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Deleting a Waypoint or an MOB ..........9 Updating the Device Software ............ 1 Deleting All Waypoints ............9 Contacting Garmin Product Support ........... 1 Routes ..................9 GPS Satellite Signals ..............2 Creating and Navigating a Route From Your Present Adjusting the Backlight ...............
Assigning a MARPA Tag to an Object ......... 19 Full-Screen Sonar View ............13 Viewing Information about a MARPA-tagged Object ..19 Garmin ClearVü Sonar View ..........13 Removing a MARPA Tag from a Targeted Object ..19 SideVü Sonar View .............. 13 Showing AIS Vessels on a Chart or 3D Chart View ....
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Backing Up Data to a Computer ..........25 Restoring Backup Data to a Chartplotter ........25 Saving System Information to a Memory Card ......25 Appendix............... 25 Registering Your Device ............25 Cleaning the Screen ..............25 Screenshots ................25 Capturing Screenshots ............
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You can use blank memory cards to record information. sonar data and transfer data such as waypoints, routes, and tracks to another compatible Garmin ® chartplotter or a computer. Device Front View Open the access door on the front of the chartplotter.
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Red indicates the largest targets and green the chart. indicates the smallest. For more information about GPS, go to www.garmin.com Fishing Chart: Provides a detailed view of the bottom contours /aboutGPS. and depth soundings on the chart. This chart removes...
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Review the course indicated by the magenta line. Icon Description NOTE: When using Auto Guidance, a gray segment within Marine services any part of the magenta line indicates that Auto Guidance Tide station cannot calculate part of the Auto Guidance line. This is due to the settings for minimum safe water depth and minimum safe Current station obstacle height.
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Animated Tide and Current Indicators for each vessel includes the Maritime Mobile Service Identity (MMSI), location, GPS speed, GPS heading, time that has NOTE: This feature is available with premium charts, in some elapsed since the last position of the vessel was reported, areas.
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When course over ground and heading information are provided For example, to be notified of a pending intersection 10 by an activated AIS target, but rate of turn information is not minutes before it will likely occur, set Time To to 10, and the provided, the projected course of the target is calculated based alarm will sound 10 minutes before the vessel intersects the on the course over ground information.
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Boundary Line: Adjusts fishing boundary lines to comply with setting calculates the laylines by using manually entered legal, safety, or geographic fishing boundaries. windward and leeward angles. Navaids: Shows navigational aids on the Fishing chart. Tide Correction: Corrects the laylines based on the tide. Laylines: Adjusts the laylines, when in sailing mode (Laylines Navigation and Fishing Chart Setup...
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Navigation with a Chartplotter • To show next-turn data based on time, select Next Turn > Time. CAUTION • To indicate how the destination data appears, select If your vessel has an autopilot system, a dedicated autopilot Destination, and select an option. control display must be installed at each steering helm in order Chart Appearance Settings to disable the autopilot system.
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Searching for a Destination Using Nav Info Follow the magenta line, steering to avoid land, shallow water, and other obstacles. Select Nav Info. If you are off course, follow the purple line (corrected course) Select an option: to go to your destination, or steer back to the magenta line •...
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• To change the water temperature, select Water Temp.. From the Navigation chart or Fishing chart, select a destination. • To change the comment, select Comment. Select Navigate To > Route To. • To move the position of the waypoint, select Move. Select the location of the last turn before the destination.
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Follow the magenta line along each leg in the route, steering A trailing line on the chart indicates your track. to avoid land, shallow water, and other obstacles. Setting the Color of the Active Track If you are off course, follow the purple line (corrected course) Select Nav Info >...
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Clearing the Active Track Deleting All Saved Waypoints, Routes, and Select Nav Info > Tracks > Clear Active Track. Tracks The track memory is cleared, and the active track continues Select Nav Info > Manage Data > Clear User Data > All > to be recorded.
Select Gauges > Trip Data. received from a heading sensor, and GPS heading is calculated by your chartplotter GPS (course over ground). Resetting Trip Gauges Select Gauges > Environment > MENU > Heading Source. Select Gauges > Trip Data > MENU. Select GPS Hdg or Magnetic.
Garmin ClearVü Sonar View your boat. NOTE: To receive Garmin ClearVü scanning sonar, you need a compatible chartplotter or fishfinder and a compatible transducer. Garmin ClearVü high-frequency sonar provides a detailed picture of the fishing environment around the boat in a detailed representation of structures the boat is passing over.
You can adjust the range of the depth scale traditional and NOTE: The split-frequency sonar view requires the use of a Garmin ClearVü sonar views and the range of the width scale dual-frequency transducer. for the SideVü sonar view.
individual fish in a school, and for deep water applications. Chirp Scroll Speed: Sets the rate at which the sonar scrolls from right generally performs better than single frequency applications. to left. Because some fish targets may show up better using a fixed In shallow water you might want to slow the scroll speed to frequency, you should consider your goals and water conditions extend the length of time the information is displayed on...
noise and fish targets appear more consistent through Setting the Depth and Water Temperature Graph various water depths. This setting also reduces the noise Range and Time Scales near the surface of the water. You can indicate the amount of time and the range of depth that appear in the depth and water temperature graphs.
Navigation chart at the time of the Individual Routine Calls DSC distress call. When you connect the chartplotter to a Garmin VHF radio, you Select Nav Info > Other Vessels > DSC List. can use the chartplotter interface to set up an individual routine Select a position-report call.
Sentry your boat. If you switch from Sentry mode to another mode, mode works with all Garmin GMR model radars. the radar switches to full-time transmission and disables all guard zones.
Showing AIS Vessels on the Radar Screen to a target. The radar system automatically tracks the tagged object and provides you with information about the object, AIS requires the use of an external AIS device and active including the range, bearing, speed, GPS heading, nearest transponder signals from other vessels.
NOTE: Not all options and settings are available on all radar and chartplotter models. When you connect your chartplotter to an optional Garmin From a Radar screen or the Radar overlay, select MENU > marine radar, you can use the Radar overlay to overlay radar Gain.
Adjusting Sea Clutter on the Radar Screen Automatically Rings: Shows the range rings that help you to visualize distances on the radar screen. You can set the chartplotter to automatically adjust the appearance of clutter caused by choppy sea conditions. Nav.
(if applicable), the software Select based on the location of the transducer. version for an optional Garmin radar (if applicable), and the unit Enter the distance measured in step 1. ID number. You may need this information to update the system software or to purchase additional map data information.
Turn Transition Activ.: Sets the turn transition to be calculated information. based on time or distance. Garmin: Enables NMEA 0183 output sentences for Garmin Turn Transition Time: Sets how many minutes before the turn proprietary sentences. that you transition to it as the next leg, when Time is selected for the Turn Transition Activ..
(if applicable), the software assess the placement of the Auto Guidance line using one or version for an optional Garmin radar (if applicable), and the unit more familiar destinations that require navigation through a ID number. You may need this information to update the system narrow waterway.
Insert a memory card into the card slot. • To transfer data from the memory card to the chartplotter Select Settings > System > System Information > Garmin and overwrite existing user data, select Replace from Devices > Save to Card.
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(the “Software”) in binary executable form in the normal operation of the product. Title, ownership rights, and intellectual property rights in and to the Software remain in Garmin and/or its third- party providers. Appendix...
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Garmin ClearVü 13 field of view 21 animated currents, tides 4 Garmin Marine Network 22 front-of-boat offset 21 arrival alarm 23 Garmin product support, contact information 1 gain 20 Auto Guidance 8, 23 gauges optimizing display 20 line 23 environment 12 overlay screen 20 shoreline distance 24 environmental data 12 range 20...