Golf Plus Caddy Lite User Manual - page 5
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Caddy Lite User Guide - Version 1.0 2007
Getting The Best Out
Of Your Caddy Lite
The reliability of the accuracy of any GPS
receiver is a constant variable. As a generalisation
your Caddy Lite should be accurate to within
+/- 2.5 yards.
At times it will be scarily accurate, at other
times, even at the exact same location, at
different times of the day or on different days
it will produce variable results, due to the
following potential circumstances.
Not locked-on:
All GPS receivers require a
‘lock-on’ period immediately after being
switched on.
Not warmed up:
All GPS receivers
require a period of up to 12.5 minutes of
continuous satellite reception to provide
optimum accuracy (see the POWER UP section
of this guide).
Signal Interruption:
• If you slice or hook into heavy undergrowth
with a solid covering of heavy or damp trees,
you may temporarily lose satellite reception.
• If your Caddy Lite is placed in the pocket of
the golf bag it may, due to the metal content
of your clubs, lose sight of the satellites.
• If your Caddy Lite is used inside a buggy or
fixed to the base of your bag it may be
adversely effected. Endeavour to locate your
Caddy Lite on the highest possible point
on your bag.
• Even the presence of humans can interrupt a
signal, if your Caddy Lite has a crowd of
people around it, signal strength and satellite
visibility may be reduced.
Insufficient Satellites:
Similar to a
mobile phone, very infrequently, even with a
clear view of the sky, your Caddy Lite will not
be able to receive a sufficiently strong signal to
provide an accurate reading although this is
very unusual in open spaces.
Apparent Inaccuracies:
There are a
number of circumstances where your Caddy
Lite may appear inaccurate, when it is actually
performing within expectations.
Dog legs:
Your Caddy Lite will always
provide a straight line measurement to its pre-
identified target (waypoint) and on the tee of a
dog leg hole or even a hole which is not dead
straight your Caddy Lite, when measuring to
the front of the green, will NOT agree with the
yardage information provided on the tee box
marker or the yardage book.
Uphill & Downhill:
Your Caddy Lite will
always measure as if it was looking at a
completely flat surface and will appear to
contradict measurements which have been
measured over the ground’s surface.
Distance Markers:
It is not unusual for
fairway yardage markers to be inaccurate. They
may have been moved or the original method in
which the markers were measured may have
been inaccurate. Certainly, this is true when
fairway distance markers are aligned in a
horizontal manner, i.e. if a central fairway
marker is measuring 150 yards and both the
side of the fairway posts are exactly horizontal,
then one or two of these distance
guides must be wrong.
Your Caddy Lite will
always measure in a
straight line to its target.
GPS
Reading
330
Yards
Hole
454
Yards