User manual
Table Of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Customizing the Chartplotter
- Home Screen
- Customizing Pages
- Presets
- Setting the Vessel Type
- Adjusting the Backlight
- Adjusting the Color Mode
- Turning On the Chartplotter Automatically
- Enabling Screen Lock
- Automatically Turning Off the System
- ActiveCaptain App
- Communication with Wireless Devices
- Charts and 3D Chart Views
- Navigation Chart and Fishing Chart
- Premium Charts
- Automatic Identification System
- Chart Menu
- Supported Maps
- Garmin Quickdraw Contours Mapping
- Mapping a Body of Water Using the Garmin Quickdraw Contours Feature
- Adding a Label to a Garmin Quickdraw Contours Map
- Garmin Quickdraw Community
- Garmin Quickdraw Contours Settings
- Navigation with a Chartplotter
- Basic Navigation Questions
- Destinations
- Waypoints
- Marking Your Present Location as a Waypoint
- Creating a Waypoint at a Different Location
- Marking an SOS Location
- Projecting a Waypoint
- Viewing a List of all Waypoints
- Editing a Saved Waypoint
- Moving a Saved Waypoint
- Browsing for and Navigating to a Saved Waypoint
- Deleting a Waypoint or an MOB
- Deleting All Waypoints
- Routes
- Creating and Navigating a Route From Your Present Location
- Creating and Saving a Route
- Viewing a List of Routes and Auto Guidance Paths
- Editing a Saved Route
- Browsing for and Navigating a Saved Route
- Browsing for and Navigating Parallel to a Saved Route
- Initiating a Search Pattern
- Deleting a Saved Route
- Deleting All Saved Routes
- Auto Guidance
- Tracks
- Showing Tracks
- Setting the Color of the Active Track
- Saving the Active Track
- Viewing a List of Saved Tracks
- Editing a Saved Track
- Saving a Track as a Route
- Browsing for and Navigating a Recorded Track
- Deleting a Saved Track
- Deleting All Saved Tracks
- Retracing the Active Track
- Clearing the Active Track
- Managing the Track Log Memory During Recording
- Configuring the Recording Interval of the Track Log
- Boundaries
- Deleting All Saved Waypoints, Tracks, Routes, and Boundaries
- Sailing Features
- Sonar Fishfinder
- Stopping the Transmission of Sonar Signals
- Changing the Sonar View
- Traditional Sonar View
- Garmin ClearVü Sonar View
- SideVü Sonar View
- Panoptix Sonar Views
- Selecting the Transducer Type
- Selecting a Sonar Source
- Creating a Waypoint on the Sonar Screen
- Pausing the Sonar Display
- Viewing Sonar History
- Sonar Sharing
- Adjusting the Level of Detail
- Adjusting the Color Intensity
- Sonar Recordings
- Traditional, Garmin ClearVü, and SideVü Sonar Setup
- Setting the Zoom Level on the Sonar Screen
- Setting the Scroll Speed
- Adjusting the Range of the Depth or Width Scale
- Sonar Noise Rejection Settings
- Sonar Appearance Settings
- Sonar Alarms
- Advanced Sonar Settings
- Traditional, Garmin ClearVü, and SideVü Transducer Installation Settings
- Sonar Frequencies
- Turning On the A-Scope
- Panoptix Sonar Setup
- Zooming in a Panoptix LiveVü or LiveScope Sonar View
- Adjusting the RealVü Viewing Angle and Zoom Level
- Adjusting the RealVü Sweep Speed
- LiveVü Forward and FrontVü Sonar Menu
- LiveVü and FrontVü Appearance Settings
- RealVü Appearance Settings
- LiveScope and Perspective Sonar Menu
- LiveScope and Perspective Sonar Setup
- LiveScope and Perspective Appearance Settings
- Panoptix Transducer Installation Settings
- Radar
- Radar Interpretation
- Transmitting Radar Signals
- Adjusting the Radar Range
- MotionScope™ Doppler Radar Technology
- Enabling a Guard Zone
- MARPA
- Echo Trails
- Radar Settings
- Selecting a Different Radar Source
- Changing the Radar Mode
- Autopilot
- Force® Trolling Motor Control
- Digital Selective Calling
- Gauges and Graphs
- inReach® Messages
- Digital Switching
- Dometic® Optimus® Features
- Tide, Current, and Celestial Information
- Warning Manager
- Media Player
- Opening the Media Player
- Selecting the Media Device and Source
- Playing Music
- Adjusting the Volume
- VHF Radio
- Radio
- DAB Playback
- SiriusXM Satellite Radio
- Setting the Device Name
- Updating the Media Player Software
- SiriusXM Weather
- SiriusXM Equipment and Subscription Requirements
- Weather Data Broadcasts
- Weather Warnings and Weather Bulletins
- Changing the Weather Chart
- Viewing Precipitation Information
- Forecast Information
- Viewing Fish Mapping Data
- Viewing Sea Conditions
- Viewing Sea Temperature Information
- Visibility Information
- Viewing Buoy Reports
- Weather Overlay
- Viewing Weather Subscription Information
- Viewing Video
- Selecting a Video Source
- Networked Video Devices
- Configuring the Video Appearance
- Garmin VIRB® Action Cameras
- HDMI Out Video Considerations
- Pairing the GC™ 100 Camera with a Garmin Chartplotter
- Device Configuration
- Sharing and Managing User Data
- Appendix
- Index
each display, making each page different on each display. When
you change the layout of a page in one display, the changes
appear on only that display. When you change the name and
symbol of the layout, those changes appear on all displays in
the station, to maintain a consistent appearance.
Adding an Item to Favorites
You can add items such as a chart, combo screen, or gauge to
the Favorites category.
NOTE: If your home screen has been customized by the boat
manufacturer, you cannot add an item to the Favorites category.
1
From the home screen, select a category from the right.
2
Hold a button on the left.
The item is added to the Favorites home screen category.
To remove an item you have added to the Favorites category,
open the Favorites category, select Menu > Remove Favorite,
and select the item to remove.
Customizing the Home Screen
1
Open the home screen category to customize.
2
Select Menu.
3
Select an option:
• To rearrange an item, select Rearrange, and select the
new location.
• To add an item to the Favorites category, select Add to
Favorites, and select the item.
• To change the home screen background image, select
Background, and select an image (Recommended
Background Image Dimensions, page 4).
Customizing Pages
Customizing the Layout of a SmartMode or
Combination Page
You can customize the layout and data shown in the
combination pages and SmartMode layouts. When you change
the layout of a page in a display you are interacting with, the
change appears only on that display, except for the SmartMode
name and symbol. When you change the SmartMode name or
symbol for the layout, the new name or symbol appears on all
displays in the station.
1
Open a page to customize.
2
Select Menu.
3
Select Edit Layout or Edit Combo.
4
Select an option:
• To change the name, select Name or Name & Symbol >
Name, enter a new name, and select Done.
• To change the SmartMode symbol, select Name &
Symbol > Symbol, and select a new symbol.
• To change the number of functions shown and the layout
of the screen, select Layout, and select an option.
• To change the function of a portion of the screen, select
the window to change, and select a function from the list
on the right.
• To change how the screens are split, drag the arrows to a
new location.
• To change the data shown on the page and additional
data bars, select Overlays, and select an option.
TIP: While viewing a screen with data overlay, hold an
overlay box to quickly change the data in it.
• To assign a preset to a portion of the SmartMode screen,
select Presets > Include, and select a preset from the list
on the right.
Changing the Background Image
1
From the home screen, select Menu > Background.
TIP: You can also adjust this setting from Settings > System
> Sounds and Display > Background.
2
Select an image.
Recommended Background Image Dimensions
For the best fit for the background image, use an image that has
the following dimensions, in pixels.
Display resolution Image width Image height
WVGA 800 430
WSVGA 1024 535
WXGA 1380 723
HD 1920 991
WUXGA 1920 1111
Customizing the Startup Screen
You personalize the image that is displayed when the
chartplotter is turning on. For the best fit, the image should be
50 MB or less and conform to the recommended dimensions
(Recommended Startup Image Dimensions, page 4).
1
Insert a memory card that contains the image you want to
use.
2
Select Settings > System > Sounds and Display > Startup
Image > Select Image.
3
Select the memory card slot.
4
Select the image.
5
Select Set as Startup Image.
The new image is shown then turning on the chartplotter.
Recommended Startup Image Dimensions
For the best fit for the startup images, use an image that has the
following dimensions, in pixels.
Display resolution Image width Image height
WVGA 680 200
WSVGA 880 270
WXGA 1080 350
HD 1240 450
WUXGA 1700 650
Adding a SmartMode Layout
You can add SmartMode layouts to suit your needs. Each
customization made to one SmartMode layout for the home
screen in a station appears on all displays in the station.
1
From the home screen, select SmartMode™ > Menu > Add
Layout.
2
Select an option:
• To change the name, select Name & Symbol > Name,
enter a new name, and select Done.
• To change the SmartMode symbol, select Name &
Symbol > Symbol, and select a new symbol.
• To change the number of functions shown and the layout
of the screen, select Layout, and select an option.
• To change the function of a portion of the screen, select
the window to change, and select a function from the list
on the right.
• To change how the screens are split, drag the arrows to a
new location.
• To change the data shown on the page and additional
data bars, select Overlays, and select an option.
• To assign a preset to a portion of the SmartMode screen,
select Presets > Include, and select a preset from the list
on the right.
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