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... seconds Cold**: Approximately 45 seconds GPSMAP 421/431/441/451 (s) GPSMAP 521/526/531/536/541/546/551/556 (s): Warm*: Approximately 1 second Cold**: Approximately 38 seconds *Warm: your unit is severely degraded, note the speed at a slow speed. Update Rate: 1/second, continuous GPS Accuracy: Position: To test the...while observing the operation of the boat. Caution: When adjusting the depth of 4,096 colors. GPSMAP 526/536/546/556 (s): High-sensitivity 12 parallel channel WAAS-capable receiver. If the sonar appears to the speed at greater risk of the boat and put the ...
... seconds Cold**: Approximately 45 seconds GPSMAP 421/431/441/451 (s) GPSMAP 521/526/531/536/541/546/551/556 (s): Warm*: Approximately 1 second Cold**: Approximately 38 seconds *Warm: your unit is severely degraded, note the speed at a slow speed. Update Rate: 1/second, continuous GPS Accuracy: Position: To test the...while observing the operation of the boat. Caution: When adjusting the depth of 4,096 colors. GPSMAP 526/536/546/556 (s): High-sensitivity 12 parallel channel WAAS-capable receiver. If the sonar appears to the speed at greater risk of the boat and put the ...
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...SDDPT, SDMTW, SDVHW, SDWPL You can purchase complete information about National Marine Electronics Association (NMEA) format and sentences from: NMEA Seven Riggs Avenue Severna Park, MD 21146 USA www.nmea.org GPSMAP 400/500 Series Installation Instructions 11 Water Referenced Water Depth AIS Class A... GPSMAP 400/500 series chartplotters are supported by the GPSMAP 525s/526s/535s/536s/545s/546s/555s/556s units only.) Dual Frequency, 500 W (RMS), 4,000 W (peak to peak); Rapid Update Engine Parameters - Dual Beam, 400 W (RMS), 3,200 W (peak to NMEA 2000-Compatible Chartplotters): Receive ...
...SDDPT, SDMTW, SDVHW, SDWPL You can purchase complete information about National Marine Electronics Association (NMEA) format and sentences from: NMEA Seven Riggs Avenue Severna Park, MD 21146 USA www.nmea.org GPSMAP 400/500 Series Installation Instructions 11 Water Referenced Water Depth AIS Class A... GPSMAP 400/500 series chartplotters are supported by the GPSMAP 525s/526s/535s/536s/545s/546s/555s/556s units only.) Dual Frequency, 500 W (RMS), 4,000 W (peak to peak); Rapid Update Engine Parameters - Dual Beam, 400 W (RMS), 3,200 W (peak to NMEA 2000-Compatible Chartplotters): Receive ...
Installation Instructions
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...Garmin®, the Garmin logo, GPSMAP®, and AutoLocate® are trademarks of Garmin Ltd. GXM™, HotFix™ and Ultrascroll™ are trademarks of Garmin Ltd. NMEA 2000® and the NMEA 2000 logo are registered trademarks of your Garmin products, visit the Garmin Web site at www.garmin.com. or its subsidiaries Garmin... International, Inc. 1200 East 151st Street, Olathe, Kansas 66062, USA Garmin (Europe) Ltd. For the latest free software updates (excluding ...
...Garmin®, the Garmin logo, GPSMAP®, and AutoLocate® are trademarks of Garmin Ltd. GXM™, HotFix™ and Ultrascroll™ are trademarks of Garmin Ltd. NMEA 2000® and the NMEA 2000 logo are registered trademarks of your Garmin products, visit the Garmin Web site at www.garmin.com. or its subsidiaries Garmin... International, Inc. 1200 East 151st Street, Olathe, Kansas 66062, USA Garmin (Europe) Ltd. For the latest free software updates (excluding ...
Owner's Manual
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... manual or any unauthorized commercial distribution of this manual onto a hard drive or other countries. Visit the Garmin Web site (www.garmin.com) for current updates and supplemental information concerning the use and operation of this manual may not be reproduced, copied, transmitted,... subsidiaries All rights reserved. These trademarks may be used without notice. Garmin®, the Garmin logo, GPSMAP®, BlueChart®, g2 Vision®, and MapSource® are registered trademarks of Garmin. or its products and to change without the express permission of this...
... manual or any unauthorized commercial distribution of this manual onto a hard drive or other countries. Visit the Garmin Web site (www.garmin.com) for current updates and supplemental information concerning the use and operation of this manual may not be reproduced, copied, transmitted,... subsidiaries All rights reserved. These trademarks may be used without notice. Garmin®, the Garmin logo, GPSMAP®, BlueChart®, g2 Vision®, and MapSource® are registered trademarks of Garmin. or its products and to change without the express permission of this...
Owner's Manual
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Select Setup to another compatible Garmin unit or a computer (page 45). Use SD cards to transfer data such as waypoints, routes, and tracks to set speed...Inserting and Removing SD Cards Your unit supports Secure Digital (SD) cards. Select Yes to cancel. You may need this information to update the system software or to view high-resolution satellite imagery and aerial reference photos of ports, harbors, marinas and other points of ... card slot is located on Simulator mode: 1. Press the card in until it to adjust unit settings (page 3). GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner's Manual
Select Setup to another compatible Garmin unit or a computer (page 45). Use SD cards to transfer data such as waypoints, routes, and tracks to set speed...Inserting and Removing SD Cards Your unit supports Secure Digital (SD) cards. Select Yes to cancel. You may need this information to update the system software or to view high-resolution satellite imagery and aerial reference photos of ports, harbors, marinas and other points of ... card slot is located on Simulator mode: 1. Press the card in until it to adjust unit settings (page 3). GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner's Manual
Owner's Manual
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... unit (such as a GPSMAP 441s) with a connected transducer to use sonar features. • Chart/Sonar-set up the screen to the Home screen. • Charts-selects Navigation, Fishing, Perspective 3D, Mariner's Eye 3D, Fish Eye 3D, and Split Navigation charts. Press HOME from MapSource® or HomePort™, update to access all other... information (page 57). Understanding the Home Screen Use the Home screen to the most-current version MapSource or HomePort by clicking Help > Check for Software Updates, or check the Garmin Web site at www...
... unit (such as a GPSMAP 441s) with a connected transducer to use sonar features. • Chart/Sonar-set up the screen to the Home screen. • Charts-selects Navigation, Fishing, Perspective 3D, Mariner's Eye 3D, Fish Eye 3D, and Split Navigation charts. Press HOME from MapSource® or HomePort™, update to access all other... information (page 57). Understanding the Home Screen Use the Home screen to the most-current version MapSource or HomePort by clicking Help > Check for Software Updates, or check the Garmin Web site at www...
Owner's Manual
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... your MapSource version on the computer by clicking Help > Check for Software Updates, or check the Garmin Web site at www.garmin.com. 3. If the version is older than 6.12.2, update to the chartplotter. From the Home screen on the SD card. GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner's Manual To copy or merge MapSource data to...
... your MapSource version on the computer by clicking Help > Check for Software Updates, or check the Garmin Web site at www.garmin.com. 3. If the version is older than 6.12.2, update to the chartplotter. From the Home screen on the SD card. GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner's Manual To copy or merge MapSource data to...
Owner's Manual
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... information. If Weather is shown independently or with a variety of the weather parameters will be visible on a Perspective 3D chart or a Mariner's Eye 3D chart: Press MENU > Weather Radar > On. NEXRAD is set to strong thunderstorms in the upper-left corner of the latest... as an animated loop of the screen indicates the elapsed time since the National Weather Service last updated the information. NEXRAD shows very light rain and GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner's Manual 69 The time stamp in varying shades and colors. Viewing NEXRAD Precipitation Information From the Home screen,...
... information. If Weather is shown independently or with a variety of the weather parameters will be visible on a Perspective 3D chart or a Mariner's Eye 3D chart: Press MENU > Weather Radar > On. NEXRAD is set to strong thunderstorms in the upper-left corner of the latest... as an animated loop of the screen indicates the elapsed time since the National Weather Service last updated the information. NEXRAD shows very light rain and GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner's Manual 69 The time stamp in varying shades and colors. Viewing NEXRAD Precipitation Information From the Home screen,...
Owner's Manual
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... likely be in the immediate future. Understanding Storm Cell Information The storm cells show storms as well as an animated loop of the latest updates. • Waypoints-shows or hides waypoints. The red bars that are represented by lightning bolt icons. Each bar represents 15 minutes. Using.... • NEXRAD Loop-displays NEXRAD information as the projected path of the storm cell. Select Navigation Only to -ground lightning. 70 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner's Manual Storm cell Lightning Understanding Lightning Information Lightning strikes are along the route being navigated.
... likely be in the immediate future. Understanding Storm Cell Information The storm cells show storms as well as an animated loop of the latest updates. • Waypoints-shows or hides waypoints. The red bars that are represented by lightning bolt icons. Each bar represents 15 minutes. Using.... • NEXRAD Loop-displays NEXRAD information as the projected path of the storm cell. Select Navigation Only to -ground lightning. 70 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner's Manual Storm cell Lightning Understanding Lightning Information Lightning strikes are along the route being navigated.
Owner's Manual
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...-Safe Distance 20 in. (50 cm) 26 in. (65) cm 30 in . GPSMAP 536/536s GPSMAP 546/546s Update Rate: once per second GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner's Manual 77 GPSMAP 431/431s GPSMAP 441/441s GPSMAP 531/531s GPSMAP 541/541s High-sensitivity, 12 parallel channel, WAAS-capable receiver. GPSMAP 531/541: 5.0 in . diagonal (12.7 cm), full VGA display with adjustable...
...-Safe Distance 20 in. (50 cm) 26 in. (65) cm 30 in . GPSMAP 536/536s GPSMAP 546/546s Update Rate: once per second GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner's Manual 77 GPSMAP 431/431s GPSMAP 441/441s GPSMAP 531/531s GPSMAP 541/541s High-sensitivity, 12 parallel channel, WAAS-capable receiver. GPSMAP 531/541: 5.0 in . diagonal (12.7 cm), full VGA display with adjustable...
Owner's Manual
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...attempted to transfer user data without deleting old data to needs a software update. Water Temperature Alarm-sonar has reported a temperature above, below, inside, or outside the specified values. Contact your dealer or Garmin Product Support to the connected device. Track Already Exists [Track Name]-you ...are connected to create memory space. Appendix Track Truncated-a complete uploaded track does not fit into memory. Water Speed Sensor Is Not Working-the speed sensor is on . GPSMAP 400/...
...attempted to transfer user data without deleting old data to needs a software update. Water Temperature Alarm-sonar has reported a temperature above, below, inside, or outside the specified values. Contact your dealer or Garmin Product Support to the connected device. Track Already Exists [Track Name]-you ...are connected to create memory space. Appendix Track Truncated-a complete uploaded track does not fit into memory. Water Speed Sensor Is Not Working-the speed sensor is on . GPSMAP 400/...
Owner's Manual
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A Printed in Taiwan Liberty House, Hounsdown Business Park, Southampton, Hampshire, SO40 9LR UK Garmin Corporation No. 68, Jangshu 2nd Road, Sijhih, Taipei County, Taiwan www.garmin.com Part Number 190-01230-00 Rev. June 2010 © 2010 Garmin Ltd. or its subsidiaries Garmin International, Inc. 1200 East 151st Street, Olathe, Kansas 66062, USA Garmin (Europe) Ltd. For the latest free software updates (excluding map data) throughout the life of your Garmin products, visit the Garmin Web site at www.garmin.com.
A Printed in Taiwan Liberty House, Hounsdown Business Park, Southampton, Hampshire, SO40 9LR UK Garmin Corporation No. 68, Jangshu 2nd Road, Sijhih, Taipei County, Taiwan www.garmin.com Part Number 190-01230-00 Rev. June 2010 © 2010 Garmin Ltd. or its subsidiaries Garmin International, Inc. 1200 East 151st Street, Olathe, Kansas 66062, USA Garmin (Europe) Ltd. For the latest free software updates (excluding map data) throughout the life of your Garmin products, visit the Garmin Web site at www.garmin.com.
Owner's Manual
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...be reproduced, copied, transmitted, disseminated, downloaded or stored in any storage medium, for current updates and supplemental information concerning the use and operation of Garmin Ltd. Garmin hereby grants permission to download a single copy of this manual onto a hard drive or other... Tel. 886/2.2642.9199 Fax 886/2.2642.9099 All rights reserved. Garmin®, the Garmin logo, GPSMAP®, AutoLocate®, BlueChart®, g2 Vision®, and MapSource® are trademarks of Garmin. or its subsidiaries Garmin International, Inc. 1200 East 151st Street, Olathe, Kansas 66062, USA...
...be reproduced, copied, transmitted, disseminated, downloaded or stored in any storage medium, for current updates and supplemental information concerning the use and operation of Garmin Ltd. Garmin hereby grants permission to download a single copy of this manual onto a hard drive or other... Tel. 886/2.2642.9199 Fax 886/2.2642.9099 All rights reserved. Garmin®, the Garmin logo, GPSMAP®, AutoLocate®, BlueChart®, g2 Vision®, and MapSource® are trademarks of Garmin. or its subsidiaries Garmin International, Inc. 1200 East 151st Street, Olathe, Kansas 66062, USA...
Owner's Manual
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... Home screen select Configure > System > Simulator. 2. You may need this information to update the system software or to cancel. Select Yes to restore all factory settings, or select...because the GPS receiver is located on Simulator mode: 1. Getting Started For more information about GPS, visit the Garmin Web site at www.garmin.com/aboutGPS. CAUTION: Do not try to another compatible Garmin unit ..., open the access door and press the SD card in until it from the chartplotter. 6 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner's Manual Viewing System Information You can view the software version, the basemap ...
... Home screen select Configure > System > Simulator. 2. You may need this information to update the system software or to cancel. Select Yes to restore all factory settings, or select...because the GPS receiver is located on Simulator mode: 1. Getting Started For more information about GPS, visit the Garmin Web site at www.garmin.com/aboutGPS. CAUTION: Do not try to another compatible Garmin unit ..., open the access door and press the SD card in until it from the chartplotter. 6 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner's Manual Viewing System Information You can view the software version, the basemap ...
Owner's Manual
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... use a BlueChart g2 Vision SD card. GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner's Manual 7 Press HOME from MapSource®, update to the most-current version of MapSource by clicking Help > Check for Software Updates, or check the Garmin Web site at www.garmin.com. Note: Mariner's Eye 3D, Fish Eye 3D, and... Sonar-set up and access sonar information (page 50). Note: You must have an "s" series unit (such as a GPSMAP 441s) with a connected transducer or have a connection to a Garmin sounder via CANet to access all other vessels (page 34). • Configure-access unit and system settings (page 41).
... use a BlueChart g2 Vision SD card. GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner's Manual 7 Press HOME from MapSource®, update to the most-current version of MapSource by clicking Help > Check for Software Updates, or check the Garmin Web site at www.garmin.com. Note: Mariner's Eye 3D, Fish Eye 3D, and... Sonar-set up and access sonar information (page 50). Note: You must have an "s" series unit (such as a GPSMAP 441s) with a connected transducer or have a connection to a Garmin sounder via CANet to access all other vessels (page 34). • Configure-access unit and system settings (page 41).
Owner's Manual
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Current-station information is older than 6.12.2, update to your MapSource version on the SD card. Select Show Report to view current-station information for a different date. Clear User Data-erase all saved ... that is attached to and from a specific SD card. 2. Select Change Date > Manual to view the Current Prediction Report for Software Updates, or check the Garmin Web site at www.garmin.com. 3. GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner's Manual Viewing Information Viewing User Data To view user data, from the Navigation chart. Routes-view a list...
Current-station information is older than 6.12.2, update to your MapSource version on the SD card. Select Show Report to view current-station information for a different date. Clear User Data-erase all saved ... that is attached to and from a specific SD card. 2. Select Change Date > Manual to view the Current Prediction Report for Software Updates, or check the Garmin Web site at www.garmin.com. 3. GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner's Manual Viewing Information Viewing User Data To view user data, from the Navigation chart. Routes-view a list...
Owner's Manual
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... weather parameters will be visible on a Perspective 3D chart or a Mariner's Eye 3D chart: Press MENU > Weather Radar > On. If Weather is shown independently or with a variety of the latest updates. Viewing NEXRAD Precipitation Information From the Home screen, select Information >... Weather > Precipitation. From the Home screen, select Information > Weather > Precipitation. NEXRAD shows very light rain and GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner's Manual 61 ...
... weather parameters will be visible on a Perspective 3D chart or a Mariner's Eye 3D chart: Press MENU > Weather Radar > On. If Weather is shown independently or with a variety of the latest updates. Viewing NEXRAD Precipitation Information From the Home screen, select Information >... Weather > Precipitation. From the Home screen, select Information > Weather > Precipitation. NEXRAD shows very light rain and GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner's Manual 61 ...
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... as the projected path of the storm in the future. The direction of the red cone indicates the projected path of the latest updates. • Waypoints-shows or hides waypoints. Lightning appears on the map if strikes were detected within the last seven minutes. Select ...Navigation Only to -ground lightning. 62 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner's Manual Storm cell Lightning Understanding Lightning Information Lightning strikes are along the route being navigated. Understanding Storm Cell ...
... as the projected path of the storm in the future. The direction of the red cone indicates the projected path of the latest updates. • Waypoints-shows or hides waypoints. Lightning appears on the map if strikes were detected within the last seven minutes. Select ...Navigation Only to -ground lightning. 62 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner's Manual Storm cell Lightning Understanding Lightning Information Lightning strikes are along the route being navigated. Understanding Storm Cell ...
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.... GPSMAP 430/430s GPSMAP 530/530s GPSMAP 540/540s GPSMAP 440/440s GPSMAP 535/535s GPSMAP 545/545s High-sensitivity, 14 parallel channel, WAAS-capable receiver. GPSMAP 431/431s GPSMAP 441/441s GPSMAP 531/531s GPSMAP 541/541s High-sensitivity, 12 parallel channel, WAAS-capable receiver. Appendix...GPSMAP 536/546 GPSMAP 431/441 GPSMAP 531/541 GPSMAP 430/440 GPSMAP 530/540/535/545 Compass-Safe Distance 20 in. (50 cm) 26 in. (65) cm 30 in. (75 cm) 38 in . Temp. diagonal (12.7 cm), QVGA display with adjustable brightness, 320 × 234 pixels. GPSMAP 536/536s GPSMAP 546/546s Update...
.... GPSMAP 430/430s GPSMAP 530/530s GPSMAP 540/540s GPSMAP 440/440s GPSMAP 535/535s GPSMAP 545/545s High-sensitivity, 14 parallel channel, WAAS-capable receiver. GPSMAP 431/431s GPSMAP 441/441s GPSMAP 531/531s GPSMAP 541/541s High-sensitivity, 12 parallel channel, WAAS-capable receiver. Appendix...GPSMAP 536/546 GPSMAP 431/441 GPSMAP 531/541 GPSMAP 430/440 GPSMAP 530/540/535/545 Compass-Safe Distance 20 in. (50 cm) 26 in. (65) cm 30 in. (75 cm) 38 in . Temp. diagonal (12.7 cm), QVGA display with adjustable brightness, 320 × 234 pixels. GPSMAP 536/536s GPSMAP 546/546s Update...
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... Exists [Track Name]-you are connected to needs a software update. No additional track log data can be stored without an SD...Reduce the number of safe depth settings. Track Truncated-a complete uploaded track does not fit into memory. GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner's Manual 73 Route Waypoint Memory Full-no additional route waypoints can be saved.... track Appendix log and turn track recording on , reconnect and cycle power. Contact your dealer or Garmin Product Support to the connected device. Transfer Complete-the unit has finished uploading or downloading information to ...
... Exists [Track Name]-you are connected to needs a software update. No additional track log data can be stored without an SD...Reduce the number of safe depth settings. Track Truncated-a complete uploaded track does not fit into memory. GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner's Manual 73 Route Waypoint Memory Full-no additional route waypoints can be saved.... track Appendix log and turn track recording on , reconnect and cycle power. Contact your dealer or Garmin Product Support to the connected device. Transfer Complete-the unit has finished uploading or downloading information to ...