Garmin Alpha 300/300i 200/200i Product Support Page

When hunting with a group or in a club, you may find yourself in a massive group of other hunters' dogs hunting a smaller area. Many Garmin devices operating in a single location can cause interference and inhibit optimum tracking if not addressed. If you listen to our podcast, you may have heard Buddy and Jason discussing this in one...

Garmin is known worldwide as a leader in making durable, reliable electronics for sportsmen. Dealing in Golf, Aviation, and Marine devices as well as outdoor gear, Garmin knows their users normally treat their toys with delicate care. But as anyone in their Dog Tracking division will tell you, no customers are tougher on equipment than your dogs. Even the houndsman...

Apart from adding custom-made waypoint symbols to your Alpha unit, you can also create your own. This is useful if you wish to mark a specific location with an easily recognizable symbol. If you have buddies with "distinctive" features you can make flattering caricatures of them. Try it! After downloading some custom waypoints for your device, you can get to...

At a price of only $29.99, the Garmin tempe ™ temperature sensor can be as indispensable to a houndsman as it is inexpensive. This handy tool can be clipped to a backpack, jacket, or boot to transmit ambient temperature data of the surrounding area, or paired with a truck handheld to monitor the temperature in a dog box. This is...

Your Garmin Alpha 100 and Alpha 200i will automatically keep a stored log of all recorded tracks. While pressing the "Start New Hunt" option on your main menu will wipe all previous tracks from your map screen and begin anew, they are not deleted entirely. Previous hunts are stored in the Alpha's internal memory for future reference until a user...

Garmin's Instinct watch series allows users the ability to track up to three dogs simultaneously via wireless connection broadcasted directly from your handheld Alpha/Astro unit. While the Fenix series has this feature as well, the Instinct provides houndsmen with the features they need conveniently at-a-glance, with a price point that won't break the bank. Users can now stow the handheld...

The Garmin Alpha 200i has the handy ability to capture a digital photo of your current screen and save it directly to a folder on your device for later reference. From your "Setup" menu, select "Display".Toggle Screen Capture “On”. It is important to note that you will have to select this setting every time the unit is powered on in...

Some hunters find use from adding custom, user-made waypoint symbols to their Garmin Alpha 100 or 200i. This can be done in both your handheld, and in BaseCamp by downloading custom waypoints from Garmin's user forums. In this article, we will be adding custom waypoints to a Garmin Alpha 200i unit. NOTE: This is recommended for more advanced users. Deleting...

Install Software Updates via Wi-Fi or With Garmin Express Before the first use of the system (and periodically after), it is very important to install the newest possible software updates. You can update with Garmin Express, or you can enable Wifi to allow for automatic software updates that download when within Wi-Fi range. Connecting to a Wireless Network for Wi-Fi...

Can Garmin improve Battery life in the Alpha 200i? As with anything it is possible to put a larger battery in the device. Just think about carrying around a truck battery with you in the woods, heck you might get your alpha to last a month or two with the right one. One of the first questions asked in a...