Garmin 500 User Manual
Gpsmap 400/500 series weather and xm satellite radio supplement
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- Page 1 GPSMAP 400/500 Series ® Weather and XM Satellite Radio supplement...
- Page 2 © 2011 Garmin Ltd. or its subsidiaries All rights reserved. Under the copyright laws, this manual may not be copied, in whole or in part, without the written consent of Garmin. Garmin reserves the right to change or improve its products and to make changes in the content of this manual without obligation to notify any person or organization of such changes or improvements.
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Page 3: Cellular Equipment Requirements
GPSMAP 546 Cellular Equipment Requirements To use cellular weather, you must have a cellular GSM antenna such as the Garmin GDL 40. To connect your chartplotter to a cellular antenna, refer to the installation instructions for the antenna. XM Equipment Requirements To use XM WX Satellite Weather, you must have a Garmin XM satellite weather receiver. -
Page 4: Table Of Contents
XM Satellite Radio ... Using XM Radio... XM Radio Bar ... Appendix ... Weather Data Warranty ... Software License Agreement... Weather Warnings and Weather Bulletin Color Shading ... XM Satellite Radio Service Agreement ... Index ..11 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Weather Supplement... -
Page 5: Xm Wx Satellite Weather And Cellular Weather
XM WX Satellite Weather Web site at www.xmwxweather.com. To view XM WX Satellite Weather information, you must have a subscription to XM WX Satellite Weather, and you must have a Garmin XM satellite weather receiver connected to a chartplotter. -
Page 6: Weather Data Broadcasts
Satellite weather data is broadcast at set intervals. For example, XM weather radar data is broadcast at five-minute intervals. Cellular weather data is broadcast at fifteen-minute intervals. When the Garmin receiver is turned on, or when a different weather feature is selected, the receiver has to receive new data before it can be shown. -
Page 7: Switching Weather Charts
2. Select a weather chart. 3. Select MeNU > Change Weather. 4. Select a different weather chart. GPSMAP 400/500 Series Weather Supplement XM WX Satellite Weather and Cellular Weather Storm Cell and Lightning Information Note: Storm cell information is available only if you are receiving XM WX Satellite Weather data. -
Page 8: Hurricane Information
Weather bulletins may consist of either weather watches or weather advisories. of the hurricane. Darkened dots See the Appendix ➊ ➊ on the chart indicate the ➋ (page 19) to view a list of color shading descriptions. ➊ GPSMAP 400/500 Series Weather Supplement indicates the area ➋... -
Page 9: Forecast Information
The Marine Forecast or offshore Forecast options appear when forecast information is available. 4. Select Marine Forecast or offshore Forecast. GPSMAP 400/500 Series Weather Supplement XM WX Satellite Weather and Cellular Weather Weather Fronts and Pressure Centers: Note: This feature is available only if you are receiving XM WX Satellite Weather data. -
Page 10: Viewing Sea Conditions
From the Home screen, select Information > Weather > Sea Conditions. Rain (drizzle, sleet, showers) Fair (sunny, hot, clear) Snow (snow showers, flurries, blizzard, blowing snow, sleet, freezing rain, freezing drizzle) Symbol Weather Windy Foggy Cloudy GPSMAP 400/500 Series Weather Supplement... - Page 11 15 knots 20 knots 50 knots 65 knots GPSMAP 400/500 Series Weather Supplement XM WX Satellite Weather and Cellular Weather Wave Height, Wave Period, and Wave Direction Wave heights for an area appear as variations in color. Different colors indicate different wave heights , as shown in the legend ➊...
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Page 12: Viewing Fishing Information
Pressure units are shown in millibars (mb), inches of Mercury (inHg), or hectopascals (hPa). Colored shading, as defined by the legend ➋ display, indicates the surface temperature of the water. GPSMAP 400/500 Series Weather Supplement in the upper-left corner of the... -
Page 13: Visibility Information
Shaded areas indicate optimal fishing areas. If you have selected more than one species of fish, you can select a shaded area to view the fish species that are included in the shaded area. GPSMAP 400/500 Series Weather Supplement XM WX Satellite Weather and Cellular Weather Visibility Information Note: This feature is available only if you are receiving XM WX Satellite Weather data. -
Page 14: Viewing Buoy Reports
2. Select MeNU > Start Panning. 3. Complete an action using the Rocker: • Select a location on the chart. • Pan to a new location, and select the location on the chart. 4. Select Create Waypoint. GPSMAP 400/500 Series Weather Supplement... -
Page 15: About The Weather Overlay
Note: The Fishing chart is available if you use a BlueChart g2 Vision data card, a BlueChart g2 data card, or if your built-in map supports Fishing charts. GPSMAP 400/500 Series Weather Supplement Turning On the Weather Overlay on a Chart 1. From the Home screen, select Charts. - Page 16 Before you can show fish forecasting data on the Fishing chart, you must turn on the weather overlay (page 11). Note: This feature is available only if you are receiving XM WX Satellite Weather data. It is not available if you are receiving only cellular weather data. GPSMAP 400/500 Series Weather Supplement...
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Page 17: Weather Alarms
4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 to show areas with optimal weather conditions for additional species of fish. 5. Select a shaded area to view the fish species that are included in the shaded area. GPSMAP 400/500 Series Weather Supplement XM WX Satellite Weather and Cellular Weather Weather Alarms Setting Weather Alarms You can set an alarm to sound for weather warnings. -
Page 18: Selecting A Cellular Or Xm Antenna
If you have purchased a day pass, the time of the purchase and the time when the day pass expired is also shown. From the Home screen, select Information > Weather > Weather Subscription. GPSMAP 400/500 Series Weather Supplement... -
Page 19: Xm Satellite Radio
XM Satellite Radio To use XM Satellite Radio features, you must have a Garmin XM satellite radio receiver connected to your chartplotter and to the audio input of your boat. You must also have a subscription to XM Satellite Radio. Go to www.garmin.com/xm... -
Page 20: Xm Radio Bar
The data bar for each chart must be configured separately. ➊ 1. From the Home screen, select Charts. 2. Select a chart. 3. Select MeNU > Data Bars > XM Audio > on. GPSMAP 400/500 Series Weather Supplement... -
Page 21: Appendix
This information is provided “as is” and XM and Garmin disclaim any and all warranties, express and implied, with respect thereto or the transmission or reception thereof. XM and Garmin further do not warrant the accuracy, reliability, completeness or timeliness of the traffic and weather information disclosed on the Radio Service. -
Page 22: Software License Agreement
You further acknowledge that the structure, organization, and code of the Software, for which source code is not provided, are valuable trade secrets of Garmin and/or its third- party providers and that the Software in source code form remains a valuable trade secret of Garmin and/or its third-party providers. -
Page 23: Weather Warnings And Weather Bulletin Color Shading
Air Quality, Air Stagnation, Ashfall, Blowing Dust, Excessive Heat, Fire Weather, Heat, High Heat and Humidity, Humidex, Humidex and Health, Rainfall, Special Weather, Weather Orange Severe Storm GPSMAP 400/500 Series Weather Supplement Color Marine Weather Weather Categories Group Tornado Purple Tropical... -
Page 24: Xm Satellite Radio Service Agreement
XM Welcome Kit and available at xmradio.com. XM Radio U.S. Satellite Services available only to those at least 18 years of age in the 48 contiguous United States and D.C. XM WX is a trademark of XM Satellite Radio Inc. GPSMAP 400/500 Series Weather Supplement... -
Page 25: Index
7, navigation lightning perspective 3D sea conditions switching National Weather Service weather fishing Navigation chart weather precipitation GPSMAP 400/500 Series Weather Supplement overlay, weather Perspective 3D chart precipitation Precipitation chart presets pressure centers pressure, surface product support radio receiver... - Page 28 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. © 2011 Garmin Ltd. or its subsidiaries Garmin International, Inc. 1200 East 151 Street, Olathe, Kansas 66062, USA Garmin (Europe) Ltd.