Garmin APOLLO 900 GPS User Manual

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GPS User Manual
106 pages
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Table of Contents
Page
Section A - Introduction to Satellite Navigation . A-1
What is GPS? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1
What Does the GPS Receiver Do?. . . . . . . . . . A-1
How Does GPS Work?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1
Section B - Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1
Switching the GPS Receiver On and Off . . . . . B-1
Switching the Display Backlight On and Off. . B-2
The Function Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-2
The MENU/PWR Key. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-2
The NEW WPT Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-3
The INFO Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-3
The GOTO/NRST Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-3
The ARROW Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-4
The ENTER Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-4
Calling the Navigation Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . B-4
Helpful Instructions on the Display . . . . . . . . . B-5
Entering a Seed Position. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-6
Entering a Destination Waypoint . . . . . . . . . . . B-8
Searching for Nearest Waypoints. . . . . . . . . . . B-9
Navigating to a Destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-10
The Navigation Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-10
Numeric Navigation Screens . . . . . . . . . . . B-11
Moving Map Screens. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-13

Zooming In or Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-14
Auto Zoom. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-16
Orthographic Navigation Screen . . . . . . . . . . B-17
Other Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-17
Creating Waypoints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-18
Entering Present Position as a Waypoint. . B-18
Creating User Waypoints. . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-19
Using the Navigation Simulator . . . . . . . . . . . B-20
Section C - The Waypoint Database. . . . . . . . . . . C-1
Available Waypoint Information . . . . . . . . . . . C-2
ARPT Waypoint Information . . . . . . . . . . . C-2
VOR Waypoint Information . . . . . . . . . . . . C-2
NDB Waypoint Information . . . . . . . . . . . . C-3
INT Waypoint Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-3
CITY Waypoint Information . . . . . . . . . . . . C-3
USER Waypoint Information . . . . . . . . . . . C-3
Viewing Waypoint Information . . . . . . . . . . . . C-4
“GOTO” Waypoint Information . . . . . . . . . C-4
Nearest Waypoint Information . . . . . . . . . . C-5
Scanning Waypoints for Information . . . . . C-6
Section D - Advanced Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-1
The Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-1
Calling the Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-1
Main Menu Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-2
Return to Nav . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-3
Operation Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-3
Time and Place . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-4
Screen and Beeper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-5
Map Setups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-6
Declutter Maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-7
Track Point History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-8
Arrival Alerts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-10
Airspace Alerts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-10
CDI Scale. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-12
Parallel Track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-13
Magnetic Var . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-14
Countdown Time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-15
Display Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-15
Serial Outputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-16
Battery Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-18
User Waypoint Management. . . . . . . . . . . D-19
System Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-21
Setting Up Multiple Leg Trips . . . . . . . . . . . . D-21
The Route Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-21
Creating a Route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-22
Changing a Route Waypoint . . . . . . . . . . . D-23
Adding a Route Waypoint . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-24
Deleting Route Waypoints . . . . . . . . . . . . D-25
Starting a Route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-26
Stopping or Holding a Route. . . . . . . . . . . D-26
Resuming a Route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-27
Route “Direct To” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-28
Entering GPS Approaches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-29
GPS Overlay Approaches . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-29
Approach Waypoint Identifiers . . . . . . . . . D-29
Runway Centerline Extensions . . . . . . . . . D-31
Runway Centerline Waypoint Identifiers . D-32
Inserting Approaches Into Routes . . . . . . . D-32
Checking Satellite Signal Strength. . . . . . . . . D-35
Managing Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-36
Airspace Alert Message. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-37
Arrival Alert Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-37
Low Battery Alert Message. . . . . . . . . . . . D-38
No Position Alert Message . . . . . . . . . . . . D-38
Parallel Track Alert Message . . . . . . . . . . D-39
Course Deviation Alert Message. . . . . . . . D-39
Current Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-40
External Electrical Connections . . . . . . . . . . . D-40
Section E - Differential GPS Operation . . . . . . . . E-1
What is Differential GPS? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-1
How Does Differential GPS Work? . . . . . . . . . E-1
Using Differential GPS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-2
Where is Differential GPS Data Available? . . . E-2
Section F - Care of the GPS Receiver . . . . . . . . . . F-1
Replacing the Batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-1
Cleaning the GPS Receiver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-2
Section G - Glossary of Navigation Terms. . . . . . G-1

Section H - Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H-1
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Back Cover
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