Information about your boat, Essels – Garmin GPSMAP 7215 User Manual

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GPSMAP

®

6000/7000 Series Owner’s Manual

Device Configuration

Configuring the Appearance of Other Vessels

Note: The Fishing chart and Mariner’s Eye 3D are available with a preprogrammed BlueChart g2 Vision

data card.
1. From the Home screen, select

Charts

.

2. Select

Navigation Chart

,

Fishing Chart

,

Perspective 3D

, or

Mariner’s eye 3D

.

3. Select

Menu

>

other Vessels

>

Display Setup

.

4. Complete an action:

• Select

Display Range

to indicate the distance from your location within which AIS vessels appear.

Select a distance.

• Select

MARPA

>

Show

to show information about MARPA-tagged vessels.

• Select

Details

>

Show

to show details about other vessels.

• Select

Proj. Heading

to set the projected heading time for MARPA-tagged vessels. For the GPSMAP

6000 series, use the Rocker or the Numeric Keypad to enter the heading. For the GPSMAP 7000

series, use the on-screen keyboard. Select

Done

.

• Select

trails

to show the tracks of AIS vessels. Select the length of the track that appears using a trail.

Information about Your Boat

Calibrating a Water Speed Device

If you have a speed-sensing transducer, you can calibrate that speed-sensing device.
1. From the Home screen, select

Configure

>

My Boat

>

Calibrate Water Speed

.

2. Follow the on-screen instructions.

Note: If the boat is not moving fast enough or the speed sensor is not registering a speed, a “Speed too

low” message appears. Select

oK

, and safely increase the boat speed. If the message appears again, stop

the boat, and ensure that the speed-sensor wheel is not stuck. If the wheel turns freely, check the cable

connections. If you continue to get the message, contact Garmin Product Support.

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:

• For the GPSMAP 6000 series, use the Rocker or the Numeric Keypad.
• For the GPSMAP 7000 series, use the on-screen keyboard.

3. Select

Done

.

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