Garmin GPSMAP 741xs Owner's Manual - Page 56

Setting Alarms, To label tanks as names, To set an alarm, Setting Navigation Alarms

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Configuring the Chartplotter To label tanks as names: 1. From the Home screen, select Configure > Communications > NMEA 2000 Setup > Label Devices > Change Tank Labels. 2. Select the type of tank you want to label. 3. Select Choose Names. 4. Select a tank. 3. Select the location of the tank: Port (P), Center (C), Starboard (S), Fore (F), or Aft (A). 4. Select the label you want to use for the tank. Setting Alarms You can set the unit to sound an audible alarm when certain conditions are met. By default, all alarms are turned off. To set an alarm: 1. From the Home screen, select Configure > Alarms. 2. Select an alarm category. 3. Select an alarm. 4. Select On to turn on the alarm. 5. Specify alarm information. Setting Navigation Alarms To set a navigation alarm from the Home screen, select Configure > Alarms > Navigation. Arrival-set an alarm to sound when you are within a specified distance or time from a turn or a destination waypoint. • Type-select whether you want arrival alarms to sound only when nearing destinations or when nearing either turns or destinations. Select Off to disable arrival alarms. • Activation-select whether the arrival alarm triggers on time to arrival or distance to arrival. • Change Time/Change Distance-if you have Activation set to Time, select Change Time to set the number of minutes before arrival that the alarm should sound. If you have Activation set to Distance, select Change Distance to set the distance before arrival that the alarm should sound. Use the Rocker to change the time or distance. Anchor Drag-set an alarm to sound when you exceed a specified drift distance. Off Course-set an alarm to sound when you are off course by a specified distance. Setting System Alarms To set a system alarm from the Home screen, select Configure > Alarms > System. Clock-set an alarm using the system (GPS) clock. The unit must be on for the clock alarm to work. Battery-set an alarm to sound when the battery reaches a specified low voltage. GPS Accuracy-set an alarm to sound when the GPS location accuracy falls outside the specified value. 50 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner's Manual

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Configuring the Chartplotter
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GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner’s Manual
To label tanks as names:
1. From the Home screen, select
Configure
>
Communications
>
NMEA
2000 Setup
>
LaBel devices
>
Change Tank LaBels
.
2. Select the type of tank you want to label.
3. Select
Choose Names
.
4. Select a tank.
3. Select the location of the tank:
Port (P)
,
Center (C)
,
StarBoarD (S)
,
fore
(f)
, or
AFt (A)
.
4.
Select the label you want to use for the tank.
Setting Alarms
You can set the unit to sound an audible alarm when certain conditions are met.
By default, all alarms are turned off.
To set an alarm:
1. From the Home screen, select
Configure
>
Alarms
.
2. Select an alarm category.
3. Select an alarm.
4. Select
On
to turn on the alarm.
5. Specify alarm information.
Setting Navigation Alarms
To set a navigation alarm from the Home screen, select
Configure
>
Alarms
>
Navigation
.
Arrival
—set an alarm to sound when you are within a specified distance or
time from a turn or a destination waypoint.
TYpe
—select whether you want arrival alarms to sound only when nearing
destinations or when nearing either turns or destinations. Select
OFF
to
disable arrival alarms.
Activation
—select whether the arrival alarm triggers on time to arrival or
distance to arrival.
Change Time/Change distance
—if you have Activation set to Time,
select
Change Time
to set the number of minutes before arrival that the
alarm should sound. If you have Activation set to Distance, select
Change
distance
to set the distance before arrival that the alarm should sound. Use
the
Rocker
to change the time or distance.
Anchor drag
—set an alarm to sound when you exceed a specified drift
distance.
OFF Course
—set an alarm to sound when you are off course by a specified
distance.
Setting System Alarms
To set a system alarm from the Home screen, select
Configure
>
Alarms
>
SYstem
.
Clock
—set an alarm using the system (GPS) clock. The unit must be on for
the clock alarm to work.
batterY
—set an alarm to sound when the battery reaches a specified low
voltage.
GPS AccuracY
—set an alarm to sound when the GPS location accuracy falls
outside the specified value.