Setting Alarms - Garmin GPSMAP 546 Owner's Manual

Configuring the Chartplotter
To label tanks as names:
1. From the Home screen, select Configure > Communications > NMEa
2000 Setup > Label devices > Change Tank Labels.
2. Select the type of tank you want to label.
3. Select Choose Names.
4. Select a tank.
3. Select the location of the tank: Port (P), Center (C), Starboard (S), fore
(f), or aft (a).
4. Select the label you want to use for the tank.

Setting Alarms

You can set the unit to sound an audible alarm when certain conditions are met.
By default, all alarms are turned off.
To set an alarm:
1. From the Home screen, select Configure > alarms.
2. Select an alarm category.
3. Select an alarm.
4. Select On to turn on the alarm.
5. Specify alarm information.
Setting navigation Alarms
To set a navigation alarm from the Home screen, select Configure >
alarms > Navigation.
arrival—set an alarm to sound when you are within a specified distance or
time from a turn or a destination waypoint.
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• Type—select whether you want arrival alarms to sound only when nearing
destinations or when nearing either turns or destinations. Select Off to
disable arrival alarms.
• activation—select whether the arrival alarm triggers on time to arrival or
distance to arrival.
• Change Time/Change distance—if you have Activation set to Time,
select Change Time to set the number of minutes before arrival that the
alarm should sound. If you have Activation set to Distance, select Change
distance to set the distance before arrival that the alarm should sound. Use
the Rocker to change the time or distance.
anchor drag—set an alarm to sound when you exceed a specified drift
distance.
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 (GPS) clock. The unit must be on for
the clock alarm to work.
battery—set an alarm to sound when the battery reaches a specified low
voltage.
gPS accuracy—set an alarm to sound when the GPS location accuracy falls
outside the specified value.
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