Garmin GPS III Owner's Manual

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Oscillator Needs Adjustment—The GPS III Pilot has detected excessivedrift in its internal crystal oscillator which may result in longer acquisitiontime. The unit should be taken to an authorized GARMIN service center.Poor GPS Coverage—The unit cannot acquire the necessary number ofsatellites to compute a position. Try another location with a clearer viewof the sky.Power Down and Re-init—The GPS III Pilot cannot calculate a positiondue to abnormal satellite conditions. Turn the unit off, and use othermeans to verify the last position shown. Try the unit again later, possiblyin a different location.RAM Failed—The GPS III Pilot has detected a failure in its internalmemory. If the message persists, the GPS III Pilot is unusable and shouldbe taken to an authorized GARMIN service center.Received Invalid Waypoint—A waypoint was received during uploadtransfer that has an invalid identifier and/or position.Receiver Failed—A failure in receiver hardware has been detected. Ifthis message persists, do not use the unit and take it to an authorizeddealer for repair.ROM Failed—The permanent memory has failed and the unit is notoperable. Take your unit to an authorized GARMIN dealer for repairs.Route Already Exists—You have attempted to name a route with thesame name currently in use for an existing route. Enter a different namefor the route.Route Full—You have attempted to add more than 30 waypoints to aroute.Route Memory Full—Route memory is full and no additional routescan be added from another GPS III Pilot or uploaded from a PC.Route Waypoint Deleted—A route waypoint entered does not exist inthe database and has been deleted from the route.Route Waypoint Locked—A route waypoint was locked when the data-base was updated, since the waypoint does not exist in the new database.Route Waypoint Moved—The waypoint was moved when waypointdata was added during a database update, from another GPS III Pilot oruploaded from a PC.RTCM Input Failed—DGPS data being received has been lost. You areno longer receiving the beacon signal.Searching the Sky—The GPS III Pilot is in searching the sky foralmanac data or the unit is in AutoLocate mode.Steep Turn Ahead—This message appears approximately one minuteprior to a turn that requires a bank angle in excess of 25 degrees in orderto stay on course.Stored Data Lost—All waypoints, routes, time, and almanac data havebeen lost due to battery failure, or the receiver’s memory has beencleared.Timer Expired—The countdown timer has expired.Track Memory Full—Track log memory, consisting of approximately1900 track points, is full. Delete the track log data to make room for newentries or select the ‘Wrap’ recording option.Waypoint Memory Full—You have used all 500 waypoints in memory.Delete unwanted waypoints to make room for new entries.Waypoint Already Exists—The name you are entering already exists inthe GPS III Pilot’s memory.94APPENDIX EMessages