Garmin GPSMAP 546s - Manual (Page 54)

Configuring the Chartplotter
48 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner’s Manual
To set the distance from shore:
1. Dock your boat or drop anchor.
2. From the Home screen, select Configure > Preferences > Navigation >
auto guidance > Shoreline dist. > Normal.
3. From Home screen, select where To? > waypoints.
4. Select a waypoint for a destination that you have navigated to previously.
5. Select Navigate To > guide To.
6. Review the placement of the Auto Guidance line. Determine whether the
line safely avoids known obstacles, and whether the turns enable efficient
travel.
7. Complete an action:
• If the placement of the Auto Guidance line is satisfactory, select MENU
> Navigation Options > Stop Navigation. Proceed to step 11.
• If the Auto Guidance line is too close to known obstacles, from the
Home screen, select Configure > Preferences > Navigation > auto
guidance > Shoreline distance > far.
• If the turns in the Auto Guidance line are too wide, from the Home
screen, select Configure > Preferences > Navigation > auto
guidance > Shoreline distance > Near.
8. If you selected Near or far in step 7, review the placement of the Auto
Guidance line. Determine whether the line safely avoids known obstacles,
and whether the turns enable efficient travel.
9. Complete an action:
• If the placement of the Auto Guidance line is satisfactory, select MENU
> Navigation Options > Stop Navigation. Proceed to step 11.
• If the Auto Guidance line is too close to known obstacles, from the
Home screen, select Configure > Preferences > Navigation > auto
guidance > Shoreline distance > farthest.
• If the turns in the Auto Guidance line are too wide, from the Home
screen, select Configure > Preferences > Navigation > auto
guidance > Shoreline distance > Nearest.
10. If you selected Nearest or farthest in step 9, review the placement of
the Auto Guidance line. Determine whether the line safely avoids known
obstacles, and whether the turns enable efficient travel.
11. Repeat steps 1-10 at least once more, using a different destination each
time, until you are familiar with the functionality of the Shoreline Distance
setting.
Configuring Communications Settings
To change the communications settings from the Home screen, select
Configure > Communications.
Serial Port 1—configures the input/output format for serial port 1 to use when
connecting your chartplotter to external NMEA devices, a computer, or other
Garmin devices.
• garmin data Transfer—supports the input or output of Garmin-
proprietary data for communicating with Garmin software.
• NMEa Standard—supports the input or output of standard NMEA 0183
data, DSC, and sonar NMEA input support for the DPT, MTW, and VHW
sentences.