GPSrChive Oregon 6x0 - Setup - System

Satellite System WAAS/EGNOS Text Language Interface Configure Keys Power Key Single Tap Double Tap User Key Single Tap Double Tap Hold AA Battery Type

Satellite System

Choose the desired satellite configuration (which is best?)
- GPS
- GPS + GLONASS
- Demo Mode (GPS off)

WAAS/EGNOS

Enable or disable satellite signal correction augmentation
- On
- Off

Text Language

Select the desired text language for the device
Changing the text language does not affect the language of user entered data or map data
Language files are simple .xml files that can be edited as desired with your favorite text editor, like Notepad++.
Download Garmin Oregon 6x0 Text files:
- Garmin Oregon 6x0 Default Text
- Garmin Oregon 6x0 Edited Text

Interface

Sets the format of the serial interface
- Garmin Spanner (Creates a virtual serial port for use with most NMEA 0183 compliant programs)
  - NMEA Sentences
    - Status (GSA, GSV)
      - On
      - Off
    - Wpts/Route (WPL, RTE)
      - On
      - Off
    - GRMN Propritary
      - On
      - Off
  - Autopilot Mode
    - On
    - Off
  - Waypoint IDs
    - Names
    - Numbers
  - Precision of Minutes
    - MM.MM' (2 digits)
    - MM.MMM' (3 digits)
    - MM.MMMM' (4 digits)
- Garmin Serial (Garmin proprietary data transfer format)
- NMEA In/Out (Use standard NMEA 0183 input and output)
  - NMEA Sentences
    - Status (GSA, GSV)
      - On
      - Off
    - Wpts/Route (WPL, RTE)
      - On
      - Off
    - GRMN Propritary
      - On
      - Off
  - Autopilot Mode
    - On
    - Off
  - Waypoint IDs
    - Names
    - Numbers
  - Precision of Minutes
    - MM.MM' (2 digits)
    - MM.MMM' (3 digits)
    - MM.MMMM' (4 digits)
- Text Out (Provides simple ASCII text output of location and velocity information)
- RTCM (Allows the device to accept Differential Global Positioning System (DGPS) information from a device supplying Radio Technical Commission for Maritime Services (RTCM) data in an SC-104 format)
- MTP (Media Transfer Protocol)

Configure Keys

Assign shortcuts to the power key and user key
- Power Key
  - Single Tap
    - Menu Item
      - Applications
      - Shortcuts
      - Setup
      - Where To?
    - Status Page
    - Main Menu
    - Flashlight On/Off
    - Screen On/Off
    - Take Picture
    - Log Geocache
    - Start/Stop Track
    - Lap
    - None
  - Double Tap
    - Menu Item
      - Applications
      - Shortcuts
      - Setup
      - Where To?
    - Status Page
    - Main Menu
    - Flashlight On/Off
    - Screen On/Off
    - Take Picture
    - Log Geocache
    - Start/Stop Track
    - Lap
    - None
- User Key
  - Single Tap
    - Page Loop (Disables Double Tap)
    - Menu Item
      - Applications
      - Shortcuts
      - Setup
      - Where To?
    - Status Page
    - Main Menu
    - Flashlight On/Off
    - Screen On/Off
    - Take Picture
    - Log Geocache
    - Start/Stop Track
    - Lap
    - None
  - Double Tap
    - Menu Item
      - Applications
      - Shortcuts
      - Setup
      - Where To?
    - Status Page
    - Main Menu
    - Flashlight On/Off
    - Screen On/Off
    - Take Picture
    - Log Geocache
    - Start/Stop Track
    - Lap
    - None
  - Hold
    - Menu Item
      - Applications
      - Shortcuts
      - Setup
      - Where To?
    - Status Page
    - Main Menu
    - Flashlight On/Off
    - Screen On/Off
    - Take Picture
    - Log Geocache
    - Start/Stop Track
    - Lap
    - None

AA Battery Type

This setting only affects the 'Battery Status' indicator and has no effect on battery life.
Select the battery type installed (disabled with Garmin NiMH battery pack installed)
- Alkaline
- Lithium
- NiMH (For rechargeable NiMH batteries that are not supplied pre-charged)
- Precharged NiMH (For LSD (Low Self Discharge) NiMH batteries supplied pre-charged)