Owner's Manual - West Marine

GETTING STARTED > GETTING SATELLITE SIGNALSSignalReceiver • Searching the Sky—the receiver is looking for satellites.StrengthStatus• AutoLocate—the receiver is looking for any satellite whoseBarsFieldalmanac has been collected, which can take up to 5 minutes.Sky view• Acquiring Satellites—the receiver is looking for andPowercollecting data from satellites visible at its last known orSourceIndicatorinitialized position, but has not acquired a fix.• 2D GPS Location: At least three satellites have beenGPS PageThe progress of satellite acquisition is shown in three stages:• No signal strength bars—the receiver is looking for thesatellites indicated.• White signal strength bars—the receiver has found thesatellite and is collecting data.acquired, and a two-dimensional position fix has beencalculated. “2D Differential” appears when you are receivingDGPS corrections in 2D mode, and a “D” appears on thestrength bar of satellites being corrected.• 3D GPS Location: At least four satellites have beenacquired, and a three-dimensional fix has been calculated.“3D Differential” appears when you are receiving DGPS• Green signal strength bars—the receiver has collected thecorrections in 3D mode, and a “D” appears on the strength barnecessary data from this satellite.of satellites being corrected.As soon as the 276C Plus has collected the necessary data from the • Lost Satellite Reception—the receiver is no longer trackingbest satellites in view to calculate a fix, the status field indicates the enough satellites for a 2D or 3D fix.status of the receiver. The unit then updates the position, date andtime.• Receiver Not Usable—the receiver is unusable, possibly dueto interference or abnormal satellite conditions. Turn the unitoff and back on to reset.Receiver Status• Simulating GPS—the receiver is in simulator mode.The Receiver Status field displays one of the following conditions:• GPS Off—the GPS receiver is turned off.276C Plus Owner’s Manual 5190-00501-00_0A.indd 51/13/2005 10:43:24 AM