About The Batteries - Garmin GPSMAP 62 Owner's Manual

Decreasing the Backlight
Extensive use of screen backlighting
can significantly reduce battery life.
You can adjust the backlight brightness
and decrease the backlight timeout to
maximize battery power.
1. Quickly press to open the
backlight status page.
Rocker
2. Use the to adjust the
brightness.
Adjusting the Backlight
Timeout
From the main menu, select
Display > Backlight Timeout.
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About the Batteries

WARNING
See the Important Safety and Product
Information guide in the product
box for product warnings and other
important information.
GPSMAP 62/62s Owner's Manual
The temperature rating for the device
may exceed the usable range of some
batteries. Alkaline batteries can rupture
at high temperatures. Alkaline batteries
lose a significant amount of their
capacity as temperature decreases. Use
lithium batteries when operating the
device in below-freezing conditions.
Selecting the Battery Type
1. From the main menu, select
> System
2. Select Alkaline, Lithium, or
Rechargeable
Setup
Long-Term Storage
When you do not plan to use the
device for several months, remove the
batteries. Stored data is not lost when
batteries are removed.
Appendix
Setup
> Battery Type.
NiMH.
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