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Then highlight Navigation Chart, and press SELECT again. Quick Links • Turning the Unit On or Off: page 3. • Acquiring GPS Satellite Signals: page 5. • Inserting and Removing SD Cards: page 6. • Restoring Factory Settings: page 6. • Using...(>) appear in the text. Introduction This manual includes information for the following products: GPSMAP® 430/430s GPSMAP 431/431s GPSMAP 530/530s GPSMAP 531/531s GPSMAP 540/540s GPSMAP 541/541s GPSMAP 440/440s GPSMAP 441/441s GPSMAP 535/535s GPSMAP 536/536s GPSMAP 545/545s GPSMAP 546/546s Tips and Shortcuts • Press...
Then highlight Navigation Chart, and press SELECT again. Quick Links • Turning the Unit On or Off: page 3. • Acquiring GPS Satellite Signals: page 5. • Inserting and Removing SD Cards: page 6. • Restoring Factory Settings: page 6. • Using...(>) appear in the text. Introduction This manual includes information for the following products: GPSMAP® 430/430s GPSMAP 431/431s GPSMAP 530/530s GPSMAP 531/531s GPSMAP 540/540s GPSMAP 541/541s GPSMAP 440/440s GPSMAP 441/441s GPSMAP 535/535s GPSMAP 536/536s GPSMAP 545/545s GPSMAP 546/546s Tips and Shortcuts • Press...
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Getting Started NMEA 2000® XM antenna with audio adapter External GPS antenna Power/Data GPSMAP 530/535/540/545 External GPS antenna GXM 31 antenna Power/Data GPSMAP 441/541 GPSMAP 430x/440x GPSMAP 430/431/440 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner's Manual
Getting Started NMEA 2000® XM antenna with audio adapter External GPS antenna Power/Data GPSMAP 530/535/540/545 External GPS antenna GXM 31 antenna Power/Data GPSMAP 441/541 GPSMAP 430x/440x GPSMAP 430/431/440 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner's Manual
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...Man Overboard-designates the current location as a waypoint. 3. OR From the Home screen, select Information > User Data > Waypoints. 2. GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner's Manual 29 Select Create Waypoint. Creating and Using Waypoints You can store up to edit. 3. Press SELECT. 4. Where To? Select the ...waypoint you want to 1,500 waypoints (3,000 waypoints for models GPSMAP 431/441/531/541/536/546, including "s" models) with a user-...
...Man Overboard-designates the current location as a waypoint. 3. OR From the Home screen, select Information > User Data > Waypoints. 2. GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner's Manual 29 Select Create Waypoint. Creating and Using Waypoints You can store up to edit. 3. Press SELECT. 4. Where To? Select the ...waypoint you want to 1,500 waypoints (3,000 waypoints for models GPSMAP 431/441/531/541/536/546, including "s" models) with a user-...
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...) to start the new route. Select Review > Delete (The Review button is only shown when more than one waypoint is complete. 30 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner's Manual To create a route in the vicinity.) Creating and Using Routes You can create and store up to 20 routes (100 routes for models... GPSMAP 431/441/531/541/536/546, including "s" models), with up to delete. 3. To create a route from your destination. 2. Repeat until the route ...
...) to start the new route. Select Review > Delete (The Review button is only shown when more than one waypoint is complete. 30 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner's Manual To create a route in the vicinity.) Creating and Using Routes You can create and store up to 20 routes (100 routes for models... GPSMAP 431/441/531/541/536/546, including "s" models), with up to delete. 3. To create a route from your destination. 2. Repeat until the route ...
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... Home screen, select Information > User Data > Data Transfer > Save To Card. GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner's Manual 39 Insert an SD card (at least 4 GB) into the SD card slot on...SD card reader attached to an SD card: 1. From Windows® Explorer, open the Garmin\UserData folder on every chartplotter. To transfer data to or from the computer to an SD... the appropriate .ADM file on the front of the following units are NMEA 2000 compatible: GPSMAP 441/441s GPSMAP 541/541s GPSMAP 536/536s GPSMAP 546/546s 2. Existing data is combined with existing data on the SD card. 6. Copy...
... Home screen, select Information > User Data > Data Transfer > Save To Card. GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner's Manual 39 Insert an SD card (at least 4 GB) into the SD card slot on...SD card reader attached to an SD card: 1. From Windows® Explorer, open the Garmin\UserData folder on every chartplotter. To transfer data to or from the computer to an SD... the appropriate .ADM file on the front of the following units are NMEA 2000 compatible: GPSMAP 441/441s GPSMAP 541/541s GPSMAP 536/536s GPSMAP 546/546s 2. Existing data is combined with existing data on the SD card. 6. Copy...
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...is selected, the chartplotter will automatically turn on whenever power is applied, unless the chartplotter is turned off . A Garmin Product Support representative may ask you to use this feature to set simulator options, such as a troubleshooting tool. ...541/536/546, including "s" models)-turn Simulator mode (page 6) on or off. However, when using WAAS or EGNOS, the device takes longer to Card button is lost. GPS-view GPS satellites. • Skyview-view the GPS satellite constellation. • WAAS/EGNOS-toggle WAAS (in North America) or EGNOS GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner's Manual...
...is selected, the chartplotter will automatically turn on whenever power is applied, unless the chartplotter is turned off . A Garmin Product Support representative may ask you to use this feature to set simulator options, such as a troubleshooting tool. ...541/536/546, including "s" models)-turn Simulator mode (page 6) on or off. However, when using WAAS or EGNOS, the device takes longer to Card button is lost. GPS-view GPS satellites. • Skyview-view the GPS satellite constellation. • WAAS/EGNOS-toggle WAAS (in North America) or EGNOS GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner's Manual...
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To enable or disable NMEA 0183 output sentences: 1. Select a setting (Sounder, Route, System, or Garmin). 3. Only the following units are NMEA 2000 compatible: GPSMAP 441/441s GPSMAP 541/541s GPSMAP 536/536s GPSMAP 546/546s CANet Devices-lists the CANet devices on your network. To set a navigation alarm from a turn on .../530/540/535/545 (including "s" models) are met. Select Off to arrival. 45 Specify alarm information. GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner's Manual Configuring the Chartplotter Setting Alarms You can set an alarm to sound when you want arrival alarms to turn or...
To enable or disable NMEA 0183 output sentences: 1. Select a setting (Sounder, Route, System, or Garmin). 3. Only the following units are NMEA 2000 compatible: GPSMAP 441/441s GPSMAP 541/541s GPSMAP 536/536s GPSMAP 546/546s CANet Devices-lists the CANet devices on your network. To set a navigation alarm from a turn on .../530/540/535/545 (including "s" models) are met. Select Off to arrival. 45 Specify alarm information. GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner's Manual Configuring the Chartplotter Setting Alarms You can set an alarm to sound when you want arrival alarms to turn or...
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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. From the Home screen, select Sonar > Full Screen. Depth Temperature Speed Suspended targets Transducer frequency or beam width Full Screen Range 50 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner's Manual
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. From the Home screen, select Sonar > Full Screen. Depth Temperature Speed Suspended targets Transducer frequency or beam width Full Screen Range 50 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner's Manual
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....6 cm), QVGA display with adjustable brightness, 320 × 234 pixels. GPSMAP 530/531/540/541: 5.0 in . GPSMAP 431/431s GPSMAP 441/441s GPSMAP 531/531s GPSMAP 541/541s High-sensitivity, 12 parallel channel, WAAS-capable receiver. GPSMAP 536/536s GPSMAP 546/546s Update Rate: once per second GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner's Manual 69 diagonal (12.7 cm), QVGA display with adjustable brightness, 320...
....6 cm), QVGA display with adjustable brightness, 320 × 234 pixels. GPSMAP 530/531/540/541: 5.0 in . GPSMAP 431/431s GPSMAP 441/441s GPSMAP 531/531s GPSMAP 541/541s High-sensitivity, 12 parallel channel, WAAS-capable receiver. GPSMAP 536/536s GPSMAP 546/546s Update Rate: once per second GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner's Manual 69 diagonal (12.7 cm), QVGA display with adjustable brightness, 320...
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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 15... 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 15... 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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...you use XM Services it is " and XM and Garmin disclaim any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, special,...NMEA 2000 The following GPSMAP 400 and GPSMAP 500 series chartplotters are NMEA 2000 certified and can receive data from a NMEA ...Manual 75 EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY PROVIDED HEREIN, WE MAKE NO WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, REGARDING THE RADIO SERVICE. WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR LOSSES RELATING TO THE USE OF THE RADIO SERVICE, WHETHER BASED ON NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE. GPSMAP 441/441s GPSMAP 541/541s GPSMAP...
...you use XM Services it is " and XM and Garmin disclaim any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, special,...NMEA 2000 The following GPSMAP 400 and GPSMAP 500 series chartplotters are NMEA 2000 certified and can receive data from a NMEA ...Manual 75 EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY PROVIDED HEREIN, WE MAKE NO WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, REGARDING THE RADIO SERVICE. WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR LOSSES RELATING TO THE USE OF THE RADIO SERVICE, WHETHER BASED ON NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE. GPSMAP 441/441s GPSMAP 541/541s GPSMAP...