Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product TOPO Canada Garmin
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BlueChart ® user’ s guide.
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Blue Chart User ’s Guide iii Canadian Hydrographic Service data, following any minimum standards /guidelines that may have been established by CHS, pursuant to V alue-Added Production and Distribution Agreement No.
iv BlueChart User ’s Guide Thanet District Council (Ramsgate), T orbay Council Marine Services (T or Bay; T orquay , Brixham, Paignton), W arrenpoint Harbour Authority , W eymouth & Portland Borough Council, and Whitstable Harbour . For Channel Islands: Jersey Harbours and States of Guernsey Harbour Authority .
Blue Chart User ’s Guide v DISCLAIMER: This reproduction, partial or complete, of any National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) or Defense Mapping Age.
vi BlueChart User ’s Guide T able of C onTenTs Preface............................................................................................................ 1 W arranty Information ..............................................................
Blue Chart User ’s Guide 1 P ref aCe W arranty Information Examine your preprogrammed BlueChart card or MapSource BlueChart disk for damage immediately upon receipt. Garmin accepts returned cards within 10 days of the purchase date, if the card is found to be defective.
2 BlueChart User ’s Guide I nTroduCTIon BlueChart is Garmin’ s exclusive marine cartography , which works with compatible Garmin units. BlueChart’ s detailed electronic nautical charts look like paper charts when displayed on your Garmin unit or on your PC.
Blue Chart User ’s Guide 3 G eTTInG s T arTed Installing a BlueChart Card Look for a compartment door or rubber weather cap on the bottom of your Garmin unit. Beneath that door is a slot for the BlueChart card. T o insert the card, place the card into the slot (connector end rst) with the label facing toward the front of the Garmin unit.
4 BlueChart User ’s Guide BlueChart Card Caution and Unlock Disclaimer CAUTION: Do not use preprogrammed BlueChart cards for saving MapSource maps. The preprogrammed data will be lost. Remove any BlueChart cards in your Garmin unit before transferring MapSource maps to the unit to avoid losing the preprogrammed data.
Blue Chart User ’s Guide 5 u sInG b lue C harT V iewing BlueChart Information The details and symbols in BlueChart cartography are almost identical whether you are looking at MapSource data on your PC screen or directly on your Garmin unit.
6 BlueChart User ’s Guide Understanding BlueChart symbols BlueChart electronic charts use graphic symbols to denote map features. Some common symbols you might see include, but are not limited to, t.
Blue Chart User ’s Guide 7 T o get additional information when using MapSource on a PC: 1. Move the mouse cursor onto a map object. The map object name appears in a white box. 2. With the selection tool (press S on the keyboard), and click the right mouse button on an object.
8 BlueChart User ’s Guide Getting Paper-Chart-Specic Information BlueChart cartography also provides paper-chart-specic information, su ch as chart publisher , print date, edition date, NTM (Notice to Mariners) correction date, and scale. Additional notes are available for the paper charts.
Blue Chart User ’s Guide 9 A feature of presenting data in a chart-by-chart manner is selecting only those paper charts that you have on hand or that you want displayed on the Garmin unit. By default, all available charts are displayed from preprogrammed cards.
10 BlueChart User ’s Guide Using MapSource BlueChart W ith MapSource software, you can view color maps on a PC. Use the zoom and pan functions for easy map browsing. W ith MapSource, you can also create waypoints, routes, and map sets to transfer to your Garmin unit (see the MapSource Help le for more information).
Blue Chart User ’s Guide 1 1 Chart boundaries often overlap, and each chart is outlined in gray on your PC screen. As you move the mouse cursor around the map with the Map T ool selected, each chart is outlined in yellow . Y ou can adjust the zoom level to see the entire outline of each chart.
12 BlueChart User ’s Guide Viewing T ides and Marine Services Information MapSource BlueChart provides tide prediction. Because of overlapping charts and duplicate symbols, MapSource separates the tides and marine services information from the rest of the BlueChart data for easier viewing on your PC screen.
Blue Chart User ’s Guide 13 T o view tides and marine services information on your Garmin unit: 1. Select and download the desired tide and marine services maps the same way you would with MapSource BlueChart maps.
14 BlueChart User ’s Guide surrounding features to someone not familiar with the area. In these cases, a feature might not be accurately depicted on the electronic chart. Reporting Chart Errors Even when a feature is shown on the paper chart, it can be overlooked or misspelled during the data entry process.
Blue Chart User ’s Guide 15 a PPendIx Caring for Y our BlueChart Card BlueChart 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. BlueChart cards are susceptible to damage from static electricity .
16 BlueChart User ’s Guide Exclusive Garmin Programs These programs apply to the U.S. market only . These programs are not available through our European or Asian ofces. All programs listed are available directly from Garmin U.S. to end-users only .
Blue Chart User ’s Guide 17 available directly from Garmin only . T o verify compatibility with BlueChart data, you will be asked to present proof of a new chartplotter purchase. ( NOTE: BlueChart is not compatible with all Garmin models. Refer to www .
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Blue Chart User ’s Guide 19 BlueChart ® Data Card or microSD ™ Card Order Form If you want to trade-in or update BlueChart, please contact Garmin Product Support at: 800/800.
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For the latest fr ee software updates (excluding map data) throughout the life of your Garmin products , visit the Garmin W eb site at www .garmin.com. © 2008 Garmin Ltd. or its subsidiaries Garmin International, Inc. 1200 East 151 st Street, Olathe, Kansas 66062, USA Garmin (Europe) Ltd.
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