background image

2

Select an option:
• To adjust the screen brightness, select the brightness 

arrows.

• To adjust the screen contrast, select the contrast arrows.

Exiting PC Display Mode

1

When in PC display mode, select anywhere on the screen.

2

Select the display mode icon in the upper-left corner.
The video source changes to Video 1.

Device Configuration

Turning On the Chartplotter Automatically

You can set the chartplotter to turn on automatically when the 

power is applied. Otherwise, you must turn on the chartplotter by 

pressing  .

Select 

Settings

 > 

System

 > 

Auto Power Up

.

NOTE: 

When Auto Power Up is On, and the chartplotter is 

turned off using  , and power is removed and reapplied 

within less than two minutes, you may need to press   to 

restart the chartplotter.

System Settings

Select 

Settings

 > 

System

.

Simulator

: Turns the simulator on or off and allows you to set 

the time, date, speed, and simulated location.

Beeper and Display

: Adjusts the display and sound settings.

GPS

: Provides information about the GPS satellites and 

settings.

System Information

: Provides information about the devices on 

the network and the software version.

Station Information

: Adjusts the setup of the station.

Auto Power Up

: Turns the device on automatically when power 

is applied.

Station Settings

Select 

Settings

 > 

System

 > 

Station Information

.

Change Station

: Sets the entire station to a new set of defaults 

based on the location of this station. You can also select to 

use this display as a stand-alone, individual display, instead 

of grouping it with other displays to make a station.

GRID™ Pairing

: Allows you to pair a GRID

 remote input device 

with this station.

Display Order

: Sets the order of the displays, which is 

important when using a GRID remote input device.

Reset Stations

: Restores the factory default layouts for all 

displays in the station.

Viewing System Software Information

You can view the software version, the basemap version, all 

supplemental map information (if applicable), the software 

version for an optional Garmin radar (if applicable), and the unit 

ID number. You may need this information to update the system 

software or to purchase additional map data information.

Select 

Settings

 > 

System

 > 

System Information

.

Viewing the Event Log

The event log shows a list of system events.

Select 

Settings

 > 

System

 > 

System Information

 > 

Event 

Log

.

Preferences Settings

Select 

Settings

 > 

Preferences

.

Units

: Sets units of measure.

Language

: Sets the on-screen text language.

Navigation

: Sets navigation preferences.

Keyboard Layout

: Arranges the keys on the on-screen 

keyboard.

Screenshot Capture

: Allows the device to save images of the 

screen.

User Data Sharing

: Allows you to share waypoints and routes 

over the Garmin Marine Network. All chartplotters that share 

waypoints and routes must have this setting turned on.

Menu Bar Display

: Shows or automatically hides the menu bar 

when it is not needed.

Units Settings

Select 

Settings

 > 

Preferences

 > 

Units

.

System Units

: Sets the unit format for the device.

Variance

: Sets the magnetic declination, the angle between 

magnetic north and true north, for your present location.

North Reference

: Sets the direction references used in 

calculating heading information. True sets geographic north 

as the north reference. Grid sets grid north as the north 

reference (000º). Magnetic sets the magnetic north as the 

north reference.

Position Format

: Sets the position format in which a given 

location reading appears. Do not change this setting unless 

you are using a map or chart that specifies a different 

position format.

Map Datum

: Sets the coordinate system on which the map is 

structured. Do not change this setting unless you are using a 

map or chart that specifies a different map datum.

Time

: Sets the time format, time zone, and daylight saving time.

Navigation Settings

NOTE: 

Some settings and options require additional charts or 

hardware.
Select 

Settings

 > 

Preferences

 > 

Navigation

.

Route Labels

: Sets the type of labels shown with route turns on 

the map.

Turn Transition

: Adjusts how the chartplotter transitions to the 

next turn or leg or the route. You can set the transition to be 

based on time or distance before the turn. You can increase 

the time or distance value to help improve the accuracy of the 

autopilot when navigating a route or an Auto Guidance line 

with many frequent turns or at higher speeds. For straighter 

routes or slower speeds, lowering this value can improve 

autopilot accuracy.

Auto Guidance

: Sets the measurements for the Safe Depth, 

Safe Height, and Shoreline Distance, when you are using 

some premium maps.

Route Start

: Selects a starting point for route navigation.

Auto Guidance Line Configurations

 CAUTION

The Safe Depth and Safe Height settings influence how the 

chartplotter calculates an Auto Guidance line. If an area has an 

unknown water depth or an unknown obstacle height, the Auto 

Guidance line is not calculated in that area. If an area at the 

beginning or the end of an Auto Guidance line is shallower than 

the safe water depth or lower than the safe obstacle height, the 

Auto Guidance line is not calculated in that area. On the chart, 

the course through those areas appears as a gray line. When 

your boat enters one of those areas, a warning message 

appears.

NOTE: 

Auto Guidance is available with premium charts, in some 

areas.
You can set the parameters the chartplotter uses when 

calculating an Auto Guidance line.

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Device Configuration

Summary of Contents for GPSMAP 7400 Series

Page 1: ...GPSMAP 7400 7600 Series Owner s Manual February 2015 Printed in Taiwan 190 01841 00_0B...

Page 2: ......

Page 3: ...ices Destination 8 Waypoints 8 Marking Your Present Location as a Waypoint 8 Creating a Waypoint at a Different Location 8 Marking an SOS Location 8 Viewing a List of all Waypoints 9 Editing a Saved W...

Page 4: ...23 Radar Gain and Clutter 23 Echo Trails 24 Radar Display Settings 24 Radar Appearance Settings 24 Front of Boat Offset 24 Selecting a Different Radar Source 25 Autopilot 25 Opening the Autopilot Scre...

Page 5: ...isibility Information for Another Time Period 33 Viewing Buoy Reports 33 Viewing Local Weather Information near a Buoy 34 Creating a Waypoint on a Weather Chart 34 Weather Overlay 34 Turning On the We...

Page 6: ...ing the Screen 40 Screenshots 40 Capturing Screenshots 40 Copying Screenshots to a Computer 40 Troubleshooting 41 My device will not acquire GPS signals 41 My device will not turn on or keeps turning...

Page 7: ...ve associated with the memory card and select Next Finish Updating the Device Software Before you can update the software you must obtain a software update memory card or load the latest software onto...

Page 8: ...n option To change the type of data shown select Overlays select a data field and select the new data type Adding a SmartMode Layout You can add SmartMode layouts to suit your needs Each customization...

Page 9: ...ogether to zoom out Spread two fingers apart to zoom in Selecting a Map If your product has both BlueChart g2 and LakeV HD built in maps you can select which map to use Not all models have both types...

Page 10: ...This chart works well for offshore deep sea fishing High Resolution Satellite Imagery Provides high resolution satellite images for a realistic view of the land and water on the Navigation chart Show...

Page 11: ...continue vessel tracking the lost target symbol disappears from the chart or the 3D chart view Dangerous target in range The target flashes while an alarm sounds and a message banner appears After the...

Page 12: ...Radio Beacons EPIRB and other man overboard signals Distress signal transmissions are different than standard AIS transmissions so they appear differently on the chartplotter Instead of tracking a dis...

Page 13: ...adjusts the heading line which is a line drawn on the map from the bow of the boat in the direction of travel and sets the data source for the heading line World Map Uses either a basic world map or...

Page 14: ...in which I want to go bearing Navigate using Go To See Setting and Following a Direct Course Using Go To How do I make the device guide me along a straight line minimizing cross track to a location u...

Page 15: ...ine steering to avoid land shallow water and other obstacles Deleting a Waypoint or an MOB 1 Select Info User Data Waypoints 2 Select a waypoint or an MOB 3 Select Review Delete Deleting All Waypoints...

Page 16: ...estination point used when the route was created to the left of the original route select Backward Port To navigate the route from the destination point used when the route was created to the right of...

Page 17: ...lable values for the Shoreline Distance setting are relative not absolute To ensure the Auto Guidance line is placed the appropriate distance from shore you can assess the placement of the Auto Guidan...

Page 18: ...ory During Recording 1 Select Info User Data Tracks Active Track Options 2 Select Record Mode 3 Select an option To record a track log until the track memory is full select Fill To continuously record...

Page 19: ...ng race 1 Mark the starting line Setting the Starting Line 2 From the Sail Racing combination screen select Menu Start Line Guidance Target Speed and select your target speed when crossing the startin...

Page 20: ...delay allows you to delay steering a tack and gybe after you initiate the maneuver 1 From the autopilot screen select Menu Autopilot Setup Sailing Setup Tack Delay 2 Select the length of the delay 3 I...

Page 21: ...ency transducer Panoptix Sonar Views NOTE Not all models support Panoptix transducers To receive Panoptix sonar you need a compatible chartplotter and a compatible transducer ThePanoptix sonar views a...

Page 22: ...onar module Each chartplotter on the network can display sonar data from every compatible sonar module and transducer on the network no matter where the chartplotters and transducers are mounted on yo...

Page 23: ...1 From a sonar view select Menu Zoom 2 Select an option To zoom in on the sonar data from the bottom depth select Bottom Lock To set the depth range of the magnified area manually select Set Zoom sel...

Page 24: ...a different color palette for the bottom select Sonar Setup Bottom Colors and select an option To select a different style for the bottom select Sonar Setup Bottom Style and select an option To hide o...

Page 25: ...r scheme and color gain Overlay Data Sets the data shown on the sonar screen A Scope Displays a vertical flasher along the right side of the screen that shows instantaneously the range to targets alon...

Page 26: ...d slot 2 From a sonar view select Menu Sonar Setup Sonar Recording Record Sonar 15 minutes of sonar recording uses approximately 200 MB of space of the inserted memory card You can record sonar until...

Page 27: ...essary Marking a Waypoint on the Radar Screen 1 From a Radar screen or the Radar overlay select a location 2 Select Create Waypoint Sentry Mode Sentry mode allows you to put the radar into timed trans...

Page 28: ...ls and select the length of the track that appears 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 t...

Page 29: ...the selected radar mode select Auto The chartplotter does not adjust the gain automatically in response to changing conditions To adjust the gain automatically for changing conditions select Auto Low...

Page 30: ...overlay From a Radar screen or the Radar overlay select Menu Noise Rejection Crosstalk Rej Echo Trails The echo trails feature enables you to track the movement of vessels on the radar display You can...

Page 31: ...ng the Power Saver percentage reduces rudder activity Enabling Shadow Drive NOTE The Shadow Drive feature is available only on hydraulic steering systems From the autopilot screen select Menu Autopilo...

Page 32: ...y physically steering the boat Select or to cancel a pattern using step steering mode Select Standby Digital Selective Calling Networked Chartplotter and VHF Radio Functionality If you have a NMEA 018...

Page 33: ...To select a color for the trail line select Trail Line Deleting a Position Report Call 1 Select Info DSC List 2 Select a position report call 3 Select Review Clear Report Viewing Vessel Trails on the...

Page 34: ...ine Gauge Status Alarms 1 From the engine gauges screen select Menu Gauge Setup Status Alarms Custom 2 Select one or more engine gauge alarms to turn on or off Setting the Fuel Alarm Before you can se...

Page 35: ...lestial Information Tide Station Information You can view information about a tide station for a specific date and time including the tide height and when the next high and low tides will occur By def...

Page 36: ...ongs to Repeat From the media screen select Menu Repeat All Setting Songs to Shuffle 1 From the media screen select Menu Shuffle 2 If necessary select an option Listening to the Radio Saving a Channel...

Page 37: ...ntrol feature requires you to enter a passcode to tune to the locked channels Select Browse Parental Lock Unlock A list of channels appears A checkmark indicates a locked channel NOTE When you view th...

Page 38: ...bscriptions Hurricane Information The weather Precipitation chart can show the present position of a hurricane a tropical storm or a tropical depression A red line stemming from a hurricane icon indic...

Page 39: ...cipitation Isobars packed closely together show a strong pressure gradient Strong pressure gradients are associated with areas of stronger winds Pressure units are shown in millibars mb inches of Merc...

Page 40: ...rtplotter as well as supported network IP based video cameras encoders and thermal cameras Select A V Gauges Controls Video Selecting a Video Source 1 From the video screen select Menu Source 2 Select...

Page 41: ...From a video screen touch the screen The video controls appear on the screen 2 Select an option To zoom in and out use the zoom button To pan or tilt the camera use the compass rose TIP Hold in the c...

Page 42: ...of the screen User Data Sharing Allows you to share waypoints and routes over the Garmin Marine Network All chartplotters that share waypoints and routes must have this setting turned on Menu Bar Disp...

Page 43: ...vigation and proceed to step 10 If the Auto Guidance line is too close to known obstacles select Settings Preferences Navigation Auto Guidance Shoreline Distance Farthest If the turns in the Auto Guid...

Page 44: ...n enter a keel offset to compensate 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 location Enter a positive...

Page 45: ...e name of your chartplotter wireless network Setting Up the Wi Fi Wireless Network 3 Enter the network password Changing the Wireless Channel You can change the wireless channel if you have trouble fi...

Page 46: ...elect Info User Data Data Transfer Replace from Card Saving System Information to a Memory Card You can save system information to a memory card as a troubleshooting tool A product support representat...

Page 47: ...oint location to transfer and share data from one device to the next If you have manually entered a waypoint using coordinates and the location of the point does not appear where the point should be t...

Page 48: ...FTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT PLEASE READ THIS AGREEMENT CAREFULLY Garmin Ltd and its subsidiaries Garmin grant you a limited license to use the software embedded in this device the Software in binary exec...

Page 49: ...ngine gauges 28 configuring 28 status alarms 28 EPIRB 6 event log 36 F factory settings 39 stations 2 favorites 2 Fish Eye 3D sonar cone 7 suspended targets 7 tracks 7 fishing chart 3 34 boundary line...

Page 50: ...18 gain 16 interference 19 measuring distances 16 noise 16 17 Panoptix 15 16 18 19 recording 20 scroll speed 18 sharing 16 SideV 15 source 16 surface noise 19 suspended targets 19 views 14 16 waypoin...

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