8
Save the file to your memory card.
TIP:
If you cannot find the file, look in the "Downloads"
folder. The browser may have saved the file there.
9
Remove the memory card from your computer.
10
Insert the memory card into the card slot (
).
The chartplotter automatically recognizes the contours
maps. The chartplotter may take a few minutes to load
the maps.
Garmin Quickdraw Contours Settings
From a chart, select
Options
>
Quickdraw Contours
>
Settings
.
Recording Offset
: Sets the distance between the sonar
depth and the contour recording depth. If the water
level has changed since your last recording, adjust this
setting so the recording depth is the same for both
recordings.
For example, if the last time you recorded had a sonar
depth of 3.1 m (10.5 ft.), and today's sonar depth is
3.6 m (12 ft.), enter -0.5 m (-1.5 ft.) for the a Recording
Offset value.
User Display Offset
: Sets differences in contour depths
and depth labels on your own contours maps to
compensate for changes in the water level of a body
of water, or for depth errors in recorded maps.
Comm. Display Offset
: Sets differences in contour
depths and depth labels on the community contours
maps to compensate for changes in the water level of a
body of water, or for depth errors in recorded maps.
Survey Coloring
: Sets the color of the Garmin Quickdraw
Contours display. When this setting is turned on, the
colors indicate the quality of the recording. When this
setting is turned off, the contour areas use standard
map colors.
Green indicates good depth and GPS position, and a
speed under 16 km/h (10 mph). Yellow indicates good
depth and GPS position, and a speed between 16 and
32 km/h (10 and 20 mph). Red indicates poor depth or
GPS position, and a speed above 32 km/h (20 mph).
Depth Shading
: Specifies the minimum and maximum
depths of a depth range and a color for that depth
range.
Navigation with a Chartplotter
WARNING
All route and navigation lines displayed on the chartplotter
are only intended to provide general route guidance
or to identify proper channels, and are not intended
to be precisely followed. Always defer to the navaids
and conditions on the water when navigating to avoid
groundings or hazards that could result in vessel damage,
personal injury, or death.
The Auto Guidance feature is based on electronic chart
information. That data does not ensure obstacle and
bottom clearance. Carefully compare the course to all
visual sightings, and avoid any land, shallow water, or
other obstacles that may be in your path.
When using Go To, a direct course and a corrected
course may pass over land or shallow water. Use visual
sightings, and steer to avoid land, shallow water, and
other dangerous objects.
CAUTION
If your vessel has an autopilot system, a dedicated
autopilot control display must be installed at each steering
helm in order to disable the autopilot system.
NOTE:
Some chart views are available with premium
charts, in some areas.
To navigate, you must choose a destination, set a course
or create a route, and follow the course or route. You can
follow the course or the route on the Navigation chart,
Fishing chart, Perspective 3D chart view, or Mariner’s Eye
3D chart view.
You can set and follow a course to a destination using one
of three methods: Go To, Route To, or Auto Guidance.
Go To
: Takes you directly to the destination. This is the
standard option for navigating to a destination. The
chartplotter creates a straight-line course or navigation
line to the destination. The path may run over land and
other obstacles.
Route To
: Creates a route from your location to a
destination, allowing you to add turns along the way.
This option provides a straight-line course to the
destination, but allows you to add turns into the route
to avoid land and other obstacles.
Auto Guidance
: Uses the specified information about
your vessel and chart data to determine the best path
to your destination. This option is available only when
using a compatible premium chart in a compatible
chartplotter. It provides a turn-by-turn navigation path to
the destination, avoiding land and other obstacles (
).
When you are using a compatible autopilot connected
to the chartplotter using NMEA 2000, the autopilot
follows the Auto Guidance route.
NOTE:
Auto Guidance is available with premium
charts, in some areas.
The color of the route line changes depending upon
several factors (
).
Navigation with a Chartplotter
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