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Using the BCT15 with a GPS
To store your current location, press and hold
[GPS]
for more than 1 second. You
are prompted to enter the type of entry (Dangerous Xing, Dangerous Road, or
POI), as well as the other location parameters. When you set the beep type, you
are next prompted to set the alert volume.
While you are in normal GPS mode or Scan Mode and you press and hold
[GPS]
for about 2 seconds, location data at that point is stored. The scanner opens a
dialog to store your current location. The default used is
T YYMMDD hhmmss
that
indicates the date and time you stored the location point.
T YYMMDD hhmmss
T
is the system type as follows:
P
-POI,
R
-DRD,
X
-DXG
The file
X 051020 102554
means that a Dangerous Xing was stored in 20
05
, on
October 20 at 10:25:54
The data is put into memory and you can designate the location as POI,
Dangerous Xing, or Dangerous Road.
However, if you are in Review Mode and press and hold
[GPS]
, the data of the
new point will overwrite the currently displayed data.
The following table shows the attributes available for each category. Note that
some options are different for a specific location type. Refer to the information that
follows to set those specific attributes.
Menu Option
POI
Dangerous
Dangerous
Road
New Location
•
•
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Edit Name
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•
•
Set Type (edit)
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•
•
Set Alert Beep
•
Set Alert Volume
•
•
Set Location Info
•
•
•
Set Heading
•
•
Set Range
•
Set Speed Limit
•
•
Set Lockout
•
•
•
Delete Location
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