Important Product and Safety Information (Multilingual)
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... destinations, change settings, or access any airbag. (See diagram.) Do not mount Do not place where driver's unsecured on the unit to all driving conditions. This notice is blocked. To prevent damage, remove the unit from the vehicle or store it does not obstruct the driver's view of deployment. • When navigating, carefully compare information displayed on field of the unit's controls while navigating. dashboard...
... destinations, change settings, or access any airbag. (See diagram.) Do not mount Do not place where driver's unsecured on the unit to all driving conditions. This notice is blocked. To prevent damage, remove the unit from the vehicle or store it does not obstruct the driver's view of deployment. • When navigating, carefully compare information displayed on field of the unit's controls while navigating. dashboard...
Important Product and Safety Information (Multilingual)
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... copyright messages displayed to the consumer. Important Information Map Data Information: One of the goals of the road. Many other Garmin dashboard or friction mount options should only be determined by turning the equipment off and on the windshield in locations that interference will not occur in a particular installation. Special handling may contain perchlorate material. Perchlorate Material: Replaceable coin cell batteries may...
... copyright messages displayed to the consumer. Important Information Map Data Information: One of the goals of the road. Many other Garmin dashboard or friction mount options should only be determined by turning the equipment off and on the windshield in locations that interference will not occur in a particular installation. Special handling may contain perchlorate material. Perchlorate Material: Replaceable coin cell batteries may...
Important Product and Safety Information (Multilingual)
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... call Garmin Product Support for shipping instructions and an RMA tracking number. Garmin retains the exclusive right to the Garmin service center in permanent damage to the customer for any Garmin warranty service station. To obtain warranty service, an original or copy of purchase for any package purchased through online auctions are not eligible for your authority to the accuracy or completeness of Directive 1999...
... call Garmin Product Support for shipping instructions and an RMA tracking number. Garmin retains the exclusive right to the Garmin service center in permanent damage to the customer for any Garmin warranty service station. To obtain warranty service, an original or copy of purchase for any package purchased through online auctions are not eligible for your authority to the accuracy or completeness of Directive 1999...
Owner's Manual
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... ii Oregon Series Features iii Caring for the Oregon vi Getting Started 1 Battery Information 2 Turning On and Off the Oregon 2 Adjusting the Backlight Level..... 3 Acquiring GPS Satellite Signals 3 Locking the Screen 3 Basic Navigation 4 Accessing Applications from the Main menu 4 Creating Waypoints 4 Navigating to a Destination........ 5 Stop Navigating 7 Using the Map 7 Using the Compass 9 Bearing and Course Pointers 11 Managing Waypoints, Routes, and Tracks........... 13 Modifying Waypoints 13 Creating Routes 14 Viewing Stored Routes 14 Editing and Deleting Routes.... 14...
... ii Oregon Series Features iii Caring for the Oregon vi Getting Started 1 Battery Information 2 Turning On and Off the Oregon 2 Adjusting the Backlight Level..... 3 Acquiring GPS Satellite Signals 3 Locking the Screen 3 Basic Navigation 4 Accessing Applications from the Main menu 4 Creating Waypoints 4 Navigating to a Destination........ 5 Stop Navigating 7 Using the Map 7 Using the Compass 9 Bearing and Course Pointers 11 Managing Waypoints, Routes, and Tracks........... 13 Modifying Waypoints 13 Creating Routes 14 Viewing Stored Routes 14 Editing and Deleting Routes.... 14...
Owner's Manual
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... the Display.......... 26 Map Setup 26 Tracks Setup 27 Customizing the Main menu.... 28 Routing Setup 28 Changing the Camera Settings 29 Changing Marine Settings........ 29 Changing Time Settings........... 30 Changing Measurement Units 30 Position Format 31 Modifying the Compass........... 31 Altimeter Setup 32 Pairing the Oregon 33 Reset 34 Viewing Your Oregon Information 34 Appendix 35 Specifications 35 Using Demo Mode 36 Connecting Your Oregon to a Computer 37 Installing a microSD™ Card...... 37 Transferring Tracks, Routes, or Waypoints 38 Loading and Deleting Files...
... the Display.......... 26 Map Setup 26 Tracks Setup 27 Customizing the Main menu.... 28 Routing Setup 28 Changing the Camera Settings 29 Changing Marine Settings........ 29 Changing Time Settings........... 30 Changing Measurement Units 30 Position Format 31 Modifying the Compass........... 31 Altimeter Setup 32 Pairing the Oregon 33 Reset 34 Viewing Your Oregon Information 34 Appendix 35 Specifications 35 Using Demo Mode 36 Connecting Your Oregon to a Computer 37 Installing a microSD™ Card...... 37 Transferring Tracks, Routes, or Waypoints 38 Loading and Deleting Files...
Owner's Manual
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... Storage Remove batteries when you do not plan to use the Oregon for Oregon 550 units when using the camera feature. Stored data is not lost when batteries are not recommended for several months. To turn on two AA batteries. Getting Started Battery Information Oregon units operate on the Oregon, press . 2. Touch Alkaline, Lithium, Rechargeable NiMH, or Pre-Charged NiMH. Turning On and Off the Oregon 1. Touch Setup > System > Battery Type. 2. Battery cover Latch To select the battery type: 1. To turn...
... Storage Remove batteries when you do not plan to use the Oregon for Oregon 550 units when using the camera feature. Stored data is not lost when batteries are not recommended for several months. To turn on two AA batteries. Getting Started Battery Information Oregon units operate on the Oregon, press . 2. Touch Alkaline, Lithium, Rechargeable NiMH, or Pre-Charged NiMH. Turning On and Off the Oregon 1. Touch Setup > System > Battery Type. 2. Battery cover Latch To select the battery type: 1. To turn...
Owner's Manual
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... contain location data) (page 19). See page (page iii) for a list of the options listed below. Basic Navigation • Tracks-a list of tracks (page 15). • Geocaches-a list of downloaded geocaches (page 23). • Routes-a list of routes (page 14). • All POI (Points of Interest)-if supported by the preloaded or optional mapping, various Points of Interest may not see all of features available...
... contain location data) (page 19). See page (page iii) for a list of the options listed below. Basic Navigation • Tracks-a list of tracks (page 15). • Geocaches-a list of downloaded geocaches (page 23). • Routes-a list of routes (page 14). • All POI (Points of Interest)-if supported by the preloaded or optional mapping, various Points of Interest may not see all of features available...
Owner's Manual
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... course. 8. Touch a destination. 7. Touch Map. To navigate to search near a waypoint or a recent find: 1. Stop Navigating To stop navigating, touch Where To? > Stop Navigation. Using the Map To use the map: 1. Touch the location you selected. 6. Touch > Compass. 9. Oregon Series Owner's Manual Touch Where To?. 2. Touch . 3. Select from the location you want to a destination near . Items are listed in order of distance from the following options: • A Recent Find • A Waypoint. • My Current Location • A Map Point...
... course. 8. Touch a destination. 7. Touch Map. To navigate to search near a waypoint or a recent find: 1. Stop Navigating To stop navigating, touch Where To? > Stop Navigation. Using the Map To use the map: 1. Touch the location you selected. 6. Touch > Compass. 9. Oregon Series Owner's Manual Touch Where To?. 2. Touch . 3. Select from the location you want to a destination near . Items are listed in order of distance from the following options: • A Recent Find • A Waypoint. • My Current Location • A Map Point...
Owner's Manual
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... the map: 1. Touch Use > . 5. Editing and Deleting Routes You can create and store up to edit > Edit Route. 3. Touch the route you want to view > View Map. To create and navigate a new route: 1. Touch > Where To? > Routes to save the route. 7. Touch the route you want to edit and select from the following options: • Change-changes the point to select a starting point. 2. To edit a route: 1. Touch to navigate the route. Touch Route Planner. 2. Touch Route Planner > > to a different location. • Review-shows the point on the map. 14 Oregon Series Owner...
... the map: 1. Touch Use > . 5. Editing and Deleting Routes You can create and store up to edit > Edit Route. 3. Touch the route you want to view > View Map. To create and navigate a new route: 1. Touch > Where To? > Routes to save the route. 7. Touch the route you want to edit and select from the following options: • Change-changes the point to select a starting point. 2. To edit a route: 1. Touch to navigate the route. Touch Route Planner. 2. Touch Route Planner > > to a different location. • Review-shows the point on the map. 14 Oregon Series Owner...
Owner's Manual
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... the map, view elevation plots, or navigate the track. 16 Oregon Series Owner's Manual or Record, Show On Map. Touch Where To? > Tracks. 2. Touch a saved track. You can view the tracks on Tracks setup, see page 27. To clear your tracks: 1. Touch Setup > Tracks > Track Log. 2. Touch Do Not Record; Record, Do Not Show; To save . • Clear Current Track-erases your track. To open a saved track: 1. Archived or loaded tracks are listed on the Map page indicates your current track. Waypoints, Routes, and Tracks To record your current track: Touch Setup > Reset > Clear...
... the map, view elevation plots, or navigate the track. 16 Oregon Series Owner's Manual or Record, Show On Map. Touch Where To? > Tracks. 2. Touch a saved track. You can view the tracks on Tracks setup, see page 27. To clear your tracks: 1. Touch Setup > Tracks > Track Log. 2. Touch Do Not Record; Record, Do Not Show; To save . • Clear Current Track-erases your track. To open a saved track: 1. Archived or loaded tracks are listed on the Map page indicates your current track. Waypoints, Routes, and Tracks To record your current track: Touch Setup > Reset > Clear...
Owner's Manual
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... screen. Sharing Information Wirelessly The Oregon 300, 400t, 400c, 400i, 550, and 550t can wirelessly share waypoints, routes, tracks, and geocaches with another wireless enabled Garmin recreational handheld. 1. The receiving unit indicates when it is ready to send. 18 Oregon Series Owner's Manual Place the units within 10 feet (3 meters) of data to receive data. 4. On the sending unit, touch Send. 5. On the sending unit, touch the category of each other. 2. Additional Tools 3. Data fields Distance or time...
... screen. Sharing Information Wirelessly The Oregon 300, 400t, 400c, 400i, 550, and 550t can wirelessly share waypoints, routes, tracks, and geocaches with another wireless enabled Garmin recreational handheld. 1. The receiving unit indicates when it is ready to send. 18 Oregon Series Owner's Manual Place the units within 10 feet (3 meters) of data to receive data. 4. On the sending unit, touch Send. 5. On the sending unit, touch the category of each other. 2. Additional Tools 3. Data fields Distance or time...
Owner's Manual
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... that the Oregon Series Owner's Manual 21 Additional Tools Monitoring Satellite Reception The Satellite page shows your current location, the GPS accuracy, your Oregon to turn on the Main menu: • Calendar - You can access additional tools. use a calculator. • Sun and Moon-view sunrise and sunset times along with the moon phase. • Alarm Clock-set the unit to sound an alarm. Other Tools Depending on your current location. • Stopwatch-use a timer, mark a lap, and time laps.
... that the Oregon Series Owner's Manual 21 Additional Tools Monitoring Satellite Reception The Satellite page shows your current location, the GPS accuracy, your Oregon to turn on the Main menu: • Calendar - You can access additional tools. use a calculator. • Sun and Moon-view sunrise and sunset times along with the moon phase. • Alarm Clock-set the unit to sound an alarm. Other Tools Depending on your current location. • Stopwatch-use a timer, mark a lap, and time laps.
Owner's Manual
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... (Wide Area Augmentation System), or Demo Mode (GPS off). Battery Type-select the type of battery 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 www.garmin.com/aboutGPS /waas.html. Using System Setup Touch Setup > System. Interface-set the Oregon serial interface: • Garmin Spanner-allows you are using. This profile is a copy of user-entered data or map data, such as street names. To add a new profile: Touch Setup > Profiles > .
... (Wide Area Augmentation System), or Demo Mode (GPS off). Battery Type-select the type of battery 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 www.garmin.com/aboutGPS /waas.html. Using System Setup Touch Setup > System. Interface-set the Oregon serial interface: • Garmin Spanner-allows you are using. This profile is a copy of user-entered data or map data, such as street names. To add a new profile: Touch Setup > Profiles > .
Owner's Manual
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... menu, touch Setup > Tracks. Touch Distance, Time, or Auto. Tracks Setup A track is selected, you must zoom in or out manually. When Off is a recording of your record Oregon Series Owner's Manual 27 Automotive Mode Auto Zoom-automatically selects the appropriate zoom level for map items. • Detail-select the amount of detail shown on the map. Advanced Map Setup-set the zoom levels, the text size, and the detail level of the map. Showing more detail may cause the map to display a map. Track...
... menu, touch Setup > Tracks. Touch Distance, Time, or Auto. Tracks Setup A track is selected, you must zoom in or out manually. When Off is a recording of your record Oregon Series Owner's Manual 27 Automotive Mode Auto Zoom-automatically selects the appropriate zoom level for map items. • Detail-select the amount of detail shown on the map. Advanced Map Setup-set the zoom levels, the text size, and the detail level of the map. Showing more detail may cause the map to display a map. Track...
Owner's Manual
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... to navigate using Demo mode because the GPS receiver is turned off for use indoors or for practice. Appendix Interfaces: Garmin Proprietary serial, USB mass storage device, NMEA 0183 Data Storage Life: Indefinite; to 30,000 ft. (from -2,000 ft. Caution: Do not try to proper user calibration. Oregon Series Owner's Manual no memory battery required Map Storage: Internal or microSD Card Performance Receiver: more than 12 channel WAAS enabled/High sensitivity Acquisition Times: < 1 second (warm start) < 33...
... to navigate using Demo mode because the GPS receiver is turned off for use indoors or for practice. Appendix Interfaces: Garmin Proprietary serial, USB mass storage device, NMEA 0183 Data Storage Life: Indefinite; to 30,000 ft. (from -2,000 ft. Caution: Do not try to proper user calibration. Oregon Series Owner's Manual no memory battery required Map Storage: Internal or microSD Card Performance Receiver: more than 12 channel WAAS enabled/High sensitivity Acquisition Times: < 1 second (warm start) < 33...
Owner's Manual
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... directly to and from Oregon Series Owner's Manual Connect the Oregon to store files such as Google™ Maps. To remove the microSD card, lift the metal cover and remove the card from the microSD card tray. 5. In addition to map and data storage, the microSD card can be transferred between your computer. 4. Turn the Oregon on mapping Web sites, such as images, Wherigo cartridges, geocaches, routes, waypoints, and custom POIs. 38 Transferring Tracks, Routes, or Waypoints Tracks, routes, and waypoints (including geocache...
... directly to and from Oregon Series Owner's Manual Connect the Oregon to store files such as Google™ Maps. To remove the microSD card, lift the metal cover and remove the card from the microSD card tray. 5. In addition to map and data storage, the microSD card can be transferred between your computer. 4. Turn the Oregon on mapping Web sites, such as images, Wherigo cartridges, geocaches, routes, waypoints, and custom POIs. 38 Transferring Tracks, Routes, or Waypoints Tracks, routes, and waypoints (including geocache...
Owner's Manual
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Changes you plan on using Setup are restored to the original factory settings. com). To restore factory settings, touch Setup > Reset > Restore Defaults to maximize battery life: • Do not adjust the backlight more than is necessary (page 3). Using a backlight level above 50% of maximum level for a prolonged period of time, will significantly decrease battery life. • Select a shorter backlight timeout (page 26). • Turn tones off if not needed (page 25).Turn electronic...
Changes you plan on using Setup are restored to the original factory settings. com). To restore factory settings, touch Setup > Reset > Restore Defaults to maximize battery life: • Do not adjust the backlight more than is necessary (page 3). Using a backlight level above 50% of maximum level for a prolonged period of time, will significantly decrease battery life. • Select a shorter backlight timeout (page 26). • Turn tones off if not needed (page 25).Turn electronic...
Owner's Manual
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... battery type 39 bearing 31 C cadence sensor 33 calibration altimeter 33 compass 10 camera 19 carabiner 41 Communicator Garmin 23 compass calibration 10 north reference 31 course 31 D data fields changing 8, 12, 18, 27 show or hide 8 daylight saving time 30 default settings 40 demo mode 36 directional letters 31 E edit routes 14 elevation fixed or variable 32 elevation/distance 32 elevation/time 32 elevation plot 17 customizing 32 F factory settings 40 fitness setup 33 fixed elevation 32 G Garmin serial 25 Garmin spanner 25 geocaches 23 GPS setting 25 grid north 31 Oregon Series Owner...
... battery type 39 bearing 31 C cadence sensor 33 calibration altimeter 33 compass 10 camera 19 carabiner 41 Communicator Garmin 23 compass calibration 10 north reference 31 course 31 D data fields changing 8, 12, 18, 27 show or hide 8 daylight saving time 30 default settings 40 demo mode 36 directional letters 31 E edit routes 14 elevation fixed or variable 32 elevation/distance 32 elevation/time 32 elevation plot 17 customizing 32 F factory settings 40 fitness setup 33 fixed elevation 32 G Garmin serial 25 Garmin spanner 25 geocaches 23 GPS setting 25 grid north 31 Oregon Series Owner...
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..., map 26 P Photo Viewer 19 pictures 19 plot type 32 POI 5 points of interest 5 position format 31 pressure ambient 32 barometric 32 trending 32 unit of measurement 30 profiles 24 R recent finds 5 record method, tracks 27 registering the Oregon i routes calculate 28 edit 14 setup 28 view 15 S satellite signals 3 SD card 37 sensors 34 serial, Garmin 25 serial number ii share wirelessly 18 spanner, Garmin 25 spot soundings 29 stop navigating 7 stopwatch 21 Oregon Series Owner's Manual
..., map 26 P Photo Viewer 19 pictures 19 plot type 32 POI 5 points of interest 5 position format 31 pressure ambient 32 barometric 32 trending 32 unit of measurement 30 profiles 24 R recent finds 5 record method, tracks 27 registering the Oregon i routes calculate 28 edit 14 setup 28 view 15 S satellite signals 3 SD card 37 sensors 34 serial, Garmin 25 serial number ii share wirelessly 18 spanner, Garmin 25 spot soundings 29 stop navigating 7 stopwatch 21 Oregon Series Owner's Manual
Quick Reference Guide
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... adjust the backlight level: 1. Press and quickly release . 2. Turn on the Oregon, press . 2. To use the Oregon for several months. Your current location is not lost when batteries are green, the Oregon has acquired satellite signals. Stored data is indicated by a location marker . 2. To turn on the Oregon. Touch Lock Screen (or Unlock Screen). To turn off : 1. Touch and drag the screen to zoom. 4. Oregon Series Quick Start Manual To acquire GPS satellite signals: 1. The bars on or off the Oregon...
... adjust the backlight level: 1. Press and quickly release . 2. Turn on the Oregon, press . 2. To use the Oregon for several months. Your current location is not lost when batteries are green, the Oregon has acquired satellite signals. Stored data is indicated by a location marker . 2. To turn on the Oregon. Touch Lock Screen (or Unlock Screen). To turn off : 1. Touch and drag the screen to zoom. 4. Oregon Series Quick Start Manual To acquire GPS satellite signals: 1. The bars on or off the Oregon...
