Garmin GPSMAP 230 Owner's Manual

Also see for Forerunner 230: Owner's manual

Contents

Garmin GPSMAP 230 Owner's Manual Manual pdf 71 page image

• Local/UTC lets you choose to display the date and time in UTC (Greenwich MeanTime) time or local time offset from UTC time. The default setting is local with a ‘0’offset. (If you are boating in the United States, be sure to enter a negative time indi-cator in front of the appropriate time offset for your location).• Tone Selection lets you select an audible tone to sound for either messages andkeystroke confirmation (the default setting), messages only, or not to sound at all(the tone selection does not affect the external alarm operation).• Display Contrast provides a slide bar to adjust the LCD screen contrast in orderto compensate for changes in temperature or lighting conditions.• Backlight Timeout provides an automatic shutoff for the GPSMAP 230’s screenbacklighting. Six settings are available: No Timeout (the backlight will stay on untilit is turned off), 15 seconds (default setting); 30 seconds; and 1, 2, or 4 minutes.Keeping the timeout at the lowest acceptable setting will prolong the life of thebacklight.• Language lets you select one of nine languages that the unit can display. Theavailable lanaguages are; English, Danish, Finnish, French, German, Italian,Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish.The system setup page also features an options page that allows you to quicklyreset all the system setup options to the factory default settings and define speed,course and position values while in simulator mode (see Getting-Started Tour).To view the system setup page options:1. Press the O key.To restore the default settings:1. Highlight the ‘Restore Defaults?’ option, and press T.A B59A. The tone preference will not affect external alarmoperation.B. Keeping the backlight timeout at the lowestacceptable setting will prolong the useful life of thebacklight.SECTION9SETUP MENUSSystem Setup& System Setup Options