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The Preferences portion of
the
eXplorist provides
the
tools to
personalize
the
eXplorist to your usage and needs. There are
tools
that
are designed to give you
full
flexibility
over its use,
as
well
as
to
perform maintenance
on
the internal memory
should
the
need arise.
Features
found
in
Preferences:
• Restarting
the
GPS
(Initializing)
to give
the
eXplorist its
approximate location
if it
has been moved a large
distance while turned off.
• A way of
setting
default folders for saving POI's, routes,
etc.
• Access
to
setting the units
of
measure for information
displayed.
• A means to set
the
north reference used to
be
either magnetic north or True North.
• The coordinate system for position information and
the
map datum used
to
compute
the
coordinate information can
be
chosen.
• Full control over the
built-in
power-management tools
to
assist in prolonging battery
life.
• Personalize your eXplorist.
• Choose from ten
different
languages
that
can
be
used
to
display information.
• Access to tools
that
will provide you with the means
to
clear all or part of
the
internal
memory.
•
Ability
to
set alarms to alert you when you have lost
GPS
signal, when you are
getting
near your destination, and other useful alerts.
• A way of resetting the clock and customizing your daylight savings requirements.