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Elite 5m & Elite 4m
Installation & Operation
Operation manual
manual
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Table of Contents Introduction ...................................... 2 Using your Chart ........................... 12 Unit Controls ............................................2 Chart Menu ............................................12 Inserting microSD cards ..........................3 Waypoints, Routes, Trails ......................13 Routes Screen .......................................14 Basic Operation ............................... 4 Trails Screen .......................................
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Introduction Unit Controls Getting Started LIGhT/POwer: controls backlight To turn on/off the unit, press and Turn unit level and turns unit on/off hold the LIGhT/POwer key for on/off three seconds. KeYPAD: controls cursor & selects items on menus Press the zOOM In and zOOM OUT keys at the same time to set PAGeS: allows you to select a page to Man a Man Overboard waypoint. Your view Overboard system will automatically create an waypoint active route back to the MOB way- MenU: opens se
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Introduction Inserting microSD cards Carefully slide the microSD card into the slot until it clicks into place. To remove, carefully push in the card until it clicks out of place. 3
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Basic Operation Setup wizard Pages The Setup wizard will appear when the unit is This unit has two pages: Chart and Steer. turned on for the first time. To choose your own settings, do not run the setup wizard. To restart the Setup wizard, restore defaults. Page menus nOTICe The Steer and Chart pages have menus that can only be accessed when those pages are displayed. This manual covers several units. Some screen- shots may differ from what you see on your screen. Your unit, however, wi
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Basic Operation Steer menu Steer page w orking with menus There are several menu types used to make Accessing the Settings menu adjustments to options and settings, including scrollbars, on/off features and dropdown menus. Scrollbars Select the scrollbar and press the key- Settings menu pad left (decrease) or right (increase). On/Off features Accessing menu items Select an on/off menu item The keypad and enTer key are used to select and press enTer to turn it menu items and open submenus.
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Basic Operation Dropdown menus entering text After accessing the drop- Some functions, like naming a waypoint, route or down menu, press the keypad trail, will require you to input text. up/down to select the desired item and press Enter. Switches letters to uppercase/ lowercase nOTe: Press the Menu key to Exit menus. Switches keyboard between Alpha and QWERTY layout Dialogs Dialogs are used for user input or for presenting in- formation to the user. To input text: Depending on the type
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Basic Operation Cursor Advanced Mode Enables advanced features and The keypad moves the cursor around the display, settings. allowing you to scroll the map and select map items. Press MenU and select Return to vessel to The following features are enabled when Advanced clear the cursor. mode is turned on: • Navigation menu Goto cursor • Alarms (Enables arrival, off course and anchor alarm options) Allows you to navigate to the cursor. • NMEA 0183 Output 1. Move the cursor to a desired
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Basic Operation Press the Pwr/LIGhT key to access the Backlight dialog. Select Standby and press enTer. Press any key to resume normal operation. nOTe: Leaving your unit in Standby mode when your boat is not is use will run down your battery. restore defaults Resets unit options and settings to defaults. 8
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Pages Direction to Compass Current Track Current location waypoint Depth contours Waypoint Navigation Zoom Current location; Your location information Range distance to cursor Steer Page Chart Page The Steer page has a compass that shows your Consists of map that moves in real-time as you current track, the direction to your destination, and move. By default, the map is shown from a birds- a digital data navigation panel. eye view with North at the top of the screen. 9
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Pages Overlay Data Displays selected overlay data on the sonar page. To select overlay data: Overlay data 1. From the chart page, press MenU. Show 2. Select Overlay data and press enTer. Enables/disables the display of overlay data, allow- 3. Select Configure and press enTer. ing you to remove overlay data from the screen 4. Press Menu and select Add. Press without deleting the selected overlay data con- enTer. figuration. 5. Select a category from the Configure Items to show screen.
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Pages Customizing Overlay Data Access the Overlay Data configuration menu to make adjustments to the size and/or location of overlay data on the display. Press Menu from the Configure Item Locations and Sizes screen to access the menu. 11
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Chart Chart Menu Using your Chart Press Menu from any Chart pages to open the This section covers chart operation, which includes Chart menu. saving, loading and navigating, waypoints, routes and trails and using chart menus, context menus and submenus. Chart menu New Waypoint Creates a waypoint at your current location or at the cursor position. When the cursor is on the screen, waypoints will be saved at the cursor position; conversely, if the 12
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Chart cursor is not displayed onscreen, waypoints will be saved at your current position. waypoints, routes, Trails Used to create, edit, navigate and delete way- points, routes and trails. Press the keypad left/right to toggle between waypoint, routes and trails tabs. Waypoints menu Edit Waypoints Allows you to edit the name, Waypoints Screen menu icon and latitude/longitude. of a selected waypoint. 13
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Chart New Sort Controls how the waypoints list will be Creates a new waypoint sorted — by name or by nearest. at the cursor or vessel position. You can also select waypoint name, icon and routes Screen latitude/longitude from the new waypoint menu. Used to create, edit, navigate and delete routes. Use the keypad to highlight the Routes tab to ac- cess the Routes screen. Show Displays the selected waypoint on the map. Goto Allows you to navigate to a waypoint. Routes menu Routes screen
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Chart Shows selected route 4. Press Menu, select Add to End and press waypoint on the chart enTer. Inserts waypoint between 5. Highlight Waypoint from list and press existing route waypoints enTer. 6. Select the desired waypoint and press enTer. 7. Press Menu and select Add to end to add another waypoint to the route. Adds waypoint to end of the route 8. When the route is complete, press MenU, Remove waypoint select Stop Editing and press enTer. Route waypoint 9. Select Save
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Chart Creating a route using points from chart: 1. Repeat Steps 1-4 from the instructions for Creating a route from waypoint list. 2. Select Points from chart and press enTer. The chart screen will appear. 3. Move the cursor to the desired location. Press enTer to set a waypoint. 4. Repeat Step 3 to add more route waypoints. 5. Press MenU and select Stop adding. Press enTer. 6. Highlight the Save button and press en- Ter. Routes menu Navigating a route 2. Select Start and pres
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Chart To cancel navigation: To access the Edit or New Route menu, select Edit or New on the Routes menu and press enTer. 1. Press Menu from the chart screen. To finalize changes on the Edit or New Route 2. Select Navigation and press enTer. menus, highlight the Accept button and press en- 3. Highlight Cancel and press enTer. Ter. 4. Select Yes and press enTer. Displayed Edit and New Route menus Used to show/hide a route on the display, which Used to edit/create routes, route names an
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Chart Trails Screen Used to create, edit, navigate and delete trails. Use the keypad to highlight the Trails tab to access the Trails screen. Trails menu Trails menu Trails screen Creating trails To create a trail: When creating a trail you can customize the trail name and color from the New Trail. 1. Select New and press enTer. The New Trail will appear. 2. Use the keypad to highlight Record and press enTer to make the trail active/ inactive. 3. Select Save and press enTer. 18
