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Critical Alert on the inReach Mini Series and SE+/Explorer+

The inReach® Mini series, inReach SE®+, and inReach Explorer®+ handhelds have a Critical Alert setting that will alert you with a tone when any of the following occurs.

Critical Alerts That can Appear on the inReach Mini Series, inReach SE+, and inReach Explorer+ Handhelds

Low Battery

  • 25%: battery level: To conserve battery, it is suggested to stop both tracking and casual messaging
  • 10% battery level: Warns to charge the device, just in case a SOS is needed
  • 5% battery level: Final warning to charge the device, or it will shut down soon
  • Critically low: Battery is depleted and device shuts down immediately after the message displays

Device Minimum or Maximum Operating Temperature

  • High or Low Temperature: Battery life is being affected and the device should be powered off
  • Really Low: Device will shut down if it gets colder
  • Critically Low: Device is too cold and shuts down immediately after the message displays

Approaching Destination

  • When nearing a destination during navigation, either a waypoint or the last point of a route

SOS Countdown

  • Countdown is for 30 seconds, and the tone sounds once per second

Update Received - Professional Account Holders Only

  • Over-the-air profile update was received, and the device will reboot to apply it

Example of a Low Battery Critical Alert on the inReach Mini Handheld

In the event that a Critical Alert occurs, the tone sounds and a detailed alert message appears briefly on the screen (about 4-5 seconds).Image of inReach Mini Critical Alert Full Message
Once the message disappears, an icon with an exclamation point and a down arrow displays in the bottom left corner.Image of inReach Mini Critical Alert Arrow Icon
When Image of inReac Mini Down Button is pressed, the Alerts widget appears with a summary of the alert.Image of inReach Mini Alert Widget
If the OK button is pressed, the full alert message appears again.Image of inReach Mini Critical Alert Full Message Later


Changing the Critical Alert Tone


inReach Mini Series Handheld

  1. Press OK from the home page (page with status bar showing time/battery info).
  2. Select Setup or Settings.
  3. Select Sounds.
  4. Select Critical Alert.
  5. Select the desired tone.

The tone is now changed to the selected tone.


inReach SE+ and inReach Explorer+ Handhelds

  1. Select Settings from the home page.1
  2. Select Sounds.
  3. Select Critical Alert.
  4. Select the desired tone.

The tone is now changed to the selected tone.

1 If the home screen is more than one page, use the directional pad to move between screens.