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Eagle View Installation And Operation Instructions Manual

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  • Page 1 Eagle View INSTALLATION AND OPERATION INSTRUCTIONS ®...
  • Page 2 For more information, consult the factory customer service depart- ment. All features and specifications subject to change without notice. Eagle Electronics may find it necessary to change or end our policies, regulations, and special offers at any time. We reserve the right to do so without notice.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    SELECT WAYPOINTS FOR ROUTE ... 31 FINISHING THE ROUTE ... 32 DELETE A WAYPOINT FROM ROUTE ... 32 VIEW WAYPOINT DETAIL ... 32 FOLLOW A ROUTE ... 32 SKIP A WAYPOINT IN A ROUTE ... 34 DELETE A ROUTE ... 34...
  • Page 4 SERIAL COMMUNICATION SETUP ... 42 RESET OPTIONS ... 42 RESET GROUPS ... 43 SYSTEM INFO ... 43 GPS SETUP ... 43 EXECUTE GPS COLD START ... 43 DATUM ... 44 PCF ... 45 POSITION PINNING ... 46 ALARMS ... 46 MESSAGES ...

  • Page 5: Introduction

    In other words, the signals don’t bounce around like your local radio or television. If you don’t have a clear view of the sky, or if you’re inside a metal boat dock or garage, the unit probably won’t be able to pick up the signals from the satellites.

  • Page 6: Installation

    INSTALLATION INSTALLATION - Bracket You can install the Eagle View on the top of a dash or from an overhead with the supplied bracket. It can also be installed in the dash with an optional IDA-3 mounting kit. A swivel bracket is included that converts the Eagle View's gimbal bracket to a swivel mount.
  • Page 7 Attach the Eagle View to the gimbal bracket using the supplied gimbal knobs and washers as shown below. Eagle View Gimbal Bracket Washer Gimbal Knob...

  • Page 8: Power Cable

    POWER The Eagle View will operate from a 12-volt DC system. (9 to 15 volts DC.) You can connect the power cable to an accessory buss under the dash, however, to keep electrical noise interference to a minimum, we recom- mend you wire the power cable directly to the battery through the sup- plied 2-amp fuse.

  • Page 9: Antenna

    The Eagle View’s antenna can be easily installed on any flat surface that is at least 90 mm (3 1/2”) wide. Make certain that a clear view of the sky is available at the selected location. Since the GPS signals travel “line-of- sight”, nearly anything blocking the antenna can potentially obstruct the...

  • Page 10: Magnet Mount

    Now attach the antenna to the mounting surface, using 4mm screws and the supplied lock washers. Route the cable to the Eagle View and the antenna installa- tion is finished.

  • Page 11: Keyboard

    To select different features, or to modify functions, press the MENU key. The Z-IN and Z-OUT keys zoom-in and zoom-out your view on the plotter screen. The ENT and EXIT keys let you enter or erase selections. The PWR key turns the Eagle View on and off.

  • Page 12: Operation

    Finding Your Position Cold Start When the Eagle View is turned on for the very first time, it doesn’t know where it is, nor what the local time or date is. If you tell it your position, time, and date, the unit will take much less time to lock-on to the satellites and give you a fix or position.

  • Page 13: Initialization

    The next time you use the unit, it should take much less time to lock on. To use your Eagle View, first make certain you have a clear view of the sky, free from any obstructions such as trees, carport, or a covered boat dock.
  • Page 14 This is the GPS initialization screen. The position, altitude, time, and date the Eagle View is currently using to find the satellites is shown at the bottom of this screen. Changing these values to your local position and time will speed the po- sition lock.

  • Page 15: Position/Navigation Displays

    Once the Eagle View finds and locks on to three satellites, it stops flash- ing the numbers on the display. (Note: Altitude will still flash until the unit locks on to the fourth satellite.

  • Page 16: Navigation Screens

    Navigation Screens There are two navigation screens. Nav screen number one shows a graphi- cal view of your trip, the other screen shows all navigation details in large digital numbers. You can customize the navigation screens to show differ- ent data than the ones chosen by Eagle. See the “Customize Screen”...
  • Page 17 348°. The line extending behind the ar- row in the center shows your track his- tory, or path you’ve travelled. Your speed over ground or Ground Speed (GS) shows in the digital box to the right of the circle. The screen looks like this when you’re not navigating to a waypoint.

  • Page 18: Plotter Screens

    (VMG), and cross track error (XTK). Plotter The plotter lets you see your course and track from a “birds-eye” view. If you’ve recalled a waypoint, the plotter show your staring location, present position, and destination. However, you don’t have to recall a waypoint to use the plotter.

  • Page 19: Plotter Cursor

    This lets you view different areas of the plotter, away from your present position. When it’s turned on, the zoom-in and zoom-out keys work from the cursor’s position - not the present position, so you can zoom in on any detail, anywhere while navigating.

  • Page 20: Trail Record

    Plotter Orientation Normally, the Eagle View shows the plotter with north always at the top of the screen. This is the way most maps and charts are printed on paper. This is fine if you’re always travelling due north. Waypoints you see to your left corresponds to the left side of the plotter, to your right is shown on the right side of the plotter, and so on.

  • Page 21: Plotter Update Rate

    In the track-up view at right, the present position moves straight towards the top of the display. As you can see, the an- chor icon is now shown in its proper ori- entation - to our right. A "N" shows to help you see which direction is north when the track-up mode is on.

  • Page 22: Grid Lines

    The grid lines appear as vertical and horizontal dashed lines. ICONS The Eagle View has fifteen symbols or “icons” available. These icons can be placed anywhere on the plotter screens. These can be used to mark fishing spots, boat ramps, rest stops, or whatever. You can place an icon at your present position, or at the cursor location.

  • Page 23: Erase Icons

    press the ENT key. The plotter screen re- appears with the icon at the cursor's lo- cation. Press the EXIT key to erase the cursor. On the screen shown at right, the large fish icon was selected and placed at the cursor location. Erase Icons To erase an icon from the screen, first press the MENU key, then select the...

  • Page 24: Windows

    “GROUP A” label as shown below. Group “A” is visible in the background when you switch to the windows groups. To view each group, simply press the right or left arrow key while the mode menu is showing. Each group shows in the background as you press the arrow keys.

  • Page 25: Course Deviation Indicator (Cdi)

    “ALARMS/CDI” menu. Using the CDI with a map helps you vi- sualize your position in relation to the course. The CDI is on several of the Eagle View’s windows and can be programmed to show on any window group.

  • Page 26: Clock

    Note: The Eagle View must be on in order for the alarms to work. In other words, if you set the alarm to go off at 7:00 a.m., then the Eagle View will have to be on at 7:00 a.m., also.

  • Page 27: Timers

    Timers The Eagle View has two timers built in. One is a countdown timer and the other is a count-up timer. The countdown timer counts down from the time you put in to zero. The count-up timer starts at zero and counts up to the time you entered.

  • Page 28: Waypoints

    NAV screens. WAYPOINTS The Eagle View gives you the capability of creating your own database of locations, called “waypoints”.. You can save your present position, cursor position, or enter a latitude/longitude and save it as a waypoint. The Eagle View can store up to 250 waypoints.

  • Page 29: Saving Cursor Position

    Saving The Cursor Position as a Waypoint When the cursor is showing on the plotter and you press the WPT key twice, the Eagle View puts the cursor’s position into the first available waypoint number. A message appears on the display telling you the way- point number it just used.

  • Page 30: Edit Waypoint Lat/Lon

    Remember, the method of saving your present position and the cursor’s position is identical. Edit Lat/Lon The Eagle View lets you enter any lati- tude/longitude using the keyboard and save it under any waypoint number, from 1 to 250. You can also change any waypoint’s position using this method.

  • Page 31: Edit Waypoint Name

    Edit Name The Eagle View also lets you assign a name to each waypoint. The name can have up to eight characters. To name a waypoint, first select the waypoint num- ber that you wish to name.

  • Page 32: Distance Between Wayponts

    2 to waypoint number 10 deposits the name “WPT 2” in waypoint 10’s name field. DISTANCE BETWEEN WAYPOINTS The Eagle View can easily give you the distance between two user waypoints. To do this, first press the WPT key, high- light the “Wpt Options”...

  • Page 33: Waypoint Options

    WAYPOINT OPTIONS You can customize the look of the waypoints on the plotter, or even turn them off. To do this, first press the MENU key, then highlight the “WPT/Icon Opts” label. Press the right arrow key. The screen shown at right appears. To keep the waypoints from showing on the plotter, simply press the right arrow key when the “Waypoints”...

  • Page 34: Routes

    ROUTES You can connect several user waypoints together to form a route. When you recall the route, the Eagle View will show you navigation information to the first waypoint in the route, then when you reach that waypoint, it switches to the next waypoint, and so on until you reach the last waypoint in the route.

  • Page 35: Select Waypoints For Route

    This menu lets you go to the waypoint selection menu, delete a waypoint from the route, or see details about any way- point in the route. Since we want to add a waypoint to the route, press the right arrow key on the “Insert From WPTS” label.

  • Page 36: Finishing The Route

    (Note: This doesn’t delete the waypoint from the database, it only removes it from the route.) Waypoint Detail To view the position, bearing, distance, and other information about a waypoint saved in a route, first select the route from the “Route Planning” or “Run Route” menus, then highlight the desired waypoint from the route’s list.
  • Page 37 When you enter the radius set by the arrival alarm, the Eagle View automatically switches to the next waypoint on the list, showing navi- gation data to that waypoint, and so on until the last waypoint on the route list has been reached.

  • Page 38: Skip A Waypoint In A Route

    Skip Waypoint The Eagle View lets you skip a waypoint in a route without stopping the route. To do this, first press the MENU key, then highlight the “Routes” menu and press the right arrow key, then highlight the “Skip WPT” label and press the right ar- row key.

  • Page 39: Navigation

    NAVIGATION Navigate To a Waypoint The Eagle View makes it easy to navi- gate to any waypoint. First, press the WPT key, then press the right or left ar- row keys until the desired waypoint ap- pears. Now highlight the “Go To WPT#”...

  • Page 40: Navigating To A Waypoint Using The Plotter

    CANCEL NAVIGATION The Eagle View continues to navigate to a recalled waypoint, the last waypoint in a route, or the cursor posi- tion until you stop it.

  • Page 41: System Setup

    Press the EXIT key to erase this screen. Units of Measure The Eagle View can show its data in many different formats. For example, distance can be displayed in statute miles (MI), nautical miles (NM), or kilometers (KM).

  • Page 42: Position Format

    Measure menu, (shown above) then press the right arrow key. A screen simi- lar to the one at right appears. The Eagle View can show the position in degrees, minutes, and thousandths of a minute (36 28.700') or degrees, min- utes, seconds, and tenths of a second (36 28' 40.9".

  • Page 43: Nmea/Dgps

    NMEA / DGPS The Eagle View transmits data through the data port in the back of the unit using NMEA 0183 format, version 1.5 or 2.0. This data is used by other electronic devices such as marine autopilots for position and steer- ing information.

  • Page 44: Nmea Output

    All wiring connections to the Eagle View are made to it’s power cable. See the sample wiring diagrams on the next page for general wiring proce- dures. Read your other product’s owner’s manual for more wiring informa- tion. Once the cables are wired, turn the...
  • Page 45 TO EAGLE VIEW EAGLE VIEW’S WIRES WHITE WIRE RED WIRE TO +12V BLACK WIRE GROUND WIRES OTHER DEVICE’S WIRES OTHER DEVICE’S RECEIVE DATA WIRE TO EAGLE VIEW EAGLE VIEW’S GREEN WIRE WIRES WHITE WIRE RED WIRE TO +12V BLACK WIRE...

  • Page 46: Serial Communication Setup

    These menus select the beacon receiver’s frequency and bit rate (in bits per second). If you are using a Starlink receiver, turning the auto mode on causes the Eagle View to auto-detect the frequency and bit rate. To change one of these settings, simply highlight the menu item you wish to change, then press the right or left arrow key until the desired number appears.

  • Page 47: Reset Groups

    Execute GPS Cold Start When the Eagle View is turned on for the first time “out of the box”, it automatically sends a “cold-start” message to the GPS receiver. You can also send a cold start message to the receiver at any time.

  • Page 48: Datum

    All datums are named. The GPS system is based on the WGS-84 datum, which covers the entire world. Other datums may also cover the entire world, or just a small portion. By default, the Eagle View shows your posi- tion on the map using the WGS-84 datum. However, it can show your position using one of 189 different da- tums.

  • Page 49: Pcf

    .047 minutes north latitude. Using the PCF feature, you can make the Eagle View match the chart you’re using. If you move, the unit will continuously add the change to all posi- tion, navigation, and mapping displays.

  • Page 50: Position Pinning

    “wandering” plot trail seen when you’re stopped with position pinning turned off. This also affects the navigational displays. The easiest way to see the effects of S/A is to stand still with the Eagle View turned on and watch your plot trail with position pinning turned off.

  • Page 51: Messages

    Arrival Alarm - If you set the arrival alarm’s distance to zero (0), and you run a route (see the routes section), the Eagle View may not show navi- gation data to the next waypoint, once you arrive at the first one. If you use the routes feature, never set the arrival alarm to zero.

  • Page 52: Simulator

    SIMULATOR A simulator is built into the Eagle View that has several options. You can use nearly all of the unit’s features - even save and recall waypoints. This is useful for trip planning. To use the simulator, press the MENU key, then press the up or down arrow keys until the “Simulator Setup”...

  • Page 53: Definition Of Terms/Abbreviations

    to increase or decrease the speed. Use the right and left arrow keys to change the track. Press the EXIT key to erase these menus. When you’re finished changing the track and speed, press the EXIT key to erase the menus. To turn the simulator off, press the MENU key, then move the black box to the “Simulator Setup”...

  • Page 54: Window Groups

    WINDOWS The following is a listing of windows groups A through O. GROUP “A” GROUP “C” GROUP “E” GROUP “G” GROUP “B” GROUP “D” GROUP “F” GROUP “H”...
  • Page 55 GROUP “I” GROUP “K” GROUP “M” GROUP “O” GROUP “J” GROUP “L” GROUP “N”...

  • Page 56: Ups Return Service

    There are six easy steps: 1. Call Eagle at the toll-free number on the back of this manual for a Return Authorization (RA) number and instructions about what acces- sories to return. Do not return a product to the factory without a Return Authorization (RA) Number! 2.

  • Page 57: Accessory Ordering Information

    2) LEI Extras, Inc. P.O. Box 129 Catoosa, OK 74015-0129 or call 800-324-0045 (USA orders only.) Eagle Electronics may find it necessary to change or end our shipping policies, regulations, and special offers at any time. We reserve the right to do so without notice.

  • Page 58: Warranty Statement

    EAGLE ELECTRONICS FULL ONE-YEAR WARRANTY “We", “our”, or “us” refers to EAGLE ELECTRONICS, a division of LEI, the manufacturer of this product. “You” or “your” refers to the first person who purchases this product as a consumer item for personal, family, or household use.

  • Page 59: Antenna Module Template

    ANTENNA MODULE TEMPLATE 4.75MM (3/16”) 4 PLACES 25MM (1”) (If Necessary)
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  • Page 61: How To Obtain Service - International

    (Canadian Customers Only) We back your investment in quality products with quick, expert service and genuine Eagle replacement parts. If you need service or repairs, contact the Eagle Factory Customer Service Department at the toll-free number listed below. A technician may be able to solve the problem and save you the inconvenience of returning your unit.

  • Page 62: How To Obtain Service - U.s.a. Only

    Your unit is covered by a full one-year warranty. (See page 54 inside this manual for complete warranty details.) If your unit fails and the failure is not covered by the original warranty, Eagle has a flat-rate repair policy that covers your unit and accessories packed with the unit at the factory.

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