Magellan Triton 300 Manual - English - Page 37

Date Entry, Text Size Limitations, Selection, The Waypoint

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Date Entry The Magellan Triton uses a standard calendar display to enter dates for local information and waypoint data. Use the left and right arrows to change months. With the desired month displayed, select the date to be entered. (If the day portion of the calendar is highlighted you will need to press the up arrow until one of the month selector arrows is highlighted.) Use the arrow cursor to move through the dates. If one of the arrows in the month selector at the top of the display is highlighted, press the down arrow to move the highlight to the day portion of the calendar. There is no option for inputting the current date for the Magellan Triton since the date is automatically received from the GPS satellite. Text Size Limitations Single-line fields: 50 characters. Multi-line fields (notes, comments, hints): 1024 characters. Page Selection Some screens like the Waypoint and Geocache Information screens, have tabs across the top of the screen. These tabs are used to select different pages for the function. The Waypoint Information screen shown here has three pages with three tabs to select them from; Information page, Media page and Alerts page. To change pages use the PAGE / GO TO button to step between the pages. NEW SHORTCUT: Recently added is another method to step between the pages, the LEFT and RIGHT arrows on the cursor control. In this document, references to changing pages only speaks about the PAGE / GO TO button, but the cursor control will work as well. Using the Keyboard 29

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Using the Keyboard
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Date Entry
The Magellan Triton uses a standard calendar display to enter dates for local information and
waypoint data.
Use the left and right arrows to change months.
With the desired
month displayed, select the date to be entered.
(If the day
portion of the calendar is highlighted you will need to press the
up arrow until one of the month selector arrows is highlighted.)
Use the arrow cursor to move through the dates.
If one of the
arrows in the month selector at the top of the display is
highlighted, press the down arrow to move the highlight to the day
portion of the calendar.
There is no option for inputting the current date for the Magellan
Triton since the date is automatically received from the GPS
satellite.
Text Size Limitations
Single-line fields:
50 characters.
Multi-line fields (notes, comments, hints): 1024 characters.
Page Selection
Some screens like the Waypoint and Geocache Information
screens, have tabs across the top of the screen.
These tabs are
used to select different pages for the function.
The Waypoint
Information screen shown here has three pages with three tabs to
select them from; Information page, Media page and Alerts page.
To change pages use the
PAGE / GO TO
button to step between
the pages.
NEW SHORTCUT:
Recently added is another method to step
between the pages, the LEFT and RIGHT arrows on the cursor
control.
In this document, references to changing pages only
speaks about the
PAGE / GO TO
button, but the cursor control will
work as well.