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GolfLogix: Golf GPS
Android OS User Guide
The following Android OS Smartphones are supported:
HTC Hero, HTC Droid Eris, HTC Incredible, HTC Evo, Motorola
Backflip, Motorola Cliq/Cliq XT, Motorola Devour, Motorola
Droid, Nexus One & T-Mobile myTouch
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Table of Contents Page Page Page
Getting Started Hazard-Layup & Green Screen 19 Registration Info 36
Downloading the GolfLogix Application 4 Measure My Shot 21 In My Bag 37
Optimal Settings 5 Statistics & Scoring 23 Manage Stats 40
Welcome to GolfLogix 4 Player Scorecard 25 Support
Starting Screen 9 Rounds GolfLogix Support 41
Sign Up as Free Member 10 Multi-Player Scorecard 27 Update Par Data 42
24 hour Champion Expiration 11 Previous Rounds (View & Edit Stats) 28
Become a Champion Member 12 Delete Previous Rounds 29
Activating Membership 12 My Round Summary 30
Transferring Membership 13 Club Performance (View & Delete Shots) 31,32
Play Golf GolfLogix Community & Manage Acct. 33,34
Search for Courses 14 Settings
Round Setup 15 Set Defaults 35
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If this user guide does not answer all of your questions please call our
customer service department at toll-free 1-877-977-0162 option 1. We are
open Monday - Friday from 8:00am to 4:00pm Arizona Time.
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Getting Started:
Downloading the GolfLogix Application
The GolfLogix application can be downloaded to your Android OS Smartphone three different ways, each having the
same end result.
2) Visit our website at
www.golfgps.com , select your
Smartphone Manufacturer on the
left side of the screen, and select
your Smartphone model.
You will have two download
options to choose from…
1) Open the Marketplace app on your phone and search for ‘GolfLogix’. The Marketplace should automatically
detect what phone you have and download the correct app for you. The GolfLogix application is only on a select
Android OS Smartphone’s. (Important: If you have a Motorola Backflip, you can only download the
application from the Marketplace app.)
Sample Screen
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Getting Started:
Optimal Settings
Battery Life: To optimize the battery-life on your Android OS Smartphone using the GolfLogix GPS application on the
course:
1. IMPORTANT: Adjust your screen brightness to less than 50%.
Press the Application tab on your Android and then select ‘Settings’. Next, select the ‘Sound/Display’ option,
and then scroll down to the ‘Brightness’ option.
Select ‘Brightness’, uncheck ‘Automatic brightness’ and scroll down to at least 50%, once you have selected your desired
backlight setting press the ‘OK’.
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2 IMPORTANT: Always start your rounds with a 100% fully-charged battery.
Battery Life: To optimize the battery life on your Android OS Smartphone while using the GolfLogix GPS application on the
course:
2. External Battery Chargers can be used as a backup source during your round. A top-of-the line external battery charger
is available at GolfGPS.com and members receive discounted pricing on all GolfLogix accessories.
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Getting Started:
Optimal Settings
GPS Accuracy: To optimize GPS signals on your Android OS Smartphone while using the GolfLogix GPS application on the
course:
1. IMPORTANT: Be sure your location settings for GPS Satellites ON
Press the ‘Settings’ icon on your Android, select ‘Location and Security’, and then make sure ‘Use GPS
Satellites’ is checked marked as ON and ‘Use Wireless Networks’ is unchecked.
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Getting Started:
Optimal Settings (continued)
GPS Accuracy: To optimize the GPS signals on your Android OS Smartphone, while on the course:
2. Use a mount or case like shown below, so your Android OS Smartphone always has a clear view of the sky. The mounts
and cases shown below are available at GolfGPS.com and members receive discounted pricing on all GolfLogix accessories.
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Welcome To GolfLogix:
Starting Screen
View Demo – Shows demonstration screens of the different features the
application has available.
Play Golf – Proceeds to either the Registration options (if the application was
just installed & has no membership associated with the phone) or the ‘Search
for My Course’ screen (if membership has been established).
The starting screen will always appear when the application first opens up.
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Welcome To GolfLogix:
Registration Screen
Sign Up as Free Member – Establishes the free lifetime Club Membership which
has access to the following features: 4 Player scorecard, aerial view of each hole
(if applicable) and the ability to track your score-stats. The first 24 hours under
the free Club Membership grants access to all Champion Member features.
Champion Membership is an annual $39.95 with all of the Club Member features
plus GPS yardage readings & the ability to measure your shot and log your club.
Champion Member features will no longer be available after the 24 hour trial.
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24 hour Champion expiration
After the 24 hour trial ends (this screen only comes up after 24 hours has passed from when a
course was downloaded), there will be a screen asking if you’d like to ‘Continue as a Club
Member’ or ‘Become a Champion Member’.
Continuing as a Club Member will only have access to the 4 player scorecard, aerial imagery,
and stat tracking. If you choose to become a champion member and pay the annual $39.95,
you will have full access to all features of the GolfLogix application which include GPS
yardage readings, measuring your shot, logging your club and all of the Club Member
features.
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Activating Membership
Become a Champion Member – Visit Golfgps.com to sign up as a Champion
Member. Once you’ve signed up you will receive a member code either from the
membership confirmation page or an email confirmation. Select this option if
you have the Member Code. Enter the Member code and press ‘Tee it Up’ to
activate your Champion Membership on the phone.
The Member Code can
only be used once to
associate your Champion
membership to the
Smartphone. If you get a
new/replacement
Smartphone that is
supported by the
GolfLogix application and
wish to transfer your
membership, please see
page 13 or page 33 & 34
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Transferring Membership
Transfer Membership – This option is for when you wish to transfer your
membership from one supported Smartphone to a new/replacement supported
Android OS Smartphone. The membership can only be associated to one
Smartphone.
To transfer the membership, you will need
your username/email address and password.
There is also a limit of three times you can
transfer the membership on your own. If you
exceed the limit, you’ll need to contact
GolfLogix Customer Support.
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Play Golf:
Search for My Course
Course Selection - The GolfLogix application gives you immediate wireless
access to more than 25,000+ golf courses mapped around the world so there
isn’t any syncing or loading with a computer. (Please note: You will need an
active data plan through your cell phone provider to download courses.)
There are two ways to search for a golf course, either by your current location or
an optimized search through our entire golf course list.
My Current Location - This option will show you the closest courses sorted by
your current location. Select a course from the list to download and start
playing golf.
Course List - This option will allow you to sort through the entire GolfLogix
database of golf courses. Select a Country, then a State/Province, then
look at all of the golf courses in a City or type in course names to filter the
results. Select a course from the final list to download and start playing
golf.
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Round Setup
Once you select your course and choose what hole you’ll be starting at, the next
screen will be the ‘Round Setup’. Here you can manage what stats you want to be
active during the round, how many players you wish to be on the scorecard (the
GolfLogix application supports up to 4 player scoring), and the option to turn ‘On’ or
‘Off’ Aerial View of the course.
My Scoring & Statistics – The ‘Manage Stats’ button will allow you to select what
score-statistics you wish to have active while playing your round (see ‘Manage
Stats’ page 32). To change the active Stats while playing, go to ‘Settings’ and then
‘Manage Stats’. Statistics can only be changed while a course is downloaded to the
phone.
Golfers on Scorecard – You can add an additional 3 players to your scorecard for a
total of 4 players. Each golfer will be able to choose what score-statistics they want
active. The ‘Pencil’ icon allows you to edit the players name, email address,
handicap and what stats will be available to that player. The ‘Minus’ icon is to
remove that player from the scorecard (this is the only screen that can remove the
player).
Aerial View – Will download Aerial Imagery of the course for each hole, if available.
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Round Setup (continued)
Add Golfer – To add a player, press ‘Add Golfer’ and you’ll have to enter the
players’ name, email address (optional), and their handicap (optional). The ‘Add
Golfer’ button will disappear when 4 players are added. Additional golfers only
have the ability to record their score/stats.
If the players’ have already been entered in for a previous round played, their
name will remain in your GolfLogix application. To select their name, press the
icon, select the players’ name and then press ‘Done’ when their named is
highlighted.
Players in previously
recorded rounds cannot be
removed unless that round
is deleted off the phone.
To remove a player, select
the player and then press
the minus button to the
right of the ‘Done’ button.
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Round Setup (continued)
Aerial View – If you want Aerial Imagery of the course, make sure it’s turned on. If it’s
turned off, you will only see a general graphic of the fairway & green screens, it will not
show you an image of the actual hole.
To access the
Aerial Imagery
for a hole, press
the ‘Earth’ icon
on any hazard-
layup and green
screen.
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Round Setup (continued)
Aerial View – In the imagery of the hole, you will be able to press on the map to
determine your approach, zooming in may help you better pin point. You will
then see your distance to the green to assist you with your next shot.
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Play Golf:
Hazard-Layups Screen
Hazard-Layups Screens - These screens display all of the hazards, layups, and the
green center yardages on Par 4 and Par 5 holes. The ‘To Green Center’ line will
remain on the top of this screen at all times. Please note: GPS calculates a
straight line distance from where you are standing to the center of the green
whereas tee box plates read down the center of the fairway to pivot points on
the hole and then to the center of the green. Therefore, GPS distances and tee
box plates will never match up on Par 4 and Par 5 tee boxes.
When your location gets within 150 yards of a hazard-layup point, that hazard-
layup will automatically disappear from the list and the remaining hazard-layups
on the hole will move up the screen. The remaining hazard-layups can always be
seen by sliding your finger up from the last showing hazard-layups line.
When you are within 200 yards of the center of the green, this screen will change
to a Green Screen.
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Green Screen
Green Screens - These screens always display the front-center-back distances to
the green when you are within 200 yards of the center of the green or playing a Par
3 hole.
You can use the ‘Previous’ and ‘Next’ buttons on all Play screens to move to a
different hole. (Aerial Imagery green screen shown below)
NOTE: The scorecard option found in the
navigation bar at the bottom of the
application will allow access to enter
your score at any time. This feature is
explained thoroughly in the statistics
section.
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Measure My Shot
Measure My Shot - At the bottom of all of the Hazards-Layups and Green screens, you can press the ‘Measure My
Shot’ button to calculate the distance from where you hit your ball to where it landed and then log which club you
hit. Pressing ‘Reset My Shot’ stops the ‘Measure My Shot’ calculation without logging a club. You will need to press
‘Measure My Shot’ before you start moving to where the ball landed for the calculation to begin. Then if you wish to
log your shot, press ‘Log My Club’. (Only available to Main player)
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Measure My Shot (Continued)
Log My Club - After pressing ‘Log My Club’ use the picker wheel to
highlight which club you used, then press ‘Continue Playing’ which will take
you back to the appropriate Hazard-Layups and Green screens.
Pressing the ‘Rounds’ icon at the bottom of the Hazard-Layups and Green
screens and then ‘Club Performance’ will take you to the screens where you
can view all your club distances ,or ,in ‘Previous Rounds’, you can view the
club distances for a specific round.
The names of your golf clubs that are showing in the picker wheel can be
edited by pressing the ‘Settings’ icon and then selecting ‘In My Bag’. This
can be done prior to your round of golf.
(Only available to Main Player)
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Statistic and Scoring Features
Enter My Stats-Score
The Enter My Stats-Scores screen will appear 2 minutes after the green screen
comes up, or you can access this screen via the ‘Scorecard’ icon located on the
bottom of the screen and by pressing the ‘Edit Score/Stats’ button. All the
statistics have their own screen to go through for scoring. If you have 4 player
scoring set up, you will have to choose what player you’re entering the information
for (See 4 player scoring section, page 23).
The ‘Fairway Hit?’ screen – Only Par4’s and 5’s have this statistic. If your first shot
on this hole landed in the fairway, you select ‘Yes’ and continue to the next
question. If your first shot did not land in fairway, select ‘No Left’ or ‘No Right’
based on where it landed, then continue to the next question.
The ‘My Score’ screen – Will list 1-9 for your score option. Use your finger to
press and highlight your score for the hole. The GIR stat is automatically
determined by the score & # of putts.
The ‘# of Putts’ screen -Tracks only the shots hit while on the green, if
you putt from the fringe/rough it is considered a Chip. Incorrect entries will
lead to errors in the greens in regulation statistics.
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Statistic and Scoring Features (Continued)
The ‘Chips/Sand’ screen -. Use your finger to highlight the number of
Chips/Sand shots you hit on the hole.
The ‘Penalties’ screen - Use your finger to and highlight the number of
Penalty shots you want to record on the hole.
Outcome of Missed Putts & Made Putt screen - Use your finger to select if
the putt was a Tap in, Short, Medium or Long. Each missed putt will give
you the option as well. On missed putts you’ll have to press on the segment
of your approach. (Only available for Main Player)
Press ‘Continue Playing’ to save your selections and advance to the next
hole.
Press ‘Multi-Player Scorecard’ to edit other players score-stats, (Only
available if an additional player is added)
Press ‘View Hole Summary’ to view your score-stats for the hole.
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4 Player Scoring
If you have the 4 player scorecard active, you can press the ‘Scorecard’ icon and
edit each players’ score-statistics. You can choose whose score-stats you wish to
add/edit by pressing ‘Enter Score’. Then, once all the stats have been entered, if
you want to add another players’ score-stats, press ‘Multi-Player Scorecard’ and
choose the next player and repeat the process.
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Rounds:
The Statistics and Scores screen can be accessed at any time by pressing the
‘Rounds’ icon located in the bottom of the screen. In this area you can edit or
view all rounds that you have stored within the application. The low and
average score is based on 18 hole rounds. 9 hole are no used for the calculation.
Previous Rounds – This option will allow you to see all your previous rounds. As
well as edit/delete the previous rounds played.
Cumulative Stats – When the cumulative stats option is pressed the
application will combine all of your recorded rounds into one summarized
report.
Club Performance – This option will show you the clubs recorded when you use
the ‘Measure My Shot’ option. You’ll be able to see the # of swings, longest
distance and average distance of each club.
Sync Score-Stat – This option will sync your stats to your personal Annual
Member website located at www.golflogix.com.
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Rounds:
Multi-Player Scorecard
The Multi-Player Scorecard is accessible by pressing either ‘Scorecard’ for your
current round, or ‘Rounds’ for previous rounds played.
Here you can get a basic overview for each player and to get a more detailed view
of each person’s own scorecard, press ‘View Detailed Stats’.
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Previous Rounds
Edit My Previous Rounds – Select the round you wish to edit and then press ‘My Score
Card’, this option will allow you to select the ‘Edit Score/Stats’ option so you can edit the
scorecard for the round. When this option is pressed it will bring up the same ‘Enter My
Stats’ screen described in the previous section. From here you can make any changes to
your stats and score cards and will be updated instantly. If you have 4 player scoring active,
you will be able to edit other players score-stats as
well.
Note: If you are currently playing a course, press
the ‘Scorecard’ icon at the bottom of the screen to
edit any of the holes you’ve played.
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Rounds:
Previous Rounds (Continued)
Delete Previous Rounds - In the ‘Rounds Played’ screen, select the round
you wish to remove, press the minus symbol in the upper right corner and
press ‘OK’ when the message comes up for confirmation.
(Please note: You cannot delete the current round you are playing. You
will need to exit out of the application and then open it up again.)
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Previous Rounds (Continued)
My Round Summary – This option will combine all of your recorded stats from your
current and all previous rounds. It will summarize all statistics and scoring (Only
available to Main Player).
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Previous Rounds (Continued)
My Club Performance – Every time you measure a shot and log it with a specific club, the results are stored here.
GolfLogix will average each club for you, and even record what hole you hit the club on. (Only available to Main
Player).
If you press the name of club then it will display individual club stats for each hole.
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Previous Rounds (Continued)
Delete Club Performance - You will be able to delete shots that you’ve measured by pressing the minus button
to the right. You will not receive a confirmation to delete the shot, make sure you wish to delete it before
pressing the minus symbol. (Only available Main Player)
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GolfLogix Community
The GolfLogix Community is open to everyone. However, as a GolfLogix Smartphone member you are able to sync
your rounds from the GolfLogix application to your personal Community profile. This will allow you to view and
manage your rounds from the convenience of your work or home computer. Visit the link below to login and view
your synced rounds as well as challenge your friends, create local tournaments and meet other golfers from around
the world:
www.GolfLogix.com
If you do not have a GolfLogix Smartphone membership, feel free to join & participate in the community. You will be
able to do everything our Smartphone members can do besides sync rounds from the GolfLogix application to your
Community profile.
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GolfLogix Community (Continued)
Transfer Membership – Allow you to
transfer your membership from one
supported phone to another supported
phone. You will have a transfer limit of 3
times and only one phone can have
membership associated to it.
Change Login Info – Allows you to
change your email login and password.
Update Billing Info – Allows you to
change your Billing and Credit Card
information.
Remove Community Profile –
Currently this option cancels your
GolfLogix Champion Membership.
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Settings:
Set Defaults
From the setup tab you can access the default options. From here you can
set some general options to your user preferences.
Distance Unit - This option will allow you to change the measuring system
from yards to meters.
Auto-Lock – The auto-lock feature will allow you to turn ON or OFF the
screen auto-lock feature on your Android OS Smartphone while the
GolfLogix application is running.
Auto-Sync at Startup – This feature will automatically sync previous rounds
played when the application first opens up.
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Registration Info
From the setup tab you can access and edit the registration information you
filled out when first registering the application.
Golfer’s Email – Update your email address.
Golfer’s Full Name – Update your name.
Golfer’s Phone – Update your phone number.
Once you have updated all or any fields, press the blue “Update” button.
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In My Bag
From the setup tab you can access the ‘In My Bag’ option. This option will allow you to customize your club selection
list, as well as custom name each club. (Only available to Main Player)
Remove a Club – Select a club and the club will become highlighted orange, then press the minus symbol “–“ in the
top right hand corner. A confirmation message will appear asking if you want to delete the club.
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In My Bag (continued)
Add a Club and Custom Name your Clubs – Press on the ‘+’ sign in the upper right hand corner to add or press on
the ‘Edit’ button to edit the name of any clubs you wish. When you add your clubs click the ‘OK’ button and your
club list will be populated with the changes.
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In My Bag (Continued)
Enable/Disable a club – Select the club you wish to enable/disable and press the ‘Edit’ option. Then, press where it
says ‘Enable Club’ to disable or enable it. An orange check mark in the box means the club is enabled for use; if the
box is empty the club is disabled. Once you enable/disable your club, press ‘OK’.
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Manage Stats
The ‘Manage Stats’ feature will allow you to turn on/off any of the score
keeping options you wish. Keep in mind which stats you do turn off, as some
will affect the Scrambling statistic in the scorecard.
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Support:
Golflogix Support
Please use the ‘Email GolfLogix Support’ to ask us any questions or provide
us with feedback.
FAQs
Our Frequently Asked Questions will address many items that may come up
throughout your round.
Send to a Friend
If you like our application, please send it to a friend!
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Update Scorecard Information
GolfLogix has over 25,000 courses mapped and we realize how often courses update or change their layouts. If you
ever play a course in which the par/handicap data is wrong you have the ability to update it instantly. A course has to
be downloaded to input par/handicap data. Once you have finished your update, press the ‘Submit changes to
GolfLogix’ button so that we can correct our master file for future rounds. When you have updated the information,
simply press the play button to see the changes immediately.