Creating A Waypoint On A Weather Chart; Weather Overlay; Turning On The Weather Overlay On A Chart; Weather Overlay Settings On The Navigation Chart - Garmin GPSMAP 500 Series Owner's Manual

• To view surface wind and barometric pressure
information, select Sea Surface.
• To view wind and wave information, select Marine
Bulletin.

Creating a Waypoint on a Weather Chart

1
From a weather chart, select a location.
2
Select New Waypoint.

Weather Overlay

The weather overlay superimposes weather and weather-
related information on the Navigation chart, the Fishing chart,
and the Perspective 3D chart view. The Navigation chart and
the Fishing chart can show weather radar, height of cloud tops,
lightning, weather buoys, county warnings, and hurricane
warnings. The Perspective 3D chart view can show weather
radar.
Weather overlay settings configured for use on one chart are
not applied to another chart. The weather overlay settings for
each chart must be configured separately.
NOTE: The offshore Fishing chart is available with premium
charts, in some areas.

Turning On the Weather Overlay on a Chart

From the Navigation chart or Fishing chart, select Menu >
Chart Setup > Weather > Weather > On.

Weather Overlay Settings on the Navigation Chart

From the Navigation chart, select Menu > Chart Setup >
Weather.
Weather: Turns on and off the weather overlay.
Precipitation: Shows precipitation data.
Cloud Cover: Shows cloud cover data.
Buoys: Shows weather buoys.
Legend: Shows the weather legend.

Weather Overlay Settings on the Fishing Chart

From the Fishing chart, select Menu > Chart Setup > Weather.
Precipitation: Shows precipitation radar.
Sea Temperature: Shows sea temperature data.
Buoys: Shows weather buoys.
Legend: Shows the weather legend.

Viewing Weather Subscription Information

You can view information about the weather services you have
subscribed to and how many minutes have passed since the
data for each service was updated.
Select Weather > Weather Subscription.

Chartplotter Data Management

Copying Waypoints, Routes, and Tracks to a
Chartplotter
Before you can copy data to the chartplotter, you must have the
latest version of MapSource ® or HomePort software programs
loaded on your computer and a memory card installed in the
chartplotter.
Select an option:
• Copy the data from HomePort to the prepared memory
card.
For more information, see the HomePort help file.
• Copy the data from MapSource to the prepared memory
card.
Chartplotter Data Management
For more information, see the MapSource help file.

Copying Data from a Memory Card

1
Insert a memory card into a card slot.
2 Select Nav Info > Manage Data > Data Transfer.
3
If necessary, select the memory card to copy data to.
4
Select an option:
• To transfer data from the memory card to the chartplotter
and combine it with existing user data, select Merge from
Card.
• To transfer data from the memory card to the chartplotter
and overwrite existing user data, select Replace from
Card.
5
Select the file name.
Copying Waypoints, Routes, and Tracks to a
Memory Card
1
Insert a memory card into the card slot.
2
Select Nav Info > Manage Data > Data Transfer > Save to
Card.
3
If necessary, select the memory card to copy data to.
4 Select an option:
• To create a new file, select Add New File, and enter a
name. The file name is saved with an .adm extension.
• To add the information to an existing file, select the file
from the list.
Copying Waypoints, Routes, and Tracks to
or from all Chartplotters on the Network
You can transfer information for waypoints, routes, and tracks
from one chartplotter connected to the Garmin Marine Network
to every other chartplotter connected to the network. The
transfer may take a long time, depending on the number of
waypoints being transferred.
1
Select Nav Info > Manage Data > Data Transfer >
Network.
2
Select an option:
• To transfer data from the chartplotter to the other
chartplotters connected to the network, select Clone User
Data. Existing data is overwritten on those chartplotters.
• To transfer data between all the chartplotters connected
to the network, select Merge User Data. Unique data is
combined with existing data on every chartplotter.

Copying Built-In Maps to a Memory Card

You can copy maps from the chartplotter to a memory card for
use with HomePort.
1
Insert a memory card into the card slot.
2
Select Nav Info > Manage Data > Data Transfer.
3
Select Copy Built-In Map.

Backing Up Data to a Computer

1
Insert a memory card into the card slot.
2 Select Nav Info > Manage Data > Data Transfer > Save to
Card.
3
Select a file name from the list, or select Add New File.
4
Select Save to Card.
The file name is saved with an .adm extension.
5
Remove the memory card, and insert it into a card reader
attached to a computer.
6
Open the Garmin\UserData folder on the memory card.
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