Garmin GPSMAP 62st Owner's Manual - Page 41

About the Batteries, Decreasing the Backlight, Timeout, WARNING, Selecting the Battery Type

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Decreasing the Backlight Extensive use of screen backlighting can significantly reduce battery life. You can adjust the backlight brightness and decrease the backlight timeout to maximize battery power. 1. Quickly press to open the backlight status page. 2. Use the Rocker to adjust the brightness. Adjusting the Backlight Timeout From the main menu, select Setup > Display > Backlight Timeout. About the Batteries  warning See the Important Safety and Product Information guide in the product box for product warnings and other important information. Appendix The temperature rating for the device may exceed the usable range of some batteries. Alkaline batteries can rupture at high temperatures. Alkaline batteries lose a significant amount of their capacity as temperature decreases. Use lithium batteries when operating the device in below-freezing conditions. Selecting the Battery Type 1. From the main menu, select Setup > System > Battery Type. 2. Select Alkaline, Lithium, or Rechargeable NiMH. Long-Term Storage When you do not plan to use the device for several months, remove the batteries. Stored data is not lost when batteries are removed. GPSMAP 62 Series Owner's Manual 37

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GPSMAP 62 Series Owner’s Manual
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Appendix
Decreasing the Backlight
Extensive use of screen backlighting
can significantly reduce battery life.
You can adjust the backlight brightness
and decrease the backlight timeout to
maximize battery power.
1. Quickly press
to open the
backlight status page.
2. Use the
Rocker
to adjust the
brightness.
Adjusting the Backlight
Timeout
From the main menu, select
SetUp
>
Display
>
Backlight TimeoUt
.
About the Batteries
WARNING
See the
Important Safety and Product
Information
guide in the product
box for product warnings and other
important information.
The temperature rating for the device
may exceed the usable range of some
batteries. Alkaline batteries can rupture
at high temperatures. Alkaline batteries
lose a significant amount of their
capacity as temperature decreases. Use
lithium batteries when operating the
device in below-freezing conditions.
Selecting the Battery Type
1. From the main menu, select
SetUp
>
System
>
Battery
Type
.
2. Select
Alkaline
,
LithiUm
, or
Rechargeable NiMH
.
Long-Term Storage
When you do not plan to use the
device for several months, remove the
batteries. Stored data is not lost when
batteries are removed.