Garmin GPS 120 - Manual (Page 25)

The GPS 120 Position Page displays your current
position^ latitude, longitude, altitude and time
numerically. It also displays your track (compass
direction) and speed when you’re moving.
The Position Page also lets you enter a position’s
btitude and longitude manually. During satellite
acquisition, the position displayed is the last com­
puted position stored in memory If the receiver’s
position has moved several hundred miles with the
power off or memory has been lost due to battery
failure, the unit may take 7 1/2 to 15 minutes to
acquire satellite data.
To speed up the acquisition process, you can enter the
coordinates of your present positioa Most maps and
chans show the latitude and Icmgitude of major cities.
(.Pressthe
highlighted.
key until the position field is
1
Press 0 to begin entry of your position.
3 U se the ^ and ^ arrow keys to selectthe
character position you w ant to edit
4. Use the akand '▼ 'arrow keys to selectthe
value for each field. All fields m ust have a value.
5. Press the key to confirm your changes.
When the GPS 120 is acquiring satellites or navi­
gating in the 2D mode, the last known altitude will
be used to compute your position. If the altitude
shown is off by several hundred feet, you may enter
a corrected altitude manually for greater accuracy.
(.Pressthe
highlighted.
key until the altitude field is
1.
Press to begin entry of your altitude.
3. Use the ▲ and ▼ keys to enter a value in each
character field, using the ^ and^ keys
to m ove to the next character position.
4. Press the key to confirm the altitude.
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POSITION
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ALTITUDE
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TIRE
15:-47:32
The utiii of measure for
speed, position anci alti­
tude are all user-selec­
table. To change the
default settings Jor these
jields, refer to the naviga­
tion setup instructions on
paged!.
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SPEED
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POSITION
N 38*53.850
W094*-18.478'
ALTITUDE
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TIKE
15:<18:11
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