Garmin GNX Wireless Sail Pack 52 Owners Manual - Page 5

Introduction WARNING See the Important Safety and Product Information guide in the product box for product warnings and other important information. Device Overview NOTE: Certain functions are available only when the appropriate sensors are connected to the device. The marine instrument allows you to view data sources from sensors through a NMEA® 0183 network. The instrument can also receive data from Nexus® instruments and sensors using a GND™ 10 device (sold separately). During the initial setup, you can select a preset profile, or you can create a custom profile. You can select a different profile at any time. POWERBOAT: This profile displays instruments useful when in a powerboat. Available default instruments include GPS speed information, GPS course information, depth, bearing to waypoint, distance to the next waypoint, and water temperature. SAIL CRUISE: This profile displays instruments useful when cruising in a sailboat. Available default instruments include true wind speed, GPS speed information, GPS course information, bearing to waypoint, distance to the next waypoint, true wind angle, and depth. SAIL RACE: This profile displays instruments useful when racing in a sailboat. Available default instruments include GPS speed information, true wind speed, true wind angle, heading, bearing to waypoint, and distance to the next waypoint. CUSTOM: This profile allows you to customize the page to display instruments useful to your specific boating needs. The default page displays speed over ground information. Selecting a Profile 1 Select > SETUP > PROFILES. 2 Select a profile. Restoring Profiles to their Default Settings You can restore profiles to their factory default settings. 1 Select > SETUP > PROFILES > RESET DEFAULTS. 2 Select CURRENT PROFILE or ALL PROFILES. Select to return to the previous menu or to the instrument page. Select to view the menu for an instrument page. or Select to scroll through instrument pages and menus. Select to view the display settings. Select twice to view the backlight settings. Hold to view the power-off settings. Using the Race Timer You can use the race timer to count down to a race, and then measure the duration of the race. You can add the race timer as a data field on a page. TIP: To quickly open the race timer screen, hold from a main page. 1 From a page with the race timer active, select > CONFIGURE DATA FIELDS > RACE TIMER SETTINGS. 2 Select an option: • When the device is in prerace mode and is stopped or running, select RESET, START, or SETUP. • When the device is in prerace mode and is running, sync the timer to the next minute up or the next minute down, or select STOP. • When the device is in race mode and the race timer is counting up, sync the timer back to 0:00, or select STOP. Profiles Profiles are collections of instrument pages that can be customized. Profiles can be made up of instrument pages that display similar data, such as GPS speed information and GPS course information. Instrument Pages Cycling Through Instrument Pages From the home page, select or . Using Auto Scroll You can use auto scroll to move through all of the instrument pages automatically. 1 Select . 2 Select SETUP > AUTO SCROLL. 3 Select the length of time the device displays each instrument page. NOTE: Setting the time to zero disables the auto scroll feature. Configuring the Data Fields Data provided on an instrument page can be shown in various ways depending upon the instrument page that is displayed. Select > CONFIGURE DATA FIELDS. Configuring Graph Data Fields Some instrument pages display graph data. You can configure the data that displays on the graphs. 1 From the instrument page, select > CONFIGURE DATA FIELDS > GRAPH SETTINGS. 2 Select an option: • To determine how long the graph data displays, select GRAPH DURATION. • To configure the scale of values displayed in the graph, select GRAPH SCALE. Introduction 1