User Guide

Alarms
The alarms page is used to set two alarms on the
GPS 12XL: arrival and CDI. The arrival alarm will alert
you when you are approaching a waypoint. The arrival
alarm has three available settings:
• ’Off’— No alarm will occur.
• ’On’— The alarm will occur at the user-specified dis-
tance from the destination waypoint.
• ’Auto’— The alarm will occur at one minute away
(based upon current speed, distance & track)
from the each waypoint in the active route or
from the GOTO destination.
Note: When using a route, the arrival alarm will
only occur for the final destination waypoint—not any
interim waypoints along the route.
To set the arrival alarm:
1. Highlight the ‘ARRIVAL’ field and press .
2. Select ‘On’, ‘Auto’ or ‘Off’, and press .
3. If ‘On’ is selected, highlight the distance field, press
, enter the desired distance and press .
The CDI alarm will alert you if your position devi-
ates off course (left or right) beyond the limits specified.
To set the CDI alarm:
1. Highlight the ‘CDI Alarm’ field and press .
2. Select ‘On’ or ‘Off’, and press .
3. If ‘On’ is selected, highlight the distance field, press
, enter the desired distance and press .
Note: The arrival and CDI alarms both have setting
ranges from 0.0 to 9.9 units (statute miles/nautical
miles/kilometers). Setting the CDI alarm to its lowest
limits may cause false alarms due to the effects of
DOD-imposed Selective Availability. Selective
Availability can degrade your GPS position by as much
as 100 meters.
Alarms
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The arrival alarm alerts
you when you’ve reached
your destination. ‘Auto’
provides an alert at one
minute from your destina-
tion. ‘On’ allows you to
define an alarm distance.
The CDI alarm warns you
when you deviate off
course (left or right)
beyond the limits that you
set.
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