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Getting Started Let the Fun Begin Discovering the Fun of GPS Navigation Discovering the fun of using your eTrex Summit is as easy as taking a quick walk around an open outdoor area. In this brief exercise, you'll mark your current location (your home for example), travel a short distance away, and then have the eTrex Summit guide you back to where you started (to get the most out of this exercise, make sure to walk for at least the time noted for each step). Creating a Waypoint The first step in the exercise is to mark your location as a waypoint so you can return to it later. The Latitude, Longitude and Elevation are displayed along the bottom of the MARK WAYPOINT and REVIEW WAYPOINT Pages. F NOTE: The eTrex Summit must be "READY TO NAVIGATE" before you mark a waypoint. To mark a waypoint: 1. Press and hold the ENTER Button to activate the MARK WAYPOINT Page. The waypoint is assigned a numeric name at the time it is created. You could press ENTER and save the waypoint now, but there are a couple of other things that you should take a look at. The eTrex Summit comes equipped with 29 different waypoint symbols that can be displayed on the map to help quickly identify the waypoints. You can select from 29 symbols to represent a waypoint on the map. To change the waypoint symbol: 1. On the MARK WAYPOINT Page, using the UP or DOWN Button, highlight the small flag symbol and press ENTER. Using the UP or DOWN Button, scroll through the symbols and highlight the house symbol. Press ENTER. 16

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16
Getting Started
Discovering the Fun of GPS Navigation
Discovering the fun of using your eTrex Summit is as
easy as taking a quick walk around an open outdoor area.
In this brief exercise, you’ll mark your current location
(your home for example), travel a short distance away,
and then have the eTrex Summit guide you back to where
you started (to get the most out of this exercise, make sure
to walk for at least the time noted for each step).
Creating a Waypoint
The first step in the exercise is to mark your location
as a waypoint so you can return to it later.
NOTE:
The eTrex Summit must be “READY TO
NAVIGATE” before you mark a waypoint.
To mark a waypoint:
1.
Press and hold the
ENTER
Button to activate the
MARK WAYPOINT Page.
The waypoint is assigned a numeric name at the time
it is created.
You could press
ENTER
and save the
waypoint now, but there are a couple of other things that
you should take a look at.
The eTrex Summit comes equipped with 29 different
waypoint symbols that can be displayed on the map to
help quickly identify the waypoints.
To change the waypoint symbol:
1.
On the MARK WAYPOINT Page, using the
UP
or
DOWN
Button, highlight the small flag symbol and
press
ENTER
. Using the
UP
or
DOWN
Button, scroll
through the symbols and highlight the house symbol.
Press
ENTER
.
The Latitude, Longitude and Ele-
vation are displayed along the
bottom of the MARK WAYPOINT
and REVIEW WAYPOINT Pages.
F
You can select from 29 symbols
to represent a waypoint on the
map.
Let the Fun
Begin