5. CUSTOMIZING YOUR UNIT

5.7.2GPS receiver setup

The GPS SETUP menu sets up the GPS Receiver GPS-310B. Press the [MENU] key followed by the SYSTEM CONFIGURATION, NAV OPTION and GPS SENSOR SETTINGS soft keys to display this menu.

LOCAL TIME OFFSET

+00:00

GEODETIC DATUM

WGS-84

POSITION SMOOTHING

000 second (s)

SPD/CSE SMOOTHING

005 second (s)

GPS SPEED AVERAGING

060 second (s)

LATITUDE OFFSET

0.000’N

LONGITUDE OFFSET

0.000’E

DISABLE SATELLITE

- - - - - -

LATITUDE

45° 35.000’N

LONGITUDE

125° 00.000’W

ANTENNA HEIGHT

005 m

GPS FIX MODE

2D/3D

COLD START

NO

 

 

GPS SETUP

EDIT

GPS

STATUS

RETURN

GPS setup menu

Contents of GPS setup menu

Item

Description

Settings

Default Setting

Local Time

GPS uses UTC time. If you would

-13:30 to +13:30

00:00

Offset

rather use local time, enter the time

hours

 

 

difference between it and UTC. Use

 

 

 

the +< - ->- soft key to switch from

 

 

 

plus to minus and vice versa.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Geodetic Datum

Geodetic datum is a reference for

See Appendix for

WGS-84

 

geodetic survey measurements

full list.

 

 

consisting of fixed latitude, longitude

 

 

 

and azimuth values associated with a

 

 

 

defined station of reference. You

 

 

 

must have the correct geodetic

 

 

 

datum selected in your plotter so that

 

 

 

it will reference the correct point on

 

 

 

the chart for a given latitude and

 

 

 

longitude. Although WGS-84 is now

 

 

 

the world standard, other categories

 

 

 

of charts still exist. Refer to Appendix

 

 

 

for a full list of geodetic datum.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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1833C, 1933C, 1943C specifications

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