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Entering initial position – Raymarine GPS navigation User Manual

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In the title box, the fix type is displayed at the right end. Here, you will see

either 3D or 2D characters. The 2D mode is a two-dimensional position fix

mode that will not factor the calculated altitude (antenna height) into the L/L

position solution. AUTO mode calculates altitude. Generally, the 2D mode
works the best for marine navigation.

The Status display also includes readouts of your estimated position, local

date and time, and antenna height.

There are two

on the GPS Status screen.

accesses

the GPS sensor Initialization sequence.

permits special setups

that effect the GPS position fixing or readout displays. The next sections
cover the GPS initialization sequence.

3.10.2.5 Initializing GPS Sensors

The following paragraphs describes the series of initialization inputs to be

checked when your

NAV

unit is to be operated with the

100 or

108 GPS Sensors.

de

.

when the

r is connected,

. When

key is pressed

is selected

the

Menu Directory while using the GPS mode, the GPS Status screen will
appear and show the GPS satellite signals. Press

to start the

sequence of initial entries. The first screen appears as below:

Estimated Position

When the EST LATITUDE message appears, the current Latitude entry will

be displayed. To update the entry, you should always re-type the correct,
numbers for you latitude using the numeric keys. Even if the entry is OK, we
recommend

this entry, by pressing

THEN PRESS ENTER

ESTIMATED POSITION

I

THEN PRESS ENTER

ENTERING INITIAL POSITION