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1 Tracker500/500i User Manual T500i/ENG/1F Contents 1. 0 T racker500/500i Introduction ................................................................... 3 1. 1 The Global Positioning System (GPS) ................................................................ 3 1. 2 Commonly Used T erms ...........................................................[...]

Tracker500/500i User Manual 2 12.0 Marks ....................................................................................................... 2 6 12.1 Converting Marks to Waypoints ....................................................................... 26 13.0 Routes ...............................................................................[...]

3 Tracker500/500i User Manual 1 .0 T racker500/500i Introduction Congratulations on purchasing a Navman Tracker500/500i track plotter . The Tracker500/ 500i is a compact, ruggedly built, highly integrated navigation instrument that has been designed for ease of use. With this instrument you will be able to display your boat’s position, track and [...]

Tracker500/500i User Manual 4 displayed. Pressing the Mark key will save the current boat position with a temporary name in the range of MARK0 to MARK9. Marks are saved separately from normal waypoints. They are simpler to create and display and are intended to provide a simple method of marking temporary locations such as fish strikes. See section[...]

5 Tracker500/500i User Manual digits are used for the degrees as longitudes can be as large as 180°. The E indicates this location is east of Longitude 000°, a vertical line through Greenwich (London). If you don’t have a pair of dividers, you can use a ruler or even two pencil marks on the edge of a strip of paper. When entering the Lat/Lon of[...]

Tracker500/500i User Manual 6 NA VMAN Escape K ey ‘Escape’ from screen or menu Also backlighting on/off Screen Cursor Boat T rack Display is bac klit for Night Operation Boat Symbol P ower On/Off and Marks Man Over Board T racker500 mark zoom-in zoom-out ctr MOB on Mov e screen cursor and select menu items Increase T rackplot Scale Centre Boat [...]

7 Tracker500/500i User Manual 3 . 0 Man Over Board (MOB) Function The MOB function allows the boat position to immediately be saved as a waypoint named MOB, and to immediately start navigating to it. The MOB function can be activated from any screen. The following sequence activates this function: 1 . Momentarily press the keys labelled MOB (two le[...]

Tracker500/500i User Manual 8 4 .0 Start-up Sequence Press the power key to switch power on. T o switch power off, press and hold the power key until the display goes blank. Immediately after power-up the unit will display the software version number and a GPS navigation warning. zoom-out zoom-in mark ctr MOB on Press any key to proceed and start n[...]

9 Tracker500/500i User Manual DIFF Operating in differential GPS mode. Indicates that Tracker500/500i is receiving valid RTCM 104 data and that lat/lon values provided by the Tracker500/500i have had differential corrections applied. Using differential GPS (DGPS) will improve receiver accuracy to 5-10 metres, regardless of errors induced by the USA[...]

Tracker500/500i User Manual 10 5 . 0 Moving Around the Screens After the power-up sequence has completed, as described in the previous section, the Main Selection screen will be displayed, as shown below. All Tracker500/500i screens are accessed from this screen. Graphical screens showing boat position and navigation data are available from this sc[...]

11 Tracker500/500i User Manual T wo graphical screens simplify navigation. The provides you with a graphical representation of your previous travel as well as your planned route. The provides graphical birds-eye-view roadway guidance to your destination T rackplot Screen Highway Screen Highway Screen T rackplot Screen Three data screens enable easy[...]

Tracker500/500i User Manual 12 6 .0 T rackplot Screen The Tracker500/500i features a Trackplot Screen that plots your current position and course. The current vessel speed and heading are also shown in the lower section of the screen. T o display the Trackplot screen select the TRACK function from the Main Selection screen. Details of the Trackplot[...]

13 Tracker500/500i User Manual 7 .0 Position Screen The Tracker500/500i’s position screen displays navigation data, speed, course, etc, along with additional data not readily available from other screens. The latitude and longitude of your current boat position is displayed at the top of the display along with the chart datum currently selected. [...]

Tracker500/500i User Manual 14 8 .0 Highway Screen This screen provides a graphic ‘highway’ that shows your movement relative to your desired course. The highway is drawn from your original start point to a selected destination point. In the Highway screen the destination is positioned at the top of the display and the boat position is automati[...]

15 Tracker500/500i User Manual 9 .0 Fuel Screen (T racker500i only) The T racker500i has a comprehensive set of fuel management features. T o utilise these features you need only purchase a Navman fuel flow transducer. This plugs into the 5 pin connector on the rear of the Tracker500i. For twin engine installations there is a kit containing two fue[...]

Tracker500/500i User Manual 16 over which the average is taken. Usually a value of 10-15 seconds will give a satisfactory result for a carburettor engine. Fuel injected engines may require a larger value. T oo high a flow filter value will slow down the display of real changes in flow rate when you change the throttle setting. This setting does not[...]

17 Tracker500/500i User Manual 9. 2 Fuel used calibration ( T ransducer calibration) Without calibration, accuracy can be expected to be better than 10%. By recording the actual fuel usage of your boat over a period of time, it will be possible to adjust the Tracker500i to give consistently accurate readings within a 2% tolerance. In a twin engine [...]

Tracker500/500i User Manual 18 9. 3 Fuel remaining change The fuel remaining value must be changed manually each time you change the amount of fuel in the tanks (e.g. filling, swapping or syphoning tanks). If it is not, this figure will be meaningless. 9.4 Fuel remaining low alarm Y ou can use this feature to warn you when your fuel remaining drops[...]

19 Tracker500/500i User Manual 10.0 GoT o The GoT o function provides a simple method of navigating from the current boat position to a waypoint or mark. The GoT o sub-screen that can be selected from the Main Selection screen gives the options to GoT o a waypoint or mark, or to Go Along a route. Each of these options will bring up the appropriate [...]

Tracker500/500i User Manual 20 1 1.0 Waypoints The GPS receiver of the Tracker500/500i provides current position, speed and direction information which can be viewed on the Position screen. But knowing your position is only a small part of navigation. Y ou also need to keep track of where you have been and where you are going. Waypoints are electro[...]

21 Tracker500/500i User Manual 11. 2 Creating Waypoints The Tracker500/500i allows you to store and use up to 500 waypoints. There are three methods of creating waypoints as described in the following sections. Creating a New Waypoint Y ou can create a new waypoint by directly entering a lat/lon value and waypoint name. T o do this you must first d[...]

Tracker500/500i User Manual 22 Saving the current cursor position On the Trackplot screen move the cursor to the required location of the new waypoint. Press and hold the zoom-out key to display the W aypoints screen. Selecting the NEW A T CRSR option initiates an operation identical to NEW AT BOA T (see above), except that the current cursor lat/l[...]

23 Tracker500/500i User Manual From The T rackplot Screen. zoom-out 2. Press and hold the key until the W aypoint Details are displayed. zoom-out 1. Use the cursor keys to position the T rackplot cursor over the required waypoint. The waypoint name will appear in the top section of the T rackplot display . 3. The waypoint name and lat/lon will be d[...]

Tracker500/500i User Manual 24 terminate editing of this data field. At the completion of all changes press again and you will be prompted with a screen asking for confirmation to save the changes to memory . Select YES to save the changes to memory. 11.5 Displaying a Waypoint If you are unsure of the location of an existing waypoint, you can use t[...]

25 Tracker500/500i User Manual 11.7 Distance Calculations The final waypoint function available is the distance and bearing calculator. The following diagram illustrates the method used to determine distance and bearing between waypoints. 1. Use the cursor keys to select DIST ANCE from the W aypoints screen. 2. Select the start and end waypoints fr[...]

Tracker500/500i User Manual 26 12.0 Marks Marks are temporary waypoints. They are saved separately from waypoints, making them easier to find, change or delete. Marks are created by momentarily pressing the power on/ off key . This will save the current boat position with a temporary name in the range of MARK0 to MARK9. Up to ten Marks can be saved[...]

27 Tracker500/500i User Manual 13.0 Routes A route is a sequence of waypoints that are traversed in order. A route can consist of any number of waypoints from a minimum of two to a maximum of 20. Routes can be started from any waypoint within the route and can be traversed in either direction. The Routes screen can be accessed from the Main Selecti[...]

Tracker500/500i User Manual 28 13.2 Adding and Deleting Waypoints in a Route Waypoints within a route can be deleted and new waypoints can be added, providing the route is not currently active. 1. Choose to see the list of routes currently stored in memory . Select 2. Select the route you wish to edit from the list. 3. Select the EDIT option. Inser[...]

29 Tracker500/500i User Manual 13.3 Starting and Cancelling Routes T o start traversing a route, it must first be selected from the list of previously created routes. The route can be traversed in the forward direction or in the reverse direction, allowing you to return along the same route. Y ou can also choose any waypoint in the route as the sta[...]

Tracker500/500i User Manual 30 13.4 Deleting a Route The following sequence removes an existing route from memory . 1. Choose to see the list of routes currently stored in memory . Select 2. Select the route from the list. 3. Select from the list of available functions. Delete 4. Confirm that the route is to be deleted. Deleting a Route[...]

31 Tracker500/500i User Manual 14.0 Setup Select Setup from the Main Selection screen to access the Tracker500/500i setup functions. See section 5.0 for a detailed description of using the cursor keys to select menu items and changing data fields. On the Setup screen and its sub-screens, where there is a value on the end of a highlighted menu line,[...]

Tracker500/500i User Manual 32 BEARINGS UNITS TIME FUEL DISPLA Y LANGUAGE SIMULA T E The T rack er500/500i automatically calculates the magnetic var iation for the location in which it is situated. Consequently , all bear ings and course directions can be displayed either relative to true North or magnetic North. Select TRU or MAG as required. The [...]

33 Tracker500/500i User Manual 15.0 Chart Datums GPS derived positions are based on a worldwide reference (datum) known as WGS 1984. Many charts are based on datums other than WGS 1984. This results in an offset between a Lat/Lon plotted on the chart and the same Lat/Lon plotted on the Tracker500/500i. T o match the Tracker500/500i with your chart [...]

Tracker500/500i User Manual 34 CORREGO ALEG Corrego Alegre COA Brazil DJAKARTA Djakarta (Batavia) BAT Sumatra (Indonesia) DOS 1968 DOS 1968 G IZ Gizo Island (New Georgia Islands) EASTER IS 67 Easter Island 1967 EAS Easter Island EURO 1950 European 1950 EU R-M EURO 50 ENGL European 1950 England EUR-G England, Channel Islands, Scotland, Shetland Isla[...]

35 Tracker500/500i User Manual NAD27 CENTRL North American 1927 Central America NAS-N Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua NAD27 CONUS North American 1927 Conus NAS-C NAD27 CUBA North American 1927 Cuba NAS-T NAD27 GREEN North American 1927 Greenland NAS-U (Hayes Peninsula) NAD27 MEXICO North American 1927 Mexico NAS-L NA[...]

Tracker500/500i User Manual 36 Appendix A – Specifications Tracker500 and T racker500i • Dimensions 500 132mm W x 133mm H x 46mm D . 500i 132mm W x 133mm H x 88mm D. • Display T ype STN temperature compensated LCD. • Display Matrix 100 x 64 Pixels. • Input Voltage 1 1 to 16.6 Volts DC. • Backlighting 15 levels plus off, 5 levels directl[...]

37 Tracker500/500i User Manual Appendix B – Tracker500/500i Installation Packing List • GPS Tracker500/500i Display Head, including 2 mounting knobs & 2 washers • Power/data cable • Mounting Bracket • User’s manual • GPS Antenna, T racker500 only • GPS Antenna User ’s Manual, T racker500 only Mounting Choose a location for the[...]

Tracker500/500i User Manual 38 Power Cable Connections 1. Connect the red wire to the positive supply (1 1-16.6 VDC) via a 1 amp fuse or 1 amp circuit breaker. Connect the cable shield to the negative supply . If possible, route the antenna and power cable away from other wiring on the boat. Electrical noise from engine wiring, bilge pumps and othe[...]

39 Tracker500/500i User Manual Appendix C – T rouble Shooting Guide T racker500/500i will not switch on. T rack er500/500i switches itself off. Some previously available navigation functions are no longer av ailab le . ‘GPS FIX LOST’ message displayed. Prolonged period to obtain a fix. P osition indicated on T rack er500/ 500i varies by up to[...]

Tracker500/500i User Manual 40 Indicated heading does not match the boat’s compass. No/low fuel flow indicated. Only one flow rate value shown for a twin engine installation. Erratic fuel flow readings. No fuel economy reading. Fuel Remaining does not match the amount left in the tank. The boat must be mo ving before the T rac ker500/ 500i can de[...]

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