Garmin eTrex 20 User manual

Getting started with an eTrex 20 29/12/2015
When you first switch on your eTrex you’ll get the Main menu screen appearing after a short time.
From here you can move around the screen using the thumbstick (also called the joystick or toggle)
Toggling - moving the thumbstic up or down or left or right - will highlight a different submenu . Initially
the one in the top left-hand corner is highlighted – in this case Ma
Clicking – pressing the thumbstic down gently – will bring up the submenu.
Pressing the menu button will bring up a list of options for the menu visible on the screen.
The zoom in/out buttons are only used to alter the image size when a map is shown
Since it is often easiest to navigate around by first returning to the main menu it is important to now that:
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back button
on/off + light button
thumbstick or joystick or toggle
zoom out button
zoom in button
menu button
if at any stage you are in a submenu and wish to return to the Main menu just
press the menu button twice [occasionally you may need to press the back button
first]

The main menu has 25 submenus of which only 6 can be seen on the
screen at any one time.
These submenus “wrap around” so that from Ma to Adventures you
can toogle down 12 times or, more simply, up once
Many of these submenus are not of immediate interest to a hill wal er
and can be removed from the main menu – they can be restored very
quic ly should they become of interest.
Example:
If the main menu is reduced to the 9 submenus above
and arranged as shown then, whenever you return to
the main menu, Ma is highlighted and the three most
commonly used submenus can be selected very quic ly.
toggle u to reach Setu
toggle right to reach Track Manager
toggle down to reach Tri Com uter
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Customising the main menu - rearranging and shortening
Press the menu button once to bring up the Change Item Order
option.
Click – by pressing the thumbstic down gently – to select this
option.
You can see that the submenus are in the default order of
Ma – Where To? – Com ass – Mark Way oint
– Tri Com uter – Setu …………
We want to find Track Manager and move it so that it comes
after Ma
Use the thumbstic to toggle down to Track Manager
Click to select Track Manager.
Click to select Move.
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This will bring you bac to the previous screen but this time, by toggling up,
you can move Track Manager up until it comes just
after Ma .
Click to accept this position.
Now toggle down to Tri Com uter, click and select Move and
toggle up to move Tri Com uter up until it comes just after
Track Manager.
Repeat this process to get the first 9 submenus in order to
be
Ma – Track Manager – Tri Com uter – Mark Way oint
– Where To? – Com ass – Active Route – Way oint Mgr.
– Setu
Now to remove [ temporarily – they can be restored at any time ]
the remaining 16 submenus.
Toggle down to below Setu to Geocaches, clic and this time
select Remove
Clic and Geocaches is gone.
Now remove all the other submenus in the same way.
Note that when you have done this you will find a submenu
Add Page at the bottom. Clic ing on this allows you to restore
any submenu.
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Setting u your eTrex for hiking
Toggle to the Setu menu [toggle up if you have customised the
main menu as described above] and clic .
This instruction and future instructions will be shortened to
Main menu > Setu
The Setu submenu has itself a further 16 submenus. It is not
possible to customise it.
Of these Tracks and Reset are used before and after every hi e
and Ma is used from time to time.
Others need only be chec ed, changed from the default values where
necessary and then left alone.
Main menu > Setu > System
WAAS/EGNOS should be set to On
Set Battery Ty e to the batteries you are using
USB Mode should be set to Mass Storage.
This ensures that the eTrex behaves li e a USB memory
stic when plugged into a computer.
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Main menu > Setu > Tracks
The default Track Log is Record, Show On Ma .
Clic on this and change it to Do Not Record
Only set this bac to recording when you really mean to record
i.e. just before you ta e your first step of a hi e.
At the end of a hi e always change it bac to Do Not Record
Main menu > Setu > Units
The default units are metric [unless you bought your eTrex
in the USA]
Main menu > Setu > Time
Time Format can be changed to 12-Hour am/pm
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Main menu > Setu > Position Format
The default is latitude/longitude given in degrees/minutes/decimals of
minutes
Change this to the usual Irish Grid
Main menu > Setu > Heading
The default heading/bearing is Directional Letters
i.e. N, NE, SW etc.
Change this to Numeric Degrees
During a hi e your present position will be shown on the map
screen as a blue triangle.
The white arrow/cursor can be moved by toggling.
As this is done the distance and bearing from the
triangle to the arrow is shown at the top of the screen.
Customising the Tri Com uter
By default the Tri Com uter displays a lot of information in rather small
lettering.
The fields can be reduced to just three in a larger size as follows.
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With the Trip Computer selected press on the menu button to get the options.
Clic on Big Numbers then press on the menu button again and clic on Change Data Fields
Toggle down to Location (Selected), which will give you the Irish grid coordinates, and clic
Now toggle down to the second field, Moving Time, and clic to change that, in the same way, to Elevation.
Press the back button to accept these changes.
Press on the menu button again and clic on Change Dashboard > Large Data Field
Press the back button to get a screen showing Battery condition, Time, Satellites, Distance, Location and
Elevation.
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NOTE: If at any stage you wish to start all over again you can reset all these changes to the factory
defaults by going to
Main menu > Setu > Reset > Reset All Settings [you will be as ed if you’re sure ?]