Y GPS 152H P R E L IM IN A R owner’s manual
© 2010 Garmin Ltd. or its subsidiaries Garmin International, Inc. 1200 East 151st Street, Olathe, Kansas 66062, USA Tel. (913) 397.8200 or (800) 800.1020 Fax (913) 397.8282 Garmin (Europe) Ltd. Liberty House Hounsdown Business Park, Southampton, Hampshire, SO40 9LR UK Tel. +44 (0) 870.8501241 (outside the UK) 0808 2380000 (within the UK) Fax +44 (0) 870.8501251 Garmin Corporation No. 68, Jangshu 2nd Road, Sijhih, Taipei County, Taiwan Tel. 886/2.2642.9199 Fax 886/2.2642.9099 All rights reserved.
Introduction Warning See the Important Safety and Product Information guide in the product box for product warnings and other important information. This manual includes information for the GPS 152H. Tips and Shortcuts • Press Page to return to a main page from a submenu page. Continue to press Page to scroll through the main pages. • Press Menu from any of the main screens to access advanced settings. Press Menu twice to display the Settings Menu.
Table of Contents Introduction............................................................................i Tips and Shortcuts......................................................................... i Manual Conventions...................................................................... i Product Registration...................................................................... i Contact Garmin.............................................................................. i Getting Started...........
Getting Started Using the Keypad Internal Antenna Getting Started Power/Backlight—Press and hold to turn the unit on or off; press and release to adjust the backlight and day and night modes. Rocker—Press up, down, left, or right to move through menus, highlight fields, and enter data. Enter/Mark—Press to select a highlighted item or mark a waypoint. Page Enter/ Mark Menu Power/ Backlight NAV/MOB Rocker Quit Menu—Press to access additional settings and configuration options.
Getting Started Turning the Unit On or Off To turn on the unit, press and release the Warning screen appears, press Enter. To turn off the unit, press and hold the Power key. When the Power key. Acquiring GPS Satellite Signals When you turn on the GPS 152H, it must collect satellite data and establish the current location. When the unit acquires satellite signals, the signal strength bars momentarily appear on the Satellites page.
Navigation Navigation Marking Your Present Location as a Waypoint: 1. From any Main page, press and hold ENTER/MARK until the New Waypoint screen appears. 2. To change the default symbol, name, or depth of the waypoint, use the Rocker to highlight the field you want to change. Enter text as described on page 2. 3. Select OK to save the waypoint. Main Pages The GPS 152H has five Main pages. To cycle through the Main pages, press Page.
Navigation 3. To change the default symbol, name, or depth of the waypoint, use the Rocker to highlight the field you want to change. Enter text as described on page 2. 4. Select OK to save the waypoint. Editing a Waypoint on the Map Page 1. From the Map Page, use the Rocker to move the pointer ( ). Highlight the waypoint you want to edit. 2. Press Enter. 3. Use the Rocker to edit text as described on page 2. Editing a Waypoint from a List of Waypoints 1. From any Main page, press Menu twice. 2.
Navigating to a Destination To navigate to a waypoint: 1. From any of the Main pages, press NAV/MOB. 2. Select Go To Waypoint. 3. Highlight By Name or Nearest. 4. Select the waypoint to which you want to navigate. 5. Select Go To. Use the Map page, the Compass page, the Highway page, or the Numbers page to navigate to your destination. To navigate to a point on the map: 1. From the Map page, use the Rocker to move the pointer ( ) to your destination. 2. Press NAV/MOB. 3. Select Go To Map Point.
Navigation Highway page—provides a 3D view with your location and the course to your destination. Course to destination Data fields Your location Zoom scale Highway page (on course) The Highway page also indicates if you have veered off course. Numbers page—displays one or four configurable data fields. Numbers page To display only one data field, press Menu and select Big Numbers. NOTE: To change which data fields are shown, see page 10. To navigate to a man overboard (MOB) location: 1.
Navigation 4. 5. 6. 7. To begin navigating a saved route: 1. Press NAV/MOB. 2. Select Follow Route. 3. Select the route you want to take, and then select Activate. 4. Use the Map page, Compass page, Highway page, Numbers page (pages 5–6), or Active Route page to navigate the route. To begin navigating the route, press NAV/MOB and select the route. While navigating a route, you can view the Active Route page, which lists all the waypoints on the route.
Navigation 4. Highlight the waypoint that is before the waypoint you want to add, and press Menu. 5. Select Insert Waypoint. 6. Select a waypoint from the By Name list or the Nearest list. 7. Select OK. 8. Continue to add waypoints, if necessary. 9. Press Quit to save the route. To remove a waypoint on a route: 1. From any Main page, press Menu twice. 2. Highlight Rte. 3. Select the route you want to edit. 4. Highlight the waypoint you want to delete, and press Menu. 5. Select Remove Waypoint.
Saving a Track 1. 2. 3. 4. From any Main page, press Menu twice. Highlight Trk. Press Menu, and select Save. Select the time, the date, or the Entire Log you want to save. Optionally, you can edit the name of the track. Navigating a Saved Track 1. 2. 3. 4. Press NAV/MOB. Select Follow Track. Select the track you want to take. Select Original to follow the track as it was originally recorded, or select Reverse to follow the track in the opposite direction. Deleting All Saved Tracks 1. 2. 3. 4.
Settings Settings Map Page You can customize a Main page by pressing Menu while on the page. Hide Tracks You can access the Settings menu from any Main page by pressing Menu twice.
3. Select a data field to change. 4. Select the new field you want shown. • Full Screen Map On (or Off)—hides or shows the data fields from all main pages (except the Active Route page). • Loran TD On (or Off)—allows you to convert GPS coordinates to Loran (Long Range Navigation) TDs. This system is no longer a primary source of maritime navigation and should not normally be used. Refer to the U.S. Coast Guard site at www.navcen.uscg.gov/loran/default.htm for additional information.
Settings Using the Routes Tab From any Main page, press Menu twice and highlight Rte. See page 6 for more information concerning creating, editing, and deleting routes. Using the Tracks Tab From any Main page, press Menu twice and highlight Trk. See page 8 for more information concerning showing, saving, and deleting tracks. Record Interval defines the frequency at which the track plot is recorded. Recording plots more frequently is more accurate but fills the track log faster.
Using the Page Tab The Page tab allows you to select or deselect the main pages. A check mark indicates that the page will be displayed when you press Page. From any Main page, press Menu twice and highlight Page. To select a preset page combination, press Menu. • Enable All Pages—selects all pages. • Basic Trackplotter—selects the Map page only. • Nav Tools Only—selects the Compass, Highway, and Active Route pages only. Press Jump To to display the selected page.
Settings Map Tab > Points Subheading • Text—sets the screen size of the name of the waypoint, the active route, the marine navaid, or the geo point on the Map page and the Highway page. • Zoom—sets the maximum scale at which the feature should appear on the Map page. Map Tab > Other Subheading • Acc. Circle (Accuracy Circle)—represents the approximate accuracy of the unit. Your location is indicated in the center of the circle.
• Heading—selects the reference used in calculating heading information. ◦ Auto Mag Var—automatically sets the magnetic declination for your location. ◦ True—sets true north as the heading reference. ◦ Grid—sets grid north as the heading reference (000º). ◦ User Mag Var—allows you to set the magnetic variation value. • Dst, Spd, & Alt—defines the units of measure for distance, speed, and altitude in nautical, statute, or metric formats. • Dpth—defines the units of measure for depth.
Settings To automatically scan for a frequency: 1. Select Garmin DGPS in the Serial Data Format field. 2. Select Scan in the Beacon field. The unit begins scanning. If it is necessary to restart the scan, press Menu and select Restart Scan. To manually enter the frequency and bit rate: 1. Select Garmin DGPS in the Serial Data Format field. 2. Select User in the Beacon field. 3. Enter the desired frequency and bit rate.
Using the Celestial Tab The Celestial tab shows information about sunrise, sunset, moonrise, moonset, the moon phase, and the approximate sky view location of the sun and moon. By default, the unit shows celestial information for the present date and time. From any Main page, press Menu twice and highlight Celes. To select a date and time for which to view celestial information, select the date or time field and enter text as described on page 2.
Settings • DOP (Dilution of Precision)—displays DOP, which is an indication of satellite geometry quality measured on a scale of one to ten. Lower numbers indicate higher quality signals. • DGPS SNR—displays the SNR when the unit is receiving a DGPS signal. The SNR range is 0dB to 30dB, with 30dB being the best. WAAS (Wide Area Augmentation System) can provide moreaccurate GPS position information in North America. However, when using WAAS, the device takes longer to acquire satellites. To disable WAAS: 1.
The top of the screen displays the tide station. The top of the chart shows a 24-hour block of local time (LCL) for your position, with the reported station time (STA) appearing at the bottom. The solid, light vertical lines are in 4-hour increments, and the light, dotted vertical lines are in 1-hour increments. A dark, vertical line indicates the current time. Settings To select the tide station nearest your location: 1. From any Main page, press Menu twice and highlight Tide. 2.
Appendix Appendix Specifications Physical Specifications Size : W × H × D: 5.3 in. × 4.9 in. × 2.4 in. (13.4 cm × 12.5 cm × 6.1 cm) Weight: 1 lb. (454 g) Display: 4.0 in. diagonal (10.2 cm) high-contrast, 4-level gray FSTN with adjustable backlighting (160 x 100 pixels) Case: Fully gasketed, high-impact plastic alloy, waterproof to IEC 529 IPX7 standards. Temp. Range: From 5ºF to 131ºF (from -15ºC to 55ºC) Compass-Safe Distance: 12 in.
Alarms and Messages The unit uses an on-screen message system to alert you to unit operating characteristics. When a message appears, press Enter to acknowledge the message. Alarm Clock—the alarm clock has sounded. Anchor Drag Alarm—you have drifted out of the specified distance range. Antenna Input Shorted To Ground—a part of the antenna wiring is crimped, broken, or contacting the chassis. Approaching Waypoint—you are a specified alarm distance from a destination waypoint.
Appendix Route Already Exists: —you have entered a route name that already exists in memory. Modify the route name or delete the previous route name. Track Truncated—a complete upload track will not fit into memory. The oldest track log points were deleted to make space for the most recent data. Route Does Not Exist: —the route has been renamed or removed from memory and cannot be used.
Using Simulator Mode WARNING Do not try to navigate using simulator mode because the GPS receiver is turned off. Any satellite signal strength bars shown are simulations and do not represent the strength of actual satellite signals. Simulator mode turns the GPS receiver off for use indoors or for practice using the chartplotter. The chartplotter does not track satellites in simulator mode. appears in the lower-left corner of the main pages to indicate that the unit is in Simulator mode. 1.
Appendix The GPS 152H also includes support for the WPL sentence and sonar NMEA 0183 input with support for the DPT (depth) or DBT, MTW (water temp), and VHW (water temp, speed, and heading) sentences. If you are connected to COM2 for sonar NMEA input, the unit interface must be set to GARMIN DGPS, Other DGPS (4800 only), or NMEA In/NMEA Out. If connecting to COM1, the unit must be set to NMEA In/NMEA Out (see page 15).
Index Symbols 2D navigation 17 3D navigation 17 A acc.
Index north grid 15 magnetic 15 true 15 north up 13 numbers page 6 O off course alarm 16 orientation 13 Out key 1 P Page key 1 page tab 13 physical specifications 20 plan route 11 position format 14 Power/Backlight key 1 power source 20 product registration i proximity alarms 4 Q Quit key 1 R re-evaluate 11 Receiver Not Usable 17 record interval 12 registering your product i 26 restoring factory settings 23 restoring map defaults 13 reversing a route 8 Rocker 1 S settings menu 11 shallow wtr 16 s
For the latest free software updates (excluding map data) throughout the life of your Garmin products, visit the Garmin Web site at www.garmin.com. © 2010 Garmin Ltd. or its subsidiaries Garmin International, Inc. 1200 East 151st Street, Olathe, Kansas 66062, USA Garmin (Europe) Ltd. Liberty House, Hounsdown Business Park, Southampton, Hampshire, SO40 9LR UK Garmin Corporation No. 68, Jangshu 2nd Road, Sijhih, Taipei County, Taiwan www.garmin.com March 2010 Part Number 190-01219-00 Rev.
