Important Product and Safety Information (Multilingual)
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...discrepancies or questions before attempting such operations. • The unit is blocked. Do not mount in an unattended vehicle. See www.garmin.com/prop65 for navigator attentiveness regarding road closures or road conditions, traffic congestion, weather conditions, or other batteries presents a risk of...electrolyte leak, and/or injury. • Do not leave the unit exposed to replace the need for more information. In addition, the GPS unit may present a risk of fire or explosion. • Contact your unit contains or accepts street map products, follow these guidelines are...
...discrepancies or questions before attempting such operations. • The unit is blocked. Do not mount in an unattended vehicle. See www.garmin.com/prop65 for navigator attentiveness regarding road closures or road conditions, traffic congestion, weather conditions, or other batteries presents a risk of...electrolyte leak, and/or injury. • Do not leave the unit exposed to replace the need for more information. In addition, the GPS unit may present a risk of fire or explosion. • Contact your unit contains or accepts street map products, follow these guidelines are...
Important Product and Safety Information (Multilingual)
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...of disregarding this device is encouraged to try to correct the interference by an authorized Garmin These limits are more information on the applicability to this device must accept any interference received, including interference that obstruct the driver's vision. Operation of this notice or as... radiate radio frequency energy and may contain perchlorate material. In some inaccurate or incomplete data. Some state laws prohibit drivers from the GPS unit. • Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for Class B digital devices FOR HOME OR OFFICE USE. ...
...of disregarding this device is encouraged to try to correct the interference by an authorized Garmin These limits are more information on the applicability to this device must accept any interference received, including interference that obstruct the driver's vision. Operation of this notice or as... radiate radio frequency energy and may contain perchlorate material. In some inaccurate or incomplete data. Some state laws prohibit drivers from the GPS unit. • Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for Class B digital devices FOR HOME OR OFFICE USE. ...
Owner's Manual
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Table of Contents Introduction i Tips and Shortcuts i Manual Conventions i Product Registration i Contact Garmin ii Optional Accessories ii Caring for the Oregon ii 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...
Table of Contents Introduction i Tips and Shortcuts i Manual Conventions i Product Registration i Contact Garmin ii Optional Accessories ii Caring for the Oregon ii 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...
Owner's Manual
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Table of Contents Monitoring Satellite Reception 22 GPS Games 23 Geocaches 23 Wherigo 23 Customizing the Oregon.. 24 Changing the Profile 24 Setting Up Profiles 24 Using System Setup 25 Customizing the Display.......... 26 Map Setup 26 Tracks ... 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...
Table of Contents Monitoring Satellite Reception 22 GPS Games 23 Geocaches 23 Wherigo 23 Customizing the Oregon.. 24 Changing the Profile 24 Setting Up Profiles 24 Using System Setup 25 Customizing the Display.......... 26 Map Setup 26 Tracks ... 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...
Owner's Manual
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... your current location and navigate a route, you must acquire GPS signals. 1. Touch or to an open area, away from tall buildings and trees. 2. Adjusting the Backlight Level 1. The bars on the Main menu indicate satellite strength. Getting Started Acquiring GPS Satellite Signals Before the Oregon can take a few minutes. Touch Lock Screen. Go...
... your current location and navigate a route, you must acquire GPS signals. 1. Touch or to an open area, away from tall buildings and trees. 2. Adjusting the Backlight Level 1. The bars on the Main menu indicate satellite strength. Getting Started Acquiring GPS Satellite Signals Before the Oregon can take a few minutes. Touch Lock Screen. Go...
Owner's Manual
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... also provides navigation data such as traveling in an automobile, the compass uses GPS signals to determine your destination by displaying a compass and a bearing pointer. Touch to the next point on the Map page: 1. If you to save. 2. Oregon Series Owner's Manual On the Map page, touch the point you are stationary...
... also provides navigation data such as traveling in an automobile, the compass uses GPS signals to determine your destination by displaying a compass and a bearing pointer. Touch to the next point on the Map page: 1. If you to save. 2. Oregon Series Owner's Manual On the Map page, touch the point you are stationary...
Owner's Manual
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Satellite locations Elevation Satellite strength Satellite Page The green bars indicate GPS satellite strength. Follow the onscreen instructions. To view the Satellite page: Touch at www.garmin.com. • Sight N' Go-point the unit toward an object to lock in the direction and navigate to achieve...; Stopwatch-use a timer, mark a lap, and time laps. • Man Overboard-mark a man overboard position and start navigation. Oregon Series Owner's Manual Additional Tools • Hunt and Fish-view the predicted best dates and times for hunting and fishing at your current elevation...
Satellite locations Elevation Satellite strength Satellite Page The green bars indicate GPS satellite strength. Follow the onscreen instructions. To view the Satellite page: Touch at www.garmin.com. • Sight N' Go-point the unit toward an object to lock in the direction and navigate to achieve...; Stopwatch-use a timer, mark a lap, and time laps. • Man Overboard-mark a man overboard position and start navigation. Oregon Series Owner's Manual Additional Tools • Hunt and Fish-view the predicted best dates and times for hunting and fishing at your current elevation...
Owner's Manual
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... can download geocaches directly to your destination as indicated on page 9. A colored line indicates your Oregon, and, after registering and installing the Garmin Communicator plug-in from www.garmin.com/geocache. For more information, visit www.wherigo.com. GPS Games To navigate to your Oregon. Touch Go. Use the compass to navigate to a geocache using...
... can download geocaches directly to your destination as indicated on page 9. A colored line indicates your Oregon, and, after registering and installing the Garmin Communicator plug-in from www.garmin.com/geocache. For more information, visit www.wherigo.com. GPS Games To navigate to your Oregon. Touch Go. Use the compass to navigate to a geocache using...
Owner's Manual
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...GPS off). Language-select the text language on the Oregon. 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. Customizing the Oregon Tones-turn audible tones On or Off. Oregon Series Owner's Manual 25 This profile is a copy of location and velocity information. • RTCM -receive differential...
...GPS off). Language-select the text language on the Oregon. 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. Customizing the Oregon Tones-turn audible tones On or Off. Oregon Series Owner's Manual 25 This profile is a copy of location and velocity information. • RTCM -receive differential...
Owner's Manual
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Compass-select Auto to switch from an electronic compass to a GPS compass when you are using a map or chart that specifies a different position format. Touch Course to select the Course Pointer, which indicates the direction to... shown on your unit)-select Bearing to show the Bearing Pointer, which indicates your destination. Position Format Use the default settings unless you are traveling Oregon Series Owner's Manual 31 Go To Line/Pointer (depending on the compass: • Directional Letters-sets the Compass page reading to directional letters (N, S, E, W). • Numeric...
Compass-select Auto to switch from an electronic compass to a GPS compass when you are using a map or chart that specifies a different position format. Touch Course to select the Course Pointer, which indicates the direction to... shown on your unit)-select Bearing to show the Bearing Pointer, which indicates your destination. Position Format Use the default settings unless you are traveling Oregon Series Owner's Manual 31 Go To Line/Pointer (depending on the compass: • Directional Letters-sets the Compass page reading to directional letters (N, S, E, W). • Numeric...
Owner's Manual
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Altimeter Setup Touch Setup > Altimeter. Touch Save Always to record pressure data every 15 minutes, even when the Oregon is turned off and use the GPS compass. This can be useful when you turn the electronic compass off . Plot Type-select the elevation plot type: • ...-select Variable Elevation (used when moving) or Fixed Elevation (used when stationary, allowing the altimeter to record data only when the Oregon is recorded. Customizing the Oregon at a higher rate of speed for pressure fronts. Touch Save 32 When Power On to function as a standard barometer). Select ...
Altimeter Setup Touch Setup > Altimeter. Touch Save Always to record pressure data every 15 minutes, even when the Oregon is turned off and use the GPS compass. This can be useful when you turn the electronic compass off . Plot Type-select the elevation plot type: • ...-select Variable Elevation (used when moving) or Fixed Elevation (used when stationary, allowing the altimeter to record data only when the Oregon is recorded. Customizing the Oregon at a higher rate of speed for pressure fronts. Touch Save 32 When Power On to function as a standard barometer). Select ...
Owner's Manual
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... monitor or speed/ cadence bike sensor). 2. Turn the wireless sensor on. 3. NOTE: To prevent your Oregon from communicating with a wireless sensor: 1. Customizing the Oregon To pair the Oregon with wireless sensors, touch Setup > Fitness > Heart Rate Monitor (or Bike Cadence Sensor) > Off....Device 1. Touch Setup > Reset. 2. Viewing Your Oregon Information On the Main menu, touch Setup > About to reset it. Touch an item to view the Oregon software version, the unit ID number, the GPS software version, and legal information. 34 Oregon Series Owner's Manual Touch Search for new. 5....
... monitor or speed/ cadence bike sensor). 2. Turn the wireless sensor on. 3. NOTE: To prevent your Oregon from communicating with a wireless sensor: 1. Customizing the Oregon To pair the Oregon with wireless sensors, touch Setup > Fitness > Heart Rate Monitor (or Bike Cadence Sensor) > Off....Device 1. Touch Setup > Reset. 2. Viewing Your Oregon Information On the Main menu, touch Setup > About to reset it. Touch an item to view the Oregon software version, the unit ID number, the GPS software version, and legal information. 34 Oregon Series Owner's Manual Touch Search for new. 5....
Owner's Manual
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Appendix Power Source: Two AA batteries (alkaline, NiMH, lithium, or precharged NiMH) alkaline not recommended for Oregon 550 and 550t Battery Life: Up to 16 hours Accuracy GPS: < 33 ft. (10 m) 95% typical* *Subject to accuracy degradation to 5 m) 95% typical (WAAS accuracy in . DoD imposed Selective Availability (SA) Program when activated. DGPS: from ...
Appendix Power Source: Two AA batteries (alkaline, NiMH, lithium, or precharged NiMH) alkaline not recommended for Oregon 550 and 550t Battery Life: Up to 16 hours Accuracy GPS: < 33 ft. (10 m) 95% typical* *Subject to accuracy degradation to 5 m) 95% typical (WAAS accuracy in . DoD imposed Selective Availability (SA) Program when activated. DGPS: from ...
Owner's Manual
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...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 ... m) Range: from -610 to 9144 m) *Subject to proper user calibration. Using Demo Mode Demo mode turns the GPS receiver 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 ...
...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 ... m) Range: from -610 to 9144 m) *Subject to proper user calibration. Using Demo Mode Demo mode turns the GPS receiver 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 ...
Owner's Manual
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... signalstrength bars shown are only simulations and do not represent the strength of the Oregon. 2. Lift the metal cover. 3. To turn Demo Mode on your computer using Demo mode because the GPS receiver is located beneath the AA batteries. Insert the smaller connector on the USB cable... into the microSD card tray, and close the metal cover. Oregon Series Owner's Manual 37 To connect your Oregon to your Garmin dealer. Lift the weather cap ...
... signalstrength bars shown are only simulations and do not represent the strength of the Oregon. 2. Lift the metal cover. 3. To turn Demo Mode on your computer using Demo mode because the GPS receiver is located beneath the AA batteries. Insert the smaller connector on the USB cable... into the microSD card tray, and close the metal cover. Oregon Series Owner's Manual 37 To connect your Oregon to your Garmin dealer. Lift the weather cap ...
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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 ... (POI) 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 sensors 34 serial...
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 ... (POI) 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 sensors 34 serial...
Quick Start Manual
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...To turn on or off the Oregon, press and hold . Touch or to zoom. 3. Touch Lock Screen (or Unlock Screen). Touch or to adjust the brightness levels. The bars on the Oregon. To adjust the backlight level: 1. To acquire GPS satellite signals: 1. Turn on ...the Main page indicate satellite strength. Oregon Series Quick Start Manual Press and quickly release . 2. Touch Map. Notice Remove...
...To turn on or off the Oregon, press and hold . Touch or to zoom. 3. Touch Lock Screen (or Unlock Screen). Touch or to adjust the brightness levels. The bars on the Oregon. To adjust the backlight level: 1. To acquire GPS satellite signals: 1. Turn on ...the Main page indicate satellite strength. Oregon Series Quick Start Manual Press and quickly release . 2. Touch Map. Notice Remove...