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.
9-1-1 EMERGENCY SERVICES POWERED BY GEOS Search and Rescue
 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.
Visit www.spotwarranty.com.
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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