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Configuring system settings, Changing units of measure – Garmin GPSMAP 2108 User Manual

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GPSMAP

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2008/2108 Owner’s Manual

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Use the Configure screen to configure unit settings.

Configuring System Settings

To change general system settings, from the Home

screen, select

Configure

>

system

.

simulator—turn Simulator Mode on or off and set

Simulator Mode options. (If you set the unit into a

Store Demonstration mode during the initial unit

setup, this setting will be named Demo.)
language—select the on-screen language.
beeper/Display—select

beeper

to set when the unit

makes audible sounds. The three settings are

Off

,

Alarms Only

(default), and

On

(keys and alarms).

Select

Display

to switch between Day or Night modes

and brighten or darken the backlight.
GPs—view GPS satellites, turn WAAS/EGNOS on

or off, and initialize the GPS receiver.
system Information—view system information and

restore factory settings.
Event log—shows a list of system events.

Overlay Numbers—set the styles for Wind and Next

Turn numbers.

Changing Units of Measure

To change units of measure, from the Home screen,

select

Configure

>

units

.

system units—this is a quick global setting that

defines most of the individual units of measure listed

below at once.

statute

(mh, ft, ºF)

,

Metric

(kh, m,

ºC)

, or

Nautical (kt, ft, ºF)

.

Depth—individually set the units of measure for depth

to

Feet (ft)

,

Fathoms (fa)

, or

Meters (m)

.

Temperature—individually set units of measure for

temperature to

Fahrenheit (ºF)

or

Celsius (ºC)

.

NOTE: You must be receiving NMEA Sonar depth

data or using a Garmin sounder module to view

depth and temperature information.

Dist, spd, Elev—individually set the units of measure

for distance, speed, and elevation readings.
heading—set the reference used in calculating

heading information.
Position—change the coordinate system in which a

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