GPSMAP 547/741
L3/4 Chartplotters
American Sailing Institute
Level 3/4 instruction
Prepared by Sherri Gregory
Most illustrations and some text copied from
the Owners Manual and Quick Start Guide
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Ver. 1 2017
Cleaning the Unit
• The device is coated with a special antireflective coating which is very sensitive to
skin oils, waxes, and abrasive cleaners.
Cleaners containing ammonia will harm
the anti-reflective coating.
• Apply an eyeglass lens cleaner specified
as safe for anti-reflective coatings to a
soft, clean, lint-free cloth and gently wipe.
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Differences between182C (L2)
and 547/741(L3/4) units
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Screen navigation (no Page, Find)
Editing
Enhanced chart options
Enhanced navigation options
Wifi and Bluetooth communications
Waypoint and Route transfer
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Not available on our units
The following are a few items mentioned in
the GPSMap 500/700 Series and echoMAP
50/70 Series Owners Manual that are not
available on our unit:
• Premium Charts (BlueChart g2 Vision)
including Auto Guidance
• Most gauges and system monitoring
including Sonar
• Automatic Identification System (AIS)
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GPSmap 547 Keyboard
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GPSmap 741 Touchscreen
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GPSmap 741
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Home button
• “Home” is the main
menu.
• Everything can be
accessed from
Home.
• Menu order can be
changed.
• Scroll up/down to
see entire list
Home menu
Navigation Chart
Nav Info
Man Overboard
Gauges
Settings
Customize Home
Combinations
Charts
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What replaces Page and Find keys?
• Most old “Page”
screens are under
Navigation Chart,
Gauges, and
Settings
• “Find” items by
Pressing Nav Info
and selecting item
type or Search by
Name
Home menu
Navigation Chart
Nav Info
Man Overboard
Gauges
Settings
Customize Home
Combinations
Charts
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Some Settings you may want to
check and change
Press Home => Select Settings
• System => Simulator => On/Off, location
• System => Display => Backlight/Color
Mode
(or press on/off button from any screen)
• Units => North Reference (Magnetic/True)
• Alarms (see next slide)
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Some Settings you can check
and change - Alarms
• Home => Settings => Alarms =>
Navigation =>
• Arrival: Sets an alarm to sound when you are
within a specified distance or time from a turn or
a destination.
• Anchor Drag: Sets an alarm to sound when you
exceed a specified drift distance while anchored.
• Off Course: Sets an alarm to sound when you
are off course by a specified distance
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Some other System Information
you may want to view
Press Home => Select Settings => System =>
• System Information => Software
Information (Displays charts used)
• System Information => Garmin Devices
(Shows software version)
• GPS => Skyview (shows satellite page)
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Some useful Chart Appearance options
Home => Navigation Chart => Menu => Chart
Setup => Chart Appearance
• Orientation => North, Head or Course Up
• Heading line => Display On/Off
(Keep setting for Source as GPS Hdg)
• Spot Depths => Dangerous=> set depth
(shows depths in red at that depth and
lower)
• Safety Shading => Select Manual to specify
maximum depth for shading
• Symbols => Several options available
Compass Rose
• A compass rose can be displayed on the
Navigation chart:
• Home => Navigation Chart => Menu =>
Chart Setup => Roses => Compass or
None (to remove)
• No other Roses options are available on
ASI boats.
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Navigation Chart Screen options
• Select Navigation Chart from the Home Screen (or
from the Charts Screen)
• Options:
– Zoom: +, – Pan: Drag the Navigation Screen or use
arrow keys to view a different location. Press
Back to return to present location
– View details about an item: place cursor on
item Select => Information (Or if the item is
a waypoint, select the waypoint name to get
information about or to edit the waypoint.)
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Navigation Chart Screen options (Continued)
• Select Navigation Chart from the Home Screen (or
from the Charts Screen)
• The following may be performed by placing your cursor
anywhere on the Navigation Chart and pressing Select:
– Navigate To => Select Go To or Route To
– Create Waypoint
– Measure distance: Distance and angle from your
current location is displayed. To reset from a
different current location select Set Reference.
– Information
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Viewing Charts in Split Screen
• Home => Charts => Split Navigation
Chart (Shows two charts so you can pan
on one while keeping the other positioned
on your current location.)
• Home => Combinations (You can view
two charts such as standard and “3D”. You
can customize the appearance.)
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Numbers
• Numbers can be displayed on the
Navigation Chart and Gauges screens.
• You can change the Layout (1-6 numbers)
• You can change the numbers. On our
boat select from these categories:
– GPS
– System
– Navigation
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Number options available
on ASI boats
• GPS
– GPS Speed
– GPS Position
– GPS Heading (COG)
– GPS Error
• System
– Time of Day (H:M)
– Time of Day (H:M:S)
– Date
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Number options available
on ASI boats (Cont.)
• Navigation Data
Bearing
Heading
Off Course
Arrival at Next
Time to Destination
Time to Next Turn
Waypoint Velocity Made Good
Odometer
Arrival at Destination
Distance to Dest.
Distance to Next
Turn
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Changing Chart to show and
hide numbers
From Navigation Chart:
• To change from Full Screen to Numbers:
Menu => Select Show Numbers
• To change from Numbers to Full Screen:
Menu => Select Full Screen Map
Note: If you move the cursor (pan mode) the numbers
disappear from the map screen. Back takes you out of pan
mode and numbers reappear.
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Changing number layout and
contents
• Navigation Chart => Menu => Chart
Setup => Overlay Numbers => Edit
Layout
• Use + and – keys to select a layout
• Highlight a field, then press Select to
change the data field:
– Select a category (GPS, Navigation, System)
– Select the number
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Navigation numbers
• Different number layouts can appear when
you are navigating to a destination. You
can not change the number of fields
displayed so you may want to turn this off.
• To change numbers: Navigation Chart =>
Menu => Chart Setup => Overlay
Numbers => Navigation Inset Setup
• If you want to view your standard numbers
during navigation: Navigation Inset =>
Off
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Chart Latitude and Longitude displays
• The only way to see your current position is to
have “GPS Position” displayed as an optional
number.
• When you move the cursor (pan mode), a small
window is opened on the lower right of the
screen showing the latitude and longitude of the
cursor, along with the distance and bearing from
your current position to the cursor
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Gauges
Three items are operational on ASI boats.
Press Home => Gauges =>
– Numbers: View and customize up to 6 numbers
– Compass: Also shows speed, heading and
navigation information. (GPS based)
– Trip: View odometer, time and speed information.
Press Menu for reset options.
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WAYPOINTS AND ROUTES
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Creating Waypoints
• Mark your current location as a waypoint:
From any screen select Mark
• To create a waypoint at a different location
select Nav Info => Waypoints => New
Waypoint
– Select Enter Coordinates
or
– Select Use Chart, put cursor on location and
Select
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Marking and Starting Navigation
to an MOB Location
• From any screen, select Mark > Man
Overboard.
• From the Home screen, select Man
Overboard > Yes.
• An international MOB symbol marks the
active MOB point and the chartplotter sets
a direct course back to the marked
location.
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Selecting a Destination
• By Name: Nav Info => Search by Name
=> Enter full or partial name. The 50
nearest destinations with your search
criteria will appear.
• By Type: Nav Info => Select Waypoints,
Routes, Tracks, Services
• From Chart: Navigation Chart => Place
cursor on destination and press Select
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What navigation method
is most appropriate?
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Go To and Route To
• Go To: Takes you directly to the destination.
This is the standard option for navigating to a
destination. The chartplotter creates a straightline course or navigation line to the destination.
The path may run over land and other obstacles.
• Route To: Creates a route from your location to
a destination, allowing you to add turns along
the way. This option provides a straight-line
course to the destination, but allows you to add
turns into the route to avoid land and other
obstacles.
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Establishing a Go To
Select a Destination=>Navigate To =>
Go To
• A magenta line appears. In the center of the
magenta line is a thinner purple line that
represents the corrected course from your
current location to the destination. The corrected
course is dynamic, and it moves with your boat
when you are off course.
• To stop navigation: Navigation
Chart=>Menu=>Stop Navigation
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Establishing a Route to
(“on-the-fly” temporary route)
Select a Destination=>Navigate To =>Route To
• Select the location of the last turn before the destination.
• Select Add Turn.
• If necessary, repeat the last two steps to add additional turns,
working backward from the destination to the present location of
your vessel.
• The last turn you add should be the first turn you make, starting from
your present location. It should be the turn closest to your vessel.
• If necessary, select Menu.
Select Navigate Route.
Review the course indicated by the magenta line.
• To stop navigation: Navigation Chart=>Menu=>Stop Navigation
• No waypoints are saved but the route can be saved after ending
navigation.
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Creating and Saving a Route
This procedure saves the route and all the waypoints in it. The starting
point can be your present location or another location.
•Select Nav Info > Routes > New Route > Select Use Waypoint List
or Use Chart.
Using Chart:
•Select the starting location of the route.
•Select Add Turn.
•Select the location of the next turn on the chart.
•Select Add Turn.
•The chartplotter marks the location of the turn with a waypoint.
• If necessary, repeat last two steps to add more turns.
• Select the final destination.
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Navigate parallel to a saved route
• Select Nav Info => Routes => Select a route =>
Navigate To => Offset => Indicate how to
navigate the route:
• To navigate the route from the starting point used when the route
was created, to the left of the original route, select Forward – Port.
• To navigate the route from the starting point used when the route
was created, to the right of the original route, select Forward –
Starboard.
• To navigate the route from the destination point used when the route
was created, to the left of the original route, select Backward –
Port.
• To navigate the route from the destination point used when the route
was created, to the right of the original route, select Backward –
Starboard.
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Editing Waypoints
• Nav Info => Waypoints => select waypoint
=> Edit Waypoint => select items to edit
=> use text editor to edit most items.
• Position can be edited using the chart.
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Editing Routes (easy methods)
• Nav Info=>Routes=>select route=>Edit
turns=> see below
– Create new turn: Use Chart=>place cursor on
existing leg of route where you want to add a
turn=>Select=>Add Turn=>drag leg out to
create new turn=>Select
– Remove a waypoint from a route: Use Turn
List=>select the waypoint=>Remove
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Data Transfer and Wi-Fi
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Importing and exporting
waypoints and routes from thirdparty devices
• Copy a GPX file onto a MicroSD card
• Select Nav Info > User Data > Data
Transfer > File Type.
• Select GPX.
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Transferring Waypoints and
Routes Using Garmin HomePort
Requirements
•Garmin Homeport populated with your
waypoints and routes. (Can be loaded on
Microsoft or Apple computer.)
•MicroSD card
•MicroSD card reader (if your computer
doesn’t have a MicroSD slot)
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Transfer your data
(Apple example)
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Insert MicroSD card
(Name card if new)
Open HomePort
Highlight a file to
transfer
• Select “Send List” or
Microsoft equivalent
• Check off what you
want to transfer
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Memory Cards on Chartplotter
• Unit has two microSD memory card slots.
• A chart memory card is inserted in one
slot: Canada g2 HXCA015R.
• Even though there are two slots, the chart
memory card must be removed before
performing data transfer.
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Insertion of MicroSD memory card
Memory
card is
inserted with
printed side
to right
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Transferring data to Chartplotter
• Insert microSD data
card with unit turned
on.
• When your data card
is inserted this
screen appears.
• Select “Manage User
Data”
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Transferring data to Chartplotter
(continued)
Select “Merge from
Card” to add the data
on your card to the
Waypoints and Routes
already on the
chartplotter.
Select “Replace from
Card” to erase all the
Waypoints and Routes
on the chartplotter and
replace with yours
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Select the file to
download.
“userdata” is the
default first file
created by
HomePort.
After the data
is transferred
this message
appears.
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Re-inserting the Map Card
When you re-insert
the map card you
will see this screen.
Select “Update
Software”.
Caution: Do not
Select “Copy Built-in
Map”. It will overlay
the chart on the
card.
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How do I differentiate between the
chart card and my data card?
• Caution: The chart card is
not labeled in any way to
indicate it contains charts.
• The printed side of the chart
card says SanDisk 4GB
• Your data card will probably
be larger than 4GB
Photo of chart
card
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Wi-Fi Apps
You can access the chartplotter using two
free Apple Apps (as of this presentation
creation for Iphones and Ipads only)
•Garmin Helm – allows you to view and
control the chartplotter (Access can be
limited to viewing or it can be turned off.)
•Garmin BlueChart Mobile – allows you to
create waypoints and routes and transfer to
chartplotter via Wi-Fi
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Wi-Fi Network
The chartplotter has it’s own local Wi-Fi
network. For Manitou:
Name: MANITOU
Password: MANITOU1 (all caps)
To activate Wi-Fi on chartplotter:
Settings => Communications => Wireless
Devices => Wi-Fi Network => Wi-Fi ON
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Garmin BlueChart Mobile
• Export: Sends all routes and waypoints
from your Apple device to the chartplotter
via Wi-Fi
• Import: Adds all routes and waypoints
from the chartplotter to your Apple device
via Wi-Fi
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Transferring waypoints and routes
using BlueChart Mobile
• Turn on chartplotter Wi-Fi
• With your Apple device
join the chartplotter Wi-Fi
network.
• From BlueChart Mobile
select
Settings => Garmin
Marine Network =>
Export or Import
• From the chartplotter
confirm the transfer
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Using Garmin Helm
On an Apple mobile Device:
• Download Garmin Helm App
• Connect to chartplotter Wi-Fi
• Open Helm App
• View or control chartplotter using
superimposed keyboard.
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