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GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual a GPSMAP ® 400/500 series owner ’ s manual.
b GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner’s Manual All rights reserved. Except as expressly provided herein, no part of this manual may be reproduced, copied, transmitted, disseminated, downloaded or stored in any storage medium, for any purpose without the express prior written consent of Garmin.
Introduction GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual i This manual includes information for the following products: GPSMAP ® 431/431s GPSMAP 441/441s GPSMAP 531/5.
Introduction ii GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual .
Introduction GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual iii Receiving Distress Calls ������������������������������� 60 Man-Overboard Distres.
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.
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 .
Device Overview GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual 3 The rst time you turn on your unit, you must congure the initial settings. Y ou can change these settings later using the Congure screen ( page 46) .
Device Overview 4 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner’s Manual 1. Press and release the key .
Device Overview GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual 5 ➊ ➐ ➏ ➎ ➍ ➌ ➋ ➊ Press and hold.
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 .
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.
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 specic country .
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.
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 .
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.
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 .
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 .
Where T o? 24 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual Y ou can store up to 3,000 waypoints with a user-dened name, symbol, depth, water temperature, and comment for each waypoint.
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 .
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.
Where T o? GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual 27 1. From the Home screen, select > > . 2. Select the route to edit.
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.
Viewing Information GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual 31 1. From the Home screen, select > > .
Viewing Information 32 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual 1. From the Home screen, select > > .
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.
Viewing Information 34 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual .
Viewing Information GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual 35 .
Viewing Information 36 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual 1. Select > > .
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.
Viewing Information 38 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual 8. From the Home screen on your chartplotter , select > > .
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.
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 .
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.
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 t.
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 inform.
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.
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 dened time interval (ranging from 1 to 24 minutes). 7. Select a time.
Conguring the Chartplotter 46 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual Use the Congure screen to congure unit settings.
Conguring 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 species a different map datum.
Conguring the Chartplotter 48 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual 1.
Conguring the Chartplotter GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual 49 • —supports the input or output of standard 0183 data for most AIS receivers.
Conguring the Chartplotter 50 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual 1. From the Home screen, select .
Conguring the Chartplotter GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual 51 T o set a sonar alarm from the Home screen, select > > .
Conguring 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.
Conguring the Chartplotter GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual 53 T o congure settings for boats other than your own, from the Home screen, select > .
Using Sonar 54 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual When connected to a transducer , the following chartplotters can be used as shnders: GPSMAP 431s GPSMAP 4.
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.
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 .
Using Sonar GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual 57 Use the Sonar Setup screen to dene and adjust settings universal to all sonar screens. From the Home screen, select > .
Using Sonar 58 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual 3. Press . From the paused screen, press > to continue scrolling.
Digital Selective Calling (DSC) GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual 59 .
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.
Digital Selective Calling (DSC) GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual 61 .
Digital Selective Calling (DSC) 62 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual 1.
Appendix GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual 63 .
Appendix 64 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual 431s/441s • 1 kW T ransducer (536s/546s o.
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.
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 .
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.
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 .
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.
Index GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual 71.
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