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GM-305 Personal Navigator
Explorer
User’s Guide
Version: 1.03 EI
Date: Mar. 07, 2001
Vertrieb Deutschland
o. j. imports, Sascha Schwalbe
Alt-Gatow 33 b, 14089 Berlin
Telefon: 030-36 35 362 Fax: 030-364 00 722
E-Mail:info@holux-gps.de Web: www.holux-gps.de
All Right Reserved
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Thank You! Thank you for choosing HOLUX Explorer Handheld GPS as your personal navigator. We hope it will be useful to you for a long time. Warranty This Explorer is warranted to be free from defects in material and functions for one year from the date of purchase. Any failure of this product within this period under normal operation will be repaired at no charge to you. Please refer to the Warranty Card in the package. HOLUX Technology, Inc. is a professional consumer GPS (Global Pos
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Table of Contents ……………………………………………… 4 Chapter 1 QUICK REFERENCE …………………………………………….. 7 Chapter 2 BEFORE OPERATING NAME …………………………………………………………………………… I. 7 II. ALL MODELS …………………………………………………………………… 7 III. OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES …………………………………………………… 8 IV. STANDARD PACKAGE ………………………………………………………… 9 V. CAUTIONS ……………………………………………………………………… 10 VI. ACTIVE ANTENNA DISMANTLE & ASSEMBLE …………………………….. 11 ……………………………………………… 12 Chapter 3 OPERATING DETAIL I. ON/OFF & BACKLIGH
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Chapter 1 QUICK REFERENCE I. CAUTIONS A. Please select cold start mode under the following situations: (i) Initial use. (ii) Moving more than 500 km without performing satellite acquiring. (iii) Unused for more than one month regardless of looking up map. B. Environment and antenna position (i) Outdoors without shade. (ii) Have the built-in antenna paralleled the ground (i.e. the angle between Explorer and ground is 30º) and faced up to the sky. C. Battery (i) Remove batterie
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VI. MAJOR NAVIGATION FUNCTION KEYS A. MENU “ ” The gate key to operate all functions. B. PAGE “ ” (i) Switch among pages of satellite, map, status and compass. (ii) Press for 2 seconds to change screen orientation, either horizontal or vertical. C. ZOOM IN “ ” / ZOOM OUT “ ” (i) Enlarge/narrow down map scale. (ii) In map page, press “ ” for 2 seconds to erase/redisplay the data in the right down corner. (iii) Also in map page, press “ ” for 2 second
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I. Adjust time Go to Change Time from the status page for changing to daylight saving time or the real time in the area across more than one time zone. J. Adjust contrast Press “ ” or ” ” key in satellite page to adjust contrast. K. Waypoints Creating a waypoint: either go to Waypoints from Main Menu or press ” ” for 2 seconds in map page. (i) GM-305-WT: Various icons available for Bank, Gas Station, School,……etc. (ii) GM-305-DT,
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Chapter 2 BEFORE OPERATING I. NAMES A. Front On-Off/ Blcklight Ext. Antenna Port Enter (Confirm) Page (At side) Menu Display (At side) Battery Cartridge Built-in Antenna Model No. Zoom-Out Zoom-In Escape B. Back Serial Port for data communication (Under rubber cover). II. ALL MODELS A. GM-305-WT With track recording, waypoints and routes functions, special designed for outdoors use wherever in the open field
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III. OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES A. Single Item (i) Explorer Holder (A-30501) When using the unit in a car, stick the holder on the dashboard with enclosed 3M adhesive pad. you may have the unit held with the antenna facing up to the sky for better signal receiving and reading. (ii) Data Cable (A-30502) To up load / down load map, data or to upgrade system. (iii) Active Antenna When using Explorer in a RV car, truck or bus, connect an extensi
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(xii) Antenna Bracket (A-30511) For holding antenna rod on bike or motorcycle. (xiii) Travelling Bag (A-30512) To receive all accessories and main unit for travelling or storage. (xiv) Antenna Rod Supporting Strip (A-30513) For holding antenna rod to support A-30503 when mountaineering or hiking. (xv) Optional Map Mountaineering map, sea map, recreation area map or street map. (xvi) Battery Charger (A-100B99) The
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B. Full Package (GM-305-??) (?? for different language version) Details please refer above Optional Accessories or single package. (i) Main Unit (GM-305) (ii) Manual Packed with a quick reference card and warranty card. (iii) A-30501 Holder (v) A-30502 Data Cable (vi) M-305-?? Map CD (?? varies in different countries) Your country map CD. You may download any or some areas to the unit. (vii) 4 AA NI-MH rechargeable batteries, 1300mAH (2 x A-100B13)
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(ii) Use a certified charger to ensure batteries are full charged. (iii) Remove batteries from the cartridge when not use more than 30 days. VI. EXTENSION ANTENNA ASSEMBLE & DISASSEMBLE A. Remove rubber cover at right top side as Fig.2-4-1. B. Connect active antenna with SMA connector to the unit. 11
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Chapter 3 OPERATING DETAILS The Explorer Handheld GPS is a miniature computer, composed of a CPU, memory IC and operation system (OS), called HOLUX OS. It is designed to receive the satellite signals once every 100 milli-second, i.e. 10 times per second, and to calculate all the retrieved data in the CPU. In that case, there will be some delay after you press a button. Also its processing speed is not as quick as a desktop computer for the sake of low power consumption. I. ON/OFF &
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Poor GPS Signal Select Cold Start ˇ In fact, You do not need to operate Cold Start. But you must improve satellite- acquiring environment unless incorrect satellite data stored in the system. II. SIMULATION This function is for looking up a map or setting up waypoints and routes regardless of acquiring satellite signals. It may save power and respond quicker. Fig 3-2-1 Fig 3-2-2 A. Press “ ”. B. S
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(ii) Press and hold ” ” for 2 seconds to change screen orientation, horizontal or vertical as Fig. 3-3-2 and Fig. 3-3-3. (iii) Satellite Page In this page, you may see battery level, backlight and what & how many satellites are acquired. Once a satellite is acquired and fixed, the signal bar will turn dark. Moreover, strength of satellite signal will be told by length of signal bar as Fig. 3-1-2. Press direction key “ ” or ” ” to enter and adjust the contrast of screen as Fig.
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20km, 50km, 100km, 200km, 500km, 12 levels in total. (ii) Press and hold “ ” for 2 seconds to display/clear scale, map mode and area size in right down corner. (iii)Press and hold “ ” for 2 seconds to display/clear roads to check routes or track logs. (For GM-305-DT and GM-305-HT only) (iv) When zooming in/out map, a black dot in the right down square changes size and related position accordingly as Fig. 3-3-9. The dot denotes the map displayed in the screen and the square denotes the w
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position. Before position fixed, “ ” is your last position or the center position when downloading map in last operation. The “ ” is fixed and can’t be moved. (a) Click any direction key once to scroll map 1/2 page. (b) Hold a direction key to move cursor ” ”. When the cursor goes to the edge of screen, the map still moves accordingly until you release the key. (c) The cursor stops at any position. If you change to other pages,
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Chapter 4 FUNCTION DETAIL IN PAGES I. SATELLITE PAGE A. Adjust Contrast (i) Press direction key “ ” or ” ” to adjust the contrast of screen as Fig. 3-3-4, “ ” for lighter and ” ” for darker. (ii) Press “ ” to confirm or “ ” to escape. B. Cold Start This function is to clear obsolete or incorrect satellite data stored in its memory. If you cannot receive satellite signals to identify your position after turning on for a few minutes, you may turn of
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E. NMEA Output The Explorer provides NMEA 0183 output to enable you to use this unit as an ordinary GPS receiver for linking to a notebook PC or other devices for navigation or other applications. (i) Press “ ” (ii) Select NMEA output On/Off and press “ ” You may output all satellite positioning information through the serial port cable A-30502. The default of output is: (i) Update rate: once per second. (ii) Baud rate:
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(i) Select Search Object, and press “ ”. (ii) Move marked field to select a region as Fig. 4-2-2 and press “ ”. (iii) Move marked field to select a type, e.g. City, as Fig. 4-2-3 and press “ ” as Fig. 4-2-4. (iv) Press “ ” to move marked field to top level to start searching a City name by alphabet sequence as Fig. 4-2-4. Press “ ” or “ “ to change character, press “ ” or ” ” to change column. You may select up to 4 columns. When you change the alphabe
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hold to roll the page. C. Show Map Information (For GM-305-DT and GM-305-HT only) (i) Move cursor to tough a road or an interesting point, then press “ ”. (ii) Move marked field to Show MapInfo, press “ ” to show map information. (iii) When cursor is not touching a road or an interesting point, the Show MapInfo will be not active (grayed). D. Shortest Way From present position to the selected object directly is the shortcut a
