1. Manuals
  2. Brands
  3. Garmin Manuals
  4. GPS
  5. GPSMAP 8500
  6. Owner's manual

Garmin GPSMAP 8500 Series Owner's Manual

Hide thumbs Also See for GPSMAP 8500 Series:
Table of Contents

Advertisement

Quick Links

Download this manual
GPSMAP® 8000/8500 SERIES
Owner's Manual

Advertisement

Table of Contents
loading

Related Manuals for Garmin GPSMAP 8500 Series

Summary of Contents for Garmin GPSMAP 8500 Series

  • Page 1 GPSMAP® 8000/8500 SERIES Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 2 © 2013–2017 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.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Customizing the Data Overlays ..........3 Contours Feature ..............11 Resetting the Station Layouts ..........3 Adding a Label to a Garmin Quickdraw Contours Map .... 11 Presets ..................3 Garmin Quickdraw Community ..........11 Saving a New Preset ............. 3 Connecting to the Garmin Quickdraw Community with Managing Presets ..............
  • Page 4 Playing Sonar Recordings ........... 23 Converting a Route to a Boundary ........17 Traditional, Garmin ClearVü, and SideVü Sonar Setup ... 23 Converting a Track to a Boundary ........17 Setting the Zoom Level on the Sonar Screen ...... 24 Editing a Boundary ...............
  • Page 5 Disabling a Guard Zone ............29 Man-Overboard and SOS Distress Calls Initiated from the MARPA ..................29 Chartplotter ................34 MARPA Targeting Symbols ..........29 Position Tracking ..............35 Assigning a MARPA Tag to an Object ......... 29 Viewing a Position Report ............ 35 Removing a MARPA Tag from a Targeted Object ....
  • Page 6 Viewing Local Weather Information near a Buoy ....42 Other Vessels Settings ............. 49 Weather Overlay ............... 43 Settings that are Synced on the Garmin Marine Network ..49 Turning On the Weather Overlay on a Chart ....... 43 Restoring the Original Chartplotter Factory Settings ....50 Weather Overlay Settings on the Navigation Chart .....
  • Page 7 My device will not turn on or keeps turning off ..... 52 My device is not creating waypoints in the correct location ................. 53 Contacting Garmin Support ............53 Specifications ................53 Specifications ............... 53 NMEA 2000 PGN Information ..........53 NMEA 0183 Information ............

  • Page 9: Introduction

    There is also contact Opens the Radar menu for the page or function information to Garmin support should you have any questions. Opens the Presets menu for the page or function Device Overview The location of items may vary based upon the model.

  • Page 10: Garmin Support Center

    Home. Inserting a Memory Card When multiple displays are installed on the Garmin Marine Network, you can group them together into a station. A station You can use optional memory cards with the chartplotter. Map...

  • Page 11: Creating A New Combination Page

    Select an option: • To turn on other data bars, like the media controls, select Top Bar or Bottom Bar, and select the necessary • To change the name, select Name & Symbol > Name, options. enter a new name, and select Done. Select Done.

  • Page 12: Customizing The Startup Screen

    Garmin device, using time. Otherwise, you must press and hold to turn off the the name and password you entered in the Garmin device. system manually. Select Settings > System > Auto Power Off.

  • Page 13: Communication With Wireless Devices

    Changing the Wi‑Fi Host If you are downloading an entire chart, you can use the Garmin Express ™ app to download the map onto a memory card. The You can change which chartplotter is serving as the Wi‑Fi host. Garmin Express app downloads large charts more quickly than The can be helpful if you are having trouble with Wi‑Fi...

  • Page 14: Zooming In And Out Using The Touchscreen

    Navigating to a Point on the Chart The Fishing Chart provides a detailed view with more bottom detail and fishing content. This chart is optimized for use when CAUTION fishing. To open the Fishing Chart, select Charts > Fishing The Auto Guidance feature is based on electronic chart Chart.

  • Page 15: Viewing Tide Station Information

    Viewing Tide Station Information • Select Photo Map to show photos on both the water and the land at a specified opacity. Use the slider bar to adjust on the chart indicates a tide station. You can view a detailed the photo opacity.

  • Page 16: Heading And Projected Course Of Activated Ais Targets

    The safe-zone collision alarm is used only with AIS and MARPA. Symbol Description MARPA functionality works with radar. The safe zone is used for Dangerous target is lost. A red X indicates that the AIS collision avoidance and can be customized. transmission from the vessel is lost, and the chartplotter displays a message banner asking whether the vessel should Select Settings >...

  • Page 17: Chart Menu

    10). Sailing Ang.: Allows you to select how the device calculates Quickdraw Contours: Shows and hides Garmin Quickdraw laylines. The Actual option calculates the laylines using the data (Garmin Quickdraw Contours Settings, page 12).

  • Page 18: Other Vessels Layer Settings

    Observed weather is the present weather condition or an approved third party producer. that are visible now. You can purchase maps from Garmin. If you purchase maps Forecast Layers: Sets which forecasted weather items are from a seller other than Garmin, investigate the seller before shown.

  • Page 19: Mapping A Body Of Water Using The Garmin Quickdraw Contours Feature

    Go to connect.garmin.com. Contours Map Select Get Started > Quickdraw Community > Get Started. You can add labels to a Garmin Quickdraw Contours map to If you do not have a Garmin Connect account, create one. mark hazards or points of interest.

  • Page 20: Garmin Quickdraw Contours Settings

    Survey Coloring: Sets the color of the Garmin Quickdraw Contours display. When this setting is turned on, the colors Auto Guidance: Uses the specified information about your indicate the quality of the recording.

  • Page 21: Basic Navigation Questions

    Basic Navigation Questions Waypoints Waypoints are locations you record and store in the device. Question Answer Waypoints can mark where you are, where you are going, or How do I make the Navigate using Go To (Setting and where you have been. You can add details about the location, chartplotter point me in the Following a Direct Course Using Go To, such as name, elevation, and depth.

  • Page 22: Deleting A Waypoint Or An Mob

    Before you can navigate to a waypoint, you must create a The last turn you add should be the first turn you make, waypoint. starting from your present location. It should be the turn closest to your vessel. Select Info > User Data > Waypoints. If necessary, select Menu.

  • Page 23: Browsing For And Navigating Parallel To A Saved Route

    If you are off course, follow the purple line (corrected course) Review the path, indicated by the magenta line. to go to your destination, or steer back to the magenta line Select Start Navigation. (direct course). Follow the magenta line, steering to avoid land, shallow Browsing for and Navigating Parallel to a Saved water, and other obstacles.

  • Page 24: Adjusting The Distance From Shore

    You can set the parameters the chartplotter uses when • If the turns in the Auto Guidance line are too wide, select calculating an Auto Guidance path. Settings > Preferences > Navigation > Auto Guidance > Shoreline Distance > Nearest. Preferred Depth: Sets the minimum water depth, based on chart depth data, that your boat can safely travel over.

  • Page 25: Deleting A Saved Track

    Select Review > Edit Boundary > Delete. a body of water. You can set an alarm to alert you when you enter or exit a boundary. Synchronizing User Data Across the Garmin You can create boundary areas, lines, and circles using the Marine Network map.

  • Page 26: Deleting All Saved Waypoints, Routes, And Tracks

    You can share waypoints, tracks, and routes with all compatible • To mark the port and starboard starting line marks by devices connected to the Garmin Marine Network (Ethernet) entering their coordinates, select Enter Coordinates. automatically. • To switch the position of the port and starboard marks NOTE: This feature is not available on all models.

  • Page 27: Setting The Keel Offset

    Setting the Keel Offset For advanced autopilot configuration, see the installation instructions included with your autopilot. You can enter a keel offset to compensate the water depth From the autopilot screen, select Menu > Autopilot Setup > reading for the transducer installation location. This allows you Wind Hold Type.

  • Page 28: Setting The Heading Line And Angle Markers

    Chartplotter models compatible chartplotter or fishfinder and a compatible without an xsv or xs in their names require a Garmin sounder transducer. For information about compatible transducers, go to module and transducer to display sonar information.

  • Page 29: Sidevü Scanning Technology

    SideVü scanning sonar technology shows you a picture of what updates very quickly, producing sonar views that look more like lies to the sides of the boat. You can use this as a search tool to live video. find structures and fish. The RealVü...

  • Page 30: Realvü 3D Down Sonar View

    This feature may not be available on all chartplotter models. You can view the sonar data from all compatible sources on the Garmin Marine Network. You can view sonar data from a compatible external sonar module, such as a GCV sonar ™...

  • Page 31: Selecting A Sonar Source

    GPSMAP 8212 mounted at the front of Select an option: your boat. • While in the Garmin ClearVü or SideVü sonar view, select When sharing sonar data, the values of some sonar settings, Contrast. such as Range and Gain, are synchronized across the devices •...

  • Page 32: Setting The Zoom Level On The Sonar Screen

    You can adjust the range of the depth scale traditional and Garmin ClearVü sonar views and the range of the width scale Pic. Advance: Allows the sonar picture to advance faster by drawing more than one column of data on the screen for for the SideVü...

  • Page 33: Advanced Sonar Settings

    Installation Settings Deep Water: Sets an alarm to sound when the depth is greater From a Traditional, Garmin ClearVü, or SideVü sonar view, than the specified value. select Menu > Sonar Setup > Installation. FrontVü Alarm: Sets an alarm to sound when the depth in front Transmit Rate: Sets the length of time between sonar pings.

  • Page 34: Creating A Frequency Preset

    Select a frequency suited to your needs and water depth. If you want to see the highest intensity signal returns on the screen, you can lower the gain to remove lower intensity For more information on frequencies, see (Sonar returns and noise. If you want to see all return information, Frequencies, page 25).

  • Page 35: Livevü And Frontvü Appearance Settings

    Down, and LiveVü Forward sonar views. When you connect your compatible chartplotter to an optional Use AHRS: Enables the internal attitude heading and reference Garmin marine radar, such as a GMR ™ Fantom ™ 6 radar or a...

  • Page 36: Radar Interpretation

    From a radar screen, select Menu > Radar Setup > Installation > Enable No Transmit Zone. Radar Overlay When you connect your chartplotter to an optional Garmin The no-transmit zone is indicated by a shaded area on the radar screen.

  • Page 37: Motionscope™ Doppler Radar Technology

    Especially in inclement weather, longer-range radar signals can increase the clutter on the Radar screen and make it more difficult to view information about shorter-range targets. In rain, shorter-range radar signals can enable you to view information about nearby objects more effectively, if the rain clutter setting is configured optimally.
  • Page 38 Echo Trails From a radar screen, select a targeted object. Select MARPA Target. The echo trails feature enables you to track the movement of vessels on the radar display. As a vessel moves, you can see a Viewing a List of AIS and MARPA Threats faint trail of the vessel's wake.
  • Page 39 Adjusting Gain on the Radar Screen Manually Adjusting Sea Clutter on the Radar Screen Manually For optimal radar performance, you can manually adjust the You can adjust the appearance of clutter caused by choppy sea gain. conditions. The sea clutter setting affects the appearance of nearby clutter and targets more than it affects the appearance of NOTE: Depending upon the radar in use, the gain setting distant clutter and targets.
  • Page 40 Show VRM/EBL: Shows the variable range marker (VRM) circle Measuring the Potential Front-of-Boat Offset and the electronic bearing line (EBL) to allow you to measure The front-of-boat offset compensates for the physical location of the distance and bearing from your boat to a target object the radar scanner on a boat, if the radar scanner does not align (VRM and EBL, page 30).
  • Page 41 When the chartplotter is connected to a compatible Garmin From any screen, select Engage. autopilot system, you can engage and control the autopilot from Your intended heading shows in the center of the Autopilot the chartplotter. screen. For information about compatible Garmin autopilot systems, go Adjusting the Heading with the Helm to www.garmin.com.
  • Page 42 If you have a Garmin NMEA 2000 VHF radio connected to your Man-Overboard and SOS Distress Calls Initiated from chartplotter, these features are also enabled. the Chartplotter •...
  • Page 43 For information on placing distress calls from your radio, see the Individual Routine Calls VHF radio owner’s manual. For information about marking an When you connect the chartplotter to a Garmin VHF radio, you MOB or SOS location, see Marking an SOS Location, page can use the chartplotter interface to set up an individual routine call.
  • Page 44 • To change the layout of the gauges on the page, select Setting the Fuel Alarm Change Layout. Before you can set a fuel level alarm, a compatible fuel flow • To add a page to this set of gauge pages, select Add sensor must be connected to the chartplotter.
  • Page 45 NOTE: When moving at low speeds or when stationary, the Setting Up the Battery Management Page magnetic compass source is more accurate than the GPS Select A/V, Gauges, Controls > Battery Management > source. Menu > Edit Devices. Select an item. Customizing the Close-Hauled Wind Gauge You can specify the range of the close-hauled wind gauge for Select Device, and select an item from the list.
  • Page 46 Viewing Almanac Information from the NOTE: The source menu appears only for devices that support multiple media sources. Navigation Chart Select a source. From a chart or 3D chart view, select a location. Select Information. Playing Music Select Tides, Currents, or Celestial. Browsing for Music From the media screen, select Browse or Menu >...
  • Page 47 Setting the Tuner Region complete, the system starts playing the first station in the ensemble you were listening to when you started the re-scan. From the media screen, select Menu > Installation > Tuner Region. Changing DAB Stations Select an option. Select the DAB source.
  • Page 48 For example, radar is broadcast at five-minute intervals. entered. When you restore the parental control settings to their When the Garmin receiver is turned on, or when a different default values, the passcode value is reset to 0000. weather feature is selected, the receiver must receive new data From the media menu, select Installation >...
  • Page 49 NOTE: Any weather feature can change in appearance if the Color Marine Weather Group source that provides the information changes. Cyan Flash Flood Blue Flood Changing the Weather Chart Marine From a combination screen or SmartMode layout with a Yellow Severe Storm weather chart, select Menu >...
  • Page 50 Forecasting Fish Locations Symbol Weather Symbol Weather You can show areas that contain optimal weather conditions for Thunderstorms Snow (snow showers, flurries, specific species of fish. blizzard, blowing snow, sleet, freezing rain, freezing drizzle) NOTE: This feature is not available on all devices and in all Smoke (dusty, hazy) subscriptions.
  • Page 51 Compatible devices include video devices connected to the Camera Settings ports on the chartplotter or to the Garmin Marine Network, as well as supported network (IP-based) video cameras, encoders, Some cameras provide additional options to control the camera and thermal cameras.
  • Page 52 You may need to update the camera software to The video source changes to Video 1. use this feature. You can control the movements of the connected video cameras Garmin VIRB Action Cameras ® that support panning, tilting, and zooming.
  • Page 53 The app connects to your camera. VIRB Action Camera Video Setup Settings Select A/V, Gauges, Controls > VIRB® > Menu > Video Set up the chartplotter's Wi‑Fi network. Setup. From the GarminVIRB app, select > WiFi Connections. Aspect: Sets the video aspect ratio. A list of nearby Wi‑Fi access points appears.
  • Page 54 You can view the software version, the basemap version, all Route Start: Selects a starting point for route navigation. supplemental map information (if applicable), the software version for an optional Garmin radar (if applicable), and the unit Device Configuration...
  • Page 55 Settings > Preferences > Navigation > Auto Guidance You can configure the communication format for each internal > Shoreline Distance > Near. NMEA 0183 port when connecting your chartplotter to external NMEA 0183 devices, a computer, or other Garmin devices. Device Configuration...
  • Page 56 FrontVü Alarm: Sets an alarm to sound when the depth in front of the vessel is less than the specified value, which can help • To support the input or output of Garmin proprietary data you avoid running aground (Setting the FrontVü Depth Alarm, for interfacing with Garmin software, select Garmin.
  • Page 57 If the wheel turns freely, check the cable connections. boat. Enter this value as a positive number. If you continue to get the message, contact Garmin product • If the transducer is installed at the bottom of the keel support.

  • Page 58: Copying User Data From A Memory Card

    Select Info > User Data > Data Transfer > File Type. • Deep Water (Not available in the GPSMAP 8400/8600 Select GPX. series) To transfer data with Garmin devices again, select the ADM file • Water Temp. type. • Contour (Not available in echoMAP 70s and GPSMAP...

  • Page 59: Saving System Information To A Memory Card

    Insert the memory card into your computer. Next > Finish. On your computer, go to garmin.com/express. A Garmin folder containing the software update is created on the Follow the on-screen instructions to download, install, and memory card. The software update can take several minutes to open the Garmin Express application.

  • Page 60: Pairing The Grid Remote Input Device With The Chartplotter

    You can initiate the paring of the devices from the chartplotter or From Windows Explorer, open the Garmin\scrn folder on the from the GRID remote input device. memory card.

  • Page 61: My Device Is Not Creating Waypoints In The Correct

    Select the correct map datum and position format settings. Description 059392 ISO acknowledgment Create the waypoint again. 059904 ISO request Contacting Garmin Support 060160 ISO transport protocol: Data transfer • Go to support.garmin.com for help and information, such as 060416...

  • Page 62: Nmea 0183 Information

    Receive Type Sentence Description SDVHW VHW: Water speed and heading Description Receive Depth 065030 Generator average basic AC quantities (GAAC) Depth below transducer 126992 System time Water temperature 127251 Rate of turn Water speed and heading 127257 Attitude Waypoint location 127498 Engine parameters: Static Digital selective calling...

  • Page 63: Index

    SiriusXM Satellite Radio 39 layers 9, 10 source 38 Garmin ClearVü 20 settings 9, 10 tuner region 39 Garmin Marine Network 17, 48 charts 5, 7, 9–11 tuning mode 39 Garmin product support. See product support appearance 9, 10 VHF 38 gauges 35 details 6 zones 38 engine 35, 36 Index...
  • Page 64 26 echo trails 30 VRM 30 FrontVü 22 field of view 32 adjusting 30 gain 23 front-of-boat offset 32 measuring 30 Garmin ClearVü 20 gain 30, 31 showing 30 interference 24 guard zone 29 measuring distances 21 MARPA 8 noise 23 optimizing display 31 WAAS 46 numbers 3 overlay 10 warning manager 38 Panoptix 21, 22, 26, 27...
  • Page 65 weather 40, 41 alarms 48 broadcasts 40 charts 10, 41, 43 fishing 42 fishing chart 43 forecast 41, 42 navigation chart 43 overlay 43 precipitation 41 conditions 42 subscription 40, 43 surface pressure 42 visibility 42 water temperature 42 wave information 42 winds 42 Wi‑Fi 4 Wi‑Fi technology 5 wind, rose 9 wind angle graph 37 wind gauges 36, 37 wind hold 19 adjusting 19 wind speed graph 37...
  • Page 66 October 2017 190-01557-00_0L...

This manual is also suitable for:

Gpsmap 8000 series

Table of Contents