Garmin III GPS Receiver User Manual


 
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System Setup
The fi le tab headings and System Setup functions are:
General - GPS Mode, Keypress Tones, Attention Tones, Voice, Battery Type, and Units.
Guidance - Off-Route Recalculation, and Next Turn Pop-Up.
Routing - Route Preference, Calculation Method, Ask Me My Preference, Calculate Routes for, and
Avoid (U-Turns, toll Roads, and Highways).
Time - Time Format, Daylight Savings, Time Zone, Time, Date, Sunrise, and Sunset
Safety - Switches ‘Safe Mode’ On and Off.
Track Log - Recording, Percentage Full and Clear Track.
Language - Selects desired operating language.
Interface - Selects the proper interface format.
The following pages describe, in more detail, the available setting for each System Setup fi le tab item.
General File Tab
GPS Mode - Allows you to choose between three operating modes, ‘Normal’ with the GPS receiver
operating, ‘Battery Saver’ with a less frequent satellite signal updating process to save on battery power,
and ‘GPS Off’ which allows you to operate the StreetPilot III indoors (which saves on even more battery
power since the unit is not listening to satellites). The ‘Use Indoors’ option on the Map Page options
menu sets the operating mode to ‘GPS Off’.
Keypress Tones - Allows you to determine whether or not the internal beeper sounds; On or Off. The
beep confi rms that a button has been pressed.
Attention Tones - Determines if the voice prompts are preceded by a chime.
You can select when you want Voice Prompts to occur.
The ‘Attention Tone’ fi eld determines if voice prompts are
preceded by a chime.
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