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Garmin GPS 152H Owner's Manual

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  • Page 1 GPS 152H owner’s manual...
  • Page 2 All rights reserved. Except as expressly provided herein, no part of this manual may be reproduced, copied, transmitted, disseminated, downloaded or stored in any storage medium, for any purpose without the express prior written consent of Garmin. Garmin hereby grants permission to download a single copy of this manual onto a hard drive...

  • Page 3: Tips And Shortcuts

    Contact Garmin Product Support if you have any questions while using your unit. In the USA, go to www.garmin.com/support, or contact Garmin USA by phone at (913) 397.8200 or (800) 800.1020. In the UK, contact Garmin (Europe) Ltd. by phone at 0808 2380000. In Europe, go to Support (Europe) Ltd.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Appendix ...20 Specifications ... Alarms and Messages ... Using Simulator Mode ... Viewing System Information ... Restoring the Original Factory Settings ... NMEA 0183 ... Caring for the Unit ... Software License Agreement ... Index ...25 GPS 152H Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 5: Getting Started

    Page Menu Power/ Backlght NAV/MOB Rocker GPS 152H Owner’s Manual Using the Keypad Power/Backlight—Press and hold to turn the unit on or off; press and release to adjust the backlight and day and night modes. Internal Antenna Rocker—Press up, down, left, or right to move through menus, highlight fields, and enter data.

  • Page 6: Turning The Unit On Or Off

    To turn off the unit, press and hold the Acquiring GPS Satellite Signals When you turn on the GPS 152H, it must collect satellite data and establish the current location. When the unit acquires satellite signals, the signal strength bars momentarily appear on the Satellites page.

  • Page 7: Navigation

    Map Page Compass Page Active Route Page Creating Waypoints Waypoints are locations you record and store in the GPS 152H. You can store up to 3,000 waypoints with a user-defined symbol, name, and depth for each waypoint. GPS 152H Owner’s Manual Marking Your Present Location as a Waypoint: 1.

  • Page 8: Deleting A Waypoint

    Waypoint, and repeat steps 5 through 8. To delete all proximity alarms: 1. From any Main page, press 2. Highlight Wpt. 3. Highlight Proximity. 4. Press Menu, and select Menu twice. page 2 to change the Menu twice. Clear All > OK. GPS 152H Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 9: Navigating To A Destination

    Point. Use the Map page, the Compass page, the Highway page, or the Numbers page to navigate to your destination. GPS 152H Owner’s Manual Map page—shows your location ( ), your destination (when zoomed out far enough), a course line indicating the shortest path to your destination, and any saved waypoints within the scale of your map.

  • Page 10: Creating, Navigating, And Editing Routes

    Creating a Route from a List of Waypoints 1. From any Main page, press 2. Highlight Rte, and press Menu. 3. Select Route. Numbers page Menu and select Numbers. page NAV/MOB and select Stop Navigation. Menu twice. GPS 152H Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 11: Editing A Route

    7. Press Menu, and select Stop Editing 8. Optionally, edit text as described on page 2 9. Press Quit to save the route. GPS 152H Owner’s Manual To begin navigating a saved route: 1. Press NAV/MOB. list or the Nearest list. 2. Select 3.

  • Page 12: Using Tracks

    Fill—record a track log until the track memory is full. • Wrap—continuously records a track log, replacing the oldest track data with new data. Menu twice. Delete Route. Menu twice. Delete All. page Menu twice. > Active. Record Mode. GPS 152H Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 13: Deleting A Saved Track

    > Saved. 3. Highlight the track you want to delete, and press Menu. 4. Select Delete Track. GPS 152H Owner’s Manual Deleting All Saved Tracks 1. From any Main page, press 2. Highlight 3. Press Menu. you want to save.

  • Page 14: Settings

    To change data fields: 1. From any Main page (except the Active Route page), press Menu. 2. Select Change Data highlighted. Compass Highway Active Page Page Page Route Page Fields. One of the field names is GPS 152H Owner’s Manual Numbers Page...

  • Page 15: Using The Settings Menu

    3. Move the pointer to the point to which you want to measure. The bearing, the distance, and the grid coordinates are displayed along the top of the screen. Start Simulator—turns the GPS receiver off for use indoors or for practice using the chartplotter Hide Tracks—shows or hides tracks Create on Map—creates a route as described on...
  • Page 16 Daylight Savings Time—select Off, On, or Auto. The auto setting automatically turns daylight saving time on or off, depending on the time of year. • Current Time and Date—manually set the time and date. Menu twice Menu twice and GPS 152H Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 17 From any Main page, press From any of the subheadings within the Map tab, select to view the Map page while you are configuring the map. GPS 152H Owner’s Manual To restore map defaults: 1. From any Main page, press 2.
  • Page 18 • Map Datum—changes the coordinate system in which the map is structured. Do not change the map datum unless you are using a map or chart that specifies a different map datum. GPS 152H Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 19 Garmin DGPS beacon receiver. When Garmin DGPS is selected, additional fields are provided to control a differential beacon receiver directly from your GPS 152H. You can set the unit to automatically scan for the DGPS beacon signal or you can enter the beacon frequency and bit rate.

  • Page 20: Using The Alarms Tab

    Shallow Wtr—sets an alarm to sound when the depth is less than the specified value. • Deep Water—sets an alarm to sound when the depth is greater than the specified value. Menu twice and highlight Alrm. Time to set whether the arrival alarm GPS 152H Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 21: Using The Celestial Tab

    AutoLocate —The receiver does not know your previous ® location. This process can take up to five minutes. GPS 152H Owner’s Manual • Acquiring Satellites—The receiver is looking for, and collecting, data from satellites visible at the last known or initialized position, but has not collected enough data to calculate a fix.
  • Page 22 When your unit is turned on, it starts the search for your location based on where you were when it was turned off. AutoLocate is used by the GPS 152H to find your location when the unit does not know your previous location.
  • Page 23 2. Press Menu, and select Modify Station 3. Select the Date field and enter text as described on GPS 152H Owner’s Manual To select the tide station nearest your location: 1. From any Main page, press 2. Press Menu, and select nearest tide station appears along the top of the screen.

  • Page 24: Appendix

    WAAS Accuracy: Position: <10 ft. (3 m), 95% typical Velocity: 0.164 ft./sec (0.05 m/sec) steady state Dynamics: 6 g Power Power Source: 10–40 Vdc Usage: 5 W max at 10 Vdc Fuse: AGC/3AG - 1.5 A GPS 152H Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 25: Alarms And Messages

    Basemap Failed Unit Needs Repair—contact your dealer or Garmin Product Support. Database Error—contact your dealer or Garmin Product Support. Lost Satellite Reception—the unit has lost satellite signals. Check antenna connections or try moving to a location with a clear view of the sky.
  • Page 26 Waypoint Memory Is Full Can’t Create Waypoint—you have used all 3000 waypoints available. Delete unwanted waypoints to make space for new entries. Waypoint Memory Full—you have saved the maximum number of waypoints. Delete unwanted waypoints to make space for new entries. GPS 152H Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 27: Using Simulator Mode

    Viewing System Information You can view the software version and the unit ID number for your chartplotter. You may need this information to update the system software or when speaking with a Garmin Product Support Representative. GPS 152H Owner’s Manual 1.

  • Page 28: Caring For The Unit

    CONDITIONS OF THE FOLLOWING SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT. PLEASE READ THIS AGREEMENT CAREFULLY. Garmin grants you a limited license to use the software embedded in this device (the “Software”) in binary executable form in the normal operation of the product. Title, ownership rights, and intellectual property rights in and to the Software remain in Garmin.

  • Page 29: Index

    & alt adjusting basic trackplotter edit existing waypoint bearing line enable all pages beeper Enter key big numbers GPS 152H Owner’s Manual factory settings restoring frequency, DGPS full screen map fuse 2, 17, 20 Grid (North) grid coordinates...
  • Page 30 Receiver Not Usable trip settings record interval registering your product true (north) turn the unit off unit ID number units of measure user mag var WAAS waypoints edit existing mark current location zoom 1, 14 zoom, auto GPS 152H Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 32 For the latest free software updates (excluding map data) throughout the life of your Garmin products, visit the Garmin Web site at www.garmin.com. © 2010 Garmin Ltd. or its subsidiaries Garmin International, Inc. 1200 East 151 Street, Olathe, Kansas 66062, USA Garmin (Europe) Ltd.

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