Connecting To The Garmin Quickdraw Community With Garmin Connect; Garmin Quickdraw Contours Settings - Garmin Volvo Penta GLASS COCKPIT 8x10 Owner's Manual

When you set up your ActiveCaptain app, you may
have selected to share your contours with the community
automatically. If not, follow these steps to enable sharing.
From the ActiveCaptain app on your mobile device,
select Sync with Plotter > Contribute to Community.
The next time you connect the ActiveCaptain app to
the GLASS COCKPIT device, your contour maps are
transferred to the community automatically.
Connecting to the Garmin Quickdraw Community with
Garmin Connect
1 Go to connect.garmin.com.
2 Select Getting Started > Quickdraw Community >
Getting Started.
3 If you do not have a Garmin Connect account, create
one.
4 Sign in to your Garmin Connect account.
5 Select Dashboards > Marine to open the Garmin
Quickdraw widget.
TIP: Make sure you have a memory card in your computer
to share Garmin Quickdraw Contours maps.
Sharing Your Garmin Quickdraw Contours Maps with
the Garmin Quickdraw Community Using Garmin
Connect
You can share Garmin Quickdraw Contours maps that
you have created with others in the Garmin Quickdraw
Community.
When you share a contour map, only the contour map is
shared. Your waypoints are not shared.
1 Insert a memory card into the card slot
Cards, page 2).
2 Insert the memory card into your computer.
3 Access the Garmin Quickdraw Community
to the Garmin Quickdraw Community with Garmin
Connect, page 24).
4 Select Share Your Contours.
5 Browse to your memory card, and select the /Garmin
folder.
6 Open the Quickdraw folder, and select the file named
ContoursLog.svy.
After the file is uploaded, delete the ContoursLog.svy
file from your memory card to avoid issues with future
uploads. Your data will not be lost.
Downloading Garmin Quickdraw Community Maps
Using Garmin Connect
You can download Garmin Quickdraw Contours maps that
other users have created and shared with the Garmin
Quickdraw Community.
If your device does not have Wi‑Fi technology, you
can access the Garmin Quickdraw Community using the
Garmin Connect website.
If your device has Wi‑Fi technology, you should
access the Garmin Quickdraw Community using the
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ActiveCaptain app
Community with ActiveCaptain, page
1 Insert the memory card into your computer.
2 Access the Garmin Quickdraw Community
to the Garmin Quickdraw Community with Garmin
Connect, page
3 Select Search for Contours.
4 Use the map and search features to locate an area to
download.
The red dots represent Garmin Quickdraw Contours
maps that have been shared for that region.
5 Select Select an Area to Download.
6 Drag the edges of the box to select the area to
download.
7 Select Start Download.
8 Save the file to your memory card.
TIP: If you cannot find the file, look in the "Downloads"
folder. The browser may have saved the file there.
9 Remove the memory card from your computer.
10 Insert the memory card into the card slot
Cards, page
The chartplotter automatically recognizes the contours
maps. The chartplotter may take a few minutes to load
the maps.

Garmin Quickdraw Contours Settings

From a chart, select Options > Quickdraw Contours >
Settings.
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Recording Offset: Sets the distance between the sonar
depth and the contour recording depth. If the water
level has changed since your last recording, adjust this
setting so the recording depth is the same for both
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recordings.
For example, if the last time you recorded had a sonar
depth of 3.1 m (10.5 ft.), and today's sonar depth is
3.6 m (12 ft.), enter -0.5 m (-1.5 ft.) for the a Recording
Offset value.
User Display Offset: Sets differences in contour depths
and depth labels on your own contours maps to
compensate for changes in the water level of a body
of water, or for depth errors in recorded maps.
Comm. Display Offset: Sets differences in contour
depths and depth labels on the community contours
maps to compensate for changes in the water level of a
body of water, or for depth errors in recorded maps.
Survey Coloring: Sets the color of the Garmin Quickdraw
Contours display. When this setting is turned on, the
colors indicate the quality of the recording. When this
setting is turned off, the contour areas use standard
map colors.
Green indicates good depth and GPS position, and a
speed under 16 km/h (10 mph). Yellow indicates good
depth and GPS position, and a speed between 16 and
32 km/h (10 and 20 mph). Red indicates poor depth or
GPS position, and a speed above 32 km/h (20 mph).
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