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FINDING YOUR POSITION

Auto Search

To lock onto the satellites, the GPS receiver needs to know it’s current

position, UTC time, and date. (Elevation (altitude) is also used in the equa-

tion, but it’s rarely required to determine a position.) It needs this data so

that it can calculate which satellites should be in view. It then searches for

only those satellites. When your GPS receiver is turned on for the first

time, it doesn’t know what your position or elevation (altitude) is. It does

know the current UTC time and date since these were programmed into it

at the factory and an internal clock keeps the time while the unit is turned

off. (If the time and/or date are incorrect, you can set it using the “Set

Local Time” menu. See page 23 for more information.) It begins searching

for the satellites using the above data that it acquired the last time it was

turned on. This probably was at the factory. Since it’s almost certain that

you’re not at our factory, it’s probably looking for the wrong satellites. If it

doesn’t find the satellites it’s looking for after five minutes, it switches to

Auto Search. The receiver looks for any satellite in the sky. Due to ad-

vanced technology, the auto search time has shrunk to about five min-

utes, so the longest time you should ever have to wait is ten minutes from

the time you turn the unit on until it locks onto the satellites and shows a

position. Once the unit locks onto the satellites, it should take less than a

minute to find your position the next time it’s turned on, provided you

haven’t moved more than approximately 100 miles from the last location it

was used.

The Auto Search function can be

started at any time. Press the

MENU key

twice

, then select

“GPS Auto Search”. A new menu

appears, “Perform GPS Auto-

Search”. Highlight “Yes” and

press the ENT key. The menus

disappear and the unit will begin

the auto search.

Manual Initialization

If you don’t want to wait for the Auto Search, then you may be able to

speed up the initialization process by using the manual initialization fea-

ture. Using this feature tells the unit it’s approximate position. Once it knows

it’s location, it determines exactly which satellites should be in view and

starts looking only for those satellites.

To manually initialize the unit, press the PAGES key. Using the arrow keys,

select “Status” . Press the EXIT key to erase the menu. The screen at

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