. The GUI enters set up mode.
3. Click on the arrow at the right of the ‘
City’
box. A drop-down
menu of city names according to your area of operation (US
or Europe) appears.
4. Scroll down the list and select the city which is nearest to
D8017 2
Position stored
in the antenna
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