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®
GPSMAP 4000 Series
owner’s manual
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Introduction Introduction This manual includes information for the following products: ® • GPSMAP 4208 • GPSMAP 4210 • GPSMAP 4212 Tips and Shortcuts • Press HOME from any screen to return to the Home screen. • Press MENU from any of the main screens to access advanced settings. • Press and release the Power key to adjust the display settings (Backlight and Color Mode). • Press and hold the Power key to turn the chartplotter on or off. Manual Conventions In this manual, when you are instructe
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Introduction Configuring My Boat .............................................39 Table of Contents Configuring Other Vessels ....................................40 Configuring XM Audio ...........................................41 Introduction ...................................................... i Tips and Shortcuts ...................................................i Using the Marine Network ........................... 42 Viewing Connected Garmin Marine Network Manual Conventions ...........
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GG S Getting Started Getting Started artedt ettin Chartplotter Overview Automatic backlight sensor Soft keys Power Range (-/+) Rocker MARK SELECT MENU HOME Numeric keypad (GPSMAP 420 and 422) SD card slot GPSMAP 4212 - Front ® NMEA 2000 Power Network NMEA 083 Video GPSMAP 4212 - Back GPSMAP 4000 Series Owner’s Manual
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Getting Started Turning on the Chartplotter NOTE: The first time you power on your chartplotter, you must go through a setup sequence. See “Initializing Chartplotter Settings” (page 2). ettin t arted 1. Press and release the Power key. After a few moments, the Warning screen appears. Warning Screen Home Screen 2. Press SELECT to open the Home screen. Turning Off the Chartplotter Press and hold the Power key. Initializing Chartplotter Settings The first time you turn on your chartplotter, you
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GG S Getting Started Acquiring GPS Satellite Signals artedt ettin When you turn on the chartplotter, the GPS receiver must collect satellite data and establish its current location. When the chartplotter acquires satellite signals, the signal strength bars at the top of the Home screen are green . When the chartplotter loses satellite signals, the green bars disappear and a flashing question mark appears on the boat icon on the Chart screen. For more information about GPS, visit the Garmin
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Getting Started ettin t arted Card label GPSMAP 4210 or 4212 Card label GPSMAP 4208 Restoring Original Factory Settings CaUTiON: This procedure deletes any information you have entered. 1. From the Home screen, select Configure > System > System Information > Factory Settings > Reset. 2. Select an option: • Select Yes to restore all factory settings. • Select No to exit without restoring factory settings. Viewing System Information You can view your chartplotter’s software version, basemap ver
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GG S Getting Started Understanding the Home Screen tarted ettin Use the Home screen to access all other screens. NOTE: Options on this screen vary based on the device type and optional connected network devices. • Charts—selects Navigation, Perspective 3D, Mariner’s Eye 3D, Fish Eye 3D, Fishing Chart, and Radar Overlay (page 6). NOTE: Mariner’s Eye 3D, Fish Eye 3D, and Fishing Charts are available only if you use a BlueChart g2 Vision SD card. • Radar—sets up and displays radar (only avai
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Using Charts Using Charts The GPSMAP 4000 series chartplotters have a basic worldwide imagery map and built-in detailed BlueChart g2 offshore cartography for US waters. From the Home screen, select Charts. • Navigation Chart—displays all relevant navigation data available on your preloaded maps, in including buoys, lights, cables, depth soundings, marinas, and tide stations in an overhead view. hart • Perspective 3D—displays a view from above and behind your boat for a visual navigation aid.
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USG CS Using Charts Navigation Chart Settings To access additional settings or options for the navigation chart, press MENU. Waypoints & Tracks—view and add waypoints and tracks, and configure how they are displayed. Other Vessels—view information about other vessels if your chartplotter is connected to an external Automatic Identification System (AIS) or Digital Selective Calling (DSC) device. hart in Stop Navigation—stop navigating to your destination (only available while navigating). Char
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Using Charts Panning the Navigation Chart You can pan away from your current location and scroll to other areas on the Navigation chart. As you pan past the edge of the current map display, the screen scrolls forward to provide continuous map coverage. The position icon ( ) stays at your present location. If the position icon leaves the map when you pan, a small window (inset map) appears on the left of the screen so that you can keep track of your current position. in As you move the map po
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USG CS Using Charts Accessing Additional Object Information Use the map pointer ( ) to view information about on-screen map items, waypoints, and charts. Additional item hart information in Selected item Viewing Tide-Station Information Tide-station information appears on the chart with a detailed icon showing the relevant tide level. You can view a detailed graph for a tide station to help predict the tide level at different times or different days. See page 29 for instructions on viewing
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Using Charts Wind direction in indicator hart Compass rose Wind Compass Rose Data Bars—show or hide cruising, navigation, fishing, fuel, or sailing data. • Cruising—turn the GPS Speed, GPS Heading, Depth, and GPS Position data bar on or off. Select Data Bar Setup to configure the position of the data on the screen. • Navigation—turn the Distance to Destination, Arrival, Off Course, and Bearing data bar on or off. If you select Auto, the chartplotter turns the Navigation data bar on whenever y
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USG CS Using Charts Wind VMG is displayed under the following conditions: • The Sailing data bar displays Wind VMG when you are not navigating a route or an automatic guidance line. • The Sailing data bar displays Wind VMG when the Route Leg data bar is on and you are navigating a route. hart in Changing the Chart Appearance From the Home screen, select Charts > Navigation Chart > Menu > Chart Setup > Chart Appearance. Heading line Track Chart border Orientation—changes the perspective of t
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Using Charts • Chart Borders—turns on chart borders when using a BlueChart g2 Vision SD card and when you want to see what area the maps cover. Photo Points—turns camera icons on or off when using a BlueChart g2 Vision SD card. Using Perspective 3D Perspective 3D provides a view from above and behind the boat (according to your course), and in provides a visual navigation aid. This view is helpful when navigating tricky shoals, reefs, bridges, hart or channels, and is beneficial when trying t
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USG CS Using Charts Surface Radar—display radar returns from the surface of the water when the chartplotter is connected to a marine radar (page 44). hart in Perspective 3D With Surface Radar Information Data Bars—show or hide cruising, navigation, fishing, fuel, or sailing numbers (page 10). Chart Appearance—customize the Perspective 3D chart. • Range Rings—toggles the range rings on or off. The range rings help you to visualize distances on the map. • Safe Depth—adjusts the safe depth for
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Using Charts To save the active track: 1. From the Home screen, select Information > User Data > Tracks > Save Active Track. 2. Select an option: the time the current track began or Midnight, if shown; or Entire Log. 3. Select Edit Track to name the track, to change the color of the track, or to save it as a route. To clear the active track: From the Home screen, select Information > User Data > Tracks > Clear Active Track. The in track memory is cleared; the current track continues to be recor
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USG CS Using Charts Using BlueChart g2 Vision Optional BlueChart g2 Vision preprogrammed SD cards allow you to get the most out of your chartplotter. In addition to detailed marine charting, BlueChart g2 Vision has the following features: • Mariner’s Eye 3D—provides a view from above and behind the boat for a three-dimensional navigation aid. The BlueChart g2 Vision Mariner’s Eye 3D is more detailed than the preloaded hart data. in • Fish Eye 3D—provides an underwater, three-dimensional vie
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Using Charts Using Mariner’s Eye 3D A BlueChart g2 Vision SD 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 helpful when navigating tricky shoals, reefs, bridges, or channels, and when trying to identify entry and exit routes in unfamiliar harbors or anchorages. in hart Mariner’s Eye 3D Navigation Chart 1. From the Home screen, touch Charts > Mariner’s
