Garmin GPSMAP 500 Series Owner's Manual

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Man-Overboard and SOS Distress Calls Initiated from theChartplotter .......................................................................... 28Position Tracking ...................................................................... 28Viewing a Position Report .................................................... 28Navigating to a Tracked Vessel ........................................... 28Creating a Waypoint at the Position of a Tracked Vessel .... 28Editing Information in a Position Report .............................. 28Deleting a Position-Report Call ............................................ 29Viewing Vessel Trails on the Chart ...................................... 29Individual Routine Calls ............................................................ 29Selecting a DSC Channel .................................................... 29Making an Individual Routine Call ....................................... 29Making an Individual Routine Call to an AIS Target ............ 29Media Player................................................................. 29Opening the Media Player ........................................................ 29Icons .................................................................................... 29Selecting the Media Source ...................................................... 29Connecting a Bluetooth Wireless Device to the MediaPlayer ................................................................................... 29Playing Music ............................................................................29Browsing for Music ............................................................... 29Setting a Song to Repeat ..................................................... 30Setting All Songs to Repeat ................................................. 30Setting Songs to Shuffle ...................................................... 30Listening to the Radio .......................................................... 30Opening the MTP Source .................................................... 30Adjusting the Volume ................................................................ 30Enabling and Disabling Zones ............................................. 30Muting the Media Volume .................................................... 30Scanning VHF Channels .......................................................... 30Adjusting the VHF Squelch ....................................................... 30Setting the Device Name .......................................................... 30SiriusXM® Satellite Radio ........................................................ 30Locating a SiriusXM Radio ID .............................................. 30Activating a SiriusXM Subscription ...................................... 30Customizing the Channel Guide .......................................... 30Saving a SiriusXM Channel to the Presets List ................... 30Unlocking SiriusXM Parental Controls ................................. 31Viewing Video............................................................... 31Configuring the Video Appearance ........................................... 31SiriusXM Weather......................................................... 31SiriusXM Equipment and Subscription Requirements .............. 31Weather Data Broadcasts ......................................................... 31Viewing Precipitation Information ............................................. 31Precipitation Views ............................................................... 32Storm Cell and Lightning Information ....................................... 32Hurricane Information ............................................................... 32Weather Warnings and Weather Bulletins ................................ 32Forecast Information ................................................................. 32Viewing Forecast Information for Another Time Period ....... 32Viewing a Marine Forecast or an Offshore Forecast ........... 32Weather Fronts and Pressure Centers ................................ 32City Forecasts ...................................................................... 32Viewing Sea Conditions ............................................................ 32Surface Winds ...................................................................... 32Wave Height, Wave Period, and Wave Direction ................ 33Viewing Forecast Sea Conditions Information for AnotherTime Period .......................................................................... 33Viewing Fishing Information ...................................................... 33Surface Pressure and Water Temperature Data ................. 33Forecasting Fish Locations .................................................. 33Changing the Sea Surface Temperature Color Range ........ 33Visibility Information .................................................................. 33Viewing Forecast Visibility Information for Another TimePeriod ...................................................................................33Viewing Buoy Reports .............................................................. 33Viewing Local Weather Information near a Buoy ................. 33Creating a Waypoint on a Weather Chart ................................. 33Weather Overlay ....................................................................... 33Turning On the Weather Overlay on a Chart ....................... 34Weather Overlay Settings on the Navigation Chart ............. 34Weather Overlay Settings on the Fishing Chart .................. 34Viewing Weather Subscription Information ............................... 34Device Configuration................................................... 34Turning On the Chartplotter Automatically ............................... 34System Settings ........................................................................ 34Display Settings ................................................................... 34GPS Settings ....................................................................... 34Viewing the Event Log ......................................................... 34Viewing System Software Information ................................. 34My Vessel Settings ................................................................... 34Setting the Keel Offset ......................................................... 35Calibrating a Water Speed Device ....................................... 35Setting the Water Temperature Offset ................................. 35Communications Settings ......................................................... 35NMEA 0183 .......................................................................... 35NMEA 2000 Settings ............................................................ 36Setting Alarms .......................................................................... 36Navigation Alarms ................................................................ 36System Alarms ..................................................................... 36Setting the Fuel Alarm ......................................................... 36Setting Weather Alarms ....................................................... 36Units Settings ............................................................................36Navigation Settings ................................................................... 36Auto Guidance Path Configurations .................................... 36Adjusting the Distance from Shore ...................................... 37Other Vessel Settings ............................................................... 37Restoring the Original Chartplotter Factory Settings ................ 37Chartplotter Data Management................................... 37Copying Waypoints, Routes, and Tracks from HomePort to aChartplotter ............................................................................... 37Selecting a File Type for Third-Party Waypoints and Routes ... 37Copying Data from a Memory Card .......................................... 37Copying Waypoints, Routes, and Tracks to a Memory Card .... 38Copying Built-In Maps to a Memory Card ................................. 38Backing Up Data to a Computer ............................................... 38Restoring Backup Data to a Chartplotter .................................. 38Saving System Information to a Memory Card ......................... 38Appendix....................................................................... 38Registering Your Device ........................................................... 38Cleaning the Screen ................................................................. 38Calibrating the Touchscreen ..................................................... 38Screenshots .............................................................................. 38Capturing Screenshots ........................................................ 38Copying Screenshots to a Computer ................................... 38Troubleshooting ........................................................................ 38My device will not acquire GPS signals ............................... 38My device will not turn on or keeps turning off ..................... 38My device is not creating waypoints in the correctlocation .................................................................................39The touchscreen is not responding to my touches .............. 39NMEA 0183 Information ........................................................... 39NMEA 2000 PGN Information ................................................... 39Software License Agreement ................................................... 40Index.............................................................................. 41Table of Contents iii