function
Check OK
Custom Message
Track
Progress
Help/Assist
SOS
function
button light
Blinks
Green
Blinks
Green
Blinks
Green
Blinks
Green
GPS light
Blinks
Red
Blinks Red. SPOT looks
for GPS for 4 minutes,
then rests for 6 minutes
Blinks Red. SPOT looks
for GPS for 4 minutes
then rests for 1 minute.
Blinks Red. SPOT looks
for GPS for 4 minutes
then rests for 1 minute.
message
Sending light
Blinks
Red
Blinks
Red
Blinks
Green
Blinks
Green
IMPORTANT NOTES:
checK oK / cuStom meSSaGe:
SPOT must get a GPS signal before sending your Check OK or Custom Message.
If no GPS signal is found, the GPS light blinks red and SPOT deactivates the function without sending any messages.
tracK ProGreSS:
SPOT must get a GPS signal before sending your waypoint. However, SPOT will stay in the
Track Progress function, and again look for a GPS signal at the next scheduled message interval.
helP / SPot aSSiSt:
SPOT sends Help / SPOT Assist messages even without a GPS location. SPOT will again look
for a GPS signal prior to sending the next scheduled message (~4-5 minutes), and repeat the entire message cycle.
SoS:
SPOT sends SOS Emergency messages even without a GPS location. SPOT will again look for a
GPS signal prior to sending the next scheduled message (~4-5 minutes after the first message), and repeat
the entire message cycle.
NOTES: If no GPS signal is found in ~15 seconds, the GPS light will blink red and SPOT will keep looking for your
GPS location for the scheduled time. SPOT does not continuously look for a GPS signal, so the GPS indicator light
may continue to blink red even after you’ve moved to a location with a clear view of the sky, depending on where
SPOT is in the message cycle.
if SPot DoeSn’t finD your GPS location
to try again
Move to an area with a clear
view of the sky.
Press selected function again.
Move to an area with a clear view of the
sky. SPOT will try to get a GPS location
during the next message interval.
Move to an area with a clear view of the
sky. SPOT will try to get a GPS location
during the next message interval.
Move to an area with a clear view of the
sky. SPOT will try to get a GPS location
during the next message interval.
message
Status
Message
not sent
Message
not sent
Message
sent without
GPS
Message
sent without
GPS
function
Check OK
Custom Message
Track
Progress
Help
SPOT Assist
SOS
Emergency
IMPORTANT NOTES:
message function
light
Function light
blinks green
until the
message cycle
is completed
or canceled.
GPS light
GPS Light blinks
green while getting
your GPS location,
for ~15 seconds
afterward, then
turns off until
next message.
message
Sending light
Blinks green
after successfully
sending the most
recent message
as appropriate
for each message
cycle, then turns off.
message Status
Message and
location successfully
sent to the satellites.
1) The blinking green light in each function button lets you know that you have successfully engaged
that function.
2) After you engage the function, SPOT looks for a GPS signal as indicated by the blinking green light.
3) Once the GPS location is obtained, SPOT sends your message and the GPS and Message Sending
lights blink green together for 15 seconds, indicating a successful GPS fix and starting the message
sending cycle.
if SPot finDS your GPS location
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