Garmin GPSMAP 296 User Manual

The Main Menu features some additional pages that are useful to 

you as you plan trips and use your GPSMAP 296. Some of these 

pages have already been discussed in-depth in previous sections. 
The following tabs in the Main Menu allow you to restore their 

default: Track, E6B, Alarms, Display, Sound, and Setup.

1.  Press 

MENU twice to open the Main Menu. 

2.  Use the 

ROCKER to highlight a tab.

3.  Press 

MENU to open the options menu. 

4.  Highlight 

Restore Default.

5.  Press 

ENTER to restore the tab to the defaults. 

To restore all of unit’s settings to the factory defaults at once, select 

All Unit Defaults from the options menu of the Setup tab. 

The GPS tab provides a visual reference of satellite acquisition, 

receiver status, and accuracy. The sky view and signal strength bars 

give an indication of what satellites are visible to the receiver and 

whether they are being tracked. More information on the GPS tab is 

located on 

page 4

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