GPS
Garmin 60/76C Setup Settings
- Welcome Message
- Menu, Menu, go to Setup & Enter, go to Welcome Message & Enter; Type name and phone #
- Time Settings
- Menu, Menu, go to Setup & Enter, go to Time & Enter; set Time Zone to “US Pacific”
- Tone Settings
- Menu, Menu, go to Setup & Enter, go to Tones & Enter, check “Mute” at bottom
- Power Settings
- Menu, Menu, go to Setup & Enter, go to System & Enter, set Battery Type, set External Power Loss to “Stay On”
- Backlight Settings
- Menu, Menu, go to Setup & Enter, go to Display & Enter, set Timeout to 1 Minute, set Level to 100%
You must push Power then Enter to activate Backlight when not on external power
- Menu, Menu, go to Setup & Enter, go to Display & Enter, set Timeout to 1 Minute, set Level to 100%
- Page Sequence Settings
- Menu, Menu, so to Setup & Enter, go to Page Sequence & Enter
- Go to Add Page & Enter, go to Tracks (at bottom), Enter
- Go to Map & enter, go to Move & Enter, move “Map” to top, Enter
- Go to Tracks, Enter, go to Move & Enter, move to 2nd from top, Enter
- Go to Trip, Enter, go to Move & Enter, move to bottom, Enter
- Delete all other pages. Deleted pages will now be Icons on the “Menu, Menu” page.
- GPS will boot to the Map page, Page button will go to Trip page, Quit goes back to Map, Quit will go to Trip Computer page, Page button goes back to Map page.
- Menu, Menu, so to Setup & Enter, go to Page Sequence & Enter
- Trip Computer Page Settings
- Go to Trip page, Menu, go to Reset & Enter, Check only “Trip Data” & “Max Speed”, Quit
Menu, go to Change Data Fields & Enter; go to “Stopped Time” & Enter, go to “Speed” & Enter, go to Overall Average & Enter, go to “Time of Day” & Enter.
Now when riding, just push “Quit” to see “Speed” and “Time of Day”, push “Page” to go back to Map
- Go to Trip page, Menu, go to Reset & Enter, Check only “Trip Data” & “Max Speed”, Quit
- Map Page Settings
- Go to Map page, Menu, go to “Setup Map” & Enter, Move to left Icon at top;
Go down to “Orientation”, set to “Track Up”,
Go down to “Below”, set to about 20 Mi
Above 20 Mi Map will jump back to North Up
Go to Detail, set to “Most”
2nd Icon from right (!) & “Menu” lets you select which map set is displayed.
- Go to Map page, Menu, go to “Setup Map” & Enter, Move to left Icon at top;
- Track Page Settings
- Go to Track page, go to Setup & Enter;
Check “Wrap When Full”
Set “Record Method” to “Auto”
Set “Interval” to “Most Often”
Set “Color” to what you want Active Log behind you to be (I use Red)
Go to “Data Card Setup” & Enter;
Check “Log Track To Data Card”, Install at least a 2 gig data card.
Your Active Log of every day you ride will now be recorded on your Data Card in a .gpx file with that date as the name.
- Go to Track page, go to Setup & Enter;
62/78 Setup Settings
- Welcome Message
- Unlike 60/76 which is very simple, you need an advanced degree to follow this crap.
- Plug GPS into PC with USB cable.
- Use Explore to find your GPS, click on it, click on the “Garmin” folder, click on “Startup Text Document”, It should just open with “Notepad” application
- Change the “display = 0” to “display = 3”
- Type your name and phone number after the last line.
- Go to “File” at top and click “Save”
- Unplug GPS (it will power off), Power GPS back on and continue
- Set Backlight Timeout & Style
- Menu, Menu, go to Setup & Enter, go to Display & Enter, go to Style (4th box down) & Enter, set to Grid 12 Items, go to 1st box, set Backlight time out to 2 Min.
- Page Sequence & Ribbon Settings
- Menu, Menu, so to Setup & Enter, go to Page Sequence & Enter, Menu, go to Page Ribbon Display & Enter, Set to “Off”.
- Menu, Menu, so to Setup & Enter, go to Page Sequence & Enter
- Go to a page you don’t need while riding (Compass then Main Menu) & Enter, Remove, Enter
- Go to Add Page & Enter, go to Track Manager (at bottom), Enter
- Go to Track Manager, Enter, go to Move & Enter, move to 2nd from top, Enter
- GPS will boot to the Map page, Page button will go to Trip page, Quit goes back to Map, Quit will go to Trip Computer page, Page button goes back to Map page.
- Set Profile
- Menu, Menu, go to Setup & Enter, go down to Profiles & Enter, set to Classic
- Set Backlight Level
- With unit on, push Power, use curser to move bar to far right. It will now stay there.
- Time Settings
- The Time setting defaults to 12 hour and Time Zone “Automatic” which is what you want.
- Tone Settings
- Menu, Menu, go to Setup & Enter, go to Tones & Enter, go to top box & Enter, move to “Off” & Enter.
- Power Settings
- Menu, Menu, go to Setup & Enter, go to System & Enter, set Battery Type, Unlike 60/76, there is no set External Power Loss to “Stay On”. Design Flaw 2.
- Trip Computer Page Settings
- Go to Trip page, Menu, go to Change Data Fields & Enter; go to “Stopped Time” & Enter, go to “Speed” & Enter, go to Overall Average & Enter, go to “Time of Day” & Enter.
- Now when riding, just push “Quit” to see “Speed” and “Time of Day”, push “Page” to go back to Map
- To reset Trip Data, push Menu, (curser should be on Reset) Enter, (curser should be on Reset Trip Data) Enter, this will reset all trip data but not Odometer.
- Map Page Settings
- Go to Map page, Menu, go to “Setup Map” & Enter, go to Advanced Map Setup (4th box down) Enter, set Auto Zoom to “Off”, set Detail to “Most”.
- Track Settings
- Menu, Menu, go to Setup & Enter, go to Tracks & Enter
- On many Dual Sport rides, it is very confusing have your Current Track (Active Log) of where you have ridden is showing on the map page. If so, set top box to “Do Not Record” or Record, Do Not Show”.
- Make sure 2nd box is set to “Auto”, and set 3rd box to “Most Often” & Enter.
- Set 4th box to “Daily” & Enter. A daily backup of your Current Track (Active Log) will now also be recorded in “Archived Tracks” and will not erase if you “Clear Current Track”.
- You can retrieve your Active Logs before clearing using MapSource or you forgot and cleared them, you can retrieve them using Explore from the Archived folder.
- Set 5th box to a “Red” line or what ever color works best for color of track behind you as you ride.