Operation Manual
Table Of Contents
- GPSMAP 172/172C
- Introduction
- Getting Started
- Keypad Usage
- Selecting Options
- Entering Data
- Initializing the Receiver
- Power On/Screen Backlighting
- Simulator Mode
- Main Pages/Map Page
- Map Cursor
- Marking Waypoints
- Using the NAV Key
- Simulated Tour
- Reviewing/CreatingMap Waypoints
- Compass Navigation Page
- Highway Page
- Active Route Page/Main Menu Page
- Deleting Waypoints/Powering Off Unit
- Reference
- Map Page
- Map Page: Cursor
- Map Page: Options
- Compass Page
- Highway Page
- Highway Page Options
- Creating Waypoints
- Reviewing/Editing Waypoints
- Waypoint Lists
- Going to a Destination
- TracBack Navigation
- MOB: Man OverBoard
- Creating Routes
- Creating a Route/Following a Route
- Route List Page
- Route Review Page
- Editing Routes
- Active Route Page
- Find Key
- Find Options
- Main Menu Tabs
- Main Menu:GPS Tab
- Main Menu:Tide Tab
- Main Menu: Trip/
- Main Menu: Track Tab
- Main Menu: DSC Tab
- Main Menu: DSC/Card Tabs
- Main Menu: Temp Tab/Setup Tab
- Main Menu: Comm Tab
- Main Menu: Alarm Tab
- Appendix
- Index
Main Menu: Comm Tab
• None – provides no interfacing capabilities.
Port 2:
• Garmin DGPS – used to connect the GPSMAP 172/172C with a Garmin DGPS beacon receiver.
• Other DGPS – allows DGPS input using a standard RTCM format, without any output capabili
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ties.
• NMEA In/NMEA Out – supports the input/output of standard NMEA 0183 data, DSC, and sonar
NMEA input support for the DPT, MTW and VHW sentences. You may also adjust the NMEA
output.
• RTCM In/NMEA Out – allows Differential GPS (DGPS) input using a standard RTCM format and
also provides NMEA 0183 output.
• None – provides no interfacing capabilities.
To select an input/output format:
1. Select the desired Port tab, then highlight the ‘Serial Data Format’ field and press ENTER.
2. Use the ARROW KEYPAD elect the desired setting and press ENTER.
To select a transfer mode:
1. Use the ARROW KEYPAD to select ‘Garmin Data Transfer’ in the ‘Serial Data Format’ field.
2. Highlight the ‘Transfer Mode’ field and press
ENTER.
3. Use the ARROW KEYPAD
to select the desired setting and press ENTER.
You may also adjust the NMEA output to enable/disable certain sentences and adjust the number
of Lat/Lon output precision digits. You must have one of the ports set to NMEA In/NMEA Out to use
this option. Settings affects both Port 1 and Port 2 NMEA outputs.
To restore the Serial Data Format settings to the default ‘Garmin Data Transfer’:
1. From the Comm tab, press MENU, highlight ‘Defaults’ and press ENTER.
When transferring data between two Garmin units,
be sure to always set one to ‘Host’ and use the other
unit to either Send or Request the desired data.
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