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GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual a GPSMAP ® 400/500 series owner ’ s manual[...]

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Introduction GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual i  This manual includes information for the following products: GPSMAP ® 431/431s GPSMAP 441/441s GPSMAP 531/531s GPSMAP 536/536s GPSMAP 541/541s GPSMAP 546/546s  • Press  from any screen to r[...]

Introduction ii GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual    T ips and Shortcuts �������������������������������?[...]

Introduction GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual iii Receiving Distress Calls ������������������������������� 60 Man-Overboard Distress Calls Initiated from a VHF Radio ��������������������������������������?[...]

Introduction iv GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual    See the Important Safety and Pr oduct Information guide in the product box for product warnings and other important information.    [...]

Device Overview GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual 1   ➊ ➋ ➑ ➐ ➏ ➎ ➍ ➌ ➊ Power ➎ SELECT ➋ Range (-/+) ➏ HOME ➌ Rocker ➐ MENU ➍ MARK ➑ SD card slot   ➊ ➌ ➋ ?[...]

Device Overview 2 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner’s Manual  ➊ ➋ ➊ Power/Data ➋ External GPS antenna  ➊ ➋   T o turn on the unit, press and release the  key . When the W arning screen appe[...]

Device Overview GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual 3  The rst time you turn on your unit, you must congure the initial settings.  Y ou can change these settings later using the Congure screen ( page 46) .  —select the[...]

Device Overview 4 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner’s Manual  1. Press and release the  key . 2. Press left or right on the  to adjust the brightness.  Press the Power key repeatedly to cycle between maximum backlight, minimum backlig[...]

Device Overview GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual 5  ➊ ➐ ➏ ➎ ➍ ➌ ➋   ➊ Press and hold to turn the unit on or off� Press and release to adjust the backlight and the day and night modes� ➋ Press to adjust the range of the sonar �[...]

Device Overview 6 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner’s Manual  Y ou can view the software version, the basemap version, supplemental map information (if applicable), and the unit ID number for your chartplotter . Y ou may need this information to update the system software or [...]

Device Overview GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual 7  Use the Home screen to access all other screens. Press  from any screen to return to the Home screen. •  —selects Navigation, Fishing, Perspective 3D, Mariner ’ s Ey[...]

Using Charts 8 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner’s Manual  Y our chartplotter has a worldwide basemap or BlueChart g2 cartography for either the USA shoreline or a specic country . •  —displays all relevant navigation data available on your preloaded maps, includ[...]

Using Charts GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual 9  T o access additional settings or options for the Navigation chart, press  .  —view the Navigation or Fishing chart in full-screen mode, without numbers.  ?[...]

Using Charts 10 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual  Charts for BlueChart g2 and BlueChart g2 V ision use graphic symbols to denote map features that follow the standards for USA and international charts. Other features common to most charts include depth contour lines (wit[...]

Using Charts GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual 1 1   Use the map pointer ( ) to view information about on-screen map items, waypoints, and charts.  ?[...]

Using Charts 12 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual  —displays a compass rose ➊ around your boat, indicating compass direction. T rue wind direction or apparent wind direction ➋ displays if the unit is connected to a compatible marine wind sensor . ➋ ➊   —sets up and displays various weather param[...]

Using Charts GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual 13 •  —turns the heading line off. •  —sets the distance to the end of the heading line. •  —sets the amount of time until you reach the end of the heading line.   —displays a basic world map or satellite imager[...]

Using Charts 14 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual T o access the Perspective 3D screen from the Home screen, select  >  . Press the  key to move the view closer to your boat and lower to the water . Press the  key to move th[...]

Using Charts GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual 15    A BlueChart g2 V ision SD card offers Mariner ’ s Eye 3D that provides a detailed three-dimensional view from above and behind the boat (according to your course), and provides a visual navigation aid. This view is helpful [...]

Using Charts 16 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual  —T urns hazard colors on or off. The  setting shows the land as seen from the water . The  setting indicates shallow water and land with a color scale. Blue indicates deep water , yellow is shallow water , and red is very shallow water .[...]

Using Charts GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual 17  (only available if sonar is present)—displays suspended targets ➊ . T argets are indicated by red, green, and yellow spheres. Red indicates the largest tar gets and green indicates the smallest targets. ➊   —turns the track log [...]

Using Charts 18 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual For settings and options related to Full Screen Map, W aypoints & T racks, Other V essels, and Data Bars, see “Navigation Chart Menu” on page 9 . T o customize the appearance of the Fishing Chart screen, select  >  ( page 1 1 ). [...]

Using Charts GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual 19   Preprogrammed BlueChart g2 V ision SD cards contain aerial photographs of many landmarks, marinas, and harbors. Use these photos to help orient yourself to your surroundings or to acquaint yourself with a marina or a harbor prior[...]

Using Charts 20 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual  Y ou can view indicators for animated tide station and current direction on the Navigation chart or the Fishing chart. T o do so, information for tide station and current direction must[...]

Using Charts GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual 21   : The Chart/Sonar screen, like the Sonar screen, is only available when using a sonar capable unit with a transducer attached. Use the Chart/Sonar screen to view the Navigation chart, Fishing char[...]

Where T o? 22 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual   Use the    option on the Home screen to search for , and navigate to, waypoints, routes, tracks, and services such as nearby fuel, repairs, and ramps.  : Y ou must create waypoints and routes before you can navigate to them. [...]

Where T o? GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual 23 3. Select a destination.  : Press the right or left arrow to view additional information or to display the location on a chart. 4. Select   . 5. Select   . OR Select   when using a preprogrammed BlueChart g2 V is[...]

Where T o? 24 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual   Y ou can store up to 3,000 waypoints with a user-dened name, symbol, depth, water temperature, and comment for each waypoint.   1. F[...]

Where T o? GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual 25 2. Select an option. • Select  or the name of the waypoint to view details of objects in the vicinity of the cursor . (The  button is only shown when more than one waypoint is in the vicinity .) • Select   to navigate to th[...]

Where T o? 26 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual  Y ou can create and store up to 100 routes, with up to 250 waypoints each.   1. From [...]

Where T o? GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual 27   1. From the Home screen, select  >  >  . 2. Select the route to edit. 3. Select  . Y ou can edit the route name or use the chart or [...]

Where T o? 28 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual   From the Navigation or Perspective 3D chart, select  >     >   >  [...]

Where T o? GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual 29  NOTICE BlueChart g2 V ision data cards are not waterproof. When you are not using the card, keep it in the original packaging for safekeeping and store it away from exposure to sun and rain to prevent damage to the card.[...]

Viewing Information 30 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual   Use the Information screen to access information about dashboard gauges, tides, currents, user data, and other vessels.  From the Home screen, select [...]

Viewing Information GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual 31   1. From the Home screen, select  >  >  . 2. Press  and select  . 3[...]

Viewing Information 32 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual  1. From the Home screen, select  >  >  . 2. Select the left and right arrows on the ?[...]

Viewing Information GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual 33  Y ou must manually select the number of engines shown in the engine gauges ( page 32 ) before you can select the engines for which information appears in the gauges. 1. From t[...]

Viewing Information 34 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual   T o view engine information, your chartplotter must be connected to a device capable of measuring fuel level, fuel ?[...]

Viewing Information GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual 35    The chartplotter must be connected to the peripheral devices listed below to capture the data shown on t[...]

Viewing Information 36 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual   1. Select  >   >  . 2. Select a tide station. T ide-station information is shown. • S[...]

Viewing Information GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual 37  The Celestial screen shows information about sunrise, sunset, moonrise, moonset, the moon phase, and the approximate sky view location of the sun and moon. By default, the chartplotter shows celestia[...]

Viewing Information 38 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual 8. From the Home screen on your chartplotter , select  >   >   . 9. Complete one of the following: • Select  to transfer data from the [...]

Viewing Information GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual 39 3. Complete one of the following: • Select  to transfer data from the SD card to the chartplotter and combine it with existing user data. • Select  to overwrite items on your chartplotter[...]

Viewing Information 40 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual   1. Copy the appropriate .ADM le from the computer to an SD card in the GarminUserData folder . 2. Insert the SD card into your chartplotter . 3. From[...]

Viewing Information GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual 41    AIS Search and Rescue T ransmitters (AIS-SAR T , or SAR T) are self-contained devices that transmit emergency position reports when activated. SAR T transmissions a[...]

Viewing Information 42 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual The location of this symbol indicates the closest point of approach to a dangerous target, and the numbers near the symbol indicate the time to the closest point of approach to that target� Dangerous target is lost� A red  indicates that the AIS transmission from the vessel is lo[...]

Viewing Information GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual 43 ➊ Activated dangerous target ➋ Projected course ➌ MMSI ➍ Heading ➎ Direction of turn When course over ground and heading information are provided by an activated AIS target, but rate-of-turn information is not provided, the projected course of the target is calculated based on[...]

Viewing Information 44 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual      : Mariner ’ s Eye 3D charts are available only if you use a BlueChart g2 V ision SD card. Fishing charts are available if you use a BlueChart g2 V ision SD c[...]

Viewing Information GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual 45 6. Select    to sound an alarm if AIS determines that a tar get will intersect the safe zone within the dened time interval (ranging from 1 to 24 minutes). 7. Select a time.   [...]

Conguring the Chartplotter 46 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual  Use the Congure screen to congure unit settings.  T o change general system settings from the Home screen, sele[...]

Conguring the Chartplotter GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual 47  —change the coordinate system in which the map is structured. Do not change the map datum unless you are using a map or chart that species a different map datum.  —set the time options. •  —sel[...]

Conguring the Chartplotter 48 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual   1. Dock your boat or drop anchor . 2. From the Home screen, select  >   >  > [...]

Conguring the Chartplotter GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual 49 •   —supports the input or output of standard 0183 data for most AIS receivers.  (if supported)—congures the input/output format for serial port 2 to use when connecting your chartplot[...]

Conguring the Chartplotter 50 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual   1. From the Home screen, select  >  >    >  [...]

Conguring the Chartplotter GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual 51   T o set a sonar alarm from the Home screen, select   >  >  .  : Y ou must be receiving NMEA sonar depth data or have a built-in sonar wit[...]

Conguring the Chartplotter 52 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual   1. If the transducer is installed at the water line ➊ , measure the distance from the transducer location to the keel of the boat. Enter this value in step 3 as a positive number . If the transdu[...]

Conguring the Chartplotter GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual 53   T o congure settings for boats other than your own, from the Home screen, select  >    .  : T o congure AIS or DSC info[...]

Using Sonar 54 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual  When connected to a transducer , the following chartplotters can be used as shnders: GPSMAP 431s GPSMAP 441s GPSMAP 531s GPSMAP 536s GPSMAP 541s GPSMAP 546s  Select the[...]

Using Sonar GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual 55  Use the Split Frequency screen (dual-frequency transducer only) to view both the 50 kHz ➊ and the 200 kHz ➋ frequencies on the same screen. A 50 kHz frequency graph appea[...]

Using Sonar 56 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual  The Depth Log screen keeps a graphic log of temperature readings over time. The present depth is shown in the top-left corner . From the Home screen, select  >  ?[...]

Using Sonar GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual 57  Use the Sonar Setup screen to dene and adjust settings universal to all sonar screens. From the Home screen, select  >  .  —adjust the rate at which the s[...]

Using Sonar 58 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual 3. Press  . From the paused screen, press  >  to continue scrolling.  —adjust the range of the depth scale on the right side of the screen (  , or to adjust manually , ?[...]

Digital Selective Calling (DSC) GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual 59   The following table indicates the features that are available w[...]

Digital Selective Calling (DSC) 60 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual  Y ou can make calls to a DSC contact from the chartplotter . See page 62 for information on making an individual routine call. 1. While viewing a chart, press  >   ?[...]

Digital Selective Calling (DSC) GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual 61   When your Garmin chartplotter is connected to a Garmin NMEA 2000-compatible radio and you act[...]

Digital Selective Calling (DSC) 62 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual    1. From the Home [...]

Appendix GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual 63        400 series W × H × D: 5�7 in� × 5�0 in� × 3�0 in� (14�5 cm × 12�7 cm × 7�6 cm) 500 series W × H × D: 5�9 in� × 6�4 in[...]

Appendix 64 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual      431s/441s  • 1 kW T ransducer (536s/546s only), 1,000 W (RMS), 8,000 W (peak to peak) • Dual Frequency , 500 W (RMS), 4,000 W (peak to peak) • Dual Beam, 400 W (RMS), 3200 W (peak to peak)[...]

Appendix GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual 65 contains data copy protection.  —Y our unit needs to have an SD card inserted into the SD card slot in order to perform the function you requested.  —shows the MM[...]

Appendix 66 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual either been disconnected or the unit has lost communication with the sonar device for some other reason.      —you entered a saved track name that already exists in memory . Modify the track name o[...]

Appendix GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual 67 3. Copy the appropriate .BMP le on the card and paste it to any location on the computer .  The case is constructed of high-quality materials and does not require user maintenance, except cleaning. ?[...]

Index 68 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual   active tracks 14 aerial photos 19 AIS 40, 41, 53, 62 targeting symbols 42 threats 42 AIS alarm 53 AIS vessels 44 alarms 50, 64–67 AIS 53 anchor drag 50 battery 50 clock 50 collision 53 deep water 51 engine gauge 33 sh 51 fuel 51 GPS accuracy 50 navigation 50 off course 50 saf[...]

Index GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual 69  gain 58 Garmin data transfer 48 go to 22 GPS 5, 46 heading 36 grid coordinates creating waypoints using 24 Grid (North) 46 ground wind 35 guide to 22  hazard colors 16 heading 46 GPS 36 line 12 magnetic 36 source 36 head up 12 HOME key 5  icon 13 ID number 6  keel offset 51 keypad 5  [...]

Index 70 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual inserting 6 removing 6 SELECT key 5 Serial Port setup 48 service points 1 1 settings alarms 50 chart 1 1 communications 48 sh eye 3D 16 initializing 3 language 47 navigation preferences 47 system 46 units of measure 46 shoreline distance 47 simulator 46 mode 5 skyview 46 software license agreement[...]

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