Adjusting The Color Mode; Turning On The Chartplotter Automatically; Automatically Turning Off The System; Activecaptain App - Garmin Volvo Penta Glass Cockpit B7 Owner's Manual

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Adjusting the Color Mode

1 Select Settings > System > Sounds and Display >
Color Mode.
TIP: Select
> Color Mode from any screen to
access the color settings.
2 Select an option.

Turning On the Chartplotter Automatically

You can set the chartplotter to turn on automatically when
the power is applied. Otherwise, you must turn on the
chartplotter by pressing
Select Settings > System > Auto Power Up.
NOTE: When Auto Power Up is On, and the
chartplotter is turned off using
removed and reapplied within less than two minutes,
you may need to press

Automatically Turning Off the System

You can set the chartplotter and the whole system to turn
off automatically after it has been asleep for the selected
length of time. Otherwise, you must press and hold
turn off the system manually.
1 Select Settings > System > Auto Power Off.
2 Select an option.
ActiveCaptain
This feature allows users to submit information. Garmin
makes no representations about the accuracy,
completeness, or timeliness of information submitted by
users. Any use or reliance on the information submitted
by users is at your own risk.
The ActiveCaptain app provides a connection to your
Glass Cockpit device, charts, maps, and the community
for a connected boating experience.
On your mobile device with the ActiveCaptain app, you
can download, purchase, and update maps and charts.
You can use the app to easily and quickly transfer user
data, such as waypoints and routes, connect to the
Garmin Quickdraw
Contours Community, update device
software, and plan your trip.
You can connect to the ActiveCaptain community for up-
to-date feedback on marinas and other points of interest.
The app can push smart notifications, such as calls and
texts, to your chartplotter display when paired.
NOTE: When the chartplotter is connected to a
compatible Volvo Penta engine that supports the water
sports feature, you cannot control the chartplotter with the
ActiveCaptain app on a mobile device.

ActiveCaptain Roles

Your level of interaction with the Glass Cockpit device
using the ActiveCaptain app depends on your role.
ActiveCaptain
App
®
.
, and power is
to restart the chartplotter.
App
®
WARNING
Feature
Register device, built-in maps, and
supplemental map cards to account
Update software
Automatically transfer Garmin
Quickdraw contours you have down-
loaded or created
Push smart notifications
Automatically transfer user data, such
as waypoints and routes
Begin navigating to a specific waypoint
or navigating a specific route, and send
that waypoint or route to the Glass
Cockpit device

Getting Started with the ActiveCaptain App

You can connect a mobile device to the Glass Cockpit
to
device using the ActiveCaptain app. The app provides a
quick and easy way for you to interact with your Glass
Cockpit device and complete such tasks as sharing data,
registering, updating the device software, and receiving
mobile device notifications.
1 From the Glass Cockpit device, select A/V, Gauges,
Controls > ActiveCaptain.
2 From the ActiveCaptain page, select Wi-Fi Network
> Wi-Fi > On.
3 Enter a name and password for this network.
4 Insert a memory card in the Glass Cockpit device's
card slot
(Inserting Memory Cards, page
5 Select Set ActiveCaptain Card.
You might be prompted to format the memory card.
Formatting the card deletes all information saved on
the card. This includes any saved user data, such as
waypoints. Formatting the card is recommended, but
not required. Before formatting the card, you should
save the data from the memory card onto the device
internal memory
Card, page
82). After formatting the card for the
ActiveCaptain app, you can transfer the user data back
to the card
(Copying User Data to a Memory Card,
page
82).
Be sure the card is inserted each time you want to use
the ActiveCaptain feature.
6 From the application store on your mobile device,
install and open the ActiveCaptain app.
Owner Guest
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
NOTICE
(Copying User Data from a Memory
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
3).
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