Power/lights on and off, Main menu – Eagle Electronics 642c iGPS User Manual
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4. ARROW KEYS – These keys are used to navigate through menus,
make menu selections and move around the map.
5. ENT/ICONS – The Enter key allows you to save data, accept values
and execute menu commands. It is also used to create event marker
icons.
6. EXIT – The Exit key lets you return to the previous screen, clear
data or close a menu.
7. WPT – The Waypoint key is used to save and recall waypoints,
search for waypoints and access the waypoint list. It also launches
Point-of-Interest (POI) search menus and is involved in some naviga-
tion functions.
8. ZOUT – The Zoom Out key lets you zoom out the screen. On the Map
Page, it lets you see a larger geographic area with less detail.
9. ZIN – The Zoom In key lets you zoom in the screen. On the Map
Page, it lets you see greater detail in a smaller geographic area.
Power/lights on and off
To turn on the unit, press
PWR
. As the unit powers up, the Map Page is
displayed first. To switch to another page, press
PAGES
|
← → to Page
Name|
EXIT
.
To turn on the backlight, press
PWR
again. The unit has three backlight
levels. Repeatedly pressing
PWR
will cycle through the backlight set-
tings and turn off the backlight.
Turn off the unit by pressing and holding the
PWR
key for 3 seconds.
Main Menu
The unit has a Main Menu, which contains some function commands and
some setup option commands. The tutorial lessons in this section will
deal only with functions, the basic commands that make the unit do
something. The GPS will work fine for these lessons right out of the box
with the factory default settings. But, if you want to learn about the
various options, see Sec. 5, System Setup and GPS Setup Options.
You can access the Main Menu from any of the three Page screens by
pressing
MENU
|
MENU
. To clear the menu screen and return to the page
display, press
EXIT
.