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Garmin GPSMAP 4008 Owner's Manual

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  • Page 1 GPSMAP 4000/5000 Series ® owner’s manual...
  • Page 2 Garmin. Garmin hereby grants permission to download a single copy of this manual onto a hard drive or other electronic storage medium to be viewed and to print one copy of this manual or of any revision hereto, provided that such electronic or printed copy of this manual must contain the complete text of this copyright notice and provided further that any unauthorized commercial distribution of this manual or any revision hereto is strictly prohibited.

  • Page 3: Tips And Shortcuts

    This manual includes information for the following products: • GPSMAP 4008 ® • GPSMAP 4010 ® • GPSMAP 4012 ® • GPSMAP 5008 ® • GPSMAP 5012 ® • GPSMAP 5015 ® Tips and Shortcuts HOME • Press or touch from any screen to return to the Home screen.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Setting System Alarms ..3 Setting Sonar Alarms ..3 Configuring My Boat ...3 Configuring Other Boats ...3 Using the Garmin Marine Network Viewing Connected Garmin Marine ...4 Network Devices Using Radar ...5 Understanding the Cruising Screen Cruising Screen Settings ...

  • Page 5: Getting Started

    Unit Overview GPSMAP 4012 NOtE: Use the soft keys to select menu items on the GPSMAP 4000 Series. Touch menu items on the GPSMAP 5000 Series screen to select them. GPSMAP 5008 GPSMAP 4000/5000 Series Owner’s Manual ® Getting Started Automatic backlight sensor Getting Started Soft keys...

  • Page 6: Turning The Unit On Or Off

    Getting Started NMEA 2000 connector Garmin Marine Network connectors Turning the Unit On or Off To turn the unit on, press and release the I Agree to open the Home screen. NOtE: The first time you turn on your unit, you must go through a setup sequence. See...

  • Page 7: Acquiring Gps Satellite Signals

    Insert blank SD cards to transfer data such as waypoints, routes, and tracks to another compatible Garmin unit or a computer. The SD card slot is located on the lower-right corner of the unit.

  • Page 8: Using The Simulator Mode

    Home screen. NOtE: Options on this screen vary based on the unit type. When you add additional hardware to your Garmin Marine Network, additional options appear. GPSMAP 4000 Series Home Screen Charts—access Navigation Chart, Mariner’s Eye, Mariner’s Eye 3D, Fish Eye 3D, Fishing •...

  • Page 9: Using Charts

    Your unit has a basic worldwide imagery map. By purchasing an optional Blue Chart preprogrammed SD card, you can view detailed information for your region, including: • Navigation Chart—displays navigation data, including buoys, lights, cables, depth soundings, marinas, and tide stations in an overhead view. •...

  • Page 10: Navigating To A Point On The Chart

    Using Charts Other features common to most charts include depth contour lines (with deep water represented in white), intertidal zones, spot soundings (as depicted on the original paper chart), navigational aids and symbols, and obstructions and cable areas. Navigating to a Point on the Chart 1.

  • Page 11: Accessing Additional Object Information

    As you pan the map, a list of options appears along the right side. The options change as you move the map pointer over various objects and charts. • Review—(Review will not appear if the pointer is not near an object—if the pointer is near only one object, the name of the object appears.) This allows you to view details of objects in the vicinity of the pointer.

  • Page 12: Using Mariner's Eye

    (Guide To). routes Show Radar—If you have a Garmin marine radar device connected to your Garmin Marine Network, you can overlay radar readings on the Mariner’s Eye screen. Mariner’s Eye With Radar Information Overlay Numbers—shows or hides cruising, navigation, fishing, and sailing numbers.

  • Page 13: Changing The Chart Settings

    Changing the Chart Settings To change chart settings from the Home screen, select Orientation—changes the perspective of the map display: North Up—sets the top of the map display to a north heading. • • Track Up—sets the map display to the current track heading. •...

  • Page 14: Using Tracks

    Using Charts Using Tracks A track is a recording of your path. The track currently being recorded is the active track. An active track can be saved. To turn the track log on: From the Navigation chart, select indicates your track. To save the active track: 1.

  • Page 15: Using Bluechart G2 Vision

    NOtE: You cannot transfer BlueChart g2 Vision data from the SD card to your computer for backup or viewing purposes. You can only use the SD card on BlueChart g2 Vision compatible Garmin GPS units. GPSMAP 4000/5000 Series Owner’s Manual ®...

  • Page 16: Using Mariner's Eye 3D

    Using Charts Using Mariner’s Eye 3D A BlueChart g2 Vision SD card offers Mariner’s Eye 3D, which 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 17: Using Fish Eye 3D

    Using Charts Using Fish Eye 3D Using the depth contour lines of the BlueChart g2 Vision cartography, Fish Eye 3D provides an underwater view of the sea floor or lake bottom. Use the RANGE keys (GPSMAP 4000 series) or keys (GPSMAP 5000 series) to adjust the view. Fish Eye 3D Fish Eye 3D Settings To access additional settings or options for the Fish Eye 3D screen, press MENU.

  • Page 18: Enabling High-Resolution Satellite Imagery

    Using Charts Enabling High-Resolution Satellite Imagery You can overlay high-resolution satellite images on the land, the sea, or both portions of the Navigation chart when using a preprogrammed BlueChart g2 Vision SD card. To enable satellite imagery: 1. While viewing the Navigation 2.

  • Page 19: 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 harbor prior to arrival. NOtE: Use the RANGE (+/-) keys (GPSMAP 4000 series) or touch the...

  • Page 20: Using Combinations

    Using Combinations Using Combinations Use the Combinations screen to view a combination of different screens at the same time. The number of options available on the Combinations screen depends on the optional network devices you have connected to your chartplotter, and whether you are using an optional BlueChart g2 Vision SD card.
  • Page 21 To customize the screen combinations: 1. While viewing the Combinations screen, select Home screen, select Combinations Combination screen  Combination screen 2 Data bar 2. Select Num Functions to select the number of combination screens, toggle the data bar on or off, and select the combination screens to view.

  • Page 22: Where To

    Where To? Where to? Use the option on the Home screen to search for, and navigate to, nearby fuel, repairs, services, waypoints, and routes. 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 23 NOtE: Select Next Page 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 Auto Guidance. 6. Follow the colored line on the screen to the destination. To stop navigating: From the Navigation chart, select Menu, and then select To search for a destination by name:...

  • Page 24: Creating And Using Waypoints

    Where To? 2. Use the ROCKER (GPSMAP 4000 series) or touch (GPSMAP 5000 series) to select characters and spell at least a portion of the name of your destination. Search - GPSMAP 4000 series 3. Select Done to view the 50 nearest destinations that contain your search criteria. 4.
  • Page 25 To mark your current location as a waypoint: From any screen, press the MARK screen (GPSMAP 5000 series) • Edit Waypoint—designates a specific name, symbol, water depth, water temperature, or position. • Delete—deletes the waypoint. • Man Overboard—designates the current location as a Man Overboard location. •...

  • Page 26: Creating And Using Routes

    Where To? 6. If entering coordinates, use the 5000 series) to enter the new coordinates for the waypoint. If using the chart, highlight the new location with the map pointer ( series), and select Move Waypoint. The waypoint moves to the new location. To view a list of all waypoints: From the Home screen, select Information...
  • Page 27 5. To add additional turns, select where you want to make the turn (working backward from the destination) and select Turn. 6. Select Done to finish the route or To create a route in another location: 1. From the Home screen, select 2.

  • Page 28: Viewing Information

    Viewing Information Viewing Information Use the Information screen to access information about tides, currents, celestial data, user data, other boats, gauges, and video. Viewing Tide Station Information To view tide information from the Home screen, select most-recently viewed tide station is shown. Select Nearby Stations to view other stations close to your current location.

  • Page 29: Viewing Celestial Information

    6.12.2, update to the most current version by clicking Help > Check for Software Updates or check the Garmin Web site at www.garmin.com. 3. Insert the SD card into an SD card reader that is attached to the PC.

  • Page 30: Viewing Other Boats

    Replace From Card To transfer data to or from a network: 1. Connect the unit to a Garmin Marine Network using the network port on the back of the unit and a Garmin Network cable. 2. From the Home screen, select Complete one of the following: •...

  • Page 31: Viewing Engine Gauges

    NOtE: To view fuel information, your unit must be connected to an external fuel sensor, such as the Garmin GFS 10. GPSMAP 4000/5000 Series Owner’s Manual ®...

  • Page 32: Viewing Video

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

  • Page 33: Configuring The Chartplotter

    ºC), define units of measure for depth, temperature, distance, speed, elevation, volume, and pressure. NOtE: You must be receiving NMEA sonar depth data or using a Garmin sounder module to view depth and water temperature information. Heading—sets the reference used in calculating heading information.

  • Page 34: Configuring Communications Settings

    To change the communications settings from the Home screen, select Communications. Port Types—select the input/output format to use when connecting your chartplotter to external NMEA devices, a computer, or other Garmin devices. NMEA Std.—supports the input or output of standard NMEA 0183 data, DSC, and sonar NMEA •...

  • Page 35: Setting Navigation Alarms

    NOtE: You must have an optional sonar module (and a transducer connected to the sounder module) wired through NMEA 0183 or connected to the Garmin Marine Network to receive sonar information. Shallow Water/Deep Water—set an alarm to sound when the depth is less than or greater than the specified value.

  • Page 36: Configuring Other Boats

    Fish Eye 3D 200kHz screen. Select either NOtE: The Sonar Cone Angles setting is preset to match the cone angle of a standard Garmin dual- frequency transducer. Use this option to match the specifications of a non-standard transducer. •...

  • Page 37: Using The Garmin Marine Network

    • GMR 21/41 Radome; GMR 18 Radome; and GMR 404/406 Open Array Radar—provide radar data when connected to the Garmin Marine Network. Radar data is shared by all chartplotters on the network. • Share BlueChart g2 Vision cartography data from an SD card inserted in one GPSMAP 4000 or GPSMAP 5000 series chartplotter with every GPSMAP 4000 and GPSMAP 5000 series chartplotter connected to the Marine Network.

  • Page 38: Viewing Connected Garmin Marine Network Devices

    Using the Garmin Marine Network Viewing Connected Garmin Marine Network Devices To view all connected Garmin Marine Network devices, from the Home screen, select System > System Information > Network Network Devices Each connected device is listed along the right side of the screen. To assign an alias or name to one of the devices for identification purposes, select the device.

  • Page 39: Using Radar

    Garmin Marine Network and shares radar data with all networked chartplotters. The Garmin marine radar transmits a narrow beam of microwave energy as it rotates in a 360º pattern. When the transmitted energy contacts a target, some of that energy is reflected back to the radar.

  • Page 40: Understanding The Cruising Screen

    Using Radar Understanding the Cruising Screen Use the Cruising screen to view a full-screen image of the gathered radar information. Your position is in the center of the screen, and the rings provide distance measurements. Range rings Heading line Distance between rings The zoom scale represents the distance from your position (the center) to the outermost ring.

  • Page 41: Targeting On The Cruising Screen

    Overlay Numbers—show or hide cruising, navigation, fishing, sailing, or fuel numbers. Radar Setup—access advanced radar settings. Orientation—change the perspective of the radar display. • • Heading Line—show or hide a line in the direction of travel. • Rings—show or hide the radar range rings. •...

  • Page 42: Understanding The Radar Overlay Screen

    Using Radar Stop Pointing. To stop targeting, select Create Waypoint—marks a waypoint at the targeted object or location. Acquire Target—assigns a MARPA (Mini Automatic Radar Plotting Aid) tag to the targeted object. NOtE: MARPA requires the use of a heading sensor. The heading sensor must output the NMEA 0183 sentence HDM or HDG.

  • Page 43: Using Sonar

    When connected to an optional Garmin GSD 22 sounder module and a transducer, your chartplotter can be used as a fishfinder. The GSD 22 connects through the Garmin Marine Network and shares sonar data with every chartplotter connected to the network.

  • Page 44: Understanding The Split Frequency Screen

    Using Sonar Understanding the Split Frequency Screen Use the Split Frequency screen (dual-frequency transducer only) to view both the 50 kHz and 200 kHz frequencies on the same screen. A 200 kHz frequency graph appears on the left; a 50 kHz frequency graph appears on the right.

  • Page 45: Setting Up Sonar

    Setting Up Sonar Use the Sonar Setup screen to define and adjust settings universal to all sonar screens. Sonar From the Home screen, select Color Scheme—select white or blue. This affects the background on all sonar screens, but does not change the Temp Log screen.

  • Page 46: Advanced Sonar Settings

    Using Sonar Advanced Sonar Settings To adjust advanced sonar settings, press Range—the range of the depth scale on the right side of the screen or Down). Gain—controls the sensitivity of the sonar receiver see more detail, increase the gain. If the screen is cluttered, decrease the gain. Frequency—selects how the frequencies appear on screen (200kHz, 50kHz, or Dual).

  • Page 47: Appendix

    Physical Specifications Size: GPSMAP 4008: 7" H × 11.2" W × 4.2" D (176.9 × 284.4 × 106 mm) GPSMAP 4010: 8.9" H × 13.4" W × 4.13" D (226.9 × 340.4 × 105.1 mm) GPSMAP 4012: 9.5" H × 14.8" W × 4.13" D (240.5 × 375 × 105.1 mm) GPSMAP 5008: 6.8"...

  • Page 48: Power

    0.05 meters/second steady state Dynamics: Power Source: 10–35 Vdc Usage: GPSMAP 4008/5008: 35 W max. at 10 Vdc GPSMAP 4010/4012/5012: 40 W max at 10 Vdc GPSMAP 5015: 60 W max at 10 Vdc Fuse: 7.5 A, 42 V fast-acting...

  • Page 49: Alarms And Messages

    GPS Antenna Has Lost Its Stored Settings—The GPS antenna memory has been cleared. Contact Garmin Product Support. GPS Service Incompatible. Software Update Required—a GPS service software update is needed.
  • Page 50 An error code will be listed to help diagnose the error. Radar Service Incompatible. Software Update Required—a radar software update is needed. Contact Garmin Product Support for assistance updating your network. Radar Service Lost—(radar) the unit has lost communications with the remote radar unit. Check the network and the radar wiring.

  • Page 51: Product Registration

    You further acknowledge that the structure, organization, and code of the Software are valuable trade secrets of Garmin and that the Software in source code form remains a valuable trade secret of Garmin. You agree not to decompile, disassemble, modify, reverse assemble, reverse engineer, or reduce to human readable form the Software or any part thereof or create any derivative works based on the Software.

  • Page 52: Nmea 0183 And Nmea 2000

    Approved NMEA 0183 sentences: GPBWC, GPRMC, GPGGA, GPGSA, GPGSV, GPGLL, GPBOD, GPRMB, GPRTE, GPVTG, GPWPL, GPXTE, and Garmin proprietary sentences—PGRME, PGRMM, and PGRMZ. This unit also includes support for the WPL sentence, DSC, and sonar NMEA 0183 input with support for the DPT (depth) or DBT, MTW (water temp), and VHW (water temp, speed, and heading) sentences.

  • Page 53: Index

    16–17 communications settings configure 4, 29–32 my boat other boats water speed contact Garmin course up create waypoint GPSMAP 4000/5000 Series Owner’s Manual ® creating routes cruising screen (radar) current information current station 15, 24...
  • Page 54 panning the navigation chart photos 9, 14, 15 POI data position format position icon POWER key preferred devices product registration radar 35–38 antenna size motor speed overlay screen setup range Range keys registration restoring factory settings review rings 8, 37 roads Rocker routes...
  • Page 56 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. © 2008 Garmin Ltd. or its subsidiaries Garmin International, Inc. 1200 East 151st Street, Olathe, Kansas 66062, USA Garmin (Europe) Ltd.

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