Eagle 642c df igps User Manual

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Set Language

This unit's menus are available in 10 languages: English, French, Ger-
man, Spanish, Italian, Danish, Swedish, Russian, Dutch and Finnish.

To select a different language:

1. Press 

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↓ to 

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.

2. Press 

↓ to 

|

.

3. Use 

↓ ↑ to select a different language and press 

. Menus now ap-

pear in the language you selected.

Set Local Time

To access the Set Local Time menu, you must first acquire your posi-
tion, then press 

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|

↓ to 

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↓ to 

|

.

To set Local Time: Press 

. Use 

↑ ↓ to change the first character,

then press 

→ to move the cursor to the next character. Repeat until the

time is correct and press 

.

To set the Month: Press 

↓ to 

|

. Use 

↑ ↓ to select the month

and press 

.

To set the Day: Press 

↓ → to 

|

. Press 

↑ ↓ to select the day and

press 

.

To set the Year: Press 

↓ → to 

|

. Press 

↑ ↓ to select the year

and press 

.

To set Time Format: Press 

↓ to 

, highlight an option and

press 

 to turn it on or off.

To set Date Format: Press 

↓

→

to 

, highlight an option

and press 

 to turn it on or off.

The last field in this menu is 

. This feature sets up the unit

to automatically adjust with the time change resulting from Daylight
Saving Time. You may select which set of rules matches DST in your
region or just accept the default. You should only have to configure DST
once.
Once you have each field set the way you want, press 

 repeatedly to

get back to the main page display.

Show WAAS Alarm

When the signal is available, your unit will automatically use WAAS to
boost the accuracy of a position fix. When the WAAS signal is lost or
acquired, a message appears. Since the U.S. government is still devel-
oping the WAAS system, it is not unusual for a GPS/WAAS receiver to