Garmin eTrex Vista HCx Support Question
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Owner's Manual - Page 3
...sheet in a safe place. Contact Garmin Contact Garmin if you for choosing the Garmin® eTrex Vista® HCx, eTrex Legend® HCx, eTrex Summit® HC, or eTrex Venture® HC.
Tips and ...To extend battery life, turn off the GPS when not using your Garmin dealer immediately. Decrease the level of Garmin high-sensitivity GPS and fullfeatured mapping to our Web site ...
Owner's Manual - Page 7
... and hold to turn on -screen messages. Press in or out.
eTrex HC series Owner's Manual
Getting Started
ENTER/ROCKER key
Rock up or down or right or left to enter highlighted options and data or confirm on or off (Vista HCx and Summit HC only).
QUIT/PAGE key
Press to view time...
Owner's Manual - Page 9
... Started
Using the Mapping Databases Many of the microSD card.
Purchase additional microSD cards at your local electronics supplier, or see the Garmin Web site: www.garmin.com for a microSD™ card (user provided) that can view listings of nearby restaurants, lodging, shopping centers, attractions and entertainment, and addresses. The eTrex Vista HCx and Legend HCx are...
Owner's Manual - Page 10
... the MapSource map data disk.
microSD card location
Battery compartment
with a microSD data card slot. Getting Started
Transferring Data to a microSD™ Card The eTrex Vista HCx and Legend HCx are equipped with cover removed
PUSH TO EJECT
USB port weather cover
Accessing the microSD card slot
Contacts on card must face away from...
Owner's Manual - Page 17
... contains a list of items near another location on the map: 1. The Map page appears.
4. eTrex HC series Owner's Manual 13 Select an item from others. Basic Operation
To find an item near ....
To find a waypoint: 1. Select Waypoints and choose a waypoint. Use the ROCKER to pan the arrow (pointer) to http://my.garmin.com, and click "Go Geocaching." The Find list shows a list of all...
Owner's Manual - Page 22
Select Save. 3. eTrex HC series Owner's Manual Press MENU twice > Tracks. 2. Repeat to an HCx unit microSD card: 1. This file is filled. 3. Select No to save... track
log. 4. Open the track logs using Garmin MapSource or another .gpx file-compatible application. 4. Use the USB cable to connect the unit to the
point on page 38.
Use the ROCKER to move the pointer to your...
Owner's Manual - Page 23
... readings when using Digital Elevation Model (DEM) maps. A map showing the entire track appears. Begin and
End markers and waypoints are added to the Garmin Web site for...view a track profile: 1. Select Area Calculation, and press ENTER. 3.
Use the ROCKER to show profiles, if using the eTrex Summit HC or the eTrex Vista HCx. When finished defining the area, press ENTER, and select Save.
3. ...
Owner's Manual - Page 25
..., and select Go To, you are preceded by a guidance message with the eTrex Vista HCx and Legend HCx.) This feature is enabled when using City Navigator® mapping data.
Select a saved route > Navigate.
3. Route on roadways are queried, "Follow Road" or "Off Road." Using Auto-Routing (Auto-Routing is a feature available only with a graphic of the...
Owner's Manual - Page 27
... by using the page sequence option on the Main Menu. To view the options menu for a page, press MENU. Map Page
Compass Page
Altimeter Page
Main Menu
No Options
Map Page Options Menu
Compass Page Options Menu
Altimeter Page Options Menu
eTrex HC series Owner's Manual 23 Main Pages
Main Pages
The eTrex Vista HCx...
Owner's Manual - Page 32
... to conserve batteries. The accuracy of the eTrex HC series units use the Vista HCx or Summit HC. When it uses data from the last calibration.
Use the numeric keypad to turn the electronic
compass...Electronic Compass Calibrate the electronic compass outdoors when you first use a GPS data driven compass but only the Vista HCx and Summit HC have an additional electronic compass.)
When ...
Owner's Manual - Page 33
...page.
• Change Data Fields-selects the type of data you to adjust your sight (Vista HCx and Summit HC only).
• Stop/Resume Navigation-turns active navigation for holding and turning...8226; Calibrate Compass-accesses the compass Calibration page (Vista HCx and Summit HC only).
• Restore Defaults-returns to the Compass page. eTrex HC series Owner's Manual 29
To calibrate the ...
Owner's Manual - Page 34
.... Press ENTER to start the feature. eTrex HC series Owner's Manual To use Sight 'N Go to the projected waypoint.
Sighting Page
2. Enter an estimated distance from your destination on the Summit HC and Vista HCx with the distant object. Select Go To... OR Select Project Waypoint.
The compass ring with pointer is available only on a course line using the course pointer as a guide.
Owner's Manual - Page 36
... pressure plots.
Customize the View option displays using the Calibrate Altimeter option.
• Restore Defaults-clears recorded data from the page and begin recording new data.
32
eTrex HC series Owner's Manual Altimeter Page Options ...Altimeter Page
(The Altimeter page is provided with the Vista HCx
and Summit HC only.)
The Altimeter page shows you want to show the View Elevation Plot.
Owner's Manual - Page 41
...access the System Setup page:
From the Setup Menu, select System.
• GPS-choose one of the GPS options other than Normal to save battery power.
• WAAS/EGNOS-set ... Backlight Level-use the slider to turn off if external power is lost.
• Proximity Alarms-turn Proximity Alarms on and off (eTrex HCx units only).
set the level of unit software and the Unit I.D.
eTrex HC series ...
Owner's Manual - Page 45
... Garmin web site for guidance and following roads (Vista HCx and Legend HCx... maps. Access the Setup Menu, select Geocache. 2. Marine Page Use the Map Setup - Map Setup - Highlight a map to show...and symbol sets. Information Page
Press MENU to use
(Auto, GARMIN, NOAA, International). Marine Page
Main Pages
...garmin.com, and click Go Geocaching. To setup Routing: From the Setup ...
Owner's Manual - Page 47
... 9. Calibration Setup Page For the Vista HCx and Summit HC only.
Refer the Garmin Web site for experienced skydivers and is corrected by GPS.
Main Pages
3.
The following two features apply to the Vista HCx and Summit HC only:
• Switch to the Vista HCx or Summit HC page, and select Manuals. Use the on or
off. enter the...
Owner's Manual - Page 49
... AA batteries, 12 V DC Adapter
Cable, or PC/USB Adapter
Battery Life:
Up to 25 hours HCx units Up to 14 hours HC units
Accuracy
GPS:
Display: 1.3" W x 1.7" H, 256-color, high resolution, transreflective TFT(176 x 220 pixels) backlit. Appendix
Appendix
Compass: (Vista HCx/Summit HC only) Accuracy; +/- 5 degrees, resolution; 1 degree, user calibrated
Specifications
Physical
Size...
Quick Reference Guide - Page 1
... item: 1. Select Waypoints, and press ENTER. 3. Please visit www.garmin.com for detailed information.)
To find an item from your current location:...Use the ROCKER to select an item, and press ENTER. Follow the magenta route created on the map, and press ENTER. or its subsidiaries Printed in Taiwan
Quick Start Guide
eTrex® HC series
Vista HCx, Legend HCx, Summit HC, and Venture HC
GPS...
Quick Reference Guide - Page 2
...GPS-aided navigation.
A tone sounds, and the
Introduction page appears, followed by the Vista HCx and Legend HCx only.
9. The GPS receiver begins searching for a page. Creating a Route
To create and use a route: 1. Use...install the batteries: 1. Locking pin slot
To turn the electronic compass on the eTrex: 1.
Press QUIT repeatedly until the Map page appears. Press up or down...
Declaration of Conformity - Page 1
... Technology Equipment (Global Positioning System Receiver)
ETREX LEGEND HCx ETREX VISTA HCx
The undersigned does hereby declare that the ...60950-1:2001 Safety of Equipment: Model Number(s):
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