SkyGolf SkyCaddie SG3.5 - Manual (Page 7)

SG3.5 User Guide 7
C H A P T E R 2
Playing Golf With Your SkyCaddie
2.1 Acquiring Signals
While standing outside prior to play, power on the SkyCaddie by press-
ing and holding down the Center Soft Key firmly for 1-2 seconds. Select
“Start” by pressing the Left Soft Key. Press the soft key to navigate the
initial start up screens until the Satellite Searching Screen is displayed.
You must power up the SkyCaddie 5-10 minutes prior to play to acquire
GPS satellite signals and reach optimal performance.
While searching for satellite signals, the SkyCaddie displays animated
graphics indicating when satellite signals are received. The SkyCaddie
will display “Searching”, “Acquiring” and “Ready” as it acquires satellite
signals (Fig. 5). Once the appropriate GPS fix is acquired, the SkyCad-
die will automatically advance to the next screen. (You may manually
advance to the next screen while the GPS continues to search for signals
by selecting “OK” or “Demo”).
2.2 Selecting a Course to Play
If your SkyCaddie has obtained a GPS satellite signal fix, the SkyCaddie will attempt to determine your
location and auto-select the closest installed course.
When a course is displayed, press “Select” to play that course or simply scroll to another course (courses
will be sorted by distance from your current location). If no courses are installed on your SkyCaddie,
the SkyCaddie will open the “Demo Course”. If only one course is loaded, the SkyCaddie will ask if you
want to play that course.
Once a course has been selected, the SkyCaddie will ask you for the hole to start on or the Driving Range
(D). Make the appropriate selection to begin.
2.3 Turning the Digital Scorecard On or Off
During start-up, the SkyCaddie will ask if you would like to maintain a Digi-
tal Scorecard of your round. Three options will be presented (Fig. 6):
• New Round: Select if you are starting a new round and wish to
maintain a scorecard for the round.
• Resume Round: Select if you started a scorecard for a round, was
interrupted during that round, and want to get back to the round
where you left off.
• Skip Scoring: Select if you are not interested in using the Digital
Scorecard feature for the round you are playing. (Note: Selecting
“Skip Scoring” effectively turns off the scoring feature, so the fol-
lowing information in this section will not apply.)
Maintaining your score using the Digital Scorecard is a manual process; in other words, you will need to
manually input your scores into the SkyCaddie after playing each hole. The SkyCaddie will not automati-
cally track your scores. See Section 2.5 for more information on the Digital Scorecard.
2.4 Viewing Targets During Play
The SkyCaddie offers several different target view screens giving you options for displaying the key target
information. Choose the target views that best fit your style of play. The next few sections detail the
various views and their function:
Note
You must be outdoors with an
unobstructed view of the sky
for the SkyCaddie to receive
GPS satellite signals.
For optimum performance,
keep your thumb and fingers
on or below the ridges of
the right side of the device,
away from the antenna.
Fig. 5: Searching for
GPS satellites
Fig. 6: Scorecard options