Garmin GPSMAP 541s Owner's Manual - Page 55

AIS Alarm, To customize safe-zone settings, Range, Time

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DSC-turn DSC (Digital Selective Calling) on or off. AIS Alarm-turn a safe zone around your boat on or off. This is used for collision avoidance, and the zone can be customized. To customize safe-zone settings: From the Home screen, select Configure > Other Vessels > AIS Alarm. • Range-change the measured radius of the safe-zone ring to a specified distance from 500 ft. to 2.0 nm (or from 150 m to 3.0 km, or from 500 ft. to 2.0 mi). • Time to (Safe Zone)-sounds an alarm if AIS determines that a target will intersect the safe zone within the defined time interval (from 1 to 24 minutes). • AIS Alarm-when On is selected, a message is displayed ("AIS: Dangerous Target") when a vessel enters the safe zone. When Off is selected, the message will not be displayed. GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner's Manual Configuring the Chartplotter 49

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GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner’s Manual
49
Configuring the Chartplotter
dSC
—turn DSC (Digital Selective Calling) on or off.
AIS Alarm
—turn a safe zone around your boat on or off. This is
used for collision avoidance, and the zone can be customized.
To customize safe-zone settings:
From the Home screen, select
Configure
>
Other Vessels
>
AIS
Alarm
.
Range
—change the measured radius of the safe-zone ring to
a specified distance from 500 ft. to 2.0 nm (or from 150 m to
3.0 km, or from 500 ft. to 2.0 mi).
Time to
(Safe Zone)—sounds an alarm if AIS determines that
a target will intersect the safe zone within the defined time
interval (from 1 to 24 minutes).
AIS Alarm
—when
On
is selected, a message is displayed
(“AIS: Dangerous Target”) when a vessel enters the safe
zone. When
Off
is selected, the message will not be
displayed.