【導讀】本系列主要有五種產品（MeridianGPS,MeridianGold,MeridianMarine,MeridianPlatinum. andMeridianColor）本手冊適用于上述任一款，只有鉑金款另有一本增訂使用手冊。MeridianGPS接收器自帶2兆內存地圖信息，MeridianGold,Marine,PlatinumandColor三款。帶有16兆更加詳盡的信息。還有兩款產品帶有自己的數據庫，配合地圖使用。包含所有的功能，還具備三維電子羅盤和氣壓測量功能。安全的數字內存卡中，并可以安裝在任何接收器內使用。處于安全考慮，駕駛員不得在行使的車輛中使用本產品來導航。將您的注意力從路況上面轉移開，有可能導致您本人和其他人員的人身傷害。本產品是十分精確的導航幫手，但也需要輔助以使用者的仔細的方位判斷。全球衛(wèi)星定位系統(tǒng)由美國政府運作，美國政府負責維護及保證GPS的精確性。及聯邦無線電發(fā)展計劃的要求。另外其精確性也可能被衛(wèi)星的幾何位置所影響。

　　

【正文】 ntation. If you have any ideas, suggestions or even a plaint, please pass them along to us through our web site () or by mail. 現在你可以開始使用了，請不要感覺到手冊里的內容太復雜，我們力圖為初學者準備足夠的信息，同時也為有經驗者提供他們所需的其他功能及參數。對我們來講最重要的是您對手中的設備和本手冊滿意，如果有任何意見或建議，甚至不滿，請電郵或通過我們的網站告訴我們。 Setting up the Meridian is a simple twostep process: installing the batteries and initializing the Meridian. 設置您手中的設備僅僅是簡單的兩個步驟，安裝 電池和啟動。 The Magellan Meridian uses two AA batteries that are installed from the back through the battery cover. You can expect to get up to 14 hours of usage on two AA batteries with the backlight turned off. Using the backlight will shorten the battery life significantly. With the backlight on continuously, you can expect to get approximately 6 hours of usage from two AA batteries. To remove the battery cover, push the two buttons on the cover fully to the left and lift the battery cover away from the receiver. Insert the new batteries as shown, making sure that the batteries are installed with the correct polarity. Replace the cover and push the two buttons fully to the right. Verify that the cover is locked in place. Magellan Meridian設備僅需用兩節(jié) AA電池供電，安裝在後部電池蓋內，在背景燈關閉的狀態(tài)下可以連續(xù)使用 14 個小時。如同時開著背景燈，會大大縮短持續(xù)使用時間至 6小時左右。 打開電池蓋：將蓋上的兩個按鈕向右推，同時上抬，如圖。將新電池放入，注意兩級方向。重新蓋上電池蓋，將兩個按鈕向左推，確定鎖定即可。 How much time do I have to replace the batteries? 我需要多久就更換電池？ Any waypoints or routes you have created are stored in permanent memory. Present position and time data is not stored in permanent memory but will be held in memory for at least 12 hours without batteries installed. 您存的位置及路線都保存在固定的內存中。但當前位置和時間等數據僅僅會在沒有電池的情況下暫存 12 個小時。 Always turn the Meridian off before removing the batteries or turning off external power. Failure to do so can cause loss or corruption of data. 請注意一定要在關閉外置電源或拆除電池前關閉設備，否則將失去或造成數據的丟失。 The Meridian will walk you through the process of setting up the receiver for first time use. This procedure is monly referred to as ―Initializing the Receiver.‖ The purpose of this initialization is to provide the Meridian with a general knowledge of its approximate location. This may seem a little confusing at first as why does a device that is used to pute its position need to know where it’s at? The Meridian uses information from the GPS satellites that orbit the earth and if the Meridian has an approximate idea as to its location, it will refer to the almanac it has in memory to select what satellites are overhead. From this information, the Meridian can then select the satellites that will give it the best information for puting its location. Under normal use, the Meridian will save the last position it calculated and use that position the next time it is turned on. However, when the Meridian is new (or when memory has been pletely erased), the Meridian has no last position information. Thus, it can either start polling the satellites to see which ones are overhead or you can provide it with your approximate location allowing the Meridian to begin puting the initial position, known as ―first fix.‖ Note: You can skip the initialization process by pressing the [NAV] key anytime after selecting the language you want the Meridian to use and agreeing to the Warning Page. If the Meridian is able to collect satellite data (., have a clear view of the sky) it will begin to selfinitialize. This could take anywhere from 3 to 8 minutes to pute its initial position. Follow these instructions to initialize the Meridian. 如果你是第一次使用，本書將教你如何設置，即初始化。初始化設置的目的在于給于您的設備一個基本位置概念。這聽上去似乎很奇怪，為什么一個用于測定位置的儀器還需要知道它自己身在何處呢？ 原因是這個設備需要利用圍繞地球旋轉的衛(wèi)星來鎖定自己的大致位置。它將使用自己內存中的記錄選擇就近的上空衛(wèi)星。有了以上信息，就可以選擇所聯系的衛(wèi)星及更好的計算出所在位置。 一般使用下， Meridian設備將存儲最后一次使用時所處的位置，并在重新開啟時顯示此位置。 但是當您第一次使用、或是剛剛清空內存， 本設備將沒有任何已存的位置信息。這就需要它開始檢測上空就近的衛(wèi)星或者請您輸入它的基本位置信息。借此，您的設備就可以計算出自己的初始化位置了，即首次定位。 注意：您可以跳過初始化步驟，只需在選擇好語言顯示及同意屏幕所顯示的提示條款之后，按 nav鍵即可。如果您的設備可以成功地接收到衛(wèi)星信息，例如清晰地顯示空中的景象（？）。它就會自行初始化，在任何位置下，這個過程約需要 38分鐘。您需要按照如下步驟初始化設備： Step 1: Turn the Meridian On Press [PWR] The Meridian turns on and displays the startup screen, followed by the language selection screen. Step 2: Select Language Use the Up/Down arrows to move the highlight to the language that you want the screens to be displayed in. With the desire language highlighted, press [ENTER]. Step 3: Accept Warnings and Begin Initialization The Warning Screen is displayed. This screen will be displayed for 10 seconds and if the ENTER key has not been pressed, the Meridian will shut off. If you understand and agree to the warning presented, press [ENTER]. The Meridian displays a message box indicating that the receiver needs to be initialized. Press [ENTER] Step 4: Select Your Region and Area Use the Up/Down arrows to highlight your general region. Press [ENTER] Use the Up/Down arrows to highlight your area. Press [ENTER] 步驟一，開啟設備。按 PWR鍵，此時 Meridian將開啟顯示“起始界面”，隨后是“語言選擇”。 步驟二，語言選擇。請選用上下箭頭來移動光標選擇屏幕上的語言，并停留在期望選用的語言上按回車。 步驟三，接受警告條款并開始初始化。屏幕上顯示警告條款，如您在 10秒鐘內沒有按回車鍵表示接收，設備將自動關閉。如果您理解并接受，請按回車。這時系統(tǒng)將顯示“系統(tǒng)尚未初始化”，請按回車。 步驟四，請選擇您所在的區(qū)域。選擇上下箭頭并在您所處的地區(qū)按回車。 步驟五，請輸入時間和日期。 數據輸入：當您輸入數據時需要常常使用箭頭鍵，下 面用圖示來解釋箭頭鍵的使用。 編輯：移動光標，左右選擇。如想增加數值，按上下鍵。 輸入本地時間：光標在時間區(qū)域內移動，當您輸入本地時間，請使用箭頭來輸入并注意上午 /下午的設置。設置完畢，按回車。 輸入日期：最后輸入的應為日期，請使用箭頭鍵輸入現在的日期，按回車。 當輸完所有的初始化所必需的信息，屏幕下將顯示“ DONE”此時按回車。 步驟六，首次定位。衛(wèi)星狀態(tài)在屏幕中顯示出來，這時接收器開始從衛(wèi)星上獲取數據，完成第一次定位後，您就可以使用接收器所含的所有功能了。 6 Magellan Meridian GPS Receiver Step 5: Enter the Time and Date Entering Data. When entering data in the Meridian, you sometimes need to use the arrow keys to enter the values. The following diagram explains how the arrow keys are used. Editing moves the cursor block left or right Pressing right arrow results in: increments the value up or down. Pressing up arrow results in: Enter Local Time. The cursor appears in the time field, waiting for you to input your local time. Set yo