Expedition II INSTALLATION AND OPERATION INSTRUCTIONS TM
Copyright © 1996, 1997 Eagle Electronics All rights reserved. Expedition II™ is a trademark of Eagle Electronics Eagle® is a registered trademark of Eagle Electronics WARNING! USE THIS UNIT ONLY AS AN AID TO NAVIGATION. A CAREFUL NAVIGATOR NEVER RELIES ON ONLY ONE METHOD TO OBTAIN POSITION INFORMATION. Never use this product while operating a vehicle. CAUTION When showing navigation data to a position (waypoint), this unit will show the shortest, most direct path to the waypoint.
INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................ 1 S/A - What is it? ....................................................................................................... 2 Don’t Get Lost .......................................................................................................... 2 GETTING STARTED ...................................................................................................... 3 Power . ...........
Editing a Waypoint ...................................................................................... 25 Edit Name ................................................................................................ 26 Edit Position ............................................................................................. 26 Edit Icon ................................................................................................... 26 WAYPOINT NAVIGATION .................................................
INTRODUCTION Welcome to the exciting world of GPS! Whether you’re a first-time user or a professional navigator, you’ll find the Expedition II is a full-featured GPS receiver at a price that was impossible just a few years ago. The Rockwell® receiver built inside has 12 channels that will track all of the satellites that are in view of your location. It’s acquisition time and tracking ability are second to none in its class.
S/A - What is it? Another factor that greatly influences the receiver’s ability to determine position is SA. The United States government intentionally degrades the satellites signal for civilian users. They introduce small errors into the satellite’s signals that makes the GPS receiver less accurate. These errors are called selective availability, or SA.
GETTING STARTED Power The Expedition operates from four AA batteries, or one DURACELL® NiMH rechargeable battery, or from 5 to 16 volts DC using the external power cable. If the power cable is used, the Expedition automatically switches to it if the external power is greater than the battery voltage. If for any reason the external power fails, the unit automatically switches to the batteries. BATTERIES The unit requires four AA batteries.
Replace the compartment cover and follow the charging instructions included with the BR-1. (Note: The DR-121 is the only battery that can be recharged in this unit! Using the external power cable alone does not charge the battery! You must use a charger supplied by Eagle in order to charge the battery. Also, this charger will only charge a DR-121. It will not charge any other type of battery, including nicads or rechargeable alkallines.
show in addition to the normal menus. If the navigation screen is showing, and you press the MENU key, plotter menu items won’t show on the list. This helps you find the item you need without scrolling through unnecessary menus. Turning Power On To turn the unit on, simply press the PWR key. A screen similar to the one at right appears. Read the message on the screen, then press the EXIT key to erase it or wait a few seconds and it automatically clears. The screen shown below appears next.
quality the unit currently has. The smaller the expected error number, the better (and more accurate) the fix is. If the expected error is flashing, then the unit has not locked onto the satellites, and the number shown is not valid. A battery level indicator on the lower right side of the screen shows the approximately how much life is in the batteries. This runs from “F” (fully charged) to “E” (expired). A light bulb indicator at the top right corner of the screen appears when the backlights are on.
Quick Initialization If you don’t want to wait for the Auto Search, then you can speed up the initialization process by using the “Quick Initialization” feature. To do this, first turn the unit on, then press the MENU key. The screen shown at right appears. Now press the down arrow key until the “GPS SETUP” label is highlighted. Press the right arrow key. The “INIT GPS” (Initialize GPS) label is highlighted. Press the right arrow key.The Quick Initialization label is highlighted. Press the right arrow key.
The unit returns to the full initialization screen. Repeat this for each of the other settings until they’re correct for your location and time. Note: The position doesn’t have to be very accurate. If you enter a position within one degree of your actual location, the unit will be able to acquire the proper satellites. Press the EXIT key to erase the full initialization menu. The unit will use the data you entered to find the satellites that are currently in view.
To change modes, simply press the PAGES key. A screen similar to the one at right appears. Use the up or down arrow keys to change modes. (The windows mode is shown as “GRP” (groups); group “A” is the first windows group.) Press the right arrow key while the above menu is showing to switch between different versions of each mode. When the desired screen appears, press the EXIT key to erase the menu. Navigation Screens There are two different navigation screens.
distance you are off-course to the side of the desired course line. The course line is an imaginary line drawn from your position when you started navigating to the destination waypoint. It’s shown on the screen as a vertical dotted line. The default for the cross track error range is 0.25 mile. For example, if the present position symbol touches the right cross track error line, then you are .25 mile to the right of the desired course. You need to steer left to return to the desired course.
in the center. If you drift off course to the left, the line moves to the right. This signifies that you need to steer to the right to get back on course. This is called “chasing the needle”. If you steer towards the line (needle), you’ll always be heading in the correct direction to get back on course. The CDI’s range shows in the upper right corner of the CDI box. You can adjust the range by selecting the “ALARMS/CDI” label on the main menu. The default is 0.25 mile.
Plot-3 (see at the top of the next page) is similar to plot-2. The major difference is the steering arrow and waypoint information at the bottom of the screen. When you navigate to a waypoint, the waypoint’s name and number show at the bottom of this screen. The steering arrow always points in the direction to the waypoint. The Z-IN and Z-OUT keys zoom-in and out all plotters to enlarge or reduce their coverage area. The available ranges are: 0.1, 0.15, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8, 1, 1.
From the Plotter Options menu, choose Update Options to change the update rate or type. Select the option that you wish to change, use the left or right arrow keys to adjust it, then press the EXIT key to erase the menu. Plotter Orientation Normally, the plotter shows north at the top of the screen. This is the way most maps and charts are printed. This is fine if you’re travelling northward. Waypoints on the plotter’s left side should also be to your left, and so on.
The course-up mode locks the top of the screen into the original bearing to the waypoint when navigation was first started. (See the navigation section for more information on course, track, and waypoint navigation.) To select a plotter orientation, highlight the “ROTATE” label on the “Plotter Options” menu. Press the right or left arrow keys until the desired mode appears. Press the EXIT key to erase the menu.
GRIDS RINGS BOTH ICONS The plotter has 28 symbols or “icons” available that can be placed anywhere on the screen. They can be used to mark fishing or hunting locations, landmarks, boat ramps, and virtually any point of interest. An icon can be placed at your present position or at the cursor’s location. Place Icon - Present Position To place an icon at your present position, simply press the ENT key. The screen shown at right appears. Use the arrow keys to highlight the desired icon.
Place Icon - Cursor Position To place an icon at the cursor’s position, first use the arrow keys to move the cursor to the location that you wish to place the icon. Next, press the ENT key. Now select the icon using the arrow keys. When it’s highlighted, press the ENT key. The plotter screen reappears with the icon placed at the center of the cursor. Press the EXIT key to erase the cursor. On the screens shown below, the house icon was selected and placed at the cursor’s location.
You can delete individual icons by selecting the DEL FROM PLOTTER menu from the Icon Options menu. Once this menu is selected, the unit returns to the plotter screen with the cursor activated as shown at right. Use the arrow keys to move the cursor to the icon that you want to erase. Once the crosshairs are on top of the icon, press the ENT key. The icon is immediately erased. When you’re finished, press the EXIT key to erase the cursor.
Group C This group consists of bearing, track, distance to go, and estimated time en route. Group D Bearing, distance to go, track, ground speed, estimated time of arrival, estimated time en route, velocity made good (VMG), estimated time of arrival, and CDI show on this screen. Velocity made good is the speed you’re making towards the waypoint. For example, if you’re in a boat and travelling directly towards a waypoint at 30 miles per hour, but you’re going against a 5 m.p.h.
Group G This screen shows the present position, bearing, distance to go, track, and ground speed. Group H Present position, a large CDI, distance to go, and estimated time en route show on this screen. Group I - Set Local Time This screen includes a clock that shows your local time, estimated time of arrival, bearing, ground speed, distance to go, and the small CDI. The clock shows the time based upon the setting in the initialization. It’s an offset from UTC, which is the time the GPS system uses.
Group J - Clock Alarm This group has both estimated time of arrival and en route, plus the clock and a clock alarm. To set the clock alarm, press the MENU key while this group is showing, then highlight the Clock Alm Set label and press the right arrow key. The screen below right appears. Use the left and right arrow keys to highlight the numbers in the alarm’s time. Press the up or down arrow keys to change the numbers. After setting the alarm, press the ENT key to save it.
The up timer has an alarm that can be set to sound at a preset time. (For example, one hour from now, three hours, etc.) If you turn the up timer’s alarm on (press the right arrow key when the Up ALM...Off/On label is highlighted, it sounds an alarm when it reaches the time you entered in the up timer set menu. Press the EXIT key to shut off the alarm.
Reprogram Boxes The digital boxes on the PLOT-2 and both NAV screens can also be reprogrammed, using a method similar to the one used to reprogram the window groups. To customize a screen, first switch to the screen that you want to customize. In this example, we’ll change Plot-2. Next, press the MENU key, then highlight the “Reprogram Boxes” menu. Press the right arrow key. The screen shown below center appears. This is the plot-2 edit screen.
WAYPOINTS This GPS receiver gives you the ability to create your own database of locations, called “waypoints’. You can save your present position, cursor position, or enter a coordinate and save it as a waypoint. For example, you may wish to store the location of your parked car as a waypoint before starting on a hike. When you want to return to the car, all you have to do is recall the waypoint and the unit will show distance and bearing from your present position to the car.
Saving The Cursor Position as a Waypoint When the cursor is showing on the plotter and you press the WPT key twice, the cursor’s position is placed into the first available waypoint number. In the example screen shown below, the cursor is placed at the desired location. Pressing the WPT twice causes waypoint number two to be placed at the cursor’s crosshairs. (Waypoint 2 was the next available waypoint number.) A message appears on the display telling you the waypoint number it just used.
SELECTING A WAYPOINT In order to edit or navigate to a waypoint, you must first select it. There are three ways to do this: by waypoint number, waypoint list, or nearest. All waypoint selection methods are on the main waypoint menu shown at the top of this page. Waypoint Number To select a waypoint by its number, simply highlight the “WPT” label at the top of the waypoint menu, then press the left or right arrow keys until the desired waypoint number appears.
Edit Name You can assign a name to each waypoint. The name can have up to eight characters. To do this, first select Name Edit from the Options menu. A screen similar to the one at right appears. Press the up or down arrow keys to select the first letter in the name. Press the right arrow key to highlight the next position in the name. Repeat this sequence until you’ve entered all of the letters in the waypoint name.
WAYPOINT NAVIGATION The Expedition II makes it easy to navigate to any waypoint. All you have to do is select the waypoint (see page 26), then highlight the “GO TO” label on the waypoint screen and press the right arrow key. The unit immediately shows navigation information to the waypoint on all navigation, plotter, and windows screens. In this example, waypoint number 5 was recalled.
Navigating to a Waypoint using the Plotter The unique “birds-eye” view used by the plotter gives you an easy way to navigate to a waypoint. On the plotter screen shown above, the diamond with a cross in it is your present position. The box with the “S” in it was your starting location when you recalled the waypoint. The dotted line is called a track line and is the shortest path from the starting location to the destination.
pears. Again, in this example, we chose to move waypoint number 1 to waypoint number 9, so we pressed the right arrow key until “9” appeared. As you can see on the screen below, waypoint number 1 is showing in the “From” box. Now press the ENT key. The “From” box is now empty and the “To” box has waypoint number 9. Note: The names in the “From” and “To” boxes are not the waypoint numbers - they are the waypoint names. Press the EXIT key to erase this menu.
Project a Waypoint You can save a waypoint even if you don’t know it’s position or location on the plotter. This unit lets you project the location of a waypoint from a known waypoint using only bearing and distance from the known waypoint. This is useful if you don’t know the latitude/ longitude of a location, but you do know the distance and bearing from a saved waypoint or your own position. (Note: To project a waypoint from your present position, you must first save your present position as a waypoint.
Position Averaging The effects of Selective Availability, described in the Introduction, can be minimized or virtually eliminated using position averaging. You can only save a waypoint using this method, however the location saved can be much more accurate than any other method without using DGPS. The downside to this method is twofold-It only works to save a waypoint and the unit must be in the location that you want to save, preferably for an hour.
Create a Route To create a route, first press the MENU key, highlight the “PLAN/EDIT ROUTES” label, and press the right arrow key. The screen shown at right appears. This unit can store up to 50 routes. Route number one shows on this page. If you wish to create a route using a different number, simply press the left or right arrow keys until the desired route number appears. In this example, however, we’ll use route number one. At the bottom of this menu is the “Edit Name” label.
unit returns to the waypoint list screen. The second waypoint shows beneath the first one, with bearing and distance from the first waypoint in the route to the second showing under the second waypoint’s name. The total route distance shows at the bottom of the screen. Continue selecting waypoints in this manner until all of the waypoints in the route are on the list. Press the EXIT key to return to the Route menu. Your route is now saved in memory. Press the EXIT key to erase the menus.
Following a Route Before starting the route, you’ll need to decide if you want to start at the beginning and travel forward or start at the last waypoint in the route and travel backwards (reverse) to the first waypoint. The default is forward. To change it, press the MENU key, then select the “PLAN/EDIT ROUTES” label and press the right arrow key. The screen shown at right appears. To run a route from the end to the beginning, highlight the “RUN” label, then press the right arrow key to change it.
Delete a Route To erase a route, first press the MENU key, then highlight the “Plan/Edit Routes” label and press the right arrow key. Now select the route you want to erase at the top of the screen, then highlight the “Delete Route” label and press the right arrow key. A message appears, asking if you really want to erase the route. If you press the right arrow key, the route will be erased.
The time delay is adjustable from 5 to 240 seconds by selecting Light Dly from the System Setup menu . You can also turn the lights on continuously from this menu. Highlight this menu, then press the right arrow key to increase the time the lights are on, the left arrow key to decrease it. Sound To turn the speaker off, highlight the “SOUND” label as shown above, then press the left arrow key. Note: This turns the speaker completely off.
based transmitters that send correction signals to small DGPS receivers. DGPS gives you more accurate positions than is otherwise possible. All wiring connections to the Expedition II are made through the power cable. See the sample wiring diagrams on the next page for general wiring procedures. Read your other product’s owner’s manual for more wiring information. Once the cables are wired, turn the unit on, press the menu key, and select NMEA / DGPS CONFIG from the System Setup menu.
TO EXPEDITION II EXPEDITION II TRANSMITTING NMEA DATA TO ANOTHER DEVICE EXPEDITION II WIRES WHITE WIRE RED WIRE TO +12V BLACK WIRE GROUND WIRES OTHER DEVICE’S WIRES 12 VDC BATTERY OTHER DEVICE’S RECEIVE DATA WIRE OTHER DEVICE TO EXPEDITION II EXPEDITION II WIRES EXPEDITION II RECEIVING DATA FROM A DGPS RECEIVER GREEN WIRE WHITE WIRE RED WIRE TO +12V BLACK WIRE GROUND WIRES DGPS RECEIVER’S TRANSMIT DATA WIRE DGPS RECEIVER’S RECEIVE DATA WIRE (IF NEEDED) 12 VDC BATTERY DGPS RECEIVER 38
arrow key to turn it on. (Note: If you have a Magnavox DGPS receiver connected, the Expedition II can’t send NMEA data.) With the exception of serial communications, typically no other setup needs to be made with these receivers. If you have any other Magnavox or Starlink compatible DGPS receiver connected to the Expedition II, you may need to change the settings. To do this, move the black box to the “Configure DGPS” label and press the right arrow key. A screen similar to the one at right appears.
System Info The system information screen shows the release date and the software’s version number. To view this screen, highlight the System Info label on the System Setup menu. Now press the right arrow key. Press the EXIT key when you’re finished reading this screen. GPS SETUP Items found under the GPS Setup menu include initialization, (covered at the beginning of this manual), position format, power save, datums, and more.
Press the up or down arrow keys to highlight the desired format. Press the EXIT key to erase the position format menu. DATUM Maps and charts are based on a survey of the area that’s covered by the map or chart. These surveys are called “Datums”. Maps that are created using different datums will show the same latitude/longitude in slightly different locations. All datums are named. The GPS system is based on the WGS-84 datum, which covers the entire world.
For example, suppose you are stopped at a location that is accurately marked on a chart. Your unit shows a longitude position that is .244 minutes east of the one on the chart and .047 minutes north latitude. Using the PCF feature, you can make the Expedition II match the chart you’re using. If you move, the unit will continuously add the change to all position, navigation, and mapping displays. This makes it more closely match the datum used by the chart.
This also affects the navigational displays. The easiest way to see the effects of S/A is to stand still with the GPS receiver turned on and watch your plot trail with position pinning turned off. You’ll see the present position change, speed increase and decrease, and a random plot trail on the plotter’s screen. If you wish to turn the position pinning feature off, press the MENU key, then highlight the “GPS Setup” label and press the right arrow key. Now highlight the “Pinning” label.
if you drift .1 of a mile or more to the right or left of the line to the waypoint. The anchor alarm is triggered when you drift outside of a preset radius. Again, using the .1 mile as an example, if you’re anchored and your boat moves more than .1 of a mile, the alarm will flash a message. To use any of these alarms, first press the MENU key, then select the “ALARMS/CDI” menu. A screen similar to the one shown at right appears.
SUNRISE/SET MOONRISE/SET CALCULATOR This unit has a sunrise/sunset and moonrise/moonset calculator that shows this information anywhere or anytime in the world. To use it, press the MENU key, then highlight the Sun/Moon Calc label and press the right arrow key. Highlight either the sun or moon calculator and press the right arrow key. The screen shown at right appears if you chose the sunrise calculator. (Both calculators work identically. We’ll concentrate on the sunrise/sunset calculator for this example.
To change either the track or speed, highlight the one you want to change, then press the right or left arrow key. When the numbers are correct, press the EXIT key. Starting Position Normally, the starting position for the simulator is your present position. If you want to change the starting position, highlight the “Set Starting Waypoint” label on the Simulator Setup menu, then press the right arrow key. The screen shown at right appears. You can select any waypoint as the simulator’s starting point.
DEFINITION OF TERMS/ABBREVIATIONS Due to space considerations, the digital displays use abbreviations for some names. They are as follows: ALT ............... Altitude - Your height above sea level. BRG ............. Bearing - The direction from your present position to a waypoint. CLOCK ......... Your local time. TRK .............. Track - The direction you’re travelling. DIS ............... Distance - Distance remaining between your present position and a waypoint. DNT/UPT ......
DATUMS WGS 84 ................. WGS 1984 DEFAULT Default ARC 1960 .............. Arc 1960 - Mean for Kenya, MEAN Tanzania ADINDAN ............... Adindan MEAN Mean for Ethiopia, Sudan ASCENSION .......... Ascension Island 1958 ISLAND Ascension Island 1958 ADINDAN ............... Adindan BURKINA Burkina Faso FASO ASTRO BEACON .. Astro Beacon E 1945 - Iwo Jima E 1945 IWO JIMA ADINDAN ............... Adindan CAMEROON Cameroon ASTRO DOS 714 .. Astro DOS 71/4 - St Helena Island ST HELENA ISLAND ADINDAN .
CARTHAGE ........... Carthage - Tunisia TUNISIA EUROPEAN ........... European 1950 1950 ITALY Italy (Sardinia) (SARDINIA) CH-1903 ................ Switzerland EUROPEAN ........... European 1950 1950 ITALY (Sicily) (SICILY) CHATHAM ............. Chatham Island Astro 1971 ISLAND ASTRO New Zealand (Chatham Island) NEW ZEALAND EUROPEAN ........... European 1950 1950 Malta MALTA EUROPEAN ........... European 1950 1950 SPAIN Portugal, Spain PORTUGAL CHUA ASTRO ....... Chua Astro PARAGUAY Paraguay CORREGO ...
IRELAND ...............Ireland 1965 1965 Ireland NAHRWAN ............. Nahrwan OMAN Oman (Masirah Island) ISTS 061 ................ISTS 061 Astro 1968 ASTRO 1968 South Georgia Islands S GEORGIA NAHRWAN ............. Nahrwan SAUDI ARABIA Saudi Arabia ISTS 073 ................ISTS 073 Astro 1969 ASTRO 1969 Diego Garcia DIEGO GARCIA JOHNSTON ...........Johnston Island 1961 ISLAND Johnston Island 1961 KANDAWALA .........Kandawala SRI LANKA Sri Lanka KERGUELEN .........
N AMERICAN ........ North American 1927 1927 CANAL Canal Zone ZONE PITCAIRN .............. Pitcairn astro 1967 ASTRO Pitcairn Island 1967 N AMERICAN ........ North American 1927 1927 CUBA Cuba POINT 58 ............... Point 58 BURKINA Mean for Burkina Faso & Niger FASO NIGER N AMERICAN ........ North American 1927 1927 Greenland (Hayes Peninsula) GREENLAND POINTE NOIRE ..... Pointe Noire 1948 1948 CONGO Congo N AMERICAN ........ North American 1927 1927 MEXICO Mexico PORTO SANTO .....
RT 90 .....................Sweden SOUTH ASIA .........South Asia SANTO (DOS) .......Santo (DOS) ’65 ESPIRITO 1965 Espirito Santo Island SANTO ISLAND SINGAPORE .........Singapore TANANARIVE ........Tananarive Observatory 1925 OBSERVATORY Madagascar 1925 MADAGASCAR SAO BRAZ .............Sao Braz AZORES Azores (Sao Miguel, Santa Maria Islands) TIMBALAI ..............Timbalai 1948 1948 BRUNEI Brunei, East Malaysia E MALAYSIA (Sabah, Sarawak) SAPPER HILL ........
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