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Magellan eXplorist 210

Reference Manual

*** Warnings ***

IN THE INTEREST OF SAFETY, DO NOT USE THIS NAVIGATION DEVICE WHILE DRIVING A

VEHICLE.

Please do not try and change any settings on the Magellan eXplorist while driving. Come to a

complete stop or have a passenger make any changes. Taking your eyes off the road is dangerous

and can result in an accident in which you or others could be injured.

USE GOOD JUDGEMENT

This product is an excellent navigation aid, but does not replace the need for careful orienteering

and good judgement. Never rely solely on one device for navigating.

USE CARE

The Global Positioning System (GPS) is operated by the U.S. Government, which is solely respon-

sible for the accuracy and maintenance of the GPS network.The accuracy of position fixes can be

affected by the periodic adjustments to GPS satellites made by the U.S. government and is sub-

ject to change in accordance with the Department of Defense civil GPS user policy and the Fed-

eral Radionavigation Plan. Accuracy can also be affected by poor satellite geometry and

obstructions, like buildings and large trees.

USE PROPER ACCESSORIES

Use only Magellan cables and antennas; the use of non-Magellan cables and antennas may

severely degrade performance or damage the receiver, and will void the warranty.

LICENSE AGREEMENT

Thales grants you, the purchaser, the right to use the software supplied in and with Thales Navi-

gation GPS products (the “SOFTWARE”) in the normal operation of the equipment in accordance

with the terms of the End User License Agreement that is with the product.

The SOFTWARE is the property of Thales and/or its suppliers and is protected by United States

any other copyright material.

You may not use, copy, modify, reverse engineer or transfer this SOFTWARE except as expressly

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personal use without the prior written permission of Thales.

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*** Warnings ***

Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause interference,

and (2) this device must accept any interference, including interference that may cause undes-

ired operation of the device.

The Magellan Logo, Magellan, eXplorist and TrueFix are trademarks of Thales Navigation Inc.

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Table of Contents

eXplorist 210 GPS Receiver 5

Features of the Magellan eXplorist GPS receiver: 5

Button Descriptions: 6

Installing the Battery 8

Using the eXplorist 210 10

Going to a Destination 10

Saving Your Position 11

Tracing Your Steps 11

Additional Features 12

Starting Up 13

Turning the eXplorist On 13

Turning the eXplorist Off 13

Using the eXplorist for the First Time 14

Turning the Display Backlight On/Off 14

Conclusion 18

Navigation Screens 19

Accessing the Navigation Screens 19

Map Screen 19

Map Screen Overview 20

Changing Map Scale 20

Map Screen Modes 20

Showing or Hiding Map Information 21

Customizing the Map Information 22

Changing the Map Orientation 23

Displaying Street Information 23

Changing the Map Detail 24

Changing the Primary Usage 24

Customizing the Display 25

Changing the Track Recording Intervals 25

Compass Screen Overview 26

Compass Screen 26

Customizing the Information Fields 27

Position Screen Overview 28

Position Screen 28

Satellite Status Screen 29

Satellite Status Screen Overview 29

Resetting the Trip Odometer 29

eXplorist 210 GPS File Structure 30

Basic File Structure 30

File Structure Overview 30

Using the Filing System with POIs 31

Using the Filing System with Routes 31

Using the Filing System with Track Logs 32

Marking Your Position 33

Using the eXplorist with MapSend

Points of Interest 33

Making POIs for Locations other then your Present Position 34

Marking Your Position (Personalized) 34

Marking a Position by Entering Coordinates 35

Marking a Position from a Map Object 36

Marking a Position using the Map Cursor 36

Searching for a User-Entered POI 37

The POI Database 37

Searching for a Preloaded POI using Alphabetical 38

Searching for a Preloaded POI using Nearest 38

Editing a User-Created POI 39

Viewing a User-Created POI on the Map Screen 40

Deleting a User-Created POI 40

Copying a Preloaded POI 41

Viewing a Preloaded POI on the Map Screen 42

Showing or Hiding a User-Entered POI on the Map Screen 43

Routes 44

GOTO Routes 44

Creating a GOTO Route from the Map Cursor 45

Creating a GOTO Route 45

Multi-Leg Routes 46

Creating a GOTO Route to a Map Object 46

Creating a Multi-leg Route 47

Activating/Deactivating a Route 48

Changing the Destination Leg of an Active Route 49

Editing a Saved Route 50

Deleting a Route 51

Reversing a Route 51

Copying a Route 52

Moving a Route 52

Viewing a Route on the Map 53

Track Logs 54

Starting a New Active Track Log 55

Stopping and Resuming Active Track Logging 55

Saving an Active Track Log 56

Clearing the Active Track 57

Creating a BackTrack Route 57

Viewing the Track Log on the Map 58

Converting the Track Log to a Route 58

Following Saved Track Logs 59

Reversing a Saved Track Log 59

Working with Saved Track Logs 59

Moving a Saved Track Log 60

Copying a Saved Track Log 60

Deleting a Saved Track Log 60

Using the eXplorist with MapSend

Advanced Features 61

Computing Best Fish/Hunt Times 61

Accessing Hunting and Fishing Times 61

Changing the Date 62

Displaying Sun and Moon Information 62

Accessing the Sun/Moon Function 62

Changing the Position 62

Viewing the Vertical Profile 63

Changing the Date 63

Simulating on a Saved Route 64

Using the Simulator 64

Connecting to a Personal Computer 65

Changing Modes 65

Communicating with a Personal Computer 65

Working with Files on the Personal Computer 66

Magellan Geocache Manager 67

What is Geocaching? 67

What is the Magellan Geocache Manager? 67

How Do I Install the Magellan Geocache Manager? 67

Using the Magellan Geocache Manager 68

Magellan Geocache Manager Tools 69

Adding Other Downloaded Files to the List 70

Working with Geocache Files 70

Uploading to the Magellan eXplorist 71

Using the eXplorist with MapSend 72

What is MapSend? 72

Overview of Uploading Detail Maps from MapSend to the eXplorist 72

Transferring POIs, Routes, and Tracks to MapSend 75

Transferring POIs, Routes, and Track Between MapSend and eXplorist 75

Transferring Waypoints, Routes, and Tracks from MapSend 76

Preferences 77

Restarting the GPS 77

Changing the Default Folders 80

Using Active Setup 80

Setting the Map Units 81

Selecting Navigational Units of Measure 81

Selecting the Background or Detail Map 81

Selecting the Coordinate System 82

Selecting the North Reference 82

Using the Power Management Tool 83

Setting the Power Off Timer 83

Selecting the Map Datum 83

Using the eXplorist with MapSend

Personalizing the eXplorist 84

Setting the Light Timer 84

Clearing Memory 85

Clearing All Track Logs 85

Selecting Languages 85

Clearing Routes 86

Clearing Active Track , User-Entered POIs and Routes 86

Clearing User-Entered POIs and Routes 86

Setting Alarms 87

Resetting the eXplorist to Factory Defaults 87

Setting the Clock 88

Setting the Time & Format 88

Setting Daylight Savings Time 89

Specifications 90

Performance 90

Physical 90

Memory 91

Coordinate Systems 91

Routes 91

Track Logs 91

Power 91

Navigation Screens 92

Alarms 92

Points of Interest 92

Accessories 93

Contacting Magellan Support 94

Contacting Magellan in North America 94

Technical Support 94

Warranty Service 94

Technical support and warranty service 95

Contacting Magellan in Europe 95

eXplorist 210 GPS Receiver

Antenna

Display Backlight

Button

Arrow Joystick

ZOOM IN

NAV

MARK

ESC

GOTO

ZOOM OUT

ENTER

On/Off Button

Features of the Magellan eXplorist GPS receiver:

• Built-in background map (8 MB)

• High-definition grayscale display

• Preloaded points of interest

• Rugged design, rubber-protected

• 22 MB of usable memory

• Superior tracking with 14 parallel channels

• TrueFix™ GPS technology

• 3 meter accuracy (WAAS/EGNOS)

• Multiple track logs

• Pocket-sized and waterproof to IPX-6

eXplorist 210 GPS Receiver

Button Descriptions:

On/Off Turns the eXplorist on or off.

Backlight Turns the display backlight on. Sequences from off to low to high intensity.

ENTER Used to access highlighted menu items or accept highlighted buttons.

ESC Cancels data inputs.

Closes the accessed function and goes back to the last viewed screen.

Steps backwards through the navigation screens.

ZOOM IN Used on the Map screen to zoom in the map displayed. The map display can be

zoomed in to 100 ft. (35.0 m).

Also used to quickly step through the list of POIs when doing an alphabetical

search.

ZOOM OUT Used on the Map screen to zoom out the map displayed. The map display can

be zoomed out to 1700 mi (2700 km).

Also used to quickly step through the list of POIs when doing an alphabetical

search.

MENU Brings up a menu with available options. Options can be selected by using the

arrow joystick to highlight the option and pressing ENTER to access it.

NAV Steps through the navigation screens. (Map screen > Compass screen > Position

screen > Satellite Status screen)

MARK Used to save your present position as a point of interest. Points of interest that

you save are stored in the My Points of Interest portion of the database.

GOTO Creates a one-leg route from your present position to a destination selected from

the Points of Interest database or by using the cursor on the background map

Arrow joystick Pans the cursor on the Map screen.

Moves the highlight bar to select menu options and data entry fields.

eXplorist 210 GPS Receiver

eXplorist 210 GPS Receiver (back)

Wrist Lanyard Strap

Mounting Hole

Battery Door

Battery Door Fastener

(Unscrew to open

battery door to install

batteries.)

Connector for

external power

and connection to

a personal

computer.

eXplorist 210 GPS Receiver

The eXplorist 210 uses two AA batteries that are installed as

shown in the accompanying diagram. Be sure to observe the

proper polarity when installing the batteries.

Under normal operating conditions you can expect to get more

than 14 hours of battery life when using fresh batteries.

Tips on conserving battery life:

• Turn the eXplorist off when not in use. Whether you are

moving or standing still, the eXplorist is constantly

calculating position fixes and using power at the same

rate. If you are going to be at the same position for any

length of time, turn the eXplorist off.

• Use the Power Timer to automatically turn the eXplorist off. The Power Timer option allows you to set

a time that the eXplorist will automatically turn off when none of the buttons have been pressed and

you are not moving for a selected time. You can select from 5, 10, 30 or 60 minutes.

• Use the display backlight sparingly. The most severe drain on the batteries is the use of the display

backlight. You will notice a drastic drop in battery life with the backlight display on high. You should

use the Light Timer to set a time interval that the display backlight will automatically turn to the lowest

setting when none of the buttons have been pressed and the computed location hasn’t changed.

Setting the Power Timer

From any Nav screen press MENU. Highlight Preferences and press ENTER. Highlight Pwr Management and

press ENTER twice. Use the arrow joystick to select 5 Minutes, 10 Minutes, 30 Minutes, 60 Minutes or Off.

Press ENTER. Press NAV to return to the last viewed navigation screen.

Setting the Light Timer

From any NAV screen press MENU. Highlight Preferences and press ENTER. Highlight Pwr Management and

press ENTER. Use the down arrow to highlight the Light Timer field. Press ENTER. Use the arrow joystick to

select 30 Seconds, 1 Minute, 2 Minutes, 4 Minutes, 10 Minutes or Timer Off. Press ENTER. Press NAV to

return to the last viewed navigation screen.

Installing the Battery

eXplorist 210 GPS Receiver

Connecting to a Personal Computer (requires optional USB cable)

Turn your eXplorist off and connect the round connector of the

eXplorist data cable to the back of your eXplorist and tighten the

locking screw. There are alignment tabs on the connector to

make sure that the connector is installed properly. It is

recommended that you connect the eXplorist to external power

using the external AC power adapter.

The other end of the eXplorist data cable has a standard USB

connector that you connect to your personal computer USB ports

(normally found on the back of your personal computer). Turn

your personal computer on and then turn on your eXplorist. You

may see a message on your computer indicating that it has found

a new USB hardware device. On your eXplorist, a screen is

displayed indicating that it is in USB File transfer mode.

Right click the “My Computer” icon on the desktop of your

computer and select the “Explore” option. From here you are

able to copy files to and from the eXplorist to your computer.

WARNING: When connecting the USB cable, always

connect it to the eXplorist first before plugging the AC power

adapter into a wall socket.

The eXplorist 210 uses information from the GPS satellites orbiting the earth to provide you with detailed

information about your exact location. This is the foundation that your eXplorist will use to provide you with the

necessary information to arrive at your destination.

The most common use of your eXplorist will be to provide you with the navigation tools you’ll need to arrive at

your chosen destination. The simplest route, and the one used most, is a GOTO route. This is a route that is

computed as a straight line from where you are to where you want to go.

Step One: Compute Your Position

The basic operation of your eXplorist is to use the GPS satellites to compute your present position. This is

done internally in the software of your eXplorist. The only thing that you need to do is to give your eXplorist a

clear view of the sky so that it can receive the signals from the satellites.

Do:

• Point the antenna up towards the sky.

• Maintain a clear view of the sky.

Don’t:

• Cover the antenna with your hand or other objects.

• Point the antenna down.

• Stand under trees or other heavy foliage.

Stand where the satellite signals are being blocked by large obstructions (such as

buildings, in a narrow canyon, etc.)

If you find that the eXplorist is not computing a position, just move to a place that

has a better view of the sky.

Anytime you want to view the status of the satellites and their signal strength,

switch to the Satellite Status screen. Here you will graphically see the satel-

lites and their relative signal strength. You need at least three satellites with

good signal strength (indicated by green bars) to compute your position. A

computed position with only three satellites is termed a 2D position fix. When

you are getting a 2D position fix, your elevation is not being computed. To add

elevation to your position fix, you need at least four satellites with good signal

strength. Positions that use four or more satellites are called 3D position fixes.

Going to a Destination

Using the eXplorist 210

Step Two: Where Do You Want To Go?

Now that the eXplorist knows where you are, you need to tell it where you want to go. There are many different

ways you can do this, but the simplest and most commonly used is a “GOTO” route. This is a one-leg route

with a beginning (where you are now) and a destination (where you want to go). The destination is selected by

using the Points of Interest database. This database has two main options; positions you have saved (My

Points of Interest) or points of interest that have been preloaded into your eXplorist (Background Map).

Creating a GOTO route is as simple as pressing the GOTO button and selecting the destination from the points

of interest database.

Step Three: Calculating Movement

As you move, your eXplorist is constantly calculating new positions, comparing the new position to the previ-

ous position and calculating such things as heading and speed. This is all done in the eXplorist’s software

communicating with the satellites and is instantaneously shown on your display.

Step Four: Providing Directions

Your eXplorist constantly computes a direct line from your present position to your destination. From that it

will provide you instructions to guide you along that straight path. Unless you are on a large body of water, it

will be unlikely that you will be able to follow these instructions exactly. To compensate for that, your eXplor-

ist automatically updates the route, providing you with up-to-date information about getting to your destina-

tion.

GOTO routes are the simplest and most commonly used feature of your eXplorist 210. With just the GOTO but-

ton the eXplorist will provide you with the tools needed to get to any point of interest stored in your database.

Another commonly used feature of the eXplorist is saving your position to the Points of Interest database. This

feature is accessed by pressing the MARK button. When saving your position, you can also add attributes like

a selected icon or a name for the point of interest. This will help you find this spot in the future when access-

ing it from the points of interest database.

Suppose you have set up camp for the night. Tomorrow you plan on doing some nature exploring and you want

to be able to come back to the campsite when you are done. Press the MARK button and set the name of the

point of interest to “Camp”. After your hiking is done, simply use the GOTO button and select “Camp” from

the list of My Points of Interest. It’s that simple to find your way back.

While out fishing on the lake, you come across the perfect spot for catching your limit. Next year you want to

be able to come back to this very same spot. Turn on your eXplorist and after it has computed your position,

press the MARK button to save it. This time you can enter the name “Catfish1” and save your point of interest.

Next year you can be back at the same hot spot with just a press of the GOTO button.

A simpler example, and one you can do just about any time, is finding your car in that ocean of other cars in

the shopping mall parking lot. Just park your car, step outside and let your eXplorist compute your position.

(Make sure that you have a clear view of the sky.) Using the MARK button, save this position with the name

“Car”. When you are done shopping, just go outside the mall and create a GOTO with the destination “Car”.

No matter where you parked, your eXplorist will guide you back, simply and easily.

Hikers, mountain bikers and outdoor enthusiasts often need the option of leaving a trail of breadcrumbs that

they can follow back to where they started. The eXplorist has a feature called BackTrack that enables you to

do just that.

Saving Your Position

Tracing Your Steps

Using the eXplorist 210

It was mentioned earlier that your eXplorist is constantly computing your present position and that you can

save your position by using the MARK button. Now imagine that your eXplorist automatically saved your com-

puted positions as you moved along the trail. Pretty soon there would be a set of saved positions, like bread-

crumbs, that represents the trail you have taken. This is exactly what the eXplorist does. It saves the

computed positions as hidden points of interest and strings them together to represent your travels. This is

called your Track and the hidden points of interest are your Track Log.

What your eXplorist enables you to do, is to use this Track, reverse it and navigate you along the same path you

followed to get you back to your destination.

You might drive to the ranger station and follow the trail that leads you to the waterfalls you have been wanting

to see. With your eXplorist turned on and able to compute position fixes, you continue along the trail. The

trail winds along and has many smaller trails attached to it and as the day progresses you arrive at the falls.

When it’s time to head back to your car, you access your Track Logs list and select the Active Track log. Now

press MENU, highlight BackTrack and press ENTER. Your eXplorist will now seamlessly guide you along the

path, tracing your footsteps, back to where you started.

Another nice feature of Track Logs that you may find useful, is that you are able to save the Track Logs and

recall them at any time. In the above example, when you were at the waterfall, you could save that track and

use it anytime you wanted to go back again.

Your Magellan eXplorist contains all the features you would expect from

a high-quality Magellan brand handheld navigation device as well as

many more to make your outdoor experience more enjoyable. You have

the ability to customize the navigation screens, enabling you to view the

information that is important to you. The eXplorist makes full use of the

Map screens enabling you to graphically see your position, the route you

are navigating on, the path that you have trekked (Track), as well as

points of interest icons. There is a built-in odometer so you can log the

length of your journey. User preferences enable you to set up and main-

tain your eXplorist so that it fits your needs and requirements. The

eXplorist gives you all of this and more in an easy-to-use, portable navi-

gation tool that includes built-in help files that you can access in the

great outdoors.

Additional Features

Magellan eXplorist 210 with

optional swivel mounting bracket

Starting Up

Enter the Date. Use the arrow joystick to set the date displayed to the

current date.

Arrow Joystick Up: Increases the highlighted number

Arrow Joystick Down: Decreases the highlighted number

Arrow Joystick Right: Moves the highlight one character to the right

Arrow Joystick Left: Moves the highlight one character to the left

When the month is highlighted, use the arrow joystick up or down to scroll

through the list of months.

When you have entered the correct date, press ENTER.

Accept Information. The Done button is highlighted at the bottom of the

display. Review the information you entered and if correct press ENTER.

Tip: If the time or the date is incorrect, you can fix them now. Use the

arrow joystick to highlight the time or date field that you want to fix. With

the field highlighted, press ENTER. You can now change the information

using the same technique used before.

The Satellite Status screen is displayed again and the eXplorist will try to

compute your position using the information you just provided.

Tip: If you notice that the satellite signal strength bars are still not

changing, try moving to a new location where you have a clearer view of the

sky.

As before, when the eXplorist computes the initial position, the Map screen

will be displayed with your computed position indicated by the arrow cursor

in the middle of the display.

Starting Up

Cold vs. Warm Start. When the eXplorist is turned on, one of the first things it does is to find out what

satellites are overhead, along with their relative position. It does this by using a built-in satellite almanac.

This almanac, when given the current date, time and approximate position, can provide the eXplorist with

information on what satellites are overhead and their approximate relationship to the eXplorist. Now with

information on satellite availability, the eXplorist can begin setting its internal satellite channels to receive

satellite transmission.

Cold Start. Cold start is defined as when the eXplorist does not have an approximate position to use when

referring to its almanac. This can occur when:

• The eXplorist is turned on for the first time after purchase. The memory is cleared prior to shipping so

any position that may have been in the eXplorist is set to a null value.

• If you have cleared the eXplorist's memory, (found in Preferences) all of the memory will be cleared

and the last computed position will be set to a null value.

• If you have traveled with your eXplorist with it turned off, the last position saved may be so far away

that when the eXplorist begins looking for satellites, the ones it is expecting to find, are not there. (As

a rule of thumb, any time you move for more then 500 mi [804.7 km] with the eXplorist turned off,

there is a good chance it will start up using a cold start.

A cold start should take no more then 2-3 minutes to compute the initial position fix.

Warm Start. Warm starts are when the last position calculated before the eXplorist was turned off is still in

memory and you are in the same approximate position. Most of the time the eXplorist is turned on, it will be

in its warm start mode. With a clear view of the sky, the eXplorist should compute its position in a matter of

seconds.

This concludes the initial startup procedure for the Magellan eXplorist 210. Once the Map screen is

displayed, you have successfully initialized the eXplorist and are ready to go.

Now would be a good time to familiarize yourself with the different navigation screens (using the NAV button)

and to set any preferences that may be different from the factory defaults.

Conclusion

The eXplorist has three navigation screens as well as a Satellite Status screen that can be accessed by

pressing the NAV button. Each screen provides the same information in a different format giving you the

choice of choosing the screen that best suits your needs.

Tip: The ESC button will also set through the navigation screens, just like the NAV button but in the reverse

order.

The first, and most commonly used screen is the Map screen. The Map screen displays your position, as well

as POI’s and any background map data for the area displayed.

Highlights of the Map screen:

• Use the zoom in/out buttons to change the scale.

• The arrow cursor in the middle of the display indicates your position, and if moving, points in the

direction you are heading.

• Press MARK to save your position.

•Use the Arrow joystick to move the cursor. The arrow cursor changes to a crosshair cursor with any

available information about the position of the cursor at the bottom of the display. You can also save

the position of the crosshair cursor as a POI by pressing the MARK button.

• Press ESC when you are done panning with the crosshair cursor to display your present position with

the arrow cursor.

• Press MENU and select Hide Map Info or Show Map Info to turn the information boxes at the

bottom of the screen on or off.

Accessing the Navigation Screens

Map Screen

NAV

ESC

NAV

ESC

NAV

ESC

NAV

ESC

Navigation Screens

The information displayed at the top of the screen can be customized to information important to you. You

can select from:

•Bearing

• Distance to Next (Next leg in multi-leg routes) [default]

• Distance to End

• Speed [default]

• Heading

• ETA (Estimated Time of Arrival)

• Time to Next (Next leg in multi-leg routes)

• Time to End

•Off Course

•Direction

•Elevation

•Time

•Date

• Accuracy

•Avg. Speed

• Max. Speed

To customize the map information:

1. While viewing the Compass screen, press MENU.

2. Use the Arrow joystick to highlight Customize page.

3. Press ENTER.

4. The title bar for one of the fields is highlighted. Use the Arrow joystick to

highlight the title bar for the field you want to customize.

5. Press ENTER.

6. Highlight the information you want displayed from the list.

7. Press ENTER.

8. The highlight will automatically jump to the other field. Go back to step

5 to change the information displayed for this field.

9. When the information to be displayed is chosen, press ESC to exit the

customize function.

Customizing the Information Fields

Navigation Screens

The Position screen provides detailed position information in a text format that is familiar to seasoned

navigators.

Highlights of the Position screen:

• Position is displayed in textual format using the coordinate system selected. (See Setting Coordinate

System for information on how to select the coordinate system.)

• Elevation information is displayed. (Accurate when four or more satellites are being used to compute

the position.)

• Computed accuracy of the position computed is displayed. WAAS is also displayed in the Accuracy

field when the eXplorist is using WAAS information to increase the accuracy of the position fix.

• Date and time are shown, automatically adjusted from time information supplied from the atomic

clocks in the GPS satellites.

• A resettable trip odometer to keep track of the distance you’ve travelled.

• A graphical battery indicator provides you with information on the current condition of the AA batteries

in the eXplorist.

Position Screen

Position Screen Overview

Coordinates

of present position

Elevation

of present position

Accuracy of

position fix

Current date

and time

Trip Odometer

Battery life

indicator

Navigation Screens

Whenever you begin a trip that you want to record how far you have travelled, you will want to reset the trip

odometer to zero.

To reset the trip odometer:

1. While viewing the Position screen, press MENU.

2. Use the Arrow joystick to highlight Reset Trip.

3. Press ENTER.

4. Use the Arrow joystick to highlight Yes.

5. Press ENTER.

The Satellite Status screen is a handy way to visually see just how well the eXplorist is tracking and receiving

satellite signals.

Highlights of the Satellite Status screen:

• Type of position fix as well as the number of satellites being tracked is displayed. [2D Position Fix

requires three satellites; a 3D Position Fix requires four satellites or more.]

• Graphical indication of the location of the satellites, as well as their assigned number identifiers, are

shown.

Bar chart supplies information as to the signal strength for each satellite. [A yellow bar indicates that the

satellite is being tracked but has not been locked on yet, a green bar indicates that the satellite has been

locked on.

Resetting the Trip Odometer

Satellite Status Screen

Satellite Status Screen Overview

Warning page offers you

the opportunity to change

your mind.

Status of

position fix

Number of

satellites being

tracked

Current location

indicator

Satellite icon

Signal level

bar graph

Satellite

identifier

Points of Interest

All of the POI’s that you have saved as well as background map POI’s that came with your eXplorist can be

accessed using the POI database. Once the database has been accessed and the POI selected you can view or

edit the POI.

Highlights of the POI database are:

• Searching for POI’s you have saved, nearest to your position or in alphabetical order.

• Searching for POI’s that have been preloaded into the eXplorist, nearest to your position or in

alphabetical order.

• Ability to edit POI’s you have saved.

• Ability to delete POI’s you have saved.

• Function letting you view a POI (one’s you have saved or preloaded) on the map.

• Provides another means to save a preloaded POI as a user-entered POI.

• While viewing the list of POI’s, the bearing and distance from your present position is displayed at the

bottom of the screen.

When searching for a POI that you have entered, you have two options to choose from, nearest or alphabetical.

1. Press MENU.

2. Use the Arrow joystick to highlight Pts of Interest.

3. Press ENTER.

4. Use the Arrow joystick in an up/down motion to highlight My Pts of

Interest.

5. Use the Arrow joystick in a left/right motion to select Nearest or

Alphabetical.

6. Press ENTER.

If Nearest is selected, indicate if you want a list of POIs that are nearest

to your position, a city you will select, or another POI you will select from

the POI database.

7. Locate the file where the POI has been saved and press ENTER. (The

eXplorist will automatically open the default file.)

8. Highlight the POI and press ENTER.

From here you can edit, delete or view on the map the POI you have highlighted by pressing ENTER and

selected the desired function from the menu. Detailed information on these functions can be found later in

this manual.

The POI Database

Searching for a User-Entered POI

POI database set to

search for user-entered

POIs by Nearest.

Points of Interest

POI’s that you have saved can be edited to change the icon, name, elevation and message. You can also

change the location but keep in mind that this effectively is creating a new POI in a new location.

1. Press MENU.

2. Use the Arrow joystick to highlight Pts of Interest.

3. Press ENTER.

4. Use the Arrow joystick up/down to highlight My Pts of Interest.

5. Use the Arrow joystick left/right to select Nearest or Alphabetical.

6. Press ENTER.

7. Locate the file where the POI has been saved and press ENTER. (The eXplorist will automatically open

the default file.)

8. Use the Arrow joystick to highlight the POI to be edited and press ENTER.

9. Use the Arrow joystick to highlight Edit POI.

10. Press ENTER.

11. Use the Arrow joystick to highlight the field you want to change.

12. Press ENTER.

13a. If the icon field was selected: Use the Arrow joystick to select the icon

desired and press ENTER. To aid in your selection, the type of icon

selected is displayed in the information block at the top of the keypad.

13b. If the Name field was selected. Use the Arrow joystick to select the

character desired and press ENTER. If you make a mistake, highlight

Back and press ENTER. To access the lower case characters, highlight

Shift and press ENTER. To clear everything and start over, highlight

CLEAR and press ENTER. When you are satisfied with the name, highlight

OK and press ENTER.

Note: User-entered POI names can be up to 20 characters long (including

spaces).

13c. If the Message field was selected. Use the keypad displayed just as was

described in 13b to enter a message for this POI.

13d. If the Vis (Visibility) field is selected: Press ENTER. Select On or Off

and Press ENTER.

14. When the Icon, Name and Message fields are done, use the

Arrow joystick to highlight Save.

15. Press ENTER.

Editing a User-Created POI

Editing an existing POI

with the icon field

highlighted.

Points of Interest

POI’s that have been preloaded as part of the background map can be saved as a user-entered POI. This does

not delete a preloaded POI (preloaded POI’s can not be deleted) it just copies it to the My Points of

Interest portion of the database.

1. Press MENU.

2. Use the Arrow joystick to highlight Pts of Interest.

3. Press ENTER.

4. Use the Arrow joystick up/down to highlight Background Map.

5. Use the Arrow joystick left/right to select Nearest or Alphabetical.

6. Press ENTER.

7. [Only if Alphabetical selected] Use the Arrow joystick and the ENTER button to enter the first few

characters of the POI you are searching for. Highlight OK and press ENTER to continue.

8. Use the Arrow joystick to highlight the POI to be copied.

9. Press ENTER.

10. Use the Arrow joystick to highlight Save.

11. Press ENTER.

Steps 12 through 14 are optional.

12. Use the Arrow joystick to highlight the field you want to change.

13. Press ENTER.

14a. If the icon field was selected: Use the Arrow joystick to select the icon desired and press ENTER. To aid

in your selection, the type of icon selected is displayed in the information block at the top of the

keypad.

14b. If the Name field was selected. Use the Arrow joystick to select the character desired and press ENTER.

If you make a mistake, highlight Back and press ENTER. To access the lower case characters, highlight

Shift and press ENTER. To clear everything and start over, highlight CLEAR and press ENTER. When

you are satisfied with the name, highlight OK and press ENTER.

Note: User-entered POI names can be up to 20 characters long (including spaces).

14c. If the Message field was selected. Use the keypad displayed just as was described in 13b to enter a

message for this POI.

15. When the Icon, Name and Message fields are done, use the Arrow joystick to highlight Save.

16. Press ENTER.

17. Locate the file where the POI is to be saved and press ENTER.

Copying a Preloaded POI

Routes

This will create a GOTO route to a map object (city, highway, user POI, etc.) that you have indicated by moving

the crosshair cursor on the Map screen over the map object.

1. While viewing the Map screen, use the Arrow joystick causing the eXplorist to go into Cursor mode.

2. Continue using the Arrow joystick to move the crosshair cursor to the map object that you want to go to.

3. Press ENTER.

4. Use the Arrow joystick to highlight the map object that you want to use as the GOTO. (Some areas of

the map may have multiple map objects in the same location.)

5. Press ENTER.

6. Use the Arrow joystick to highlight Goto.

7. Press ENTER.

8. If a GOTO is active, you will be asked to deactivate it and create a new GOTO route. Highlight Yes and

press ENTER.

After pressing ENTER, the last viewed navigation screen will be displayed, updated as needed to provide

information about the GOTO route you have created. On the Map screen, a line will be drawn representing the

GOTO route. The Compass screen will change to display the name of the POI used as the destination in the

screen header bar and an icon representing the destination outside the compass diameter.

Multi-leg routes can be used to navigate to a final destination using multiple legs. An example would be

leaving the dock, motoring over to buoy 1, then the bait boat and finally to a fishing hot spot. This route would

go from Dock to Buoy 1,Buoy 1 to Bait, Bait to Fish.

Features of a multi-leg route:

• Multi-leg routes can be saved in memory. (Each saved route can have up to 29 legs in the route.)

• Multi-leg routes remain active even after the eXplorist has been turned off.

• Multi-leg routes can be edited, reversed, deleted or viewed on the map.

• When a multi-leg route is active, you can switch which leg will be used as the next destination point.

In the above example, you could skip going to Buoy 1 by selecting the Bait leg when the route is

active.

Creating a GOTO Route to a Map Object

Multi-Leg Routes

Routes

The eXplorist will provide you an empty list for your route and you can use the POI’s saved in the POI database

to create the route. All the tools you’d need to create the route will be described here.

Steps in creating a multi-leg route:

1. Press MENU.

2. Use the Arrow joystick to highlight Routes.

3. Press ENTER.

4. Use the Arrow joystick to highlight <New>.

5. Press ENTER.

6. Add POI is highlighted. Press ENTER.

7. The POI database is shown. Search the database for the POI you want to

use as the starting POI for the route.

8. Continue pressing ENTER with Add POI highlighted. Select the next POI

for the route from the POI database.

9. Optional: As you are creating the route you may want to edit what you

have already entered. You can insert, delete or replace a POI that is

already in the route list.

Inserting: Use the Arrow joystick to highlight the POI that you want to

insert a new leg before. Press MENU, highlight Insert POI and press

ENTER. Search the POI database for the new POI. The new POI will be

added inserting into the route you are creating.

Deleting: Use the Arrow joystick to highlight the POI you want to delete

from the route. Press MENU, highlight Delete POI and press ENTER.

Replacing: Use the Arrow joystick to highlight the POI you want to

replace. Press MENU, highlight Replace POI and press ENTER. Search

the POI database for the new POI. The POI you select will replace the

POI that was originally highlighted.

10. When you have added all of the legs to the route you are creating, use the Arrow joystick to highlight

Save Route.

11. Press ENTER.

12. Use the Arrow joystick and the ENTER button to input a name, up to ten characters, for the route.

13. Highlight OK.

14. Press ENTER

15. Locate the file you want to save the newly created route into and press ENTER.

Creating a Multi-leg Route

Create Route screen

Routes

An active route is the route you are presently navigating on. Anytime you

activate a route, it will remain the active route until you either turn it off

(deactivate) or activate a new route. GOTO’s are automatically activated when

they are created while multi-leg routes need to be activated manually.

1. Press MENU.

2. Use the Arrow joystick to highlight Routes.

3. Press ENTER.

4. Locate the file that contains the route you want to activate or deactivate.

(The eXplorist will automatically open the default file.)

5. With the file highlighted press ENTER.

6. Highlight the name of the route.

7. Press ENTER.

8. Highlight Activate Route or Deactivate Route.

9. Press ENTER.

You will be returned to the last viewed navigation screen with the route chosen

activated or deactivated.

Activating/Deactivating a Route

List of routes with route

named ‘Magellan’

active.

Routes

When a route is created it can have many different legs to the route, each leg with its own destination. If

during your travels you wanted to skip some of the legs you can select the leg that you want to proceed to next.

An example would be your planned route starts at your campsite. The first leg goes to the bridge. The second

leg goes across the bridge to the stone marker. Leg 3 leaves the stone marker and takes you to the ranger

station. To finish out the route, the final leg goes from the ranger station to the swimming area. This route

would be Camp > Bridge > Marker > Ranger > Swim. Suppose that after crossing the bridge you didn’t want

to go to the stone marker but instead go directly to the ranger station. Since the route is active (you can only

select legs from active routes), you would follow the instructions below and tell the eXplorist to set the next leg

to the ranger station. The route would be recomputed, eliminating the navigation instructions to go to the

stone marker.

1. Press MENU.

2. Use the Arrow joystick to highlight Routes.

3. Press ENTER.

4. Locate the file that contains the route you want to activate or deactivate.

(The eXplorist will automatically open the default file.)

5. With the file highlighted press ENTER.

6. Highlight the name of the route. (Activated routes will be bolded in the

list.)

7. Press ENTER.

8. Highlight Select Leg.

9. Press ENTER.

10. Use the Arrow joystick to highlight the next destination POI from the

route list that you want to go to. In the example to the right, that would

be Ranger.

11. Press ENTER.

12. Confirm that you want to do this by using the Arrow joystick to highlight

Yes.

13. Press ENTER.

14. Press NAV to return to the last viewed navigation screen.

Changing the Destination Leg of an Active Route

Route leg list with

‘Ranger’ selected. Note

that ‘Marker’ is bold as it

is the current active leg.

Routes

Viewing the route on the map gives you a way of graphically seeing the legs of the route as they appear on the

map.

1. Press MENU.

2. Use the Arrow joystick to highlight Routes.

3. Press ENTER.

4. Locate the file that contains the route. Locate the file that contains the route you want to copy.

5. Press ENTER.

6. Highlight the name of the route.

7. Press ENTER.

8. Use the Arrow joystick to highlight View on Map.

9. Press ENTER.

The route is displayed with the map scaled to display the entire route. You can use the Zoom In and

Zoom Out buttons to change the scale, and the Arrow joystick to move around the map.

10. When you are done viewing the route, press ESC to return to the Route List screen.

Viewing a Route on the Map

Advanced Features

Using the personal computer, you have complete access to moving, renaming, modifying, or deleting any of

the saved files. Special care should be taken whenever working with saved files as unwanted results may

occur. It is advised that you backup any files that you plan on editing in case something unexpected happens.

When you first turn the eXplorist on while connected with the USB cable it is automatically in the File Transfer

mode using the internal memory of the eXplorist.

1. Follow the previous instructions to connect the eXplorist to your personal computer.

2. If the USB File Transfer screen is not being displayed, follow the above instructions to select the File

Transfer mode.

3. Left-click the “My Computer” icon found on the desktop. From the drop-down menu, select Explore.

4. Find the new drive in the left-hand list of folders. It will be called “Removable Disk (X:) with “X:”

being the assigned drive letter.

5. Using normal window commands, you can copy, rename, move, and delete any of the files.

6. You can also view and modify the files using any text editor. If you modify the files, you need to save

them as text only files. The following is a sample of a POI file being modified using WordPad.

Working with Files on the Personal Computer

Preferences

The eXplorist comes with a basemap already installed but you may use MapSend Worldwide software

(purchased separately) to define your own basemap. You can use Active Setup to select the background map

you want to use if you have stored a new one.

Also, you can use one of the other MapSend software packages to define and save detailed maps to your

eXplorist. These detailed maps can provide more detailed street information, additional POIs, and if using on

of the MapSend topographic software packages, topo details. You can use Active Setup to select the detail

map you want to use if you have one saved.

1. Press MENU.

2. Use the Arrow joystick to highlight Preferences.

3. Press ENTER.

4. Use the Arrow joystick to highlight Active Setup.

5. Press ENTER.

6. Use the Arrow joystick to highlight the Background Maps or Detail Maps field.

7. Press ENTER.

8. Use the Arrow joystick to highlight the desired map.

Note: If you select Detail Map, you have the option of Select Map or Detail Map Off. If you want to not

use or do not have a detail map saved, select Detail Map Off and press ENTER.

9. Press ENTER.

In the Map Units option of Preferences you can select which units of measure for navigation data, the north

reference, the coordinate system and the map datum that will be used by the eXplorist.

The eXplorist can be set to display navigation data in Miles/Yd/MPH, Miles/Ft/MPH, NM/Ft/Knots, NM/M/

Knots or KM/KPH.

1. Press MENU.

2. Use the Arrow joystick to highlight Preferences.

3. Press ENTER.

4. Use the Arrow joystick to highlight Map Units.

5. Press ENTER.

6. Use the Arrow joystick to highlight the data field for Nav Units.

7. Press ENTER.

8. Use the Arrow joystick to highlight the desired navigational units of

measure.

9. Press ENTER.

The Map Units screen is displayed with the new Nav Units shown. You can change other settings or press ESC

to return to the Preferences menu.

Selecting the Background or Detail Map

Setting the Map Units

Selecting Navigational Units of Measure

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