Alarms - Garmin GPSMAP 6008 Owner's Manual

Alarms

By default, all alarms are turned off. The chartplotter must be on for the alarms to work.
Navigation Alarms
Setting an Arrival Alarm
You can set an alarm to sound when you are within a specified distance or time from a turn or destination
waypoint.
1. From the Home screen, select
2. Complete an action:
• Select type. Indicate whether you want arrival alarms to sound only when nearing Destinations, or
when nearing Destinations and turns.
• Select Activation. Indicate whether the arrival alarm triggers based on time to arrival or based on
Distance to arrival.
Change time
• Select
to indicate how long or how far before arrival the alarm should sound, in either minutes or a unit of
distance. For the GPSMAP 6000 series, use the Rocker or the Numeric Keypad to enter the time or
distance. For the GPSMAP 7000 series, use the on-screen keyboard. Select Done.
Setting the Anchor Drag Alarm
You can set an alarm to sound when you exceed a specified drift distance while anchored.
1. From the Home screen, select
2. Enter the drift distance that triggers the alarm:
• For the GPSMAP 6000 series, use the Rocker or the Numeric Keypad.
• For the GPSMAP 7000 series, use the on-screen keyboard.
3. Select Done.
Setting the Off Course Alarm
You can set an alarm to sound when you are off course by a specified distance.
1. From the Home screen, select
2. Enter the off-course distance that triggers the alarm:
• For the GPSMAP 6000 series, use the Rocker or the Numeric Keypad.
• For the GPSMAP 7000 series, use the on-screen keyboard.
3. Select Done.
GPSMAP 6000/7000 Series Owner's Manual
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Configure Alarms
>
(if Activation is set to time) or
Configure Alarms
>
Configure > Alarms
Navigation > Arrival.
>
Change Distance (if activation is set to Distance)
Navigation Anchor Drag
> >
> Navigation > off Course
Device Configuration
> on.
> on.
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