Turning the Chartplotter On or Off

WARNING

See the Important Safety and Product Information guide in the product box for product warnings and other important information.

Turning On the Chartplotter

Press and release thePower key.

Turning Off the Chartplotter

Press and hold thePower key.

Marking a Waypoint or an MOB Location

Marking Your Present Location as a Waypoint

From the Home screen, select Mark.

Creating a Waypoint at a Different Location

1.

From the Home screen, select Information > User Data > Waypoints > New Waypoint >

 

Move.

2.

Indicate the location of the waypoint:

 

• Select Use Chart to move the waypoint while viewing a chart. For the GPSMAP 6000

 

series, use the Rocker to select a new location on the chart. For the GPSMAP 7000

 

series, touch a new location on the chart. Select Move Waypoint.

Adjusting the Backlight and the Color Mode

Adjusting the Backlight

1.From the Home screen, select Configure > System > Beeper/Display > Backlight > Backlight.

2.Adjust the backlight:

•Select Auto to allow the chartplotter to adjust the backlight automatically, based on ambient light.

•Select Up or Down to adjust the backlight manually.

Adjusting the Color Mode

1.From the Home screen, select Configure > System > Beeper/Display > Color Mode.

2.Select Day Colors, Night Colors, or Auto.

Using Combinations Screens

Selecting a Combination

1.From the Home screen, select Combinations.
2.Select a combination.

Customizing the Combinations Screen

Note: You can choose from only the options available to your chartplotter. To increase the number of screens available, use a BlueChart g2 Vision data card or add network devices such as sonar and radar.

1. From the Home screen, select Combinations.

Navigating to a Marine Service

Navigating to a Marine Services Destination

CAUTION

The Auto Guidance feature of the BlueChart g2 Vision data card is based on electronic chart information. That data does not assure obstacle and bottom clearance. Carefully compare the course to all visual sightings and avoid any land, shallow water, or other obstacles that may be in your path.

When using Go To, a direct course and a corrected course may pass over land or shallow water. Use visual sightings and steer to avoid land, shallow water, and other dangerous objects.

Note: Auto Guidance is available with a preprogrammed BlueChart g2 Vision data card.

1.

From the Home screen, select Where To? > Offshore Services.

2.

Select the marine service category to which you want to navigate.

 

The chartplotter shows a list of the 50 nearest locations and the distance and bearing to each.

3.

Select a destination.

 

Tip: Select Next Page to view additional information or to show the location on a chart.

4.

Select Navigate To.

5.

Complete an action:

 

• Select Go To to navigate directly to the location.

 

• Select Route To to create a route to the location, including turns.

 

• Select Guide To to use Auto Guidance.

6.

Review the course indicated by the magenta line.

 

Note: When using Auto Guidance, a gray line within any part of the magenta line indicates

• Select Enter Position to move the waypoint using coordinates. For the GPSMAP 6000

series, use the Rocker to enter the coordinates of the new location. For the GPSMAP

7000 series, use the on-screen keyboard. Select Done.

Marking and Navigating to an MOB Location

When you mark a waypoint, you can designate it as a man overboard (MOB) location.

From any screen, select Mark > Man Overboard.

An international MOB symbol marks the active MOB point and the chartplotter sets a course back to

2.Select a combination.

3.Select Menu > Change Combination.
4.Complete an action:
•Select Functions to select the number of combination screens. Select a number.
•Select Layout > Vert. to arrange the screens in a vertical layout.
•Select Layout > Horiz. to arrange the screens in a horizontal layout.

Combination screen 1

Combination screen 2

Data bar

that Auto Guidance cannot calculate part of the Auto Guidance line. This is due to the

minimum safe water depth and the minimum safe obstacle height settings.

7. Follow the magenta line, steering to avoid land, shallow water, and other obstacles.

Go to www.garmin.com for additional documentation and information.

Garmin®, the Gamin logo, GPSMAP®, BlueChart®, and g2 Vision® are trademarks of Garmin Ltd. or its subsidiaries, registered in the USA and other countries. These trademarks may not be

the marked location using the Go To feature.
Man Overboard
•Select Data Bar > On to show the horizontal bar that contains the data fields.

•Select a numbered option, such as 1. Nav Chart or 2. Sonar in the image above, to change the type of information shown in the corresponding screen.

5.Select Done.
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November 2009
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