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Getting to know your GPS unit 

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1. Power Button 

2. Rocker 

3. Out key 

4. Page 

5. Menu 

6. Enter 

7. Quit 

8. Mark 

9. Find 

10. In 

 

1.  Power button: Located at the top of the GPSmap 60 near the antennae  
 

- Press and hold to turn power on or off 

 

- Press briefly while turned on to turn on backlight or adjust screen contrast 

 
2. Rocker button: Works similar to a computer mouse 
 

- Scrolls through menus 

 

- Moves curser, or arrow, in desired direction 

 

- Highlights different icons 

 
3. Out button: 
 

- Can zoom out in the map page 

 

- Scroll down a page in any other mode 

 

 

 

  

Key Functions 

Summary of Contents for GPS 60 - Hiking GPS Receiver

Page 1: ...me Such a distraction can result in an accident Always carry extra batteries You never know when the GPS unit will lose power an inconvenience when you re in the middle of something You might think th...

Page 2: ...he top of the GPSmap 60 near the antennae Press and hold to turn power on or off Press briefly while turned on to turn on backlight or adjust screen contrast 2 Rocker button Works similar to a compute...

Page 3: ...or a particular page Press twice to see main menu options 6 Enter Acts similar to click stick from Legend but separate button from Rocker Highlights and selects certain options and commands Confirm on...

Page 4: ...60 loads It normally takes a couple of minutes for the GPS receiver to obtain the signals from the satellites to determine the location Initially the status window reads Acquiring satellites The GPS...

Page 5: ...er is ready to navigate by going to the Satellite page and looking at the status window it should display available satellites and current location 2 Walk to the point where you want to obtain a waypo...

Page 6: ...r 3 Use the cursor to select the beginning letter of the desired waypoint press ok and then select the waypoint by selecting ok again 4 Select the GOTO option to create a direct line of travel to the...

Page 7: ...screen 2 Using the cursor highlight the Location field on the Mark waypoint page 3 Enter the new coordinates using the numerical keyboard on the screen Highlight and press ok when finished Note In the...

Page 8: ...uto setting you can set the Interval to More often or Most often to increase the frequency of track points Instead of Auto you can choose to record by Distance or Time each with its own Interval setti...

Page 9: ...le list of choices 7 If the calculated solution is of value to you name and save the track However before you hit save you should record the data elsewhere Once a track log is saved the total number o...

Page 10: ...you will get Trip Odometer measurements in feet until the distance reaches 528 1 miles at which time the receiver automatically switches to hundredths of a mile without yards ever being used If the y...

Page 11: ...Menu button to get the options for the trip odometer page B Press Enter to open the options page This will open the reset odometer page If reset trip data is not selected then highlight it to check it...

Page 12: ...aps of cities you can download them for a certain fee from Garmin s website www garmin com This is more complicated stuff than we are going to go over however so if you want more information about rou...

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