Owner's Manual
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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 use a BlueChart g2 Vision SD card. GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner's Manual Getting Started • Sonar-set up and access sonar information (page 50). Press HOME from...> Check for Software Updates, or check the Garmin Web site at www.garmin.com. Note: If using an SD card to transfer waypoints from any screen to return to the Home screen. • Charts-selects Navigation, Fishing, Perspective 3D, Mariner's Eye 3D, Fish Eye 3D, and Split ...
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 use a BlueChart g2 Vision SD card. GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner's Manual Getting Started • Sonar-set up and access sonar information (page 50). Press HOME from...> Check for Software Updates, or check the Garmin Web site at www.garmin.com. Note: If using an SD card to transfer waypoints from any screen to return to the Home screen. • Charts-selects Navigation, Fishing, Perspective 3D, Mariner's Eye 3D, Fish Eye 3D, and Split ...
Owner's Manual
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...To), but does not affect automatic guidance (Guide To). Targets are indicated by your transducer on or off. Use the Range keys to provide distance measurement. Red indicates the ...page 9). Safe Depth-adjusts the depth at which red indicates dangerous depths. GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner's Manual Using Fish Eye 3D Using the depth contour lines of the BlueChart g2 ...Vision cartography, Fish Eye 3D provides an underwater view of the course line drawn when navigating. Note: You must have a connection to a Garmin...
...To), but does not affect automatic guidance (Guide To). Targets are indicated by your transducer on or off. Use the Range keys to provide distance measurement. Red indicates the ...page 9). Safe Depth-adjusts the depth at which red indicates dangerous depths. GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner's Manual Using Fish Eye 3D Using the depth contour lines of the BlueChart g2 ...Vision cartography, Fish Eye 3D provides an underwater view of the course line drawn when navigating. Note: You must have a connection to a Garmin...
Owner's Manual
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... Navigation chart: Use the Rocker to highlight a camera icon with a transducer attached. Select Review or the name of the current at the same ...detailed icons show the speed and direction of the station to view the Navigation chart, Fishing chart, Mariner's Eye 3D, or Fish Eye 3D and sonar at a glance. For instructions on searching for, ... navigating to use Automatic Guidance. section beginning on available BlueChart g2 Vision chart information. GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner's Manual 21 icon Using Charts Detailed Road and POI Data BlueChart g2 Vision contains detailed road and...
... Navigation chart: Use the Rocker to highlight a camera icon with a transducer attached. Select Review or the name of the current at the same ...detailed icons show the speed and direction of the station to view the Navigation chart, Fishing chart, Mariner's Eye 3D, or Fish Eye 3D and sonar at a glance. For instructions on searching for, ... navigating to use Automatic Guidance. section beginning on available BlueChart g2 Vision chart information. GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner's Manual 21 icon Using Charts Detailed Road and POI Data BlueChart g2 Vision contains detailed road and...
Owner's Manual
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...GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner's Manual Configuring the Chartplotter • Change Time/Change Distance-if you have Activation set to Distance, select Change Distance to sound when the battery reaches a specified low voltage. GPS... is less than the specified value. Note: You must be receiving NMEA sonar depth data or using the system (GPS) clock. Setting System Alarms To set a sonar alarm from ...sound when the transducer reports a temperature that the alarm should sound. Clock-set an alarm to change the time or distance. Fish-set an alarm using a Garmin sounder module ...
...GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner's Manual Configuring the Chartplotter • Change Time/Change Distance-if you have Activation set to Distance, select Change Distance to sound when the battery reaches a specified low voltage. GPS... is less than the specified value. Note: You must be receiving NMEA sonar depth data or using the system (GPS) clock. Setting System Alarms To set a sonar alarm from ...sound when the transducer reports a temperature that the alarm should sound. Clock-set an alarm to change the time or distance. Fish-set an alarm using a Garmin sounder module ...
Owner's Manual
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...measured distance from the Home screen, select Configure > My Boat. GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner's Manual 47 To receive fuel-level information, your boat, from the transducer location to the water line or to the keel (transducer installed at the water line), enter a (+) positive number. ...Garmin XM WX weather receiver to accept the number. To adjust the Keel Offset: 1. This shows the depth at which the alarm should sound. To enable the Total Fuel Onboard alarm and set the fuel alarm level: 1. If you select On, use the Rocker to the water line (transducer installed on or off: marine...
...measured distance from the Home screen, select Configure > My Boat. GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner's Manual 47 To receive fuel-level information, your boat, from the transducer location to the water line or to the keel (transducer installed at the water line), enter a (+) positive number. ...Garmin XM WX weather receiver to accept the number. To adjust the Keel Offset: 1. This shows the depth at which the alarm should sound. To enable the Total Fuel Onboard alarm and set the fuel alarm level: 1. If you select On, use the Rocker to the water line (transducer installed on or off: marine...
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Calibrate Water Speed-use of AIS, see page 22. 48 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner's Manual Select OK, and safely increase the speed of the keel. Fuel Capacity-enter the total fuel capacity of your boat. AIS alerts you continue to ... area traffic by providing boat IDs, position, course, and speed for calibration. If you get the message, contact Garmin Product Support. Configuring Other Vessels To configure settings for the temperature sensor of your transducer. Temp Offset-set the temperature offset for boats other boats, your own, from the Home screen, select Configure...
Calibrate Water Speed-use of AIS, see page 22. 48 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner's Manual Select OK, and safely increase the speed of the keel. Fuel Capacity-enter the total fuel capacity of your boat. AIS alerts you continue to ... area traffic by providing boat IDs, position, course, and speed for calibration. If you get the message, contact Garmin Product Support. Configuring Other Vessels To configure settings for the temperature sensor of your transducer. Temp Offset-set the temperature offset for boats other boats, your own, from the Home screen, select Configure...
Owner's Manual
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Depth Temperature Speed Suspended targets Transducer frequency or beam width Full Screen Range 50 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner's Manual From the Home screen, select Sonar > Full Screen. Using Sonar Using Sonar When connected to a transducer, the following chartplotters can be used as fishfinders: GPSMAP 430s GPSMAP 431s GPSMAP 530s GPSMAP 531s GPSMAP 540s GPSMAP 541s GPSMAP 440s GPSMAP 441s GPSMAP 535s GPSMAP 536s GPSMAP 545s GPSMAP 546s Understanding the Full Screen Select the Full Screen option to view a full-screen graph of the transducer's sonar readings.
Depth Temperature Speed Suspended targets Transducer frequency or beam width Full Screen Range 50 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner's Manual From the Home screen, select Sonar > Full Screen. Using Sonar Using Sonar When connected to a transducer, the following chartplotters can be used as fishfinders: GPSMAP 430s GPSMAP 431s GPSMAP 530s GPSMAP 531s GPSMAP 540s GPSMAP 541s GPSMAP 440s GPSMAP 441s GPSMAP 535s GPSMAP 536s GPSMAP 545s GPSMAP 546s Understanding the Full Screen Select the Full Screen option to view a full-screen graph of the transducer's sonar readings.
Owner's Manual
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Depth, temperature, and speed Range Frequencies Split Frequency GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner's Manual Zoomed depth scale Zoom window Range Zoom level Transducer frequency or beam width Split Zoom 51 a 200 kHz frequency graph appears on the left; Depth, temperature, and speed Using Sonar Understanding the Split ..., select Sonar > Split Frequency. A 50 kHz frequency graph appears on the right. Understanding the Split Frequency Screen Use the Split Frequency screen (dual-frequency transducer only) to view the full sonar data from the graph and a zoomed in portion on the same screen.
Depth, temperature, and speed Range Frequencies Split Frequency GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner's Manual Zoomed depth scale Zoom window Range Zoom level Transducer frequency or beam width Split Zoom 51 a 200 kHz frequency graph appears on the left; Depth, temperature, and speed Using Sonar Understanding the Split ..., select Sonar > Split Frequency. A 50 kHz frequency graph appears on the right. Understanding the Split Frequency Screen Use the Split Frequency screen (dual-frequency transducer only) to view the full sonar data from the graph and a zoomed in portion on the same screen.
Owner's Manual
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...the right side, and the time elapsed appears along the right side of the screen. 52 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner's Manual The graph scrolls to all sonar screens. Setting Up Sonar Use the Sonar Setup screen to ... near the surface of your boat. From the Home screen, select Sonar > Temp Log. If using a temperature-capable transducer, the Temp Log screen keeps a graphic log of the reference line, select Show, and then press up or down ... help reduce clutter. Hide surface noise to left as information is received. Depth Line-quickly reference a specific depth (Show or Hide).
...the right side, and the time elapsed appears along the right side of the screen. 52 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner's Manual The graph scrolls to all sonar screens. Setting Up Sonar Use the Sonar Setup screen to ... near the surface of your boat. From the Home screen, select Sonar > Temp Log. If using a temperature-capable transducer, the Temp Log screen keeps a graphic log of the reference line, select Show, and then press up or down ... help reduce clutter. Hide surface noise to left as information is received. Depth Line-quickly reference a specific depth (Show or Hide).
Owner's Manual
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The unit does not interpret the sonar return data (default). Suspended targets appear as symbols. GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner's Manual Using Sonar • Whiteline-highlights the strongest signal from the bottom to display the values. This affects the background on all ...stops the scrolling of measuring water temperature, water speed, or both. Data Bars-show or hide battery voltage, water temperature, water speed (if your transducer is also displayed. Select Auto to help identify its hardness or softness. ◦ Off (default)-turns off whiteline. ◦ High-the most sensitive...
The unit does not interpret the sonar return data (default). Suspended targets appear as symbols. GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner's Manual Using Sonar • Whiteline-highlights the strongest signal from the bottom to display the values. This affects the background on all ...stops the scrolling of measuring water temperature, water speed, or both. Data Bars-show or hide battery voltage, water temperature, water speed (if your transducer is also displayed. Select Auto to help identify its hardness or softness. ◦ Off (default)-turns off whiteline. ◦ High-the most sensitive...
Owner's Manual
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... can individually adjust noise rejection for each frequency. 54 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner's Manual Using Sonar Range-adjust the range of the depth scale on...screen (200kHz, 50kHz, Dual, or Auto). Frequency-when using a dual frequency transducer, select how the frequencies appear on the screen. Zoom-zoom in to manually adjust the value of the full screen. Select the top slider bar to a... is set to No Zoom by default. To see more detail, increase the gain. Manually adjusting the amount of the sonar receiver (Auto, or to show the most detail with the least noise. The zoom is ...
... can individually adjust noise rejection for each frequency. 54 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner's Manual Using Sonar Range-adjust the range of the depth scale on...screen (200kHz, 50kHz, Dual, or Auto). Frequency-when using a dual frequency transducer, select how the frequencies appear on the screen. Zoom-zoom in to manually adjust the value of the full screen. Select the top slider bar to a... is set to No Zoom by default. To see more detail, increase the gain. Manually adjusting the amount of the sonar receiver (Auto, or to show the most detail with the least noise. The zoom is ...
Owner's Manual
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... acquisition times for a stationary receiver with a clear view of the sky.) GPSMAP 430/430s GPSMAP 440/440s GPSMAP 530/530s GPSMAP 535/535s GPSMAP 530/540s GPSMAP 535/545s Warm:* Approximately 15 seconds Cold:** Approximately 45 seconds GPSMAP 431/431s GPSMAP 441/441s GPSMAP 531/531s GPSMAP 541/541s Warm:* Approximately 1 second Cold:** Approximately 38 seconds GPSMAP 536/536s GPSMAP 546/546s Warm:* Approximately... has moved by more than about 500 mi. (800 km) since it was turned off, or it has been turned off for more than 2 weeks. GPS Accuracy: Position:
... acquisition times for a stationary receiver with a clear view of the sky.) GPSMAP 430/430s GPSMAP 440/440s GPSMAP 530/530s GPSMAP 535/535s GPSMAP 530/540s GPSMAP 535/545s Warm:* Approximately 15 seconds Cold:** Approximately 45 seconds GPSMAP 431/431s GPSMAP 441/441s GPSMAP 531/531s GPSMAP 541/541s Warm:* Approximately 1 second Cold:** Approximately 38 seconds GPSMAP 536/536s GPSMAP 546/546s Warm:* Approximately... has moved by more than about 500 mi. (800 km) since it was turned off, or it has been turned off for more than 2 weeks. GPS Accuracy: Position:
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... the SD card. Off Course Alarm-you are off course the distance set in the DSC directory. GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner's Manual Database Error-internal problem with an MMSI. Use a different number. Take appropriate action. This alarm does...the transducer (page 47). Make sure there is approaching an unsafe region as defined by the Water Temperature Alarm. Deep Water Alarm-the Deep Water Alarm depth has been reached. Distress Call-a DSC distress call has been received.... Card, Card Is Read-Only-the SD card in your dealer or Garmin Product Support to perform the function you requested.
... the SD card. Off Course Alarm-you are off course the distance set in the DSC directory. GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner's Manual Database Error-internal problem with an MMSI. Use a different number. Take appropriate action. This alarm does...the transducer (page 47). Make sure there is approaching an unsafe region as defined by the Water Temperature Alarm. Deep Water Alarm-the Deep Water Alarm depth has been reached. Distress Call-a DSC distress call has been received.... Card, Card Is Read-Only-the SD card in your dealer or Garmin Product Support to perform the function you requested.
Owner's Manual
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...an internal problem with the sonar device for the most recent data. GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner's Manual 73 This only appears when the track recording setting is a bad cable or transducer, or the transducer cable was calculated but the starting and ending position moved due to create...have the unit serviced. Contact your dealer or Garmin Product Support to transfer user data without deleting old data to safe depth settings-the auto-guidance route was disconnected. Transducer Disconnected, Sonar Turned Off-there is not a transducer attached, there is set to the connected device....
...an internal problem with the sonar device for the most recent data. GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner's Manual 73 This only appears when the track recording setting is a bad cable or transducer, or the transducer cable was calculated but the starting and ending position moved due to create...have the unit serviced. Contact your dealer or Garmin Product Support to transfer user data without deleting old data to safe depth settings-the auto-guidance route was disconnected. Transducer Disconnected, Sonar Turned Off-there is not a transducer attached, there is set to the connected device....
Owner's Manual
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... settings 41 T Temp Log 52 Temp Offset 48 Tides/Currents 12 tide stations 36 viewing information 12 Time (options) 42 tracks 18, 31 Trails 25 transducer dual frequency 54 transferring data 37, 38 Trip Odometer 35 True (north) 42 turn the unit off 3 Turn Transition 42 U unit ID number 6 units of... Radar 16, 17 Where To 27 Whiteline 53 wind barbs 66 X XM Audio 68 XM weather 60 Z zoom 54 2x 54 4x 54 split 54 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner's Manual 79
... settings 41 T Temp Log 52 Temp Offset 48 Tides/Currents 12 tide stations 36 viewing information 12 Time (options) 42 tracks 18, 31 Trails 25 transducer dual frequency 54 transferring data 37, 38 Trip Odometer 35 True (north) 42 turn the unit off 3 Turn Transition 42 U unit ID number 6 units of... Radar 16, 17 Where To 27 Whiteline 53 wind barbs 66 X XM Audio 68 XM weather 60 Z zoom 54 2x 54 4x 54 split 54 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner's Manual 79