Garmin Geko 301 - Manual (Page 52)

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Setup Page
Heading
Heading Page
The Heading Page allows you to change the heading angle to degrees or mils (default is
degrees), your desired speed the Geko 301 changes to GPS heading instead of the Compass
heading, your desired time (5, 15, 30, 45, 60, 90, 120, and 180 seconds) the Geko 301
changes to the Compass heading instead of the GPS heading, and ‘NORTH REFERENCE’ to
‘TRUE NORTH’, ‘MAGNETIC NORTH’, ‘GRID’, or ‘USER’.
To change the Angle or Time used for Compass Heading:
1. From the SETUP Page press the UP or DOWN Button to highlight the ‘HEADING’ fi eld
and then press the OK Button to display the HEADING Page.
2. Press the UP or DOWN Button to highlight either the ‘ANGLE’ fi eld or the ‘TIME’ fi eld,
and press the OK Button.
3. Press the UP or DOWN Button to highlight the specifi c unit and press the OK Button.
4. Press the PAGE Button to return to the SETUP Page.
To change the Speed used for GPS Heading:
1. From the SETUP Page press the UP or DOWN Button to highlight the ‘HEADING’ fi eld
and then press the OK Button to display the HEADING Page.
2. Press the UP or DOWN Button to highlight the ‘SPEED’ fi eld, and press the OK Button.
3. From the EDIT NUMBER page, use the UP, DOWN, and OK Buttons to select the speed
you want the Geko 301 to use GPS heading. Highlight the ‘OK’ at the bottom of the
page and press the OK Button to accept the new speed.
4. Press the PAGE Button to return to the SETUP Page.
North Reference
‘REFERENCE’ refers to the orientation of a map’s grid. Map makers try to align the verti-
cal lines on a map with True North. True North is the direction from any location on the
earth’s surface to the ‘north pole’.
Heading Page Degrees or Mils?
Edit Speed used for
GPS heading
Edit time used for
Compass Heading
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