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Menu – Setup
Time
• Time Format: Your choice, e.g. 24-Hour
• Time Zone: Automatic is recommended
Timer
• Show Timer Page: Activate this page only if needed
• Count Down From: Choice between 10:00 / 6:00 / 5.00 / 4:00 / Count
Up / Custom (e.g. 3 minutes)
• When Expired: Choice between Stop / Count Up / Repeat
• Expired Tone: Your choice
• Interval Tone: Your choice
Display
• Light Timeout: Choice between Stays On (= always active) or a specific
time; setting depends on your activity (e.g. cycling stays on, hiking 30
seconds)
• NVG Mode (night vision goggles, Mode): On / Off; deactivates the
backlight independent from you settings in Light Timeout; our
preference is off; probably better to activate the NVG mode by pressing
the power button (function Enable NVG Mode)
• Contrast: Use the standard setting
• Backlight: Choice between Low / High; low is sufficient for most
activities
Units
• Position Format: Format for coordinates; for geocaching and marine
use H D’M.M', otherwise UTM/UPS is the standard
• Position Format 2: Your choice; 2nd position format is available e.g. on
the trip computer page (Location2 field)
• Map Datum: Use WGS 84, except in combination with paper maps
(choose the same format as the paper map)
• Distance / Speed: Your choice
• Elevation: Your choice
• Temperature: Your choice
• Vertical Speed: e.g. M/MIN (Meter per Minute)
• Pressure: Your choice, depending on you region, activity, … (hpascals =
hectopascals: international unit)
Heading
• Display: Degrees / Mils; use degrees (MIL for miltary use)
• North Reference: True / Mag / Grid / User; only relevant when
navigating with compass and paper map (use the standard True)
• Compass: Auto / Off; we recommend auto
• Calibrate Compass: Calibrate the compass at the starting point or if
necessary (e.g. after changing the batteries)
System
• GPS Mode: GPS / GPS + GLONASS / GPS + GALILEO / Ultratrac / Demo;
use GPS (or for special use case like trail running Ultratrac) for a better
battery life; GPS + GLONASS (or in future GPS + GALILEO) for a better
accuracy (e.g. alpine environments, urban canyons)
• WAAS/EGNOS: On / Off; for outdoor activities you usually do not need
WAAS/EGNOS signal corrections (WAAS is only available in North
America, EGNOS in Europe). WAAS/EGNOS can provide a better
accuracy in certain situations and is especially recommended for pilots
and mariners
BUT: Activate it, if your preference is Enable all and hope the best! (= GPS
/ GLONASS / WAAS / EGNOS).
• Beeper: Key and Message / Message Only / Off; message only is our
preference (especially for system messages like low battery or lost
satellite reception)
• Battery: Alkaline / NiMH / Lithium; depends on your preferred battery
type
Recommendation: NiMH for daily use, Lithium for long distance trips in
cold environments or if the best battery life is required.
More Settings
Reset
• Foretrex stops responding: Hold POWER button for 10 seconds
• Master Reset: User data will be erased!
1. Turn off Foretrex
2. Press and hold the PAGE, ENTER and POWER buttons
simultaneously
3. Once the device is powering on release POWER, on 1st beep
release PAGE, and on 2nd beep release ENTER
Memory
• 500 waypoints (names max. 8 characters)
• 20 routes (max. 125 waypoints each)
• 100 saved tracks (GPX: 500 points; FIT: 10.000 points; tracks are saved
simultaneously as GPX- and FIT-files)
• Active track log max. 10.000 points
Optimizing Battery Life
• Heading: Compass off
• Light Timeout: Select a short time
• Backlight: Low
• Use the NVG mode
• GPS Mode: GPS or Ultratrac (special purpose, e.g. ultra trail running)
• Beeper: Message only
• Map Orientation: North Up; Auto Zoom: off
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