Garmin eTrex 20 Getting Started Download Page 7

Main menu > Setup >  Position Format

The default is  latitude/longitude given  in degrees/minutes/decimals of

minutes

Change this to the usual Irish Grid

Main menu > Setup >  Heading

The default heading/bearing is 

Directional Letters

 

i.e. 

 

N

NE

SW

 etc.

Change this to 

Numeric Degrees

 

During a hike your present position will be shown on the map 

screen as a blue triangle. 
The white arrow/cursor can be moved by toggling.

As this is done the distance and bearing from the  
triangle to the arrow is shown at the top of the screen.

Customising the Trip Computer

By default the 

Trip Computer

 displays a lot of information in rather small

lettering.

The  fields can be reduced to just three in a larger size as follows.

of 

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Summary of Contents for eTrex 20

Page 1: ...essing the thumbstick down gently will bring up the submenu Pressing the menu button will bring up a list of options for the menu visible on the screen The zoom in out buttons are only used to alter t...

Page 2: ...terest to a hill walker and can be removed from the main menu they can be restored very quickly should they become of interest Example If the main menu is reduced to the 9 submenus above and arranged...

Page 3: ...the thumbstick down gently to select this option You can see that the submenus are in the default order of Map Where To Compass Mark Waypoint Trip Computer Setup We want to find Track Manager and move...

Page 4: ...ess to get the first 9 submenus in order to be Map Track Manager Trip Computer Mark Waypoint Where To Compass Active Route Waypoint Mgr Setup Now to remove temporarily they can be restored at any time...

Page 5: ...t is not possible to customise it Of these Tracks and Reset are used before and after every hike and Map is used from time to time Others need only be checked changed from the default values where nec...

Page 6: ...s back to recording when you really mean to record i e just before you take your first step of a hike At the end of a hike always change it back to Do Not Record Main menu Setup Units The default unit...

Page 7: ...to Numeric Degrees During a hike your present position will be shown on the map screen as a blue triangle The white arrow cursor can be moved by toggling As this is done the distance and bearing from...

Page 8: ...Time and click to change that in the same way to Elevation Press the back button to accept these changes Press on the menu button again and click on Change Dashboard Large Data Field Press the back bu...

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