Growley Posted May 1, 2002 Posted May 1, 2002 Yesterday after powering up my 76S for the first time, I noticed something on the satellite screen that I have not been able to find in the manual. If you look at the "skyview" screen on the outermost ring a small circle appears and moves around at you do. I don't know if this has something to do with the compass or not. Anyone else figured out what this is for? Also...While sitting in my living room I was able to pull WAAS signals! I shutdown the GPSr multiple times and each time I restarted it I got WAAS. Quote
+Scrapman & GaPatci21 Posted May 1, 2002 Posted May 1, 2002 Not on mine. I just powered up and all I get is what you see on page# 9 of the owner's manual.The outer circle does cover up part of the N S E W letters and it does turn as you turn. Could this possibly be what you are seeing? [This message was edited by Scrapman on May 01, 2002 at 11:36 AM.] Quote
Growley Posted May 1, 2002 Author Posted May 1, 2002 Scrapman; Nope, I have my unit right in front of me and on the outer ring there is a little circle that moves around. The N E W S are there also but this circle will move only on the outer ring as I move around the yard. I guess this will be my first "new" e-mail to GARMIN. Stay tuned.. Quote
+Scrapman & GaPatci21 Posted May 2, 2002 Posted May 2, 2002 Look on page #5 quick start guide. It does show a circle on the outer ring. Here is what I found. With the unit in North up it will show the circle you are talking about.If your unit is facing north the circle will be North .As you turn east, west etc. the small circle show the direction the top of the gps is pointing in. If you are facing west the 0 will be at the w side of the Satellite screen and so forth . Try it out. Quote
Growley Posted May 2, 2002 Author Posted May 2, 2002 Scrapman, you are correct! After looking at page 5 of the quick-start guide I saw that little circle. I tried it out on the way home from work, watching the circle and my vehicle's compass. They basically matched. That is a cool feature! Good job Scrapman! Now on to the next question... Quote
+EraSeek Posted May 2, 2002 Posted May 2, 2002 Yes, this feature is on the 76 map as well. The little circle shows your direction of movement. Quote
Growley Posted May 3, 2002 Author Posted May 3, 2002 EraSeek; very interesting. My MAP76 does not have the little "directional indicator circle" however, Revision B to the manual doe show it. I knew I hadn't overlooked that feature. Wonder why yours has it and mine does not? Quote
+EraSeek Posted May 3, 2002 Posted May 3, 2002 Scrapman mentions: "With the unit in North up it will show the circle you are talking about". Perhaps this is the key. I keep my unit set to "North Up". Quote
+Latitude 26 Posted May 4, 2002 Posted May 4, 2002 Anyone have any luck "calibrating" the altimeter? Mine is all over the scale. I have it set on Auto calibrate, variable elevation. Would "fixed" elevation work better? I live in FLAT south Florida! Thanks... Quote
+Alan2 Posted May 4, 2002 Posted May 4, 2002 Go down to the ocean and calibrate it to about 4 feet over the height of the water. But why does it matter? Like you say Florida is flat; it can't vary more than 10 or twenty feet I would guess at the most where you live. Also while you're busy checking your "height" you might trip over an alligator. Those swamps look mighty close to where you live. Alan Quote
+Latitude 26 Posted May 5, 2002 Posted May 5, 2002 Thanks Alan2 for your help. To the beach I go! Quote
+GPS Guy Posted May 11, 2002 Posted May 11, 2002 Bassmedic- If you want to test the accuracy and repeatability of your altimeter, I suggest you find a USGS benchmark on your topo map and try calibrating it at that spot. Mine stayed within 0-2' when I returned to the known elevation. Quote
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