Introducing the next generation of personal
satellite
messaging and emergency communications
providing enhanced GPS performanace in a
smaller and lighter form.
The SPOT Satellite GPS Messenger provides a vital line of communication with friends and
family when you want it, and emergency assistance when you need it. Using 100% satellite technology, SPOT works
virtually anywhere in the world, even where cell phones don’t - all with the push of a button.
Functions:
SOS / 911: Use this
function In the event of a life threatening or other critical emergency to notify emergency services of
your GPS location and that you need assistance. The GEOS International Emergency Response Center alerts
the appropriate agencies worldwide - for example contacting 9-1-1 responders in North America and 1-1-2
responders in Europe.
HOW IT WORKS: Once activated, SPOT will acquire its exact coordinates from
the GPS network, and send that location along with a distress message to the GEOS
International Emergency Response Center every five minutes until cancelled or until the
batteries are depleted. The Emergency Response Center notifies the appropriate emergency
responders based on your GPS location and personal information - which may include local
police, highway patrol, the Coast Guard, our country’s embassy or consulate, or other
emergency search and rescue teams - as well as notifying your emergency contacts about the
receipt of a distress signal.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Even if SPOT cannot acquire its location from the GPS network
it will still attempt to send a distress signal - without exact location - to GEOS, which
will still notify your contacts of the signal and continue to monitor the network for
further messages.
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Help: In the event
of a non-life threatening emergency, you can use this function to notify your personal contacts
that you need assistance. Additional SPOT Assist services can be purchased and programmed to your
Help button as well. When activated with SPOT Assist, the Help button will notify professional
services either on the land or water. SPOT has partnered with national service providers to offer
non-life threatening assistance.
HOW IT WORKS: Once activated, SPOT acquires your location from the GPS network
and routes it along with the HELP message through the SPOT satellite network every five minutes
for one hour or until cancelled. Your contacts will receive an SMS text message including
coordinates, or an email with a link to Google Maps™ showing your location.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Even if SPOT cannot acquire its location from the GPS network it
will still attempt to send a HELP message - without exact location - to your personal
contacts.
Check-in/OK: This
feature allows you to let your friends and family know that all is OK with a pre-programmed
message along with your GPS location. With a push of a button a message is sent via email or SMS
to up to 10 pre-determined contacts and your waypoint is stored in your SPOT account for later
reference. Your stored waypoints can be easily integrated into a SPOT Shared Page or SPOT
Adventure account.
HOW IT WORKS: Once you have activated your SPOT Messenger and set up your
account, you can change your contacts and customize your message at any time. When you push the
Check-in/OK button, you send one pre-programmed message to your contacts. Your contacts will
receive an SMS text message including coordinates, or an email with a link to Google Maps™
showing your location.
Custom Message: This
feature allows you to let your friends and family now receive a custom message along with your GPS
location with a push of a button. Use this feature as a secondary OK message or transfer your personal
help alert to this message function if you are using a SPOT Assist service on your Help button.
The Custom Message functions exactly like your Check-in/OK message
You can also have access to your waypoints in your SPOT account so you can review your route at a
later date. Or link your SPOT account to SPOT Adventures and save a map of your adventures using
your SPOT waypoints, and enhance the story with photos and a blog.
HOW IT WORKS: Once you have activated your SPOT Messenger and set up your account,
you can change your contacts and customize your message at any time. When you push the Check-in/OK
button, you send one pre-programmed message to your contacts. Your contacts will receive an SMS
text message including coordinates, or an email with a link to Google Maps™ showing your
location.
Track Progress: This
feature allows you to send and save your location and allow contacts to track your progress in near
real time using Google Maps. With your SPOT account you have the ability to set up a SPOT Shared Page
which allows you to show your SPOT GPS locations to others on a Google Map.
HOW IT WORKS: Once activated, SPOT acquires and sends your GPS coordinates to
your SPOT account automatically every 10 minutes for 24 hours or until canceled. SPOT tracking
must be reengaged to continue. Creating a SPOT Shared Page allows you to share your GPS route
with your friends and family easily in near real time on the web through a personal link. You
can make your Shared Page private or public. Your choice! Just share that url with your friends
and family and they can easily track your adventures. You can also link your SPOT Messenger to
SPOT Adventures, a social portal, where you can set up a profile and blog with others sharing
their SPOT adventures.
Power: To turn SPOT on simply press and hold the ON/OFF button
until the button blinks green. SPOT performs a self-diagnostic test. When power is ON, the button will
blink green every 3 seconds. This is helpful for making SPOT more visible in the dark. To turn SPOT
off, press and hold the ON/OFF button until the light stops blinking.
Self Test: SPOT performs a self-test when you initially
turn on your SPOT. If all visible lights flash red, the SPOT self-test has found a failure, and SPOT
will not send a message. If the On/Off light, GPS light and Message Sending light all blink red, SPOT
has a GPS failure, but SPOT may still be able to transmit an SOS or HELP message without your GPS
location.
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SPOT Message Schedule: SPOT is designed to provide outstanding
quality and reliability. With a perfect view of the entire sky, the SPOT Messenger is designed to
transmit virtually every message. In everyday conditions, the view of the sky is often blocked due to
hills, buildings, or other obstructions so it is normal for some messages to be blocked. That is why
the SPOT Messenger automatically sends multiple messages in every mode, giving you excellent overall
reliability. In some modes this means multiple attempts to send the same message, while in other modes
it means regularly updating GPS coordinates and sending a new message. Placement of your SPOT unit can
make a difference. Experiment with placement until you are familiar with the reliability of your
operating environment.
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SOS / 911: Use this
function In the event of a life threatening or other critical emergency to notify emergency services of
your GPS location and that you need assistance. The GEOS International Emergency Response Center alerts
the appropriate agencies worldwide - for example contacting 9-1-1 responders in North America and 1-1-2
responders in Europe.
Help: In the event
of a non-life threatening emergency, you can use this function to notify your personal contacts
that you need assistance. Additional SPOT Assist services can be purchased and programmed to your
Help button as well. When activated with SPOT Assist, the Help button will notify professional
services either on the land or water. SPOT has partnered with national service providers to offer
non-life threatening assistance.
Check-in/OK: This
feature allows you to let your friends and family know that all is OK with a pre-programmed
message along with your GPS location. With a push of a button a message is sent via email or SMS
to up to 10 pre-determined contacts and your waypoint is stored in your SPOT account for later
reference. Your stored waypoints can be easily integrated into a SPOT Shared Page or SPOT
Adventure account.
Custom Message: This
feature allows you to let your friends and family now receive a custom message along with your GPS
location with a push of a button. Use this feature as a secondary OK message or transfer your personal
help alert to this message function if you are using a SPOT Assist service on your Help button.
Track Progress: This
feature allows you to send and save your location and allow contacts to track your progress in near
real time using Google Maps. With your SPOT account you have the ability to set up a SPOT Shared Page
which allows you to show your SPOT GPS locations to others on a Google Map.
