Garmin GPSMAP 5215 - Manual (Page 62)

58 GPSMAP ® 4000/5000 Series Owner’s Manual
Device Configuration
Wind VMG and Waypoint VMG in the Data Bars
The chartplotter automatically switches between showing wind VMG and waypoint VMG in the data bars.
Waypoint VMG appears under the following conditions:
• The route leg section of the navigation data bar shows waypoint VMG when you are navigating a route or
an Auto Guidance line.
• The sailing data bar shows waypoint VMG when you are navigating a route or an Auto Guidance line, and
you turn the route leg section of the navigation data bar off.
Wind VMG appears under the following conditions:
• The sailing data bar shows wind VMG when you are not navigating a route or an Auto Guidance line.
• The sailing data bar shows wind VMG when the route leg section of the navigation data bar is on and you
are navigating a route.
Showing the Compass Tape on a Chart
The compass tape appears in a row across the top of a chart or a 3D chart view. It shows the present heading,
and an indicator that shows the bearing to the desired course appears while navigating.
1. From the Home screen, select Charts.
2. Select a chart or a 3D chart view.
3. Select Menu > Data Bars > Compass tape > on.
Other Vessels
You can show and configure information about other vessels for the Navigation Chart, the Fishing Chart,
Perspective 3D, or Mariner’s Eye 3D.
Note: To configure Automatic Identification System (AIS) information for other vessels, your chartplotter
must be connected to an external AIS device. MARPA requires the use of a heading sensor. The heading sensor
must output the NMEA 0183 sentence HDM or HDG. See “About MARPA” ( page 68 ).
Viewing a List of AIS and MARPA Threats
See “Viewing a List of AIS and MARPA Threats” ( page 18 ).
Configuring the Appearance of Other Vessels
Note: The Mariner’s Eye 3D chart view is available if you use a BlueChart g2 Vision data card. The Fishing
chart is available if you use a BlueChart g2 Vision data card or a BlueChart g2 Data card, or if your built-in
map supports Fishing Charts.
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. Enter the heading.
Select Done.
• Select trails to show the tracks of AIS vessels. Select the length of the track that appears using a trail.