Cobra GPS 500 Operating Instructions Manual page 29

2.5
S Y S T E M PA G E
Advanced Screen
System Select Data
Page Fields
First Data WAAS
Field Blinks On/Off
Set Compass Map Datum
Settings
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Using the Advanced Screen
From the Advanced screen, you can change the advanced operational
parameters used by your GPS 500.
To change advanced parameters:
1. From the System page , push the JOYSTICK up or down to highlight
and select ADVANCED by pressing the ENTER button. A menu of advanced
parameters appears. SELECT will be highlighted .
2. Press the ENTER button and the title of the first data field will begin to
blink . Highlight field you wish to change (highlighted field will blink).
3. Choose from the following. (You only need to select the settings you
want to change.)
• WAAS
To turn the unit's WAAS receiver on or off, highlight WAAS
is WAAS," page 57.) Press the ENTER button to bring up the menu.
Select ON or OFF .
• Compass
To change the method of indicating direction used by the compass,
highlight COMPASS . Press the ENTER button to bring up the menu.
Select CARDINAL (standard N-S-E-W), DEGREES ( < 0°-360°) or
MILS (0000-6400) .
• Map Datum
To change the datum used by your unit when comparing information
with a paper map or other navigational reference, highlight
MAP DATUM (see "What is a Map Datum?," page 57, for details).
Press the ENTER button to bring up the menu. Select the map datum
that matches the item you are comparing .
NOTE: Most widely used datum is WGS 84
• Position Format
To change the format the device uses to display location coordinates,
highlight POSITION FORMAT
menu select from the following: hddd.ddddd° (degrees, decimal
degrees), hddd°mm.mm (degrees, minutes, decimal minutes),
hddd°mm'ss.s (degrees, minutes, seconds, decimal seconds), British
Grid, Dutch Grid, Finnish KK127 Grid, German Grid, Irish Grid,
Maidenhead, MGRS (Military Grid Reference System), New Zealand,
Qatar Grid, Swedish Grid, Swiss Grid, Taiwan Grid, User Defined Grid,
UTM/UPS (Universal Transfer Mercator/Universal Polar Stereograph),
W Malaysian R .
• North Reference
To change the unit's method of orientation to the earth's magnetic field,
(see "What
highlight NORTH REFERENCE
page 57). Press the ENTER button to bring up the menu. Select TRUE for
true north, MAGNETIC for magnetic north or GRID for grid north
• About
Highlight and select ABOUT
unit's serial number, the version of the operating software used by
your unit, and applicable patent numbers
return to the Advanced Screen.
4. To save the changes made, highlight and select SAVE. To exit this
function without saving changes, press the PAGE button
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S Y S T E M PA G E
Advanced Screen
Location
Coordinates
. Press the ENTER button to bring up the
System
Information
(see "About North Reference,"
.
to display system information: your
. Press ENTER button to
.
2.5
Set
Orientation
Return to
System Page
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