Garmin 2610/2650 Owner's Manual

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Reference59‘Poor Satellite Reception’ MenuIf no satellites are received for several minutes (or if too few satellites are received to determine a positionfix), a Poor Satellite Reception message appears. You can: turn off the GPS for using the unit indoors forpractice; update your approximate location (quicker); or have the unit automatically search for the satellites(takes longer). Updating your approximate location ensures that the StreetPilot is searching for the correctsatellites and is useful if you have traveled over 500 miles with the unit turned off. If the unit has beenstored for a few months and the displayed date is incorrect, the StreetPilot does not know the currentpositions of the GPS satellites. Additionally, the Poor Satellite Reception message may appear when you firstuse your StreetPilot. The prompt may also appear during normal use if the antenna is shaded or when theunit is used indoors.AccuracyThe GPS Information page indicates the accuracy of the position fix. See Appendix G for the StreetPilot’sperformance specifications which include accuracy.GPS Information Page OptionsTo display the GPS Information page options, press MENU (with the GPS Information page displayed). Thefollowing options are available: Track Up/North Up, New Elevation, New Location, and Enable WAAS.Track Up/North Up – Changes the sky view display from a North Up orientation to Track Up, which alignsthe Map page to the current direction of travel (ground track). You can also touch the sky view on the GPSInformation page to toggle between Track Up and North Up.New Location – Forces the StreetPilot to search for any available satellite to determine its position. Thisoption can be used only if you don’t have a GPS fix. It is useful if you’ve relocated a long distance (greaterthan 500 miles) from where the StreetPilot was last used. In such instances, without initialization, theStreetPilot may be looking for the wrong group of satellites.A variety of options can be performed via the Menupage shown above. Access this page by pressing yourunit’s MENU key while you are on the GPS Informationpage.GPS Info PageThe ‘Poor Satellite Reception’ menu gives you severaloptions when an insufficient number of satellites isreceived to determine a position fix.