User manual GARMIN OREGON 550

[. . . ] OREGON series ® 450, 450t, 550, 550t owner's manual © 2009­2010 Garmin Ltd. (913) 397. 8200 or (800) 800. 1020 Fax (913) 397. 8282 Garmin (Europe) Ltd. Liberty House Hounsdown Business Park, Southampton, Hampshire, SO40 9LR UK Tel. +44 (0) 870. 8501241 (outside the UK) 0808 2380000 (within the UK) Fax +44 (0) 870. 8501251 Garmin Corporation No. [. . . ] Follow the on-screen instructions. Monitoring Satellite reception The Satellite page shows your current location, the GPS accuracy, your current elevation, satellite locations, and signal strength. To view the Satellite page: Touch at the bottom of the Main menu. Satellite locations Elevation Satellite strength Satellite Page The green bars indicate GPS satellite strength. White bars indicate that the Oregon is still collecting data. Oregon Series Owner's Manual 22 GPS Games gPS games geocaches Geocaching is a type of treasure hunting, in which geocachers seek hidden treasures using GPS coordinates posted on the Internet by those hiding the geocache. The Web site supports the transfer of geocache sites to your Oregon, and, after registering and installing the Garmin Communicator plug-in from www. garmin. com/products /communicator, you can download geocaches directly to your Oregon. To navigate to a geocache using geocaches: 1. Use the compass to navigate to your destination as indicated on page 9. For more information on geocaching, visit www. garmin. com/geocache. WherigoTM Wherigo (pronounced "where I go") is a toolset for creating and playing GPS-enabled adventures in the real world. Use your Oregon to guide you to a physical location, where you interact with virtual objects and characters. For more information, visit www. wherigo. com. 23 Oregon Series Owner's Manual Customizing the Oregon Customizing the Oregon Changing the Profile Profiles are a collection of settings that allow you to optimize your Oregon from one type of use to another, such as moving from recreational use to automotive use. When you are in a profile and change settings such as data fields, units of measurement, or position settings, they are saved automatically as part of your current profile. To change the name of a profile: 1. To delete a profile: It is not possible to delete your current profile. 1. Touch a profile > Delete. Setting Up Profiles To change a profile: 1. Touch the profile you want to use. 24 Oregon Series Owner's Manual Customizing the Oregon To add a new profile: Touch Setup > Profiles > <Create new Profile>. The new profile becomes your current profile. Tones--turn audible tones On or Off. Interface--set the Oregon serial interface: · Garmin Spanner--allows you to use the Oregon USB port with most NMEA 0183-compliant mapping programs by creating a virtual serial port. · Garmin Serial--Garmin proprietary format used to provide PVT protocol data. · Text Out--provides simple ASCII text output of location and velocity information. · RTCM --receive differential corrections from a RTCM beacon. Using System Setup Touch Setup > System. GPS--select Normal, WAAS (Wide Area Augmentation System), or Demo Mode (GPS off). Changing the text language does not change the language of user-entered data or map data, such as street names. Battery Type--select the type of battery you are using. Oregon Series Owner's Manual 25 Customizing the Oregon Customizing the Display Touch Setup > Display. Backlight Timeout--select the amount of time you would like the backlight to remain on after you touch the screen. Depending on your device, you can choose from preloaded images, load your own, or crop and use a photo. Battery Save--shuts off the display after the backlight timeout period. To capture screen shots: 1. [. . . ] It is also not compatible with Mac® OS 10. 3 or earlier. To load a file onto the Oregon or microSD card: 1. Copy the file from your computer. Oregon Series Owner's Manual 4. Highlight the file and press the Delete key on your computer keyboard. Optimizing Battery Life Use premium batteries for optimal performance and maximum battery life. The best performance is provided by lithium batteries, precharged (ready-to-use) NiMH batteries, and NiMH rechargeable batteries less than one year old with a capacity greater than 2500 mAh. 39 Appendix Consider the following suggestions to maximize battery life: · Do not adjust the backlight more than is necessary (page 3). [. . . ]