SkyCaddie SkyCaddie SGX, User Manual

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Playing Golf With Your SGX

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3.1  Acquiring Signals

While standing outside prior to play, power on the SGX

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 by 

pressing the center Power button. The SGX

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 will power on 

and display the Main Menu. Using the Trackpad, scroll to 
and highlight “Play Golf” and choose “OK” with the Right 
Key to begin. The SGX

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 will search for satellite signals, 

keeping you informed of its status using the progress bar.

Once satellite signals have been acquired, the Satellite Signal 
Indicator will show the signal strength, represented by a series 
of bars. The SGX

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 will then automatically advance to the 

next screen (or you may choose to manually advance to the 
next screen while the GPS continues to search for signals).

3.2  Selecting a Course to Play

Once the SGX

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 has acquired satellite signals, the Auto-

Course Select feature will attempt to determine your location 
and automatically select the closest installed course. In the 
event that you have a Basic Green (Preloaded) map and 
an Advanced Feature Course map of the same golf course 
installed on the SGX

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, the SGX

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 will select the Advanced 

Feature Course by default.

When a course is displayed on the Course Selection screen, 
either select that course to play, or simply scroll to another 
course. Courses will be sorted by distance from your current 
location. “Preloaded Courses...” will let you search for Basic 
Green courses on the SGX

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. “Nearby Courses...” will tell the SGX

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 to auto-search 

for the closest golf courses from your location and display them.

Once a course has been selected, the SGX

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 will ask you for the hole to start on or you may choose to select 

the Driving Range. If the course you are playing has a driving range that has been mapped by a SkyCaddie 
Mapper, the Driving Range feature will display the actual distance to each yardage sign based on the location 
of the hitting area. 

3.2.1  Manually Selecting a Basic Green Course (Preloaded Course):

1.  On the Main Menu, select either “Courses” or “Play Golf”

2.  On the Course Selection screen, scroll to the option that says “Preloaded Courses...” then press the Right 

Key under “OK”.

3.  Choose the Region (typically the country) of the golf course’s location by moving the Trackpad up/down, 

then select “OK”.

4.  Choose the State/Province or 

other sub-region where the 
course is located by scrolling up/
down, then select “OK”.

5.  Search for the course by name 

by scrolling through the list of 
courses shown on the SGX

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. 

Once you have discovered the 
course, press the Right Key 
under “OK”. The SGX

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 will load 

that course map so you can play 
using that information.

Satellite Search screen

Main Menu

Note 

If you have the Scoring option turned 

on under “Settings > Scoring”, 

then when you select “Play Golf” or 

“Courses”, the SGX

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 will ask you if 

you wish to start a new round before 

the Course Selection screen appears.

Hole Selection screen

Course Selection screen

Choosing the state of 

the Basic Green course

Choosing the country of 

the Basic Green course

Selecting the course 

name within the state

Did You Know?

A Demo Course has also been 

preloaded on the SGX

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 to allow you 

to view some of the functionality of 

the SGX

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 through a simulation. If no 

courses are installed on your SGX

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, it 

will open the “Demo Course”. If only 

one course is loaded, the SGX

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 will 

ask if you want to play that course.

Note 

After the 30-day Basic Green 

Course Preload trial period is 

over, you will only see courses for 

the region your Membership plan 

covers. If you sign up for a SGX

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Membership before the 30 day trial 

is over, you will still have access to 

all of the preloaded courses.