Garmin 720 Marine GPS System User Manual


 
52 GPSMAP 700 Series Owner’s Manual
Device Conguration
Setting the GPS Accuracy Error Alarm
You can set an alarm to sound when the GPS location accuracy falls outside the user-dened value.
1. From the Home screen, select  >  > > >.
2. Enter the GPS location accuracy that triggers the alarm.
3. Select .
Setting the Total Fuel Onboard Alarm
The chartplotter must be connected to an external fuel sensor to capture fuel data.
You can set an alarm to sound when the total amount of remaining onboard fuel reaches the level you specify.
1. From the Home screen, select  >  > > > .
2. Enter the amount of fuel that triggers the alarm.
3. Select .
Collision Alarm
See “Setting the Safe-zone Collision Alarm” (page 14).
Setting Sonar Alarms
See “Sonar Alarms” (page 77).
Setting Weather Alarms
See the GPSMAP 700 Series XM WX Satellite Weather
®
and XM Satellite Radio Supplement (North America
only).
Chartplotter Data Management
Copying Waypoints, Routes, and Tracks to a Chartplotter
Before you copy MapSource
®
or HomePort data to a chartplotter, you must complete the following actions:
The rst time that you use a memory card to copy HomePort or MapSource
®
data to a chartplotter, you
must prepare the memory card by inserting it into the chartplotter and allowing the chartplotter to place a
le on it. This le provides information to HomePort or to MapSource to format the data.
Check the MapSource version on your computer by clicking  > . If the software
version is older than 6.12.2, update to the current version by clicking  > 
.
1. Complete an action:
Copy the data from HomePort to the prepared memory card (using an SD card reader attached to the
computer) according to the process described in the HomePort Help system.
Copy the data from MapSource to the prepared memory card (using an SD card reader attached to the
computer) according to the process described in the MapSource Help system.
2. Copy the data from the data card to the chartplotter. See “Copying Data from a Data Card”
(page 52).
Copying Data from a Data Card
1. Insert a data card into the SD card slot on the chartplotter.
2. From the Home screen, select  >  >  > .
3. Complete an action:
Select  to transfer data from the data card to the chartplotter and combine it with
existing user data.
Select  to transfer data from the data card to the chartplotter and overwrite existing
user data on the chartplotter.
4. Select the le name from the list if multiple les are listed.