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GPS 152H
owner’s manual
PRELIMINARY
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Product Registration Introduction Help us better support you by completing our online registration Warning today. Go to http://my.garmin.com. Keep the original sales receipt, See the Important Safety and Product Information guide in the or a photocopy, in a safe place. product box for product warnings and other important information. Contact Garmin This manual includes information for the GPS 152H. Contact Garmin Product Support if you have any questions while using your unit. In the US
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Appendix ............................................................................20 Table of Contents Specifications ............................................................................. 20 Alarms and Messages ............................................................... 21 Introduction ...........................................................................i Using Simulator Mode ................................................................ 23 Tips and Shortcuts ...........
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Getting Started Using the Keypad Getting Started Power/Backlight—Press and hold to turn the unit on or off; press Internal and release to adjust the backlight and day and night modes. Antenna Rocker—Press up, down, left, or right to move through menus, highlight fields, and enter data. Enter/Mark—Press to select a highlighted item or mark a waypoint. Menu—Press to access additional settings and configuration options. Press twice to display the Settings menu. Page Enter/ Mark Page—Press to
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Getting Started To cycle the backlight from your adjusted setting to Off, and to Turning the Unit On or Off maximum setting, continue to press and release the Power key. To turn on the unit, press and release the Power key. When the Warning screen appears, press Enter. Entering Text in a Field To turn off the unit, press and hold the Power key. 1. Use the Rocker to highlight the field you want to change. Press Enter. Acquiring GPS Satellite Signals 2. Press the left arrow on the Rocker to
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Navigation Marking Your Present Location as a Waypoint: Navigation 1. From any Main page, press and hold ENTER/MARK until the New Waypoint screen appears. Main Pages 2. To change the default symbol, name, or depth of the waypoint, The GPS 152H has five Main pages. use the Rocker to highlight the field you want to change. Enter To cycle through the Main pages, press Page. text as described on page 2. 3. Select OK to save the waypoint. Creating a Waypoint by Entering Grid Coordinates 1. From a
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Navigation 3. To change the default symbol, name, or depth of the waypoint, Creating Waypoint Proximity Alarms use the Rocker to highlight the field you want to change. Enter You can define an alarm radius around saved waypoints you want to text as described on page 2. avoid. 4. Select OK to save the waypoint. 1. From any Main page, press Menu twice. Editing a Waypoint on the Map Page 2. Highlight Wpt. 1. From the Map Page, use the Rocker to move the pointer ( ). 3. Highlight Proximity. High
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Navigation Map page—shows your location ( ), your destination (when Navigating to a Destination zoomed out far enough), a course line indicating the shortest path to To navigate to a waypoint: your destination, and any saved waypoints within the scale of your 1. From any of the Main pages, press NAV/MOB. map. 2. Select Go To Waypoint. 3. Highlight By Name or Nearest. 4. Select the waypoint to which you want to navigate. Destnat on 5. Select Go To. Use the Map page, the Compass page, the
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Navigation Highway page—provides a 3D view with your location and the Numbers page—displays one or four configurable data fields. course to your destination. Course to Data fields destination Your locaton Zoom scale Numbers page Highway page To display only one data field, press Menu and select Big Numbers. (on course) NOTE: To change which data fields are shown, see page 10. The Highway page also indicates if you have veered off course. To navigate to a man overboard (MOB) location: 1. From a
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Navigation 4. Select the first blank field in the list of waypoints. To begin navigating a saved route: 1. Press NAV/MOB. 5. Select a waypoint from the By Name list or the Nearest list. 2. Select Follow Route. 6. Select OK. 3. Select the route you want to take, and then select Activate. 7. Continue to select waypoints until you have selected the last point on the route. 4. Use the Map page, Compass page, Highway page, Numbers page (pages 5–6), or Active Route page to navigate the route. 8. Pr
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Navigation 4. Highlight the waypoint that is before the waypoint you want to To delete a route: add, and press Menu. 1. From any Main page, press Menu twice. 5. Select Insert Waypoint. 2. Highlight Rte. 6. Select a waypoint from the By Name list or the Nearest list. 3. Highlight the route you want to delete, and press Menu. 7. Select OK. 4. Select Delete Route. 8. Continue to add waypoints, if necessary. To delete all saved routes: 9. Press Quit to save the route. 1. From any Main page, press Me
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Navigation Saving a Track Deleting All Saved Tracks 1. From any Main page, press Menu twice. 1. From any Main page, press Menu twice. 2. Highlight Trk. 2. Highlight Trk > Saved. 3. Press Menu, and select Save. 3. Press Menu. 4. Select the time, the date, or the Entire Log you want to save. 4. Select Delete All. Optionally, you can edit the name of the track. Clearing the Active Track Navigating a Saved Track 1. From any Main page, press Menu twice. 1. Press NAV/MOB. 2. Highlight Trk. 2. Select
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Settings Settings Map Compass Highway Active Numbers Page Page Page Route Page Page You can customize a Main page by pressing Menu while on the Hide Tracks X page. Invert X You can access the Settings menu from any Main page by pressing Loran TD X Menu twice. Measure X Distance Plan Route X Customizing the Main Pages The following table indicates the options that can be viewed by Re-evaluate X pressing Menu from each of the five Main pages: Remove X Waypoint Map Compass Highway Active Numbers
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Settings 3. Select a data field to change. 3. Move the pointer to the point to which you want to measure. The bearing, the distance, and the grid coordinates are displayed 4. Select the new field you want shown. along the top of the screen. • Full Screen Map On (or Off)—hides or shows the data fields Start Simulator—turns the GPS receiver off for use indoors or for from all main pages (except the Active Route page). practice using the chartplotter (page 23). • Loran TD On (or Off)—allows yo
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Settings Using the Routes Tab Using the Trip Tab From any Main page, press Menu twice and highlight Rte. To view trip information from any Main page, press Menu twice and highlight Trip. Press Menu to reset the trip, the odometer, See page 6 for more information concerning creating, editing, and the maximum speed, or all fields to zero. deleting routes. Resetting trip data resets all fields to zero except the Maximum Using the Tracks Tab Speed field and the Odometer field. From any Main pa
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Settings To restore map defaults: Using the Page Tab 1. From any Main page, press Menu twice and highlight Map. The Page tab allows you to select or deselect the main pages. A 2. Press Menu. check mark indicates that the page will be displayed when you press Page. • Restore Defaults—restores the currently selected map setting to factory default. From any Main page, press Menu twice and highlight Page. • Restore All Map Defaults—restores all map settings to To select a preset page combinat
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Settings Map Tab > Points Subheading Using the Systems Tab • Text—sets the screen size of the name of the waypoint, the active From any Main page, press Menu twice and highlight Page. route, the marine navaid, or the geo point on the Map page and • Beeper—selects when the unit makes audible sounds. the Highway page. • Speed Filter—averages the speed readings of your boat over a period of time for smoother speed values. You can select • Zoom—sets the maximum scale at which the feature should
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Settings • Heading—selects the reference used in calculating heading From any Main page, press Menu twice and highlight Com. information. • Garmin Data Transfer—supports the input or output of Garmin-proprietary data for communicating with Garmin ◦ Auto Mag Var—automatically sets the magnetic declination ® software such as MapSource . There are eleven Transfer for your location. Modes to choose from: Host, Request Almanac, Request ◦ True—sets true north as the heading reference. Proximity
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Settings To automatically scan for a frequency: Using the Alarms Tab 1. Select Garmin DGPS in the Serial Data Format field. You can set the unit to sound an audible alarm when certain 2. Select Scan in the Beacon field. The unit begins scanning. conditions are met. By default, all alarms are turned off except the arrival alarm. If it is necessary to restart the scan, press Menu and select Restart Scan. From any Main page, press Menu twice and highlight Alrm. To manually enter the frequency
