Garmin StreetPilot III Owner's Manual & Reference

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43ReferenceSystem SetupSafety – Switches ‘Safe Mode’ On and Off.Track Log – Recording, Percentage Full and Clear Track.Language – Selects desired operating language for on-screen text and voice prompts.Interface – Selects the proper interface format.The following describes, in more detail, the available settings for each System Setup file tab item.‘General’ TabGPS Mode – Allows you to choose between three operating modes:• Normal: with the GPS receiver On.• Battery Saver: with a less frequent satellite signal updating process to conserve battery power.• GPS Off: allows you to operate the StreetPilot III indoors, which saves even more battery powersince the unit is not receiving satellite information. The ‘Use Indoors’ option on the Map pageoptions menu sets the operating mode to ‘GPS Off’.Units – Allows you to select the desired units of measure for distance in miles (‘Statute’) or kilometers(‘Metric’). If you select ‘Statute’, the speed will be shown in miles per hour and the elevation will beshown in feet.Voice – This setting determines when the voice (and chime, if enabled) sounds. The StreetPilot III will“speak” status messages (if enabled), such as “external power lost”, and route navigation messages, suchas “drive point eight miles west and turn right”. If enabled, a single chime will precede all automaticvoice navigation messages (see ‘Attention Tone’ below). There are three possible voice messages perroute leg. The first one comes right after you have completed a turn and are starting a new leg: thevoice message will be preceded by a lower pitched tone. The second message will come toward theend of the leg depending on how fast you are progressing: this message is also preceded by a lowerpitched tone. The last message on the route leg comes right before a turn and is preceded by a higherpitched tone.By selecting “SPEAK Key Only” on the ‘General’ tabunder the ‘Voice’ function, the unit will only talk whenthe SPEAK key is pressed.The ‘Attention Tone’ fi eld determines whether voiceprompts are preceded by a chime.