Setting up sonar – Garmin GPSMAP 400 User Manual

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GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner’s Manual

5

Using Sonar

Setting Up Sonar

Use the Sonar Setup screen to define and adjust settings universal to

all sonar screens.
From the Home screen, select

Sonar

>

Sonar Setup

.

Scroll Speed—adjust the rate at which the sonar scrolls from

right to left (Ultrascroll

, fast, Medium, or Slow). If using a

speed-capable transducer, select

auto

to have the scroll speed

automatically adjust to the water speed of your boat.
Surface Noise—show or hide the sonar returns near the surface of

the water. Hide surface noise to help reduce clutter.
depth Line—quickly reference a specific depth (Show or Hide). To

set the depth of the reference line, select

Show

, and then press up or

down on the

Rocker

.

a-Scope—display a vertical flasher along the right side of the

screen.
data bars—show or hide depth, water temperature, water speed (if

your transducer is capable), battery voltage, cruising, navigation,

and the compass tape (

page 9

).

NOTE: To display water temperature or water speed, the connected

transducer must be capable of measuring water temperature, water

speed, or both. Select

auto

to display the values.

appearance—customize the display of fish symbols, whiteline, and

the sonar color scheme.

fish Symbols—set how the sonar interprets suspended targets.

Select

to show suspended targets as symbols with

background sonar information.
Select

to show suspended targets as symbols with

background sonar information and target depth information.
Select

to show suspended targets as symbols.

Select

to show suspended targets as symbols with

target depth information.

whiteline—highlights the strongest signal from the bottom to

help identify the hardness or softness.

Off (default)—turns off whiteline.
High—the most-sensitive setting. Almost all strong returns

are highlighted in white.



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