Care For Your Active 12; Safety & Care Tips; Battery Charging; Spare Batteries - satmap active12 User Manual

2.

Care for your Active 12

2.1 Safety & Care Tips:
The Active 12 is purpose-built for the great outdoors,
offering a long battery life in a weatherproof and
shockproof casing. Although the unit has been built
to be rugged and reliable, you should remember that
this is a complex electronic device requiring specific
care and maintenance.
These tips are intended to provide you with sugges-
tions on getting the most from your Active 12, ensur-
ing you have many years of accurate and reliable
GPS and digital map use.
2.2

Battery Charging

When using the Lithium Polymer battery option
supplied by Satmap, it is extremely important that
you only use Satmap products to charge the battery
(i.e. Satmap Wall Charger, Car Charger, etc.) Failure
to do so is potentially dangerous, may damage the
Active 12, or result in partial or complete loss of
warranty.
2.3

Spare Batteries

We recommend that you always carry a set of new
/ spare batteries, and keep them in a watertight
wrapping. Although the Active 12 will give you many
hours of use, it can be difficult to keep track of the
length of time you have been using the batteries, so
it is always good to have a back up.
2.4

Acquiring a Lock / GPS Accuracy

To acquire a satellite lock, the Active 12 should be
under open skies, immobile and held upright. When
a lock has been acquired, the top left signal icon will
change from a red 'x' to green or blue crescents,
depending on the signal. (Satellite lock times vary).
It is important to remember that the accuracy of any
GPS is variable. The GPS system uses triangulation
on a constellation of satellites circling the earth to
determine a position on the ground. There are a
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number of factors which can reduce the accuracy
of this position information, including poor weather,
a limited view of the sky (e.g. in a building, urban/
natural canyons, under a thick tree canopy, etc),
metallized glass (such as a car windshield), etc.
You may also notice a variable performance from
one day to the next. This is due to the fact that the
position of the satellites relative to the ground can
change, resulting is a different triangulation value.
Understanding this variability in the accuracy is
important when enjoying outdoor sports in the
proximity of dangerous features (e.g. cliffs, marsh,
rivers, lakes, etc.) as users must still apply safe
practice, be aware of the weather conditions and
their own abilities in order to avoid unnecessary
risks and dangers.
2.5

Spare Mapping

Although the Active 12 has been designed for use in
the great outdoors, carrying a paper map of the area
and a compass is always considered good practice.
2.6

Understanding Your Map

Although the Active 12 gives your exact position on a
map, it is important that you understand the symbols
and notations on the map. If you are unsure about
these, you can download them from our website:
www.satmap.com
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