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Setting up a Proximity Alarm

The Proximity Alarm feature will alert you when you are within proximity to a specific location. For example, if you set a proximity alarm for a waypoint with a radius of two miles, the Astro® dog tracking handheld gives an alert once you are reach two miles from the waypoint.

To setup the Proximity Alarm:

  1. Press the Menu button twice
  2. Select Tools
  3. Select Proximity Alarm
  4. Touch Create Alarm
  5. Select the specific location
  6. Choose Use from the Map page
  7. Insert radius measurement for location the device will alert at

The device will now alert when within range of the location.


Proximity alarms can be set using a variety of distance units in both statute and metric (for example: miles, feet, or kilometers).

To set the Proximity Alarm unit type:

  1. Press Menu twice to access the Main menu
  2. Select Tools
  3. Select Proximity Alarms
  4. Press Menu
  5. Select Change Units
  6. Select desired Unit type

Your device will now allow you to view and set Proximity Alarms in your preferred unit type.