Garmin Alpha 300 - Initiating an Emergency Alert; Sending a Message to Your Contacts; Tracking a Contact; Finding Your Contact ID

Initiating an Emergency Alert
Before you can initiate an emergency alert, you must turn on the transmitter (Turning On and Off the Transmitter,
page25).
Before someone can receive your emergency alert, someone must add you as a contact (Adding a Contact Using
Wireless Pairing, page25).
You can use an emergency alert when you need immediate assistance and you are away from your group.
Select Dog List > > > Yes.
When your contact accepts your emergency alert request, the device displays a message indicating that your
contact has started navigating to your location.
After receiving the alert, your contacts can navigate to your location.
Sending a Message to Your Contacts
Before you can send a message to your contacts, you must turn on the transmitter (Turning On and Off the
Transmitter, page25).
You can send and receive automated messages. There are 18 messages you can choose from, such as "Help"
and "I'm Coming."
1 Select Dog List > > Message.
2 Select a message.
The message is sent to your contacts with your name before the message. Anyone tracking your handheld
device receives the message.
Tracking a Contact
You can keep track of contacts' locations using the map.
Select .
Finding Your Contact ID
Press to open the status page.
The contact ID for your handheld device is listed under the My ID option.
Changing Your Contact ID
If you are experiencing interference from other collars or handheld devices in the area, you might need to
change the contact ID for your handheld device.
1 Press to open the status page.
2 Select My ID > ID.
3 Select a contact ID that is not yet assigned to another device in the area.
Each time a contact changes their contact ID, you must update the contact ID in your handheld device (Updating
a Contact ID, page26).
Updating a Contact ID
If a contact has changed their contact ID, you can quickly update the contact ID in your handheld device.
1 Select Dog List > .
2 Select the contact.
3 Select > Update ID.
4 Select the contact ID that matches the contact's new contact ID.
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