Garmin Approach G5 User Manual

®

Approach

owner’s manual

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Getting Started

See the Important Safety and

Product Information guide in

the product box for product
warnings and other important
information.

To turn on the Approach®, press

. To turn off the Approach, press

and hold .

Installing the Batteries

WARNING: Do not use a sharp
object to remove user-replaceable
batteries. Contact your local waste
disposal department to properly
recycle the batteries.

The Approach operates on two AA
batteries (not included). Use alkaline,
NiMH, or lithium batteries.

Use premium batteries for optimal

Play

mode

Find and

preview
courses

Mini-USB connector (under

weather cap)

Approach Quick Start Manual 1

Power

key

Settings
menu

performance and maximum battery
life. The best performance is
provided by lithium batteries and
NiMH rechargeable batteries that are
less than one year old with a capacity
greater than 2500 mAh.

To install the batteries:

1. Lift the latch, and
remove the
battery cover.

LatchLatch

2. Insert the batteries,
observing
polarity.

3. Replace
the battery
cover, and push the latch down.

NOTE: Remove the batteries

when you do not plan to use the
Approach for several months.
When you remove the batteries,
stored data is not lost.

Play

1. From the main menu, touch Play.

2. Select a course from the list.

NOTE: In play mode, your

location on the course is
represented by a golf ball.

Using the Map

The map shows an overview of the
current hole you are playing. The
bottom arrows allow you to preview

distance to the middle of the green,
or use Touch Targeting to measure
the distance to any point on the map.

NOTE: Because pin locations

change, the Approach calculates
the distance to the middle of
the green and not the actual pin
location.

Distance to the

middle of the
green. Touch

to go to Green

Touch to access

the utility menu.

current hole is a

View.

Current hole.

The number of

dots indicates

par. For

example, the

par three.

Touch to view the

holes

upcoming holes. You can view the

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