Garmin GPSMAP 546/546s Owner's Manual - Page 19

Changing the Chart Appearance, Weather, Orientation, North Up, Head Up, Course Up, Detail

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Weather-sets up and displays various weather parameters, including precipitation (NEXRAD), cloud cover, visibility, WX buoys, and the weather legend. Sea temperature and fish species can be displayed on the Fishing chart (page 19). The Weather feature is only available if the chartplotter is connected to a weather module and you have an XM subscription. See page 68 for additional information. Note: If Weather is set to Off, none of the weather options will be visible on the chart. Using Charts Changing the Chart Appearance From the Home screen, select Charts > Navigation Chart > MENU > Chart Setup > Chart Appearance. Orientation-changes the perspective of the map display. • North Up-sets the top of the map display to a north heading. • Head Up-sets the map display to the current track heading. • Course Up-sets the map so the direction of navigation is always up. The heading line appears vertically if shown. Detail-adjusts the amount of detail shown on the map at different zoom levels. Wind direction indicator Compass rose Press left on the Rocker to decrease map detail. Press right on the Rocker to increase map detail. GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner's Manual 13

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GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner’s Manual
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Using Charts
Weather
—sets up and displays various weather parameters,
including precipitation (NEXRAD), cloud cover, visibility, WX
buoys, and the weather legend. Sea temperature and fish species can
be displayed on the Fishing chart (
page 19
).
The
Weather
feature is only available if the chartplotter is
connected to a weather module and you have an XM subscription.
See
page 68
for additional information.
NOTE:
If
Weather
is set to
Off
, none of the weather options will
be visible on the chart.
Wind direction
indicator
Compass rose
Changing the Chart Appearance
From the Home screen, select
Charts
>
Navigation Chart
>
MENU
>
Chart Setup
>
Chart
Appearance
.
Orientation
—changes the perspective of the map display.
North Up
—sets the top of the map display to a north heading.
Head Up
—sets the map display to the current track heading.
Course Up
—sets the map so the direction of navigation is
always up. The heading line appears vertically if shown.
Detail
—adjusts the amount of detail shown on the map at different
zoom levels.
Press right on
the
Rocker
to
increase map
detail.
Press left on
the
Rocker
to
decrease map
detail.
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