Dual Sport West

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

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.

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.

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.

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;

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.

Garmin 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.

Setup Menu Sequence

Menu, Menu, go to Setup & Enter, Menu & Enter, go down to Tracks & Enter, move to top & Enter. You must use this Icon to turn Active Log On/Off.

Page Sequence & Ribbon

• Menu, Menu, so to Setup & Enter, go to Page Sequence & Enter, Menu, go to Page Ribbon Display & Enter, Set to “Off”. Don’t need it for only 3 pages.
• Menu, Menu, so to Setup & Enter, go to Page Sequence & Enter
• Go to all pages 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 now boot to the Map page, Page button will go to Trip page, Quit button goes back to Map, Quit button 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

• Setting “Track Log”: On Dual Sport rides especially with Loops, it is very confusing to have your Current Track (Active Log) showing on the map page.
• Select the top box, Press Enter, set to “Do Not Record” or Record, Do Not Show”, press Enter.
• Set 2nd box to “Auto”, press Enter.
• Set 3rd box to “Most Often”, press Enter.
• Set 4th box to “Daily”, press Enter. Unless “Do Not Record” is selected in the top box, a daily backup of your Current Track (Active Log) will be recorded in the “Archived Tracks” folder and the “Current Track” will be cleared.
• You can retrieve your Active Logs using File Explore (see Managing Tracks) from the Archived folder
• Set 5th box to “Red”, press Enter. Or whatever color works best for the color of track behind you as you ride.

Garmin Montana 6x0 - Setup Instructions

Home Page – Main Menu

• Touch the “>” Icon on left,
• Touch the “Setup” Icon (Tool)
• Touch “Main Menu”,

You can now add or delete Icons (pages) to the Main Menu (home) Page.
You want to at least add the “Track Manager”.
The four Icons (pages) you will need are “Map”, “Track Manager”, “Where To” & “Trip Computer”
Plus any other frequently used pages, delete the ones you never use to simplify.

Map Page Setup

From the Home Page:

• Touch the “>” Icon on left,
• Touch the “Setup” Icon (Wrench),
• Touch the “Map” Icon (Map),
• Touch “Orientation”, set to “Track Up”, touch “Back” (X)
• Touch “Map Speed”, set to “Fast”, touch “Back” (X)

“Dashboard”, you can set up Data Fields to show on the Map Page but they just reduce the advantage of a big screen.

• Touch “Advanced Setup”,
• Touch “Zoom Ranges”,
• Touch “Auto Zoom”, set to “Off”, touch “Back” (X)
• Touch “Guidance Text”, set to “Never” or “When Navigating”, touch “Back” (X),
• Touch “Detail”, set to “Most”, touch “Back” (X)
• Touch “Shaded Relief”, set to “Do Not Show”, touch “Back” (X)

Track Log Setup

From the Home Page:

• Touch the “>” Icon on left,
• Touch the “Setup” Icon (Tool)
• Touch the “Tracks” Icon (Footprints)
• Set “Record Method” to “Auto”,
• Set “Auto Archive” to “Daily”. This will save your Active Log to Archived folder each day and then it will automatically Clear the Active Log.
• You can retrieve your Active Logs using File Explore (see Managing Tracks) from the Archived folder
• Set “Interval” to “Most Often”,
• Set “Color” to what you prefer for the Active Log Track showing behind you as you ride.
• Setting “Track Log”: On Dual Sport rides especially with Loops, it is very confusing to have your Current Track (Active Log) showing on the map page.
• For Dual Sport rides, set it to “Record, Do Not Show” or “Do Not Record”.
• For normal trail riding, you can set it to “Record, Show on Map” or “Record, Do Not Show”.

Track Manager Page Setup

For the 610 & 680 (not the 600 or 650 -- they are not recommended for this reason)
From the Home Page:

• Touch the “Track Manager” Icon (Foot Prints),
• Touch the “Menu” Icon ,
• Touch “Sort” Set to Alphanumeric.
• If your 610 or 680 does not have the Menu Icon , update your firmware

Trip Computer page setup

• Touch the “Trip Computer” Icon (speedometer),
• Touch the Menu Icon .

You can now make changes in the Data Fields shown. Touch any Data Item and you can replace it with another one from a long list. The most useful ones are “Trip Odo”, “Max Speed”, “Moving Time”, “Moving Ave”, “Speed”, “Time of Day”, & “Odo”. When riding and viewing the Map Page...

• Touch “Back” (X)
• Touch the “Trip Computer” Icon (speedometer). You can now read data like “Time of Day” or “Speed”,
• Touch “Back” (X)
• Touch the Map Icon (Map), continue riding

To reset all the Trip Data (“Trip Odo”, “Max Speed”, “Moving Time”, “Moving Ave”):

• Touch the “Trip Computer” Icon (speedometer),
• Touch the Menu Icon ,
• Touch “Reset” at the top.

This concludes all the Setup steps for a new unit, you are now it is ready to use it.

Garmin Montana 6x0 - Usage Instructions

On my Dual Sport rides, I download a file for each day of the ride to my Archive folder. You must go to the “Archive” folder, select the file for that day's ride, and make it a “Favorite” (move it up to the Track Manager Page).

Make Day to Ride “Favorite”

From the Home Page:

• Touch the “Saved Tracks” Icon (foot Prints),
• Touch “Archived Tracks”,
• Touch the day you want to ride,
• On older units: Touch “Make Favorite”

All the Tracks for that day will now show on the Track Manager page.
On the newer units:

• Touch the day you want to ride,
• Touch the “Star” on the right,
• Set to “Show on Map”

All the Tracks for that day will now show on the Track Manager page.

Turning Tracks On to Show on the Map Page

You must now turn “On” the Tracks instructed per the rider’s instructions or on the Paper Map. Like all the Tracks from the start to Lunch.

Touch the first Track, if it reads “Show on Map”, it means it is currently hidden, touch it and it should change to read “Hide on Map” which means it now shows. On later units I think they have fixed this to the more obvious “On” or “Off” or something.
With that track Open, you can also change it’s Color and you can also Delete or Archive it.
Do this for every Track indicated in the Instructions (usually all before Lunch). At Lunch you must delete or archive all the before Lunch Tracks and turn on all the After Lunch Tracks.

Track Manager – Current Track – Archived Tracks

Track Manager

If you are going on a ride and want to display “Saved Tracks” on the map, you should keep this list limited to just the Tracks you may want to use that day and “Delete” or “Archive” all others. The fastest way to manage your Track Manager and Archived pages it to plug your GPS into PC with USB cable and use “File Explorer” program on your PS to drag or Cut/Paste tracks or files between GPX folder & Favorite folders in your Montana and your Hard Drive.

Current Track

This is a file that is not of much use but you can touch it and then touch “View Map” and see where you have ridden that day. Never use “Save Track”, you have the unit already it set to automatically save it each day.

Following a Track on the Map

On the 78, Tracks appear as a decent wide line but on the Montanas they are much narrower. Many riders have trouble seeing them, especially in the city with a lot of streets. A non-optimal solution is to Navigate the Track you want to ride.

• Touch the “Where To” Icon (Spy Glass),
• Touch the “Tracks” Icon (Footprints),
• Touch the Track you want to follow,
• Touch “Go”.

This turns that Track into a wide Pink line on the Map, then just follow it as you would the real Track. The down side is that in this Navigation mode, the only Track that will show on the map is the one you are Navigating. (They finally fixed that serious flaw on the 7xxs, good reason to upgrade). That is no problem with a single no-options ride but my rides have optional Hard Ways (Red) and/or optional Easy Ways (Dark Magenta) that turn off the main Dark Green Track. You will not be able to see these options if you are Navigating a Main Track.

Garmin Montana 7x0 - Setup Instructions

Home Page – Main Menu

You don’t really have to alter the “Home” page (Little house Icon in left column). Since you will use the “Saved Tracks” the most, I would move it to the top, then “Where To”, then Trip Computer.

Map Page Setup

From the Home Page:

• Touch the “Setup” Icon (Wrench),
• Touch the “Map” Icon (Map),
• Set “Orientation” to “Track Up”, Touch Back
• Set “Dashboard”, you can set up some Data Fields to show on the Map Page but they just reduce the advantage of a big screen.
• Set “Guidance Text” to “Never” or “When Navigating”, Touch Back
• Touch “Advanced Setup”,
• Touch “Detail” set to “Most”, Touch Back
• Set “Shaded Relief”, to “Do Not Show”, Touch Back

Track Log Setup

From the Home Page:

• Touch the “Setup” Icon (Wrench),
• Touch the “Recording” Icon (Foot Print),
• Set “Record Method” to “Auto”,
• Set “Interval” to “Most Often”,
• Set “Activity” to “ATV/Off Road,
• Set “Auto Start” to “On”,
• Touch “Advanced”,
• Set “Auto Save” to Daily,
• Set Output Format to GPX

This will save your Active Log to Archive Folder each day and then Clear the Log.

Track Manager Page Setup

From the Home Page:

• Touch the “Saved Tracks” Icon (foot Prints),
• Touch Menu “=”,
• Touch “Sort”,
• Set to “Alphanumeric”.

This will make ”Useage” below much easier.

Trip Computer page setup

From the Home Page:

• Touch the “Trip Computer” Icon (speedometer),
• Touch Menu “=” Icon,

You can now make several changes in the Data Fields style.
Touch any Data Item and you can replace that one with another from a long list.
The most useful ones are “Trip Odo”, “Max Speed”, “Moving Time”, “Moving Ave”, “Speed”, “Time of Day”, & “Odo”.
When riding on Map Page...

• Touch “X”
• Touch the “Trip Computer” Icon (speedometer),
• You can now read data like “Time of Day” or “Speed”.
• To reset all the Trip Data (“Trip Odo”, “Max Speed”, “Moving Time”, “Moving Avg”)
• Touch the “Trip Computer” Icon (speedometer),
• Touch the Menu “=” Icon, Touch “Reset” at the top.

This concludes all the Setup steps for a new unit, now it is ready to use.

Garmin Montana 7x0 - Usage Instructions

On my Dual Sport rides, I download a file for each day of the ride to my Archive folder. You must go to the “Archive” folder, select the file for that day's ride, and make it a “Favorite” (move it up to the Track Manager Page).

Make Day to Ride “Favorite”

From the Home Page:

• Touch the “Saved Tracks” Icon (foot Prints),
• Touch “Archived Tracks”,
• Touch the day you want to ride,
• Touch the Black “Star”.

This will change the Star to Pink, touch back twice and all the tracks for that day will now show all Tracks for that day on the Track Manager Page.

Turning Tracks On to Show on the Map Page

You must now turn “On” the Tracks instructed per the rider’s instructions or Paper Map.
From the Home Page:

• Touch the “Saved Tracks” Icon (foot Prints),
• Touch the Menu “=”Icon,
• Touch “Show on Map” and it opens a Set Track Parameters Page,
• You can turn On/Off or change Color of every Track on the Track Manager Page.
• When done Touch “Done”.

Editing Track Parameters The Hard Way

From the Home Page:

• Touch the “Saved Tracks” Icon (foot Prints),
• Touch the Track to be edited,
• You can set this Track to be “On” (Show on Map) or “Off” (Not Show on Map).

Color

You can also change the color of the track.

Archiving a Track

There is a gold “Star” on the right side of the Track Name. If you Touch it, this track will be sent back to the “Archived Tracks” Folder. You can go to the “Archived Tracks” Folder and it will be there with a Black Star. Touch the Black Star and it will turn Gold and that Track will be moved back to the “Track Manager” page.

Checking Track Parameters

On the Track Manager Page, all the Tracks that are “On” will have a colored vertical line (Color of Track) just to left of the name, Tracks that are “Off” will have no line.

Following a Track on the Map

On the 78, Tracks appear as a decent wide line but on the Montanas they are much narrower. Many riders have trouble seeing them, especially in the city with a lot of streets. A solution is to Navigate the track you are following.
From the Home Page, Touch the “Where To” Icon (spy glass)

• Touch the “Tracks” Icon (Foot Prints),
• Touch the Track you want to follow
• Touch “Go” and it will turn that Track into a wide Pink line on the Map, then just follow it as you would the real Track

Unlike the 6x0s, you will still see all the other Tracks on the Map page that are turned "On". When you come to a split, and want to take a Hard or Easy way Track, just switch to Navigating that one and when it merges back to the normal way, switch back to navigating that one.
To stop Navigation, Touch the Menu “=” Icon and touch “Stop Navigation”.

Garmin Zumo XT Setup Instructions

Setup

No setup is required on this unit.

Firmware Version

Garmin recently introduced new firmware updates, verify that you have: Software version 6.50 and GPS Firmware version 9.00.37. If not you must update it.

Deficiencies

Even with the latest update, the Zumo has two missing features that in combination make it very user unfriendly. They are lack of access to the Archive Folder from the Track Manager page and the lack of ability to "Sort" Tracks Alphanumerically.

The "Archive" folder is very useful for Multi-Day rides. I normally download a file for each day to be ridden to the “Archive folder” on all other Garmin units. Then the rider goes to that folder and selects the file that he wants to ride and transfers it to the “Track Manager” page (Make Favorite). On the Zumo, I have to put all days in the Track Manager (GPX Folder) page. Because they are only sorted by proximity, Tracks from both days are all intermingled making it VERY difficult to find and turn on the Tracks for only the first day.

Two Work Around Options

The most obvious option is for me is to only download the file for the day you want to ride first. Then at the end of the first day after deleting the first day, you come back and have me download the second day.

The other option is if your Zumo is linked to your smart phone, have me e-mail you both days and then only transfer the first day file to your Zumo, ride it, delete it, and then transfer the second day to your Zumo.

Track Manager

To see the “Track Manager” page, from the home page, touch the “Apps” Icon. Then touch the “Tracks” Icon.

Turning ON/OFF Tracks

Touch the Track to set, then touch the Wrench Icon. Scroll down to “Show on Map” line. If box is checked, that Track is showing. Uncheck to Hide.

Editing Other Track Parameters

Touch the Track to be edited, then touch the wrench Icon. You can see a list of other parameters that can be edited. You can also change the “Track Color” and you can also change the “Line Width”. NOTE, when you change the width of one track, it changes them all to that width. I do not know if that is permanent or has to be repeated every time you import new Saved Tracks.

Current Track Page

This page is not much use but you can touch it and then touch “View Map” and see where you have ridden that day.

Navigating Tracks

Like the Montanas, you can also select a Track and touch “GO”. This will turn that Track into a wide pink line. To get rid of the wide pink line, touch “Stop” Icon on the home page.

Following a Track that won’t show on the Map

If your older Zumo does not have the “Show on Map”/“Hide on Map” option for each Track, your only choice is to Navigate each gas-to-gas Track. Scroll down to the Track you want to follow & touch it, then just Touch “Go” and it will turn that Track into a wide Pink line on the Map, then just follow it as you would the real Track. At the gas station at the end of that track, Go to the next Track, and Touch “Go”. The down side is that in this Navigation mode, only that single Track you are Navigating will show on the Map page. That is no problem with a single no-options ride but my rides typically have optional Hard Ways (Red) and/or optional Easy Ways (Dark Magenta) that turn off the main Dark Green Track. You will not be able to see these options if you are Navigating a Main Track.