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- Page 1 GlobalNav 200 INSTALLATION AND OPERATION INSTRUCTIONS...
- Page 2 Copyright © 1996, 1997 Lowrance Electronics, Inc. All rights reserved. ™ GlobalNav 200 is a trademark of Lowrance Electronics ® Lowrance is a registered trademark of Lowrance Electronics WARNING! USE THIS UNIT ONLY AS AN AID TO NAVIGATION. A CAREFUL NAVIGATOR NEVER RELIES ON ONLY ONE METHOD TO OBTAIN POSITION INFORMATION.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
INTRODUCTION ... 1 GETTING STARTED ... 3 BATTERY INSTALLATION ... 3 EXTERNAL ANTENNA ... 4 KEYBOARD ... 4 OPERATION ... 5 TURNING POWER ON ... 5 MENUS ... 5 FINDING YOUR POSITION ... 5 COLD START ... 5 INITIALIZATION ... 6 POSITION/NAVIGATION DISPLAYS ... - Page 4 NAVIGATING TO A WAYPOINT USING THE PLOTTER ... 32 CANCEL NAVIGATION ... 32 SYSTEM SETUP ... 33 BACKLIGHT ... 33 SOUND ... 33 CONTRAST ... 33 UNITS OF MEASURE ... 34 NMEA/DGPS ... 34 NMEA OUTPUT ... 36 DGPS ... 36 SERIAL COMMUNICATION SETUP ...
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Page 5: Introduction
INTRODUCTION Welcome to the exciting world of GPS! Whether you’re a first-time user or a professional navigator, you’ll find the GlobalNav 200 is a full-featured GPS receiver at a price that was impossible just a few years ago. The ®... - Page 6 GPS receiver less accurate. These er- rors are called selective availability, or SA. How bad is it? They guarantee that the position reported by a GPS receiver that meets their specifica- tions is within 100 meters horizontally and 150 meters vertically 95% of the time.
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Page 7: Getting Started
DR-121. The bat- tery never needs to be removed from the unit, since the charger connects to the GPS receiver and charges the DR-121. You can even use the receiver while the battery is charging! To install the NiMH battery, remove the battery cover and place the bat- tery into the compartment as shown on the next page. -
Page 8: External Antenna
EXIT keys let you enter or erase selec- tions. The PWR key turns both the Global- PAGES Nav 200 and it’s lights on and off. Note: To prevent an accidental power shut- down, you must hold the PWR key down for... -
Page 9: Operation
Finding Your Position Cold Start When the GlobalNav 200 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 posi- tion, time, and date, the unit should take less time to lock-on to the satel- lites and give you a fix or position. -
Page 10: Initialization
EXIT key to erase the opening message and watch the display. As you wait for the GlobalNav 200 to find your position, you’ll see num- bers flashing on the display. Anytime you see flash- ing numbers, it means the GlobalNav 200 does... - Page 11 If you can get it within one degree of your actual position, that will be fine.) When it’s set, press the ENT key. The GlobalNav 200 accepts your entry and returns to the GPS setup menu.
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Page 12: Position/Navigation Displays
POSITION/NAVIGATION DISPLAYS The GlobalNav 200 has navigation, plotter, and windows group pages. These screens were designed to show data that is used most often. The three default screens are shown below. NAV-1 PLOT-1 GROUP A To change screens, simply press the PAGES key. - Page 13 Nav Screen #1 This screen is dominated by a compass rose (See the screen at right.) Your position is in the center of the circle, designated by an arrow that always points straight up. Your track (direction of travel) is indicated by an arrow pointing down toward the compass rose at the top center of the screen.
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Page 14: Cdi
0.2 mile to the left of the desired course. You can adjust the CDI’s range through the “ALARMS/CDI” menu. Using the CDI with the plotter helps you visualize your position in relation to the course. The CDI is on several of the GlobalNav 200’s windows. -
Page 15: Plotter
The available ranges are: 0.1, 0.15, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8, 1, 1.5, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 15, 20, 30, 40, 60, 80, 100,150, 200, 300, 400, 600, 800, 1000, 1500, and 2000 miles. Cursor Pressing an arrow key while the plotter is on shows two dotted lines that intersect at your present position. -
Page 16: Plotter Options
Plotter Orientation Normally, the GlobalNav 200 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 17: Clear Current Plot Trail
A message box appears, asking you if you really want to erase the plot trail. Follow the directions on this message box. The GlobalNav 200 returns to the plotter screen with the plot trail erased from the screen. -
Page 18: Grid Lines
Press the EXIT key to erase the plotter menu. ICONS The GlobalNav 200 has fifteen symbols or “icons” available. These icons can be placed anywhere on the plotter screens. These can be used to mark fishing or hunting spots, boat ramps, rest stops, or whatever. You can place an icon at your present position, or at the cursor location. -
Page 19: Place Icon - Cursor Location
Place Icon - Cursor Location To place an icon at cursor's location, first use the arrow keys to move the cursor to the position that you want to place the icon. Next, press the ENT key. Now select the desired icon using the arrow keys. When it's selected, press the ENT key again. -
Page 20: Windows
To remove only icons of a certain type, highlight the “DEL ICON TYPE” label. Press the right ar- row key. The icon selection menu appears. Use the arrow keys to highlight the icon style that you wish to erase. Press the ENT key when you’re ready to erase the icons. -
Page 21: Reprogram Window Groups
REPROGRAM WINDOW GROUPS You can customize the window groups to meet your own needs. The GlobalNav 200 gives you 35 different windows that can be rearranged into many combinations. To reprogram a group, first go to the pages menu and select the group that you wish to change. In this example, we’re reprogramming group “A”,... -
Page 22: Reset Groups
When the last window has been added, the GlobalNav 200 returns to normal operation with your reprogrammed group showing on the screen, as shown at right. RESET GROUPS To restore all windows groups to their factory settings, first press the MENU key, then highlight the “System Setup”... -
Page 23: Satellite Information Screen
Satellite Information Screen (Group O) This screen shows technical information about the status of the GPS receiver. The receiver has twelve channels. Data for each channel is shown as bar graphs on the right side of the display. Every sat- ellite in the constellation has a number assigned to it, called the PRN. -
Page 24: Clock Alarm
200 will have to be on at 7:00 a.m., also. Timers The GlobalNav 200 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 25: Reprogram Boxes
the desired number shows. Continue until the time shown in the display is correct, then press the ENT key. To start the timer, press the MENU key, then move the black box to the “Dn Tmr Off On” label. Press the right arrow key to start the timer. -
Page 26: Waypoints
NAV screens. WAYPOINTS The GlobalNav 200 gives you the capability of creating your own data- base of locations, called “waypoints”. You can save your present position, cursor position, or enter a latitude/longitude and save it as a waypoint. -
Page 27: Saving Your Present Position
(See the screen at the top of the next page.) A message appears on the display telling you the waypoint number it just used. Wait a few seconds and the menu will clear automatically. Press the EXIT key to erase the cursor. Saving Your Present Position as a Waypoint (Select Number Method) The method shown above doesn’t let you choose... -
Page 28: Edit Waypoint Lat/Lon
WAYPOINT NAMES The GlobalNav 200 automatically assigns the waypoint number as a name when the waypoint position is saved. You can find a waypoint by highlight- ing the name on the waypoint menu as shown below left. Now press the... -
Page 29: Move A Waypoint
Edit Name The GlobalNav 200 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 number that you wish to name. Now high- light the “WPT Options”... -
Page 30: Distance Between Wayponts
“WPT 2” in waypoint 5’s name field. DISTANCE BETWEEN WAYPOINTS The GlobalNav 200 can easily give you the dis- tance between two user waypoints. To do this, first press the WPT key, highlight the “Options” menu and press the right arrow key, then highlight the “Dist Btwn WPTS”... -
Page 31: Delete A Waypoint
ROUTES You can connect several user waypoints together to form a route. When you recall the route, the GlobalNav 200 will show you navigation informa- tion 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 way- point in the route. -
Page 32: Select Waypoints For Route
the route. To select the first waypoint in the route, press the right arrow key. A new menu appears as shown below right. This menu lets you go to the waypoint selection menu, delete a waypoint from the route, or see details about any waypoint in the route. Since we want to add a waypoint to the route, press the right arrow key on the “Insert From WPTS”... -
Page 33: Finishing The Route
As you add waypoints to the list, their bearing and distance from each other is shown to the right of the waypoint name. On the screen at right, way- point 2 is on a bearing of 133° and 4.68 miles from waypoint 1. -
Page 34: Follow A Route
WPT key. When you have everything on this screen set as desired, press the ENT key to start the GlobalNav 200 navigating to the first waypoint on the route. As you travel to the first waypoint, the unit shows navigation data to the waypoint. -
Page 35: Delete A Route
NAVIGATION Navigate To a Waypoint The GlobalNav 200 makes it easy to navigate to any waypoint. First, press the WPT key, then select the desired waypoint by first highlighting the waypoint number at the top of the screen, then pressing the left or right arrow keys until the de- sired waypoint number appears. -
Page 36: Navigating To A Waypoint Using The Plotter
CAUTION! The GlobalNav 200 does NOT take land features, altitudes, restricted or prohibited areas, or any other feature into account when it projects the track line on the screen. Therefore, you must use care when navigating on the track line and avoid any object that may be in your path to the destination. -
Page 37: System Setup
PWR key again. An indicator on the satellite status screen (Group “O”) shows when the lights are on. The GlobalNav 200 automatically turns the lights off after 30 seconds to preserve the battery power. It will do this even if the external power is applied to the unit. -
Page 38: Units Of Measure
EXIT key. NMEA / DGPS The GlobalNav 200 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 39: Dgps Receiver
TO GLOBALNAV 200 GLOBALNAV 200’S WIRES WHITE WIRE RED WIRE TO +12V BLACK WIRE GROUND WIRES OTHER DEVICE’S WIRES OTHER DEVICE’S RECEIVE DATA WIRE TO GLOBALNAV 200 GLOBALNAV 200’S GREEN WIRE WIRES WHITE WIRE RED WIRE TO +12V BLACK WIRE... -
Page 40: Nmea Output
If your other equipment doesn’t recognize the NMEA data being sent by the GlobalNav 200 and the wiring is correct, then you may need to change the NMEA or the serial communication settings. -
Page 41: Serial Communication Setup
RESET OPTIONS To return the GlobalNav 200 to its original factory settings, highlight the “Preset Options” menu on the System Setup screen. Now press the right arrow key. A message appears, asking if you want to restore the original options. -
Page 42: Gps Setup
The screen at right appears. GPS Cold Start When the GlobalNav 200 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 43: Position Format
(shown on the previous page), then press the right arrow key. A screen similar to the one at right ap- pears. The GlobalNav 200 can show the position in de- grees, minutes, and thousandths of a minute (36° 28.700') or degrees, minutes, seconds, and tenths of a second (36°... -
Page 44: Datum
ENT key. This selects the datum and erases the select datum menu. To erase the menu without changing the datum, simply press the EXIT key. A list of the datums used by the GlobalNav 200 is in the back of this manual. -
Page 45: Pcf
In this example, we en- tered 0 degrees, 0.047 minutes north latitude and 0 degrees, 0.244 minutes east longitude. That is the difference between the present position shown by the GlobalNav 200 and the one on our chart. -
Page 46: Position Pinning
After you’ve entered the latitude/longitude correction, press the ENT key to accept it. The GlobalNav 200 erases the PCF entry screen and returns to the navigation or mapping screens with the correction factor applied. POSITION PINNING When using a GPS receiver at extremely low speeds, it can have trouble determining your course over ground, or direction you’re travelling. -
Page 47: Messages
Arrival Alarm - If you set the arrival alarm’s distance to a small number, and you run a route (see the routes section), the GlobalNav 200 may not show navigation data to the next waypoint, once you arrive at the first one, since you may not be able to come close enough to the first waypoint to trip the arrival alarm. -
Page 48: Simulator
SIMULATOR A simulator is built into the GlobalNav 200 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 “Simu-... -
Page 49: Definition Of Terms/Abbreviations
crease 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 50: Window Groups
WINDOWS The following is a listing of windows groups A through O. GROUP “A” GROUP “D” GROUP “G” GROUP “B” GROUP “E” GROUP “H” GROUP “C” GROUP “F” GROUP “I”... - Page 51 GROUP “J” GROUP “M” GROUP “K” GROUP “N” GROUP “L” GROUP “O”...
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Page 52: List Of Datums
DATUMS WGS 84 ... WGS 1984 DEFAULT Default ADINDAN ... Adindan MEAN Mean for Ethiopia, Sudan ADINDAN ... Adindan BURKINA Burkina Faso FASO ADINDAN ... Adindan CAMEROON Cameroon ADINDAN ... Adindan ETHIOPIA Ethiopia ADINDAN ... Adindan MALI Mali ADINDAN ... Adindan SENEGAL Senegal... - Page 53 CARTHAGE ... Carthage - Tunisia TUNISIA CH-1903 ... Switzerland CHATHAM ... Chatham Island Astro 1971 ISLAND ASTRO New Zealand (Chatham Island) NEW ZEALAND CHUA ASTRO ... Chua Astro PARAGUAY Paraguay CORREGO ... Corrego Alegre ALEGRE Brazil BRAZIL DABOLA ... Dabola GUINEA Guinea DJAKARTA ...
- Page 54 IRELAND ... Ireland 1965 1965 Ireland ISTS 061 ... ISTS 061 Astro 1968 ASTRO 1968 South Georgia Islands S GEORGIA ISTS 073 ... ISTS 073 Astro 1969 ASTRO 1969 Diego Garcia DIEGO GARCIA JOHNSTON ... Johnston Island 1961 ISLAND Johnston Island 1961 KANDAWALA ...
- Page 55 N AMERICAN ... North American 1927 1927 CANAL Canal Zone ZONE N AMERICAN ... North American 1927 1927 CUBA Cuba N AMERICAN ... North American 1927 1927 Greenland (Hayes Peninsula) GREENLAND N AMERICAN ... North American 1927 1927 MEXICO Mexico N AMERICAN ...
- Page 56 RT 90 ... Sweden SANTO (DOS) ... Santo (DOS) ’65 ESPIRITO 1965 Espirito Santo Island SANTO ISLAND SAO BRAZ ... Sao Braz AZORES Azores (Sao Miguel, Santa Maria Islands) SAPPER HILL ... Sapper Hill 1943 1943 EAST East Falkland Island FALKLND ISLE SCHWARZECK ...
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Page 57: Warranty Statement
LOWRANCE ELECTRONICS FULL ONE-YEAR WARRANTY “We", “our”, or “us” refers to LOWRANCE ELECTRONICS, INC., the manufacturer of this product. “You” or “your” refers to the first person who purchases this product as a con- sumer item for personal, family, or household use. We warrant this product against defects or malfunctions in materials and workmanship, and against failure to conform to this product’s written specifications, all for one year (1) from the date of original purchase by you. - Page 58 PAGES Press the PAGES key to view the pages menu, then using the up and down arrow keys to switch between nav, plot, and groups screens. Use the right or left ar- row keys to switch between differ- ent screens on each page. PAGES GROUPS SCREENS...
- Page 59 SCREENS NAV-1 NAV-2 PLOT SCREENS PLOT-1 PLOT-2 GRP E GRP F GRP G GRP D GRP L GRP M GRP N GRP O...
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Page 60: How To Obtain Service - International
How to Obtain Service (Canadian Customers Only) We back your investment in quality products with quick, expert service and genuine Lowrance replacement parts. If you need service or repairs, contact the Lowrance Factory Customer Service Department at the toll-free number listed below. A techni- cian may be able to solve the problem and save you the inconvenience of returning your unit. -
Page 61: How To Obtain Service - U.s.a. Only
How to Obtain Service - U.S.A. Only We back your investment in quality products with quick, expert service and genuine Lowrance and you have questions, please contact the Factory Customer Service Department using our toll-free number listed below. You must send the unit to the factory for warranty service or repair.