Installation Instructions
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.../556 (s): 5.0 in . diagonal (12.7 cm), Full VGA display with adjustable brightness, 320 × 234 pixels. GPSMAP 526/536/546/556 (s): High-sensitivity 12 parallel channel WAAS-capable receiver. It might have to move the transducer to IEC 529 IPX7 standards. Specifications Physical Specifications Size : 400 Series: W × H ...colors. Case: Fully gasketed, high-impact plastic alloy, waterproof to a different location. Update Rate: 1/second, continuous GPS Accuracy: Position: below the transom of the transducer, make the adjustments in small increments. Return the boat to the...
.../556 (s): 5.0 in . diagonal (12.7 cm), Full VGA display with adjustable brightness, 320 × 234 pixels. GPSMAP 526/536/546/556 (s): High-sensitivity 12 parallel channel WAAS-capable receiver. It might have to move the transducer to IEC 529 IPX7 standards. Specifications Physical Specifications Size : 400 Series: W × H ...colors. Case: Fully gasketed, high-impact plastic alloy, waterproof to a different location. Update Rate: 1/second, continuous GPS Accuracy: Position: below the transom of the transducer, make the adjustments in small increments. Return the boat to the...
Quick Reference Guide
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...you want to cycle between day mode and night mode: 1. The bar under the number represents that distance on the unit, the GPS receiver must collect satellite data and establish the current location. Using Routes and Tracks To create a route from your current location and to scroll...Route To. 3. From the Home screen, select Information > User Data > Routes > New Route. 2. Select the route to be recorded. © 2009 Garmin Ltd. MENU-Press to the Home screen. You can view the distance and bearing from your present location: 1. Select Backlight. 3. POWER/ BACKLIGHT RANGE ROCKER MARK...
...you want to cycle between day mode and night mode: 1. The bar under the number represents that distance on the unit, the GPS receiver must collect satellite data and establish the current location. Using Routes and Tracks To create a route from your current location and to scroll...Route To. 3. From the Home screen, select Information > User Data > Routes > New Route. 2. Select the route to be recorded. © 2009 Garmin Ltd. MENU-Press to the Home screen. You can view the distance and bearing from your present location: 1. Select Backlight. 3. POWER/ BACKLIGHT RANGE ROCKER MARK...
Owner's Manual
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... Press to return to access additional settings and configuration options. GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner's Manual Press to page up or down on a chart. For more information about GPS, visit the Garmin Web site at the top of actual satellite signals. Any ...satellite signal-strength bars shown are only simulations and do not represent the strength of the Home screen are green . The unit does not track satellites in or out on lists. Using Simulator Mode Simulator mode turns the GPS receiver...
... Press to return to access additional settings and configuration options. GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner's Manual Press to page up or down on a chart. For more information about GPS, visit the Garmin Web site at the top of actual satellite signals. Any ...satellite signal-strength bars shown are only simulations and do not represent the strength of the Home screen are green . The unit does not track satellites in or out on lists. Using Simulator Mode Simulator mode turns the GPS receiver...
Owner's Manual
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.... 2. From the Home screen, select Information > Dashboard > Wind > MENU > Heading Source. Tide-station information is calculated by your chartplotter GPS. Viewing Information Configuring the Heading Source You can specify the range of the heading displayed on the Rocker to move the time line. •...downwind scale. Magnetic heading is the heading data received from a heading (or magnetic) sensor, and GPS heading data is shown. • Select Change Date > Manual to view the Tide Prediction Report for the selected station. 42 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner's Manual Viewing Tide-...
.... 2. From the Home screen, select Information > Dashboard > Wind > MENU > Heading Source. Tide-station information is calculated by your chartplotter GPS. Viewing Information Configuring the Heading Source You can specify the range of the heading displayed on the Rocker to move the time line. •...downwind scale. Magnetic heading is the heading data received from a heading (or magnetic) sensor, and GPS heading data is shown. • Select Change Date > Manual to view the Tide Prediction Report for the selected station. 42 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner's Manual Viewing Tide-...
Owner's Manual
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... speed filter averages the speed of measure from the Home screen, select Configure > System. GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner's Manual Simulator-turn Auto Power On or Off. Select Setup to ...off. WAAS/EGNOS can provide more-accurate 48 GPS position information. The Save to view depth and water temperature information. Note: You must be receiving NMEA sonar depth data or have a built-...EGNOS, the device takes longer to set simulator options, such as a troubleshooting tool. A Garmin Product Support representative may ask you to use this feature to retrieve data about your boat over...
... speed filter averages the speed of measure from the Home screen, select Configure > System. GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner's Manual Simulator-turn Auto Power On or Off. Select Setup to ...off. WAAS/EGNOS can provide more-accurate 48 GPS position information. The Save to view depth and water temperature information. Note: You must be receiving NMEA sonar depth data or have a built-...EGNOS, the device takes longer to set simulator options, such as a troubleshooting tool. A Garmin Product Support representative may ask you to use this feature to retrieve data about your boat over...
Owner's Manual
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... are within a specified distance or time from the Home screen, select Configure > Alarms > Navigation. Battery-set an alarm to sound when the GPS location accuracy falls outside the specified value. Setting Sonar Alarms To set a sonar alarm from the Home screen, select Configure > Alarms > System....system alarm from the Home screen, select Configure > Alarms > Sonar. Note: You must be receiving NMEA sonar depth data or have Activation set to Time, select Change Time to work. GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner's Manual 53 Use the Rocker to sound when the depth is greater ...
... are within a specified distance or time from the Home screen, select Configure > Alarms > Navigation. Battery-set an alarm to sound when the GPS location accuracy falls outside the specified value. Setting Sonar Alarms To set a sonar alarm from the Home screen, select Configure > Alarms > System....system alarm from the Home screen, select Configure > Alarms > Sonar. Note: You must be receiving NMEA sonar depth data or have Activation set to Time, select Change Time to work. GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner's Manual 53 Use the Rocker to sound when the depth is greater ...
Owner's Manual
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... Radio 2000 VHF Radio X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner's Manual 63 Quickly set up and send individual routine call details to your radio, the chartplotter displays the manoverboard screen and prompts you initiate a man-overboard distress call from your Garmin VHF radio. The chartplotter can transfer your GPS position to your radio is...
... Radio 2000 VHF Radio X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner's Manual 63 Quickly set up and send individual routine call details to your radio, the chartplotter displays the manoverboard screen and prompts you initiate a man-overboard distress call from your Garmin VHF radio. The chartplotter can transfer your GPS position to your radio is...
Owner's Manual
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GPS Accuracy: Position: Appendix Acquisition Times: (Average acquisition times for a stationary receiver with a clear view of the sky) 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 seconds Cold:** Approximately 38 seconds *Warm: your unit is at or near the last location where you recently acquired satellites. **Cold: your unit 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: Appendix Acquisition Times: (Average acquisition times for a stationary receiver with a clear view of the sky) 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 seconds Cold:** Approximately 38 seconds *Warm: your unit is at or near the last location where you recently acquired satellites. **Cold: your unit 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.
Owner's Manual
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...map, or to adjust the backlight level. When the unit acquires satellite signals, the signal strength bars at your current location. Acquiring GPS Satellite Signals When you turn the unit on or off. When the unit loses satellite signals, the green bars disappear and the position ... MENU-Press to the Home screen. Using the Keypad GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner's Manual POWER/ BACKLIGHT RANGE (-/+) ROCKER MARK SELECT MENU HOME Getting Started POWER/BACKLIGHT-Press and hold to turn on the unit, the GPS receiver must collect satellite data and establish the current location. MARK...
...map, or to adjust the backlight level. When the unit acquires satellite signals, the signal strength bars at your current location. Acquiring GPS Satellite Signals When you turn the unit on or off. When the unit loses satellite signals, the green bars disappear and the position ... MENU-Press to the Home screen. Using the Keypad GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner's Manual POWER/ BACKLIGHT RANGE (-/+) ROCKER MARK SELECT MENU HOME Getting Started POWER/BACKLIGHT-Press and hold to turn on the unit, the GPS receiver must collect satellite data and establish the current location. MARK...
Owner's Manual
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...factory settings, or select No to navigate using simulator mode because the GPS receiver is located on Simulator mode: 1. The unit reboots and prompts you have entered. 1. Getting Started For more information about GPS, visit the Garmin Web site at www.garmin.com/aboutGPS. From the Home screen, select Configure > System > ...simulator mode. To insert the SD card, open the access door and press the SD card in until it from the chartplotter. 6 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner's Manual To turn on the lower-right corner of the unit. Any satellite signal-strength bars shown are only ...
...factory settings, or select No to navigate using simulator mode because the GPS receiver is located on Simulator mode: 1. The unit reboots and prompts you have entered. 1. Getting Started For more information about GPS, visit the Garmin Web site at www.garmin.com/aboutGPS. From the Home screen, select Configure > System > ...simulator mode. To insert the SD card, open the access door and press the SD card in until it from the chartplotter. 6 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner's Manual To turn on the lower-right corner of the unit. Any satellite signal-strength bars shown are only ...
Owner's Manual
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... Alarms > System. Setting Sonar Alarms To set an alarm using a Garmin sounder module to configure sonar alarms. Shallow Water-set an alarm to set...and large fish only. -sounds an alarm for large fish only. 46 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner's Manual Configuring the Chartplotter • Change Time/... should sound. Off Course-set an alarm to sound when the GPS location accuracy falls outside the specified value. Deep Water-set an ...arrival that is 2°F (1.1°C) above or below the specified temperature. GPS Accuracy-set to Distance, select Change Distance to sound when the depth ...
... Alarms > System. Setting Sonar Alarms To set an alarm using a Garmin sounder module to configure sonar alarms. Shallow Water-set an alarm to set...and large fish only. -sounds an alarm for large fish only. 46 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner's Manual Configuring the Chartplotter • Change Time/... should sound. Off Course-set an alarm to sound when the GPS location accuracy falls outside the specified value. Deep Water-set an ...arrival that is 2°F (1.1°C) above or below the specified temperature. GPS Accuracy-set to Distance, select Change Distance to sound when the depth ...
Owner's Manual
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NMEA 0183 NMEA 2000 Garmin NMEA Garmin NMEA VHF Radio VHF Radio 0183 VHF Radio 2000 VHF Radio X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner's Manual 55 Feature The chartplotter can receive DSC distress and position information from the radio. The chartplotter can transfer your GPS position to your radio, the chartplotter displays the manoverboard screen and prompts...
NMEA 0183 NMEA 2000 Garmin NMEA Garmin NMEA VHF Radio VHF Radio 0183 VHF Radio 2000 VHF Radio X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner's Manual 55 Feature The chartplotter can receive DSC distress and position information from the radio. The chartplotter can transfer your GPS position to your radio, the chartplotter displays the manoverboard screen and prompts...
Owner's Manual
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... 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 seconds...
... 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 seconds...