Nielsen-Kellerman ClearNav Manual

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NKClearNavManual•Version0.5•July3,2008

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2.1.10.1 USBFlashDrive

AUSBFlashDriveisusedto:

• Transferwaypoint,airspaceandotherdatafilestotheClearNav

• DownloadflightlogsfromtheClearNav

• UploadfirmwareupgradestotheClearNav

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USBFlashDrivesarewonderfulbecausetheyaresimpletouseandmakeiteasytotransferlarge

amountsofdata.Whenyouplugoneintoyourhomecomputeritlookslikeaharddrivethatyoucan

transferfilestoandfromusingtheWindowsExplorer(MyComputer)programthatisincludedwith

Windows.

TheClearNavshipswithaUSBFlashDriveintheboxwithfoldersandfilesinstalledatthefactory.If

youprefertobuyanadditionalUSBFlashDriveyoucanfindoneatanylocalcomputerstoreorTarget,

BestBuy,RadioShack,etc.A1GBmemorystickwithwassuppliedwiththefirstbatchofClearNav

unitsanditseemstohaveplentyofmemory.A2GBFlashDrivewouldholdallthemaps,airspace,

elevationdata,etc.fortheentireworld.Atthetimeofthiswriting$20wouldgetmea4GBFlash

DriveonAmazon.com.Itdoesn’thurttogetonethatislargerthan1GB.Werecommendgettingone

inthe2to4GBrange,butlargerisfine.

2.1.10.1.1 TransferringFlightLogsfromtheClearNavtotheUSBFlashDrive

AttheendoftheflyingdayyousimplyplugtheUSBFlashDriveintotheClearNav’spanelmounted

USBconnectorandusetheClearNav’sPersonalPreferences/FlightRecordermenutoselectand

transferthedesiredflightlogsfromtheClearNav’smemorytotheUSBFlashDrive.

2.1.10.1.2 TransferringFilesfromtheUSBFlashDrivetotheClearNav

Whenyouwanttotransferwaypoint,airspaceorsoftwareorfirmwareupgradefilestotheClearNav

yousimplypower‐downtheClearNav,plugtheUSBFlashDriveintothe

ClearNav’spanelmountedUSB

connector,andpower‐uptheClearNav.TheClearNavautomaticallytransfersthefilesfromtheUSB

FlashDrivetotheClearNav’sinternalmemory.