Delorme pn-60 Manuel D’Utilisation

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Using the SPOT Communicator

Communicator or by the paired PN-60w.

Note  The SOS button should be used only for life-

threatening or other critical situations.

The SPOT Communicator uses lights to tell you 

what it’s doing. Every time you turn the SPOT 

Communicator on, it performs an automatic self-test. 

Important! If the SPOT Communicator’s self test fails, 

the Power, GPS, and Message Sending lights 

simultaneously blink red.

The Power light blinks and changes color to indicate 

various states:

 Green–The SPOT Communicator is on and it passed 

the self test. 

 Red–The batteries have less than 100 

transmissions remaining.

The Wireless Connection light blinks blue when a 

wireless connection is established between the PN-60w 

and the SPOT Communicator. The blue light goes off if 

the SPOT Communicator has not heard from the PN-60w 

in 30 seconds. The Wireless Connection light blinks 

rapidly when the PN-60w and SPOT Communicator 

are being paired.

 Green–The SPOT Communicator is operating in 

independent mode (not connected to the PN-60w), 

and is in view of three or more GPS satellites. 

 Red–The SPOT Communicator is in independent 

mode and is unable to see three or more GPS 

satellites.

 Green/Red–When operating in dependent mode 

(connected to the PN-60w), the GPS light blinks 

green or red (depending on the GPS acquisition) for 

15 seconds when the SPOT Communicator transitions 

from GPS acquisition to message transmission.

Note  The GPS light blinks green or red (depending 

on the GPS acquisition) simultaneously with the 

Message Sending light for 15 seconds when the 

SPOT Communicator starts sending a SPOT message.

 Green–Any SPOT message is being sent.

 Red–A casual message was not sent. The casual 

message type includes Check-in/OK, Reference Point, 

Track Progress, and Geocache messages. For more 

information, see page 14.