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Clearing and Saving My Tracks on the Alpha 200 series
My Track (Light-blue Line on the Map)
In the Track Manager, the My Track interface shows distance and time accumulated along with the recording controls: Resume, Save, and Discard. Other data and functions are separated into different tools and tabs along the top of the My Track interface.
Discarding/Clearing My Track
Use this option to delete the previous track lines from the map
- Go to the Main Menu
- Tap Track Manager
- Tap My Track
- Tap the Track Recording Controls Tab
- Tap Discard
- Tap Clear to finish
- The recording controls should automatically start recording a new activity
Showing or Hiding My Track
Use this option to hide your track from the map. The system will continue to record track points in the background; you will be able to reveal the track line later if needed.
- Go to the Main Menu
- Tap Track Manager
- Tap My Track
- Tap the Info Tab
- On Show on Map: slider up is to show on map, slider down is to hide from map
Saving My Track
Use this option to save your My Track as a separate track file entity in the Track Manager list. Keep in mind, this command will clear all previous active information and start dropping a separate new My Track line.
- Go to the Main Menu
- Tap Track Manager
- Tap My Track
- Tap the Track Recording Controls Tab
- Tap Save
- If desired, tap the Name Field to give the track a different name. By default, it names as year, month, day, and time of save; tap that to edit and give a desired name for the track, tap check mark when done.
- Tap Save icon (bottom right disk icon)
The newly saved track will display in the Track Manager's list of saved tracks. By default, the "Show on Map" feature is set to "Hidden from Map". See the next section for steps to show the saved track on the map.
Showing or Hiding a Saved My Track
Once a track has been saved, it can be set to "show on the map", or be hidden from the map
- Go to the Main Menu
- Tap Track Manager
- Tap the saved track from the list that you want to adjust
- Tap the Info Tab
- On Show on Map: slider up is to show on map, slider down is to hide from map
Deleting a Saved My Track
If you no longer need a particular saved track in the Track Manager's saved list, you can delete it from the system. There is no delete all function to delete the entire saved list, they are deleted one at a time.
- Go to the Main Menu
- Tap Track Manager
- Tap the saved track from the list that you want to delete
- Tap the Info Tab
- Tap the Menu
- Tap Delete
- Confirm Tap Delete
Stop Recording My Track
Use this option if you wish to stop recording your track
- Go to the Main Menu
- Tap Track Manager
- Tap My Track
- Tap the Track Recording Controls Tab
- Tap Stop
- To resume tracking, Tap Resume
By default, the Alpha 200 series will start recording My Track each time the unit is powered on. This Auto Start Recording feature can be disabled. See the next section on how to disable Auto Start Recording
Disabling Auto Start Recording
The Alpha 200 series will automatically start recording tracks each time it is powered on. To disable the Auto Start feature:
- Go to the Main Menu
- Tap Setup
- Tap Tracks
- On Auto Start, tap to turn Off (or back On as desired)
Using Tracback
My Track can be used to get you back where you came from. Within My Track's map view tab is the TracBack function. If you engage TracBack, the system will put a pink navigation line on the map for you to follow.
- Go to the Main Menu
- Tap Track Manager
- Tap My Track
- Tap the Map tab
- Tap TracBack