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Garmin GPSMAP 6208 Supplement Manual

Garmin GPSMAP 6208 Supplement Manual

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  • Page 1 XM WX Satellite Weather ® and XM Satellite Radio ® supplement...
  • 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: Introduction

    Simulator mode does not supply live weather data. Contact Garmin Contact Garmin Product Support if you have any questions while using your chartplotter. In the USA, go to www.garmin.com/support, or contact Garmin USA by phone at (913) 397.8200 or (800) 800.1020.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Introduction Table of Contents Introduction .......................... Contact Garmin ..........................i XM WX Satellite Weather and XM Satellite Radio ............XM WX Satellite Weather .........................1 Viewing XM WX Satellite Weather Subscription Information ............XM Satellite Radio ..........................11 Appendix ........................... Weather Data Warranty ........................14...

  • Page 5: Xm Wx Satellite Weather And Xm Satellite Radio

    Satellite Weather Web site at www.xmwxweather.com. Note: To view XM WX Satellite Weather information, you must have a subscription to XM WX Satellite Weather, and you must have a Garmin XM satellite weather receiver connected to a chartplotter. XM WX Satellite Weather Data Broadcasts XM WX Satellite Weather data is broadcast at set rates.
  • Page 6 XM WX Satellite Weather and XM Satellite Radio Storm Cell Information Storm cell icons on the precipitation screen indicate both the present position of a storm and the projected path of that storm in the immediate future. Red cones appear with a storm cell icon, and the widest part of each cone points in the direction of the projected path of the storm cell.
  • Page 7 XM WX Satellite Weather and XM Satellite Radio Marine Warnings When a marine warning is issued, red shading indicates the area to which the warning applies. To view information about the warning, select the warning area. The cyan lines on the chart indicate the boundaries of marine weather warning zones.
  • Page 8 XM WX Satellite Weather and XM Satellite Radio Viewing a Marine Forecast or an Offshore Forecast Weather > Forecast. 1. From the Home screen, select 2. Pan the map to an offshore location. The Marine Forecast or offshore Forecast options appear when forecast information is available.
  • Page 9 XM WX Satellite Weather and XM Satellite Radio Viewing Sea Conditions The sea conditions screen shows information about surface conditions, including winds, wave height, wave period, and wave direction. From the Home screen, select Weather > Conditions. Surface Winds Surface winds appear on the sea conditions screen using wind barbs that indicate the direction from which the wind is blowing.
  • Page 10 XM WX Satellite Weather and XM Satellite Radio Viewing Fishing Information The fishing screen shows present water temperature, present surface pressure conditions, and fishing forecasts. From the Home screen, select Weather > Fishing. Surface Pressure Surface-pressure information appears using pressure isobars and pressure centers. Isobars connect points of equal pressure.
  • Page 11 XM WX Satellite Weather and XM Satellite Radio Visibility Information Visibility is the forecast maximum horizontal distance that can be seen at the surface, as shown in the legend on the left of the screen. Variations in the visibility shading show the forecast change in surface visibility.
  • Page 12 XM WX Satellite Weather and XM Satellite Radio Viewing Buoy Reports Report readings are taken from buoys and coastal observation stations. These readings are used to determine air temperature, dew point, water temperature, tide, wave height and period, wind direction and speed, visibility, and barometric pressure. 1.
  • Page 13 XM WX Satellite Weather and XM Satellite Radio Turning On the Weather Overlay on a Chart Note: The Fishing chart is available with a preprogrammed BlueChart g2 Vision data card. ® ® 1. From the Home screen, select Charts. Navigation Chart Fishing Chart.
  • Page 14 XM WX Satellite Weather and XM Satellite Radio Showing Visibility Data on the Navigation Chart Before you can show visibility data on the Navigation chart, you must turn on the Weather Overlay (page Visibility is the forecast maximum horizontal distance that can be seen at the surface. Charts Navigation Chart Menu...

  • Page 15: Viewing Xm Wx Satellite Weather Subscription Information

    > XM Satellite Radio When a Garmin XM audio receiver and antenna is connected to the Garmin Marine Network and to the audio input of your boat, you can listen to XM Radio channels. Note: To use XM Satellite Radio features, you must have a subscription to XM Satellite Radio, and you must have a Garmin XM Satellite Radio receiver connected to a chartplotter.
  • Page 16 XM WX Satellite Weather and XM Satellite Radio XM Presets The XM presets list is a customizable channel category. You can save your favorite channels to the presets list. Saving an XM Channel to the Presets List 1. From the Home screen, select Configure >...
  • Page 17 XM WX Satellite Weather and XM Satellite Radio Displaying the XM Radio Data Bar on the Combination Screen You can display the XM Radio data bar along the bottom of the Combinations screen on a chartplotter. For more information, see the “Combinations” chapter of the GPSMAP 6000/7000 Series Owner’s Manual.

  • Page 18: Appendix

    You assume the entire risk related to your use of the Services. XM and Garmin assume no responsibility for accidents resulting from or associated with use of the Services. Your Radio Service includes traffic and weather information, and you acknowledge that such information is not for “safety for life”, but is merely supplemental...

  • Page 19: Software License Agreement

    You further acknowledge that the structure, organization, and code of the Software, for which source code is not provided, are valuable trade secrets of Garmin and/or its third-party providers and that the Software in source code form remains a valuable trade secret of Garmin and/or its third-party providers.

  • Page 20: Index

    Index Index Index warnings county marine alarms water temperature flash flood wave flood direction marine height severe storm period tornado weather alarms animated NEXRAD loop weather fronts buoy reports XM Satellite Radio i, XM Satellite Radio bar XM WX Satellite Weather channel guide cloud cover county warnings...
  • Page 24 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. © 2010 Garmin Ltd. or its subsidiaries Garmin International, Inc. 1200 East 151 Street, Olathe, Kansas 66062, USA Garmin (Europe) Ltd.

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