Garmin GPSMAP 740s - Manual (Page 55)

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, except the destination and weather alarms. The chartplotter must be on for
the alarms to work.
NoTe: See the GPSMAP 700 Series XM WX Satellite Weather
® and XM Satellite Radio Supplement (North
America only) for information concerning weather alarms.
Navigation Alarms
Setting an Arrival Alarm
You can set an alarm to sound when you are within a specified distance or time from a turn or a destination
waypoint.
1. From the Home screen, select Configure > Alarms > Navigation > Arrival.
2. Complete an action:
• Select Type, and indicate whether you want arrival alarms to sound only when nearing Destinations, or
when nearing Destinations and Turns.
• Select Activation, and indicate whether the arrival alarm triggers based on Time to arrival or based on
Distance to arrival.
• Select Change Time (if Activation is set to Time) or Change Distance (if Activation is set to
Distance) to indicate how long before arrival (in minutes) or how far before arrival (in units of
distance) the alarm should sound. Enter the time or distance, and select Done.
Setting the Anchor Drag Alarm
You can set an alarm to sound when you exceed a specified drift distance while anchored.
1. From the Home screen, select Configure > Alarms > Navigation > Anchor Drag > on.
2. Enter the drift distance that triggers the alarm.
3. Select Done.
Setting the Off Course Alarm
You can set an alarm to sound when you are off course by a specified distance.
1. From the Home screen, select Configure > Alarms > Navigation > off Course > on.
2. Enter the off-course distance that triggers the alarm.
3. Select Done.
System Alarms
Setting the Clock Alarm
You can set an alarm using the system (GPS) clock.
1. From the Home screen, select Configure > Alarms > System > Clock > on.
2. Enter the time that triggers the alarm.
3. Select Done.
Setting the Unit Voltage Alarm
You can set an alarm to sound when the battery reaches a specified low voltage.
1. From the Home screen, select Configure > Alarms > System > Unit Voltage > on.
2. Enter the voltage that triggers the alarm.
3. Select Done.