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Main Menu
Setup Tab: Alarm
Use the Alarm screen to set alarms for approaching waypoints,
arrival at destination, off course, loss of differential corrections (or
WAAS), diminished position accuracy or to set an alarm clock.
Alarm
Next Turn—
provides an alarm message within the specifi ed time or distance of each route
waypoint or the ‘Goto’ destination waypoint.
Arrival— provides an alarm message within a set time or distance from your fi nal destination
waypoint. As you approach the destination waypoint, an ‘Arriving at Destination’ message occurs.
Off Course— provides a message when you deviate off course beyond the specifi ed distance.
Anchor Drag— provides an alarm message when your boat has drifted outside a specifi c range from a
point of origin.
Clock— provides a daily alarm at the time you specify. The GPSMAP 196 must be on at the specifi ed
time for the alarm to occur.
DGPS— used with WAAS or an RTCM-compatible differential device, provides an alert message if
differential GPS coverage is lost or not available.
Accuracy— provide an alarm if position accuracy degrades beyond the specifi ed limits. Use this alarm
to ensure a required level of position accuracy or to be alerted when satellite coverage deteriorates.
To set approach, arrival, off course, clock, DGPS or accuracy alarms:
1. From the ‘Setup’ tab, use the
ARROW KEYPAD
to select ‘Alarm’ at the top of the page.
2. Use the
ARROW KEYPAD
to select ‘Approach’, ‘Arrival’, ‘Off Course’, ‘Clock’, ‘DGPS’ or ‘Accuracy’
and press
ENTER
. A pop-up window will show the available settings.
3. For the DGPS alarm: Use the
ARROW KEYPAD
to select ‘Off’ or ‘On’ and press
ENTER
.
4. For the approach or arrival alarm: Use the
ARROW KEYPAD
to select ‘Off’, ‘Distance’ or ‘Time’
and press
ENTER
. If necessary, select the adjacent fi eld (in the right column), press
ENTER
, use the
ARROW KEYPAD
to enter the desired time or distance and press
ENTER
once all characters have
been entered. (Time is entered as hours:minutes:seconds.)
5. For the course deviation, clock and accuracy alarms: Use the
ARROW KEYPAD
to select ‘Off’ or
‘On’ and press
ENTER
. If necessary, select the adjacent fi eld (in the right column), press
ENTER
, use
the
ARROW KEYPAD
to enter the distance, alarm time or accuracy limit and press
ENTER
once all
characters have been entered.
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