SkyCaddie® SG5 User Guide
SkyCaddie®: #1 Rangefinder in Golf Table of Contents IMPORTANT! Please register your SkyCaddie at www.skygolf.com using CaddieSync™ within 30 days of purchase to activate your Consumer Limited Warranty. Chapter 1: Getting Started............................................................................................................... 3 1.1 SkyCaddie Overview................................................................................................................. 3 1.1.1 Button Layout......
SG5 User Guide CHAPTER 1 Getting Started 1.1 SkyCaddie Overview 1.1.
SkyCaddie®: #1 Rangefinder in Golf 1.1.4 On-Screen Indicators Fig. 2: On-screen indicators • Distance: Displays the selected unit for distance as either “Yd” = Yards, “M” = Meters, “mi” = Miles, or “K” = Kilometers. • Battery Level: Displays remaining battery level. • Digital Clock (New v.3 Feature!): Displays the current time. • Satellite Signal Level: Shows real-time GPS satellite signal strength.
SG5 User Guide 1.4 Downloading and Installing the Desktop Software IMPORTANT! If your computer is protected by a firewall, it may need to be set up to allow our SkyCaddie software programs to access the web. If your firewall software displays any warning messages during the activation process, simply indicate that you wish to allow access.
SkyCaddie®: #1 Rangefinder in Golf 1.6 Benefits of SkyPlayer Club Membership During registration of your SkyCaddie, you’ll be given the option to select an annual membership plan designed to fit how many courses you play. You can significantly increase the value of your SkyCaddie with these member benefits for a small yearly fee: Note Membership is not required to obtain GPS signals or to record or play personal courses on your SkyCaddie.
SG5 User Guide chapter 2 Playing Golf With Your SkyCaddie 2.1 Acquiring Signals Note You must be outdoors with an unobstructed view of the sky for the SkyCaddie to receive GPS satellite signals. While standing outside prior to play, power on the SkyCaddie. Select “Start” by pressing the Left Soft Key. Press the soft key to navigate the initial start up screens until the Satellite Searching Screen is displayed.
SkyCaddie®: #1 Rangefinder in Golf 2.4.1 IntelliGreen® An IntelliGreen is a graphic of the shape of the green (Fig. 9). In IntelliGreen view, the green will have an arrow drawn through it representing a direct line-of-play from where you are on the course. The view of the IntelliGreen will rotate on the screen to show the green from the direction of your approach (i.e. the closest part of the green will always display at the bottom).
SG5 User Guide Fig. 13: Big Number View • Fig. 14: Center-Only option Big Number Target: Displays the selected target distance as a very large number for easy viewing (Fig. 13, next page). Press UP/DOWN on the Scroll Pad to move one target at a time. Select “iGreen” to return to the IntelliGreen view. 2.4.3 Center Only View An alternative view is available for those simply looking for the distance to the center.
SkyCaddie®: #1 Rangefinder in Golf 4. Press the Left Soft Key under “OK” to start the next hole, or the Right Soft Key under “Score” to see your Over/Under Summary (Fig. 18). The Over/Under Summary screen tracks your performance against the pars for each hole. A negative number represents strokes under par, a positive number represents strokes over par, and an “E” will appear if you completed a hole at par. 2.5.
SG5 User Guide Fig. 23: Scorecard with HCP Fig. 24: Over/Under with HCP Fig. 25: Scorecard with MyPar The next time you play a round with your Digital Scorecard and MyPar option on, you will see a change on your scorecard: 1. If you set a handicap, the pars for hole numbers that you will be able to use your handicap on will be highlighted in blue (Figs. 23 & 24). 2. If you set a MyPar™ goal, the pars for hole numbers that you will be allowed extra strokes on will be highlighted in blue (Fig. 25).
SkyCaddie®: #1 Rangefinder in Golf chapter 3 Customizing Your SkyCaddie For Play Your SkyCaddie can be customized to fit your style of play and to display information in the format you prefer. 3.1 Preferences To customize the information to be displayed during play, press the Menu button, scroll to “Preferences” and press the Left Soft Key under “Select”.
SG5 User Guide 3.4 Advanced Menu As you familiarize yourself with the SkyCaddie, you may further customize the information displayed during play using the “Target Settings” option within the Advanced Menu. To access the Advanced Menu, press the Menu button, scroll to “Advanced Menu” and select. A number of menu items will appear within the Advanced Menu. Scroll UP/DOWN to select “Target Settings”. Target Settings allows you to configure the SkyCaddie to display targets at preset distances.
SkyCaddie®: #1 Rangefinder in Golf CHAPTER 4 Recording Your Own Course The SkyCaddie allows you to record three green targets (Front, Center, and Back) for up to five personal courses that are stored on your SkyCaddie. If you have purchased a SkyPlayer Club Membership Plan, you can backup and store courses in your own online membership account using the DirectConnect button at www. skygolf.com. Your personal recorded courses will be stored in your online “My SkyCaddie” account.
SG5 User Guide 4.6 Renaming or Deleting Personal SkyCaddie Courses To rename or delete a personal SkyCaddie course, press the Menu button and select “SkyCourses”. Scroll to the appropriate course name to rename or delete and select. Press “Play” and choose the starting hole number. Now that you have selected the course and enabled it for play, simply press the Menu button and scroll to “Advanced Menu” and select. Scroll to “Rename/Delete” and select.
SkyCaddie®: #1 Rangefinder in Golf CHAPTER 5 SkyCaddie Menu Items The SkyCaddie’s Main Menu is accessed by pressing the Menu button. The Main Menu contains a list of menu items relevant to your SkyCaddie, preference settings and more. The following list outlines the items found in the Main Menu and includes a brief description of each. SkyCourses Select SkyCourses to display a list of your available courses and choose a course to play.
SG5 User Guide • Member Info: contains detail regarding your SkyPlayer Club Membership, Web ID and number of published and unpublished courses downloaded to your SkyCaddie. • Target Settings: Your SkyCaddie will automatically display targets in front of you during play. You can always manually scroll back to targets behind you if needed (by pressing the Scroll Pad UP/ DOWN).
SkyCaddie®: #1 Rangefinder in Golf • NMEA Output: Allows output of GPS data through the SkyCaddie data port to a computer running a GPS-compatible program. • Satellite Search: This screen shows the status of the satellite signal acquisition using a graphical representation. • Reset: The reset option will reset the GPS receiver. This function may be used while troubleshooting with SkyGolf Customer Support.
SG5 User Guide APPENDIX A Target Icons and Target Descriptors Back of Green Zone Hazard Marker Center of Green Lay Up To Ditch Water Carry Front of Green Fairway Target Mound Water End of Fairway To Creek Green Bunker Right Carry Bunker Right Bunker Left Carry Target Name Target Descriptor Bunker Upslope Bunker in Fairway Bunker Left Target Name Target Descriptor Out of Bounds Downslope Tree Leaves Pro Front Target Name Target Descriptor Green.........................
SkyCaddie®: #1 Rangefinder in Golf APPENDIX B SkyCaddie Membership Benefit Comparison* Register Only Birdie Eagle Double Eagle N/A State** Country World Number of SkyCourse downloads in Plan 0 Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Membership Plan term 0 1 Year 1 Year 1 Year Only if user maps a course X X X Distances up to 40 targets per hole X X X IntelliGreen® Technology X X X Upgradeable X X X Access to professionally-mapped courses X X X Access to course and software up
SG5 User Guide A ppendix C Target Examples These examples illustrate the kinds of targets you would see on the SkyCaddie. Fig. C-1: Par 5 Fig. C-3: Par 4 Fig. C-2: Par 4 Fig.
Federal Communications Commission Regulatory Agency Compliance This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interferences received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. NOTICE: The FCC warns that user modifications of this device without the express approval of SkyHawke Technologies could void the user’s authority to operate this device.
