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MAGELLAN
NAV 6500/NAV 6510 User Manual
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© 1998 by Magellan Corporation. All rights reserved. No part of this User Guide may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, for any purpose other than the purchaser's personal use without the written permission of Magellan Corporation. Magellan™, GPS NAV 6500/ NAV 6510™ are the trademarks of Magellan Corporation. Part No. 630323
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Magellan NAV 6500/ NAV 6510 User Manual
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WARNINGS USE GOOD JUDGEMENT This product is an excellent navigation aid, but does not replace the need for careful orienteering and good judgement. Never rely solely on one device for navigating. USE CARE The Global Positioning System (GPS) is operated by the U.S. Government, which is solely responsible for its accuracy and maintenance. The accuracy of position fixes can be affected by the periodic adjustments to GPS satellites made by the U.S. Government and is subject to change in accordance
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NAV Screens ................................................................... 10 Satellite Status Screen ................................................... 10 Map Screen .................................................................. 12 Setting the Map Scale................................................... 13 Contents Using the Cursor Key on the Map Screen .................... 13 Map Orientation .......................................................... 14 Track Plot Mode ...............
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Viewing Nearest Waypoint ........................................... 26 Auxiliary Functions........................................................ 38 Deleting a Waypoint from the Map Screen .................. 26 The Aux Screen ............................................................ 38 Moving a Waypoint ..................................................... 26 General Setup Function ............................................... 38 Routes ....................................................
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Data Port Setup Functions ........................................... 46 Calculating Sunrise/Sunset and Lunar Information ...... 55 Setting NMEA Output ................................................ 46 Calculating Actual Current .......................................... 55 Changing NMEA Output Baud Rate ........................... 47 Simulation Mode Function .......................................... 56 Turning NMEA Input On or Off ................................ 47 Memory Reset ............
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Coordinate Systems ......................................................... 93 What Is GPS? .................................................................. 95 Explanation of Data Terms .............................................. 97 Glossary ........................................................................... 99 Index 102
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1 I Intr ntroduction oduction Congratulations on your purchase of the Magellan NAV 6500/ used may be new to you. The Troubleshooting section gives NAV 6510 receiver. The receiver integrates the remarkable you a problem and answer series to guide you with problems accuracy of a GPS receiver with a broad range of electronic you may have. The fourth chapter is a Tutorial that walks you chart and navigation aids into a single easy-to-use navigation through the basic usage of the receiver. The fina
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Position Fix: The receiver attains information from GPS satel- Conventions Used in this Manual lites to compute a value (coordinates) that describes your The reference section of this manual is designed to assist you unique position on the earth. This is called taking a posi- in the use of your receiver. Each topic in the reference section tion fix and the coordinates computed are referred to as the includes a brief description of the activity chosen, a pictorial position fix. view of the ke
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2 G Getting S etting Star tarted ted This section shows you how to begin using your receiver for ZOOM OUT - Changes the displayed map scale to view the first time. After a brief description of the receiver, it dis- a larger area in less detail. cusses: CURSOR KEY - Controls cursor movement, and is used • Turning power on and off to select menu items as well as scroll through the alpha- • Adjusting contrast and backlighting numeric series for data entry. The UP/DOWN and RIGHT/LEFT indicators on
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Magellan NAV 6500/NAV 6510 GPS Receiver ZOOM IN ZOOM OUT Display Cursor Key ENTER Key CTR (Center) Key GOTO Key MARK Key PWR (Power) and Light Key Softkeys ESC (Escape) Key Cartridge Slot (not shown) 4 Magellan NAV 6500/NAV 6510
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PWR - Turns the receiver on and off and adjusts the LCD Power ON/OFF and keys backlight intensity. To turn power on : SOFTKEYS - Softkey functions are accessed using the Press and release the PWR key. keys along the bottom of the display. Softkey functions The start-up screen and navigation warning screen are appear at the bottom of each screen. displayed. From the warning screen, press any key to exit and con- tinue. Information Map To turn power off : Window Press and hold down the PWR key. A
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Use the RIGHT/LEFT arrows on the CURSOR KEY to ad- ing satellites, and therefore, calculating your position, much just the contrast to a comfortable level, then press ENTER to faster. confirm. You need not reinitialize your receiver each time Follow the instructions at the bottom of the screen, pressing you use it, but only if the unit has moved over 300 ESC twice to back out of the AUXILIARY screen. miles without computing a postion or if the total memory has been cleared by the user. If you do
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tion, press ENTER, as you are instructed to do by the help While “General Setup” is highlighted in the bar. Auxiliary window, press ENTER to access the window at right, containing the options, UTC Now the help bar displays the word “Initializing...” and the DATE and UTC TIME. receiver returns to the Satellite Status screen. Use the CURSOR KEY to highlight UTC DATE and The receiver records the coordinates of the cursor position press ENTER. where ENTER was pressed as the starting point from which
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The format of the coordinates displayed can be changed. Lati- can also use the Nav 1 screen to get complete information on tude and longitude (LAT/LON) are expressed in ddd mm.ss, your navigation such as position coordinates, DTG, BRG, ddd mm.mm or ddd mm.mmm. The first option uses sec- SOG, COG, VMG, TRN, TTG and ETA to the next desti- onds (there are 60 seconds to one minute of latitude or longi- nation waypoint. If you wish to use other parameters for navi- tude), while the second and third
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3 R Refer eference ence General Usage Cancelling an Operation ESC Turning the Receiver ON/OFF To turn power on : Use the ESC key to cancel and back out of an operation. (except in setup) PWR Inputting Data Press and release the PWR key. Use the CURSOR KEY to select menu items as well as The copyright and warning screens are displayed. scrolling through alphanumeric series for data entry. From the warning screen, press any key to exit and con- Use the UP/DOWN indicators on the CURSOR KEY to tinue
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Press the AUX softkey to access the AUXILIARY MENU NAV Screens screen. The receiver has four different NAV screens that provide you While “General Setup” highlighted in the Auxiliary win- with information that you can use for navigating: SAT STA- dow, press ENTER to access the window at right, contain- TUS, MAP, NAV 1 and NAV 2. ing the CONTRAST option. From any NAV screen, press the Nxt Scrn soft key repeatedly to cycle through the four NAV screens. The SAT STATUS Use the CURSOR KEY to highli
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True North Jan/19/96 GPS Fix 09:19:05AM Satellite Position Satellite Quality (not tracking) 9 Bar Graph Satellite Position 8 20 (tracking) 7 01 6 14 Direction of 5 25 COG 4 15 29 3 Geometric Quality 2 22 1 Estimated Position 01 14 15 20 21 22 25 29 -- -- HDOP: 1.1 EPE: 63.1Ft Error Aux Waypts Routes MapShft NxtScrn The current time, date, GPS status, geometric quality direction of COG. The direction of the line is updated when- (HDOP) and estimated position error (EPE) are also dis- ever COG
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Map Screen From the SAT STATUS screen, press Nxt Scrn to access the To Cursor Map Screen. BRG 035` M n DTG 6.7 m When the Map Screen is viewed for the first time after the unit is turned on, the map always shows the cursor location COG 359` M k SOG 7.0 t before the unit was turned off. Los Angel n XTE --.- m TRN ---` If the receiver is not yet initialized, the cursor position defaults to 00°00.00 N and 00°00.00 E, 34`06'34"N off the African coast in the Gulf of Guinea. See 119`26'01"W
