The setup menu, Saving battery life, Gps navigation – Garmin GPS 60 User Manual

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GPS Navigation

The Setup Menu

The Setup Menu allows you to customize the GPS 60 to your personal

preferences. Using the Setup Menu, you can save battery life, and you

can change almost any setting on your GPS 60. To access the Setup

Menu, highlight Setup from the Main Menu Page and press ENTER.

Saving Battery Life

Using backlighting, WAAS or frequent beep tones can significantly

reduce the life of your batteries. To save battery life, lower the intensity

and timeout of your backlight, use WAAS infrequently, and mute the

beep tones. You can also change your GPS settings to battery-saver mode.

To change backlight settings:

1. From the Setup Menu, highlight ‘Display’ and press

ENTER

.

2. Highlight the ‘Backlight Timeout’ field and press

ENTER

. Choose ’15

seconds’ to preserve battery life and press

ENTER

.

3. Change the ‘Backlight Level’ field to a lower percentage by

highlighting it and pressing

ENTER

, and then pressing the

ROCKER

key down.

To disable WAAS:

1. From the Setup Menu, highlight ‘System’ and press

ENTER

.

2. Highlight the ‘WAAS’ field and press

ENTER

. Choose ‘Disabled’ from

the menu and press

ENTER

.

The Setup Menu

The Setup Menu Page

Adjusting Backlight Timeout and Brightness

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