To turn Screen Snapshot on or off:
1.Highlight Screen Snapshot on the Accessories main menu.
2.Use the LEFT or RIGHT
To make a screen snapshot (Screen Snapshot must be enabled):
1.Make sure you have installed an
2.From any view you want to capture, press the MARK key. When you start a screen capture, you will see a message that a waypoint has been created at the point where your cursor is on the screen, and the screen will freeze while the snapshot is being saved to the MMC/SD card. A status dialog box will appear that shows the progress of the save as a percentage, and that displays the numbered file name assigned to the .BMP file that is being created.
NOTE: For more information, see Snapshot and Recording View and Snapshot and Recording
NOTE: Navigation is not affected by the Screen Snapshot feature. Also, if Screen Snapshot is enabled but there is no GPS receiver connected, pressing the MARK key will capture the screen image and display an error saying that a GPS position fix is required to create a waypoint.
NOTE: The speed of the capture depends on the type of card you use; in general, SD cards capture the screen faster than MMC cards do.
To view screen snapshots:
1.Make sure that the
2.Press the VIEW key until you see the Snapshot and Recording View.
3.You can scroll through the whole list of captures in this view using the
NOTE: When you highlight a snapshot thumbnail, the amount of room remaining on the SD card will be displayed.
NOTE: The waypoints that are created by a snapshot have the same name as the file and use a custom waypoint icon. Snapshot filenames begin with the letter "S".
NOTE: You may view data files associated with each screen snapshot by removing the MMC/SD card from your unit and installing it in your optional- purchase MMC/SD card reader connected to a PC. Use Windows Explorer to see the contents of your MMC/SD card; you will notice that a .DAT (may show up as
.TXT) file is created for every .BMP screen capture; this data file includes the thumbnail view, and is required in order to be able to view the screen snapshot from your unit, so don’t delete these files.
