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Garmin GPSMAP 4008 Owner's Manual

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  • Page 1 GPSMAP 4000/5000 Series ® owner’s manual...
  • Page 2 Garmin. Garmin hereby grants permission to download a single copy of this manual onto a hard drive or other electronic storage medium to be viewed and to print one copy of this manual or of any revision hereto,...

  • Page 3: Introduction

    In this manual, when you are instructed to select an item, press the soft key along the right side of the screen (GPSMAP 4008/4012 units) or use your finger to touch that item on the screen (GPSMAP 5008/5012 units) to select it. Small arrows (>) in the text indicate that you should select each item in order.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Changing Units of Measure ...29 Configuring Communications Settings .30 Setting Alarms ...30 Configuring My Boat ...31 Configuring Other Boats ...32 Using the Garmin Marine Network ...33 Viewing Connected Garmin Marine Network Devices ...34 Using Radar ...35 Understanding the Cruising Screen ...36 Understanding the Radar Overlay Screen ...38...

  • Page 5: Getting Started

    Unit Overview GPSMAP 4012 NOtE: Use the soft keys to select menu items on the GPSMAP 4008/4012 unit. Touch menu items on the GPSMAP 5008/5012 screen to select them. GPSMAP 5008 GPSMAP 4000/5000 Series Owner’s Manual ® ettInG tarted Automatic backlight sensor...

  • Page 6: Turning The Unit On Or Off

    NMEA 2000 connector Garmin Marine Network connectors Turning the Unit On or Off To turn the unit on, press and release the I Agree to open the Home screen. NOtE: The first time you power on your unit, you must go through a setup sequence. See...

  • Page 7: Acquiring Gps Satellite Signals

    Insert blank SD cards to transfer data such as waypoints, routes, and tracks to another compatible Garmin unit or a computer. The SD card slot is located on the bottom-right corner of the unit.

  • Page 8: Using Simulator Mode

    Using Simulator Mode Simulator Mode turns the GPS receiver off for use indoors or for practice. The unit does not track satellites in simulator mode. CAUtION: Do not try to navigate using Simulator Mode because the GPS receiver is turned off.

  • Page 9: Using Charts

    Zooming In and out on the Map RANGE (+/-) keys (GPSMAP 4008/4012) or the control the zoom level, indicated by the scale at the bottom of the navigation chart ( bar under the number represents that distance on the map.

  • Page 10: Navigating To A Point On The Chart

    Use the ROCKER on your GPSMAP 4008/4012 unit to move the map pointer ( current location, and scroll to other areas on the navigation chart. As you pan past the edge of the current map display, the screen scrolls forward to provide continuous map coverage. Touch and drag the Navigation screen on your GPSMAP 5008/5012 unit to pan away from your current location.
  • Page 11 Information Use the map pointer ( ) (GPSMAP 4008/4012) or touch an item on the screen (GPSMAP 5008/5012) to view information about on-screen map items, waypoints, and charts. Selected item Viewing tide Station Information Tide station information appears on the chart with a detailed icon showing the relevant tide level.

  • Page 12: Using Mariner's Eye

    (Route To) or automatic guidance affect routes Show Radar—If you have a Garmin marine radar device connected to your Garmin Marine Network, you can overlay radar readings on the Mariner’s Eye screen. Mariner’s Eye With Radar Information Overlay Numbers—show or hide cruising, navigation, fishing, and sailing numbers.

  • Page 13: Changing The Chart Settings

    Changing the Chart Settings To change chart settings, from the Home screen, select Orientation—change the perspective of the map display: North Up—sets the top of the map display to a north heading. • • Track Up—sets the map display to the current track heading. •...

  • Page 14: Using Tracks

    SInG hartS Using Tracks A track is a recording of your path. The track currently being recorded is the active track. An active track can be saved. To turn the track log on: From the Navigation chart, select Menu > Chart indicates your track. To save or clear the active track: From the Home screen, select Information > User Select Save Active Track to save the track; select Clear Active To set active Track Options:...

  • Page 15: Using Bluechart G2 Vision

    NOtE: You cannot transfer BlueChart g2 Vision data from the SD card to your computer for backup or viewing purposes. You can only use the SD card on BlueChart g2 Vision compatible Garmin GPS units. GPSMAP 4000/5000 Series Owner’s Manual ®...

  • Page 16: Using Mariner's Eye 3D

    Mariner’s Eye 3D Press the RANGE (+) key (GPSMAP 4008/4012) or touch the move the view closer to your boat and lower to the water, Press the 4008/4012) or touch the key (GPSMAP 5008/5012) to move the view away from the boat.

  • Page 17: Using Fish Eye 3D

    Using the depth contour lines of the BlueChart g2 Vision cartography, Fish Eye 3D provides an underwater view of the sea floor or lake bottom. Use the RANGE keys (GPSMAP 4008/4012) or the keys (GPSMAP 5008/5012) to adjust the view. Fish Eye 3D Fish eye 3D Settings To access additional settings or options for the Fish Eye 3D screen, press MENU.

  • Page 18: Enabling High Resolution Satellite Imagery

    If you cannot see the high resolution images in your BlueChart g2 Vision region, either zoom in RANGE (+) further using the (GPSMAP 5008/5012), or set the detail level higher. Photo Overlay Off Blend at 50% Chart, press MENU. key (GPSMAP 4008/4012) or touch the Land Only Photo Overlay Blend at 100% GPSMAP 4000/5000 Series Owner’s Manual ®...

  • Page 19: Viewing Aerial Photos

    POIs, see the Using Automatic Guidance Automatic Guidance automatically creates and suggests passage based on available BlueChart g2 Vision chart information. GPSMAP 4000/5000 Series Owner’s Manual ® (+/-) keys (GPSMAP 4008/4012) or touch the Fullscreen. SInG hartS keys Overhead Perspective “Where To”...

  • Page 20: Using Combinations

    Combinations screen depends on the optional network devices you have connected to your chartplotter, and if you are using an optional BlueChart g2 Vision SD card. You can choose to combine two or three screens (GPSMAP 4008/4012) or up to four screens (GPSMAP 5008/5012).
  • Page 21 To customize the screen combinations: While viewing the Combinations screen, select MENU > Change From the Home screen, select Combinations > Unused Combination screen  Combination screen 2 Data bar Select Num Functions to select the number of combination screens (1-3), toggle the data bar on or off, and choose the combination screens to view. 3. Select Done. NOtE: When you select the combination screens to view, you can only choose from the options available to your unit. You can increase the number of screens available by using a BlueChart g2 Vision SD card and adding network devices such as sonar and radar.

  • Page 22: Where To

    here Where to Use the option on the Home screen to search for and navigate to nearby fuel, repairs, services, waypoints, and routes. NOtE: You must create waypoints and routes before you can navigate to them. You can navigate to a destination using one of three methods: Go To, Route To, or Guide To. Go to—takes you directly to the destination.
  • Page 23 Select Navigate Select Go To. OR Select Guide To when using a preprogrammed BlueChart g2 Vision card to use Auto Guidance. 6. Follow the colored line on the screen to the destination. To stop navigating: From the chart, Select Menu, and then select Stop To search for a destination by name: From the Home screen, select Where To > Search by GPSMAP 4000/5000 Series Owner’s Manual ® Navigating. Name. here...

  • Page 24: Creating And Using Waypoints

    here 2. Touch (GPSMAP 5008/5012) or use the ROCKER (GPSMAP 4008/4012) to select characters and spell at least a portion of the name of your destination. Search - 4008/4012 3. Select Done to view the 50 nearest destinations that contain your search criteria. Select the best location, then select Navigate To > Go To (or Route Creating and Using Waypoints You can store up to 1,500 waypoints with a user-defined name, symbol, depth, and water temp for each waypoint. To create a new waypoint: From the Home screen, select Charts > Navigation 2. Use the map pointer ( ) to select the location you want to designate as a...
  • Page 25 To mark your current location as a waypoint: 1. At any time, press the MARK key (GPSMAP 4008/4012) or touch Mark on the Home screen (GPSMAP 5008/5012) Select Edit Waypoint to designate a specific name, symbol, water depth, water temperature, or position. • Delete—deletes the waypoint. • Man Overboard—designates the current location as a Man Overboard location. • Next Page/Previous Page—switches between waypoint information and the navigation chart. • Back—returns to the navigation chart. NOtE: Selecting Mark only creates a waypoint at your present location. To mark an MOB (Man Overboard) location: When you mark a waypoint, you can designate it as an MOB (Man Overboard).

  • Page 26: Creating And Using Routes

    here 6. If entering coordinates, use the ROCKER to enter the new coordinates for the waypoint. If using the chart, highlight the new location with the map pointer ( Waypoint. The waypoint moves to the new location. To view a list of all waypoints: From the Home screen, select Information > User To delete a waypoint or MOB: 1. From the Navigation chart, touch the waypoint (GPSMAP 5008/5012) or use the map pointer ) (GPSMAP 4008/4012) to highlight the waypoint on the navigation chart. From the Home screen, select Information > User 2. Select the waypoint or MOB you want to delete. 3. Select Delete. Creating and Using Routes You can create and store up to 20 routes with up to 250 waypoints each. To create a route from your present location: 1. From the Navigation chart, touch your destination (GPSMAP 5008/5012) or use the map pointer (...
  • Page 27 5. To add additional turns, choose where you want to make the turn (working backward from the destination) and select Add Select Done to finish the route or To create a route in another location: From the Home screen, select Information > User Data > Routes > New 2. Touch the location (GPSMAP 5008/5012) or use the map pointer ( to select the location you want to start the new route. Select Add Turn to mark the starting point of the route. 4. Choose the location of the first turn and select 5. Select Done. To create a route using Auto Guidance: 1. From the Navigation chart, select your destination.

  • Page 28: Viewing Information

    IeWInG nformatIon Use the Information screen to access information about tides, currents, celestial data, user data, other boats, gauges, and video. Viewing Tide Station Information To view tide information, from the Home screen, select station from the list. Select Nearby Stations to view other stations close to your current location.

  • Page 29: Viewing Celestial Information

    From the Home screen, select Information > User Data > Data Complete one of the following: • Select Save To Card to save waypoints, routes, and tracks to the SD card. • Select Merge From Card to transfer data from the SD card to the unit and combine it with existing user data. • Select Replace From Card to overwrite items on your unit. To transfer data to or from a network: 1. Connect the unit to a Garmin Marine Network using the network port on the back of the unit and a Garmin Network cable. From the Home screen, select Information > User Data > Data Complete one of the following: • Select Clone User Data to transfer waypoints, routes, and tracks to other chartplotters connected to the network. Existing data will be overwritten on those chartplotters. • Select Merge User Data to transfer data between all the chartplotters connected to the network. Unique data will be combined with existing data on every chartplotter. GPSMAP 4000/5000 Series Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 30: Viewing Other Boats

    4. Copy the UserData.ADM file on the card and paste it to any location on the PC. To restore backup data to your chartplotter: 1. Copy the UserData.ADM file from the PC to an SD card in a folder named Garmin\UserData. 2. Insert the SD card into your chartplotter.

  • Page 31: Viewing Gauges

    • View By Type—view the most recent distress calls or position reports, sorted chronologically. • Delete All—delete all log entries. DSC Call List—view the 100 most recent calls. The DSC Call List shows the most recent call from a boat. If a second call is received from the same boat, it replaces the first call in the Call List. Directory—view a list of all DSC entries.
  • Page 32 IeWInG nformatIon • Saturation—adjusts the color saturation up or down, or select automatically adjust the saturation. • Contrast—adjusts the contrast up or down, or select adjust the contrast. • Standard—selects the video format used by the source (PAL or NTSC). Select unit automatically select the source format.

  • Page 33: Configuring The Unit

    NOtE: You must be receiving NMEA Sonar depth data or using a Garmin sounder module to view depth and water temperature information. Heading—set the reference used in calculating heading information.

  • Page 34: Configuring Communications Settings

    To change the communications settings, from the Home screen, select Communications. Port Types—select each port’s input/output format when connecting your unit to external NMEA devices, a computer, or other Garmin devices. • NMEA Std.—supports the input or output of standard NMEA 0183 data, DSC, and sonar NMEA input support for the DPT, MTW, and VHW sentences.

  • Page 35: Configuring My Boat

    To set a sonar alarm, from the Home screen, select NOtE: You must have an optional sonar module (and a transducer connected to the sounder module) wired through NMEA 0183 or connected to the Garmin Marine Network to receive sonar information.

  • Page 36: Configuring Other Boats

    200kHz 3D screen. Select either NOtE: The Sonar Cone Angles setting is preset to match the cone angle of a standard Garmin dual frequency transducer. Only use this option to match the specifications of a non-standard transducer. Calibrate Water Speed—use this menu to calibrate a speed sensing device. Follow the on-screen directions for calibration.

  • Page 37: Using The Garmin Marine Network

    The Garmin Marine Network allows you to share data from Garmin peripheral devices between Garmin chartplotters quickly and easily. You can connect your GPSMAP 4008/4012 and GPSMAP 5008/5012 units and previous Garmin Marine Network compatible chartplotter models (GPSMAP 3005/3006/3010) to your network to share data.

  • Page 38: Viewing Connected Garmin Marine Network Devices

    Viewing Connected Garmin Marine Network Devices To view all connected Garmin Marine Network devices, from the Home screen, select System > System Information > Network Network Devices Each connected device is listed along the right side of the screen. To assign an alias or name to one of the devices for identification purposes, select the device.

  • Page 39: Using Radar

    Garmin Marine Network and shares radar data with all networked chartplotters. The Garmin marine radar transmits a narrow beam of microwave energy as it rotates in a 360º pattern. When the transmitted energy contacts a target, some of that energy is reflected back to the radar.

  • Page 40: Understanding The Cruising Screen

    Corner  keys (GPSMAP 5008/5012) to adjust the zoom scale. Down to manually adjust the gain; select Down to manually adjust the sea ROCKER (GPSMAP 4008/4012) as indicated by the Corner 1 Corner 2 Circular GPSMAP 4000/5000 Series Owner’s Manual ®...
  • Page 41 ROCKER Use the (GPSMAP 4008/4012) or touch the target location (GPSMAP 5008/5012) to begin targeting. A green ring and a green line appear. The green ring corresponds with the range rings to help define an object’s distance from your location. The green line corresponds with the heading line to help define an object’s bearing from your location.

  • Page 42: Understanding The Radar Overlay Screen

    Normal Speed or High Speed. High Speed increases the speed at which the antenna rotates, which increases the speed at which the screen updates. Overlay. The radar picture appears in orange and RANGE (+/-) keys (GPSMAP 4008/4012) or the Radar Setup Radar Radar >...

  • Page 43: Using Sonar

    When connected to an optional Garmin GSD 22 sounder module and a transducer, your chartplotter becomes a powerful fishfinder. The GSD 22 connects through the Garmin Marine Network and shares sonar data with every chartplotter connected to the network. Understanding the Full Screen...

  • Page 44: Understanding The Split Freq Screen

    From the Home screen, select Sonar Depth, temperature, and water speed GPS speed and GPS heading Transducer frequencies Understanding the Temp Log If you are using a temperature-capable transducer, the Temp Log screen keeps a graphic log of temperature readings over time.

  • Page 45: Setting Up Sonar

    Setting Up Sonar Use the Sonar Setup screen to define and adjust settings universal to all sonar screens. Sonar From the Home screen, select Color Scheme—choose white or blue. This affects the background on all sonar screens, but does not change the Temp Log screen.

  • Page 46: Advanced Sonar Settings

    SInG onar Advanced Sonar Settings To adjust advanced sonar settings, press Range—the range of the depth scale on the right side of the screen or Down). Gain—controls the sensitivity of the sonar receiver see more detail, increase the gain. If the screen is cluttered, decrease the gain. Frequency—selects how the frequencies appear on screen (200kHz, 50kHz, or Dual).

  • Page 47: Appendix

    Physical Specifications Size: GPSMAP 4008: 7" H x 11.2" W x 4.2" D (176.9 x 284.4 x 106 mm) GPSMAP 4012: 9.5" H x 14.8" W x 4.13" D (240.5 x 375 x 105.1 mm) GPSMAP 5008: 6.8" H x 10.1" W x 4.17" D (173.5 x 256 x 105.9 mm) GPSMAP 5012: 9.47"...

  • Page 48: Initializing Unit Settings

    ppendIx Initializing Unit Settings The first time you turn your unit on, you must configure a series of initial settings. These settings must also be configured when restoring factory settings. NOtE: You can change these settings later using the Configure screen. Language—select the language to show on your screen.

  • Page 49: Alarms And Messages

    Can’t Write User Card— cannot write card when attempting a user data transfer. Cartography Service Incompatible. Software Update Required—a software update is needed. Contact Garmin Product Support for assistance updating your unit software. Check XM Antenna—XM antenna not connected. Check connectivity.
  • Page 50 An error code will be listed to help diagnose the error. Radar Service Incompatible. Software Update Required—a radar software update is needed. Contact Garmin Product Support for assistance updating your network. Radar Service Lost—(radar) the unit has lost communications with the remote radar unit. Check the network and the radar wiring.

  • Page 51: Product Registration

    Software remain in Garmin. You acknowledge that the Software is the property of Garmin and is protected under the United States of America copyright laws and international copyright treaties. You further acknowledge that the structure, organization, and code of the Software are valuable trade secrets of Garmin and that the Software in source code form remains a valuable trade secret of Garmin.

  • Page 52: Nmea 0183 And Nmea 2000

    Approved NMEA 0183 sentences: GPBWC, GPRMC, GPGGA, GPGSA, GPGSV, GPGLL, GPBOD, GPRMB, GPRTE, GPVTG, GPWPL, GPXTE, and Garmin proprietary sentences—PGRME, PGRMM, and PGRMZ. This unit also includes support for the WPL sentence, DSC, and sonar NMEA 0183 input with support for the DPT (depth) or DBT, MTW (water temp), and VHW (water temp, speed, and heading) sentences.

  • Page 53: Index

    4, 16 communications settings configure 4, 29 my boat other boats water speed contact Garmin course up create waypoint creating routes cruising screen (radar) current station 15, 24 GPSMAP 4000/5000 Series Owner’s Manual ® data...
  • Page 54 ndex roads Rocker routes creating editing route to safe depth 8, 12, 31 safe height safe zone satellite signals scroll speed SD cards inserting and removing search for a destination by name select key settings alarms chart combinations communications fish eye 3D initializing mariner’s eye mariner’s eye 3D...
  • Page 56 For the latest free software updates (excluding map data) throughout the life of your Garmin products, visit the Garmin Web site at www.garmin.com. © 2007 Garmin Ltd. or its subsidiaries Garmin International, Inc. 1200 East 151 Street, Olathe, Kansas 66062, USA Garmin (Europe) Ltd.

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