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DELORME
®
Earthmate
PN-40/30 GPS
User Manual
GPS for Serious Outdoor Adventures
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The Latest and Most Comprehensive PN-Series Information is Always Online! User Manuals, Getting Started Info, Tutorials ® The DeLorme Wiki is your link to comprehensive information about your Earthmate PN-Series GPS. The most recent User Manual is always available for download. wiki.delorme.com Community Forum An open, interactive community of DeLorme product users. DeLorme experts monitor the boards regularly and participate Batteries to answer questions and share their experiences. foru
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Table of Contents General Information .........................................................................................................................2 Getting Started ................................................................................................................................7 The Satellites Page ........................................................................................................................10 The Map Page .....................................
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Getting Started ® This manual is for use with DeLorme Earthmate PN-30 To complete a series of steps—an arrow ( > ) indicates and PN-40 GPS devices; they are referred to as the the sequence. Note that the sequences do not include "PN-Series GPS" unless otherwise noted. ENTER and QUIT button presses described above. How to Use this Manual Installing the Batteries and SD Card For more information about the buttons on the PN-Series You can power your device with two AA batteries (NiMH, GPS, s
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5. Go to MENU > Device Setup > System > Battery Disable the GPS when inside. Go to MENU > Device Type and ensure the correct battery type is selected. Setup > System > GPS Settings > Disable GPS OR This ensures that the battery indicator displays the from the Satellites Page, go to MENU > Disable GPS. correct amount of battery life remaining. Use batteries with higher milliamp-hour (mAh) ratings ® Note When storing the PN-Series GPS for a month (such as Energizer Ultimate Lithium). or l
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Mexico. Insert the DVD for your area of interest in Data Management your computer's DVD drive and follow the on-screen The PN-Series GPS stores routes and the base map in instructions to easily copy the maps onto your device. its internal memory. Tracks, waypoints, and geocaches Note Elevation data and land cover is not are saved to the SD card in the device. You can save user available for Mexico. maps—including the PN-Series detailed DeLorme Topo Compatible DeLorme mapping software
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General Information » To change the backlight intensity, use the arrow Using the Buttons keypad to adjust the backlight slider. » To lock the buttons, select Yes when you see the Lock the buttons? message. » To unlock the buttons, press Power. Then, select Yes when you see the Unlock the butons? message. Tip Reducing the backlight intensity and decreasing the timer can significantly improve battery life. The daylight readable TFT screen is readable in direct sunlight or slanting light co
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Press IN or OUT to move forward or backward Mark a page at a time. The Mark button is labeled with a pushpin. Use it to mark a waypoint at your current GPS location or, when panning, Page at the cursor location. Once you mark a waypoint, use its Press the PAGE button to move forward through the details page to manage it, view it on the map, or create a pages in the page order sequence. To add, remove, or route to it. For more information, see The Waypoints Page reorder pages, go to
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Get information about a point on the map to see detailed information, if available. Quit The function of the QUIT button varies depending on the status of the PN-Series GPS; some of the things you can do are: Exit a page or screen. Cancel actions (for example, panning). Close the keyboard and cancel changes. Delete individual points when measuring distance. Special Keys Move backwards through the page order sequence. Move the cursor one space to the left without Using the K
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View the SD card Contents and open the screenshots Insert a line break and move the cursor to folder. If the SD card is still in the device, go to Device the next line. Setup > Connect to Computer > Open SD Card. Keyboard Shortcuts These button presses on the PN-Series GPS are Info Fields keyboard shortcuts. The Map, Compass, and Trip Info Pages include fields IN–Delete the last character of information that you can customize to suit your needs. OUT–Add a space It is easy to go
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2. Select the info field you want to change and press To change the size of the text ENTER. A list of available info fields opens. On the Trip Info Page, you can change the size of the 3. Select the new info field and press ENTER. text that displays, which also changes the number of info 4. When you finish changing info fields, press QUIT. fields. When the device is set to the small text option, it displays eight info fields (2 wide, 6 narrow)—when it is set To restore info fields to the l
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The Satellites Page The Satellites Page displays GPS and satellite information, The signal graph bars indicate the strength of each time, elevation, and the battery indicator. satellite signal. The icons in the satellite constellation and the lines in the It is the first page in the default PAGE button order. If you signal graph are color-coded based on the quality of the have removed the Satellites Page from the PAGE button data they are transmitting: order, go to MENU > Satellites to vie
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System (WAAS) is system of satellites and ground If the device still cannot obtain a 2-D or 3-D fix, go to stations that correct GPS signals to improve accuracy. MENU > Set Current Location. When the Map Page For more information about GPS and WAAS, visit the displays; pan the map to your current location and press DeLorme Wiki (wiki.delorme.com). ENTER. The GPS status is based on the satellite acquisition If the PN-Series GPS is unable to acquire a fix after status: approximately ten min
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To change the time settings, go to MENU > Device One red bar–Three quarters of the battery power has Setup > Time. been used. Once the battery has reached 5% of its total battery power, a low battery warning displays. GPS Accuracy When a DeLorme Li-ion battery is charging, the battery In the lower left corner of tne Satellites Page, the GPS indicator graphic is animated and the word “Battery” accuracy displays. This is the calculated accuracy of the is replaced with “Charging.” Once the
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Compass and Altimeter PN-40 Only You can calibrate the PN-Series GPS's electronic compass and barometric altimeter with the Calibrate option on the Satellite Page menu, the Compass Page menu, and the Device Setup > Compass & Altimeter menu. The Device Setup > Compass & Altimeter options allow you to disable/enable the electronic compass, the barometric altimeter, and the auto-calibrate altimeter option. For more information, see Compass and Altimeter starting on page 67. Visit the DeLo
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The Map Page The Map Page centers the map on your current location and the arrow points in the direction of the last when the PN-Series GPS has a 2-D or 3-D fix. When it known heading. does not have a GPS fix, the map displays your last GPS Flashing red–The device cannot obtain a GPS signal position. For more information, see GPS and WAAS and is not tracking satellites. Status on page 10. Blue–The device is in Track Playback mode or The Map Page is the second page in the default PAGE Si
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Panning the Map There are two ways to pan the map. When you pan the map, the map cursor—a white arrow—shows your location. Automatic panning– When GPS tracking or navigating, the map automatically pans in the direction of travel. The map does not automatically pan when the map cursor is visible. Press QUIT to remove the map cursor and return to automatic panning. Manual panning–To manually pan the map, use the arrow keypad to move the cursor in the direction you want to view. » Use s
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the total distance from the last measurement node to Info Fields the first measurement node. Once you close a polygon, You can hide/show, change, and arrange the info fields it displays the area. at the bottom of the Map Page. The info fields change You can also measure area using a track. See Calculating when you are navigating. To access the Info Fields the Area of a Track on page 54. options, go to MENU > Info Fields. For more information, see Info Fields on page 8. Measure Distanc
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high-level world coverage, as well as more detailed North Canadian 1:50K Topographic Sheets (Canadian 1:50K) American coverage. You can add maps, data, imagery, NOAA Nautical Charts (NOAA Charts) draw files, and more to your device to supplement the Satellite Imagery (SAT10) base map. When you add different types of maps to XMap Topographic Data (XMap only) the same area, you can customize the order in which DeLorme Topographic Data (Topo North America 9.0) the layers appear. DeLor
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To reset the default layer settings (all check boxes it and go to MENU > View Map. selected and data ordered as in the list above), go to To view details for a map package, highlight it and MENU > Restore Layer Defaults. go to MENU > Data Detail. This displays the name, data types, zoom level, scale information, save date, Data Management location (internal or SD card), and version information. After you add a map—also called a map package or a map To delete a map package, highlight it
