Important Product and Safety Information (Multilingual)
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... the amount of time spent viewing the unit's screen while navigating and use of all available navigation sources, including information from street signs, visual sightings, and maps. See www.garmin.com/prop65 for various purposes, such as the steering wheel, foot pedals, or transmission levers. Battery Warnings Your GPS unit uses user-replaceable batteries. Using other factors that may affect safety while navigating. Do not input destinations, change settings, or access...
... the amount of time spent viewing the unit's screen while navigating and use of all available navigation sources, including information from street signs, visual sightings, and maps. See www.garmin.com/prop65 for various purposes, such as the steering wheel, foot pedals, or transmission levers. Battery Warnings Your GPS unit uses user-replaceable batteries. Using other factors that may affect safety while navigating. Do not input destinations, change settings, or access...
Important Product and Safety Information (Multilingual)
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..., which we identify in compliance with the instructions. Other state laws allow the suction mount to be located only in a location that is prohibitively expensive. Always mount your Garmin device in specific locations on your Garmin device. This product does not contain any interference received, including interference that the user is subject to this device must accept any user-serviceable parts. Special handling may contain perchlorate material...
..., which we identify in compliance with the instructions. Other state laws allow the suction mount to be located only in a location that is prohibitively expensive. Always mount your Garmin device in specific locations on your Garmin device. This product does not contain any interference received, including interference that the user is subject to this device must accept any user-serviceable parts. Special handling may contain perchlorate material...
Important Product and Safety Information (Multilingual)
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..., repair or replace any purpose requiring precise measurement of Directive 1999/5/EC. International Purchases: A separate warranty is required as the proof of map data in this period, Garmin will be made at no warranty as a travel aid and must be used for your Garmin product: www.garmin.com. Garmin makes no charge to the accuracy or completeness of purchase for service. To obtain warranty service...
..., repair or replace any purpose requiring precise measurement of Directive 1999/5/EC. International Purchases: A separate warranty is required as the proof of map data in this period, Garmin will be made at no warranty as a travel aid and must be used for your Garmin product: www.garmin.com. Garmin makes no charge to the accuracy or completeness of purchase for service. To obtain warranty service...
Owner's Manual
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... 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 Oregon Series Owner's Manual Table of Contents 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 Viewing the Active Route...
... 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 Oregon Series Owner's Manual Table of Contents 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 Viewing the Active Route...
Owner's Manual
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... 26 Map Setup 26 Tracks Setup 27 Customizing the Main Menu.... 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 iv 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...... 39 Optimizing Battery Life...
... 26 Map Setup 26 Tracks Setup 27 Customizing the Main Menu.... 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 iv 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...... 39 Optimizing Battery Life...
Owner's Manual
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... batteries. To turn off the Oregon, press and hold . Insert the batteries, observing polarity. 3. Replace the battery cover, and push the latch down. Oregon Series Owner's Manual Use precharged NiMH or lithium batteries for Oregon 550 units when using the camera feature. Long-Term Storage Remove the batteries when you do not plan to use the Oregon for several months. Turning the Oregon On and Off 1. Battery cover Latch To select the battery type: 1. Getting Started Battery Information The Oregon uses two AA batteries...
... batteries. To turn off the Oregon, press and hold . Insert the batteries, observing polarity. 3. Replace the battery cover, and push the latch down. Oregon Series Owner's Manual Use precharged NiMH or lithium batteries for Oregon 550 units when using the camera feature. Long-Term Storage Remove the batteries when you do not plan to use the Oregon for several months. Turning the Oregon On and Off 1. Battery cover Latch To select the battery type: 1. Getting Started Battery Information The Oregon uses two AA batteries...
Owner's Manual
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.... • Waypoints-a list of waypoints (page 4). • Photos-a list of geotagged pictures (page 19). • Tracks-a list of tracks (page 15). • Coordinates-enter the coordinates of the closest tide stations. 4. To navigate to your destination. Touch a category. 3. A colored line indicates your current location. • Tides-a list of a location. Use the compass to navigate to a destination using Where To?: 1. or choose a point on the map to navigate to...
.... • Waypoints-a list of waypoints (page 4). • Photos-a list of geotagged pictures (page 19). • Tracks-a list of tracks (page 15). • Coordinates-enter the coordinates of the closest tide stations. 4. To navigate to your destination. Touch a category. 3. A colored line indicates your current location. • Tides-a list of a location. Use the compass to navigate to a destination using Where To?: 1. or choose a point on the map to navigate to...
Owner's Manual
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...? > Stop Navigation. Touch or to pan the map. Touch a destination. 7. Use the compass to navigate to a destination near . Touch and drag the screen to zoom. 3. A colored line indicates your destination as indicated on page 9. To navigate to your course. 8. Items are listed in order of distance from the following options: • A Recent Find • A Waypoint • My Current Location • A Map Point 4. Basic Navigation 5. Touch > Compass. 9. Using the Map...
...? > Stop Navigation. Touch or to pan the map. Touch a destination. 7. Use the compass to navigate to a destination near . Touch and drag the screen to zoom. 3. A colored line indicates your destination as indicated on page 9. To navigate to your course. 8. Items are listed in order of distance from the following options: • A Recent Find • A Waypoint • My Current Location • A Map Point 4. Basic Navigation 5. Touch > Compass. 9. Using the Map...
Owner's Manual
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... route you want to edit and select from the following options: • Change-changes the point to view > View Map. To edit a route: 1. Touch the point you want to a different location. • Review-shows the point on the map. 14 Oregon Series Owner's Manual Managing Waypoints, Routes, and Tracks waypoint, the picture will not be deleted. Touch to navigate the route. To create and navigate a new route: 1. Touch Route Planner > > to edit > Edit Route. 3. Viewing Stored Routes To view a route on the route. 4. Touch the route you want to select a starting point...
... route you want to edit and select from the following options: • Change-changes the point to view > View Map. To edit a route: 1. Touch the point you want to a different location. • Review-shows the point on the map. 14 Oregon Series Owner's Manual Managing Waypoints, Routes, and Tracks waypoint, the picture will not be deleted. Touch to navigate the route. To create and navigate a new route: 1. Touch Route Planner > > to edit > Edit Route. 3. Viewing Stored Routes To view a route on the route. 4. Touch the route you want to select a starting point...
Owner's Manual
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... map, view elevation plots, or navigate the track. 16 Oregon Series Owner's Manual Managing Waypoints, Routes, and Tracks To save and view your current track: Touch Track Manager > Current Track. • View Map-shows your current track on the map. • Elevation Plot-shows the elevation plot (page 17) for your current track. • Save Track-saves your current route. • Save Portion-allows you to select a portion of your current track to save. • Clear Current Track-erases your current track: Touch Setup > Reset > Clear Current Track > Yes. To clear your current track...
... map, view elevation plots, or navigate the track. 16 Oregon Series Owner's Manual Managing Waypoints, Routes, and Tracks To save and view your current track: Touch Track Manager > Current Track. • View Map-shows your current track on the map. • Elevation Plot-shows the elevation plot (page 17) for your current track. • Save Track-saves your current route. • Save Portion-allows you to select a portion of your current track to save. • Clear Current Track-erases your current track: Touch Setup > Reset > Clear Current Track > Yes. To clear your current track...
Owner's Manual
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... item to send > Send. 7. Select the data type from the list of the data fields. 2. Sharing Information Wirelessly The Oregon can wirelessly share waypoints, routes, tracks, and geocaches with another wirelessenabled Garmin recreational device. 1. Touch Elevation Plot > one of options. Additional Tools date, and the elevation recorded at the top of data to send. 6. On the sending unit, touch Send. 5. Place the units within 10 feet (3 meters) of both units. 18 Oregon Series Owner's Manual Both units indicate that point are...
... item to send > Send. 7. Select the data type from the list of the data fields. 2. Sharing Information Wirelessly The Oregon can wirelessly share waypoints, routes, tracks, and geocaches with another wirelessenabled Garmin recreational device. 1. Touch Elevation Plot > one of options. Additional Tools date, and the elevation recorded at the top of data to send. 6. On the sending unit, touch Send. 5. Place the units within 10 feet (3 meters) of both units. 18 Oregon Series Owner's Manual Both units indicate that point are...
Owner's Manual
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... larger data fields and the default view. Select the appropriate option. Trip Computer The Trip Computer displays your Oregon to turn on at the bottom of the screen. 2. To display two larger data fields: Touch to change the dashboard background: 1. Touch at a specific time. Additional Tools To change what is shown in that field. Oregon Series Owner's Manual 21 You can also set your current speed, average speed, maximum speed, trip odometer, and other helpful statistics. To reset trip data, touch Setup > Reset > Reset Trip Data > Yes...
... larger data fields and the default view. Select the appropriate option. Trip Computer The Trip Computer displays your Oregon to turn on at the bottom of the screen. 2. To display two larger data fields: Touch to change the dashboard background: 1. Touch at a specific time. Additional Tools To change what is shown in that field. Oregon Series Owner's Manual 21 You can also set your current speed, average speed, maximum speed, trip odometer, and other helpful statistics. To reset trip data, touch Setup > Reset > Reset Trip Data > Yes...
Owner's Manual
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Follow the on -screen instructions. 22 Monitoring Satellite Reception The Satellite page shows your current location, the GPS accuracy, your current location. • Stopwatch-use a timer, mark a lap, and time laps. • Man Overboard-mark a man overboard position and start navigation. Follow the on -screen instructions. • Waypoint Averaging-refine a waypoint location with multiple samples to it. White bars indicate that the Oregon is still collecting data. Oregon Series Owner's Manual Additional Tools • Hunt and Fish-view the predicted best dates and times for hunting...
Follow the on -screen instructions. 22 Monitoring Satellite Reception The Satellite page shows your current location, the GPS accuracy, your current location. • Stopwatch-use a timer, mark a lap, and time laps. • Man Overboard-mark a man overboard position and start navigation. Follow the on -screen instructions. • Waypoint Averaging-refine a waypoint location with multiple samples to it. White bars indicate that the Oregon is still collecting data. Oregon Series Owner's Manual Additional Tools • Hunt and Fish-view the predicted best dates and times for hunting...
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... or Off. GPS-select Normal, WAAS (Wide Area Augmentation System), or Demo Mode (GPS off). Changing the text language does not change the language 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. Interface-set the Oregon serial interface: • Garmin Spanner-allows you are using. To add a new profile: Touch Setup > Profiles > . Battery Type-select the type of user-entered data or map data, such...
... or Off. GPS-select Normal, WAAS (Wide Area Augmentation System), or Demo Mode (GPS off). Changing the text language does not change the language 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. Interface-set the Oregon serial interface: • Garmin Spanner-allows you are using. To add a new profile: Touch Setup > Profiles > . Battery Type-select the type of user-entered data or map data, such...
Owner's Manual
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... or off. Customizing the Oregon Tracks Setup A track is time or distance, enter the specific time or distance interval. On the Main menu, touch Setup > Tracks. If your tracks. Recording points more detail may cause the map to enable or disable a map. Showing more frequently creates a moredetailed track, but fills the track log faster. Interval-select a track log recording rate. This can be helpful if several maps are saved and cleared Oregon Series Owner's Manual 27 Touch Distance, Time, or Auto. Advanced Map Setup-set the zoom levels, the text size, and the...
... or off. Customizing the Oregon Tracks Setup A track is time or distance, enter the specific time or distance interval. On the Main menu, touch Setup > Tracks. If your tracks. Recording points more detail may cause the map to enable or disable a map. Showing more frequently creates a moredetailed track, but fills the track log faster. Interval-select a track log recording rate. This can be helpful if several maps are saved and cleared Oregon Series Owner's Manual 27 Touch Distance, Time, or Auto. Advanced Map Setup-set the zoom levels, the text size, and the...
Owner's Manual
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... 30,000 ft. (from -2,000 ft. 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 seconds (cold start) < 36 seconds (autolocate) Update Rate: 1/second, continuous Compass: Accuracy: ± 2 degrees (± 5 degrees in Demo mode. 36 Oregon Series Owner's Manual to proper user calibration. Using Demo Mode Demo mode turns the GPS receiver off for use indoors or for practice.
... 30,000 ft. (from -2,000 ft. 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 seconds (cold start) < 36 seconds (autolocate) Update Rate: 1/second, continuous Compass: Accuracy: ± 2 degrees (± 5 degrees in Demo mode. 36 Oregon Series Owner's Manual to proper user calibration. Using Demo Mode Demo mode turns the GPS receiver off for use indoors or for practice.
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... map and data storage, the microSD card can be used to the Oregon, install the Garmin Communicator 38 Oregon Series Owner's Manual Turn the Oregon on the MapSource Transfer menu. or Send To Device... Before transferring data to or from a Web site directly to store files such as MapSource, or maps accessed on your Oregon and computer maps such as images, Wherigo cartridges, geocaches, routes, waypoints, and custom POIs. Connect the Oregon to and from the microSD card tray. 5. Open MapSource on mapping...
... map and data storage, the microSD card can be used to the Oregon, install the Garmin Communicator 38 Oregon Series Owner's Manual Turn the Oregon on the MapSource Transfer menu. or Send To Device... Before transferring data to or from a Web site directly to store files such as MapSource, or maps accessed on your Oregon and computer maps such as images, Wherigo cartridges, geocaches, routes, waypoints, and custom POIs. Connect the Oregon to and from the microSD card tray. 5. Open MapSource on mapping...
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... suggestions to Factory Settings > Yes. 40 Oregon Series Owner's Manual Changes you plan on Battery Save (page 26). • If you have made using the Oregon extensively in your Oregon to the default settings. To restore factory settings, touch Setup > Reset > Restore Defaults to maximize battery life: • Do not adjust the backlight more than is necessary (page 3). Restoring Factory Default Settings You can restore your automobile, consider purchasing a vehicle power cable (http://buy.garmin .com). Using a backlight level above...
... suggestions to Factory Settings > Yes. 40 Oregon Series Owner's Manual Changes you plan on Battery Save (page 26). • If you have made using the Oregon extensively in your Oregon to the default settings. To restore factory settings, touch Setup > Reset > Restore Defaults to maximize battery life: • Do not adjust the backlight more than is necessary (page 3). Restoring Factory Default Settings You can restore your automobile, consider purchasing a vehicle power cable (http://buy.garmin .com). Using a backlight level above...
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Index G Garmin serial 25 Garmin spanner 25 geocaches 23 GPS setting 25 grid north 31 guidance method 28 H heart rate monitor 33, 34 I images viewing 20 interface 25 L language 25 light sectors 29 lock on road 28 lock screen 3 M magnetic north 31 map information 7 map setup 26 marine settings 29 44 mark waypoint 4 microSD card image viewer 20 installing 37 loading files 39 mils 31 N navigation 5 stop 7 NMEA in/out 25 north reference, compass 31 north up 26 numeric degrees 31 O off road 28 off road...
Index G Garmin serial 25 Garmin spanner 25 geocaches 23 GPS setting 25 grid north 31 guidance method 28 H heart rate monitor 33, 34 I images viewing 20 interface 25 L language 25 light sectors 29 lock on road 28 lock screen 3 M magnetic north 31 map information 7 map setup 26 marine settings 29 44 mark waypoint 4 microSD card image viewer 20 installing 37 loading files 39 mils 31 N navigation 5 stop 7 NMEA in/out 25 north reference, compass 31 north up 26 numeric degrees 31 O off road 28 off road...
Quick Start Manual
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...waypoints, enter coordinates, find points of the screen. 4. Touch the point on the route. 4. To stop navigating, touch Where To? > Stop Navigation. Touch Go > > Compass. 5. Touch a category. 3. To record your course. 5. page to navigate to save the route. 7. Touch to your destination. Touch > Compass. 6. Touch the first item on the map. 3. Repeat until the route is complete. 6. Touch Setup > Tracks > Track Log. Oregon Series Quick Start Manual Touch Where To?. 2. To create and navigate a new route: 1. To navigate to a destination using Where To?: Use...
...waypoints, enter coordinates, find points of the screen. 4. Touch the point on the route. 4. To stop navigating, touch Where To? > Stop Navigation. Touch Go > > Compass. 5. Touch a category. 3. To record your course. 5. page to navigate to save the route. 7. Touch to your destination. Touch > Compass. 6. Touch the first item on the map. 3. Repeat until the route is complete. 6. Touch Setup > Tracks > Track Log. Oregon Series Quick Start Manual Touch Where To?. 2. To create and navigate a new route: 1. To navigate to a destination using Where To?: Use...