Garmin GPS 73, Owner'S Manual

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Off Course : Displays the distance you are off course.
Vel Made Good : Displays the speed at which you are moving
toward your destination.
Turn : Displays the recommended degree of your next turn to
stay on course.
Highway Mode
You can use the device to navigate on land in highway mode.
Select Highway .
Sail Racing
You can use the device to increase the likelihood that your boat
will cross the start line of a race exactly when the race begins.
When you synchronize the race timer with the official race
countdown timer, you are alerted at one-minute intervals as the
race start approaches. The device uses this data to indicate
whether your boat will cross the start line before, after, or at the
correct time to start the race.
Setting the Starting Line
The sail racing start line guidance window is added to the sail
racing profile by default.
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From the sail racing screen, select MENU .
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Select an option:
• To mark the port and starboard starting line marks as you
sail past them, select Ping Port and Ping Starboard .
• To mark the port and starboard starting line marks by
entering their coordinates, select Enter Port and Enter
Starboard .
• To switch the position of the port and starboard marks
after you have set them, select Swap Port&Starbd .
• To compensate for the difference in the physical location
of the GPS and the bow of your boat, select Bow Offset
and enter the distance.
Instruments
The instruments page displays data such as wind speed,
temperature, and wind direction, provided by sensors connected
to the device using a NMEA 0183 network. The data displayed
depends on the sensors you have connected to the network.
You can select customized dashboards for the instruments
page, and you can customize the data fields displayed in each
dashboard.
Instrument Setup Options
From the instrument page, select MENU .
Reset : Resets all the selected instrument values to zero. For
accurate information, you should reset the trip information
before beginning a trip.
Big Numbers : Changes the size of the numbers displayed on
the trip computer page.
Change Dashboard : Changes the theme and information
displayed on the dashboard.
NOTE: Your customized settings are lost when you change
profiles ( Profiles , page 1 ). To save your settings, you must
create a custom profile.
Restore Defaults : Replaces your custom settings with factory
default settings.
Changing the Data Fields
You can customize the data displayed on pages, including the
compass, map, trip computer, and highway pages.
From the compass, select MENU > Change Data Fields .
Data Fields
Some data fields require you to be navigating to display data.
Accuracy of GPS : The margin of error for your exact location.
For example, your GPS location is accurate to /-
3.65 m (12 ft.).
Apparent Wind Angle : The wind angle measured relative to the
bow of the vessel. Your device must be connected to a
NMEA 0183 device capable of acquiring the wind angle.
Apparent Wind Speed : The measured speed of the wind.
Battery Level : The remaining battery power.
Bearing : The direction from your current location to a
destination. You must be navigating for this data to appear.
Course : The direction from your starting location to a
destination. Course can be viewed as a planned or set route.
You must be navigating for this data to appear.
Depth : The depth of the water. Your device must be connected
to a NMEA 0183 device capable of acquiring the water depth.
Distance to Dest. : The remaining distance to the final
destination. You must be navigating for this data to appear.
Distance to Next : The remaining distance to the next waypoint
on the route. You must be navigating for this data to appear.
Dist to Line : The remaining distance to the race starting line.
You must be navigating for this data to appear.
Elevation : The altitude of your current location above or below
sea level.
ETA at Destination : The estimated time of day when you will
reach the final destination (adjusted to the local time of the
destination). You must be navigating for this data to appear.
ETA at Next : The estimated time of day when you will reach the
next waypoint on the route (adjusted to the local time of the
waypoint). You must be navigating for this data to appear.
Glide Ratio : The ratio of horizontal distance traveled to the
change in vertical distance.
Glide Ratio to Dest. : The glide ratio required to descend from
your current position to the destination elevation. You must
be navigating for this data to appear.
GPS Signal Strength : The strength of the GPS satellite signal.
Heading : The direction you are moving.
Lift : The degree to which your vessel is being headed or lifted.
Location (lat/lon) : The current position in latitude and longitude
regardless of the selected position format setting.
Location (selected) : The current position using the selected
position format setting.
Odometer : A running tally of the distance traveled for all trips.
This total does not clear when resetting the trip data.
Off Course : The distance to the left or right by which you have
strayed from the original path of travel. You must be
navigating for this data to appear.
Pointer : An arrow points in the direction of the next waypoint or
turn. You must be navigating for this data to appear.
Speed : The current rate of travel.
Speed - Maximum : The highest speed reached since the last
reset.
Speed - Moving Avg. : The average speed while moving since
the last reset.
Speed - Overall Avg. : The average speed while moving and
stopped since the last reset.
Speed Trend : The filtered acceleration or deceleration speed
trend for the current activity.
Sunrise : The time of sunrise based on your GPS position.
Sunset : The time of sunset based on your GPS position.
Temperature : The temperature of the water. Your device must
be connected to a NMEA 0183 device capable of acquiring
the water temperature.
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