Finding Your Contact Id; Changing Your Contact Id; Updating A Contact Id; Hunting With The Alpha System - Garmin Alpha 300 Owner's Manual

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Finding Your Contact ID

Press
to open the status page.
The contact ID for your handheld device is listed under the My ID option.

Changing Your Contact ID

If you are experiencing interference from other collars or handheld devices in the area, you might need to
change the contact ID for your handheld device.
1 Press
to open the status page.
2 Select My ID > ID.
3 Select a contact ID that is not yet assigned to another device in the area.
Each time a contact changes their contact ID, you must update the contact ID in your handheld device
a Contact ID,
page 17).

Updating a Contact ID

If a contact has changed their contact ID, you can quickly update the contact ID in your handheld device.
1 Select Dog List >
.
2 Select the contact.
3 Select
> Update ID.
4 Select the contact ID that matches the contact's new contact ID.
You can perform various tasks that can be helpful when you are hunting with the Alpha system.
• Mark your truck's location
• Track your dogs
(Tracking Your Dog on the Map,
• Track your fellow hunters
• Mark the location of a covey
• View your active hunt metrics
• Send messages to your fellow hunters
• Turn on the collar light
• Put the collar into rescue mode to save battery power
• Pause tracking while you move the dogs

Marking Your Truck Location

You can mark the location of the truck, so you can navigate back to your truck after the hunt.
1 Select Mark Waypoint > Truck.
2 Select Save.

Marking a Covey

You can mark a covey location and enter the estimated number of birds flushed and the number of birds taken.
1 Select Mark Waypoint > Covey.
2 Enter the number of birds flushed, the number of birds taken, and select OK.
3 Review and edit location information (optional).
4 Select Save.

Hunting with the Alpha System

Hunting with the Alpha System
(Marking Your Truck Location,
(Tracking a Contact,
page 16).
(Marking a Covey,
page 17).
(Active Hunt Metrics,
(Sending a Message to Your Contacts,
(Turning On the Collar Light,
(Pausing Dog Tracking,
page 17).
page 11).
page 18).
page 18).
(Turning On Rescue Mode,
page 18).
(Updating
page 16).
page 18).
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