About the batteries, Results, System settings – Graco GPSMAP 62 User Manual

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GPSMAP 62 Series Owner’s Manual

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Appendix

Decreasing the Backlight

Extensive use of screen backlighting

can significantly reduce battery life.

You can adjust the backlight brightness

and decrease the backlight timeout to

maximize battery power.
1. Quickly press to open the

backlight status page.

2. Use the Rocker to adjust the

brightness.

Adjusting the Backlight

Timeout

From the main menu, select Setup

> Display > Backlight Timeout.

About the Batteries

WARNING

See the Important Safety and Product

Information guide in the product

box for product warnings and other

important information.

The temperature rating for the device

may exceed the usable range of some

batteries. Alkaline batteries can rupture

at high temperatures. Alkaline batteries

lose a significant amount of their

capacity as temperature decreases. Use

lithium batteries when operating the

device in below-freezing conditions.

Selecting the Battery Type

1. From the main menu, select Setup

> System > Battery Type.

2. Select Alkaline, Lithium, or

Rechargeable NiMH.

Long-Term Storage

When you do not plan to use the

device for several months, remove the

batteries. Stored data is not lost when

batteries are removed.

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