Searching for a Marine Services Destination
NOTE: This feature is available with premium charts, in some areas.
The chartplotter contains information for thousands of destinations offering marine services.
1Select Info > Services.
2Select Offshore Services or Inland Services.
3 If necessary, select the marine service category.
The chartplotter shows a list of the nearest locations and the distance and bearing to each.
4Select a destination.
You can select Next Page or Previous Page to view additional information or to show the location on a chart.
Courses
CAUTION
The Auto Guidance feature is based on electronic chart information. That data does not ensure 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 premium charts, in some areas.
CAUTION
Garmin recommends using Guide To only under motor power. Using Guide To while under sail can cause an unexpected gybe, risking damage to the sailboat. Unattended sails and rigging can be damaged or cause injury to any crew or passengers during an unexpected gybe maneuver.
You can set and follow a course to a destination using one of three methods: Go To, Route To, or Guide To.
Go To: Takes you directly to the destination. This is the standard option for navigating to a destination. The chartplotter creates a straight line course or navigation line to the destination. The path may run over land and other obstacles.
Route To: Creates a route from your location to a destination, allowing you to add turns along the way. This option provides a straight line course to the destination, but allows you to add turns into the route that avoid land and other obstacles.
Guide To: Creates a path to a destination using Auto Guidance. This option is available only when using a compatible premium chart in a compatible chartplotter. It provides a turn-
Setting and Following a Direct Course Using Go To
CAUTION
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.
You can set and follow a direct course from your current location to a selected destination.
1Select a destination (Destinations).
2 Select Navigate To > Go To.
A magenta line appears. In the center of the magenta line is a thinner purple line that represents the corrected course from your current location to the destination. The corrected course is dynamic, and it moves with your boat when you are off course.
3Follow the magenta line, steering to avoid land, shallow water, and other obstacles.
4If you are off course, follow the purple line (corrected course) to go to your destination, or steer back to the magenta line (direct course).
Setting and Following a Course Using Auto Guidance
CAUTION
The Auto Guidance feature is based on electronic chart information. That data does not ensure 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.
NOTE: Auto Guidance is available with premium charts, in some areas.
1Select a destination (Destinations).
2 Select Navigate To > Guide To.
3Review the course indicated by the magenta Auto Guidance line.
4Follow the magenta line, steering to avoid land, shallow water, and other obstacles.
NOTE: When using Auto Guidance, a gray segment within any part of the magenta line indicates that Auto Guidance cannot calculate part of the Auto Guidance line. This is due to the settings for minimum safe water depth and minimum safe obstacle height.
Autopilot Navigation
When you start navigation (Go To, Route To, or Guide To), if you are connected through a NMEA 2000 network to a compatible Garmin autopilot, you are prompted to engage the autopilot.
Recalculating the Auto Guidance Route
When navigating with Auto Guidance, select Menu > Navigation Options > Recalculate Auto Guidance.
Stopping Navigation
While navigating, from the Navigation or Fishing chart, select an option:
•Select Menu > Stop Navigation.
•When navigating with Auto Guidance, select Menu > Navigation Options > Stop Navigation.
Sonar
When properly connected to an optional Garmin sounder module and a transducer, your compatible chartplotter can be used as a fishfinder. There are different sonar views to help you view the fish in the area.
The adjustments you can make to each sonar view vary depending on the view you are in and the chartplotter model, sounder module, and transducer you have connected.
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