Setting A Proximity Alarm; Selecting A Profile; Area Calculation; Satellite Page - Garmin GPSMAP 66 Owner's Manual

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Select an option:
• Select Send, and select a type of data.
• Select Receive to receive data from another device. The
other compatible device must be attempting to send data.
3
Follow the on-screen instructions.

Setting a Proximity Alarm

Proximity alarms alert you when you are within a specified range
of a particular location.
1
Select Proximity Alarms > Create Alarm.
2
Select a category.
3
Select a location.
4
Select Use.
5
Enter a radius.
When you enter an area with a proximity alarm, the device
sounds a tone.

Selecting a Profile

You must add profiles before you can select them
the Main Menu, page 10).
When you change activities, you can change the setup of the
device by changing the profile.
1
Select Profile Change.
You may need to add this application to the home screen
before you can select it.
2
Select a profile.

Area Calculation

Calculating the Size of an Area
1
From the app drawer, select Area Calculation > Start.
2
From the home screen, select Area Calculation > Start.
You may need to add this application to the home screen
before you can select it.
3
Walk around the perimeter of the area you want to calculate.
4
Select Calculate when finished.

Satellite Page

The satellite page shows your current location, GPS accuracy,
satellite locations, and signal strength.
GPS Satellite Settings
Select Satellite > MENU.
NOTE: Some settings are only available when Use Demo Mode
is enabled.
Use Demo Mode: Allows you to turn the GPS off.
Use Satellite System: Allows you to turn the GPS on.
Track Up: Indicates whether satellites are shown with rings
oriented with north toward the top of the screen or oriented
with your current track toward the top of the screen.
Single Color: Allows you to select whether the satellite page is
displayed in multicolor or single color.
Set Location On Map: Allows you to mark your current location
on the map. You can use this location to create routes or
search for saved locations.
AutoLocate Position: Calculates your GPS position using the
Garmin AutoLocate feature.
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Garmin Adventures
You can create adventures to share your journeys with family,
friends, and the Garmin community. You can group related
items together as an adventure. For example, you can create an
adventure for your latest hiking trip. The adventure could contain
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the track log of the trip, photos of the trip, and geocaches you
hunted. You can use BaseCamp
adventures. For more information, go to adventures.garmin.com.
NOTE: BaseCamp is not available for all device models.
Sending Files to BaseCamp
1
Open BaseCamp.
2 Connect the device to your computer.
On Windows
drive or a portable device, and the memory card may appear
as a second removable drive. On Mac
and memory card appear as mounted volumes.
NOTE: Some computers with multiple network drives may not
display device drives properly. See your operating system
documentation to learn how to map the drive.
3 Open the Garmin or memory card drive or volume.
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Select an option:
• Select an item from a connected device and drag it to My
Collection or to a list.
• From BaseCamp, select Device > Receive from Device,
(Customizing
and select the device.
Creating an Adventure
Before you can create an adventure and send it to your device,
you must download BaseCamp to your computer and transfer a
track from your device to your computer
BaseCamp, page
1
Open BaseCamp.
2
Select File > New > Garmin Adventure.
3
Select a track, and select Next.
4
If necessary, add items from BaseCamp.
5
Complete the required fields to name and describe the
adventure.
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If you want to change the cover photo for the adventure,
select Change, and select a different photo.
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Select Finish.
Starting an Adventure
Before you can start an adventure, you must download an
adventure from Garmin Connect
BaseCamp to your device
page 6).
When you start a saved adventure, the device follows the saved
track and displays shortcuts to related information along the
track, such as photos and waypoints.
1
From the app drawer, select Adventures.
2
Select an adventure.
3
Select Start.
VIRB Remote
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NOTE: The VIRB Remote feature is available only with
GPSMAP 66 series devices.
Before you can use the VIRB Remote function, you must enable
the remote setting on your VIRB camera.
The VIRB Remote function allows you to control your VIRB
camera from a distance.
1 Select VIRB Remote.
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Select an option:
• Select REC to record video.
• Select Take Photo to take a photograph.
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computers, the device appears as a removable
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Main Menu Features and Settings
computers, the device