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Taking and Retrieving a Screenshot on an Alpha 10

It is possible for your Alpha® 10 dog tracking handheld to take a screenshot of what is currently displayed on the screen. Similar to smartphone screenshots, this can be helpful for sharing what you saw on a screen with others, or if requested by Product Support for troubleshooting.

In order to activate this feature, you first need to enable Screen Capture. Steps for this and retrieving the screenshots can be found below.

Enabling Screen Capture

  1. Select Setup from the Main Menu
  2. Select System
  3. Select Screen Capture
  4. Toggle On

Once turned on, you can take a screen shot of any screen by pressing in and holding down the select key.

This screen will display when the Screen Capture feature is turned on:

Alpha 10 Screen Shot 

NOTE: The Screen Capture feature will need to be enabled every time the device is powered on and you would like to take take screenshots. 



Retrieving the Screenshots

The screenshots can be viewed and retrieved when the device is connected to the computer.

  1. Connect the device to the computer via the USB cable
  2. Select the Garmin drive
  3. Select the Garmin folder
  4. Select the Scrn folder

All of the screenshots taken on the device will now appear.