SporTrakTM Color User Manual Addendum Since the release of the User Manual for the SporTrak Color, there have been enhancements to the SporTrak Color's software. This addendum will describe those enhancements as well as provide some additional information that may help you use your SporTrak Color GPS Receiver. You can keep your SporTrak Color up to date by checking the Magellan® web site at www.magellangps.com for future software releases that you can upload into your SporTrak Color receiver. Enhancements: On/Off Protection ­ This feature is designed to provide a different way to turn the SporTrak Color on or off to avoid accidental turn on or off if carried in a backpack or your pocket. Keypad Light Timer ­ This enhancement was introduced to increase the battery life of your SporTrak Color. This feature automatically turns the keypad light off after 1 minute of inactivity. Map Screen Detailed Information ­ This provides a simple method of saving a waypoint or going to an item displayed or just viewing additional information about any item displayed on the map. You will find that this method is the easiest way to save or go to any map item. Destination Plotter ­ You now have the option of displaying lines on the map screen that graphically display a line from your present position to your destination and/or a line from the departure point to your destination. Magnetic Heading ­ Under Map Setup you can now select to set the top of the display to magnetic heading using the information provided by the SporTrak Color's built-in compass. Map Utilities ­ You can now select which basemap or detail map you want to use if you have uploaded optional maps into your SporTrak Color's memory. You also have the option of deleting from your SporTrak Color's memory any optional maps that you have uploaded. Navaids ­ The SporTrak Color now contains a comprehensive list of navaids to support the many mariners who are using the SporTrak Color receiver. Tides and Currents ­ The SporTrak Color can now display tide and current information for various ports and stations. Please note that current information can be displayed only if you have a chart that you have uploaded from one of the optional Magellan MapSend® BlueNavTM software packages. 1 Corrections to the User Manual Page 23 ­ "Changing the Data Fields" -- The User Manual incorrectly states that there are 13 different options to select from for the Map display. There are actually 17 different data field options (bearing, distance, speed, heading, VMG, CTS, ETA, ETE, XTE, turn, elevation, time, date, COG, EPE, avg. speed, or max. speed) you can select. Page 71 ­ "Calibrating the Compass" -- An additional step was omitted from the instructions. After you rotate the receiver and it beeps as instructed in Step 5, you need to turn the receiver over (face down) until it beeps again. Page 78 ­ The second paragraph beginning with "Preparation", disregard the first sentence and the next sentence in parentheses, the SporTrak Color does not utilize an SD Card. Data is uploaded directly into the unit's memory. Page 79 ­ The second paragraph should read as follows: Here is the region for this example. Notice that when you move the cursor inside the rectangle, the memory space that this region will occupy on your SporTrak Color is displayed. Additional Information SporTrak Color Support ­ This will provide SporTrak Color owners living in Europe the information they need to contact Thales Navigation for support of their Magellan receiver. Attaching the Wrist Strap 1 2 2 Enhancement Instructions On/Off Protection This feature was added to assist those who accidentally turn their receiver on or off while it is being carried in their pocket, backpack or other container. The following shows the differences between normal on/off and protected on/off. Turning the SporTrak Color On: Normal: Press the Power key. Protected: Press and hold the Power key until the first start-up screen is displayed. Turning the SporTrak Color Off: Normal: Press the Power key. (Pressing the Escape key aborts the power off.) Protected: Press the Power key. You have 5 seconds to press the Enter key. If you do not press the Enter key, the SporTrak Color stays on, returning to the last screen displayed. Turning the Power Key Protection On or Off: 1) From any screen, press the Menu key and use the up or down arrows to highlight "Setup". Press the Enter key. 2) Use the up or down arrows to highlight "Power key" and press the Enter key. 3) Use the up or down arrows to highlight your power key choice, either "No protection" or "On/Off protected". Press the Enter key. Keypad Light Timer Normally, when you turn on your SporTrak Color, a light behind the keypad comes on allowing you to see the keys in dark or low-light environments. If at any time, no keys have been pressed for any 1-minute time frame, the keypad light will turn off. To turn the keypad light back on, press any key. (Note that pressing any of the keys with the keypad light off, does not perform the function, only turns the keypad light back on.) Disabling the Keypad Light Timer The Keypad Light Timer is on whenever the display backlight is on. Press and hold the Power key down, once for each step, to step through the levels of backlight intensity. When the backlight is off, so is the keypad light. 3 Map Screen Detailed Information When your cursor or your position icon is over a map item (road, city, POI, etc.) you can quickly and easily view additional information about that item. From this display, you can very easily save the position into your user database or you can create a GOTO route to that map item with the push of a button. Viewing Detailed Map Information for Your Present Position 1) While viewing the Map screen and your present position icon is displayed, press the Enter key. (If your Present Position icon is not being displayed, press the Escape key to reset the cursor to your present position. If an hourglass is being displayed instead of your Present Position icon, the SporTrak Color is not computing position information and you may need to give the antenna a better, unobstructed view of the sky.) 2) If your present position is over a map item, a list of all the map items available for your position will be displayed. (If your position is not over a known map item, nothing will be displayed.) 3) Using the up or down arrows, select the item you want to view and press the Enter key. 4) A Detail Info screen appears with the coordinates for your position at the time you pressed the Enter key. Any notes or messages about this map item will also be displayed below the coordinate information. 5) You also have the option of saving this map item as a waypoint in your User Waypoints database. Select Item W. Gladstone St I-210 Detail Info W Gladstone St 34°06.816N 117°49.374W W Gladstone St CA Save Goto Viewing Detailed Map Information for the Cursor Position 1) Use the arrow keys to move your cursor around the map. When the cursor is over a displayed map item, press the Enter key. 2) A list of all the map items found at your cursor position is displayed. Use the up or down arrows to select the item you want to view and press the Enter key. (If no list is displayed after pressing the Enter key, your cursor is not over any map items.) 3) A Detail Info screen appears with the coordinates for the cursor position. Any notes or messages about this map item will also be displayed below the coordinate information. 4 4) You can also save this map item as a waypoint in your User Waypoints database or create a GOTO route to this map item (described below). Saving or Going to a Map Item from the Detailed Map Information Screen 1) To Save the Map Item in to your User Waypoint database, use the left or right arrows to highlight the "Save" button at the bottom of the screen and press the Enter key. The Mark screen is displayed allowing you to edit the details for this position. When you are done, highlight the "Save" button and press the Enter key. (This method does not apply to waypoints that are already in your User Waypoint database. User waypoints can be edited or deleted.) 2) To create a GOTO route to the map item chosen, use the left or right arrows to highlight the "GOTO" button and press then Enter key. Editing or Deleting a User Waypoint from the Detailed Map Information Screen If the map item you selected to view is from your User Waypoint database, you are presented with three buttons, "Edit", "Goto" or "Del". Use the arrow keys to highlight the desired option and press the Enter key. Edit: Selecting Edit brings up the "Edit WPT" screen allowing you to change the details for this waypoint. When you are satisfied with your changes, use the arrow keys to highlight "Save" and press the Enter key. Goto: Selecting Goto creates a GOTO route from your present position to the waypoint displayed. You are returned to the Map screen and are ready to begin navigating towards the waypoint. Delete: Selecting the "Del" button allows you the option of removing this waypoint permanently from your User Waypoint database. A confirmation screen is displayed requiring that you confirm this deletion. Exiting the Detailed Map Information Screen To return to the Map screen, press the Escape key. Destination Plotter Originally the Map screen displayed a line (plot) from your departure point to your destination when you had an active route or GOTO. The latest enhancement to the SporTrak Color has added a plot line from your present position to your destination. You can turn either of these plot lines on or off under the Map Setup function. Destination D es tin Po Departure Point at io n 5 De par ture -De Present Position stin atio nL ine si tio n- Li ne Selecting Destination Plot Lines 1) From the Map screen, press the Menu key. Use the up or down arrows to highlight "Map Setup" and press the Enter key. 2) Press the right arrow to access the "Display" tab. 3) Using the up or down arrows, highlight "Pos-Dest Line" or "Depart-Dest Line" 4) Press the Enter key to toggle the status of your selection. When the box is checked, the line will be displayed. Magnetic North for the Map Screen Using the information from the electronic compass built in to your SporTrak Color, you can now set the top of the map display to reflect magnetic north. Previously you could only select the top of the display to reflect north, your course or your track. Selecting Magnetic Heading Up for the Map Screen 1) From the Map screen, press the Menu key. Use the up or down arrows to highlight "Map Setup" and press the Enter key. 2) With the "Orientation" field highlighted, press the Enter key. 3) A drop down list is displayed with the four options for the map screen orientation. Use the up or down arrows to highlight "Magnetic HDG Up" and press the Enter key. Map Utilities You can use this feature to select the basic map or the detailed map that you want to use. You can also use Map Utilities to delete a map, other then the basic map, from memory. What is the difference between a basic map and a detail map? The basic map (or basemap) is the map that came built in to your SporTrak Color when you purchased it. It has basic street detail and some Points of Interest, which is enough information for simple navigating in towns and major roadways. Basic maps cover a large land area, have limited detailed information and use up a small amount of memory. Detail maps are maps you can upload using any of the Magellan software options through the MapSend or MapSend BlueNav series of software applications. These maps have an enormous amount of detail down to the street level and a vast selection of POIs that can be displayed on your Map screen. Detail maps are limited in size to the amount of free memory in your receiver, have a lot of detailed information and can use up a substantial amount of memory. 6 Are there other basic maps available? Yes. If you have the Magellan MapSend WorldWide Basemap CD-ROM, you can select any area on the globe and upload it to your SporTrak Color receiver. Selecting a Basemap or a Detail Map 1) From any screen, press the Menu key. Use the up or down arrows to highlight "Map Utilities" and press the Enter key. 2) With "Change Map" highlighted, press the Enter key. 3) Use the up or down arrows to highlight the field, "Basemap" or "Detail Map", that you want to select and press the Enter key. 4) A list of available maps is displayed. (Also, if you have selected "Detail Map", you have the option of turning it off altogether.) Use the up or down arrows to highlight your choice and press the Enter key. (The Save button displayed at the bottom of these screens is presently non-operational.) Change Map Basemap Default Map Detail Map Detail Map Off Save 5) When you have made your selection of the Basemap and Detail map you want displayed, use the up or down arrows to highlight the "Save" button and p ...