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Eagle Expedition Installation And Operation Instructions Manual
Summary of Expedition
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Installation and operation instructions eagle expedition tm tm pages.
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Copyright © 1996, 1997 eagle electronics all rights reserved. Eagle expedition ™ is a trademark of eagle electronics eagle ® is a registered trademark of eagle electronics warning! Use this unit only as an aid to navigation. A careful navigator never relies on only one method to obtain position info...
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Introduction .......................................................................................................... 1 installation ............................................................................................................. 2 battery installation ...................................
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System setup .......................................................................................................... 31 backlight ............................................................................................................. 31 sound ...................................................
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1 congratulations! You have purchased one of the finest 12-channel gps receivers eagle™ has ever made. With its high contrast lcd screen, easy to use menus, and outstanding performance, we think you’ll be happy with your eagle expedition™ for many years. Gps works from satellites that transmit infor...
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2 even with s/a on, and without a dgps receiver, your eagle expedition gives you outstanding position and navigation information. Most people are amazed when they actually use a gps receiver and see what it does. Please sit down with the unit and this manual and familiarize yourself with them before...
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3 there are “+” and “-” marks on a decal at the bottom of the battery com- partment. Place the batteries into the compartment according to the marks and replace the battery cover. The expedition is now ready for use. External power instead of batteries, the expedition can operate on 5 to 16 volts dc...
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4 operation turning power on to turn the eagle expedition on, simply press the pwr key. A screen similar to the one at right appears. Read the message on the screen, then press the exit key to erase it. The expedition is now ready for use. Menus most of the eagle expedition’s adjustments and feature...
Page 9: Finding Your Position
5 to use your expedition, first make certain you have a clear view of the sky, free from any obstructions such as trees or buildings. Also, don’t try to use it under a carport, covered boat dock, or inside a building. Turn the power on, press the exit key to erase the opening message and watch the d...
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6 to change the position, press the right arrow key while the “position” box is highlighted. The screen shown at right appears. If your latitude is south, press the up or down ar- row key to change it. If it is north, press the right arrow key to move the change box to the first num- ber in the lati...
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7 position/navigation displays the eagle expedition has navigation, plotter, and windows group modes. These screens were designed to show data that is used most often. The three default screens are shown below. Nav-1 plot-1 group a to change screens, simply press the pages key. A screen similar to t...
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8 nav screen #1 this screen is dominated by a compass rose (see the screen at right.) your position is in the center of the circle, designated by an arrow that always points straight up. Your track (direction of travel) is indicated by an arrow pointing down toward the compass rose at the top center...
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9 has nothing to do with your present position, except for your starting loca- tion.) it’s shown as a dotted line on the nav 1 display. This is shown as a reminder so that if you deviate from your original course, you can easily return to it. (a “course” is a proposed path over the ground. A “track”...
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10 plotter the plotter lets you see your course and track from a “birds-eye” view. If you’ve recalled a waypoint, the plotter show your starting location, present position, and destination. However, you don’t have to recall a waypoint to use the plotter. To use the plotter, simply press the pages ke...
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11 you can move the cursor around the display by pressing the arrow keys in the direction you want it to move. This lets you view different areas of the plotter, away from your present position. When it’s turned on, the zoom-in and zoom-out keys work from the cursor’s position - not the present posi...
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12 track-up mode in the track-up view, the present position symbol (which has changed to an arrow) moves straight towards the top of the display. As you can see, the anchor icon is now shown in its proper orientation - to our left. A "n" shows to help you see which direction is north when the track-...
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13 use the up or down arrow key to highlight the desired trail number, then press the right arrow key to save the current trail. A message appears, asking if you really want to save this trail. Follow the directions on the screen. After you’ve saved the trail, press the exit key to erase the plot tr...
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14 plotter update the plotter places a dot on your trail as you move. It determines when to place a dot depending on either time or distance. By default, it places a dot every three seconds. To change the update method from time to dis- tance, highlight the “update options” label on the “plotter opt...
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15 place icon - cursor location to place an icon at cursor's location, first use the arrow keys to move the cursor to the position that you want to place the icon. Next, press the ent key. Now select the desired icon using the arrow keys. When it's selected, press the ent key again. The plotter scre...
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16 to remove only icons of a certain type, highlight the “del icon type” label. Press the right ar- row key. The icon selection menu appears. Use the arrow keys to highlight the icon style that you wish to erase. Press the ent key when you’re ready to erase the icons. A message appears, asking you i...
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17 satellite information screen (group o) this screen shows technical information about the status of the gps receiver. The receiver has twelve channels. Data for each channel is shown as bar graphs on the right side of the display. Every sat- ellite in the constellation has a number assigned to it,...
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18 clock alarm you can set the alarm by using the “clock alarm” menu. To set this alarm, press the menu key while group “j” is showing, then highlight the “clk alm set” label. Press the right arrow key. The screen shown below appears. Using the right and left arrow keys, move the black box to the fi...
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19 shown in the display is correct, then press the ent key. To start the timer, press the menu key, then move the black box to the “dn tmr off on” label. Press the right arrow key to start the timer. The timer continues counting until you stop it. If you turn the up timer’s alarm on (press the right...
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20 want to change. In this example, we will change the brg box to altitude (alt). To do this, simply press the left or right arrow key while the box is flashing. The box changes each time the arrow key is pressed. When the desired box appears, then you can change another box or save your changes by ...
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21 waypoint number it just used. Wait a few seconds and the menu will clear automatically. Press the exit key to erase the cursor. Saving your present position as a waypoint (select number method) the method shown above doesn’t let you choose the waypoint number. You can pick the waypoint number, th...
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22 sired position. Then follow the previous instructions for saving your present position as a waypoint using the select number method. Remember, the method of saving your present position and the cursor’s position is identi- cal. Edit lat/lon the eagle expedition lets you enter any latitude/ longit...
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23 edit name the eagle expedition also lets you assign a name to each waypoint. The name can have up to eight characters. To name a waypoint, first select the waypoint number that you wish to name. Now high- light the “wpt options” label and press the right arrow key. Finally, highlight the “edit na...
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24 distance between waypoints the eagle expedition can easily give you the dis- tance between two user waypoints. To do this, first press the wpt key, highlight the “options” menu and press the right arrow key, then highlight the “dist btwn wpts” label and press the right arrow key. The screen at ri...
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25 delete a waypoint to erase all of the information in a waypoint, first press the wpt key, then select the waypoint you want to erase. Now highlight the “options” label and press the right arrow key. Finally, highlight the “delete wpt” label and press the right arrow key. A message appears, asking...
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26 that form the route. To select the first waypoint in the route, press the right arrow key. A new menu appears as shown below right. This menu lets you go to the waypoint selection menu, delete a waypoint from the route, or see details about any waypoint in the route. Since we want to add a waypoi...
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27 as you add waypoints to the list, their bearing and distance from each other is shown to the right of the waypoint name. On the screen at right, waypoint 2 is on a bearing of 133° and 4.68 miles from waypoint 1. The total route distance is shown at the bottom of this screen. Finishing the route w...
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28 following a route before starting the route, you’ll need to decide if you want to start at the beginning and travel for- ward or start at the last waypoint in the route and travel backwards (reverse) to the first waypoint. The default is forward. To change it, press the menu key, then select the ...
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29 list has been reached. (note: the arrival alarm does not have to be turned on in order to use the route feature.) delete a route to erase a route, first press the menu key, then highlight the “plan/edit routes” label and press the right arrow key. The screen shown at right appears. Now select the...
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30 navigating to a waypoint using the plotter the unique “birds-eye” view used by the plotter gives you an easy way to navigate to a waypoint. On the plotter screen shown on the previous page, the diamond with a cross in it is your present position. The box with the “s” in it was your starting locat...
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31 system setup the eagle expedition has several menus and commands listed under the “system setup” label on the main menu. These commands affect the basic operation of the unit. To use them, press the menu key, then highlight the “system setup” la- bel. Press the right arrow key. The screen shown a...
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32 nmea / dgps the eagle expedition transmits data through the data port in the back of the unit using nmea 0183 format, version 1.5 or 2.0. This data is used by other electronic devices such as marine autopilots for position and steer- ing information. Dgps on the other hand, is a data input. Dgps ...
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33 to expedition other device 12 vdc battery black wire ground wires white wire red wire to +12v other device’s receive data wire expedition’s wires other device’s wires expedition transmit- ting nmea data to another device to expedition dgps receiver 12 vdc battery black wire ground wires white wir...
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34 nmea output to turn the nmea output on, highlight the “nmea output” menu (shown at the bottom of the previous page), then press the right arrow key. If your other equipment works, then no setup will need to be performed. If your other equipment doesn’t recognize the nmea data being sent by the ea...
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35 these menus select the beacon receiver’s frequency and bit rate (in bits per second). To change one of these settings, simply highlight the menu item you wish to change, then press the right or left arrow key until the desired number appears. Press the exit key when you’re finished. Serial commun...
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36 gps setup the gps setup menu has sub-menus that affect the gps receiver. From these menus you can set the update rate, initialize the gps receiver, do a self-test on the receiver, and do a cold-start. (note: the “initialize gps receiver” is covered in the “finding your position” section in the fr...
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37 position format the eagle expedition can show the position in degrees, minutes, and thousandths of a minute (36° 28.700') or degrees, minutes, seconds, and tenths of a second (36° 28' 40.9"). It can also show position in utm (universal transverse mercator) projection, british, irish, swedish, swi...
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38 datum maps and charts are based on a survey of the area that’s covered by the map or chart. These surveys are called “datums”. Maps that are created using different datums will show the same latitude/longitude in slightly different locations. All datums are named. The gps system is based on the w...
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39 pcf (position correction factor) another method used to make your display match a chart or map is called “pcf” or position correction factor. This unit gives you the capability to move or offset the position shown on the display to match one on the chart. The unit will add this offset to all posi...
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40 after you’ve entered the latitude/longitude correction, press the ent key to accept it. The eagle expedition erases the pcf entry screen and re- turns to the navigation or mapping screens with the correction factor ap- plied. Position pinning when using a gps receiver at extremely low speeds, it ...
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41 to use any of these alarms, first press the menu key, then select the “alarms/cdi” menu. A screen similar to the one shown at right appears. Press the up or down arrow key to move the black box to the desired alarm, then press the right ar- row key to turn it on. To adjust an alarm’s distance, mo...
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42 simulator a simulator is built into the eagle expedition that has several options. You can use nearly all of the unit’s features - even save and recall waypoints. This is useful for trip planning. To use the simulator, press the menu key, then press the up or down arrow keys until the “simu- lato...
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43 crease the speed. Use the right and left arrow keys to change the track. Press the exit key to erase these menus. When you’re finished changing the track and speed, press the exit key to erase the menus. To turn the simulator off, press the menu key, then move the black box to the “simulator setu...
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44 group “a” group “b” group “c” group “d” group “e” group “f” group “g” group “h” group “i” windows the following is a listing of windows groups a through o..
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45 group “j” group “k” group “l” group “m” group “n” group “o”.
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46 wgs 84 ................. Default adindan ............... Mean adindan ............... Burkina faso adindan ............... Cameroon adindan ............... Ethiopia adindan ............... Mali adindan ............... Senegal adindan ............... Sudan afgooye ............. Somalia ain el abd ...
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47 carthage ........... Tunisia ch-1903 ................ Chatham ............. Island astro new zealand chua astro ....... Paraguay corrego ............ Alegre brazil dabola ................ Guinea djakarta ............. (batavia) indonesia dos 1968 .............. New georgia islands easter ...........
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48 ireland ............... 1965 ists 061 ................ Astro 1968 s georgia ists 073 ................ Astro 1969 diego garcia johnston ........... Island 1961 kandawala ......... Sri lanka kerguelen ......... Island 1949 kertau 1948 ........ W malaysia singapore kusaie astro .... Caroline 1951 is...
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49 n american ........ 1927 canal zone n american ........ 1927 cuba n american ........ 1927 greenland n american ........ 1927 mexico n american ........ 1983 alaska canada conus n american ........ 1983 central am mexico observatoria ... Metereo 1939 azores old egyptian .... 1907 egypt old hawaii...
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50 rt 90 ..................... Santo (dos) ....... ’65 espirito santo island sao braz ............. Azores sapper hill ........ 1943 east falklnd isle schwarzeck ..... Namibia selvagem grande salvage isle soviet .................. Geodetic system 1985 s american ........ 1969 mean s american ..........
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52 eagle's ups return service - u.S.A. Only eagle electronics and united parcel service (ups) are proud to offer all of our customers free shipping for all units sent to us for repair or service. If you have to send this unit to the factory, and you are in the continental united states, use the encl...
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53 keep this label! You will need it if you ever need to return your unit to the factory for repair. Accessory ordering information to order accessories such as power cables, please contact: 1) your local marine dealer. Most quality dealers that handle marine elec- tronic equipment should be able to...
Page 58: Groups
54 groups screens grp a grp b grp c grp h grp i grp j grp k mode pages press the pages key to view the pages menu, then using the up and down arrow keys to switch between nav, plot, and groups screens. Use the right or left ar- row keys to switch between differ- ent screens on each page.
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55 nav screens nav-1 nav-2 plot screens plot-1 plot-2 grp d grp e grp f grp g grp o grp l grp m grp n.
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57 how to obtain service (canadian customers only) we back your investment in quality products with quick, expert service and genuine eagle replacement parts. If you need service or repairs, contact the eagle factory customer service department at the toll-free number listed below. A technician may ...
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58 how to obtain service - u.S.A. Only we back your investment in quality products with quick, expert service and genuine eagle™ replacement parts. If you're in the united states and you have questions, please contact the factory customer service department using our toll-free number listed below. Y...