Westernbass Magazine August 2011, Page 18

Westernbass Magazine August 2011, Page 18

Screen Captures and Cursors Are Your Friends

By Jeff Boyer – Sonar GPS Workshops LLC

I

magine idling along and discovering something

on your sonar/gps unit worth saving for later

examination? This is when most savvy anglers

hit the Waypoint button. it’s a wise move. But the really savvy anglers push one additional

button as they continue on. They know Screen

Capture provides the ability to take a “snapshot”

of any screen on the fly, without interrupting

whatever you are doing, without requiring

you to stop the screen or change any

settings. The image is saved and waiting

for you to review later when you’re ready.

Now my money says you’ve never used the

Screen Capture feature on your HdS unit.

let’s change that right now.

The Screen Capture feature is not automatically active when you power up your unit; you have to turn it on. You’ll find it under the System menu. (See image 1.)

lighting the button turns Screen Capture on, and the Power key will now snap and store

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a screenshot of the current screen whenever you push it. (The normal functions of the Power key will be unavailable until you turn off Screen Capture, which is recommended before powering down the unit.) Now, whenever you want to record a location, you still hit the Waypoint key twice. But if you want to record the screen image, hit the Power key once. it’s that easy.

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When you want to view your screen captures, use the Pages key to find Files under the Waypoints, routes, trails heading. The Files view lets you see all the recording files available. (refer to image 2.)

Under My Files, you’ll see Screenshots listed, and there you can open and view any of your saved Screenshots. (See image 3.)

You can also save your screenshots to an Sd card and view them on your computer if you’d like. The pictures you are viewing in this article are all screenshots i saved to disk. it’s a slick way of reviewing and learning more about