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Alpha 100 with TT ™ ® Owner’s Manual June 2014 190-01786-00_0A Printed in Taiwan...
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Setting Up the Alpha System ............. 1 Device Overviews ..............1 Marking Your Truck Location ............. 8 Alpha 100 Handheld Device ..........1 Marking a Covey ................ 8 TT 15 Dog Collar Device ............1 Turning On the Collar Light ............8 Getting More Information ............
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Device Care ................14 Cleaning the Device ............14 Cleaning the Touchscreen ..........14 Specifications ................14 Alpha 100 Handheld Device Specifications ......14 TT 15 Dog Collar Device Specifications ......14 Battery Information ..............14 Long-Term Storage ............. 15 Maximizing the Battery Life ..........
• Go to www.garmin.com/alpha. Alpha 100 Handheld Device • Go to www.garmin.com/outdoor. • Go to www.garmin.com/learningcenter. • Go to http://buy.garmin.com, or contact your Garmin dealer for information about optional accessories and replacement parts. Registering Your Device Help us better support you by completing our online registration today.
Press the battery into place. Replace the battery cover, and turn the D-ring clockwise. Plug the included power cable into the mini-USB port on the Charging the Handheld Device charging clip cable. Plug the power cable into a power source. NOTICE The status LED is solid red when the collar is charging.
Resetting a Dog's Statistics and Track which vary depending on the country of use. See the product You might want to clear the dog statistics and track before a packaging or go to www.garmin.com/tracking-legal for details new hunt. about the radio frequency of this product.
Select Show Info. Position the device at the front of the dog's neck, with the status LED facing toward the dog's chin and the contact Select the dog’s name. points against the throat. Enter the name, and select > OK. Tighten the strap so that it is very snug around the dog's Changing the Color of the Dog's Track neck, and fasten the buckle.
BaseCamp to your computer Select > > List Sync On. (www.garmin.com/basecamp). Select to cycle through the dogs. The BaseStation feature of BaseCamp allows you to track your dogs and contacts in real-time on a computer. For more...
A geofence is an invisible boundary around an area and is When you put the collar on the dog, make sure the contact created using points on the map. The virtual boundaries of a points are tight against the neck. geofence are accurate up to approximately 10 ft.
Select the area at the top of the screen directly below the As the dog becomes better trained, you can decrease the use of keys. collar training. Continue to have the dog wear the collar until you feel certain that it is no longer needed to reinforce known Select to choose the intensity level for each of the commands.
Sending a Message to Your Contacts Marking a Covey You can send and receive automated messages. There are 18 You can mark a covey location and enter the estimated number messages choose from, such as "Help" and "I'm Coming." of birds flushed and the number of birds taken. Select >...
Repositioning a Waypoint to Your Current Location Select Change Name. You can change the position of a waypoint. For example, if you Enter the new name, and select move your vehicle, you can change the location to your current Navigating a Saved Route position.
Sending and Receiving Data Wirelessly Select a track. Before you can share data wirelessly, you must be within 10 feet (3 m) of a compatible Garmin device. Select View Map. You can share waypoints, geocaches, routes, and tracks The beginning and the end of the track are marked by flags.
Course Pointer Details about the point appear in the upper-left corner of the plot. The course pointer is most useful if you are navigating on water or where there are no major obstacles in your path. It also helps Select >...
GPS: Sets the GPS to Normal, WAAS/EGNOS (Wide Area Select Track Up. Augmentation System/European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service), or Demo Mode (GPS off). For more Turning Off GPS information about WAAS, go to http://www.garmin.com Select > Satellite > > Use With GPS Off. /aboutGPS/waas.html. Simulating a Location BaseCamp BaseStation: Sets how the device connects to BaseCamp when the device is connected to the computer.
Calibrate Screen: Aligns the screen to properly respond to Record Method: Sets a track recording method. Auto records touches (Calibrating the Touchscreen). the tracks at a variable rate to create an optimum representation of your tracks. Calibrating the Touchscreen Interval: Sets a track log recording rate. Recording points more You can calibrate the screen, if it does not seem to be frequently creates a more-detailed track, but fills the track log responding properly.
Calibrate Altimeter: Calibrates the altimeter. Specifications Marine Map Settings Select Setup > Marine. Alpha 100 Handheld Device Specifications Marine Chart Mode: Sets the type of chart the device uses. Battery type Rechargeable, replaceable lithium-ion Nautical displays various map features in different colors so...
• GPX geocache files. Go to www.opencaching.com. Changing the Dog Collar Device Update Rate • GPI custom POI files from the Garmin POI Loader. Go to Before you can change the collar update rate, the collar must be turned on and within range of the handheld device.
If you do not know the purpose of a file, do not delete it. Your device memory contains important system files that should not be deleted. Open the Garmin drive or volume. If necessary, open a folder or volume. Close the card holder.
• Before you pair the ANT+ accessory with your Garmin device, move 10 m (32.9 ft.) away from other ANT+ accessories. • Bring the Garmin device within range 3 m (10 ft.) of the ANT+ accessory. • After you pair the first time, your Garmin device automatically recognizes the ANT+ accessory each time it is activated.
Battery Level: The remaining battery power. Bearing: The direction from your current location to a destination. You must be navigating for this data to appear. Cadence: The revolutions of the crank arm or strides per minute. Your device must be connected to a cadence accessory.
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Sunset: The time of sunset based on your GPS position. Time of Day: The current time of day based on your current location and time settings (format, time zone, daylight saving time). Time to Destination: The estimated time remaining before you reach the destination.