SkyGolf SG5 User Manual

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SkyCaddie
®
: #1 Rangefinder in Golf
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1.6  Benefits of SkyPlayer Club Membership
During registration of your SkyCaddie, you’ll be given the option to select an annual membership plan 
designed to fit how many courses you play. You can significantly increase the value of your SkyCaddie 
with these member benefits for a small yearly fee:
•  Online Course Storage.
 CaddieSync™ provides safe storage and easy access to courses obtained 
through our website. Your courses are managed and stored on our servers as Favorites, so you do 
not have to maintain files on your computer. Additionally, you can use any compatible computer in 
the world to access your Favorites.
•  Easy Website Access.
 The Sync process within CaddieSync links your SkyCaddie to our website 
so that you can easily add courses to your SkyCaddie or update your software as new updates are 
available. This was formerly called “DirectConnect”
•  SkyCourses
®
SkyCourses are golf courses that have been mapped for use with the SkyCaddie and 
contain unique information on each course layout. Each membership plan provides different levels 
of SkyCourse access and storage in CaddieSync. Thousands of published SkyCourses are available 
online, and  we  keep  the  SkyCourses  up-to-date  for  you. Our  SkyCourse  library  is  growing daily. 
SkyCourses are either Published or Unpublished:
•  Published SkyCourses are golf courses that can be accessed with purchase of a Membership 
Plan. The quality of each published SkyCourse is rated on our website as follows:
–  Four Star: recorded by one of our SkyGolf GPS professionals; contains information on up to 
40 targets per hole plus an IntelliGreen.
–  Three Star: professionally recorded prior to implementation of the IntelliGreen feature; does 
not include IntelliGreen graphics.
–  Two Star/One Star: recorded by other members of the SkyCaddie community that have chosen 
to share their personal courses.
•  Unpublished  SkyCourses  are  golf  courses  created  by  you  using  your  SkyCaddie.  These  are 
courses that only you can access and play with; they are not viewable by any other SkyCaddie 
users unless you choose to submit your Unpublished SkyCourses to SkyGolf. Our database is 
growing daily through the efforts of SkyGolf professionals and SkyCaddie members. 
•  Share Courses with Other Users.
Members can submit courses they have created with the SkyCaddie 
to us to share with other members. The more members share, the more courses everyone will have 
access to.
•  IntelliGreen
®
IntelliGreen graphics are part of our exclusive, professional 4-star SkyCourses. They 
provide an eagle’s eye view of the green, with an indicator representing a direct line-of-play from 
wherever you are on the course.
•  Theft Deterrent.
 Registering the SkyCaddie’s Electronic Serial Number (ESN) deters theft by protecting 
your investment from unauthorized use. If your SkyCaddie is lost or stolen, contact SkyGolf so that 
we can flag your ESN as “lost” or “stolen” to prevent unauthorized use.
•  “Owned By” Screen.
 This screen allows SkyCaddie personalization.
•  Online Support, Software Updates, and Upgrades.
 SkyCaddie software is automatically checked for 
upgrades and updated when you do a Sync (formerly “DirectConnect”). 
1.7  Downloading Courses to Your SkyCaddie
As defined above, SkyCourses are golf courses that have been recorded for use with the SkyCaddie and 
contain unique information on each course layout. Thousands of published SkyCourses are available online at 
the SkyGolf website for you to download to your SkyCaddie. Once you have installed CaddieSync and selected 
a Membership Plan, you will have access to our rapidly growing database of professionally mapped courses.
To search and download courses to your SkyCaddie, connect your SkyCaddie to your computer using the 
supplied cable, then launch CaddieSync. When the welcome page comes up, turn on your SkyCaddie and click 
on the “Sync” button on CaddieSync to log in. Click on “Courses” in CaddieSync to search for SkyCourses.
Note
Membership is not required to 
obtain GPS signals or to record 
or play personal courses on your 
SkyCaddie. See Appendix B for 
a comparison of features on the 
SkyCaddie with those additionally 
available with an annual 
Membership Plan. 
Note 
You can browse the SkyCourse 
library anytime through the public 
area of www.skygolf.com. However, 
in order to obtain the courses for 
use with your SkyCaddie, you MUST 
have a Membership Plan and use 
CaddieSync.