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SporTrak Color GPS M apping R eceiver
Appendix
Setting the Compass O
rientation
As discussed in t
he pr e vious section, t
her e ma y come a time t
hat y ou wish t o turn t he
com pass of f and use t he GPS Cour se t o de termine y our heading. (R emember , GPS
Course will onl y calculat e heading when y
ou ar e mo ving at a speed g
reat er t hen 0.5 miles
per hour .)
1.
From an y scr een pr ess
MENU
.
2.
Use t he arr ow pad t o highlight “Se tup” and pr ess
ENTER
.
3.
Use t he arr ow pad t o highlight “Com pass Or ient. ” and pr ess
ENTER
.
4.
Use t he arr ow pad t o select “GPS Cour se” and pr ess
ENTER
. (Selecting
“Magne tic North” turns t he com pass bac k on.
5.
Press
ESC
to e xit the Se tup Menu and r e turn t o t he las t scr een y ou w er e
vie wing.
Using the Barometer and Temperature Screens
In addition t o t he electr onic com pass, y our SporT rak Color pr ovides y ou wit h a “mini-
weat her s tation” wit h tem per atur e and bar ome ter inf ormation.
Accessing the
Weather Screen
1.
From an y scr een pr ess
MENU
.
2.
Use t he arr ow pad t o highlight “ Weat her” and pr ess
ENTER
.
The Weat her Scr een is displa
yed wit h curr ent t em per atur e and bar ome ter inf ormation.
Tem per atur e and bar ome tric inf ormation ar e displa yed in a f amiliar and easy t
o r ead
format. The bo ttom of t he displa y is a g raphic of t he bar ome tric r eadings t aken o ver t he
las t 24 hour s. (The SporT rak Color will t ake bar ome tric r eadings an ytime t he com pass is
activ e.)
A brief e xplanation of t he bar ome ter g raph is in or der at t his time. A ne w bar indicating
your bar ome tric pr essur e is added t o t he g raph once e ver y 15 minut es. If dur ing t he
cour se of an hour it has t
aken tw o r eadings, it f ills in t he g ap be tween t he r eadings. If,
howe ver, you ha ve turned t he r eceiv er of f or do no t ha ve enough sat
ellit es t o com pute
altitude (f our sat ellit es ar e needed f or altitude com putations), and onl
y one r eading or less
has been t aken in t he cour se of t he las t hour , ther e will be g aps in t he c har t. (
See Accessing
Barometer History for more information.
)
Calibrating the Temperature and Barometer
This is no t a r eq uirement f or using t he t em per atur e and bar ome ter r eadings. It sim
ply
mak es t he r eadings y ou ha ve a little mor e accur ate.
