Garmin GPSMAP 400 User Manual

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GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner’s Manual



Using Charts

Cruising—turn the GPS Speed, GPS Heading, Depth, and GPS

Position data bar on or off. Select

data bar Setup

to configure

the data shown on the screen.
Navigation—turn the Distance to Destination, Arrival, Off

Course, and Bearing data bar on or off. Select

auto

to turn on the

navigation data bar whenever you are navigating to a destination.

Select

data bar Setup

to choose different data to show on the

cruising data bar.
fishing—turn the Depth, Water Temperature, and Water Speed

data bar on or off.
fuel—turn the Fuel Rate, Remaining Fuel, Range, and Fuel

Economy data bar on or off.
Sailing—turn the Water Speed, Wind Speed, Wind Angle, and

Wind Velocity Made Good (VMG) data bar on or off. Select

wind

to toggle between True and Apparent wind speed and wind

angle.
Compass Tape—displayed at the top of the screen to provide the

current heading, and an indicator that shows the bearing to the

desired course appears while navigating.

Understanding How Wind VMG and Waypoint

VMG Appear in the Data Bars

The chartplotter automatically switches between displaying Wind

Velocity Made Good (VMG) and Waypoint VMG in the data bars.
Waypoint VMG appears under these conditions:

The Route Leg data bar displays Waypoint VMG when you are

navigating a route or an automatic guidance line.
The Sailing data bar displays Waypoint VMG when you are

navigating a route or an automatic guidance line and you turn off

the Route Leg data bar.

Wind VMG appears under these 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.

Chart Setup—customize the Navigation chart settings (

page 11

).

Understanding Chart Data

Charts for BlueChart g2 and BlueChart g2 Vision use graphic

symbols to denote map features that follow the standards for USA

and international charts.

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