more familiar destinations that require navigation through a narrow waterway.
1Dock your vessel or drop the anchor.
2Select Settings > Preferences > Navigation > Auto Guidance > Shoreline Distance > Normal.
3Select a destination that you have navigated to previously.
4 Select Navigate To > Guide To.
5Review the placement of the Auto Guidance line, and determine whether the line safely avoids known obstacles and the turns enable efficient travel.
6Select an option:
•If the placement of the Auto Guidance line is satisfactory, select Menu > Navigation Options > Stop Navigation, and proceed to step 10.
•If the Auto Guidance line is too close to known obstacles, select Settings > Preferences > Navigation > Auto Guidance > Shoreline Distance > Far.
•If the turns in the Auto Guidance line are too wide, select Settings > Preferences > Navigation > Auto Guidance > Shoreline Distance > Near.
7If you selected Near or Far in step 6, review the placement of the Auto Guidance line, and determine whether the line safely avoids known obstacles and the turns enable efficient travel.
Auto Guidance maintains a wide clearance from obstacles in open water, even if you set the Shoreline Distance setting to Near or Nearest. As a result, the chartplotter may not reposition the Auto Guidance line, unless the destination selected requires navigation through a narrow waterway.
8Select an option:
•If the placement of the Auto Guidance line is satisfactory, select Menu > Stop Navigation, and proceed to step 10.
•If the Auto Guidance line is too close to known obstacles, select Settings > Navigation > Auto Guidance > Shoreline Distance > Farthest.
•If the turns in the Auto Guidance line are too wide, select Settings > Navigation > Auto Guidance > Shoreline Distance > Nearest.
9If you selected Nearest or Farthest in step 8, review the placement of the Auto Guidance line, and determine whether the line safely avoids known obstacles and the turns enable efficient travel.
Auto Guidance maintains a wide clearance from obstacles in open water, even if you set the Shoreline Distance setting to Near or Nearest. As a result, the chartplotter may not reposition the Auto Guidance line, unless the destination selected requires navigation through a narrow waterway.
10Repeat steps 3 through 9 at least once more, using a different destination each time, until you are familiar with the functionality of the Shoreline Distance setting.
Communications SettingsNMEA 0183 Settings
Select Settings > Communications > NMEA 0183 Setup.
Port Types: See Setting the Communication Format for Each NMEA 0183 Port.
Output Sentences: See Configuring NMEA 0183 Output Sentences.
Posn Precision: Adjusts the number of digits to the right of the decimal point for transmission of NMEA output.
XTE Precision: Adjusts the number of digits to the right of the decimal point for NMEA crosstalk error output.
Waypoint IDs: Sets the device to transmit waypoint names or numbers via NMEA 0183 while navigating. Using numbers may resolve compatibility issues with older NMEA 0183 autopilots.
Defaults: Restores the NMEA 0183 settings to the original factory defaults.
Diagnostics: Displays NMEA 0183 diagnostic information.
Configuring NMEA 0183 Output Sentences
You can enable and disable NMEA 0183 output sentences.
1Select Settings > Communications > NMEA 0183 Setup > Output Sentences.
2Select an option.
3Select one or more NMEA 0183 output sentences, and select Back.
4Repeat steps 2 and 3 to enable or disable additional output sentences.
Setting the Communication Format for Each NMEA 0183 Port
You can configure the communication format for each internal NMEA 0183 port when connecting your chartplotter to external NMEA 0183 devices, a computer, or other Garmin devices.
1Select Settings > Communications > NMEA 0183 Setup > Port Types.
2Select an input or output port.
3 Select a format:
•To support the input or output of standard NMEA 0183 data, DSC, and sonar NMEA input support for the DPT, MTW, and VHW sentences, select NMEA Std..
•To support the input or output of standard NMEA 0183 data for most AIS receivers, select NMEA High Speed.
•To support the input or output of Garmin proprietary data for interfacing with Garmin software, select Garmin.
4Repeat steps
NMEA 2000 Settings
Select Settings > Communications > NMEA 2000 Setup.
Device List: Displays the devices connected to the network.
Label Devices: Changes the labels for available connected devices.
Garmin Marine Network
The Garmin Marine Network allows you to share data from Garmin peripheral devices with the chartplotters quickly and easily. You can connect a chartplotter to a Garmin Marine Network to receive data from and share data with other Garmin Marine
Navigation Alarms
Select Settings > Alarms > Navigation.
Arrival: Sets an alarm to sound when you are within a specified distance or time from a turn or a destination.
Anchor Drag: Sets an alarm to sound when you exceed a specified drift distance while anchored.
Off Course: Sets an alarm to sound when you are off course by a specified distance.
System Alarms
Alarm Clock: Sets an alarm clock.
Unit Voltage: Sets an alarm to sound when the battery reaches a specified low voltage.
GPS Accuracy: Sets an alarm to sound when the GPS location accuracy falls outside the
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