Recording: Allows you to customize activity recording settings
(Recording Settings, page 8).
Routing: Allows you to customize how the device calculates
routes for each activity (Routing Settings, page 14).
Expedition Mode: Allows you to customize settings for turning
on expedition mode (Turning On Expedition Mode,
page 17).
Waypoints: Allows you to enter a custom prefix for
automatically named waypoints.
Tones: Sets the device sounds, such as key tones and alerts
(Setting the Device Tones, page 15).
Heading: Allows you to customize the compass heading
settings (Heading Settings, page 5).
Altimeter: Allows you to customize the altimeter settings
(Altimeter Settings, page 5).
Geocaching: Allows you to customize your geocache settings
(Geocaching Settings, page 15).
Sensors: Pairs wireless sensors with your device (Wireless
Sensors, page 15).
Fitness: Allows you to customize settings for recording fitness
activities (Fitness Settings, page 15).
Marine: Sets the appearance of marine data on the map
(Marine Settings, page 15).
Menus: Allows you to customize the page sequence and main
menu (Menu Settings, page 15).
Position Format: Sets the geographical position format and
datum options (Position Format Settings, page 16).
Units: Sets the units of measure used on the device (Changing
the Units of Measure, page 16).
Time: Adjusts the time settings (Time Settings, page 16).
Profiles: Allows you to customize and create new activity
profiles (Profiles, page 16).
Reset: Allows you to reset user data and settings (Resetting
Data and Settings, page 16).
About: Displays device information, such as the unit ID,
software version, regulatory information, and license
agreement (Viewing E-label Regulatory and Compliance
Information, page 18).
System Settings
Select Setup > System.
Satellite: Sets the satellite system options (Satellite Settings,
page 14).
Text Language: Sets the text language on the device.
NOTE: Changing the text language does not change the
language of user-entered data or map data, such as street
names.
Interface: Sets the format of the serial interface (Serial Interface
Settings, page 14).
RINEX Logging: Enables the device to write Receiver
Independent Exchange Format (RINEX) data to a system file.
RINEX is a data interchange format for raw satellite
navigation system data.
Satellite Settings
Select Setup > System > Satellite.
Satellite System: Sets the satellite system to GPS or Demo
Mode (GPS off).
WAAS/EGNOS: Enables the system to use Wide Area
Augmentation System/European Geostationary Navigation
Overlay Service (WAAS/EGNOS) data.
Serial Interface Settings
Select Setup > System > Interface.
Garmin Spanner: Allows you to use the device USB port with
most NMEA 0183-compliant mapping programs by creating a
virtual serial port.
Garmin Serial: Sets the device to use a Garmin proprietary
format to exchange waypoint, route, and track data with a
computer.
NMEA In/Out: Sets the device to use standard NMEA 0183
output and input.
Text Out: Provides simple ASCII text output of location and
velocity information.
MTP: Sets the device to use Media Transfer Protocol (MTP) to
access the file system on the device instead of mass storage
mode.
Display Settings
Select Setup > 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.
Appearance: Changes the appearance of the display
background and selection highlight (Changing the Color
Mode, page 14).
Screen Capture: Allows you to save the image on the device
screen.
Review Text Size: Changes the size of the text on the screen.
Changing the Color Mode
1
Select Setup > Display > Appearance.
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Select an option:
• To allow the device to display day or night colors
automatically based on the time of day, select Mode >
Auto.
• To use a light background, select Mode > Day.
• To use a dark background, select Mode > Night.
• To customize the color scheme for daytime, select Day
Color.
• To customize the color scheme for nighttime, select Night
Color.
Bluetooth Settings
Select Setup > Bluetooth.
Status: Enables Bluetooth wireless technology, and shows
current connection status.
Notifications: Shows or hides smartphone notifications.
Forget Phone: Removes the connected device from the list of
paired devices. This option is available only after a device is
paired.
Wi‑Fi Settings
Select Setup > Wi-Fi.
Wi-Fi: Enables wireless technology.
Add Network: Allows you to scan for and connect to a wireless
network.
Routing Settings
The available routing settings vary based on the activity
selected.
Select Setup > Routing.
Direct Routing: Calculates the most direct route possible to the
destination.
Activity: Sets an activity for routing. The device calculates
routes optimized for the type of activity you are doing.
Calculation Method: Sets the method used to calculate your
route.
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