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Garmin GPSMAP 420 Owner's Manual

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  • Page 1 GPSMAP 400/500 series ® owner’s manual...
  • Page 2 All rights reserved. Except as expressly provided herein, no part of this manual may be reproduced, copied, transmitted, disseminated, downloaded or stored in any storage medium, for any purpose without the express prior written consent of Garmin. Garmin hereby grants permission to download a single copy of this manual onto a hard drive...

  • Page 3: Tips And Shortcuts

    Introduction This manual includes information for the following products: GPSMAP 420/420s GPSMAP 450/450s ® GPSMAP 421/421s GPSMAP 451/451s GPSMAP 520/520s GPSMAP 525/525s GPSMAP 521/521s GPSMAP 526/526s GPSMAP 550/550s GPSMAP 555/555s GPSMAP 551/551s GPSMAP 556/556s Tips and Shortcuts HOME • Press from any screen to return to the Home screen.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Navigating to a Destination ... Creating and Using Waypoints... Creating and Using Routes ... Using Tracks ... Using BlueChart g2 Vision ... Navigating with a Garmin Autopilot ... Viewing Information ...30 Viewing a Compass ... Viewing Numbers ... Viewing Trip Information ...
  • Page 5 Configuring the Chartplotter ...37 Configuring System Settings ... Configuring Units of Measure ... Changing the System Language ... Configuring Navigation Preferences ... Configuring Communications Settings ... Setting Alarms ... Setting the Total Fuel Onboard Alarm ... Configuring My Boat ... Configuring Other Vessels ...

  • Page 6: Declaration Of Conformity (Doc)

    GPSMAP 500 series is in compliance with the essential requirements and other relevant provisions of Directive 1999/5/EC. To view the full Declaration of Conformity, see the Garmin Web site for your Garmin product: www.garmin.com. Product Registration Help us better support you by completing our online registration today.

  • Page 7: Getting Started

    Unit Overview Power/Data GPSMAP 520/525/550/555 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner’s Manual Getting Started External GPS antenna POWER/ BACKLIGHT RANGE (-/+) ROCKER MARK SELECT MENU HOME SD card slot GPSMAP 526 shown...
  • Page 8 Getting Started NMEA 000 Power/Data GPSMAP 420/450 NMEA 000 ® External GPS antenna Power/Data GPSMAP 526/556 GPSMAP 421/451/521/551 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 9: Turning The Unit On Or Off

    Turning the Unit On or Off To turn on the unit, press and release the Warning screen appears, select i agree to view the Home screen. NOTE: The first time you turn on your unit, you must configure the initial settings. See “Initializing Unit Settings.”...

  • Page 10: Adjusting The Backlight

    Minimum Safe depth—select the minimum safe depth for your boat. Refer to your boat specifications for more information. Shallow water alarm—only available if you are receiving NMEA or No. sonar depth data. Select Minimum Overhead Clearance—select the minimum overhead clearance for your boat. Refer to your boat specifications for more information.

  • Page 11: Using The Keypad

    ROCKER screen are green MARK green bars disappear SELECT question mark. MENU For more information about GPS, visit the Garmin Web site at HOME www.garmin.com/aboutGPS. . When the unit loses satellite signals, the and the position icon displays a flashing...

  • Page 12: Using Simulator Mode

    ® imagery and aerial reference photos of ports, harbors, marinas and other points of interest. Insert blank SD cards to transfer data such as waypoints, routes, and tracks to another compatible Garmin unit or a computer (page corner of the unit.

  • Page 13: Understanding The Home Screen

    NOTE: If using an SD card to transfer waypoints from MapSource update to the most-current version of MapSource by clicking Help > Check for Software Updates, or check the Garmin Web site at www.garmin.com. Understanding the Home Screen Use the Home screen to access all other screens. Press any screen to return to the Home screen.

  • Page 14: Using Charts

    The BlueChart g2 Vision Mariner’s Eye 3D is more detailed than the preloaded data. NOTE: If you are using a GPSMAP 420/421/520/521/525/526 (including “s” models), you must insert an optional BlueChart g2 Vision preprogrammed SD card to view detailed Navigation and Mariner’s Eye charts.

  • Page 15: Navigation Chart Menu

    Your boat Exposed wreck Light Exposed rock Navigation Chart with g2 Vision Navigation Chart Menu To access additional settings or options for the Navigation chart, press MENU. full Screen Map—view the Navigation or Fishing chart in full- screen mode, without numbers. waypoints &...

  • Page 16: Understanding Chart Data

    • Cruising—turn the GPS Speed, GPS Heading, Depth, and GPS Position data bar on or off. Select data bar Setup the position of the data on the screen. • Navigation—turn the Distance to Destination, Arrival, Off Course, and Bearing data bar on or off. Select Navigation data bar whenever you are navigating to a destination.

  • Page 17: Navigating To A Point On The Chart

    Navigating to a Point on the Chart 1. From the Home screen, select Charts. 2. Select Navigation Chart, Fishing Chart, or Chart. 3. Use the Rocker to select the point on the chart to which you want to go. 4. Press SELECT. 5.

  • Page 18: Changing The Navigation Chart Settings

    Accessing Additional Object Information Use the map pointer ( ) to view information about on-screen map items, waypoints, and charts. To access additional object information: 1. On the Navigation chart, highlight an item with the map pointer, and press SELECT. Selected item 2.

  • Page 19: Changing The Chart Appearance

    Wind direction indicator Changing the Chart Appearance From the Home screen, select Charts MENU > Chart Setup > Chart Appearance. Orientation—changes the perspective of the map display. • North Up—sets the top of the map display to a north heading. •...

  • Page 20: Using The Split Navigation Chart

    Spot depths—turns spot soundings on or off and sets a dangerous depth. Safety Shading—identifies a selected depth. Areas with depths shallower than the specified value are shaded in blue while areas with depths greater than the specified value are shaded in white. The shading is always drawn at, or deeper than, the selected depth.

  • Page 21: Using Perspective 3D

    Using Perspective 3D Perspective 3D provides a view from above and behind the boat (according to your course), and provides a visual navigation aid. This view is helpful when navigating tricky shoals, reefs, bridges, or channels, and is beneficial when trying to identify entry routes and exit routes in unfamiliar harbors or anchorages.

  • Page 22: Using Mariner's Eye 3D

    Using Mariner’s Eye 3D A BlueChart g2 Vision SD card offers Mariner’s Eye 3D, that provides a detailed three-dimensional view from above and behind the boat (according to your course), and provides a visual navigation aid. This view is helpful when navigating tricky shoals, reefs, bridges, or channels, and is beneficial when trying to identify entry and exit routes in unfamiliar harbors or anchorages.

  • Page 23: Using Fish Eye 3D

    Hazard Colors—Turns hazard colors on or off. The Off setting shows the land as seen from the water. The On setting indicates shallow water and land with a color scale. Blue indicates deep water, yellow is shallow water, and red is very shallow water. Mariner’s Eye 3D (Water Hazard Colors) Range Rings—toggles the range rings on or off to provide distance...

  • Page 24: Using Fishing Charts

    Fish Eye 3D Tracks—turns the track log on or off. data bars—show or hide cruising, navigation, fishing, fuel, or sailing numbers (page Using Fishing Charts Use the Fishing chart for a detailed, unobstructed view of the bottom contours on the chart. The Fishing chart uses detailed bathymetric data on a preprogrammed BlueChart g2 Vision SD card, and is best for offshore deep-sea fishing.

  • Page 25: Enabling High Resolution Satellite Imagery

    For settings and options related to Full Screen Map, Waypoints & Tracks, Other Vessels, and Data Bars, see “Navigation Chart Menu” page To customize the appearance of the Fishing Chart screen, select MENU > Chart Setup (page 12). Enabling High Resolution Satellite Imagery You can overlay high-resolution satellite images on the land, sea, or both portions of the Navigation chart when using a preprogrammed BlueChart g2 Vision SD card.

  • Page 26: Viewing Aerial Photos

    Viewing Aerial Photos Preprogrammed BlueChart g2 Vision SD cards contain aerial photographs of many landmarks, marinas, and harbors. Use these photos to help orient yourself to your surroundings or to acquaint yourself with a marina or a harbor prior to arrival. Aerial Photo NOTE: Use the Range (-/+) keys to zoom in and out while viewing the aerial photo on the full screen.

  • Page 27: Detailed Road And Poi Data

    Detailed Road and POI Data BlueChart g2 Vision contains detailed road and points of interest (POI) data, which includes highly detailed coastal roads and POIs such as restaurants, lodging, local attractions and more. For instructions on searching for, and navigating to, these POIs, see the “Where To?”...

  • Page 28: Where To

    Where To? Use the where To? option on the Home screen to search for, and navigate to, waypoints, routes, tracks, and services such as nearby fuel, repairs, and ramps. NOTE: You must create waypoints and routes before you can navigate to them. You can navigate to a destination using one of three methods: go To, Route To, or guide To.
  • Page 29 NOTE: Press the right or left arrow to view additional information or to display the location on a chart. 4. Select Navigate 5. Select Select Guide To when using a preprogrammed BlueChart g2 Vision card to use Automatic Guidance. 6. Follow the colored line on the screen to the destination. GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner’s Manual To stop navigating: Press MENU, and select...

  • Page 30: Creating And Using Waypoints

    Creating and Using Waypoints You can store up to 1,500 waypoints (3,000 waypoints for models GPSMAP 421/451/521/551/526/556, including “s” models) with a user-defined name, symbol, depth, water temperature, and comment for each waypoint. To create a new waypoint: 1. From the Home screen, select Charts 2.

  • Page 31: Creating And Using Routes

    To delete a waypoint or an MOB: 1. From the Navigation chart, use the map pointer ( the waypoint or the MOB on the Navigation chart. From the Home screen, select Information Waypoints. 2. Select the waypoint or the MOB you want to delete. 3.

  • Page 32: Using Tracks

    5. Select MENU to save the route. 6. Select the route to edit the route, delete the route, or navigate to the route. To create a route using Automatic Guidance (when using a preprogrammed BlueChart g2 Vision card): 1. From the Navigation chart, select your destination. 2.
  • Page 33 To save the active track: 1. From the Navigation or Perspective 3D chart, select Waypoints & Tracks > Active Tracks 2. Select either the time the current track began (or Midnight, if shown) or Entire Log. 3. To name the track, change the color of the track, or save it as a route, select Edit Track.

  • Page 34: Using Bluechart G2 Vision

    • wrap—continuously records the track log, replacing the oldest track data with new data. Record interval—defines the frequency at which the track plot is recorded. Recording more-frequent plots is more accurate but fills the track log faster. • interval—sets whether the interval is determined by distance, time, or resolution.

  • Page 35: Navigating With A Garmin Autopilot

    Navigating with a Garmin Autopilot When you start any type of navigation (go To, Route To, guide To, or follow Track), if you are connected to a compatible Garmin autopilot, you are prompted to engage the autopilot. GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner’s Manual (page 38).

  • Page 36: Viewing Information

    Viewing Information Use the Information screen to access information about dashboard gauges, tides, currents, user data, and other vessels. Viewing a Compass From the Home screen, select Information Compass. Viewing Numbers You can view and customize numerical data including depth, GPS information, and navigation information.

  • Page 37: Viewing Trip Information

    NOTE: To view fuel information, your unit must be connected to an external fuel sensor, such as the Garmin GFS MENU while viewing the trip information.

  • Page 38: Viewing Tide-Station Information

    To synchronize your fuel gauges with your fuel: From the Home screen, select Information > MENU. • Fill Up All Tanks—select when your tank is full. An estimate of the total fuel is shown. Adjust if necessary. • Add Fuel To Boat—select when you have added less than a full tank.

  • Page 39: Viewing User Data

    Help > About MapSource. If the version is older than 6.12.2, update to the most-current version by clicking Help > Check for Software Updates, or check the Garmin Web site at .garmin.com. 3. Insert the SD card into an SD card reader that is attached to the computer.
  • Page 40 4. From within MapSource, click Transfer > Send to Device. 5. From the Send to Device window, select the drive for the SD card reader and the types of data you want to copy to your chartplotter. 6. Click Send. 7.

  • Page 41: Viewing Other Vessels

    Information NOTE: To view information about other boats, your unit must be connected to an external AIS (Automatic Identification System) or DSC (Digital Selective Calling) device. See information. Explorer, open the Garmin\UserData folder on ® Information Data Transfer > Replace From Card.
  • Page 42 aiS List—view information about all of the boats your unit is monitoring. The AIS list shows the MMSIs or (if the boat is broadcasting it) names of the AIS boats and is sorted by range. The boat nearest to your boat appears at the top of the list. dSC List—view the 100 most recent calls.

  • Page 43: Configuring The Chartplotter

    The Save to Card button is provided as a troubleshooting Setup to set tool; a Garmin Product Support representative may ask you to use this feature to retrieve data about your chartplotter. Event Log—displays a list of system events. Select the event to view additional information.

  • Page 44: Changing The System Language

    Heading—sets the reference used in calculating heading information. • auto Magnetic—automatically sets the magnetic declination for your location. • True—sets true north as the heading reference. • grid—sets grid north as the heading reference (000º). • User Magnetic—allows you to set the magnetic variation value. Position format—change the coordinate style in which a given location reading appears.

  • Page 45: Configuring Communications Settings

    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. To enable or disable NMEA 0183 output sentences: 1. From the Home screen, select Configure NMEA 0183 Setup.

  • Page 46: Setting Alarms

    CaNet devices—lists the CANet devices on your network. If a CANet device has configuration options or settings, select the device for a list of options. NOTE: Only the GPSMAP 420/450/520/550/525/555 (including “s” models) are CANet compatible: Setting Alarms You can set the unit to sound an audible alarm when certain conditions are met.

  • Page 47: Setting The Total Fuel Onboard Alarm

    NOTE: To receive fuel-level information, your unit must be connected to an external fuel sensor, such as the Garmin GFS 10. To enable the Total Fuel Onboard alarm and set the fuel alarm level: 1.

  • Page 48: Configuring My Boat

    If the wheel turns freely, check the cable connections. If you continue to get the message, contact Garmin Product Support. fuel Capacity—enter the total fuel capacity of your boat.

  • Page 49: Configuring Other Vessels

    Configuring Other Vessels To configure settings for boats other than your own, from the Home screen, select Configure > Other NOTE: To configure AIS or DSC information for other boats, your unit must be connected to an external AIS or DSC device. aiS—turn AIS (Automatic Identification System) on or off.

  • Page 50: Using Sonar

    Using Sonar When connected to a transducer, the following chartplotters can be used as fishfinders: GPSMAP 420s GPSMAP 450s GPSMAP 421s GPSMAP 451s GPSMAP 520s GPSMAP 525s GPSMAP 521s GPSMAP 526s GPSMAP 550s GPSMAP 555s GPSMAP 551s GPSMAP 556s Understanding the Full Screen Select the Full Screen option to view a full-screen graph of the transducer’s sonar readings.

  • Page 51: Understanding The Split Zoom Screen

    Depth, temperature, and speed Frequencies Split Frequency Understanding The Split Zoom Screen Use the Split Zoom screen to view the full sonar data from the graph and a zoomed in portion on the same screen. From the Home screen, select Sonar GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner’s Manual Zoomed...

  • Page 52: Setting Up Sonar

    Press MENU to set the duration and the scale for the log. Temp depth Time elapsed Temp Log The temperature appears along the right side, and the time elapsed appears along the bottom. The graph scrolls to the left as information is received.

  • Page 53: Advanced Sonar Settings

    whiteline—highlights the strongest signal from the bottom to help identify its hardness or softness. • Off (default)—turns off whiteline. • High—the most sensitive setting. Almost all strong returns are highlighted in white. • Medium—many strong returns are highlighted in white. •...
  • Page 54 Zoom—zoom in to a section of the full screen. The zoom is off, or set to No Zoom by default. Four options are available: No Zoom—turns zooming off. • 2x Zoom—twice the magnification. • • 4x Zoom—four times the magnification. •...

  • Page 55: Digital Selective Calling (Dsc)

    The chartplotter can track the positions of vessels sending position reports. Quickly set up and send individual routine call details to your Garmin VHF radio. When you initiate a man-overboard distress call from your radio, the chartplotter displays the man- overboard screen and prompts you to navigate to the man-overboard point.

  • Page 56: Adding A Dsc Contact

    Other Vessels List. Receiving Distress Calls If your Garmin chartplotter and VHF radio are connected via NMEA 0183 or NMEA 2000, your chartplotter alerts you when your VHF radio receives a DSC distress call. If position information was sent with the distress call, that information is also available and recorded with the call.

  • Page 57: Man-Overboard Distress Calls Initiated From A Vhf Radio

    2. Select from the following options: • Select Call with Radio with the radio to call the vessel that sent the position report. This option is only available if you are using a Garmin NMEA 2000-compatible VHF radio. • Select Edit to edit the vessel name and the vessel symbol, and add a comment.

  • Page 58: Placing An Individual Routine Call

    > > Placing an Individual Routine Call When you connect your Garmin chartplotter to a Garmin VHF NMEA 2000-compatible radio, you can use the chartplotter interface Hours, all to set up an individual routine call. When setting up an individual routine call from your chartplotter, you can select one of the following channels on which you want to communicate.

  • Page 59: Calling An Ais Target

    5. On your Garmin VHF radio, select Call. Calling an AIS Target When you connect your Garmin chartplotter to a Garmin VHF NMEA 2000-compatible radio, you can use the chartplotter interface to set up an individual routine call to an AIS target. For more...

  • Page 60: Appendix

    (15.0 cm × 16.3 cm × 7.4 cm) weight: 400 Series: 1.30 lb. (560 g) 500 Series: 1.75 lb. (800 g) display: gPSMaP 420/421/450/451: 4.0 in. diagonal (10.6 cm), QVGA display with adjustable brightness, 320 × 234 pixels. gPSMaP 520/521/550/551: 5.0 in. diagonal (12.7 cm), QVGA display with adjustable brightness, 320 ×...

  • Page 61: Alarms And Messages

    GPSMAP 421/421s GPSMAP 451/451s GPSMAP 521/521s GPSMAP 526/526s GPSMAP 551/551s GPSMAP 556/556s Power Source: 10–35 Vdc GPSMAP 420/420s GPSMAP 450/450s GPSMAP 520/520s GPSMAP 525/525s GPSMAP 550/550s GPSMAP 555/555s Usage: 15 W max at 13.8 Vdc fuse: AGC/3AG - 3.0 A...
  • Page 62 Can’t Read User Card—error reading card; remove and reinsert. Contact your dealer or Garmin Product Support if the problem persists. Can’t Read Voltages That High, Limited To Top Of Range—the voltage value in the Battery Alarm setup is higher than the unit can read.
  • Page 63 42). Sonar Timeout—there is an internal problem with the unit. Contact your dealer or Garmin Product Support to have the unit serviced. Sonar Service Lost—the external sonar device you were connected to has either been disconnected or the unit has lost communication...

  • Page 64: Capturing Screenshots

    Track already Exists [Track Name]—you entered a saved track name that already exists in memory. Modify the track name or delete the existing track. Track Log full—the track log is full and track recording has been turned off. To record more track points, you need to clear the track log and turn track recording on.

  • Page 65: Caring For The Unit

    1. Remove the SD card from the chartplotter and insert it into an SD card reader that is attached to a computer. 2. From Windows Explorer, open the Garmin\scrn folder on the SD card. 3. Copy the appropriate .BMP file on the card and paste it to any location on the computer.

  • Page 66: Software License Agreement

    CONDITIONS OF THE FOLLOWING SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT. PLEASE READ THIS AGREEMENT CAREFULLY. Garmin grants you a limited license to use the software embedded in this device (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.

  • Page 67: Index

    Color Scheme arrival alarms Communications Auto Magnetic Compass automatic guidance 21, compass rose autopilot compass tape contact information, Garmin backing up data course up backlight adjusting GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner’s Manual current stations customizing 28–32 chart settings Dashboard...
  • Page 68 NMEA 2000 Setup NMEA High Speed ID number NMEA Standard north keel offset grid keypad magnetic true north up Lane Width 15, No Zoom Language numbers customizing overlay numbers Man Overboard 24, viewing map datum MapSource data mariner’s eye 3D object information colors accessing...
  • Page 69 sonar Time (options) advanced settings tracks 18, cone transducer full screen dual frequency scroll speed transferring data 33, setting up 46–47 Trip Odometer specifications True (north) split frequency turn the unit off split zoom Turn Transition temperature log Sonar Setup unit ID number specifications units of measure...
  • Page 72 For the latest free software updates (excluding map data) throughout the life of your Garmin products, visit the Garmin Web site at www.garmin.com. © 2009 Garmin Ltd. or its subsidiaries Garmin International, Inc. 1200 East 151 Street, Olathe, Kansas 66062, USA Garmin (Europe) Ltd.

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