Configuring Communications Settings - Garmin 400/500 Owner's Manual

Configuring the Chartplotter
7. If you selected Near or Far in step 6, review the placement of
the Auto Guidance line. Determine whether the line safely avoids
known obstacles, and whether the turns enable efficient travel.
• If the placement of the Auto Guidance line is satisfactory,
select MENU > Navigation Options
Proceed to step 9.
• If the Auto Guidance line is too close to known obstacles,
from the Home screen, select
> Navigation > Auto Guidance
Farthest.
• If the turns in the Auto Guidance line are too wide, from the
Home screen, select Configure
> Auto Guidance > Shoreline Distance
8. If you selected Nearest or Farthest, review the placement of the
Auto Guidance line. Determine whether the line safely avoids
known obstacles, and whether the turns enable efficient travel.
9. Repeat steps 1-8 at least once more, using a different destination
each time, until you are familiar with the functionality of the
Shoreline Distance setting.

Configuring Communications Settings

To change the communications settings from the Home screen,
select Configure > Communications.
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> Stop Navigation.
Configure > Preferences
> Shoreline Distance >
> Preferences > Navigation
> Nearest.
Serial Port 1—configures the input/output format for serial port 1 to
use when connecting your chartplotter to external NMEA devices, a
computer, or other Garmin devices.
Serial Port 2 (if supported)—configures the input/output format for
serial port 2 to use when connecting your chartplotter to external
NMEA devices, a computer, or other Garmin devices.
• garmin data Transfer—supports the input or output of
Garmin-proprietary data for communicating with Garmin
software.
• garmin Remote Sonar Transfer (GPSMAP
430/440/530/540/535/545)—supports the input or output of
Garmin-proprietary sonar data for communicating with Garmin
software.
• NMEa Standard—supports the input or output of standard
NMEA 0183 data, DSC, and sonar NMEA input support for the
DPT, MTW, and VHW sentences.
• NMEa High Speed—supports the input or output of standard
0183 data for most AIS receivers.
NMEa 0183 Setup—enable or disable NMEA 0183 output
sentences for sounder, route, system, and Garmin NMEA settings.
GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner's Manual