Magellan Meridian User Manual

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Magellan Meridian GPS Receiver

Reference

The Position screens 1 and 2 simply display your present position using the
coordinate systems that you have selected in Setup. The Position 1 screen shows
all of the basic position, time and satellite information, all on one screen. In
addition, current navigation information is shown on the bottom half of the
screen.

GPS Status Messages — Messages indicating the status of the GPS receiver

section of the Meridian are displayed on the Position screen.

Message

Description

Searching - 1st sat

Searching for 1st satellite.

Searching - 2nd sat

1st satellite found; searching for 2nd satellite

Searching - 3rd sat

Two satellites are being tracked and searching

for a third.

Searching - 4th sat

Three satellites are being tracked and

searching for the fourth.

Collecting Data

All satellites needed for position fix are being

tracked and position is being computed.

Averaging

Meridian is computing fixes; speed is near 0.0

so position is being averaged.

EPE xxft

Estimated Position Error in feet. Meridian is

computing fixes while moving.

DGPS

Computed fixes are being differentially

corrected.

Since the Meridian is a 12-channel receiver, once the first satellite is
found, finding the remaining satellites and computing a fix may take
only a few seconds.

Selecting the Position Screen — Allows you to toggle between the two

Position screens. This allows the same position to be displayed in
different coordinate systems. This is useful when comparing navigation
data between devices and charts that use different coordinate systems.

The screen viewed can be changed by pressing the Left or Right arrows
while viewing the Position screen.

You can change the coordinate system displayed by following the
instructions in Setup - Selecting the Coordinate System.

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