Garmin DAKOTA 10 manual

Dakota ® 10 and 20 owner ’ s manual[...]

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Dakota Series Owner ’ s Manual i Introduction See the Important Safety and Pr oduct Information guide in the product box for product warnings and other important information. Introduction Tips and Shortcuts • T ouch or to scroll and see more choices. • T ouch to return to the previous screen. • T ouch to return to the Main menu. • T ouch [...]

ii Dakota Series Owner ’ s Manual Introduction T able of Contents Introduction .......................... i T ips and Shortcuts ....................... i Manual Conventions .................... i Getting Started .................... 1 Product Registration .................. 1 Contact Garmin ......................... 1 Optional Accessories .......[...]

Dakota Series Owner ’ s Manual iii Introduction Changing the Prole ................ 21 Setting Up Proles ................... 21 Using System Setup ................ 22 Customizing the Display .......... 22 Map Setup ............................... 23 T rack Setup ............................. 24 Customizing the Main Menu .... 24 Changing Mar[...]

iv Dakota Series Owner ’ s Manual Introduction Power key T ouchscreen mini-USB connector (under weather cap) Latch Mounting spine Battery cover[...]

Dakota Series Owner ’ s Manual 1 Getting Started Getting Started Product Registration Help us better support you by completing our online registration today . Connect to our W eb site at http://my .garmin.com . Keep the original sales receipt, or a photocopy , in a safe place. Contact Garmin Contact Garmin Product Support if you have any question[...]

2 Dakota Series Owner ’ s Manual Getting Started Battery Information Dakota units operate on two AA batteries. Use alkaline, NiMH, or lithium batteries. Use precharged NiMH or lithium batteries for best results. T o install the batteries: 1. Slide the latch and remove the battery cover . Latch Battery cover 2. Insert the battery . Align the + (po[...]

Dakota Series Owner ’ s Manual 3 Getting Started Adjusting the Backlight Level 1. While the Dakota is on, press and quickly release . 2. T ouch or to adjust the brightness levels. See page 22 to change the backlight timeout. Locking the Screen Lock the screen to prevent inadvertent screen touches. 1. Press and quickly release . 2. T ouch Lock Scr[...]

4 Dakota Series Owner ’ s Manual Basic Navigation Basic Navigation Accessing Applications from the Main Menu Y ou can access all Dakota applications from the Main menu. Main menu T ouch or to access additional applications. Creating W aypoints W aypoints are locations you record and store in the Dakota. T o mark your current location as a waypoin[...]

Dakota Series Owner ’ s Manual 5 Basic Navigation Navigating to a Destination Y ou can use    or choose a point on the map to navigate to a destination with the Dakota. T o navigate to a destination using Where T o?: 1. T ouch Where T o? . 2. T ouch a category . 3. T ouch one of the items listed below . This list may va[...]

6 Dakota Series Owner ’ s Manual Basic Navigation 5. T ouch the destination. 6. T ouch Go . A colored line indicates your course. 7. T ouch > Compass . 8. Use the compass to navigate to your destination as indicated on page 9 . T o navigate to a point on the map: 1. T ouch Map . 2. T ouch a point on the map. 3. T ouch the information button at[...]

Dakota Series Owner ’ s Manual 7 Basic Navigation 4. T ouch the location you want to search near . 5. T ouch a category . Items are listed in order of distance from the location you selected. 6. T ouch a destination. 7. T ouch Go . A colored line indicates your course. 8. T ouch > Compass . 9. Use the compass to navigate to your destination as[...]

8 Dakota Series Owner ’ s Manual Basic Navigation Information button T o show or hide data elds at the top of the screen: 1. T ouch Setup > Map > Show Data Fields . 2. T ouch Never , When Navigating , or Always . T o change the Map page data elds: 1. On the Map page, touch one of the data elds. 2. T ouch a data type. T o save a way[...]

Dakota Series Owner ’ s Manual 9 Basic Navigation Using the Compass The Compass page guides you to your destination by displaying a compass and a bearing pointer . It also provides navigation data such as current speed, distance to the next point on the route, and estimated arrival time. The electronic compass is similar to a magnetic compass whe[...]

10 Dakota Series Owner ’ s Manual Basic Navigation T o calibrate the electronic compass: 1. T ouch Setup > Heading > Press T o Begin Compass Calibration . OR From the Compass page, touch and hold the middle of the compass. 2. T ouch Start and follow the on- screen directions. If “Calibration Failed” appears, touch  ,  and repea[...]

Dakota Series Owner ’ s Manual 1 1 Basic Navigation The bearing pointer points to your destination, regardless of the direction you are moving. If the bearing pointer points toward the top of the compass, you are traveling directly toward your destination. If it points any other direction, turn toward that direction until the arrow is pointing to[...]

12 Dakota Series Owner ’ s Manual Managing W aypoints, Routes, and T racks Managing W aypoints, Routes, and T racks Modifying W aypoints Y ou can edit waypoints to change the name, symbol, comment, location, elevation, and depth of the waypoint. Y ou can also use the W aypoint Manager to relocate a waypoint to your current location, and to delete[...]

Dakota Series Owner ’ s Manual 13 Managing W aypoints, Routes, and T racks Creating Routes Y ou can create and store up to 50 routes. T o create and navigate a new route: 1. T ouch Route Planner > <Create Route> > <Select First Point> to select a starting point. 2. T ouch a category . 3. T ouch the rst item on the route. 4. T[...]

14 Dakota Series Owner ’ s Manual Managing W aypoints, Routes, and T racks • Insert —adds an additional point on the route. The additional point is inserted before the point you are editing. • Remove —removes the point from the route. T o reverse the order of points on a route: 1. T ouch Route Planner . 2. T ouch the route you want to rev[...]

Dakota Series Owner ’ s Manual 15 Managing W aypoints, Routes, and T racks T o save and view your current track: T ouch T rack Manager > Current T rack . • View Map —shows your current track on the map. • Elevation Plot —shows the elevation plot page 16 for your current track. • Save T rack —saves your current route. • Save Porti[...]

16 Dakota Series Owner ’ s Manual Additional T ools Additional T ools Elevation Plot  Elevation plot is unavailable on the Dakota 10. The Dakota can record elevation changes over distance or time, or pressure (barometric or ambient) changes over time. T o set which changes are recorded, see page 28 . 1. T ouch Elevation Plot to [...]

Dakota Series Owner ’ s Manual 17 Additional T ools Sharing Information Wirelessly  Sharing information wirelessly is unavailable with the Dakota 10. The Dakota can wirelessly share waypoints, routes, tracks, and geocaches with another wireless- enabled Garmin recreational handheld. 1. Place the units within 10 feet (3 meters) o[...]

18 Dakota Series Owner ’ s Manual Additional T ools • Alarm Clock —set your Dakota to sound an alarm. Y ou can also set the unit to turn on at a specic time.  The alarm clock is unavailable with the Dakota 10. • Hunt and Fish —view the predicted best dates and times for hunting and shing at your current location. ?[...]

Dakota Series Owner ’ s Manual 19 Additional T ools Satellite Page Satellite locations Elevation Satellite strength The green bars indicate GPS satellite strength. White bars indicate that the Dakota is still collecting data. T rip Computer The T rip Computer displays your current speed, average speed, maximum speed, trip odometer , and other hel[...]

20 Dakota Series Owner ’ s Manual GPS Games GPS Games Geocaches Geocaching is a type of treasure hunting in which geocachers seek hidden treasures using GPS coordinates posted on the Internet by those hiding the geocache. Y ou can download Geocache sites from www .geocaching.com . The W eb site supports the transfer of geocache sites to your Dako[...]

Dakota Series Owner ’ s Manual 21 Customizing the Dakota Customizing the Dakota Changing the Prole Proles are a collection of settings that allow you to optimize your Dakota from one type of use to another , such as moving from recreational use to automotive use. When you are in a prole and change settings such as data elds, units of [...]

22 Dakota Series Owner ’ s Manual Customizing the Dakota T o add a new prole: T ouch Setup > Proles > <Create New Prole> . This prole is a copy of your current prole. The new prole becomes your current prole. Using System Setup T ouch  >  .  —select [...]

Dakota Series Owner ’ s Manual 23 Customizing the Dakota 4. Connect the Dakota to your computer with the included USB cable. The bitmap le is saved in the Garminscrn folder on the Dakota drive. Map Setup On the Main menu, touch  >  .  —select how the map is shown on the page. ?[...]

24 Dakota Series Owner ’ s Manual Customizing the Dakota T rack Setup A track is a recording of your path. On the Main menu, touch  >   .   —turn track recording on or off.  —select a track recording method. T ouch  , [...]

Dakota Series Owner ’ s Manual 25 Customizing the Dakota Route Setup T ouch  >  .  —select a guidance method for calculating your route •  —calculates point-to- point routes. •    —c[...]

26 Dakota Series Owner ’ s Manual Customizing the Dakota  —turn spot soundings that indicate depth locations on or off.  —turn the navigational light on or off for specic sectors. Selecting  causes some light sectors to not be shown when the densit[...]

Dakota Series Owner ’ s Manual 27 Customizing the Dakota   —select water temperature in degrees Celsius or degrees Fahrenheit.   —select barometric pressure units in inches (Hg), millibars, or hectopascals. Position Format Use the default settings unless you are using a map or chart tha[...]

28 Dakota Series Owner ’ s Manual Customizing the Dakota Pointer , which indicates your relationship to a course line leading to the destination ( page 10 ).  —select  to  switch from an electronic compass to a GPS compass when you are traveling at a higher rate of speed for a set period of time. Select ?[...]

Dakota Series Owner ’ s Manual 29 Customizing the Dakota of time. •   —records ambient pressure changes over a period of time. T o manually calibrate the altimeter: 1. Go to a location where you know the elevation or the barometric pressure. 2. T ouch Setup > Altimeter > Press T o Begin Al[...]

30 Dakota Series Owner ’ s Manual Customizing the Dakota 2. T urn the wireless sensor on. 3. On the Main menu, touch Setup > Fitness > Heart Rate Monitor or Bike Cadence Sensor . 4. T ouch Search for new . 5. A “Connected” message appears.  T o prevent your Dakota from communicating with wireless sensors, touch ?[...]

Dakota Series Owner ’ s Manual 31 Appendix Appendix Specications Physical  3.9 in. H × 2.2 in. W × 1.3 in. D (100 × 55 × 33 mm)   3.5 oz. (100 g) without batteries 5.25 oz (148.8 g) with batteries  2.6 in. diagonal (66 mm) backlit 65K color TFT display (160 × 240 pixels) ?[...]

32 Dakota Series Owner ’ s Manual Appendix  Internal or microSD ™ Card Performance  more than 12 channel W AAS enabled/High sensitivity   < 1 second (warm start) < 33 seconds (cold start) < 36 seconds (autolocate) [...]

Dakota Series Owner ’ s Manual 33 Appendix T o turn Demo Mode on, touch  >  >  >  . Connecting Y our Dakota to a Computer Y ou can connect the Dakota to your computer using the supplied USB cable. T o connect your Dakota to your computer: 1. Lift the weather cap on the [...]

34 Dakota Series Owner ’ s Manual Appendix 3. Push the card into the microSD card tray and close the metal cover . Metal cover microSD card microSD card tray 4. T o remove the microSD card, lift the metal cover and remove the card from the microSD card tray . 5. Replace the batteries and the battery cover . In addition to map and data storage, th[...]

Dakota Series Owner ’ s Manual 35 Appendix Before transferring data to or from a W eb site directly to the Dakota, install the Garmin Communicator plug-in from www .garmin.com /products/communicator . Loading and Deleting Files Y ou can use the Dakota as a USB mass storage device, and you can purchase a separate microSD card for additional extern[...]

36 Dakota Series Owner ’ s Manual Appendix Optimizing Battery Life Use premium batteries for optimal performance and maximum battery life. The best performance is provided by lithium batteries, precharged (ready-to-use) NiMH batteries, and NiMH rechargeable batteries less than one year old with a capacity greater than 2500 mAh. Consider the follo[...]

Dakota Series Owner ’ s Manual 37 Appendix Attaching a Carabiner , Lanyard, Mount, or Other Optional Accessory 1. Position the accessory in the slots on the mounting spine of the Dakota. Accessory (carabiner) Clip Mounting spine 2. Slide the clip up until it locks in place. T o remove the clip, lift the bottom of the clip and slide the clip off t[...]

38 Dakota Series Owner ’ s Manual Appendix Software License Agreement BY USING THE Dakota, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE FOLLOWING SOFTW ARE LICENSE AGREEMENT . PLEASE READ THIS AGREEMENT CAREFULL Y . Garmin grants you a limited license to use the software embedded in this device (the “Software”) in binary executabl[...]

Index Dakota Series Owner ’ s Manual 39 Index A accessories 1 active route 14 advanced map setup 23 alarm clock 18 alarms, marine 26 altimeter calibration 29 setup 28 ambient pressure 28 automotive mode 23 auto zoom 23 avoidance setup 25 B background dashboard 19 backlight 3 timeout 22 barometer mode 28 battery 2 optimal battery type 36 replacing[...]

Index 40 Dakota Series Owner ’ s Manual F factory settings 36 tness setup 29 xed elevation 28 G geocaches 20 GPS setting 22 grid north 27 guidance method 24 H heart rate monitor 29 hunt and sh 18 L language 22 light sectors 25 lock on road 25 lock screen 3 M magnetic north 27 man overboard 18 map information 7 marine 25 mark waypoint 4 m[...]

Index Dakota Series Owner ’ s Manual 41 S satellite signals 3 SD card 33 sensors 29 serial number 1 share wirelessly 17 sight N go 18 size of an area calculating 17 spot soundings 25 stop navigating 7 stopwatch 18 sun and moon 17 T text size, maps 23 timeout, backlight 22 time zone 26 tones 22 tracks clearing current 15 recording 24 setup 24 view[...]

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