Configuring My Boat - Garmin GPSMAP 2008 Owner's Manual

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Off Course—set an alarm to sound when you are off
course by a specified distance.
Setting System Alarms
To set a system alarm, from the Home screen, select
Configure > Alarms > system.
Clock—set an alarm using the system clock. The unit
must be on for the clock alarm to work.
battery—set an alarm to sound when the battery
reaches a user-determined low voltage.
GPs Accuracy—set an alarm to sound when the GPS
location accuracy falls outside the user-determined
value.
Setting Sonar Alarms
To set a sonar alarm, from the Home screen, select
Configure Alarms > sonar.
>
shallow Water/Deep Water—set an alarm to
sound when the depth is less than or greater than the
specified value.
Water Temp—set an alarm to sound when the
transducer reports a temperature that is 2° F (1.1° C)
above or below the specified temperature.
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Fish—set an alarm to sound when the unit detects a
suspended target of the specified symbols.
NOTE: You must have a transducer connected.
If your unit does not have a built-in sounder, then
you must install a GSD 21 or GSD 22 sounder
module to receive sonar information.

Configuring My Boat

To configure settings for your boat, from the Home
screen, select Configure
Auto Guidance—set the Auto Guidance parameters
for your boat:
• safe Depth—set the minimum depth (referred
to the chart depth datum) to allow when
calculating an auto guidance path.
• safe height—set the minimum height (referred
to the chart height datum) of a bridge that your
boat can safely travel under.
Keel Offset—offset the surface reading for the depth
of a keel. This makes it possible to measure depth
from the bottom of your keel instead of from the
transducer's location. Enter a positive number to
offset for a keel. You can enter a negative number to
GPSMAP
> My boat.
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