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    Gpsmap ® 700 series owner’s manual.

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    All rights reserved. Except as expressly provided herein, no part of this manual may be reproduced, copied, transmitted, disseminated, downloaded or stored in any storage medium, for any purpose without the express prior written consent of garmin. Garmin hereby grants permission to download a single...

  • Page 3: Introduction

    Gpsmap 700 series owner’s manual i introduction introduction warning see the important safety and product information 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 • gp...

  • Page 4: Table of Contents

    Ii gpsmap 700 series owner’s manual introduction table of contents introduction ................................................ I tips and shortcuts .............................................. I manual conventions ........................................... I getting started .......................

  • Page 5: Getting Started

    Gpsmap 700 series owner’s manual 1 getting started getting started front and back panels ➊ ➋ ➌ gpsmap 700 series front view ➊ power key ➋ automatic backlight sensor ➌ sd card slot gpsmap 700 series back view ➊ ➌ ➋ ➍ ➊ nmea 2000 connector ➋ power/data connector ➌ radar port ➍ external gps antenna con...

  • Page 6: Adjusting The Backlight

    2 gpsmap 700 series owner’s manual getting started initial chartplotter settings the first time you turn on the chartplotter, you must configure a series of initial settings. You must also configure these settings when restoring original factory settings ( page 86 ). You can update each of these set...

  • Page 7: Viewing System Information

    Gpsmap 700 series owner’s manual 3 getting started viewing system information you can view the software version, the basemap version, any supplemental map information (if applicable), the software version for an optional garmin radar (if applicable), and the unit id number. You may need this informa...

  • Page 8: Charts and 3D Chart Views

    4 gpsmap 700 series owner’s manual charts and 3d chart views charts and 3d chart views the gpsmap 700 series chartplotters have a basic imagery map. The charts and 3d chart views listed below are available on the chartplotter. Note: mariner’s eye 3d and fish eye 3d chart views are available only if ...

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    Gpsmap 700 series owner’s manual 5 charts and 3d chart views chart symbols bluechart g2 and bluechart g2 vision charts use graphic symbols to denote map features, which follow the standards for us and international charts. Some other common symbols you might see include, but are not limited to, thos...

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    6 gpsmap 700 series owner’s manual charts and 3d chart views configuring the appearance of waypoint symbols 1. From the home screen, select charts. 2. Select navigation chart or fishing chart. 3. Select menu > waypoints & tracks > waypoint display. 4. Select a waypoint symbol. 5. Complete an action:...

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    Gpsmap 700 series owner’s manual 7 charts and 3d chart views 3. Touch an object ➊ . 4. Select the button with the name of the item ➋ to view the information. ➊ ➋ viewing tide station information tide-station information appears on the chart with a tide station icon ( ). You can view a detailed graph...

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    8 gpsmap 700 series owner’s manual charts and 3d chart views showing and configuring tides and currents you can show and configure tide and current information on the navigation chart or the fishing chart. 1. From the home screen, select charts. 2. Select navigation chart or fishing chart. 3. Select...

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    Gpsmap 700 series owner’s manual 9 charts and 3d chart views 5. Select chart appearance > detail. 6. Use the slider bar to select a level of detail. Selecting a world map you can use either a basic world map or a shaded relief map on the navigation chart or the fishing chart. These differences are v...

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    10 gpsmap 700 series owner’s manual charts and 3d chart views selecting the heading line source the source for the display of the heading line on the chartplotter is determined by the heading line source setting (auto or gps hdg) and whether heading information is available from a heading sensor. • ...

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    Gpsmap 700 series owner’s manual 11 charts and 3d chart views 6. Complete an action: • select navaid size to set the size of the navaid symbols shown on the map, and select a size. • select navaid type > noaa to show the noaa navaid symbol set on the map. • select navaid type > iala to show the inte...

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    12 gpsmap 700 series owner’s manual charts and 3d chart views showing other vessels see “configuring the appearance of other vessels” ( page 50 ). Showing and configuring data overlay see “about chart overlay numbers” ( page 48 ). Using waypoints see “waypoints” ( page 26 ). Using tracks see “tracks...

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    Gpsmap 700 series owner’s manual 13 charts and 3d chart views ➏ target is lost. A green x indicates that the ais transmission from the vessel is lost, and the chartplotter displays a message banner asking whether the vessel should continue to be tracked. If you discontinue vessel tracking, the lost ...

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    14 gpsmap 700 series owner’s manual charts and 3d chart views showing ais vessels on a chart or on a 3d chart view ais requires the use of an external ais device and active transponder signals from other vessels. You can configure how other vessels appear on a chart or on a 3d chart view. The displa...

  • Page 19: Perspective 3D

    Gpsmap 700 series owner’s manual 15 charts and 3d chart views 3. Select a distance. 4. Select time to to sound an alarm if ais determines that a target will intersect the safe zone within the defined time interval (ranging from 1 to 24 minutes). 5. Select a time. Viewing a list of ais targets note: ...

  • Page 20: Bluechart G2 Vision

    16 gpsmap 700 series owner’s manual charts and 3d chart views 2. Select perspective 3d or mariner’s eye 3d. 3. Select menu > chart appearance > range rings > on. Selecting a lane width the navigation lane is the magenta line in perspective 3d or mariner’s eye 3d view that indicates the course to you...

  • Page 21: Mariner’S Eye 3D

    Gpsmap 700 series owner’s manual 17 charts and 3d chart views mariner’s eye 3d a bluechart g2 vision data card offers mariner’s eye 3d, which provides a detailed, three-dimensional view from above and behind the boat (according to your course) and provides a visual navigation aid. This view is helpf...

  • Page 22: Fish Eye 3D

    18 gpsmap 700 series owner’s manual charts and 3d chart views showing range rings see “showing range rings” ( page 15 ). Selecting a safe depth you can set the appearance of a safe depth for mariner’s eye 3d. Note: this setting affects only the appearance of hazard colors in mariner’s eye 3d. It doe...

  • Page 23: Fishing Chart

    Gpsmap 700 series owner’s manual 19 charts and 3d chart views 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. Showing suspended targets from the home screen, select c...

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    20 gpsmap 700 series owner’s manual charts and 3d chart views 2. Complete an action: • select land only to show standard chart information on the water, with photos overlaying the land. • select photo map blend to show photos on both the water and the land at a specified opacity. Use the slider bar ...

  • Page 25: Auto Guidance

    Gpsmap 700 series owner’s manual 21 charts and 3d chart views animated tide and current indicators you can view indicators for animated tide station and current direction on the navigation chart or the fishing chart. To do so, information for tide station and current direction must be available in y...

  • Page 26: Combinations

    22 gpsmap 700 series owner’s manual combinations combinations about the combination screen the combination screen shows a combination of different screens at the same time. The number of options available on the combination screen depends on the optional devices you have connected to your chartplott...

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    Gpsmap 700 series owner’s manual 23 combinations when overlay numbers are displayed on the combination screen, the navigation inset ➌ is shown during navigation. The compass tape ➍ can be shown or hidden in each overlay. Combination screen with data overlay ➌ ➍ selecting a data overlay on a combinat...

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    24 gpsmap 700 series owner’s manual combinations showing the compass tape on a combination screen the compass tape appears in a row across the top of the combination screen. It shows the present heading, and an indicator that shows the bearing to the desired course appears while navigating. 1. From ...

  • Page 29: Navigation

    Gpsmap 700 series owner’s manual 25 navigation navigation basic navigation questions question answer how do i make the chartplotter point me in the direction in which i want to go (bearing)? Navigate using go to. See “setting and following a direct course using go to” ( page 26 ). How do i make the ...

  • Page 30: Waypoints

    26 gpsmap 700 series owner’s manual navigation courses you can set and follow a course to a destination using one of three methods: go to, route to, or guide to. • go to—takes you directly to the destination. • route to—creates a route from your location to a destination, allowing you to add turns a...

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    Gpsmap 700 series owner’s manual 27 navigation 3. Complete an action: • touch a location on the chart. • touch and drag the screen to pan to a new location. Touch a location on the chart. 4. Select create waypoint. 5. If necessary, you can name the waypoint and provide other information about it. Se...

  • Page 32: Routes

    28 gpsmap 700 series owner’s manual navigation deleting a waypoint or an mob you can delete a waypoint or an mob that has been saved. 1. From the home screen, select information > user data > waypoints list. 2. Select a waypoint or an mob. 3. Select delete. Deleting all waypoints from the home scree...

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    Gpsmap 700 series owner’s manual 29 navigation 7. If necessary, repeat steps 5 and 6 to add additional turns, working backward from the destination to the present location of your boat. The last turn you add should be where you want to make the first turn from your present location. It should be the...

  • Page 34: Tracks

    30 gpsmap 700 series owner’s manual navigation 5. Select done. Deleting a saved route 1. From the home screen, select information > user data > routes. 2. Select a route. 3. Select delete. Deleting all saved routes from the home screen, select information > user data > clear user data > routes > ok....

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    Gpsmap 700 series owner’s manual 31 navigation setting the color of the active track you can select the color of your present track when you are viewing the navigation chart or the fishing chart. 1. From the home screen, select information > user data > tracks > active track options > track color. 2...

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    32 gpsmap 700 series owner’s manual navigation managing the track log memory during recording 1. From the home screen, select information > user data > tracks > active track options > record mode. 2. Complete an action: • select fill to record a track log until the track memory is full. • select wra...

  • Page 37: Where To?

    Gpsmap 700 series owner’s manual 33 where to? Where to? Use the where to? Option on the home screen to search for, and navigate to, nearby fuel, repairs, and other services, as well as waypoints and routes that you have created. Marine services destinations the chartplotter contains information abou...

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    34 gpsmap 700 series owner’s manual where to? When using go to, a direct course and a corrected course may pass over land or shallow water. Use visual sightings and steer to avoid land, shallow water, and other dangerous objects. You can search for saved waypoints, saved routes, saved tracks, and ma...

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    Gpsmap 700 series owner’s manual 35 where to? 4. Complete an action: • select forward to navigate the route from the starting point used when the route was created. • select backward to navigate the route from the destination point used when the route was created. A magenta line appears. In the cent...

  • Page 40: Almanac Data

    36 gpsmap 700 series owner’s manual almanac, on-boat, and environmental data almanac, on-boat, and environmental data the information screen displays information about tides, currents, celestial data, and gauges. Almanac data tide station information the tides screen shows information about a tide s...

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    Gpsmap 700 series owner’s manual 37 almanac, on-boat, and environmental data current information note: current station information is available with a bluechart g2 vision card. The currents screen shows information about a current station ➊ for a specific date and time, including the current speed a...

  • Page 42: On-Boat Data

    38 gpsmap 700 series owner’s manual almanac, on-boat, and environmental data celestial information the celestial screen shows information about sunrise, sunset, moonrise, moonset, the moon phase, and the approximate sky view location of the sun ➊ and moon ➋ . By default, the chartplotter shows celes...

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    Gpsmap 700 series owner’s manual 39 almanac, on-boat, and environmental data setting description scale minimum this value is less than the rated minimum, and it represents the lower limit of the gauge. This setting is not available on all gauges. Scale maximum this value is greater than the rated ma...

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    40 gpsmap 700 series owner’s manual almanac, on-boat, and environmental data viewing fuel gauges to 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 fu...

  • Page 45: Environmental Data

    Gpsmap 700 series owner’s manual 41 almanac, on-boat, and environmental data resetting trip gauges 1. From the home screen, select information > dashboard gauges > trip > menu. 2. Complete an action: • select reset trip to set all the readings for the present trip to 0.0. • select reset maximum spee...

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    42 gpsmap 700 series owner’s manual almanac, on-boat, and environmental data configuring the vmg source you can specify the source of the velocity made good (vmg) data that is used to calculate true wind speed. Before you can configure the vmg source, the wind gauge must be set to show true wind ( p...

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    Gpsmap 700 series owner’s manual 43 almanac, on-boat, and environmental data environment gauges viewing environment gauges from the home screen, select information > dashboard gauges > environment. Configuring the alignment of the wind gauge you can specify the alignment of the wind gauge on the env...

  • Page 48: Device Configuration

    44 gpsmap 700 series owner’s manual device configuration device configuration basic device configuration questions question answer how do i adjust the amount of detail shown on the map? See “changing the map zoom detail” ( page 8 ). How do i change the time zone setting? See “configuring the time” (...

  • Page 49: Display Configuration

    Gpsmap 700 series owner’s manual 45 device configuration display configuration setting the sound you can set when the chartplotter makes audible sounds. 1. From the home screen, select configure > system > beeper/display > beeper. 2. Complete an action: • select alarms only to have the chartplotter ...

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    46 gpsmap 700 series owner’s manual device configuration safe water depth and safe obstacle height caution the safe depth and safe height settings influence how the chartplotter calculates an auto guidance line. If an area has an unknown water depth or an unknown obstacle height, the auto guidance l...

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    Gpsmap 700 series owner’s manual 47 device configuration 9. Complete an action: • if the placement of the auto guidance line is satisfactory, select menu > stop navigation. Proceed to step 11. • if the auto guidance line is too close to known obstacles, from the home screen, select configure > navig...

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    48 gpsmap 700 series owner’s manual device configuration units of measure you can set the units of measure the chartplotter shows, using a standardized system of measurements or creating a customized system of measurements. Selecting a standardized system of measurement 1. From the home screen, sele...

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    Gpsmap 700 series owner’s manual 49 device configuration selecting a data overlay 1. From the home screen, select charts. 2. Select a chart or a 3d chart view. 3. Select menu. 4. Complete an action: • select navigation chart setup > overlay numbers. • select fishing chart setup > overlay numbers. • ...

  • Page 54: Information About Your Boat

    50 gpsmap 700 series owner’s manual device configuration 4. Complete an action: • select navigation chart setup > overlay numbers. • select fishing chart setup > overlay numbers. • select overlay numbers. 5. Select show compass tape. Using the speed filter the speed filter averages the speed of your...

  • Page 55: Alarms

    Gpsmap 700 series owner’s manual 51 device configuration setting the fuel capacity of your boat 1. From the home screen, select configure > my boat > fuel capacity. 2. Enter the combined fuel capacity of all the engines on your boat. 3. Select done. Alarms by default, all alarms are turned off, exce...

  • Page 56: Chartplotter Data Management

    52 gpsmap 700 series owner’s manual device configuration setting the gps accuracy error alarm you can set an alarm to sound when the gps location accuracy falls outside the user-defined value. 1. From the home screen, select configure > alarms > system > gps accuracy > on. 2. Enter the gps location ...

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    Gpsmap 700 series owner’s manual 53 device configuration copying waypoints, routes, and tracks to a memory card 1. Insert a memory card into the sd card slot on the chartplotter. 2. From the home screen, select information > user data > data transfer > card > save to card. 3. Select an action to ind...

  • Page 58: Radar

    54 gpsmap 700 series owner’s manual radar radar warning the marine radar transmits microwave energy that has the potential to be harmful to humans and animals. Before beginning radar transmission, verify that the area around the radar is clear. The radar transmits a beam approximately 12° above and ...

  • Page 59: Radar Display Modes

    Gpsmap 700 series owner’s manual 55 radar radar display modes the radar screen has four standard operating modes. Each mode is available for use only with a compatible radar. • cruising mode—shows a full-screen image of the gathered radar information. • harbor mode—intended for use in inland waters,...

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    56 gpsmap 700 series owner’s manual radar harbor mode harbor mode is the standard radar operation for use in inland waters, with a gmr 604 xhd, 606 xhd, 1204 xhd, or 1206 xhd radar. Harbor mode works best with short-range radar signals (2 nm or less). Note: if you switch from sentry mode to harbor m...

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    Gpsmap 700 series owner’s manual 57 radar sentry mode sentry mode allows you to put the radar into timed-transmit mode, in which you can configure a radar transmit and standby cycle to conserve power. You can also enable a guard zone in this mode, which identifies a safe zone around your boat and so...

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    58 gpsmap 700 series owner’s manual radar 4. Touch the location of the inner guard-zone corner. 5. Select done. Defining a circular guard zone you must enable a guard zone before you can define the boundaries of the zone ( page 57 ). You can define a circular guard zone that completely encompasses y...

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    Gpsmap 700 series owner’s manual 59 radar showing ais vessels on the radar screen ais requires the use of an external ais device and active transponder signals from other vessels. You can configure how other vessels appear on the radar screen. If any setting (except the ais display range) is configu...

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    60 gpsmap 700 series owner’s manual radar hiding the vrm and the ebl 1. From the home screen, select radar. 2. Select cruising, harbor, or offshore. 3. Select menu > adjust vrm/ebl > hide vrm/ebl. Measuring the range and bearing to a target object while vrm and ebl are hidden if you have hidden vrm ...

  • Page 65: About The Radar Overlay

    Gpsmap 700 series owner’s manual 61 radar 6. Select cruising, harbor, offshore, or sentry. The 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, s...

  • Page 66: Optimizing The Radar Display

    62 gpsmap 700 series owner’s manual radar radar overlay and chart data alignment when using the radar overlay, the chartplotter aligns radar data with chart data based on the boat heading, which is based by default on data from a magnetic heading sensor connected using a nmea 0183 or nmea 2000 netwo...

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    Gpsmap 700 series owner’s manual 63 radar tips for selecting a radar range • determine what information you need to see on the radar display. For example, do you need information about nearby weather conditions or targets and traffic, or are you more concerned about distant weather conditions? • ass...

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    64 gpsmap 700 series owner’s manual radar manually adjusting gain on the radar screen for optimal radar performance that accounts for actual conditions, you can manually adjust the gain. Note: depending upon the radar in use, the gain setting configured for use in one radar mode may or may not be ap...

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    Gpsmap 700 series owner’s manual 65 radar adjusting sea clutter on the radar screen you can adjust the appearance of clutter caused by choppy sea conditions. The sea clutter setting affects the appearance of nearby clutter and targets more than it affects the appearance of distant clutter and target...

  • Page 70: Radar Display Appearance

    66 gpsmap 700 series owner’s manual radar 4. Complete an action: • select high, medium, or low to decrease or increase the appearance of rain clutter, if using a gmr 20, 21, 40, 41, 18, 18 hd, 24, 24 hd, 404, or 406 radar. Other targets should remain clearly visible on the radar screen. • select up ...

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    Gpsmap 700 series owner’s manual 67 radar configuring data fields on a radar you can select the type of data shown within a data field. 1. From 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 ...

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    68 gpsmap 700 series owner’s manual radar shifting the field of view on the radar screen you can shift your present location toward the bottom of the screen automatically as your speed increases. Enter your top speed for the best results. This setting applies to every radar mode. This setting does n...

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    Gpsmap 700 series owner’s manual 69 radar front-of-boat offset the front-of-boat offset compensates for the physical location of the radar scanner on a boat, if the radar scanner does not align with the bow-stern axis. Measuring the potential front-of-boat offset 1. Using a magnetic compass, take an...

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    70 gpsmap 700 series owner’s manual radar radar overlay navigation display settings changing the map zoom detail you can adjust the amount of detail shown on the map, at different zoom levels, for the radar overlay. 1. From the home screen, select charts > radar overlay > menu > setup > chart setup ...

  • Page 75: Sonar

    Gpsmap 700 series owner’s manual 71 sonar sonar when connected to a transducer, the following 700 series models can be used as fishfinders: • gpsmap 720s • gpsmap 740s • gpsmap 750s sonar views the chartplotter shows sonar data using three different views: a full-screen view, a split-zoom view, and ...

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    72 gpsmap 700 series owner’s manual sonar split-zoom sonar view the split-zoom sonar view shows a full-view graph of sonar readings, and a magnified portion of that graph, on the same screen. From the home screen, select sonar > split zoom. Split-zoom sonar view ➎ ➊ ➌ ➐ ➏ ➋ ➍ ➊ depth, water speed, a...

  • Page 77: Depth Log

    Gpsmap 700 series owner’s manual 73 sonar depth log if you are using a depth-capable transducer, or are receiving water depth information via nmea 0183 or nmea 2000, the depth log displays a graphic log of depth readings over time. The depth appears in the upper-left corner of the screen. The graph ...

  • Page 78: Sonar Display Appearance

    74 gpsmap 700 series owner’s manual sonar 3. Complete an action: • select duration to set the time-elapsed scale ➊ . The default setting is 10 minutes. Increasing the time- elapsed scale allows you to view temperature variations over a longer period of time. Decreasing the time-elapsed scale allows ...

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    Gpsmap 700 series owner’s manual 75 sonar showing surface noise you can set whether the sonar returns near the surface of the water appear. Hide surface noise to help reduce clutter. From the home screen, select sonar > sonar setup > surface noise > show. Showing and configuring a depth line you can...

  • Page 80

    76 gpsmap 700 series owner’s manual sonar showing and configuring the whiteline you can highlight the strongest signal from the bottom to help define the hardness or softness of the signal. 1. From the home screen, select sonar > sonar setup > whiteline. 2. Complete an action: • select high to turn ...

  • Page 81: Sonar Alarms

    Gpsmap 700 series owner’s manual 77 sonar adjusting the range of the depth scale you can adjust the range of the depth scale that appears on the right side of the screen. 1. From the home screen, select sonar. 2. Select a sonar view. 3. Select menu > range. 4. Complete an action: • select auto to al...

  • Page 82: Transducer Configuration

    78 gpsmap 700 series owner’s manual sonar transducer configuration setting the keel offset the keel offset compensates for the surface reading for the depth of 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 ...

  • Page 83: Digital Selective Calling

    Gpsmap 700 series owner’s manual 79 digital selective calling digital selective calling chartplotter and vhf radio functionality the following table indicates the features that are available when you connect your chartplotter to a vhf radio over a nmea 0183 network or a nmea 2000 network. Functional...

  • Page 84: Incoming Distress Calls

    80 gpsmap 700 series owner’s manual digital selective calling adding a dsc contact you can add a vessel to your dsc list. You can make calls to a dsc contact from the chartplotter ( page 83 ). 1. From the home screen, select information > other vessels > dsc list > add contact. 2. Enter the maritime...

  • Page 85: Position Tracking

    Gpsmap 700 series owner’s manual 81 digital selective calling position tracking when you connect your garmin chartplotter to a vhf radio using nmea 0183, you can track vessels that send position reports. This feature is also available with nmea 2000, provided that the vessel sends the correct pgn da...

  • Page 86

    82 gpsmap 700 series owner’s manual digital selective calling vessel trails on the navigation chart you can view trails for all tracked vessels on the navigation chart, the fishing chart, and the mariner’s eye 3d chart view. By default, a black dot ➊ appears for each previously reported position of ...

  • Page 87: Individual Routine Calls

    Gpsmap 700 series owner’s manual 83 digital selective calling changing the appearance of a trail line you can change the appearance of a trail line for a specific tracked vessel. Note: the mariner’s eye 3d chart is available if you use a bluechart g2 vision sd card. The fishing chart is available if...

  • Page 88: Appendix

    84 gpsmap 700 series owner’s manual appendix appendix specifications physical specifications specification measurement size w × 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 × 91 mm) case fully gasketed, high-impact pl...

  • Page 89: Screenshots

    Gpsmap 700 series owner’s manual 85 appendix screenshots you can capture as a bitmap (.Bmp) file a screenshot of any screen shown on your chartplotter, and transfer the file to your computer. Capturing screenshots 1. Insert a memory card into the sd card slot on the front of the chartplotter. 2. Sel...

  • Page 90: Nmea 0183 and Nmea 2000

    86 gpsmap 700 series owner’s manual appendix restoring the original chartplotter factory settings note: this procedure deletes all settings information you have entered. 1. From the home screen, select configure > system > system information > factory settings. 2. Select yes. Nmea 0183 and nmea 2000...

  • Page 91

    Gpsmap 700 series owner’s manual 87 appendix configuring waypoint identification 1. From the home screen, select configure > communications > nmea 0183 setup > waypoint ids. 2. Complete an action: • select names to transmit waypoint names via nmea 0183 while navigating. • select numbers to transmit ...

  • Page 92

    88 gpsmap 700 series owner’s manual appendix selecting a preferred data source if more than one data source is available, you can select the data source you want to use. 1. From the home screen, select configure > communications > preferred sources. 2. Select a type of data. 3. Select a data source....

  • Page 93: Registering Your Device

    Gpsmap 700 series owner’s manual 89 appendix registering your device help us better support you by completing our online registration today: • go to http://my.Garmin.Com . • keep the original sales receipt, or a photocopy, in a safe place. Contacting garmin product support contact garmin product sup...

  • Page 94: Index

    Index 90 gpsmap 700 series owner’s manual index a active tracks clearing 31 retracing 31 saving 31 add turn 28 aerial photos 16, 20 ais radar 59 targeting 12, 83 threats 15, 58 alarms anchor drag 51 arrival 51 clock 51 collision 12, 14, 58 deep water 77 fish 77 gps accuracy 52 navigation 51 off cour...

  • Page 95

    Index gpsmap 700 series owner’s manual 91 fishing chart ais 15 currents 8 data bars 48 heading line 9 map orientation 8 navaids 10, 19 navigation 5 object information 6 panning 5 roses 11 satellite imagery 9, 19 tide stations 7 world map 9 zoom detail 8 fish symbols 19, 75 front-of-boat offset 69 fr...

  • Page 96

    Index 92 gpsmap 700 series owner’s manual p panning 3d views 15 charts 5 perspective 3d ais 15 data bars 48 lane width 16 object information 6 range rings 15 photo points 11 photos 20 poi data 11, 16, 21 position format 47 position report 81 position tracking 81 posn precision 86 power/data connecto...

  • Page 97

    Index gpsmap 700 series owner’s manual 93 safety shading 10 screenshot capture 85 scroll speed 74 sea clutter 64 service points 11 shallow water 77 shoreline distance 46 show vrm/ebl 59 simulator 44 sonar cone 19 speed sources 45 speed units 48 spot depths 10 stdby time 57 style 17 surface noise 75 ...

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