Cobra Electronics GPS 500 - Manual (Page 2)

Congratulations!
You’ve made a smart choice by purchasing the GPS 500
Global Positioning System receiver from Cobra
® . Designed to
give you access to the most advanced satellite navigation
technology available, your GPS 500 offers you these
sophisticated features and capabilities:
Features:
• Cobra ® EXCLUSIVE 18-channel technology gives you
the quickest acquisition time of any handheld recreational
GPS receiver available
• Locks on to signals from satellites. Delivers accurate
positioning within as little as 3 meters
• Displays the route to your destination and your progress
along that route
• Indicates direction of travel to your destination with a
compass pointer
• Displays current position, altitude, bearing, time of day, current
speed of travel, average speed throughout your trip and
estimated time of arrival at your destination
• Stores up to 500 navigational waypoints
• Lets you program and store up to 20 different
navigational routes, using up to 50 points in each route
• With optional accessories, can interface and share data
with computer mapping software
• Allows you to navigate to cities already programmed into
the unit’s memory, or to points of interest you can load
from a computer
• Automatically tracks your travel, and shows you how to return
along the same track (up to 10 separate tracks can be stored)
• Easy-to-use joystick simplifies operation
• Up to 100 map datums to choose from
• Display screen can be backlit for maximum visibility
• Is waterproof to IXP7 (submerged 1 meter for 30 minutes)
standards and can operate in temperatures from 5˚F to 158˚F
(-15˚C to 70˚C)
• With optional computer software and interface cable, you
can connect to any PC to transfer data and take
advantage of powerful mapping functions
• Already programmed with continental U.S. state,
Canadian provincial and European country boundaries
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button
ZOOM OUT
button
ZOOM IN
button
POWER and
Backlight
button
D-Ring
Fastener
Battery
Compartment
door
External
power
connector
cover
Lanyard
connector
loop
ENTER
button
Backlit
display
screen
Lanyard
connector
loop
ZOOM
IN/OUT
buttons
POWER and
Backlight
button
ZOOM
IN/OUT
buttons
JOYSTICK