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
Sharing Your Garmin Quickdraw Contours Maps with the
Garmin Quickdraw Community Using Garmin Connect.. 16
Downloading Garmin Quickdraw Community Maps Using
Garmin Connect.............................................................. 16
Garmin Quickdraw Contours Settings...................................... 16
Navigation with a Chartplotter.................................... 17
Basic Navigation Questions...................................................... 17
Destinations.............................................................................. 17
Searching for a Destination by Name.................................. 17
Selecting a Destination Using the Navigation Chart............ 17
Searching for a Marine Services Destination....................... 17
Setting and Following a Direct Course Using Go To........... 18
Stopping Navigation............................................................. 18
Waypoints................................................................................. 18
Marking Your Present Location as a Waypoint.................... 18
Creating a Waypoint at a Different Location........................ 18
Marking an SOS Location.................................................... 18
Projecting a Waypoint.......................................................... 18
Viewing a List of all Waypoints............................................ 18
Editing a Saved Waypoint.................................................... 18
Moving a Saved Waypoint................................................... 18
Browsing for and Navigating to a Saved Waypoint.............. 18
Deleting a Waypoint or an MOB.......................................... 19
Deleting All Waypoints......................................................... 19
Routes...................................................................................... 19
Creating and Navigating a Route From Your Present
Location............................................................................... 19
Creating and Saving a Route............................................... 19
Viewing a List of Routes and Auto Guidance Paths............ 19
Editing a Saved Route......................................................... 19
Browsing for and Navigating a Saved Route....................... 19
Browsing for and Navigating Parallel to a Saved Route...... 19
Initiating a Search Pattern....................................................20
Deleting a Saved Route....................................................... 20
Deleting All Saved Routes................................................... 20
Auto Guidance.......................................................................... 20
Setting and Following an Auto Guidance Path.................... 20
Creating and Saving an Auto Guidance Path...................... 20
Adjusting a Saved Auto Guidance Path............................... 20
Canceling an Auto Guidance Calculation in Progress......... 20
Setting a Timed Arrival.........................................................20
Auto Guidance Path Configurations.................................... 20
Adjusting the Distance from Shore..................................21
Tracks....................................................................................... 21
Showing Tracks................................................................... 21
Setting the Color of the Active Track................................... 21
Saving the Active Track....................................................... 21
Viewing a List of Saved Tracks............................................ 21
Editing a Saved Track.......................................................... 21
Saving a Track as a Route...................................................21
Browsing for and Navigating a Recorded Track.................. 21
Deleting a Saved Track........................................................22
Deleting All Saved Tracks.................................................... 22
Retracing the Active Track................................................... 22
Clearing the Active Track..................................................... 22
Managing the Track Log Memory During Recording........... 22
Configuring the Recording Interval of the Track Log........... 22
Boundaries................................................................................22
Creating a Boundary............................................................ 22
Converting a Route to a Boundary...................................... 22
Converting a Track to a Boundary....................................... 22
Editing a Boundary...............................................................22
Linking a Boundary to a SmartMode Layout........................ 22
Setting a Boundary Alarm.................................................... 22
Disabling all Boundary Alarms............................................. 23
Deleting a Boundary............................................................ 23
Deleting All Saved Waypoints, Tracks, Routes, and
Boundaries................................................................................23
Sailing Features............................................................ 23
Setting the Vessel Type............................................................ 23
Sail Racing................................................................................23
Starting Line Guidance........................................................ 23
Setting the Starting Line.................................................. 23
Using the Starting Line Guidance................................... 23
Starting the Race Timer....................................................... 23
Stopping the Race Timer..................................................... 23
Setting the Distance between the Bow and the GPS
Antenna................................................................................23
Laylines Settings.......................................................................23
Setting the Keel Offset.............................................................. 24
Sailboat Autopilot Operation..................................................... 24
Wind Hold............................................................................ 24
Setting the Wind Hold Type............................................ 24
Engaging Wind Hold....................................................... 24
Engaging Wind Hold from Heading Hold........................ 24
Adjusting the Wind Hold Angle with the Autopilot........... 24
Tack and Gybe.....................................................................24
Tacking and Gybing from Heading Hold......................... 24
Tacking and Gybing from Wind Hold.............................. 24
Setting a Tack and Gybe Delay...................................... 24
Enabling the Gybe Inhibitor............................................. 25
Heading Line and Angle Markers............................................. 25
Setting the Heading Line and Angle Markers...................... 25
Sonar Fishfinder........................................................... 25
Stopping the Transmission of Sonar Signals............................ 25
Changing the Sonar View......................................................... 25
Traditional Sonar View..............................................................25
Split-Frequency Sonar View................................................ 25
Split-Zoom Sonar View........................................................ 25
Garmin ClearVü Sonar View.....................................................25
SideVü Sonar View................................................................... 26
SideVü Scanning Technology.............................................. 26
Measuring Distance on the Sonar Screen........................... 26
Panoptix Sonar Views...............................................................26
LiveVü Down Sonar View.................................................... 26
LiveVü Forward Sonar View................................................ 27
RealVü 3D Forward Sonar View.......................................... 27
RealVü 3D Down Sonar View.............................................. 27
RealVü 3D Historical Sonar View........................................ 27
FrontVü Sonar View............................................................. 27
Panoptix LiveScope™ Sonar View...................................... 27
Perspective View................................................................. 28
Selecting the Transducer Type................................................. 28
Selecting a Sonar Source......................................................... 28
Renaming a Sonar Source...................................................28
Creating a Waypoint on the Sonar Screen............................... 28
Pausing the Sonar Display....................................................... 28
Viewing Sonar History.............................................................. 28
Sonar Sharing........................................................................... 28
Adjusting the Level of Detail..................................................... 28
Adjusting the Color Intensity..................................................... 28
Sonar Recordings..................................................................... 29
Recording the Sonar Display............................................... 29
Stopping the Sonar Recording............................................. 29
Deleting a Sonar Recording................................................. 29
Playing Sonar Recordings................................................... 29
Traditional, Garmin ClearVü, and SideVü Sonar Setup........... 29
Setting the Zoom Level on the Sonar Screen...................... 29
Setting the Scroll Speed...................................................... 29
Adjusting the Range of the Depth or Width Scale............... 30
Sonar Noise Rejection Settings........................................... 30
Sonar Appearance Settings................................................. 30
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