Garmin GPS 12XL - Manual (Page 45)

To GOTO the city location from the find city page:
1. Highlight ‘GOTO’ at the bottom of the page and press
twice.
City Setup Page
The city setup page lets you select the zoom range
where city locations become visible on the map. The
cities are divided into three categories: large, medium
and small. (Large cities are those with approximate pop-
ulations greater than 100,000. Medium cities are those
with approximate populations over 5,000.)
To set the visible range for cities:
1. Highlight the desired city size field and press .
2. Select the desired map scale and press .
Main Menu Page
The GPS 12XL’s Main Menu Page (shown on pgs. 18
and 27) provides access to additional pages (submenus)
that are used to customize operation and select naviga-
tion/planning features. These nine pages are divided
into categories by function. We’ve already gone over the
waypoint and route management pages in their respec-
tive sections. Let’s review the rest of these pages in the
order they appear on the Main Menu Page.
To select a submenu page from the Main Menu:
1. Highlight the submenu option, and press .
2. To return to the Main Menu Page, press .
Distance and Sun Calculations
The distance and sun calculation page will give you
the distance and bearing between any two waypoints or
between your present position and a waypoint. It will
also calculate the sunrise and sunset (in local time) for a
particular date at either your present position or any
stored waypoint.
To perform a distance and sun calculation:
1. Highlight the ‘FROM’ field, press , enter the
desired waypoint, and press again.
2. Highlight the ‘TO’ field, press , enter the destina-
tion waypoint, and press again.
3. Highlight the ‘DATE’ field. press and enter the
date you’ll arrive at your destination. Press again.
If you haven’t marked your present position as a
waypoint, just leave the ‘TO’ field blank to show the
sunrise and sunset at your present position.
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Configure at which map
scales city locations will
appear on the Map Page,
using the city setup page.
The ‘zoom’ setting indi-
cates the maximum scale
at which the cities appear.
REFERENCE
Find City &
City Setup
The GPS12XL will calcu-
late the sunrise and sunset
times of any stored way-
point or your present posi-
tion. To calculate, enter
the date and year, then
press ENTER.
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