Garmin GPS 92 Owner's Manual & Reference

Also see for GPS 92: Declaration of conformity Specifications

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Satellite Status PageThe satellite status page displays the status of variousreceiver functions. This status information helps youunderstand what the GPS is doing at any given time, andtells you whether or not the receiver has calculated aposition fix.The 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 positionfix, and the signal strength.The sky view in the center of the page shows a bird’s-eye view of the position of each satellite relative to thereceiver’s last known position. The outer circle representsthe horizon (north up); the inner circle is 45º above thehorizon; and the center point is a position directly over-head.When the receiver is looking for a particular satellite,the corresponding signal strength bar will be blank andthe sky view indicator will be displayed as white numbersin a black box (highlighted). Once the receiver has foundthe satellite, a hollow signal strength bar will appear toindicate that the satellite has been found and the receiveris collecting data from it, and the sky view indicator willdisplay the satellite number in black numbers (not high-lighted).As soon as the GPS 92 has collected the necessarydata to use the satellite for positioning, the hollow barwill become solid black.OperatingModeSignal StrengthIndicator BarsSatelliteNumbersSatellite SkyViewEstimatedPosition ErrorSatellites in view but notcurrently in use (13 and 18)will show a corresponding“hollow” signal strength bar.IMPORTANT!The satellite status page dis-plays current battery volt-age. The battery level indi-cator is calibrated for alka-line batteries. NiCad andlithium batteries may notshow battery level at fullscale due to voltage differ-ences, and will not accurate-ly reflect current conditionthroughout the scale. Also,the ‘Battery power is low’message may not accuratelyreflect current condition.Satellite StatusPageReferenceBattery LevelIndicator38