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TRACKING
With SPOT Gen4, your friends and family can track your progress in near real-time using Shared Views
within SPOT Mapping, giving them a virtual breadcrumb trail of your adventure. New enhanced Tracking
options of 2 ½, 5, 10, 30, and 60 minutes allow you to choose the rate of Tracking that fits your adventure;
additional service fees may apply. Learn more at
FindMeSPOT.com
.
USING THE TRACKING FUNCTION
Press and hold the Track button until the function LED blinks green. The GPS LED will blink green when
SPOT Gen4 sees the GPS satellites and will continue blinking while obtaining your GPS location.
Once your GPS location is obtained, the GPS LED and Message Sending LED will both blink green
indicating that SPOT Gen4 is sending your track as a waypoint. The Message Sending LED continues to
blink green until the next scheduled message or until the mode ends.
If no GPS signal is found, the GPS LED will blink red. If possible, you should move to a location with a
clearer view of the sky. If no GPS location is found within 4 minutes, SPOT will not send this particular
waypoint. The GPS LED will blink red for approximately 15 seconds, the Message Sending LED will blink red
until SPOT Gen4 is ready to send the next waypoint. SPOT will try to obtain your GPS coordinates again at
your next scheduled track interval.
TO CANCEL
To stop sending track messages, press and hold the Track button until the LED blinks red or power off
SPOT Gen4.
MOTION-ACTIVATED TRACKING
SPOT Gen4 has a built-in vibration sensor sends tracks only when you are moving. When the device
is stationary for more than five minutes SPOT Gen4 will enter Suspended Track mode. SPOT Gen4
will automatically send one more track from your resting location. While at rest. SPOT Gen4 will not
send tracks. Tracking will automatically resume after the vibration sensor detects the unit has begun
moving again.
TRACKING SERVICES
Basic Tracking:
With Basic Tracking, messages can be preset to send tracks at intervals of 5, 10, 30, or
60 minutes. SPOT Gen4 will send tracks at your chosen rate for as long as your device is turned on and
moving. Tracking doesn’t stop until you do.
Extreme Tracking Upgrade:
SPOT Gen4 offers an extreme tracking upgrade. With all of the same tracking
features as Basic Tracking, Extreme Tracking has the added ability to track down to 2.5 minutes.
To set your rate of tracking, sign in to your SPOT My Account at
FindMeSPOT.com
and choose ‘view/edit’
SPOT Features from the My SPOT Devices tab. Please note: Making any change to the rate of tracking
requires you to update the settings.
