System Settings
Select 
to open the apps list. Select Settings > System.
Satellite: Sets the satellite system options (Satellite Settings).
Compass: Customizes the compass settings (Compass Settings).
Altimeter: Customizes the altimeter settings (Altimeter Settings).
Language: Sets the text language on the device.
NOTE: Changing the text language does not change the language of user-entered data or map data, such as street names.
Keyboard: Enables keyboard languages.
Passcode: Sets a four-digit passcode to secure your device (Setting Your Device Passcode).
Expedition Mode: Customizes settings for turning on expedition mode (Turning On Expedition Mode).
Position Format: Sets the geographical position format and datum options (Position Format Settings).
Units: Sets the units of measure used on the device (Changing the Units of Measure).
Time: Adjusts the time settings (Time Settings).
Waypoints: Sets the automatic name type for waypoints, and allows you to enter a custom prefix for automatically named waypoints.
Accessibility: Sets the touchscreen sensitivity and adjusts the size of the text.
RINEX Logging: Enables the device to write Receiver Independent Exchange Format (RINEX) data to a system file. RINEX is a data interchange format for raw satellite navigation system data.
Advanced Settings > USB Mode: Sets the device to use MTP (media transfer protocol) or Garmin mode when connected to a computer.
Advanced Settings > HR Zones: Sets the five heart rate zones and your maximum heart rate for fitness activities.
Reset: Resets user data and settings (Resetting Data and Settings).
About: Displays device information, such as the unit ID, software version, regulatory information, and license agreement (Viewing E-label Regulatory and Compliance Information).
Satellite Settings
Select to open the apps list. Select Settings > System > Satellite.
Auto Select: Enables the device to use SatIQ technology to dynamically select the best multi-band system based on your environment. The Auto Select setting offers the best positioning accuracy while still prioritizing battery life.
All Systems + Multi-Band: Enables multiple satellite systems on multiple frequency bands. Multi-band systems use multiple frequency bands and allow for more consistent track logs, improved positioning, improved multi-path errors, and fewer atmospheric errors when using the device in challenging environments. However, using multiple systems can reduce battery life more quickly than using GPS only.
GPS only: Enables the GPS satellite system.
Demo Mode: Disables satellite systems.
NOTICE
If you enter your passcode incorrectly three times, the device locks temporarily. After five incorrect attempts, the device locks until you reset your passcode in the Garmin Explore app. If you have not paired your device with your phone, the device deletes your data and resets to the factory default settings after five incorrect attempts.
You can set up a device passcode to prevent unauthorized users from using your device.
- Select an option:
- During the initial setup, select Create Passcode when prompted.
- Select to open the apps list, and select Settings > System > Passcode > Set Passcode.
- Enter a four-digit passcode.
- Re-enter the passcode.
By default, you must enter the passcode immediately after you turn on the device or when the screen turns back on. You can set a time interval before a passcode is required using the Require Passcode setting.
Changing Your Device Passcode
NOTICE
You must know your existing device passcode to change it. If you enter your passcode incorrectly three times, the device locks temporarily. After five incorrect attempts, the device locks until you reset your passcode in the Garmin Explore app. If you have not paired your device with your phone, the device deletes your data and resets to the factory default settings after five incorrect attempts.
- Select to open the apps list.
- Select Settings > System > Passcode > Change Passcode.
- Enter your existing four-digit passcode.
- Enter a new four-digit passcode.
- Re-enter the passcode.
You can use expedition mode to prolong the battery life. In expedition mode, the screen shuts off, the device enters low power mode, and the device collects fewer GPS track points. You can change how often GPS track points are recorded.
- Select to open the apps list.
- Select Settings > System > Expedition Mode.
- Select an option:
- To enable the device to prompt you to turn on expedition mode when you turn off the device, select Expedition Mode > Prompted.
- To automatically turn on expedition mode after two minutes of inactivity, select Expedition Mode > Auto.
- To never turn on expedition mode, select Expedition Mode > Never.
- Select Recording Interval.
In expedition mode, the device collects GPS track points at the frequency indicated.
NOTE: Recording track points less frequently maximizes battery life.
In expedition mode, the green LED flashes occasionally.
NOTE: You should not change the position format or the map datum coordinate system unless you are using a map or chart that specifies a different position format.
Select to open the apps list. Select Settings > System > Position Format.
Position Format: Sets the position format in which a location reading appears.
Map Datum: Sets the coordinate system on which the map is structured.
Map Spheroid: Shows the coordinate system the device is using. The default coordinate system is WGS 84.
- Select to open the apps list.
- Select Settings > System > Units.
- Select an option:
- To change the unit of measure for speed and distance, select Speed/Distance.
- To change the unit of measure for vertical speed, select Vertical Speed.
- To change the unit of measure for elevation, select Elevation > Elevation.
- To change the unit of measure for depth to feet, fathoms, or meters, select Elevation > Depth.
- To change the unit of measure for temperature, select Temperature.
- To change the unit of measure for pressure, select Pressure.
- Select a unit of measure.
Select to open the apps list. Select Settings > System > Time.
Time Format: Sets the device to show time in a 12-hour, 24-hour, or military format.
Time Zone: Sets the time zone for the device. The Automatic option sets the time zone automatically based on your GPS position.
Daylight Saving Time: Sets the device to use daylight saving time.
- Select to open the apps list.
- Select Settings > System > Reset.
- Select an option:
- To reset data specific to a trip, such as distance and averages, select Reset Trip Data.
- To delete all saved waypoints, select Delete All Waypoints.
- To clear the data recorded since you started your current activity, select Clear Current Activity.
NOTE: The device continues to record new data for the current activity.
- To reset all device settings to the factory default values, select Reset All Settings.
NOTE: Resetting all settings clears all geocaching activity from your device. It does not remove your saved user data, such as courses and waypoints.
- To remove all saved user data and reset all settings on the device to the factory default values, select Delete All.
NOTE: Deleting all settings removes your activity data, personal GPS data, history, and saved user data, including courses and waypoints.
Restoring Default Page Settings
- Open the page for which you will restore the settings.
- Select
to open the options menu. - Select Restore Defaults.