Garmin GPSMAP 496 User Manual

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GPSMAP 496 Owner’s Manual

Main Menu >

Alarms Tab

Weather Alarms Sub Tab

You must be receiving XM WX weather information for the weather

alarms to work.

Weather Alarms Sub Tab

tornado Warnings—sets an alarm to sound when you enter an area

where a tornado warning is in effect.
thunderstorm Warnings—sets an alarm to sound when you enter

an area where a severe thunderstorm warning is in effect.
Flood Warnings—sets an alarm to sound when you enter an area

where a flood warning is in effect.
Flash Flood Warnings—sets an alarm to sound when you enter an

area where a flash flood warning is in effect.
Marine Warnings—sets an alarm to sound when you enter an area

where a marine warning is in effect.

Sonar Alarms Sub Tab (Marine Mode Only)

You must be receiving sonar NMEA data for Sonar alarms to work.

Sonar Alarms Sub Tab

Shallow Water and Deep Water—sets an alarm to sound when you

enter an area of water that is too shallow or deep.
Water temp—sets an alarm to indicate if the water temperature has

exceeded or dropped below a specific temperature, or fallen outside/

inside a specific temperature range. Select above or Below and then

enter a specific temperature, or select inside or outside and enter a

range of temperatures.
Drift—sets an alarm to sound when you have exceeded a specified

drift distance. Select on, and then enter a specific distance.
Fish—sets alarm to sound when unit detects a fish of the specified

symbol size.

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