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Maximizing battery life, About the batteries – Garmin GPSMAP 78sc User Manual

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GPSMAP 78 Series Owner’s Manual

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Customizing Your Device

Altimeter

Accuracy: ± 10 ft.

(± 3 m)*

Resolution: 1 ft. (.3 m)

Range: from -2,000 ft.

to 30,000 ft.

(from -610 to 9144 m)

*Subject to proper user

calibration.

Compass

Accuracy: ± 2 degrees

(± 5 degrees in extreme

Northern and Southern

latitudes)

*Resolution: 1 degree

*Subject to proper user

calibration.

Maximizing Battery Life

Using the Battery Save Option

Use the battery save option to save

battery power and prolong battery life.

From the main menu, select Setup >

Display > Battery Save > On.

Decreasing the Backlight

Extensive use of screen backlighting

can significantly reduce battery life.

You can adjust the backlight brightness

and decrease the backlight timeout to

maximize battery power.

1

Quickly press to open the

backlight status page.

2

Use the rocker to adjust the

brightness.

adjusting the Backlight Timeout

From the main menu, select Setup >

Display > Backlight Timeout.

about the Batteries

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See the Important Safety and Product

Information guide in the product box for

product warnings and other important

information.
The temperature rating for the device

may exceed the usable range of some

batteries. Alkaline batteries can rupture

at high temperatures. Alkaline batteries

lose a significant amount of their capacity

as temperature decreases. Use lithium