Garmin GPS III Owner's Manual

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The GPS III Pilot is a powerful navigation system providing detailed mappinginformation in a convenient, compact package. This simulator tour is designed to showyou the basic features of your new GPS III Pilot during a simulated trip. The simulatortour assumes that the receiver has been properly initialized as outlined in the GettingStarted section of this manual, and that you have not changed any of the factory defaultsettings. If you have changed any settings (position formats, units of measure, etc.), thedescriptions and pictures in the tour may not match your configuration.Once you’re familiar with the primary functions of the GPS III Pilot, you’ll be readyto use your new receiver on a real trip to a destination of your choice. The Referencesection of this manual may be consulted for any additional questions you may have, orto learn about the more advanced features of the GPS III Pilot. For now, let’s get start-ed on the Simulator Tour!If the GPS III Pilot is currently off, you’ll need to start by turning it on.To turn the GPS III Pilot on, press and hold the red power key.The Welcome Page will be displayed while the unit conducts a self test. Once test-ing is complete, the Welcome Page is replaced by the Database Page, then by a warn-ing page, and finally by the Satellite Status Page. Since we’ll be using the simulatormode, we don’t need to wait for the receiver to acquire satellites.WARNING: Keep in mind that the GPS III Pilot does not track satellites insimulator mode and this mode should never be used for actual navigation. The GPS IIIPilot cannot be turned on in simulator mode. If you forget to change back to normaloperation before shutting the receiver off, it will automatically return to normal modethe next time you use the receiver.The Welcome Page is displayedwhen the GPS III Pilot is turnedon. After a brief self-test, it isreplaced by database andwarning pages. To skip thesepages, press ENTER.The Satellite Status Pageappears next. For simulatormode operations, there’s noneed to wait for the GPS IIIPilot to acquire satellites.17SIMULATOR TOURSelecting Simulator Mode#!