Garmin Alpha 300 - Customizing Your Device; Customizing the Main Menu; System Settings

Display Settings
Select > Display.
Backlight Timeout: Adjusts the length of time before the backlight turns off.
Battery Save: Saves the battery power and prolongs the battery life by turning off the screen when the backlight
times out (Turning On the Handheld Battery Save Mode, page42).
Appearance: Sets the displayed accent colors for day and night.
Screen Capture: Allows you to save the image on the device screen.
Accessibility: Adds or changes device features to make your device more accessible (Accessibility Settings,
page37).
Accessibility Settings
Select > Display > Accessibility.
Touch Sensitivity: Sets the touchscreen sensitivity.
Review Text Size: Adjusts the size of the text.
Scroll Controls: Adds scroll arrows to the screen when a menu, list, or grid is scrollable.
Setting the Device Tones
You can customize tones for messages, keys, warnings, and alarms.
1 Select > Tones & Alerts.
2 Select a tone for each audible type.
Setting Dog Alerts
You can adjust how the handheld device alerts you to certain actions of the dog.
1 Select > Tones & Alerts > Dog Alerts.
2 Select an action.
3 Select the method the device uses to alert you for this action.
Map Settings
Select > Map.
Map Manager: Shows the downloaded map versions. With an Outdoor Maps+ subscription, allows you to
download additional maps (Managing Maps, page35).
Tracked Devices: Opens the map settings options for tracked devices (Tracked Devices Map Settings,
page37).
Show Training Bar: Displays the training bar on the map.
Show Data Fields: Displays configurable data fields on the map.
Advanced: Opens the advanced map settings (Advanced Map Settings, page38).
Tracked Devices Map Settings
Select > Map > Tracked Devices.
Auto Zoom: Allows the map to zoom out automatically, so the selected devices are always displayed on the
map.
Dog Tracks on Map: Determines how much of the track log for a tracked dog collar appears on the map.
Handheld Tracks on Map: Determines how much of the track log for a tracked handheld device appears on the
map.
Dog Display: Enables and disables the dog information shown on the map.
Show Offscreen Dogs: Enables and disables the offscreen dog indicator on the map.
Map Overlays: Enables and disables data shown on the map.
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