Garmin 2620 Owners Manual - Page 67

The following options are available: Track Up/North Up, New Elevation, and Enable WAAS. - map updates for

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'Poor Satellite Reception' Menu If no satellites are received for several minutes (or if too few satellites are received to determine a position fix), a Poor Satellite Reception message appears. You can: turn off the GPS for using the unit indoors for practice; update your approximate location (quicker); or have the unit automatically search for the satellites (takes longer). Updating your approximate location ensures that the StreetPilot is searching for the correct satellites and is useful if you have traveled over 500 miles with the unit turned off. If the unit has been stored for a few months and the displayed date is incorrect, the StreetPilot does not know the current positions of the GPS satellites. Additionally, the Poor Satellite Reception message may appear when you first use your StreetPilot. The prompt may also appear during normal use if the antenna is shaded or when the unit is used indoors. Accuracy The GPS Information page indicates the accuracy of the position fix. See Appendix F for the StreetPilot's performance specifications which include accuracy. GPS Information Page Options To display the GPS Information page options, press MENU (with the GPS Information page displayed). The following options are available: Track Up/North Up, New Elevation, New Location, and Enable WAAS. Track Up/North Up - Changes the sky view display from a North Up orientation to Track Up, which aligns the Map page to the current direction of travel (ground track). You can also touch the sky view on the GPS Information page to toggle between Track Up and North Up. New Location - Forces the StreetPilot to search for any available satellite to determine its position. This option can be used only if you don't have a GPS fix. It is useful if you've relocated a long distance (greater than 500 miles) from where the StreetPilot was last used. In such instances, without initialization, the StreetPilot may be looking for the wrong group of satellites. Reference GPS Info Page The 'Poor Satellite Reception' menu gives you several options when an insufficient number of satellites is received to determine a position fix. A variety of options can be performed via the Menu page shown above. Access this page by pressing your unit's MENU key while you are on the GPS Information page. 59

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‘Poor Satellite Reception’ Menu
If no satellites are received for several minutes (or if too few satellites are received to determine a posi-
tion fix), a
Poor Satellite Reception
message appears. You can: turn off the GPS for using the unit indoors for
practice; update your approximate location (quicker); or have the unit automatically search for the satellites
(takes longer). Updating your approximate location ensures that the StreetPilot is searching for the correct
satellites and is useful if you have traveled over 500 miles with the unit turned off. If the unit has been
stored for a few months and the displayed date is incorrect, the StreetPilot does not know the current posi-
tions of the GPS satellites. Additionally, the
Poor Satellite Reception
message may appear when you first use
your StreetPilot. The prompt may also appear during normal use if the antenna is shaded or when the unit
is used indoors.
Accuracy
The GPS Information page indicates the accuracy of the position fix. See Appendix F for the StreetPilot’s
performance specifications which include accuracy.
GPS Information Page Options
To display the GPS Information page options, press
MENU
(with the GPS Information page displayed).
The following options are available: Track Up/North Up, New Elevation, New Location, and Enable WAAS.
Track Up/North Up
Changes the sky view display from a
North Up
orientation to
Track Up
, which aligns
the Map page to the current direction of travel (ground track). You can also touch the sky view on the GPS
Information page to toggle between Track Up and North Up.
New Location
Forces the StreetPilot to search for any available satellite to determine its position. This
option can be used only if you don’t have a GPS fix. It is useful if you’ve relocated a long distance (greater
than 500 miles) from where the StreetPilot was last used. In such instances, without initialization, the
StreetPilot may be looking for the wrong group of satellites.
A variety of options can be performed via the Menu
page shown above. Access this page by pressing your
unit’s MENU key while you are on the GPS Information
page.
GPS Info Page
The ‘Poor Satellite Reception’ menu gives you several
options when an insufficient number of satellites is
received to determine a position fix.