Global Positioning System - Cobra GPS 500 Operating Instructions Manual

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You've made a smart choice by purchasing the GPS 500
Global Positioning System receiver from Cobra
give you access to the most advanced satellite navigation
technology available, your GPS 500 offers you these
sophisticated features and capabilities:
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Features:
• Cobra EXCLUSIVE 18-channel technology gives you
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. Designed to the quickest acquisition time of any handheld recreational
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GPS receiver available
• Locks on to signals from satellites. Delivers accurate
positioning within as little as 3 meters
• Displays the route to your destination and your progress
along that route
• Indicates direction of travel to your destination with a
compass pointer
• Displays current position, altitude, bearing, time of day, current
speed of travel, average speed throughout your trip and
estimated time of arrival at your destination
• Stores up to 500 navigational waypoints
• Lets you program and store up to 20 different
navigational routes, using up to 50 points in each route
• With optional accessories, can interface and share data
with computer mapping software
• Allows you to navigate to cities already programmed into
the unit's memory, or to points of interest you can load
from a computer
• Automatically tracks your travel, and shows you how to return
along the same track (up to 10 separate tracks can be stored)
• Easy-to-use joystick simplifies operation
• Up to 100 map datums to choose from
• Display screen can be backlit for maximum visibility
• Is waterproof to IXP7 (submerged 1 meter for 30 minutes)
standards and can operate in temperatures from 5˚F to 158˚F
(-15˚C to 70˚C)
• With optional computer software and interface cable, you
can connect to any PC to transfer data and take
advantage of powerful mapping functions
• Already programmed with continental U.S. state,
Canadian provincial and European country boundaries