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GPSMAP ® 400/500 series owner ’ s manual[...]

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GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual i Introduction Introduction This manual includes information for the following products: GPSMAP ® 420/420s GPSMAP 450/450s GPSMAP 421/421s GPSMAP 451/451s GPSMAP 520/520s GPSMAP 525/525s GPSMAP 521/521s GPSMAP 526/526s GPSMAP 550/550s GPSMAP 555/555s GPSMAP 551/551s GPSMAP 556/556s T ips and Shortcuts Press [...]

ii GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual Introduction T able of Contents Introduction ........................................................................... i T ips and Shortcuts ........................................................................ i Manual Conventions ..................................................................... [...]

GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual iii Introduction Conguring the Chartplotter ............................................ 37 Conguring System Settings ...................................................... 37 Conguring Units of Measure .................................................... 37 Changing the System Language .............[...]

iv GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual Introduction See the Important Safety and Pr oduct Information guide in the product box for product warnings and other important information. Hg - LAMPS INSIDE THIS PRODUCT CONT AIN MERCUR Y AND MUST BE RECYCLED OR DISPOSED OF ACCORDING T O LOCAL, ST A TE, OR FEDERAL LA WS. For more information go to: www [...]

GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual 1 Getting Started Getting Started Unit Overview POWER/ BACKLIGHT MENU ROCKER SELECT HOME RANGE (-/+) MARK SD card slot Power/Data GPSMAP 526 shown External GPS antenna GPSMAP 520/525/550/555[...]

2 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual Getting Started GPSMAP 420/450 Power/Data NMEA 2000 GPSMAP 421/451/521/551 GPSMAP 526/556 Power/Data External GPS antenna NMEA 2000 ®[...]

GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual 3 Getting Started T urning the Unit On or Off T o turn on the unit, press and release the Power key . When the W arning screen appears, select I Agree to view the Home screen. NOTE: The rst time you turn on your unit, you must congure the initial settings. See “ Initializing Unit Settings .” T o tur[...]

4 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual Getting Started Minimum Safe Depth —select the minimum safe depth for your boat. Refer to your boat specications for more information. Shallow W ater Alarm —only available if you are receiving NMEA sonar depth data. Select Y es or No . Minimum Overhead Clearance —select the minimum overhead clearan[...]

GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual 5 Getting Started Using the Keypad POWER/ BACKLIGHT MENU ROCKER SELECT HOME RANGE (-/+) MARK POWER/BACKLIGHT —Press and hold to turn the unit on or off; press and release to adjust the backlight and day and night modes. RANGE (-/+) —Press to adjust the range of the sonar . Press to zoom in or out on a cha[...]

6 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual Getting Started Using Simulator Mode Simulator mode turns the GPS receiver off for use indoors or for practice. The unit does not track satellites in simulator mode. CAUTION: Do not try to navigate using simulator mode because the GPS receiver is turned off. Any satellite signal-strength bars shown are only[...]

GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual 7 Getting Started NOTE: If using an SD card to transfer waypoints from MapSource ® , update to the most-current version of MapSource by clicking Help > Check for Softwar e Updates , or check the Garmin W eb site at www .garmin.com . Understanding the Home Screen Use the Home screen to access all other scr[...]

8 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual Using Charts Using Charts Y our chartplotter has a worldwide map, and a built-in detailed map of US inland lakes, or BlueChart g2 cartography for either the USA shoreline or a specic country . Navigation Chart —displays all relevant navigation data available on your preloaded maps, including buoys, lig[...]

GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual 9 Using Charts Light Beacon Exposed wreck Y our boat Marina services Exposed rock Tide station Zoom scale Navigation Chart with g2 Vision Navigation Chart Menu T o access additional settings or options for the Navigation chart, press MENU . Full Screen Map —view the Navigation or Fishing chart in full- scre[...]

10 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual Using Charts Cruising —turn the GPS Speed, GPS Heading, Depth, and GPS Position data bar on or off. Select Data Bar Setup to congure the position of the data on the screen. Navigation —turn the Distance to Destination, Arrival, Off Course, and Bearing data bar on or off. Select Auto to turn on the N[...]

GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual 1 1 Using Charts Navigating to a Point on the Chart 1. From the Home screen, select Charts . 2. Select Navigation Chart , Fishing Chart , or Split Navigation Chart . 3. Use the Rocker to select the point on the chart to which you want to go. 4. Press SELECT . 5. Select Navigate T o . 6. Select Go T o (or Guid[...]

12 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual Using Charts Accessing Additional Object Information Use the map pointer ( ) to view information about on-screen map items, waypoints, and charts. T o access additional object information: 1. On the Navigation chart, highlight an item with the map pointer , and press SELECT . Selected item 2. Select the it[...]

GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual 13 Using Charts Wind direction indicator Compass rose Changing the Chart Appearance From the Home screen, select Charts > Navigation Chart > MENU > Chart Setup > Chart Appearance . Orientation —changes the perspective of the map display . North Up —sets the top of the map display to a north he[...]

14 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual Using Charts Spot Depths —turns spot soundings on or off and sets a dangerous depth. Safety Shading —identies a selected depth. Areas with depths shallower than the specied value are shaded in blue while areas with depths greater than the specied value are shaded in white. The shading is alway[...]

GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual 15 Using Charts Using Perspective 3D Perspective 3D provides a view from above and behind the boat (according to your course), and provides a visual navigation aid. This view is helpful when navigating tricky shoals, reefs, bridges, or channels, and is benecial when trying to identify entry routes and exit[...]

16 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual Using Charts Using Mariner ’ s Eye 3D 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 when navigating tricky shoals, reefs, brid[...]

GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual 17 Using Charts Hazard Colors —T urns hazard colors on or off. The Off setting shows the land as seen from the water . The On setting indicates shallow water and land with a color scale. Blue indicates deep water , yellow is shallow water , and red is very shallow water . Mariner ’ s Eye 3D (W ater Hazard[...]

18 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual Using Charts Suspended targets Fish Eye 3D T racks —turns the track log on or of f. Data Bars —show or hide cruising, navigation, shing, fuel, or sailing numbers ( page 9 ). Using Fishing Charts Use the Fishing chart for a detailed, unobstructed view of the bottom contours on the chart. The Fishing [...]

GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual 19 Using Charts 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 MENU > Chart Setup ( page 12 ). Enabling High Resolution Satellite Image[...]

20 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual Using Charts V iewing Aerial Photos 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 to arrival. Aerial Photo NOTE: Use the Ra[...]

GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual 21 Using Charts Detailed Road and POI Data BlueChart g2 V ision contains detailed road and points of interest (POI) data, which includes highly detailed coastal roads and POIs such as restaurants, lodging, local attractions and more. For instructions on searching for , and navigating to, these POIs, see the ?[...]

22 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual Where T o? Where T o? Use the Where T o? option on the Home screen to search for , and navigate to, waypoints, routes, tracks, and services such as nearby fuel, repairs, and ramps. NOTE: Y ou must create waypoints and routes before you can navigate to them. Y ou can navigate to a destination using one of t[...]

GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual 23 Where T o? NOTE: Press the right or left arrow to view additional information or to display the location on a chart. 4. Select Navigate T o . 5. Select Go T o . OR Select Guide T o when using a preprogrammed BlueChart g2 Vision card to use Automatic Guidance. 6. Follow the colored line on the screen to the[...]

24 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual Where T o? Creating and Using W aypoints Y ou can store up to 1,500 waypoints (3,000 waypoints for models GPSMAP 421/451/521/551/526/556, including “s” models) with a user-dened name, symbol, depth, water temperature, and comment for each waypoint. T o create a new waypoint: 1. From the Home screen,[...]

GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual 25 Where T o? T o delete a waypoint or an MOB: 1. From the Navigation chart, use the map pointer ( ) to highlight the waypoint or the MOB on the Navigation chart. OR From the Home screen, select Information > User Data > W aypoints . 2. Select the waypoint or the MOB you want to delete. 3. Select Review[...]

26 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual Where T o? 5. Select MENU to save the route. 6. Select the route to edit the route, delete the route, or navigate to the route. T o create a route using Automatic Guidance (when using a preprogrammed BlueChart g2 Vision card): 1. From the Navigation chart, select your destination. 2. Select Navigate T o &g[...]

GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual 27 Where T o? T o save the active track: 1. From the Navigation or Perspective 3D chart, select MENU > W aypoints & T racks > Active T racks > Save Active T rack . 2. Select either the time the current track began (or Midnight , if shown) or Entire Log . 3. T o name the track, change the color of[...]

28 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual Where T o? Wrap —continuously records the track log, replacing the oldest track data with new data. Record Interval —denes the frequency at which the track plot is recorded. Recording more-frequent plots is more accurate but lls the track log faster . Interval —sets whether the interval is dete[...]

GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual 29 Where T o? Auto Guidance —uses the chart data and specied boat safe depth to determine the best course to your destination ( page 38) . NOTE: Y ou cannot transfer BlueChart g2 V ision data from the SD card to your computer for backup or viewing purposes. Y ou can only use the SD card on BlueChart g2 V[...]

30 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual Viewing Information V iewing Information Use the Information screen to access information about dashboard gauges, tides, currents, user data, and other vessels. V iewing a Compass From the Home screen, select Information > Dashboard > Compass . V iewing Numbers Y ou can view and customize numerical d[...]

GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual 31 Viewing Information 3. Select the number of elds to show ( 3 , 4 , 5 , or 6 ). 4. Select information to show in each eld. V iewing T rip Information From the home screen, select Information > Dashboard > T rip . T o reset the trip information, maximum speed, odometer , or all values, press MENU[...]

32 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual Viewing Information T o synchronize your fuel gauges with your fuel: From the Home screen, select Information > Dashboard > Fuel > MENU . Fill Up All T anks —select when your tank is full. An estimate of the total fuel is shown. Adjust if necessary . Add Fuel T o Boat —select when you have add[...]

GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual 33 Viewing Information Select Change Date > Manual to view current-station information for a different date. Select Show Report to view the Current Prediction Report for the selected station. NOTE: Y ou can select both tide-station and current-station information directly from the Navigation chart. V iewin[...]

34 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual Viewing Information 4. From within MapSource, click T ransfer > Send to Device . 5. From the Send to Device window , select the drive for the SD card reader and the types of data you want to copy to your chartplotter . 6. Click Send . 7. Insert the SD card into your chartplotter . 8. From the Home scree[...]

GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual 35 Viewing Information NOTE: Only the following units are NMEA 2000 compatible: GPSMAP 451/451s GPSMAP 526/526s GPSMAP 551/551s GPSMAP 556/556s 2. From the Home screen, select Information > User Data > Data T ransfer > Network . 3. Complete one of the following: Select Clone User Data to transfer way[...]

36 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual Viewing Information AIS List —view information about all of the boats your unit is monitoring. The AIS list shows the MMSIs or (if the boat is broadcasting it) names of the AIS boats and is sorted by range. The boat nearest to your boat appears at the top of the list. DSC List —view the 100 most recent[...]

GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual 37 Conguring the Chartplotter Conguring the Chartplotter Use the Congure screen to congure unit settings. Conguring System Settings T o change general system settings from the Home screen, select Congure > System . Simulator —turn Simulator mode on or off. Select Setup to set simulator [...]

38 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual Conguring the Chartplotter Heading —sets the reference used in calculating heading information. Auto Magnetic —automatically sets the magnetic declination for your location. T rue —sets true north as the heading reference. Grid —sets grid north as the heading reference (000º). User Magnetic —[...]

GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual 39 Conguring the Chartplotter Safe Height —set the minimum height (chart height datum) of a bridge that your boat can safely travel under . Shoreline Distance —set the safe distance for your boat from the shore: Nearest , Near , Normal , Far , or Farthest . Conguring Communications Settings T o chan[...]

40 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual Conguring the Chartplotter NMEA 2000 Devices —lists the NMEA 2000 devices on your network. If a NMEA 2000 device has conguration options or settings, select the device for a list of options. NOTE: Only the following units are NMEA 2000 compatible: GPSMAP 451/451s GPSMAP 526/526s GPSMAP 551/551s GPS[...]

GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual 41 Conguring the Chartplotter Setting System Alarms T o set a system alarm from the Home screen, select Congure > Alarms > System . Clock —set an alarm using the system (GPS) clock. The unit must be on for the clock alarm to work. Battery —set an alarm to sound when the battery reaches a speci[...]

42 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual Conguring the Chartplotter Conguring My Boat T o congure settings for your boat, from the Home screen, select Congure > My Boat . Keel Offset —offset the surface reading for the depth of a keel, making it possible to measure depth from the bottom of the keel instead of from the transducer [...]

GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual 43 Conguring the Chartplotter Conguring Other V essels T o congure settings for boats other than your own, from the Home screen, select Congure > Other V essels . NOTE: T o congure AIS or DSC information for other boats, your unit must be connected to an external AIS or DSC device. AIS —tu[...]

44 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual Using Sonar Using Sonar When connected to a transducer , the following chartplotters can be used as shnders: GPSMAP 420s GPSMAP 450s GPSMAP 421s GPSMAP 451s GPSMAP 520s GPSMAP 525s GPSMAP 521s GPSMAP 526s GPSMAP 550s GPSMAP 555s GPSMAP 551s GPSMAP 556s Understanding the Full Screen Select the Full Sc[...]

GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual 45 Using Sonar Depth, temperature, and speed Range Frequencies Split Frequency Understanding The Split Zoom Screen Use the Split Zoom screen to view the full sonar data from the graph and a zoomed in portion on the same screen. From the Home screen, select Sonar > Split Zoom . T ransducer frequency or beam[...]

46 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual Using Sonar Press MENU to set the duration and the scale for the log. T emperature range Time elapsed T emp and depth T emp Log The temperature appears along the right side, and the time elapsed appears along the bottom. The graph scrolls to the left as information is received. Setting Up Sonar Use the Son[...]

GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual 47 Using Sonar Whiteline —highlights the strongest signal from the bottom to help identify its hardness or softness. Off (default)—turns off whiteline. High —the most sensitive setting. Almost all strong returns are highlighted in white. Medium —many strong returns are highlighted in white. Low —the[...]

48 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual Using Sonar Zoom —zoom in to a section of the full screen. The zoom is of f, or set to No Zoom by default. Four options are available: No Zoom —turns zooming off. 2x Zoom —twice the magnication. 4x Zoom —four times the magnication. Bottom Lock —locks the zoom window to the bottom. Split Zoo[...]

GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual 49 Digital Selective Calling Digital Selective Calling (DSC) Using the Chartplotter with a VHF Radio The following table indicates the features that are available when you connect your chartplotter to a VHF radio over a NMEA 0183 network or a NMEA 2000 network. Feature NMEA 0183 VHF Radio NMEA 2000 VHF Radio [...]

50 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual Digital Selective Calling T o turn DSC on or off: 1. Select Congure > Other V essels . 2. Select DSC to toggle it on or off. Adding a DSC Contact Y ou can make calls to a DSC contact from the chartplotter . See page 52 for information on making an individual routine call. 1. While viewing a chart, pr[...]

GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual 51 Digital Selective Calling Man-Overboard Distress Calls Initiated from a VHF Radio When your Garmin chartplotter is connected to a Garmin NMEA 2000-compatible radio and you initiate a man-overboard DSC distress call from your radio, your Garmin chartplotter displays the man-overboard screen and prompts you [...]

52 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual Digital Selective Calling Select Navigate T o to Go T o or Route T o the location sent with the position report ( page 1 1 ). Conguring V essel T rails on the Navigation Chart If you have your chartplotter congured to show trails, the Navigation chart displays a black dot for each reported position, [...]

GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual 53 Digital Selective Calling T o make an individual routine call: 1. While viewing a chart, press MENU > Other V essels > DSC > DSC List . 2. Select the station to call from the list. 3. Select Review > Call with Radio . 4. Select Send to send the information about the call to the radio. 5. On you[...]

54 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual Appendix Appendix Specications Physical Specications Size : 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. × 2.9 in. (15.0 cm × 16.3 cm × 7.4 cm) W eight: 400 Series: 1.30 lb. (560 g) 500 Series: 1.75 lb. (800 g) Di[...]

GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual 55 Appendix W AAS Accuracy: Position: <10 ft. (3 m), 95% typical* V elocity: 0.05 m/sec steady state Dynamics: 6 g Power Power Sour ce: 10–32 Vdc GPSMAP 421/421s GPSMAP 451/451s GPSMAP 521/521s GPSMAP 526/526s GPSMAP 551/551s GPSMAP 556/556s Power Sour ce: 10–35 Vdc GPSMAP 420/420s GPSMAP 450/450s GPSM[...]

56 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual Appendix Arriving At [W aypoint Name] —you arrived at the destination waypoint. Y ou can Stop Navigation when this message appears. Battery Alarm —battery voltage has fallen below the value entered in the Battery Alarm setup. Battery V oltage Is T oo High —too much input voltage—the unit shuts off [...]

GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual 57 Appendix Entering (Leaving) target water temperatur e —the target water temperature is 2°F (1.1°C) above or below the temperature specied by the W ater T emperature Alarm. These messages appear when you enter or leave that zone. Entering Safe Region —the boat is approaching a safe region as den[...]

58 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual Appendix T rack Already Exists [T rack Name] —you entered a saved track name that already exists in memory . Modify the track name or delete the existing track. T rack Log Full —the track log is full and track recording has been turned off. T o record more track points, you need to clear the track log [...]

GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual 59 Appendix 4. When you are on a screen you want to capture, press and hold the HOME button for at least six seconds. 5. Select OK when the Screenshot T aken window is displayed. T o copy the screenshots to your computer: 1. Remove the SD card from the chartplotter and insert it into an SD card reader that is[...]

60 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual Appendix Software License Agreement BY USING THE UNIT , YOU AGREE T O BE BOUND BY THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE FOLLOWING SOFTW ARE LICENSE AGREEMENT . PLEASE READ THIS AGREEMENT CAREFULL Y . Garmin grants you a limited license to use the software embedded in this device (the “Software”) in binary ex[...]

GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual 61 Index Index A aerial photos 20 AIS 36 , 43 , 53 AIS Alarm 43 alarms 40 , 55–58 AIS 43 battery 41 clock 41 collision 43 deep water 41 sh 41 fuel 41 GPS accuracy 41 navigation 40 safe-zone 43 shallow water 41 sonar 41 water temp 41 arrival alarms 40 Auto Magnetic 38 automatic guidance 21 , 38 autopilot [...]

62 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual Index I ID number 6 K keel offset 42 keypad 5 L Lane W idth 15 , 17 Language 38 M Man Overboard 24 , 51 map datum 38 MapSource data 33 mariner ’ s eye 3D colors 17 mark current location 24 MENU key 5 messages 55 move a waypoint 24 My Boat 42 N Navaid T ype 14 Navigate T o 1 1 , 23 , 25 , 26 , 52 Navigati[...]

GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner ’s Manual 63 Index sonar advanced settings 47 cone 17 full screen 44 scroll speed 46 setting up 46–47 specications 55 split frequency 44 split zoom 45 temperature log 45 Sonar Setup 46 specications 54 Speed Filter 37 Speed Sources 38 Split Frequency 44 Split Zoom 45 spot depths 14 Surface Noise 47 symbols 14 Sy[...]

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