Garmin GPS Manual

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09/25/02 GPS_field_guide 8:19 A9/P916You can access to these two pages by pressing the ENTER button from the 'NORMALSKYVIEW SATELLITE' page in order to open the 'OPTIONS' window. From there youcan use the UP and DOWN buttons to highlight the page you want to access and press theENTER button.Once you have finished working on one of these pages you can come back to the'NORMAL SKYVIEW SATELLITE' page, pressing the PAGE button again (Figure 14).The 'DISPLAY' pageThis page allows you to setup the back-light time out and the display contrast. The firstelement may be useful for night reading and it is important to setup the contrast correctlyin order to insure a good reading of the information on the LCD screen.When you arrive on this page the 'LIGHT TIMEOUT' field is highlighted and you canmake the scrolling menu by pressing the ENTER button (Figure 15 a). Once you haveselected the desired time press the ENTER button to save the option. It is recommendedto choose 30 seconds as this option uses a lot of battery power.You can then pass to the contrast option pressing the DOWN button. Once the contrast baris highlighted (Figure 15 b) press the ENTER button. You can then use the UP or DOWNbutton to modify the contrast until you get an appropriate reading on the screen. Then pressthe ENTER button to save the setting.a)Figure 15 - 'DISPLAY' page with the 'LIGHT TIMEOUT' menu (a) and the contrastbar highlighted (b)b)