SkyGolf manual Playing Golf With Your SGX, Acquiring Signals, Selecting a Course to Play

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Note

If you have the Scoring option turned on under “Settings > Scoring”, then when you select “Play Golf” or

“Courses”, the SGX will ask you if you wish to start a new round before the Course Selection screen appears.

Did You Know?

A Demo Course has also been preloaded on the SGX to allow you to view some of the functionality of the SGX through a simulation. If no courses are installed on your SGX, it will open the “Demo Course”. If only

one course is loaded, the SGX will ask if you want to play that course.

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Playing Golf With Your SGX

3.1 Acquiring Signals

While standing outside prior to play, power on the SGX by pressing and holding down the Center Key for 1-2 seconds. After boot-up, the SGX will display the Main Menu. Choose “Play Golf” to begin. The SGX will search for satellite signals, keeping you informed of its status using the progress bar.

Once satellite signals have been acquired, the Satellite Signal Indicator will show the signal strength, represented by a series of bars. The SGX will then automatically advance to the next screen (or you may choose to manually advance to the next screen while the GPS continues to search for signals).

	Main Menu	Satellite Search screen
3.2 Selecting a Course to Play
Once the SGX has acquired satellite signals, the Auto-Course
Select feature will attempt to determine your location and
automatically select the closest installed course. In the event
that you have a Basic Green (Preloaded) map and a Full-
Featured map of the same golf course installed on the SGX,
the SGX will select the Full-Featured course by default.
When a course is displayed on the Course Selection screen,
either select that course to play, or simply scroll to another
course. Courses will be sorted by distance from your current
location. “Preloaded Courses...” will let you search for Basic
Green courses on the SGX. “Nearby Courses...” will tell the
	Course Selection screen	Hole Selection screen
SGX to auto-search for the closest golf courses from your
location and display them.

Once a course has been selected, the SGX will ask you for the hole to start on or you may choose to select the Driving Range. Make the appropriate selection to begin.

3.2.1Manually Selecting a Basic Green Course (Preloaded Course):

1.On the Main Menu, select either “Courses” or “Play Golf”

2.On the Course Selection screen, scroll to the option that says “Preloaded Courses...” then press the Right Key under “OK”.

3.Choose the Region (typically the country) of the golf course’s location by moving the Joystick up/down, then select “OK”.

Note

After the complimentary 30-day Course Preload trial period is over, you will only see courses for the region your Membership plan covers. If you sign up for a SGX Membership before the 30 day trial is over, you will still have access to all of the preloaded courses.

4.Choose the State/Province or other sub-region where the course is located by scrolling up/ down, then select “OK”.

5.Search for the course by name by scrolling through the list of courses shown on the SGX. Once you have discovered the course, press the Right Key under “OK”. The SGX will load that course map so you can play using that information.

Choosing the country of	Choosing the state of	Selecting the course
the Basic Green course	the Basic Green course	name within the state