First, in Setup > System > Satellite System, I would
recommend setting this to GPS. GPS + GLONASS may be slightly more accurate
(especially in canyoneering) and lock onto satellites more quickly, but this is
at the expense of decreased battery life. Same thing with WAAS/EGNOS—turn it
off. Speaking of batteries, you ARE using Lithium-Ion batteries in your device,
aren’t you? If not, stop reading this right now and go out and buy some. (Yes, I
know they’re expensive. However, they’re lighter, more powerful, better in cold
weather and longer-lasting than the other options. Also, while you’re at the
store, buy some extras and make sure to take them with you when you go out in the
field!)
Now that you’re back and have put the new batteries in your
device, change the Battery Type option to Lithium. Leave the USB Mode setting
on Mass Storage. Go back to Setup > Display and change the Backlight Timeout
to 15 seconds (once again, to help conserve battery life).
Setup > Tones
Do you like driving everyone within earshot crazy? If so, leave your Tones on. Otherwise, turn ‘em off (at least turn off the Key Beep.) Turn Warnings and Proximity Alarms are more for auto navigation so we’ll ignore them here.
Do you like driving everyone within earshot crazy? If so, leave your Tones on. Otherwise, turn ‘em off (at least turn off the Key Beep.) Turn Warnings and Proximity Alarms are more for auto navigation so we’ll ignore them here.
Setup > Map
Set Orientation to Track Up and change the Data Fields to “One” (it’s up to you which data field you want to display on the Map page. Personally, I find “Location (selected) to be the most useful as it provides an easy-to-read display of your current coordinates.)
Set Orientation to Track Up and change the Data Fields to “One” (it’s up to you which data field you want to display on the Map page. Personally, I find “Location (selected) to be the most useful as it provides an easy-to-read display of your current coordinates.)
Setup > Tracks
Change the Recording Interval to Less Often (you will still get plenty of track points with this option, so don’t worry about that.)
Change the Recording Interval to Less Often (you will still get plenty of track points with this option, so don’t worry about that.)
Setup > Position
Format
UTM UPS or Degrees Decimal are most common. For your Map Datum, MAKE SURE that whatever you set matches what’s on your map. If you don’t see this information on your map, you are probably looking at a Denny’s place mat. Go get a real map and then set this. It should then set the Map Spheroid for you. If you don’t believe in maps, set it to WGS 84, take extra batteries and hope you don’t get lost.
UTM UPS or Degrees Decimal are most common. For your Map Datum, MAKE SURE that whatever you set matches what’s on your map. If you don’t see this information on your map, you are probably looking at a Denny’s place mat. Go get a real map and then set this. It should then set the Map Spheroid for you. If you don’t believe in maps, set it to WGS 84, take extra batteries and hope you don’t get lost.
Setup > Profiles
A Profile is a way to save all of the customizations that you’ve made. Click Create Profile and you should see the following screen.
A Profile is a way to save all of the customizations that you’ve made. Click Create Profile and you should see the following screen.
Click OK and you will see your new profile in the list with
a generic name like “Profile 2”. Click on the name of this profile and rename
it to something descriptive that describes the name of your position format and
map datum, such as “UTM WGS84”.
Click on the Create Profile button again and OK to confirm
the profile creation. Do this one more time so now you have three profiles.
Your two new profiles are copies of the first one you
created. What we’re going to do next is edit one of them to be a generic
“factory default” and then edit the other profile to be a customized profile
that uses a different position format and map datum. Choose the second profile
in the list and rename it to something like “Default – All Options”. Now choose
the third profile in the list and rename it to “Decimal NAD27 CONUS” (this is
the datum most commonly found on USGS 7.5 minute topo maps).
The profile you just renamed is the currently active one
(since it was the last one that was copied). Click the Back button to return to
the Setup screen and change the Position Format to hddd.ddddd and the Map Datum
to NAD27 CONUS.
One of the limitations of the GPS display is that it’s not
immediately apparent which profile you are currently using. This can have
serious impacts on your navigation. A good way to remind you which profile you
are using is to change the color scheme of each profile so that they all look
different. In Setup > Display > Colors, change the Day Color Scheme and
Night Color scheme to something other than the defaults (I would recommend choosing
the same for Day/Night). For example:
When you’re done, click the Back button until you’ve
returned to your (customized) Main Menu with your 9 tiles (pages).
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