Garmin GPSMAP 740/740s Owner's Manual - Page 4

Introduction Table of Contents Introduction i Tips and Shortcuts i Manual Conventions i Getting Started 1 Front and Back Panels 1 Turning On the Chartplotter 1 Turning Off the Chartplotter 1 Initial Chartplotter Settings 2 GPS Satellite Signal Acquisition 2 Adjusting the Backlight 2 Adjusting the Color Mode 2 Inserting and Removing Data and Memory Cards 2 Viewing System Information 3 About the Home Screen 3 Charts and 3D Chart Views 4 Navigation Chart 4 Automatic Identification System 12 Perspective 3D 15 BlueChart g2 Vision 16 Mariner's Eye 3D 17 Fish Eye 3D 18 Fishing Chart 19 Showing Satellite Imagery on the Navigation Chart 19 Viewing Aerial Photos of Landmarks 20 Animated Tide and Current Indicators 21 Detailed Road and Point of Interest Data........21 Auto Guidance 21 Combinations 22 About the Combination Screen 22 Combination Screen Configuration 22 Navigation 25 Basic Navigation Questions 25 Navigation with a Chartplotter 25 Waypoints 26 Routes 28 Tracks 30 Navigating with a Garmin Autopilot 32 Where To 33 Marine Services Destinations 33 Almanac, On-boat, and Environmental Data 36 Almanac Data 36 On-boat Data 38 Environmental Data 41 Device Configuration 44 Basic Device Configuration Questions 44 Simulator Mode 44 Turning the Chartplotter On Automatically.......44 Display Configuration 45 Navigation Preferences 45 Information about Your Boat 50 Alarms 51 Chartplotter Data Management 52 Radar 54 Transmitting Radar Signals 54 Adjusting the Zoom Scale on the Radar Screen 54 Radar Display Modes 55 Waypoints and Routes on the Radar Screen...60 About the Radar Overlay 61 Optimizing the Radar Display 62 Radar Display Appearance 66 Radar Overlay Display Appearance 69 Sonar 71 Sonar Views 71 Depth Log 73 Transducer Temperature Log 73 Waypoints on the Sonar Screen 74 Sonar Display Appearance 74 Sonar Alarms 77 Transducer Configuration 78 Digital Selective Calling 79 Chartplotter and VHF Radio Functionality.......79 Turning On DSC 79 About the DSC List 79 Incoming Distress Calls 80 Man-Overboard Distress Calls Initiated from a VHF Radio 80 Man-Overboard Distress Calls Initiated from the Chartplotter 80 Position Tracking 81 Individual Routine Calls 83 Making an Individual Routine Call to an AIS Target 83 Appendix 84 Specifications 84 Calibrating the Touchscreen 84 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