Decreasing The Backlight; Selecting The Battery Type; Adjusting The Backlight; About The Batteries - Garmin 62 Series 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
backlight status page.
2. Use the Rocker to adjust the
brightness.

Adjusting the Backlight

Timeout
From the main menu, select Setup
> Display > Backlight Timeout.

About the Batteries

WARNING

See the Important Safety and Product
Information guide in the product
box for product warnings and other
important information.
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to open the
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 Setup
> System > Battery Type.
2. Select Alkaline, Lithium, or
Rechargeable NiMH.
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.
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