Garmin 190-01219-00 manuale d’uso

PRELIMIN AR Y GPS 152H owner ’ s manual[...]

© 2010 Garmin Ltd. or its subsidiaries Garmin International, Inc. 1200 East 151 st Street, Olathe, Kansas 66062, USA T el. (913) 397.8200 or (800) 800.1020 Fax (913) 397.8282 Garmin (Europe) Ltd. Liberty House Hounsdown Business Park, Southampton, Hampshire, SO40 9LR UK T el. +44 (0) 870.8501241 (outside the UK) 0808 2380000 (within the UK) Fax +4[...]

GPS 152H Owner ’s Manual i Introduction  W arning See the Important Safety and Pr oduct Information guide in the product box for product warnings and other important information. This manual includes information for the GPS 152H. T ips and Shortcuts Press Page to return to a main page from a submenu page. Continue to press Page to scroll throu[...]

ii GPS 152H Owner ’s Manual T able of Contents Introduction ........................................................................... i T ips and Shortcuts ........................................................................ i Manual Conventions ..................................................................... i Product Registration ...[...]

GPS 152H Owner ’s Manual 1 Getting Started Getting Started Power/ Backlight Menu Page NA V/MOB Enter/ Mark Zoom Out Zoom In Quit Rocker Internal Antenna Using the Keypad Power/Backlight —Press and hold to turn the unit on or off; press and release to adjust the backlight and day and night modes. Rocker —Press up, down, left, or right to move [...]

2 GPS 152H Owner ’s Manual Getting Started T urning the Unit On or Off T o turn on the unit, press and release the Power key . When the W arning screen appears, press Enter . T o turn off the unit, press and hold the Power key . Acquiring GPS Satellite Signals When you turn on the GPS 152H, it must collect satellite data and establish the current[...]

GPS 152H Owner ’s Manual 3 Navigation Navigation Main Pages The GPS 152H has ve Main pages. T o cycle through the Main pages, press Page . Map Page Highway Page Compass Page Active Route Page Numbers Page Creating W aypoints W aypoints are locations you record and store in the GPS 152H. Y ou can store up to 3,000 waypoints with a user-dened[...]

4 GPS 152H Owner ’s Manual Navigation 3. T o change the default symbol, name, or depth of the waypoint, use the Rocker to highlight the eld you want to change. Enter text as described on page 2 . 4. Select OK to save the waypoint. Editing a W aypoint on the Map Page 1. From the Map Page, use the Rocker to move the pointer ( ). Highlight the wa[...]

GPS 152H Owner ’s Manual 5 Navigation Navigating to a Destination T o navigate to a waypoint: 1. From any of the Main pages, press NA V/MOB . 2. Select Go T o W aypoint . 3. Highlight By Name or Nearest . 4. Select the waypoint to which you want to navigate. 5. Select Go T o . Use the Map page, the Compass page, the Highway page, or the Numbers p[...]

6 GPS 152H Owner ’s Manual Navigation Highway page —provides a 3D view with your location and the course to your destination. Highway page (on course) Data elds Y our location Course to destination Zoom scale The Highway page also indicates if you have veered off course. Highway page (off course) Numbers page —displays one or four congu[...]

GPS 152H Owner ’s Manual 7 Navigation 4. Select the rst blank eld in the list of waypoints. 5. Select a waypoint from the By Name list or the Nearest list. 6. Select OK . 7. Continue to select waypoints until you have selected the last point on the route. 8. Press Quit to save the route. T o begin navigating the route, press NA V/MOB and se[...]

8 GPS 152H Owner ’s Manual Navigation 4. Highlight the waypoint that is before the waypoint you want to add, and press Menu . 5. Select Insert Waypoint . 6. Select a waypoint from the By Name list or the Nearest list. 7. Select OK . 8. Continue to add waypoints, if necessary . 9. Press Quit to save the route. T o remove a waypoint on a route: 1. [...]

GPS 152H Owner ’s Manual 9 Navigation Saving a T rack 1. From any Main page, press Menu twice. 2. Highlight T rk . 3. Press Menu , and select Save . 4. Select the time, the date, or the Entire Log you want to save. Optionally , you can edit the name of the track. Navigating a Saved T rack 1. Press NA V/MOB . 2. Select Follow T rack . 3. Select th[...]

10 GPS 152H Owner ’s Manual Settings Settings Y ou can customize a Main page by pressing Menu while on the page. Y ou can access the Settings menu from any Main page by pressing Menu twice. Customizing the Main Pages The following table indicates the options that can be viewed by pressing Menu from each of the ve Main pages: Map Page Compass P[...]

GPS 152H Owner ’s Manual 1 1 Settings 3. Select a data eld to change. 4. Select the new eld you want shown. Full Screen Map On (or Off )—hides or shows the data elds from all main pages (except the Active Route page). Loran TD On (or Off )—allows you to convert GPS coordinates to Loran (Long Range Navigation) TDs. This system is no l[...]

12 GPS 152H Owner ’s Manual Settings Using the Routes T ab From any Main page, press Menu twice and highlight Rte . See page 6 for more information concerning creating, editing, and deleting routes. Using the T racks T ab From any Main page, press Menu twice and highlight T rk . See page 8 for more information concerning showing, saving, and dele[...]

GPS 152H Owner ’s Manual 13 Settings Using the Page T ab The Page tab allows you to select or deselect the main pages. A check mark indicates that the page will be displayed when you press Page . From any Main page, press Menu twice and highlight Page . T o select a preset page combination, press Menu . Enable All Pages —selects all pages. Basi[...]

14 GPS 152H Owner ’s Manual Settings Map T ab > Points Subheading T ext —sets the screen size of the name of the waypoint, the active route, the marine navaid, or the geo point on the Map page and the Highway page. Zoom —sets the maximum scale at which the feature should appear on the Map page. Map T ab > Other Subheading Acc. Circle ( [...]

GPS 152H Owner ’s Manual 15 Settings Heading —selects the reference used in calculating heading information. Auto Mag V ar —automatically sets the magnetic declination for your location. T rue —sets true north as the heading reference. Grid —sets grid north as the heading reference (000º). User Mag V ar —allows you to set the magnetic [...]

16 GPS 152H Owner ’s Manual Settings T o automatically scan for a frequency: 1. Select Garmin DGPS in the Serial Data Format eld. 2. Select Scan in the Beacon eld. The unit begins scanning. If it is necessary to restart the scan, press Menu and select Restart Scan . T o manually enter the frequency and bit rate: 1. Select Garmin DGPS in the[...]

GPS 152H Owner ’s Manual 17 Settings Using the Celestial T ab The Celestial tab shows information about sunrise, sunset, moonrise, moonset, the moon phase, and the approximate sky view location of the sun and moon. By default, the unit shows celestial information for the present date and time. From any Main page, press Menu twice and highlight Ce[...]

18 GPS 152H Owner ’s Manual Settings DOP (Dilution of Precision)—displays DOP , which is an indication of satellite geometry quality measured on a scale of one to ten. Lower numbers indicate higher quality signals. DGPS SNR —displays the SNR when the unit is receiving a DGPS signal. The SNR range is 0dB to 30dB, with 30dB being the best. W AA[...]

GPS 152H Owner ’s Manual 19 Settings The top of the screen displays the tide station. The top of the chart shows a 24-hour block of local time (LCL) for your position, with the reported station time (ST A) appearing at the bottom. The solid, light vertical lines are in 4-hour increments, and the light, dotted vertical lines are in 1-hour incremen[...]

20 GPS 152H Owner ’s Manual Appendix Appendix Specications Physical Specications Size : W × H × D: 5.3 in. × 4.9 in. × 2.4 in. (13.4 cm × 12.5 cm × 6.1 cm) W eight: 1 lb. (454 g) Display: 4.0 in. diagonal (10.2 cm) high-contrast, 4-level gray FSTN with adjustable backlighting (160 x 100 pixels) Case: Fully gasketed, high-impact plasti[...]

GPS 152H Owner ’s Manual 21 Appendix Alarms and Messages The unit uses an on-screen message system to alert you to unit operating characteristics. When a message appears, press Enter to acknowledge the message. Alarm Clock— the alarm clock has sounded. Anchor Drag Alarm —you have drifted out of the specied distance range. Antenna Input Sho[...]

22 GPS 152H Owner ’s Manual Appendix Route Already Exists: <route name> —you have entered a route name that already exists in memory . Modify the route name or delete the previous route name. Route Does Not Exist: <route name> —the route has been renamed or removed from memory and cannot be used. Route Is Full —you have attempte[...]

GPS 152H Owner ’s Manual 23 Appendix Using Simulator Mode  W ARNING Do not try to navigate using simulator mode because the GPS receiver is turned off. Any satellite signal strength bars shown are simulations and do not represent the strength of actual satellite signals. Simulator mode turns the GPS receiver off for use indoors or for practice[...]

24 GPS 152H Owner ’s Manual Appendix The GPS 152H also includes support for the WPL sentence and sonar NMEA 0183 input with support for the DPT (depth) or DBT , MTW (water temp), and VHW (water temp, speed, and heading) sentences. If you are connected to COM2 for sonar NMEA input, the unit interface must be set to GARMIN DGPS , Other DGPS (4800 o[...]

GPS 152H Owner ’s Manual 25 Index Index Symbols 2D navigation 17 3D navigation 17 A acc. circle 14 acquiring satellites 17 alarm 16, 21–24 anchor drag 16 arrival 16 clock 16 deep water 16 off course 16 shallow water 16 anchor drag alarm 16 arrival alarm 16 AutoLocate 17, 18 Auto Magnetic 15 auto zoom 13 B backlight adjusting 2 basic trackplotte[...]

26 GPS 152H Owner ’s Manual Index north grid 15 magnetic 15 true 15 north up 13 numbers page 6 O off course alarm 16 orientation 13 Out key 1 P Page key 1 page tab 13 physical specications 20 plan route 1 1 position format 14 Power/Backlight key 1 power source 20 product registration i proximity alarms 4 Q Quit key 1 R re-evaluate 1 1 Receiver[...]

[...]

For the latest free software updates (excluding map data) throughout the life of your Garmin products, visit the Garmin Web site at www .garmin.com . © 2010 Garmin Ltd. or its subsidiaries Garmin International, Inc. 1200 East 151 st Street, Olathe, Kansas 66062, USA Garmin (Europe) Ltd. Liberty House, Hounsdown Business Park, Southampton, Hampshir[...]