Eagle Electronics II User Manual
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Initialization - Power On
In order for the AccuNav Sport™ to lock onto the
satellites, it must first find them. If you simply turn the unit
on and wait, the unit will find the satellites by itself in 15
minutes or less. This is called “Cold Start.” If you let it find
the satellites, the time display will probably be wrong,
since it will be showing UTC time which is the time at
Greenwich, England. However, all other navigation
displays, including the position display will be correct.
(You can set the time display to your local time.) To
speed up the satellite acquisition process, you can
initialize the AccuNav Sport™ or “tell it where it is” the
first time it’s turned on. This initialization process is
usually done only once and requires the following data:
1. Approximate present position in latitude/longitude
2. Approximate elevation above sea level (altitude)
3. Today’s date and time
The unit usually only takes a few minutes or less to find
the satellites once it’s been initialized by the user.
After the batteries are installed and the antenna is
opened, press the ON key, then press the MENU key.
Now press the key next to the “CHANGE GPS SET-
TINGS” label. Finally,
press the key next to
the “SET LAT, LON,
ALT, TIME, DATE”
label. The screen
shown at right ap-
pears.