Setting The Anchor Drag Alarm; System Alarms; Sonar Alarms - Garmin GPSMAP 9 3 Series Owner's Manual

Setting the Anchor Drag Alarm

You can set an alarm to sound if you have moved outside an allowable radius you set when configuring the
alarm.
The anchor drag alarm is a tool for situational awareness only, and may not prevent grounding or collisions in
all circumstances. You are responsible for the safe and prudent operation of your vessel, for remaining aware
of your surroundings, and for using safe judgement on the water at all times. Failure to heed this warning could
result in property damage, serious personal injury, or death.
The Beeper setting must be turned on to make alarms audible
to set audible alarms could lead to injury or property damage.
1 Select > Alarms > Navigation > Anchor Drag.
2 Select Alarm to turn on the alarm.
3 Select Set Radius, and select a distance on the chart.
4 Select Back.

System Alarms

Select > Alarms > System.
Clock
Sets an alarm clock.
Unit Voltage: Sets an alarm to sound when the battery reaches a specified low voltage.
GPS Accuracy: Sets an alarm to sound when the GPS location accuracy falls outside the user-defined value.

Sonar Alarms

The sonar alarms feature is a tool for situational awareness only and may not prevent grounding in all
circumstances. It is your obligation to ensure safe operation of the vessel.
The Beeper setting must be turned on to make alarms audible
to set audible alarms could lead to injury or property damage.
NOTE: Not all options are available on all transducers.
From an applicable sonar view, select Options > Sonar Setup > Alarms.
You can also open the sonar alarms by selecting
Shallow Water: Sets an alarm to sound when the depth is less than the specified value.
Deep Water: Sets an alarm to sound when the depth is greater than the specified value.
FrontVü Alarm: Sets an alarm to sound when the depth in front of the vessel is less than the specified value,
which can help you avoid running aground
available only with Panoptix Garmin FrontVü transducers.
Water Temp.: Sets an alarm to sound when the transducer reports a temperature that is 2°F (1.1°C) above or
below the specified temperature.
Contour: Sets an alarm to sound when the transducer detects a suspended target within the specified depth
from the surface of the water and from the bottom.
Fish: Sets an alarm to sound when the device detects a suspended target.
• sets the alarm to sound when fish of all sizes are detected.
• sets the alarm to sound only when medium or large fish are detected.
• sets the alarm to sound only when large fish are detected.
Device Configuration
WARNING
CAUTION
(Sounds and Display Settings,
WARNING
CAUTION
(Sounds and Display Settings,
> Alarms > Sonar.
(Setting the Garmin FrontVü Depth Alarm,
page 176). Failure
page 176). Failure
page 93). This alarm is
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