Menu Page And Distance/Sun Calculation; Distance And Sun Calculation - Garmin GPS 120XL Owner's Manual

Menu Page
The GPS 120XL Menu Page provides access to sub-
menu pages that are used to select and customize oper-
ation and navigation setup. The 11 submenus are
divided into categories by function. See pages 19-34 for
a discussion of waypoint and route management sub-
menus. We'll now address the rest of the submenus in
the order they appear on the Menu Page.
To select a submenu page from the Menu Page:
1. Highlight the submenu page you want to view.
F
2. Press the
3. To return to the Menu Page, press the

Distance and Sun Calculation

The distance and sun calculation page will give you
the distance and bearing between any two waypoints
and will calculate the sunrise and sunset (in local time)
at a destination waypoint for a particular date.
To perform a distance and sun calculation:
1. Highlight the 'from' field and enter the desired way-
F
point. Press
2. Highlight the 'to' field and enter the destination way-
point. Press the
bearing to the destination waypoint.
3. Highlight the 'date' field and enter the date for your
destination. Press the
information.
Message Page
The message page is used to display all messages in
the GPS 120XL. There are two types of messages: tem-
porary alerts (e.g. approaching a waypoint) and condi-
tion alerts (e.g., battery power is low). All messages are
indicated by a flashing on-screen box. After a tempo-
rary alert has been viewed, it is cleared. Condition
alerts are displayed on the message page until the con-
dition has been resolved.
To view the message page:
1. Highlight the 'MESSAGES' field and press
See Appendix C for a complete list of messages.
key to display the submenu page.
to move to the next field.
F
key to calculate the range and
F
key to display the sun
Q
key.
F
.
REFERENCE
Menu Page &
Distance/Sun
Calculation
To select a submenu, use the
UP and DOWN arrow keys
to highlight a menu option
and press ENTER.
The GPS 120XL will calcu-
late the sunrise and sunset
times of any stored way-
point or your present posi-
tion. To calculate, enter the
date and year and press
ENTER.
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