Garmin GPSMAP 527 Owner's Manual - Page 12

Understanding the Home Screen, Check For SoFtware, UpDates, Charts, Sonar, Chart/Sonar, Where To? - w transducer

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Getting Started Note: If you use an SD card to transfer waypoints from MapSource® or HomePort™, update to the most-current version by clicking Help > Check for Software Updates, or check the Garmin Web site at www.garmin.com. Understanding the Home Screen Use the Home screen to access all other screens. Press HOME from any screen to return to the Home screen. • Charts-selects Navigation, Fishing, Perspective 3D, Mariner's Eye 3D, Fish Eye 3D, and Split Navigation charts. Note: Mariner's Eye 3D charts and Fish Eye 3D charts are available only if you use a BlueChart g2 Vision SD card. Fishing charts are available if you use a BlueChart g2 Vision SD card or if your built-in map supports Fishing charts. • Sonar-set up and access sonar information (page 57). Note: You must have an "s" series unit (such as a GPSMAP 526s) with a connected transducer to use sonar features. • Chart/Sonar-set up the screen to view a chart and sonar in a split screen (page 22). • Where To?-access navigation features (page 23). • Information-view information including dashboard options, tides, currents, celestial data, user data, and information about other vessels (page 31). • Configure-access unit and system settings (page 48). 6 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner's Manual

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GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner’s Manual
Getting Started
NOTE
: If you use an SD card to transfer waypoints from
MapSource
®
or HomePort
, update to the most-current version by
clicking
Help
>
Check For SoFtware
UpDates
, or check the Garmin
Web site at
www.garmin.com
.
Understanding the Home Screen
Use the Home screen to access all other screens. Press
HOME
from
any screen to return to the Home screen.
Charts
—selects Navigation, Fishing, Perspective 3D, Mariner’s
Eye 3D, Fish Eye 3D, and Split Navigation charts.
NOTE
: Mariner’s Eye 3D charts and Fish Eye 3D charts are
available only if you use a BlueChart g2 Vision SD card. Fishing
charts are available if you use a BlueChart g2 Vision SD card or
if your built-in map supports Fishing charts.
Sonar
—set up and access sonar information (
page 57
).
NOTE
: You must have an “s” series unit (such as a GPSMAP
526s) with a connected transducer to use sonar features.
Chart/Sonar
—set up the screen to view a chart and sonar in a
split screen (
page 22
).
Where To?
—access navigation features (
page 23
).
InFormation
—view information including dashboard options,
tides, currents, celestial data, user data, and information about
other vessels (
page 31
).
Configure
—access unit and system settings (
page 48
).