Garmin 700 Series and echoMAP manual

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    GPSMAP ® 500/700 Series and echoMAP ™ 50/70 Series Quick Start Manual February 2013 190-01556-01_0A Printed in Taiwan[...]

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    Introduction WARNING See the Important Safety and Product Information guide in the product box for product warnings and other important information. echoMAP 70 Series and GPSMAP 700 Series À Power key Á Automatic backlight sensor  Touchscreen à microSD ™ memory card slot Using the Touchscreen • Tap the screen to select an item. • Drag or[...]

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    Select an option: • From any screen, select Mark > Man Overboard > Yes . • From the Home screen, select Man Overboard > Yes . An international MOB symbol marks the active MOB point and the chartplotter sets a direct course back to the marked location. Navigation Navigating to a Point on the Chart CAUTION The Auto Guidance feature is ba[...]

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    www.garmin.com/support 913-397-8200 1-800-800-1020 0808 238 0000 +44 870 850 1242 1-866-429-9296 +43 (0) 820 220 230 +32 2 672 52 54 +45 4810 5050 +358 9 6937 9758 + 331 55 69 33 99 +49 (0)1805-427646-880 + 39 02 36 699699 0800 - 023 3937 035 - 539 3727 + 47 815 69 555 00800 4412 454 +44 2380 662 915 + 35 1214 447 460 + 34 902 007 097 + 46 7744 520[...]