ii GPSMAP
®
6000/7000 Series Owner’s Manual
Introduction
Table of Contents
Introduction ...............................................i
Tips and Shortcuts ..........................................i
Manual Conventions .......................................i
Getting Started .........................................1
Front and Back Panels ...................................1
Turning On the Chartplotter ...........................3
Turning Off the Chartplotter ...........................3
Initial Chartplotter Settings .............................3
Adjusting the Backlight ...................................3
Adjusting the Color Mode ...............................3
Inserting and Removing Data and
Memory Cards .............................................4
Viewing System Information ..........................4
About the Home Screen .................................5
Charts and 3D Chart Views .....................6
Navigation Chart ............................................6
Automatic Identication System ...................15
Perspective 3D .............................................19
Radar Overlay ..............................................21
BlueChart g2 Vision .....................................21
Mariner’s Eye 3D .........................................22
Fish Eye 3D .................................................24
Fishing Chart ................................................24
Showing Satellite Imagery on the
Navigation Chart ........................................25
Viewing Aerial Photos of Landmarks ...........26
Animated Tide and Current Indicators .........27
Detailed Road and POI Data .......................27
Auto Guidance .............................................27
Combinations .........................................28
About the Combinations Screen ..................28
Combinations Screen Conguration ............28
Navigation ..............................................32
Basic Navigation Questions .........................32
Navigation with a Chartplotter ......................32
Waypoints ....................................................34
Routes ..........................................................35
Tracks ..........................................................39
Navigating with a Garmin Autopilot ..............41
Where To? ..............................................42
Marine Services Destinations ......................42
Almanac, Environmental, and
On-boat Data ..........................................46
Almanac Data ..............................................46
Environmental Data .....................................48
On-boat Data ...............................................51
Device Conguration ............................57
Basic Device Conguration Questions .........57
Simulator Mode ............................................57
Turning the Chartplotter On Automatically ...58
Display Conguration ...................................58
Navigation Preferences ................................58
Information about Your Boat ........................66
Alarms ..........................................................67
Chartplotter Data Management ....................69
Networked Device Conguration .................71
Radar ......................................................72
Transmitting Radar Signals ..........................72
Stopping the Transmission of Radar
Signals .......................................................72
Adjusting the Zoom Scale on the
Radar Screen ............................................72
Radar Display Modes ...................................72
Radar Targeting ...........................................77
Waypoints and Routes on the Radar
Screen .......................................................81
About the Radar Overlay .............................83
Optimizing the Radar Display ......................84
Radar Display Appearance ..........................91
Radar Overlay Display Appearance .............96
Sonar ......................................................99
Sonar Views .................................................99
Transducer Temperature Log .....................101
Waypoints on the Sonar Screen ................101
Sonar Display Appearance ........................102
Sonar Alarms .............................................105
Transducer Conguration...........................106
Digital Selective Calling ......................108
Networked Chartplotter and VHF Radio
Functionality ............................................108
Turning On DSC.........................................108
About the DSC List ....................................108
Incoming Distress Calls .............................109
Man-Overboard Distress Calls Initiated
from a VHF Radio ....................................110
Man-Overboard Distress Calls Initiated
from the Chartplotter ...............................110
Position Tracking ........................................110
Individual Routine Calls .............................112
Making an Individual Routine Call to
an AIS Target ...........................................113
Appendix ..............................................114
Specications .............................................114
Calibrating the GPSMAP 7000 Series
Touchscreen ............................................115