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    GPSMAP® 700 series owner's manual
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    the express prior written consent of Garmin. Garmin hereby grants permission to download a single copy of this manual onto a hard drive or other electronic this and other Garmin products. Garmin®, the Garmin logo, GPSMAP®, BlueChart®, g2 Vision®, and MapSource® are trademarks of Garmin Ltd. or its
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    guide in the product box for product warnings and other important information. This manual includes information for the following products: • GPSMAP® 720/720s • GPSMAP 740/740s • GPSMAP or off. Manual Conventions In this manual, when you are instructed to select an GPSMAP 700 Series Owner's Manual i
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    Screenshots 85 Viewing GPS Satellite Locations 85 Using WAAS/EGNOS 85 System Information 85 NMEA 0183 and NMEA 2000 86 Registering Your Device 89 Contacting Garmin Product Support 89 Declaration of Conformity 89 Software License Agreement 89 Index 90 ii GPSMAP 700 Series Owner's Manual
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    Automatic backlight sensor ➌ SD card slot ➊ ➌ GPSMAP 700 Series Back View ➊ NMEA 2000 connector ➋ Power/data connector ➌ Radar Port ➍ External GPS antenna connector Turning On the Chartplotter Press and release . Turning Off the Chartplotter Press and hold . GPSMAP 700 Series Owner's Manual ➋ ➍ 1
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    can insert blank SD memory cards to transfer data such as waypoints, routes, and tracks to another compatible Garmin chartplotter or a computer (page 52). The SD card slot is located on the front of the chartplotter slot again and release it to eject the card. ➊ 2 GPSMAP 700 Series Owner's Manual
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    Vision SD card or a BlueChart g2 SD card, or if your built-in map supports Fishing charts. • Sonar-sets up and provides sonar information (only available with an "S" series unit, such as a GPSMAP 720s) (page 71). • Combinations-sets up a split screen displaying chart/chart, chart/sonar, chart/radar
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    g2 SD card, or if your built-in map supports Fishing charts. • Navigation Chart-shows navigation data available ➐ Navigation Chart with BlueChart g2 Vision Data ➊ Light ➋ Marina services ➌ Your boat ➍ Submerged wreck ➎ Buoy ➏ Exposed wreck ➐ under 4 GPSMAP 700 Series Owner's Manual
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    Description Marine services Tide station BlueChart g2 SD card, or if your built-in map supports Fishing charts. 1. From the Home screen, select Charts. turns (page 28). • Select Guide To to use Auto Guidance (page 21). 6. Review the course indicated by the magenta GPSMAP 700 Series Owner's Manual 5
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    Select Review to view details of objects in the vicinity of the cursor. (Review does 38), chart notes, or local services information near the cursor. • Select supports Fishing charts. 1. From the Home screen, select Charts. 2. Select a chart or a 3D chart view. 6 GPSMAP 700 Series Owner's Manual
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    SD card or a BlueChart g2 SD card, or if your built-in map supports Fishing charts. 1. From the Home screen, select Charts. 2. Select Navigation Chart ➌. • Select Review if more than one item is in the vicinity, and select the button with the station name. ➌ ➋ ➊ GPSMAP 700 Series Owner's Manual 7
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    card or a BlueChart g2 SD card, or if your built-in map supports Fishing charts. 1. From the Home screen, select Charts. 2. Select Navigation as Beacon or Light. 4. Select the name of the navaid (or Review and then the name of the navaid) or to view details about 8 GPSMAP 700 Series Owner's Manual
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    or a BlueChart g2 SD card, or if your built-in map supports Fishing charts. The basic world map is available on all GPSMAP 700 series chartplotters. 1. From the Home screen, select Charts. 2. Select Navigation reach the end of the heading line, and select Done. GPSMAP 700 Series Owner's Manual 9
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    Home screen, select Charts. 2. Select Navigation Chart or Fishing Chart. 3. Select Menu. 4. Select Navigation Chart Setup or Fishing Chart Setup. 5. Select Chart Appearance > Symbols. 10 GPSMAP 700 Series Owner's Manual
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    the Navigation chart and Fishing chart. Showing Marine Service Points Service points indicate locations where marine maintenance and repair services may be obtained. From the Home screen, . 6. Select a type of rose (Compass, True Wind, or Apparent Wind). ➋ ➊ GPSMAP 700 Series Owner's Manual 11
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    that are actively transmitting AIS information. The information reported for each vessel includes the Maritime Mobile Service Identity (MMSI), the location, the GPS speed, the GPS heading, the time that from the vessel is lost, a message banner appears. 12 GPSMAP 700 Series Owner's Manual
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    views is disabled. This includes AIS vessel targeting and tracking, collision alarms that result from AIS vessel targeting and tracking, and information about AIS vessels. GPSMAP 700 Series Owner's Manual 13
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    you use a BlueChart g2 Vision SD card or a BlueChart g2 SD card, or if your built-in map supports Fishing charts. 1. From the Home screen, select Charts. 2. Select Navigation Chart, Fishing Chart, Perspective 3D, from 150 m to 3.0 km, or from 500 ft. to 2.0 mi.). 14 GPSMAP 700 Series Owner's Manual
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    use a BlueChart g2 Vision SD card or a BlueChart g2 SD card, or if your built-in map supports Fishing charts. 1. From the Home screen, select Charts. 2. Select Navigation Chart, Fishing Chart, Perspective Vision data card. 1. From the Home screen, select Charts. GPSMAP 700 Series Owner's Manual 15
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    card to your computer for backup or viewing purposes. You can use the data card only on BlueChart g2 Vision-compatible Garmin GPS units or Garmin HomePort™. You can insert or remove a BlueChart g2 Vision data card (page 2) while your chartplotter is on or off. 16 GPSMAP 700 Series Owner's Manual
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    shallow water. • Select Off to view the land as seen from the water. Mariner's Eye 3D, Hazard Colors Off Mariner's Eye 3D, Hazard Colors On GPSMAP 700 Series Owner's Manual 17
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    Fish Eye 3D provides an underwater view of the sea floor or lake bottom. When a sonar transducer is connected, suspended targets (such as fish) are indicated by red, green, and yellow spheres. > Fish Eye 3D > Menu > View. 2. Select Fore, Aft, Port, or Starboard. 18 GPSMAP 700 Series Owner's Manual
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    Showing a Sonar Cone on the Chart You can show a cone that indicates the area covered by your transducer. From the Home screen, select Charts > Fish Eye 3D > Menu > Sonar Cone > On. select Charts > Navigation Chart > Menu > Navigation Chart Setup > Photos. GPSMAP 700 Series Owner's Manual 19
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    with a cone ( ) indicates a perspective photo. The photo was taken from the location of the camera, pointed in the direction of the cone. 3. Select Review > Aerial Photo. Note: Select and to zoom out and zoom in while viewing the aerial photo on the full screen. 20 GPSMAP 700 Series Owner's Manual
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    best path to a destination, based on available BlueChart g2 Vision chart information. Auto Guidance is available when you navigate to a destination using Guide To (page 26). Configuring Auto Guidance Settings See "Auto Guidance Line Configurations" (page 45). GPSMAP 700 Series Owner's Manual 21
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    can be configured separately. Several combination screen data overlays are available. You can select the data fields ➋ to be shown within each data overlay. ➋ ➊ 22 GPSMAP 700 Series Owner's Manual
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    to show next-turn data based on time. • Select Destination, and select Distance, Time to Destination, or Arrival to indicate how the destination data appears. GPSMAP 700 Series Owner's Manual 23
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    1. From the Full-screen view, select Stop Pointing to remove the pointer from the screen. 2. Select Stop Panning to return to the Combination screen. 24 GPSMAP 700 Series Owner's Manual
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    guide map supports Fishing Services to view a list of marinas and other offshore points of interest, listed by name (page 33). • Select Search by Name to search waypoints, routes, tracks, and offshore points of interest by name (page 33). 3. Select a destination. GPSMAP 700 Series Owner's Manual
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    Select a destination using a chart or Where To? (page 25). 2. Select Navigate To > Guide To. 3. Review the course indicated by the magenta Auto Guidance line. Note: A gray line within any part of screen, select Charts. 2. Select Navigation Chart or Fishing Chart. 26 GPSMAP 700 Series Owner's Manual
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    move the waypoint while viewing a chart, touch a new location on the chart, and select Move Waypoint. • Select Enter Coordinates, move the waypoint, and select Done. GPSMAP 700 Series Owner's Manual 27
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    BlueChart g2 Vision SD card or a BlueChart g2 SD card, or if your built-in map supports Fishing charts. 1. From the Home screen, select Charts. 2. Select Navigation Chart or Fishing Chart. to make the last turn toward your destination ➌. 6. Select Add Turn. ➌ ➋ 28 GPSMAP 700 Series Owner's Manual
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    be the turn that is closest to your boat. 8. Select Done when the route is complete. 9. Review the course indicated by the magenta line. 10. Follow the magenta line, steering to avoid land, Select Edit Turns > Use Turn List, and select a waypoint from the list. GPSMAP 700 Series Owner's Manual 29
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    you want to be the next turn in the route. 6. Select Navigate To > Route To. 7. Review the course indicated by the magenta line. 8. Follow the magenta line, steering to avoid land, shallow water Tracks > On. A trailing line ➊ on the chart indicates your track. ➊ 30 GPSMAP 700 Series Owner's Manual
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    • Select the time the active track began or Midnight, if shown. • Select Entire Log. 3. Review the course indicated by the colored line. 4. Follow the colored line, steering to avoid land, shallow memory is cleared, and the active track continues to be recorded. GPSMAP 700 Series Owner's Manual 31
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    Autopilot When you start navigation (Go To, Route To, or Guide To), if you are connected through a National Marine Electronics Association (NMEA) 2000 network to a compatible Garmin autopilot (such as the GHP™ 10), you are prompted to engage the autopilot. 32 GPSMAP 700 Series Owner's Manual
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    Home screen, select Where To? > Offshore Services. 2. Select the marine service category to which you want to navigate. Select Go To. • Select Route To. • Select Guide To to use Auto Guidance. 5. Review the course indicated by the magenta line. Note: When GPSMAP 700 Series Owner's Manual 33
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    for saved waypoints, saved routes, saved tracks, and marine services destinations by name. 1. From the Home screen, select Where Select Go To. • Select Route To. • Select Guide To to use Auto Guidance. 5. Review the course indicated by the magenta line. Note: When 34 GPSMAP 700 Series Owner's Manual
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    the track was created. • Select Backward to navigate the track from the destination point used when the track was created. 5. Review the course indicated by the colored line. 6. Follow the colored line, steering to avoid land, shallow water, and other obstacles. GPSMAP 700 Series Owner's Manual 35
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    for a Different Date 1. From the Home screen, select Information > Tides > Nearby Stations. 2. Select a station. 3. Complete an action: • Select Change Date > Manual to view tide information for a different date, enter the date, and select Done. • Select Next Day to view tide information for the day
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    Currents > Nearby Stations. 2. Select a station. 3. Complete an action: • Select Change Date > Manual to view tide information for a different date, enter a date, and select Done. • Select Show Select or to change the time in 4- to 5-minute intervals. GPSMAP 700 Series Owner's Manual 37
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    select Information > Celestial. 2. Complete an action: • Select Change Date > Manual to view information for a different date. Enter a date. Select Done. • engine data to view engine gauges. See the GPSMAP 700 Series Installation Instructions for details. From the Home screen, select Information
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    engines for which information appears in the gauges. Selecting the Engines Shown in Gauges You must manually select the number of engines shown in the engine gauges (page 39) before you can select second, third, and fourth engine bar, as needed. 5. Select Back. GPSMAP 700 Series Owner's Manual 39
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    view fuel information, your chartplotter must be connected to an external fuel sensor, such as the Garmin GFS™ 10. From the Home screen, select Information > Dashboard Gauges > Engine. Configuring Fuel Home screen, select Information > Dashboard Gauges > Trip. 40 GPSMAP 700 Series Owner's Manual
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    should be set to Auto (page 42). 1. From the Home screen, select Information > Dashboard Gauges > Wind > Menu. 2. Select Show True Wind or Show Apparent Wind. GPSMAP 700 Series Owner's Manual 41
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    hauled wind gauge appears. • Select Change Downwind Scale. Set the maximum and minimum values that appear when the downwind close hauled wind gauge appears. 42 GPSMAP 700 Series Owner's Manual
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    calculate the barometer trend. The trend is indicated in the barometer field. From the Home screen, select Information > Dashboard Gauges > Environment > Menu > Pressure Ref. Time. GPSMAP 700 Series Owner's Manual 43
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    a memory card? How do I erase all waypoints, route, and tracks? How do I check the software version and the map version on the chartplotter? See "Setting the Color of the Active Track" (page 31). See "Clearing the may have to press to restart the chartplotter. 44 GPSMAP 700 Series Owner's Manual
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    can set the parameters the chartplotter uses when calculating an Auto Guidance line. Note: Auto Guidance is available with a preprogrammed BlueChart g2 Vision data card. GPSMAP 700 Series Owner's Manual 45
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    Select a destination that you have navigated to previously. 5. Select Navigate To > Guide To. 6. Review the placement of the Auto Guidance line. Determine whether the line safely avoids known selected in step 3 requires navigation through a narrow waterway. 46 GPSMAP 700 Series Owner's Manual
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    Distance > Nearest. 10. If you selected Farthest or Nearest in step 9, review the placement of the Auto Guidance line. Determine whether the line safely avoids known Time Zone to set the time zone manually, enter the time zone hour adjustment, and select Done. GPSMAP 700 Series Owner's Manual 47
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    System of Measurement You must be receiving NMEA Sonar depth data or using an "S" series chartplotter (such as a GPSMAP 720s) with a built-in sounder to view depth and temperature information. You can select tape can be shown or hidden in each overlay. 48 GPSMAP 700 Series Owner's Manual
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    that shows the bearing to the desired course appears while navigating. 1. From the Home screen, select Charts. 2. Select a chart or a 3D chart view. 3. Select Menu. GPSMAP 700 Series Owner's Manual 49
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    a speed-sensing transducer, you can calibrate that speed-sensing device. 1. From the Home screen, select Configure > My Boat > Calibrate Water Speed. 2. Follow the on-screen instructions. NOTE: If you continue to get the message, contact Garmin Product Support. 50 GPSMAP 700 Series Owner's Manual
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    . The chartplotter must be on for the alarms to work. NOTE: See the GPSMAP 700 Series XM WX Satellite Weather® and XM Satellite Radio Supplement (North America only) for System > Unit Voltage > On. 2. Enter the voltage that triggers the alarm. 3. Select Done. GPSMAP 700 Series Owner's Manual 51
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    Check the MapSource version on your computer by clicking Help > About MapSource. If the software version is older than 6.12.2, update to the current version by clicking Help > Check for Software Updates. 1. Complete from the list if multiple files are listed. 52 GPSMAP 700 Series Owner's Manual
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    Copy a backup file from the computer to the memory card, into a folder named Garmin\UserData. 3. Insert the memory card into the SD card slot on the chartplotter. 4. From the Home screen, select Information > User Data > Data Transfer > Card > Replace From Card. GPSMAP 700 Series Owner's Manual 53
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    parts of the body. When you connect your chartplotter to an optional Garmin marine radar such as a GMR™ 404/406 or a GMR 18/ chartplotter off, connect your radar as described in the radar installation instructions. 2. Turn on the chartplotter. The radar warms up and GPSMAP 700 Series Owner's Manual
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    , and the range rings ➊ provide distance measurements. The distance between rings ➋ and the radar range ➌ are shown on the bottom of the screen. ➊ ➋ ➌ Cruising Mode GPSMAP 700 Series Owner's Manual 55
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    , the radar switches to full-time transmission and disables all guard zones. Showing Offshore Mode From the Home screen, select Radar > Offshore. Offshore Mode 56 GPSMAP 700 Series Owner's Manual
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    and sounds an alarm when a radar object enters this zone. Sentry mode works with all Garmin GMR model radars. Showing Sentry Mode From the Home screen, select Radar > Sentry. Enabling and drag the location of the outer guard-zone corner ( ). 3. Select Corner 2. GPSMAP 700 Series Owner's Manual 57
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    a list of AIS threats. 1. From the Home screen, select Radar. 2. Select Cruising, Harbor, Offshore, Sentry, or Radar Overlay. 3. Select Menu > Other Vessels > AIS List. 58 GPSMAP 700 Series Owner's Manual
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    /EBL. 4. Touch the target location. The range and the bearing to the target location appear in the upper-left corner of the screen. 5. Select Done. GPSMAP 700 Series Owner's Manual 59
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    was created. • Select Backward to navigate the route from the destination point used when the route was created. 5. From the Home screen, select Radar. 60 GPSMAP 700 Series Owner's Manual
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    route appears as a magenta line, with the starting point, the destination, and turns indicated. 7. Review the course indicated by the magenta line. 8. Follow the magenta line along each leg in the route change automatically. Radar Overlay on the Navigation Chart GPSMAP 700 Series Owner's Manual 61
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    information about longer-range targets can also decrease the amount of space available on the Radar screen for viewing information about shorter-range targets. 62 GPSMAP 700 Series Owner's Manual
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    Radar Overlay is set to 40% automatically. Default Gain and Clutter Settings Setting Default Value Instructions Gain Auto See "Automatically Adjusting Gain on the Radar Screen" (page 63). Sea Clutter gain automatically in response to changing conditions. GPSMAP 700 Series Owner's Manual 63
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    Data on the Radar screen is refreshed every few seconds. As a result, the effects of manually adjusting the gain may not appear instantly. Adjust the gain slowly. 5. Select Down to Select a setting that reflects present sea conditions: Rough, Medium, or Calm. 64 GPSMAP 700 Series Owner's Manual
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    or to the Radar Overlay (page 63). 1. From the Home screen, select Radar. 2. Select Cruising, Harbor, Offshore, or Sentry mode. 3. Select Menu > Noise Rejection > FTC. GPSMAP 700 Series Owner's Manual 65
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    the Home screen, select Radar. 2. Select Cruising, Harbor, Offshore, or Sentry mode. 3. Select Menu > Radar Setup > Overlay Numbers. 4. Select or to select a data overlay. 66 GPSMAP 700 Series Owner's Manual
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    magnetic heading. The heading line appears vertically on the screen. • Select Course Up to set the radar so the direction of navigation is always up. GPSMAP 700 Series Owner's Manual 67
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    Showing Navigation Lines on the Radar Screen The navigation lines indicate the course you have set using Route To, Guide To, or Go To. This setting does not apply to the Radar Overlay. From the Home screen, drag the cursor to adjust the port no-transmit angle. 68 GPSMAP 700 Series Owner's Manual
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    -activated vessels, and select Done. • Select Trails to show the tracks of AIS vessels, and select the length of the track that appears using a trail. GPSMAP 700 Series Owner's Manual 69
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    the heading line. • Select Time > Change Time, and enter the amount of time until you reach the end of the heading line. 3. Select Done. 70 GPSMAP 700 Series Owner's Manual
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    When connected to a transducer, the following 700 series models can be used as fishfinders: • GPSMAP 720s • GPSMAP 740s • GPSMAP 750s Sonar Views The sonar data at four-times magnification. • Select Manual Zoom to set the depth range of the magnified area manually. Select View Up or View Down to set
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    sonar data. Note: The split-frequency sonar view requires the use of a dual-frequency transducer. From the Home screen, select Sonar > Split Frequency. Split-frequency Sonar View Changing from . 3. Select Menu > Change Sonar. 4. Select a different sonar view. 72 GPSMAP 700 Series Owner's Manual
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    Log. Setting the Temperature Log Range and Time Scales You can indicate the amount of time and the range of temperatures that appear in the transducer temperature log. 1. From the Home screen, select Sonar > Temp Log. 2. Select Menu. GPSMAP 700 Series Owner's Manual 73
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    Complete an action: • Select Ultrascroll™, Fast, Medium, or Slow to set the scroll speed manually. • Select Auto to have the scroll speed automatically adjust to the water speed of your boat, if you are using a water-speed sensor or a speed-capable transducer. 74 GPSMAP 700 Series Owner's Manual
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    water, because the sonar signal takes longer to travel to the water bottom and back to the transducer. The 1/1 setting draws one column of information on the screen per sounder return. The 2/1 to show suspended targets as symbols with target depth information. GPSMAP 700 Series Owner's Manual 75
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    Down. Selecting Frequencies You can indicate which frequencies appear on the sonar screen when using a dual frequency transducer. You can show data from a 200 kHz sonar signal, data from a 50 kHz sonar signal, or both 200 kHz and 50 kHz data on a split screen. 76 GPSMAP 700 Series Owner's Manual
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    7. Select Done. Setting the Water Temperature Alarm You can set an alarm to sound when the transducer reports a temperature that is 2°F (1.1°C) above or below the specified temperature. 1. From the Home . • Select to sound an alarm for large fish only. GPSMAP 700 Series Owner's Manual 77
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    a keel, making it possible to measure depth from the bottom of the keel instead of from the transducer location. Enter a positive number to offset for a keel. You can enter a negative number to 5. Enter the temperature offset calculated in step 3. 6. Select Done. 78 GPSMAP 700 Series Owner's Manual
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    page to initiate a man-overboard distress call (page 80). NMEA 2000 VHF Radio X X X Garmin NMEA Garmin NMEA 0183 VHF 2000 VHF Radio Radio X X supports DSC in order to view the DSC list. From the Home screen, select Information > Other Vessels > DSC List. GPSMAP 700 Series Owner's Manual 79
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    select Information > Other Vessels > DSC List > Add Contact. 2. Enter the Maritime Mobile Service Identity (MMSI) of the vessel. 3. Select Done. 4. Enter the name of the see your Garmin VHF Radio Owner's Manual. You can mark an MOB and navigate to it (page 27). 80 GPSMAP 700 Series Owner's Manual
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    Digital Selective Calling Position Tracking When you connect your Garmin chartplotter to a VHF radio using NMEA 0183, you can track vessels that screen, select Information > Other Vessels > DSC List. 2. Select a position-report call. 3. Select Clear Report. GPSMAP 700 Series Owner's Manual 81
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    or if your built-in map supports Fishing charts. 1. From the Home screen, select Charts. 2. Select Navigation Chart, Fishing Chart, Perspective 3D, or Mariner's Eye 3D. 3. Select Menu > Other Vessels > DSC List. 4. Select a vessel. 5. Select Edit > Trail > Show. 82 GPSMAP 700 Series Owner's Manual
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    SD card, or if your built-in map supports Fishing charts. 1. From the Home screen, Review > Edit > Trail Line. 6. Select a color for the trail line. Individual Routine Calls When you connect your Garmin chartplotter to a Garmin Garmin VHF radio, select Call. GPSMAP 700 Series Owner's Manual 83
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    × H × D: 8 /29 32 × 5 /19 32 × 3 1/8 in. (226 × 142 × 80 mm) Weight 2.48 lb. (1.125 kg) Display W × H: 6 × 3 /19 32 in. (152 until the calibration screen appears. 3. Follow the instructions on the screen until "Calibration is complete" appears. 4. Touch OK. 84 GPSMAP 700 Series Owner's Manual
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    Product Support representative may ask you to use this information to retrieve data about the network. 1. Insert a memory card into the SD card slot on the chartplotter. 2. Select Configure > System > System Information > Save to Card. 3. Remove the memory card. GPSMAP 700 Series Owner's Manual 85
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    devices, see the GPSMAP 700 Series Installation Instructions. Approved NMEA 0183 Sentences GPAPB, GPBOD, GPBWC, GPGGA, GPGLL, GPGSA, GPGSV, GPRMB, GPRMC, GPRTE, GPVTG, GPWPL, GPXTE, and Garmin proprietary sentences­PGRME, PGRMM, and PGRMZ. This chartplotter also includes support for the WPL
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    you can better identify their location on the boat. To connect a GPSMAP 700 series chartplotter to an existing NMEA 2000 network and to see a list of supported NMEA 2000 PGN numbers, see the GPSMAP 700 Series Installation Instructions. Viewing a List of NMEA 2000 Network Devices You can view the
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    will perform this function. Only one chartplotter on the NMEA 2000 network can bridge NMEA 0183 data over the NMEA 2000 bus at a time. • • All GPSMAP 700 series units are NMEA 2000 certified. 88 GPSMAP 700 Series Owner's Manual
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    thereof or create any derivative works based on the Software. You agree not to export or re-export the Software to any country in violation of the export control laws of the United States of America or the export control laws of any other applicable country. GPSMAP 700 Series Owner's Manual 89
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    data 53 backlight 2 backlight sensor 1 back panel 1 barometer 43 basemap version 3 blend, photo map 20 90 BlueChart g2 Vision aerial photos 11 chart 25 digital selective calling channels 83 contacts 80 turning on 79 distress calls 80 DSC 79 E EBL measuring 59 showing GPSMAP 700 Series Owner's Manual
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    64 radar 63 radar type 63 side lobes 64 sonar 76 Garmin Product Support 89 gauges analog 39 digital 39 engine 38 limits 39 maximums 18 satellite imagery 17 marine services 11, 25, 33 measure distance 6 memory card 2, 53 MOB 27, 80 deleting 28 N naming engines GPSMAP 700 Series Owner's Manual 91
  • Garmin GPSMAP 720/720s | Owner's Manual - Page 96
    1 preferred data source 88 product registration 89 product support 89 projected course 13 projected heading 14 R radar AIS maximum 38 92 rated minimum 38 rear panel 1 registration 89 reset 86 Review 6 roses 11 rotating, 3D view 15 routes bypassing waypoint 30 copying GPSMAP 700 Series Owner's Manual
  • Garmin GPSMAP 720/720s | Owner's Manual - Page 97
    service software version 3 sonar a-scope 75 alarms 77 appearance 74 color scheme 76 cone 19 depth line 75 depth scale 77 frequencies 76 gain 76 overlay numbers 75 scroll speed 74 surface noise 75 suspended targets 75 views 71 whiteline 76 specifications 84 GPSMAP 700 Series Owner's Manual calls 80 DSC
  • Garmin GPSMAP 720/720s | Owner's Manual - Page 98
  • Garmin GPSMAP 720/720s | Owner's Manual - Page 99
  • Garmin GPSMAP 720/720s | Owner's Manual - Page 100
    For the latest free software updates (excluding map data) throughout the life of your Garmin products, visit the Garmin Web site at www.garmin.com. November 2010 © 2010 Garmin Ltd. or its subsidiaries Garmin International, Inc. 1200 East 151st Street, Olathe, Kansas 66062, USA Garmin (Europe) Ltd.
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GPSMAP
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700 series
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