GPS 301
GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM
GPS 301
GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM
WARNINGS & NOTIFICATIONS
THE GPS301 IS A GPS
RECEIVER ONLY & HAS
NO RADAR DETECTION
CAPABILITIES
IT IS LEGAL TO USE THIS
UNIT IN ANY AUSTRALIAN
STATE OR NZ
OPERATION NOTICE OF GPS
GPS signal reception can be affected by the location of satellites, tall buildings, tunnels, bridges, etc. If the GPS301 is not receiving a signal, you will need to change your location until a signal is received.
The latitude, longitude, and altitude indications on the display are based on
GPS Warnings
???For safety reasons it is not recommended that the driver change any settings while in motion. Please come to a complete stop or have a passenger make changes if necessary.
???The Global Positioning System is operated and maintained by the US Government. The US Government is completely responsible for the accuracy of the Global Positioning System.
???The US Government reserves the right to make changes to the Global Positioning System in accordance with the Department of Defence civil GPS user policy and the Federal Radio navigation plan. These changes along with poor satellite geometry could cause inaccurate readings.
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Quick Start
Guide
INSTALLATION
a.
??? Avoid any position which may obstruct the deployment of any air bags or obstruct the drivers view.
??? Place your GPS301 in a position where it has a good view of the sky above.
??? Generally, the best location is in the centre bottom of the windscreen, which allows easy access to controls & view of the display.
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INSTALLATION
b.i) Find the main unit and mounting bracket (with suction cups) in the main box/package.
ii)The metal portion of the bracket locks into the top plastic portion of main unit. Press the release button and slide the bracket into place
iii)Bend the angled portion of the windshield mounting bracket so that the GPS301 is parallel to the road surface.
c.i) Find the 12VDC cigarette lighter adapter and insert the small plug into the 12VDC power input on the side of the main unit. 
ii) Insert the other end into the cigarette lighter socket
of your vehicle.
TURNING THE GPS301 ON
Use the Volume / On /Off switch to turn your GPS301 on.
Increase
VolumeOff
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INITIAL POWER ON DISPLAY
when the power is turned on for the first time only, the unit may take up to 5 minutes to establish a satellite lock.
During this period the unit must remain on.
RED 
Welcome
RED 
GPS301
The GPS LED will turn (from RED to GREEN) once satellite information has been retrieved.
Future Power On should only take a few moments.
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START DISPLAY
The start display shows the compass heading on the left of the LED window and the current Speed (km)on the right.
The headings are;
GPS SPEED ACCURACY
Generally the GPS Speed Display is more accurate than a car speedometer although reacts slower. The Car Speedometer often reads faster due to some of the following factors: Conservatively calibrated speedometer by manufacturer, worn tyres, low profile tyres, different sized wheels and the number of available satellites.
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CONTENTS
FEATURE HIGHLIGHTS
EARLY WARNING SAFETY
SYSTEM - NATIONWIDE
COVERAGE
???3 Stage visual and audible warning system to maximise safety
???Speed Camera warning
???Red Light Camera warning
???Black Spot warning
???Over speed alert
???Audible warning
???Distance to warning location
???Direction to warning location
???User up datable warning locations
???Individual Alert Volumes / Tones
GLOBAL POSITIONING
SYSTEM (GPS) TECHNOLOGY
???GPS direction, time and distance to more than 5000
???Mark and delete up to 500 of your own locations and speed camera,
???Flash memory for city, warning, points of interest and updates via the internet
TRIP COMPUTER
??? Current Speed
??? Average Speed
??? Maximum Speed
??? Electronic Compass and GPS
INCLUDED WITH YOUR GPS301
If any of these items are missing or damaged, contact your dealer immediately.
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CONTROLS AND FUNCTIONS
TOP VIEW 
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LEFT SIDE VIEW
FRONT VIEW
(Example Display Shown)
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1Serial Port
212 volt Power Socket
3ON / OFF Volume Control
4Speaker
5Satellite Status LED
6Alert Status LED
78 Character LED Display
8Windshield Clip Socket
9Windshield Clip release
10 DISPLAY button (Name tag - Right)
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SELECT button
12 
SCROLL button
13 NAVIGATE button (Name tag - Left)
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MENU / Cancel
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3 STAGE SAFETY ALERTS
Your GPS301 has a
Example
Level 1 Alert @ approx 800m
GREEN 
Red Ligh
GREEN
Green Alert LED
Speed Camera, Red Light
Camera or Black Spot scrolls on display
No audible alert.
During Level 2 & 3 Alerts the display alternates your current speed and the distance & direction to the alert point.
Distance to camera is distinguished by the full first character
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OPERATION - MAIN MENU
Key Layout For General Operation
Example:
PRESS
/CANCEL SCROLL
NE 0
PRESS
MENU
Mark Loc
PRESS 
Navigate
PRESS 
Speeds
PRESS 
Position
PRESS 
Options
Speed Display; (Compass heading, speed)
MARK LOCATION
QUICK ACCESS LOCATION
Mark location is used to store in memory your current location, which may be used in future as a point to navigate to.
The Quick Access Locations are to mark your HOME, WORK,
AIRPORT or HOTEL locations.
OPERATION FLOW
1.Drive to a location you wish to mark and stop the vehicle.
2.Press
MENU.
3.Scroll 
to Mark Loc and press
SELECT.
4. Scroll 
to the desired Quick Access Location name you wish to store to.
5.Press
SELECT. You will be prompted with Save?
6.Press SELECT to save. Saved will appear as confirmation.
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MARK LOCATION
USER LOCATIONS WITH NAME TAG
User locations are used to store into memory your current location, which may be used in future to navigate back to. You may name each individual location.
OPERATION FLOW
1.Drive to a location you wish to mark as a user point and stop the vehicle.
2.Press 
MENU.
3.Scroll 
to Mark Loc and press 
SELECT.
4.Scroll 
to New Loc. Press
SELECT.
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MARK LOCATION
character space to the left. When satisfied with the name move to the next step.
7.Press
SELECT and you will be prompted with Save?.
8.Press
SELECT again to save. Saved will appear.
To edit user point name see page 10.
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MARK LOCATION
ALERT POINT
An alert point is a location you wish to store where a new Speed Camera, Red Light Camera or Black Spot has appeared which is currently not in the GPS301's memory.
OPERATION FLOW
1.Stop as close as safely practical to the alert location.
2.Press
MENU.
3.Scroll 
to Mark Loc. Press
SELECT.
4.Scroll 
to New Loc. Press 
SELECT.
5.Scroll 
to Alert PT and press
SELECT.
6.You can now Scroll to the appropriate type of alert,
Speed Camera, Red Light Camera oS Black Spot.
7.Press
SELECT and you will be prompted with Save?.
8.Press
SELECT again to save. Saved will appear.
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MARK LOCATION
EDIT NAME
OPERATION FLOW
EditName
SELECT
You may edit the names of previously stored user points.
1.Press
MENU.
2.Scroll 
to Mark Loc and press
SELECT.
5. Press
SELECT and press
SELECT again to confirm.
DELETE: USER POINTS
OPERATION FLOW
You may delete previously stored user points individually or delete all user points.
1.Press
MENU.
2.Scroll 
to Mark Loc, Press
SELECT.
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MARK LOCATION
3.Scroll 
to Delete, press
SELECT.
4.Scroll to the name or Del All. Press
SELECT.
5.Press 
SELECT to confirm delete.
DELETE: ALERT POINTS
OPERATION FLOW
This feature allows you to delete an alert point currently stored in your GPS301's memory.
This includes alert points you have stored or
To delete an alert point you must be within the RED ZONE (Red LED or less than 160m from alert point) for the DELETE options show on the display.
1.Stop safely within 160m of the alert location (LED will show red).
2.Press
MENU.
3.Scroll
to Mark Loc. Press
SELECT.
4. Scroll
to Delete, Press
SELECT.
5.Scroll
to Speed Camera. Press
SELECT.
6.Press
SELECT again to confirm deleted.
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NAVIGATION
The navigation feature allows you to select a desired point to navigate to. The point (location) can be a
P.O.I. (Point of Interest)locations are currently unavailable but may be available in future updates.
When navigating to a location point, your display alternates as follows:
104km
ALT
Press 
NE 56 
Press 
Home
58 :30
* You can press 
anytime to show current direction and speed.
NAVIGATE TO A QUICK ACCESS LOCATION.
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1.Press 
NAVI
2.Scroll 
to Home,Work,Airport or Hotel. Press
SELECT.
3.Selectedappears and navigate mode begins as per example above.
EXIT NAVIGATE
1. To exit from navigate mode press
NAVI
2. Scroll
to Off and press 
SELECT.
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NAVIGATION
NAVIGATE TO CITY OR SUBURB
You may select a city or suburb to navigate to.
Your GPS301 contains an extensive list of cities and suburbs in Australia and NZ for you to choose from.
Example
SELECT
SELECT
EXIT NAVIGATE
1.To exit from navigate mode press
NAVI
2.Scroll 
to Off and press 
SELECT.
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NAVIGATION
NAVIGATE TO POINT OF INTEREST (POI)
You may select a point of interest group which will then allow you to navigate to the nearest location for that point of interest group.
Example
Wendys 
SELECT
1.Press
NAVI. Scroll
to POI, press
SELECT.
2.Scroll 
to desired POI, Press 
SELECT. Selected appears and navigation mode begins.
EXIT NAVIGATE
1.To exit from navigate mode press
NAVI
2.Scroll
to Off and press 
SELECT.
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SPEEDS
The speed feature allows you to view your average, maximum speeds for a journey. You may reset the speed (trip computer) records to start a new journey.
OPERATION FLOW
1.Press 
MENU.
2.Scroll 
to Speeds and press 
SELECT.
3.The displays for Speeds are as follows: Example:
avg 75k
PRESS 
PRESS
max 124k
PRESSPRESS
Reset? 
SELECT
Average Speed 75km
Max Speed 124km
Reset
1.Press
MENU.
2.Scroll 
to Position and press
SELECT.
3.The display will alternate between latitude, longitude and altitude displays.
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The options feature gives you access to the following sections.
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OPTIONS
ALERT VOLUMES
The alert volumes can be turned On,Quiet or Off.
OPERATION FLOW
Black Sp
SELECT
1.Press
MENU.
2.Scroll 
to Options and press 
SELECT.
3.Scroll 
to desired Alert. Press
SELECT.
3.Scroll 
to desired volume and press
SELECT,
4.Selected appears to confirm.
SPEED ALERT
The is feature allows you to set a speed limit where if you exceed this limit the unit will give an audible alert.
OPERATION FLOW
1.Press
MENU.
2.Scroll
to OPTIONS and press
SELECT.
3.Scroll 
to Speed Alert km and press
SELECT.
4.Scroll 
to adjust Alert Speed. Press
SELECT.
5.Selected appears to confirm.
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OPTIONS
DIMMER
You can select the brightness of the LED display (MID, HIGH or LOW) for you enter the
As a SHORTCUT, do the following:
Press NAVI and DISPLAY buttons at the same time to rotate through the 3 dimmer states.
Release the buttons when at the desired state.
BAUD RATE
The Baud rate selection allows you to choose a setting for when communicating (via serial cable) to a PC or Laptop for downloading updates.
OPERATION FLOW
Baud Rat
SELECT
9600bps 
SELECT
The GPS301 uses the NMEA format for downloading data.
1.Press
MENU.
2.Scroll
to Options and press 
SELECT.
3.Scroll
to Baud Rate and press
SELECT.
4.Scroll
to desired Baud rate setting (9600bps or 4800bps).
5.Press 
SELECT to confirm.
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OPTIONS
UNITS
The Unit Selection allows you to set either metric or imperial for speed and distance displays.
OPERATION FLOW
1.Press
MENU.
2.Scroll 
to Options and press
SELECT
3.Scroll 
to Units and press 
SELECT.
4.Scroll 
to the desired unit selection.
5.Press
SELECT to confirm.
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OPTIONS
DOWNLOADS
You must select this mode when the unit is connected via the serial cable to a PC or Laptop for downloading updates.
The AC adaptor is used to power the GPS301 in a house when connected to a PC for downloading updates.
PC REQUIREMENTS FOR DOWNLOADING
DOWNLOAD PROCEDURE:
PC: Preparation.
1.Go to www.uniden.com.au and download the file Uniden GPS Uploader.zip.
2.Decompress the downloaded file into an appropriate directory in your PC. It will decompress out to the files; Uniden GPS Uploader.exe and Uploader.ini.
OPERATION FLOW
1. Connect the AC adaptor of your GPS301 and a power point and turn that AC adaptor on.
2. Connect serial cable.
i. Plug stereo connector of the serial cable into the serial port of your GPS301.
ii. Plug the other end of the Serial Cable to the serial port of your computer.
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OPTIONS
3.Turn on your GPS301.
4.Press 
MENU.
5.. Scroll 
to Options and press
SELECT. 6. Scroll 
to Download and press
SELECT.
PC: Download
1.Double click on the file Uniden GPS Uploader.exe.
If an error message is displayed when you double click on Uniden GPS Uploader.exe then please check the serial cable connection and PC internet connection.
2.Check the next screen of Uniden GPS Uploader.
The Camera Data, City Data and POI Data at the bottom of the Uniden GPS Uploader screen shows the data version currently stored in the GPS301.
The top part of the Uniden GPS Uploader screen shows the new data file stored in Uniden Web Site Server.
3.Check the software version between the Web Site Server data and GPS301 data.
If the Web Site Server data is newer, click on Execute in the Uniden GPS Uploader screen to update the GPS301 data. During downloading, a progress bar will be shown.
Download data is stored into the GPS301 automatically.
4.After update files have been downloaded into the GPS301 turn off the power to your GPS301. When next powered up the unit will operate with the new data.
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OPTIONS
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OPTIONS
GPS RESET
You may reset the GPS Receiver if you have moved countries or traveled a long distance without the GPS 301 switched on.
OPERATION FLOW
1.Press 
MENU.
2.Scroll 
to options and press 
SELECT.
3.Scroll 
to GPS Reset and Press 
SELECT.
4.Press 
SELECT again to confirm.
The GPS Receiver will be reset and may take several minutes to obtain a satellite lock
NMEA
GPS - NMEA Ver 3.01Data is output from the serial Port continuously. This is for connecting to other Devices that require GPS Data.
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TROUBLESHOOTING
If your GPS301 does not perform to your expectations, try the suggestions listed below.
ONE YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY
IMPORTANT: Evidence of the original purchase is required for warranty service.
WARRANTOR: Uniden New Zealand Limited. Uniden Australia Pty Limited. ABN 58 001 865 498
ELEMENTS OF WARRANTY: Uniden warrants to the original retail owner for the dura- tion of this warranty its GPS301 hereinafter referred to as the Product, to be free
from defects in materials and craftsmanship with only the limitations or exclusions set out below.
WARRANTY DURATION: This warranty to the original retail owner only is only valid in the original country of purchase and shall be no further effect 12 months after the date of original retail sale. This warranty will be deemed invalid if the Product is (A)
Damaged or not maintained as reasonable and necessary, (B) Modified, altered or used as part of any conversion kits, subassemblies, or any configurations not sold by Uniden, (C) Improperly installed, (D) repaired by someone other than an authorised Uniden Repair Agent for a defect or malfunction covered by this warranty, (E) Used in conjunction with any equipment or parts or as part of a system not manufactured by Uniden. (F) Where the Serial No. label of the product has been removed or damaged beyond recognition.
PARTS COVERED: This warranty covers for one (1) year, the GPS301 only. All accessories (Mounting bracket etc) are covered for 90 days only.
STATEMENT OF REMEDY: In the event that the Product does not conform to this warranty at any time while this warranty is in effect, the warrantor, as its discretion, will repair the defect or replace the Product and return it to you without charge for parts and service. THIS WARRANTY DOES NOT COVER OR PROVIDE FOR THE
REIMBURSEMENT OR PAYMENT OF INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES.
THIS GUARANTEE IS IN ADDITION TO AND DOES NOT IN ANY WAY AFFECT YOUR
RIGHTS UNDER THE CONSUMER ACT.
PROCEDURE FOR OBTAINING PERFORMANCE OF WARRANTY: In the event that the Product does not conform to this warranty, the Product should be shipped or
delivered, freight prepaid, with evidence of original purchase (e.g a copy of the sales docket) to the warrantor at:
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