Matsutec GP-280 User manual

Matsutec GP-280
User Manual

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Foreword
Thank you for your choice
of GP-280.
We would appreciate
feedback from you to go
further where we are
achieving.
Please carefully read and
follow the procedures and
operation for best use of
your unit.
The unit is used as an
auxiliary navigation device.
For safety reason, it is not
recommended to use it as

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the only navigation device.
The unit has built-in battery.
Please don't put it in a fire
or in a high temperature. It
should be disposed of
properly when discarded
to avoid environmental
pollution
Information in this manual
is subject to change
without notice. Please feel
free to contact our support
whenever you need.

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FOREWORD ................................1
FEATURES....................................5
1. QUICK START.......................6
POWER ON/OFF .......................... 6
ADJUST LCD AND KEY PANEL
BRILLIANCE ................................. 6
2. MULTI-DISPLAY SCREENS.....8
RECEIVER STATUS ...................... 11
DATA LAYOUT ........................... 12
DATA FIELD .............................. 14
ZOOM IN/OUT ......................... 16
PLOTTER SCREEN ...................... 17
Map Settings ........ 17
Center Position ..... 19
3. WAYPOINT .......................20

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AT CURSOR POSITION ................. 20
AT CURRENT POSITION ............... 24
WAYPOINT LIST ......................... 25
MOB MARK ............................ 27
4. ROUTE ..............................29
5. TRACK ..............................35
6. ALARMS/MESSAGES ........36
ALARM INDICATION ................... 37
MESSAGE LISTS ......................... 38
ALARMS SETTINGS ..................... 38
ALARM MEANING ..................... 40
7. MENU SETTINGS ..............41

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Features
•2.8" 240X320 color LCD
•Multi-display screen
Plotter, Highway,
Steering, Satellite, SOG
meter, COG meter, and
User data screen
•Visual and audio alarm
Arrival, Anchor, XTE,
SBAS, etc.
•Storage of 10,000
waypoints, 100 routes
and 3,000 track points
•MOB mark

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1. Quick Start
Power on/off
Press and hold key to
power on the unit. The unit
beeps and starts up.
Press and holdkey
for three seconds to power
off. The time remaining is
counted down until power
off.
Adjust LCD and key
panel brilliance
Press key to show
the brilliance window.

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For LCD, press key
to loop over the brilliance
or press ◀or ▶key to
increase or decrease the
brilliance.
For key panel, press ▲or
▼key.
Press ENT key or ESC key
to exit.

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2. Multi-display
screens
Main screens are shown
as below.
Press DISP key to step
through sequentially.
Press ESC key to invert
the sequence.

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Plotter Highway
Steering Satellite

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SOG Meter COG Meter
User Data 1 User Data 2

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Receiver status
Mark
Meaning
2D
2D position fixed
3D
3D position fixed
W2D/
W3D
2D/3D WAAS
E2D/
E3D
2D/3D EGNOS
M2D/
M3D
2D/3D MSAS
G2D/
G3D
2D/3D GAGAN
DOP
DOP larger
SIM
Simulation Mode
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Not fixed

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Receiver status is showed
in the upper screen as 2D
or 3D, with SBAS or not.
Data Layout
In most screens except
Satellite screen, data
layout and data field could
be changed as you like.
Press MENU key to pop up
the menu.
Press ENT key to open the
layout menu.

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Data Layout in most screens
Data Layout in User Data

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Data Field
Select menu item Data
Field and then press ENT
key. Then a data field is
focused.
Use arrow key
▲ , ▼ , ◀ ,
▶to move the focus to a
data field, and press ENT
key to open the data list.
Select from the data list
what you would like to
show in the data filed or
press ESC key to exit.

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Data
Meaning
POSN
Latitude
Longitude
and
SOG
Speed
Ground
over
COG
Course
Ground
over
RNG
Range

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BRG
Bearing
XTE
Cross-track
error
ETA
Estimated time
to arrival
TTG
Time to Go
WPT
Waypoint to Go
Date
Date
ODO
Odometer
Trip
Trip distance
None
Blank
Zoom In/Out
Press IN or OUT Key to
zoom in or zoom out.

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Zoom scale is available
among 0.02 nm ~ 320 nm
in Plotter screen and
among 0.2 nm ~ 16 nm in
Highway screen.
Plotter Screen
In Plotter screen, waypoint
mark, route line, and track
trails are displayed under
default settings. It can be
set to your preference.
Map Settings
Press MENU key to pop up
the menu and select item

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Setup Map.
The name text of Goto or
un-Goto waypoint could be
set to show or not
respectively, and also the
text size.
Track log could be set to
show or not too.

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Center Position
Normally when travels off
the plotter screen, it will
automatically return back
to the center of the screen.