Using The Gps Facilities (8); Display Your Current Position (8-1); Way Point Manager (8-2) - Hughes HNS-7100 User Manual



Using the GPS facilities (8)

The GPS system can display information re-
lating to the latitude, longitude, altitude,
UTC (Universal Time Coordinated, previously
'Greenwich Time') time and date.
While you are using the location track fea-
ture, you still can make and receive calls (see
page 51).

Display your current position (8-1)

You can display the latitude, longitude, alti-
tude, date and time of your current position,
save it under a way point name or send it as
an SMS message. The 'Z' after the time
stamp indicates UTC.
To display data of your current position:
Menu > GPS Manager > Current
Select
Position
After a while (this may last up to
several minutes), the current lati-
tude and longitude data is dis-
played
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Press to display altitude data and
time/date
>
Press to display latitude and
longitude data again
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Send position as SMS
Options
Press
Send as SMS
Select
The SMS editor (see page 23) with
the current GPS data is displayed

Way point manager (8-2)

The way point manager shows the list with
your saved way points (up to 10). You can
display the data of a way point, edit and de-
lete the way points, send them as SMS. Or
you may send them via a data cable to the
V.24/V.28 interface of a PC in order to track
your way manually.
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While using all other GPS facilities, you can
only receive calls. In all cases the GPS fea-
tures are suspended during calls.
Note:
To use the GPS facilities successfully, the mo-
bile phone must have a good view of the
open sky.
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Save position as way point
The GPS data are displayed in units of de-
grees, minutes and seconds; you can save
the position by assigning it for instance to
the name of the place.
Options
Press
The way point list is displayed
Select a storage location
If a location is selected where
another way point is already
stored, it will be overwritten with-
out warning.
The GPS editor is displayed
Enter a name to designate the position
Save
Press
Saved way points can be referred to by the
Way Points
menu item
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See details of a way point
Menu > GPS Manager > Way Points
Select
Your way point list is displayed
Scroll to the desired way point
Options
Press
Details
Select
Latitude, longitude and altitude of
the way point are displayed
.