Garmin DC50 Product Review—July 2013 Buddy + on Garmin’s DC50 collar—the News from the Field is definitely positive! Garmin has just released the DC50 tracking and training collar, the latest in its line of DC collars, and my field tests show that it offers several impressive advantages over its predecessors, the DC30 and DC40 collars. Combined with the Astro 320...
(Make sure that no other collars are within 10 feet of the Astro) From your main menu select Dog List. On your Dog List, select Add Dog. The next screen will ask you if you can touch your dog collar to the Astro 320, select Yes. The next screen will prompt you to touch the collar to the handheld. Go...
Starting at your Map screen on you Astro 320, or Astro 430 press the Menu button and select Setup Dogs. Select “Dog Track Length on Map” and select how long you would like tracks from your T5, or DC50 collar (Or DC40, and DC30) to stay on the screen before they disappear, you can also select off which will keep...
If you would like to confirm that rescue mode is turned on, on your DC50, you would do this through “Identify Dog Unit” Step 1: Go to your Dog list on your Garmin Astro 320 and select the dog you want to check. (Press Enter) Step 2: Select Show Info and Press enter Step 3: Press the menu button Step...
Press the Dog button twice on your Astro 320 to get to Dog List, select the collar you wish to change the rescue mode on. Next select show info and this will bring up the info page. Next hit the Menu button and select Rescue Mode. Select On or Off, you will then get the communicating with dog...
Press the DOG button twice on your Astro 320, Next select the DC50 collar you wish to change the update rate on. Next select Show Info. This will bring up you info page of the collar you have selected. On the 320 Press the menu button and select Comm. Settings. Once Comm. Settings is selected, the device will ask...
Starting at your Map screen on your Astro 320, press the Menu button and select Setup Dogs. Once you select Setup Dogs, you will be able to turn On or Off the Bark Detection Mode on your 320 handheld. When Bark Detection is on, boxes will appear on your Astro 320 with the Barking rate for the DC50 collars...
Customer Issue with the Alpha not turning on: Question: The only thing that happens is the word Garmin comes up in the middle of the Alpha screen and then fades almost completely away and there is a blacker box probably a third of the bottom screen. When you put it on the charger it wont make that sound when you...
You can change the color of the track on the map to match the collar strap. 1. Select Dog List. 2. Select a dog. 3. Select Show Info. 4. Select the colored square next to the dog’s name. 5. Select a color Purchase the Garmin Alpha
Customer Issue with the Alpha not turning on: Question: The only thing that happens is the word Garmin comes up in the middle of the Alpha screen and then fades almost completely away and there is a blacker box probably a third of the bottom screen. When you put it on the charger it wont make that sound when you...