Garmin GPS 12CX Owner's Manual

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9REFERENCESatellite PageThe GPS 12CX’s Satellite Page displays the statusof various receiver functions. The status informationwill help you understand what the GPS 12CX is doingat any given time, and will tell you whether or not thereceiver has calculated a position fix.Sky View and Signal Strength BarsThe sky view and signal strength bars give you anindication of what satellites are visible to the receiver,whether or not they are being used to calculate a posi-tion fix, and the signal quality. The satellite sky viewshows a bird’s-eye-view of the position of each avail-able satellite relative to the unit’s last known position.The outer circle represents the horizon (north up); theinner circle is 45º above the horizon; and the centerpoint is directly overhead.You can use the sky view to help determine if anysatellites are being blocked, and whether you have acurrent position fix (indicated by ‘2D NAV’ or ‘3DNAV’ in the status field). You can also set the sky viewto a track up configuration by changing the ‘orienta-tion’ option on the Map Page. (See pg. 16 for setupinstructions.)When the receiver is looking for a particular satel-lite, the corresponding signal strength bar will be blankand the sky view indicator will be highlighted. Oncethe receiver has found the satellite, a strength bar willappear indicating that the satellite has been found andthe receiver is collecting data from it. The satellite num-ber in the sky view will no longer appear highlighted.As soon as the GPS 12CX has collected the necessarydata to calculate a fix, the status field will indicate a 2Dor 3D status.StatusFieldBatteryIndicatorSignal StrengthIndicatorsSkyviewDisplayHorizontalAccuracyHorizon45° AboveHorizonDirectlyOverheadLookingfor SatelliteSatelliteBeing Used