Map Card Insertion; Base Mapping; Battery Indicator & Stop/Record Icon; Planning' Mode - satmap active12 User Manual

3. Overview (... cont)
3.4

Map Card Insertion

The map card door is hinged at the bottom
and opens from the top downwards. When
inserting the card please ensure that the label
is facing you with the arrow pointing inwards.
You can make an SD card write-protected by
moving the switch on the side of the card down
(saves from accidental deletion of files).
3.5

Base Mapping

The Active 12 is supplied with a world base
map at 1:5m up to 1:200m (and in addition for
UK customers, a 1:1 m & 1:250k scale UK road
map). Once a map card has been inserted,
you can zoom through the base mapping to
see more detail. If you have a toggleable map,
you can switch between different map layers at
a particular point on the same zoom level, e.g.
you can flip between the two scales (1:50k and
1:25k) and the base map.
3.6 Battery Indicator & Stop/Record
Icon
The battery indicator is solid for new or fully
charged batteries. As the charge decreases
it is broken into four bars which then reduce.
When a single bar remains, it is coded red.
After some further time (depending on the
power source and activity), an on-screen
warning alerts that the unit will power off in 30
seconds and a countdown is shown.
If you are using the rechargeable LiPol battery
(section 20.03), the battery indicator shows a
lightning flash whilst charging. You will need to
disconnect the unit from the power supply to
check if the battery indicator is fully charged,
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i.e. solid.
Next to the battery indicator is the
Record icon, indicating that data logging
is either paused or recording. This can be
TRIP LOG
accessed on the screen. When
the unit has a lock, the record icon has a solid
green arrowhead. The record icon is shown
as 'empty' when there is no lock. A red pause
symbol indicates data logging is paused.
3.7

'PLANNING' Mode

Moving the joystick changes the screen from
the GPS MAP screen to the
screen. The blue circle (location icon) will
move away from the middle of the screen
as you control the joystick to move the map.
A visual cue that you are in planning mode
is the orange locator circle which has longer
crosshairs. In PLANNING mode you can plan
routes via the Routes Menu, study the map
using the joystick to pan across the map, and
set a GoTo point/Marker/POI.
3.8

SatSYNC

(Refer to SatSYNC User Guide)
SatSYNC is a free software available for
download from satmap.com. It allows you to
connect your Active 12 to a computer via a
standard USB connection. With this software
you can upload/download routes, Objects of
Interest, and geotag photos. These files can
then be shared via e-mail or forums (e.g.
Satmap Route Share Network) or viewed
on a computer-based mapping system (e.g.
Satmap-Xpedition Online Route Planner and
Google Earth), compatible with a number of
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supported formats. The Satmap-Xpediton
allows the download of pre-planned routes, the
Stop/
upload of routes for editing, and the printing of
a paper version of the route to take as back-up
when outdoors.
To view your trail recorded by the Active 12 on
a computer:
1. You will need to
track. Once you have finished your walk,
Stop the Trip
2. On the TRIP LOG
Menu > Convert Trail to Track
PLANNING
3. Connect the Active 12 to a computer via a
USB and open SatSYNC.
4. Select the converted track
2010-06-24_1502 167km.map) and press
Export to copy to your desktop as a
or .kmz file.
5. Import the file to your computer mapping
system (e.g. Online Route Planner and
Google Earth).
Insert
SD Card
Export your converted
Log.
screen press
(.map file, e.g.
.gpx
Stop/Record Icon
Battery
Indicator
Map
Toggle
Icon
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