Author Topic: Line on screen (Read 736 times)

daddywpb · « **on:** January 03, 2005, 04:01:09 PM »

On my Legend, on a "GOTO", there is a line on the screen that shows a direct, straight line from where you are to your destination. I thought I remembered reading about it, but now I can't seem to find anything in the manual. Anyone know how to turn it off?

victorcharlie · « **Reply #1 on:** January 04, 2005, 02:22:20 PM »

I didn't know that you could turn it off......I'll check my book when I get a chance........May I ask, why do you want to turn it off?

daddywpb · « **Reply #2 on:** January 07, 2005, 03:19:31 PM »

I don't need it and it just clutters up the screen. I'm going to check the book again also.

Siskiyou · « **Reply #3 on:** January 07, 2005, 08:30:12 PM »

daddywpb: I just did a little check on my Legend. When I first started the unit there was no line on the screen. I then selected a waypoint to Navigate to. As soon as I hit the Goto button the line appeared on the Map Page.

To get rid of the Navigation line you need to select the left box at the top of the Map Page. You will get a drop down box with options. Then select Stop Navigation. The line will disappear.

You can do the same thing on the Navigation Page. You will lose your Bearing Pointer but the line will disappear on the Map page. You then might want to select the Course Pointer option.

daddywpb · « **Reply #4 on:** January 07, 2005, 10:50:27 PM »

Thanks for the info. What I really need to do is stop being so lazy, and read the stupid book. It's been crazy around here. I went out to a little ladder stand I had set up in a local WMA last weekend. I hadn't been to that location since the hurricanes went through here. The trail that leads to the stand had big, and I mean big, pine trees down across it. It was hard to get by. I figured the stand was a goner, but I was going to get the wreckage out of there. When I finally got through, there it was, amidst the carnage of snapped off trees, standing defiantly on it's little (too small) tree. I couldn't believe it. Nature sure is hard to figure out.

Siskiyou · « **Reply #5 on:** January 10, 2005, 04:08:50 PM »

daddywpb: Nothing like a little bit of blow-down to make hunting interesting. Gives the snakes a place to hide just behind a log, or a place for a deer to bed down with some neat escape routes.

Regarding manuals. I found the Manual for the 76C easier to understand then the one for my Legend. Or did I learn to "think Garmin" while learning to operate the Legend. The transition has been easy, but I believe the 76C manual is more understandable.

The best learning process is taking the Legend on a daily walk. I have walked the same routes a thousand times. But I use the walk to also learn more about my gps. Sometimes when I get home I will download the tracks and waypoints to my pc. Or I maybe playing with the gps while watching TV in the evening. I want to be proficient with the gps so that the process is automatic in an emergency or when hunting. The same as a LEO or Fireman trains to react in an emergency.

daddywpb · « **Reply #6 on:** January 10, 2005, 10:36:33 PM »

I was hunting by myself about two weeks before the season ended here. As usual, I stayed in my tree stand untill dark. Got down (carefully) and started back to the truck. I had only carried a few things with me and even left my fanny pack in the truck because I hadn't planned to stay on stand that long. A couple hogs had come out in the field I was watching, and I lost track of time. Anywho, I had only got about 50 yards when my Surefire light started to go dim, and another 25 yards later, it was out. My spare batteries were in the fanny pack (yes I know, very stupid), and the spare LED light I usually have in my pocket was in my backpack, also in the truck. Ended up walking 1.7 miles back to the truck by the lighted screen of my Legend. I wasn't worried, just mad at myself for being so stupid and banging my head on tree limbs all the way. It took a little over an hour, and I walked directly to the back of the truck using the Tracback. Learned three valuable lessons -

1. CARRY EXTRA BATTERIES...
2. When lithium batteries go out, they go out fast. You don't get much
of a warning.
3. Don't forget to put spare light in your pocket.
4. Bring padded hat to walk in the woods in the dark - ouch!

My cell phone doesn't usually work out there, but most of the time I can send text messages, so I was able to let my wife know what was going on. She WAS concerned and let me know about it when I got home. :cry: Like I said before, I hate it when she's right.

Siskiyou · « **Reply #7 on:** January 11, 2005, 03:58:29 PM »

Flashlights! A very important tool for the safety conscious outdoorsman. I carry both a 2-cell AA headlamp and 2-cell AA flashlight in my day pack. I also have a grab and run fanny pack. The fanny pack has a 2-cell AA flashlight in it. I make a point of stating a 2 cell light because the California Fish and Game Code makes a criminal out of you if you carry a light with four 1.5 volt batteries in it. I understand the concern in regards to spotlighting, I think they cut the safety margin to thin. In the last 30-40 years I have worked a lot of mountain rescues. A 4-cell headlamp was my light of choice.(6v)

I have the habit of getting away from the road to watch game trails until the end of shooting hours. This means walking back in the dark.

I prefer to use a headlamp because it frees up a hand to push aside limbs, and it stays with you when you take a fall.

Glad your gps did the job for you.