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GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 series owner ’ s manual[...]

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GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual i Introduction Introduction  W ARNING See the Important Safety and Pr oduct Information guide in the product box for product warnings and other important information. This manual includes information for the following products: • GPSMAP ® 6008 • GPSMAP 6208 • GPSMAP 6012 • GPSMAP 6212 • GPS[...]

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GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual 1 Getting Started Getting Started Front and Back Panels GPSMAP 6012 and 6212 Front V iew ➊ ➋ ➌ ➍ ➎ ➏ ➐ ➑ GPSMAP 7015 and 7215 Front V iew ➊ ➑ ➋ ➊ Power key ➋ Automatic backlight sensor ➌ Range keys ➍ Rocker ➎ Soft keys ➏ MARK, SELECT , MENU, and HOME buttons ➐ Numeric [...]

2 GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual Getting Started GPSMAP 6008, 6208, 6012, 6212, 7012, and 7212 Back V iew ➊ ➋ ➌ ➍ ➎ GPSMAP 7015 and 7215 Back V iew ➋ ➊ ➌ ➎ ➍ ➊ Network connectors ➋ NMEA 2000 connector ➌ NMEA 0183 connector ➍ Power connector ➎ V ideo (Y ellow) and VGA (Purple) connectors[...]

GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual 3 Getting Started T urning On the Chartplotter Press and release the  key . T urning Off the Chartplotter Press and hold the  key . Initial Chartplotter Settings The rst time you turn on the chartplotter , you must congure a series of initial settings. These settings m[...]

4 GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual Getting Started Inserting and Removing Data and Memory Cards Y our chartplotter supports SD cards. Insert optional BlueChart ® g2 V ision ® data cards to view high-resolution satellite imagery and aerial reference photos of ports, harbors, marinas, and other points of interest. Insert blank memory ca[...]

GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual 5 Getting Started About the Home Screen Y ou can use the Home screen to access all other screens.  : Options on this screen vary based on the chartplotter type and optional connected network devices. Home Screen GPSMAP 7000 Series Home Screen GPSMAP 6000 Series •  —allow[...]

6 GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual Charts and 3D Chart Views Charts and 3D Chart V iews All GPSMAP 6000/7000 series chartplotters have a basic worldwide imagery map. The GPSMAP 6208, 6212, 7212, and 7215 chartplotters have built-in detailed BlueChart g2 offshore cartography for US waters. The charts and 3D chart views listed below are a[...]

GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual 7 Charts and 3D Chart Views Chart Symbols BlueChart g2 and BlueChart g2 V ision charts use graphic symbols to denote map features, which follow the standards for US and international charts. Some common symbols you might see include, but are not limited to, those shown below . Icon Description Icon Descr[...]

8 GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual Charts and 3D Chart Views Panning the Navigation or Fishing Chart Y ou can pan away from your current location and to other areas on the Navigation chart or the Fishing chart.  : The Fishing chart is available with a preprogrammed BlueChart g2 V ision data card. 1. From the Home screen, sel[...]

GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual 9 Charts and 3D Chart Views Viewing Location and Object Information on a Chart Y ou can view information about a location or an object on the Navigation chart or the Fishing chart.  : The Fishing chart is available with a preprogrammed BlueChart g2 V ision data card. 1. From the Home screen, [...]

10 GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual Charts and 3D Chart Views Viewing T ide Station Information T ide-station information appears on the chart with a tide station icon. Y ou can view a detailed graph for a tide station to help predict the tide level at different times or on dif ferent days ( page 46 ).  : The Fishing chart a[...]

GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual 1 1 Charts and 3D Chart Views Navigation Chart Appearance Changing the Map Orientation Y ou can set the perspective of the map in the Navigation chart or the Fishing chart.  : The Fishing chart is available with a preprogrammed BlueChart g2 V ision data card. 1. From the Home screen, select ?[...]

12 GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual Charts and 3D Chart Views Showing and Conguring the Heading Line The heading line is an extension drawn on the map from the bow of the boat in the direction of travel. Y ou can congure the appearance of the heading line for the Navigation chart or the Fishing chart.  : The Fishing ch[...]

GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual 13 Charts and 3D Chart Views Conguring Depth Shading Y ou can customize the appearance of depth shading on the Navigation chart.  : Depth shading is available with a preprogrammed BlueChart g2 V ision data card. 1. From the Home screen, select  > ?[...]

14 GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual Charts and 3D Chart Views Showing Marine Service Points From the Home screen, select  >  >  >  >  >   . Showing and Con[...]

GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual 15 Charts and 3D Chart Views AIS T argeting on the Navigation Chart Lost AIS target Lost dangerous AIS target T racking AIS target AIS target Closest point and time of approach to dangerous target Da ng er ous AIS target AIS T argeting Symbols Symbol Description AIS vessel� The vessel is reporting AIS [...]

16 GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual Charts and 3D Chart Views When course over ground, heading, and rate of turn information are provided by an activated AIS target, the projected course of the target is calculated based on the course over ground and the rate of turn information. The direction in which the target is turning, which is al[...]

GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual 17 Charts and 3D Chart Views • Select  to indicate the distance from your location in which AIS vessels appear . Select a distance. • Select   >  to show MARP A-tagged vessels. • Select  >  t[...]

18 GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual Charts and 3D Chart Views 4. Select    to sound an alarm if AIS or MARP A determines that a target will intersect the safe zone within the dened time interval (ranging from 1 to 24 minutes). 5. Select a time. Viewing a List of AIS and MARP A Threats  : The Fishing c[...]

GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual 19 Charts and 3D Chart Views 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 and [...]

20 GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual Charts and 3D Chart Views Perspective 3D Chart Appearance Showing Range Rings The range rings help you to visualize distances on Perspective 3D or Mariner ’ s Eye 3D.  : Mariner ’ s Eye 3D is available with a preprogrammed BlueChart g2 V ision data card. 1. From the Home screen, select[...]

GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual 21 Charts and 3D Chart Views Radar Overlay When you connect your chartplotter to an optional Garmin marine radar , you can use Radar Overlay to overlay radar information on the Navigation chart or on the Fishing Chart ( page 83 ). BlueChart g2 Vision An optional, preprogrammed BlueChart g2 V ision data c[...]

22 GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual Charts and 3D Chart Views Mariner ’ s Eye 3D A BlueChart g2 V ision data card offers Mariner ’ s Eye 3D, which 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 sho[...]

GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual 23 Charts and 3D Chart Views Showing or Hiding Hazard Colors 1. From the Home screen, select  >  >  >   >   . 2. Complete an act[...]

24 GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual Charts and 3D Chart Views Fish Eye 3D Using the depth contour lines of the BlueChart g2 V ision cartography , Fish Eye 3D provides an underwater view of the sea oor or lake bottom. Suspended targets (such as sh) are indicated by red, green, and yellow spheres. Red indicates the lar gest targets [...]

GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual 25 Charts and 3D Chart Views Fishing Chart Use the Fishing chart for a detailed view of the bottom contours and depth soundings on the chart. Fishing Chart Navigation Chart The Fishing chart uses detailed bathymetric data on a preprogrammed BlueChart g2 V ision data card, and is best for offshore deep-se[...]

26 GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual Charts and 3D Chart Views Photo Map at 50% Photo Map at 100% Photo Overlay Off Land Only Photo Overlay Viewing Aerial Photos of Landmarks Before you can view aerial photos on the Navigation chart, you must turn on the Photo Points setting ( page 13 ). Preprogrammed BlueChart g2 V ision data cards cont[...]

GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual 27 Charts and 3D Chart Views Animated Tide and Current Indicators Y ou can view animated tide station and current direction indicators on the Navigation chart or the Fishing chart. T o do so, tide station and current direction information must be available in your preloaded map or BlueChart g2 V ision re[...]

28 GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual Combinations Combinations About the Combinations Screen The Combinations screen shows a combination of different screens at the same time. The number of options available on the Combinations screen depends on the optional network devices you have connected to your chartplotter , and whether you are us[...]

GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual 29 Combinations Combi natio n screen 1 Combin ation screen 2 Data bar 5. Select  . Adding a Data Field The Combinations screen can display up to six data elds in the GPSMAP 6000 series, and up to eight data elds in the GPSMAP 7000 series. 1. From the Home screen, select ?[...]

30 GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual Combinations Editing a Data Field 1. From the Home screen, select  . 2. Select a combination. 3. Select a data eld. 4. Select the type of data shown in the eld. A vailable data options vary based on the chartplotter and network conguration. Viewing Instrume[...]

GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual 31 Combinations Using Full-screen View Y ou can view the content of any combination screen on the full chartplotter screen.  : For the GPSMAP 6000 series, the combination screen must be in the focus screen before it can be viewed on the full chartplotter screen. 1. From the Home screen, selec[...]

32 GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual Navigation Navigation Basic Navigation Questions Question Answer How do I make the chartplotter point me in the direction in which I want to go (bearing)? Navigate using Go T o� See “Setting and Following a Direct Course Using Go T o” ( page 32 )� How do I make the device guide me along a stra[...]

GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual 33 Navigation • Select  to view a list of marinas and other of fshore points of interest, listed by name ( page 42 ). • Select  to search waypoints, routes, tracks, and of fshore points of interest by name ( [...]

34 GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual Navigation W aypoints Y ou can store up to 5000 waypoints with a user -dened name, symbol, depth, water temperature, and comment for each waypoint. Marking Y our Present Location as a W aypoint From the Home screen, select  . Creating a W aypoint at a Different Location 1. From the Home[...]

GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual 35 Navigation Moving a Saved W aypoint 1. From the Home screen, select  >  >   . 2. Select a waypoint. 3. Select  >  . 4. Indicate a new location for the waypoint: • Select ?[...]

36 GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual Navigation Destination selected 4. Select   >   . 5. Indicate the location where you want to make the last turn toward your destination: • For the GPSMAP 6000 series, use the  to select a last-turn location using the curso[...]

GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual 37 Navigation Creating and Saving a Route This procedure saves the route and all the waypoints in it. 1. From the Home screen, select  >  >  >  . 2. Select the starting point of the route: ?[...]

38 GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual Navigation Destination T urn Starting point 8. Select  . Viewing a List of Saved Routes From the Home screen, select  >  >  . Editing a Saved Route Y ou can change the name of a route, or change the turns t[...]

GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual 39 Navigation 4. Complete an action: • Select  to navigate the route near the starting point that was used when the route was created. • Select  to navigate the route near the destination point that was used when the route was created. • Select [...]

40 GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual Navigation Saving the Active T rack The track currently being recorded is called the active track. 1. From the Home screen, select  >  >   >    . 2. Complete an act[...]

GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual 41 Navigation Clearing the Active T rack From the Home screen, select  >  >   >     . The track memory is cleared, and the current track continues to be recorded. M[...]

42 GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual Where T o? Where T o? Use the    option on the Home screen to search for and navigate to nearby fuel, repairs, and other services, as well as waypoints and routes that you have created. Marine Services Destinations  : This feature may not be available in all a[...]

GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual 43 Where T o? Stopping Navigation From Home screen, select    >  . Searching for and Navigating to a Destination  CAUTION The Auto Guidance feature of the BlueChart g2 V ision data card is based on electronic chart information.[...]

44 GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual Where T o? 1. From the Home screen, select    >   . 2. Select a waypoint. 3. Select   . 4. Complete an action: • Select   . • Select   . • Select [...]

GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual 45 Where T o? 5. Select  . 6. Enter the offset distance: • For the GPSMAP 6000 series, use the  or  . • For the GPSMAP 7000 series, use the on-screen keyboard. 7. Select  . 8. Indicate how to navigate the route:[...]

46 GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual Almanac, Environmental, and On-boat Data Almanac, Environmental, and On-boat Data Use the Information screen to view information about tides, currents, celestial data, gauges, and video. Y ou can also select tide, current, and celestial information for a specic station directly from the Navigation [...]

GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual 47 Almanac, Environmental, and On-boat Data Current Information  : Current station information is available with a BlueChart g2 V ision card. The Currents screen shows information about a current station for a specic date and time, including the current speed and level. By default, the cha[...]

48 GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual Almanac, Environmental, and On-boat Data Celestial Information The Celestial screen shows information about sunrise, sunset, moonrise, moonset, moon phase, and the approximate sky view location of the sun and moon. By default, the chartplotter shows celestial information for the present date and time.[...]

GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual 49 Almanac, Environmental, and On-boat Data V arious sensors, transducers, or antennas are required to capture the data displayed on the graphs. For information about connecting the chartplotter to peripheral devices using a NMEA 2000 network, see T echnical Refer ence for Garmin NMEA 2000 Pr oducts , on[...]

50 GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual Almanac, Environmental, and On-boat Data Wind Angle Data Viewing the Wind Angle Data Graph The chartplotter must be connected to the peripheral devices listed below to capture the data shown on the wind speed graph. Wind Angle Description Required Sensors Apparent Wind Shows wind direction data based [...]

GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual 51 Almanac, Environmental, and On-boat Data Depth Data Viewing the Depth Graph The chartplotter must be connected to a depth-capable transducer to capture the data shown on the depth graph. From the Home screen, select  >  >  . If yo[...]

52 GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual Almanac, Environmental, and On-boat Data 4. Select the gauge limit you want to set (  ,  ,  , or   ). 5. Select  . 6. Enter the gauge limit:[...]

GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual 53 Almanac, Environmental, and On-boat Data Selecting the Engines Shown in Gauges Y ou must manually select the number of engines shown in the engine gauges ( page 52 ) before you can select the engines for which information appears in the gauges. 1. From the Home screen, select ?[...]

54 GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual Almanac, Environmental, and On-boat Data Activating and Customizing Gauge Alarms See “Activating Engine and Fuel Gauge Status Alarms” ( page 52 ) and “Customizing Engine and Fuel Gauge Status Alarms” ( page 52 ). Synchronizing Fuel Gauge Readings with Fuel Levels 1. From the Home screen, selec[...]

GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual 55 Almanac, Environmental, and On-boat Data Viewing V ideo The chartplotter can show video if you are connected to one or more video sources using the supplied video cable. A GPSMAP 7015 or 7215 chartplotter can also display real-time data from a PC if the chartplotter is connected to the PC through the [...]

56 GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual Almanac, Environmental, and On-boat Data Conguring the VGA Display Before you can congure the VGA display mode on a GPSMAP 7015 or 7215 chartplotter , you must set the video Source setting to VGA Input ( page 55 ). 1. From the Home screen, select  >  [...]

GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual 57 Device Conguration Device Conguration Basic Device Conguration Questions Question Answer How do I adjust the amount of detail shown on the map? See “Changing the Map Zoom Detail” ( page 1 1 )� How do I change the time zone setting? See “Conguring the T ime” ( page 61 )� How do [...]

58 GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual Device Conguration T urning the Chartplotter On Automatically From the Home screen, select  >  >   . When you select  , the chartplotter automatically turns on whenever power is applied. When you select [...]

GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual 59 Device Conguration Conguring Speed Data Sources Y ou can specify the source of the speed data that is used to calculate true wind speed or fuel economy . W ater speed is the speed reading from a water-speed sensor , and GPS speed is calculated from your GPS position. 1. From the Home screen, sel[...]

60 GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual Device Conguration Shoreline Distance Auto Guidance Setting The Shoreline Distance setting indicates how close to the shore you want the Auto Guidance line to be placed. The Auto Guidance line may move if you change this setting while navigating. Setting the Distance from Shore The available values[...]

GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual 61 Device Conguration 9. If you selected  or  in step 8, review the placement of the Auto Guidance line. Determine whether the line safely avoids known obstacles, and whether the turns enable efcient travel. Auto Guidance maintains a wide clearance fr[...]

62 GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual Device Conguration • Select  >  to set the time zone manually . For the GPSMAP 6000 series, use the  or the  to enter the time zone hour adjustment. For the GPSMAP 7000 series, use the o[...]

GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual 63 Device Conguration Data bars Perspective 3D with Data Bars Showing the Cruising Data Bar The cruising data bar appears while you are navigating to a destination. It shows GPS speed, GPS heading, depth, and GPS position data. 1. From the Home screen, select  . 2. Select a chart or [...]

64 GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual Device Conguration Conguring the Navigation Data Bar Y ou should show the navigation data bar before you congure it ( page 63 ). 1. From the Home screen, select  . 2. Select a chart or a 3D chart view . 3. Select  >  > ?[...]

GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual 65 Device Conguration Wind VMG and W aypoint VMG in the Data Bars The chartplotter automatically switches between showing wind VMG and waypoint VMG in the data bars. W aypoint VMG appears under the following conditions: • The route leg section of the navigation data bar shows waypoint VMG when you a[...]

66 GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual Device Conguration Conguring the Appearance of Other V essels  : The Fishing chart and Mariner’ s Eye 3D are available with a preprogrammed BlueChart g2 V ision data card. 1. From the Home screen, select  . 2. Select ?[...]

GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual 67 Device Conguration Alarms By default, all alarms are turned off. The chartplotter must be on for the alarms to work. Navigation Alarms Setting an Arrival Alarm Y ou can set an alarm to sound when you are within a specied distance or time from a turn or destination waypoint. 1. From the Home scre[...]

68 GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual Device Conguration System Alarms Setting the Clock Alarm Y ou can set an alarm using the system (GPS) clock. 1. From the Home screen, select  >  >  >  >  . 2. Enter the time that triggers the alarm: ?[...]

GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual 69 Device Conguration Setting Sonar Alarms See “Sonar Alarms” ( page 106 ). Setting Weather Alarms See the XM WX Satellite W eather ® and XM Satellite Radio Supplement (North America only). Chartplotter Data Management Copying W aypoints, Routes, and T racks to a Chartplotter Before you copy MapS[...]

70 GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual Device Conguration Copying W aypoints, Routes, and T racks to a Memory Card 1. Insert a memory card into the SD card slot on the chartplotter . 2. From the Home screen, select  >  >    > ?[...]

GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual 71 Device Conguration Backing Up Data to a Computer 1. Insert a memory card into the SD card slot on the chartplotter . 2. From the Home screen, select  >  >    >  > ?[...]

72 GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual Radar Radar  W ARNING The marine radar transmits microwave energy that has the potential to be harmful to humans and animals. Before beginning radar transmission, verify that the area around the radar is clear . The radar transmits a beam approximately 12° above and below a line extending horizont[...]

GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual 73 Radar •  —intended for use in open waters, this mode works best with long-range radar signals. •  —provides a side-by-side view of both short-range and long-range radar data. • ?[...]

74 GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual Radar Harbor Mode Harbor mode is the standard radar operation for use in inland waters, with a GMR xHD radar . Harbor mode works best with short-range radar signals (2 nm or less).  If you switch from Sentry mode to Harbor mode, the radar switches to full-time transmission and disabl[...]

GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual 75 Radar Dual Range Mode Dual Range mode provides a side-by-side view of both short-range and long-range radar data, with a GMR xHD radar . The two radar views provided in this mode can be especially useful at night or in inclement weather . Short-range radar data appears on the left side of the dual-ran[...]

76 GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual Radar Enabling Timed T ransmit From the Home screen, select  >  >  >  >  >  . Setting the Standby and T ransmit Times Y ou must enable timed transmit before you can set t[...]

GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual 77 Radar 3. Adjust the size of the guard zone: • For the GPSMAP 6000 series, use the  and the on-screen arrows ( and ). • For the GPSMAP 7000 series, touch the guard-zone corner and drag. 4. Select  and repeat step 3 to adjust the location of the second corne[...]

78 GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual Radar Assigning a MARP A T ag to an Object  : MARP A requires the use of a heading sensor and an active GPS signal. The heading sensor must provide the NMEA 2000 parameter group number (PGN) 127250, or the NMEA 0183 HDM or HDG output sentence. 1. From the Home screen, select ?[...]

GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual 79 Radar Stop Radar T argeting 1. From the Home screen, select  . 2. Select  ,  , or  . 3. Complete an action: • For the GPSMAP 6000 series, use the  to select a targeted object. • For the GPSMAP 7000 s[...]

80 GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual Radar VRM and EBL The variable range marker (VRM) and the electronic bearing line (EBL) measure the distance and bearing from your boat to a target object. On the Radar screen, the VRM appears as a circle that is centered on the present location of your boat, and the EBL appears as a line that begins [...]

GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual 81 Radar Measuring the Range and Bearing to a T arget Object Y ou must show the VRM and the EBL before you can adjust them ( page 80 ). The VRM and the EBL congured for one mode are applied to all other radar modes. 1. From the Home screen, select  . 2. Select  ,[...]

82 GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual Radar Navigating a Saved Route on the Radar Screen Before you can browse a list of routes and navigate to one of them, you must record and save at least one route ( page 35 ). Navigation lines must be showing in order to view a route on the Radar screen ( page 94 ). 1. From the Home screen, select [...]

GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual 83 Radar 9. From the Home screen, select  . 10. Select  ,  ,  ,  , or  . The route appears as a magenta line, with starting point, destination, and turns indicated. 1 1. Review[...]

84 GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual Radar Showing the Radar Overlay The Radar Overlay displays data based on the most recently used radar mode. From the Home screen, select  >   . The radar picture appears in orange and overlays the Navigation chart. Zooming In and Out on th[...]

GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual 85 Radar About the Range of Radar Signals The range of the radar signal indicates the length of the pulsed signal transmitted and received by the radar . As the range increases, the radar transmits longer pulses in order to reach distant targets. Closer tar gets, especially rain and waves, also reect [...]

86 GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual Radar When using a GMR xHD radar , the last gain and clutter settings congured for use in any radar mode are applied to the Radar Overlay automatically . For example, if the gain for the Harbor mode is set to 50%, the gain for the Radar Overlay is set to 50% automatically . Later , if the gain for [...]

GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual 87 Radar 3. Complete an action: • Select  >  for Cruising, Harbor , Offshore, or Sentry mode. • Congure the setting for the short-range screen in Dual Range mode. Select >  >  for the GPSMAP 6000 series. Select  > [...]

88 GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual Radar 3. Complete an action: • Select  >  for Cruising, Harbor , Offshore, or Sentry mode. • Congure the setting for the short-range screen in Dual Range mode. Select >  >  for the GPSMAP 6000 series. Select  > [...]

GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual 89 Radar 3. Complete an action: • Select  >  >  for Cruising, Harbor , Offshore, or Sentry mode. • Congure the setting for the short-range screen in Dual Range mode. Select >  > [...]

90 GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual Radar Adjusting Rain Clutter on the Radar Screen Y ou can adjust the appearance of clutter caused by rain. Reducing the radar range also can minimize rain clutter ( page 72 ). Setting Description FTC This setting effects the appearance of large, hazy masses of clutter caused by rain at any distance�[...]

GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual 91 Radar Adjusting Crosstalk Clutter on the Radar Screen Y ou can reduce the appearance of clutter caused by interference from another nearby radar source. On is the default value for the crosstalk setting.  : Depending upon the radar in use, the crosstalk setting congured for use in one r[...]

92 GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual Radar Showing the Navigation Data Bar on the Radar Screen The navigation data bar appears in a row across the top of the Radar screen. The navigation data bar can show arrival, distance to destination, off-course, bearing, and next turn data. 1. From the Home screen, select  . 2. Select[...]

GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual 93 Radar Setting T rue or Apparent Wind for the Sailing Data Bar Y ou should show the sailing data bar before you congure it ( page 92 ). 1. From the Home screen, select  . 2. Select  ,  , or  mode. 3. Select [...]

94 GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual Radar Shifting the Field of View on the Radar Screen Y ou can shift your current location toward the bottom of the screen automatically as your speed increases. Enter your top speed for the best results. This setting applies to every radar mode. This setting does not apply to the Radar Overlay . 1. Fr[...]

GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual 95 Radar Setting the Radar Antenna Size Y ou can indicate the size of the radar antenna in order to optimize the radar picture. Until you specify the antenna size, the “Radar needs to be congured” message appears.  : Y ou can set the antenna size for GMR 404, 406, 404 xHD, 406 xHD, 604[...]

96 GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual Radar Radar Overlay Display Appearance Adjusting Gain and Clutter on the Radar Overlay See “About Gain and Clutter” ( page 85 ). Setting the Radar Overlay Display Orientation See “Changing the Map Orientation” ( page 1 1 ). Setting Data Bars for the Radar Overlay See “Data Bar Settings” ( [...]

GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual 97 Radar Showing Other V essels on the Radar Overlay AIS requires the use of an external AIS device and active transponder signals from other vessels. Y ou can congure how other vessels appear on the Radar Overlay . The display range setting congured for the Radar Overlay is applied only to the Rad[...]

98 GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual Radar Showing and Conguring Spot Depth Soundings On the Radar Overlay , you can turn on spot soundings and set a dangerous depth. 1. From the Home screen, select  >  >  >  >  ?[...]

GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual 99 Sonar Sonar When connected to an optional Garmin GSD 22/24/26 sounder module and a transducer , your chartplotter can be used as a shnder . The GSD 22/24/26 connects through the Garmin Marine Network and shares sonar data with every chartplotter connected to the network. The GSD 22 and the GSD 2[...]

100 GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual Sonar Split-frequency Sonar View T ransducer frequencies W ater T emperature Log If you are using a temperature-capable transducer , the temperature log shows water temperature readings over time. Y ou can view the temperature log by selecting  >    fro[...]

GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual 101 Sonar Creating a W aypoint on the Sonar Screen 1. From the Home screen, select  . 2. Select a sonar view . 3. Select  >  . 4. Set the location of the waypoint using the intersection point of the depth line and the distance line: • For t[...]

102 GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual Sonar Adjusting the Range and Gain with Shortcuts • When using a GPSMAP 6000/7000 series with a GSD 22 or GSD 24/26, select  and  to adjust the range. • When using a GPSMAP 6000 series with a GSD 24/26, in full-screen sonar view , select the  key to switch between adjustin[...]

GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual 103 Sonar Conguring the Advanced Sonar Settings  : These features are available only on the GSD 24 and GSD 26. Before you can congure the   , you must have a SD 26 and more than one water -temperature sensor or temperature-capable transducer . W ith t[...]

104 GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual Sonar Noise and Interference Settings The noise rejection settings allow you to reduce the interference and the amount of clutter shown on the sonar screen. W ith the GSD 24 and GSD 26, you can adjust the noise rejection settings for each frequency independently . Showing Surface Noise Y ou can set w[...]

GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual 105 Sonar Showing the A-Scope The A-Scope is a vertical asher along the right side of the screen that instantaneously shows the range to targets along a scale. 1. From the Home screen, select  . 2. Select a sonar view . 3. Select  4. Select an option: • For the GSD 2[...]

106 GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual Sonar • Select  to turn on the whiteline with the least-sensitive setting. Only the strongest returns are highlighted in white. Highlighting the Edge  : This feature is available only on the GSD 24 and GSD 26. Y ou can highlight the strongest signal from the bottom to help de?[...]

GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual 107 Sonar • For the GPSMAP 7000 series, use the on-screen keyboard. 3. Select  . Setting the Fish Alarm  : This feature is available only on the GSD 22. Y ou can set an alarm to sound when the chartplotter detects a suspended target of the specied size. 1. From the Home scree[...]

108 GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual Sonar 1. Measure the keel offset, based on the location of the transducer: • If the transducer is installed at the water line, 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 transducer is installed at the botto[...]

GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual 109 Digital Selective Calling Digital Selective Calling Networked Chartplotter and VHF Radio Functionality 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. Functionality NMEA 0183 VHF Radio NME[...]

1 10 GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual Digital Selective Calling Adding a DSC Contact Y ou can add a vessel to your DSC list. Y ou can make calls to a DSC contact from the chartplotter ( page 114 ). 1. From the Home screen, select  >  >  . [...]

GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual 1 1 1 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 shows the man-overboard screen and prompt[...]

1 12 GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual Digital Selective Calling Editing Information in a Position Report 1. From the Home screen, select  >  . 2. Select a position-report call. 3. Select  >  . 4. Complete an action: • Select  . For[...]

GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual 1 13 Digital Selective Calling Showing and Setting the Duration of T rails for All T racked V essels  : The Fishing chart and Mariner’ s Eye 3D are available with a preprogrammed BlueChart g2 V ision data card. 1. From the Home screen, select  . 2. Select ?[...]

1 14 GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual Digital Selective Calling Selecting a DSC Channel  The selection of a DSC channel is limited to those channels that are available in all frequency bands: 6, 8, 9, 10, 13, 15, 16, 17, 67, 68, 69, 71, 72, 73, or 77. The default channel is 72. If you select a dif ferent channel, the c[...]

GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual 1 15 Fusion Media Player FUSION-Link™ Media Player If you have a stereo equipped with FUSION-Link, you can connect it to the NMEA 2000 network and control the stereo using the chartplotter . The chartplotter should automatically detect the FUSION-Link stereo when it is rst connected. Y ou can play m[...]

1 16 GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual Fusion Media Player • T o automatically stop on an active station, select  . • T o increase or decrease the station one number at a time, select  . • T o scroll through the saved stations, select   . • T o scroll through the valid SiriusXM ?[...]

GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual 1 17 Appendix Appendix Specications Physical Specications Specication Devices Measurement Size GPSMAP 6008, 6208 W × H × D: 1 1 1 / 2 × 7 3 / 8 × 5 7 / 8 in� (291�5 × 187�8 × 148�5 mm) GPSMAP 6012, 6212 W × H × D: 15 1 / 32 × 9 57 / 64 × 5 27 / 32 in� (381�7 × 251�2 × 1[...]

1 18 GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual Appendix Calibrating the GPSMAP 7000 Series T ouchscreen The GPSMAP 7000 series chartplotter touchscreen does not normally require calibration. However , if the buttons do not seem to be responding properly , use the following process to calibrate the screen. 1. While the chartplotter is turned off,[...]

GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual 1 19 Appendix Viewing the Event Log The event log shows a list of system events. From the Home screen, select  >  >  >  . Saving System Information to a Memory Card Y ou [...]

120 GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual Appendix NMEA 0183 and NMEA 2000 A GPSMAP 6000/7000 series chartplotter can accept data from both NMEA 0183 compliant devices and certain NMEA 2000 devices connected to an existing NMEA 2000 network on your boat. NMEA 0183 The NMEA 0183 data cable included with each GPSMAP 6000/7000 series chartplott[...]

GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual 121 Appendix Setting Decimal Precision for NMEA 0183 Output Y ou can adjust the number of digits to the right of the decimal point for transmission of NMEA output. 1. From the Home screen, select  >  >  [...]

122 GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual Appendix T ransmitting NMEA 0183 Data over a NMEA 2000 Network Y ou can turn on, congure, or turn off output bridging. Output bridging occurs when a chartplotter takes NMEA 0183 data it receives from any source, formats it into NMEA 2000 data, and sends it over the NMEA 2000 bus. 1. From the Home [...]

Index GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual 123 Index A active tracks clearing 41 retracing 40 saving 40 add turn 36 aerial photos 21 , 26 AIS radar 79 targeting 15 , 1 14 threats 18 , 79 alarms anchor drag 67 arrival 67 clock 68 collision 15 , 17 , 77 , 79 deep water 106 sh 107 GPS accuracy 68 navigation 67 off course 67 shallow water 10[...]

Index 124 GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual front-of-boat offset 95 front panel 1 FTC 85 , 89 , 90 fuel capacity 66 fuel data bar 64 , 92 fuel gauges combinations screen 30 conguring 51 fuel economy 54 status alarms 52 synchronizing with fuel 54 viewing 53 fuel onboard 68 full-screen view 99 FUSION-Link media player 1 15 G gain defaul[...]

Index GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual 125 power key i , 1 , 3 , 1 15 preferred data source 121 product registration 122 R radar AIS 79 antenna rotation speed 94 antenna size 95 clutter 85 color scheme 93 cruising mode 73 display modes 72 Dual Range mode 75 fast time constant 89 , 90 eld of view 94 front-of-boat offset 95 gain 85 Har[...]

Index 126 GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner ’s Manual shallow water 106 shoreline distance 60 show VRM/EBL 80 simulator 57 sonar cone 24 speed sources 59 speed units 62 spot depths 12 , 98 stdby time 76 style 22 surface noise 104 surface radar 20 symbols 13 system information 1 19 system units 62 temperature units 62 temp offset 108 tides/currents[...]

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