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Selecting a coordinate system – Magellan GPS 320 User Manual

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Magellan GPS 315/GPS 320

MENU

Select

SETUP

ENTER

Select

NAV SCREENS

ENTER

Select
on or off

ENTER

FIG

.

A

WPT NAMES

OFF

ON

WPT NAMES

OFF

ON

WPT NAMES

OFF

ON

NAV 1

OFF

ON

The COMPASS screen is displayed next with the same pop-
up menu. You will continue to be prompted for the other
NAV screens.

Selecting a Coordinate System

A coordinate system is provided for you. This option allows
you to select primary and secondary coordinates used for
entering and viewing position information. The most
common is LAT/LON.

MENU

Select

SETUP

ENTER

Select

COORD SYSTEM

ENTER

Select
system

ENTER

FIG

.

B

Select
format

ENTER

FIG

.

C

WPT NAMES

OFF

ON

WPT NAMES

OFF

ON

WPT NAMES

OFF

ON

COORD SYS

PRIMARY

SECONDARY

If a format is required for the coordinate system you have
chosen, a pop-up menu will be displayed.

WPT NAMES

OFF

ON

WPT NAMES

WPT NAMES

LAT/LON

DEG/MIN.MM

DEG/MIN.MMM
DEG/MIN/SEC

The default primary coordinate system will be Lat/Lon in
Degrees/Minutes and the default secondary coordinate
system will be UTM.

You will want the receiver to use position
coordinates in the same map datum that is used
by your maps.

Figure A. You can
turn NAV screens
on or off.

Figure B. You can
choose from LAT/
LON, UTM, TD,
OSGB, Irish,
Swiss, Swedish,
Finnish, German,
French, MGRS and
User Grid.

Figure C. You
can choose from
DEG/
MIN.MM,
DEGMIN.MMM
or DEG/MIN/
SEC. The
screen will be
different for
other coordinate
systems.