GPSMAP®‎ 8400/8600/8700 Series (EN)

Table of Contents Adding a SmartMode Layout........ 24 Customizing the Layout of a SmartMode or Combination Page.........................................24 Deleting a Combination Page......... 25 Customizing the Data Overlays...... 25 Resetting the Station Layouts........ 25 Customizing the Startup Screen..... 25 Presets........................................ 26 Introduction....................................13 Protective Cover............................ 13 Device Overview.............................13 Using the Touchscreen................. 13 On-Screen Buttons...................... 14 Locking and Unlocking the Touchscreen..............................

14 Connector View (8x10, 8x12, and 8x16 models)............................. 14 Connector View (8x17, 8x22, and 8x24 models)............................. 15 Connector View (8700 models)...... 16 Tips and Shortcuts (MFD models)......16 Tips and Shortcuts (Black Box models)....................................... 17 Accessing Owner's Manuals on the Chartplotter.................................. 17 Accessing the Manuals from the Web............................................ 18 Garmin Managing Presets....................... 26 Saving a New Preset.................... 26 Controlling the Chartplotter............ 27 Voice Control................................

27 Changing the Voice Control Language on a Garmin ® Chartplotter..............27 Supported Headsets.................... 27 Pairing a Wireless Headset with a Garmin ® Chartplotter.................... 27 Using a Wireless Headset with a Garmin ® Support Center................... 18 Memory Cards............................... 18 ® Chartplotter.................... 27 Pairing a Garmin ® Watch with a Garmin Chartplotter for Voice Control......................................27 Using a Garmin Inserting Memory Cards (GPSMAP ® 8x10/8x12/8x16)........................ 18 Inserting a Memory Card (GPSMAP ® ® Watch with a Garmin Chartplotter for Voice Control........ 28 Chartplotter Voice Commands.......

28 GRID Remote Control.....................32 8x17/8x22/8x24/87xx).................19 Acquiring GPS Satellite Signals......... 20 Selecting the GPS Source..............20 Pairing the GRID Device with the Chartplotter from the Chartplotter...32 Pairing the GRID Device with the Chartplotter from the GRID Device.. 32 Pairing the GRID 20 Device with the Chartplotter from the GRID 20 Device.................................. 32 Rotating the GRID Remote Input Device...................................... 32 Customizing the Chartplotter..........21 Pinning a Feature Button...............22 Rearranging the Category Items.....

22 Menu Bar......................................22 Home Screen................................ 21 Hiding and Showing the Menu Bar.. 23 Setting the Vessel Type................... 23 Adjusting the Backlight....................23 Adjusting the Color Mode.................23 Adjusting the Color Theme............... 23 Enabling Screen Lock...................... 23 Turning On the Chartplotter Automatically................................ 23 Automatically Turning Off the System........................................ 24 Customizing Pages.........................24 ActiveCaptain ® App.........................33 ® and Garmin BlueNet Considerations..............................

33 ActiveCaptain ActiveCaptain ® Roles....................... 33 Getting Started with the ActiveCaptain ® App............................................. 33 Enabling Smart Notifications............ 34 Receiving Notifications.................34 Creating a New Combination Page..24

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Managing Notifications................ 35 Making Notifications Private..........35 Updating Software with the ActiveCaptain Viewing Location and Object Information on a Chart................. 42 Viewing Details about Navaids....... 42 Navigating to a Point on the Chart.. 42 Premium Chart Features.................. 42 ® App......................... 35 Updating Charts with ActiveCaptain ® .. 36 Chart Subscriptions........................ 36 Fish Eye 3D Chart View................. 43 Viewing Tide Station Information.... 43 Showing Satellite Imagery on the Navigation Chart......................... 44 Viewing Aerial Photos of Landmarks................................

44 Automatic Identification System........45 Communication with Wireless Devices.......................................... 37 Wi‑Fi ® Network............................... 37 Setting Up the Wi‑Fi ® Network........ 37 Connecting a Wireless Device to the Chartplotter............................... 37 Changing the Wireless Channel...... 37 Changing the Wi‑Fi AIS Targeting Symbols................. 45 Heading and Projected Course of Activated AIS Targets.................. 46 Viewing a List of AIS Threats......... 46 Activating a Target for an AIS Vessel...................................... 46 Setting the Safe-Zone Collision Alarm.......................................

47 AIS Aids to Navigation..................47 Turning Off AIS Reception............. 48 Chart Menu................................... 49 ® Host.............. 37 Wireless Remote Control................. 37 Pairing the Wireless Remote Control With the Chartplotter.................... 37 Turning On and Off the Remote Backlight................................... 37 Disconnecting the Remote Control from All Chartplotters...................38 Pairing a Garmin ® Watch to Control a Garmin Chartplotter........................ 38 Wireless Wind Sensor..................... 38 Chart Layers...............................49 Chart Settings............................

52 Fish Eye 3D Settings.................... 52 Supported Maps............................ 53 Connecting a Wireless Sensor to the Chartplotter............................... 38 Adjusting the Wind Sensor Orientation.................................38 Viewing Boat Data on a Garmin Garmin Quickdraw Contours Mapping......................................... 54 ® Watch.......................................... 38 Mapping a Body of Water Using the Garmin Quickdraw Contours Feature........................................ 54 Adding a Label to a Garmin Quickdraw Contours Map............................... 54 Garmin Quickdraw Community........ 54 Charts and 3D Chart Views.............

40 Detailed Charts.............................. 40 Activating a Marine Chart Subscription...............................40 Purchasing a Chart Subscription with ActiveCaptain Connecting to the Garmin Quickdraw ® ............................ 40 Renewing Your Subscription.......... 41 Navigation Chart and Fishing Chart.... 41 ® ..... 55 Garmin Quickdraw Contours Settings....................................... 55 Community with ActiveCaptain Chart Symbols............................ 41 Zooming In and Out Using the Touchscreen.............................. 41 Measuring a Distance on the Chart........................................ 41 Creating a Waypoint on the Chart...

42 Navigation with a Chartplotter........ 56 Basic Navigation Questions.............. 56 Route Color Coding.........................57 Destinations..................................57 Where To Screen.........................57

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Searching for a Destination by Name....................................... 58 Selecting a Destination Using the Navigation Chart......................... 58 Searching for a Marine Services Destination................................ 58 Setting and Following a Direct Course Using Go To............................... 58 Stopping Navigation.................... 59 Waypoints.................................... 59 Auto Guidance Path Configurations............................64 Tracks......................................... 65 Showing Tracks.......................... 65 Setting the Color of the Active Track........................................ 65 Saving the Active Track................

65 Viewing Saved Tracks.................. 65 Editing a Saved Track...................66 Saving a Track as a Route............. 66 Saving a Track as a Boundary........ 66 Browsing for and Navigating a Recorded Track.......................... 66 Deleting a Saved Track................. 66 Deleting All Saved Tracks..............66 Retracing the Active Track............ 66 Clearing the Active Track.............. 66 Managing the Track Log Memory During Recording........................ 67 Configuring the Recording Interval of the Track Log............................. 67 Boundaries................................... 67 Marking Your Present Location as a Waypoint...................................

59 Creating a Waypoint at a Different Location.................................... 59 Marking a Man Overboard or Other SOS Location............................. 59 Projecting a Waypoint.................. 59 Viewing all Waypoints.................. 59 Editing a Saved Waypoint.............. 60 Moving a Saved Waypoint............. 60 Browsing for and Navigating to a Saved Waypoint.......................... 60 Deleting a Waypoint or an MOB...... 61 Deleting All Waypoints..................61 Routes......................................... 61 Creating a Boundary.................... 67 Converting a Route to a Boundary... 67 Converting a Track to a Boundary...

67 Editing a Boundary...................... 67 Linking a Boundary to a SmartMode Layout...................................... 68 Setting a Boundary Alarm............. 68 Disabling all Boundary Alarms........68 Deleting a Boundary.....................68 Deleting All Saved Waypoints, Tracks, Routes, and Boundaries................... 68 Creating and Navigating a Route From Your Present Location.................. 61 Creating and Saving a Route.......... 61 Viewing Routes and Auto Guidance Paths........................................61 Editing a Saved Route..................

61 Finding and Navigating a Saved Route........................................62 Browsing for and Navigating Parallel to a Saved Route......................... 62 Initiating a Search Pattern............. 63 Deleting a Saved Route.................63 Deleting All Saved Routes............. 63 Auto Guidance............................... 63 Sailing Features..............................69 Setting the Vessel Type for Sailing Features....................................... 69 Sail Racing....................................69 Starting Line Guidance................. 69 Starting the Race Timer................

70 Stopping the Race Timer...............70 Setting the Distance between the Bow and the GPS Antenna................... 70 Sailing Navigation Chart Presets....... 71 SmartMode Layouts for Sailing........ 71 Laylines Settings............................ 71 Polar Tables..................................71 Setting and Following an Auto Guidance Path............................ 63 Creating and Saving an Auto Guidance Path......................................... 63 Adjusting a Saved Auto Guidance Path......................................... 64 Canceling an Auto Guidance Calculation in Progress.................64 Setting a Timed Arrival................. 64

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Selecting a Preloaded Polar Table.. 72 Viewing Polar Table Details........... 72 Showing Polar Data in Data Fields.. 72 Adjusting the Scale of the Polar Table........................................ 73 Turning Off Polar Table Data......... 73 Steer Assist.................................. 73 Setting the Keel Offset.................... 74 Sailboat Autopilot Operation............. 75 Selecting the Transducer Type.......... 89 Selecting a Sonar Source................. 89 Renaming a Sonar Source............. 89 Sonar Sharing................................89 Synchronizing Sonar Scroll Rates...

90 Pausing and Resuming the Sonar Display.........................................90 Paused Sonar Considerations........ 90 Viewing Sonar History..................... 90 Creating a Waypoint on the Sonar Screen......................................... 91 Adjusting the Level of Detail............. 91 Adjusting the Color Intensity............. 91 Sonar Setup.................................. 91 Wind Hold..................................75 Tack and Gybe............................76 Heading Line and Angle Markers....... 77 Setting the Heading Line and Angle Markers....................................

77 Viewing Sailing Vessel Data..............77 Setting the Zoom Level on the Sonar Screen...................................... 92 Setting the Scroll Speed................92 Adjusting the Range.....................92 Sonar Noise Rejection Settings...... 93 Sonar Appearance Settings........... 93 Sonar Alarms............................. 94 Advanced Sonar Settings.............. 94 Transducer Installation Settings..... 95 Sonar Frequencies.......................95 Turning On the A-Scope................ 96 Heave Compensation................... 97 Panoptix Sonar Setup.................... 97 Sonar Fishfinder.............................

78 Stopping the Transmission of Sonar Signals.........................................78 Traditional Sonar View.................... 78 Split-Frequency Sonar View........... 78 Garmin ClearVь Sonar View............ 78 Garmin SideVь Sonar View............. 79 SideVь Scanning Technology.........80 Measuring Distance on the Sonar Screen...................................... 80 Panoptix Sonar Views.................... 81 Adjusting the RealVь Viewing Angle and Zoom Level.......................... 97 Adjusting the RealVь Sweep Speed............................. 98 LiveVь Forward and Garmin FrontVь Sonar Settings............................

98 RealVь Appearance Settings..........99 Panoptix Transducer Installation Settings.................................... 99 LiveScope and Perspective Sonar Settings............................. 101 LiveVь Down Sonar View.............. 81 LiveVь Forward Sonar View........... 81 RealVь 3D Forward Sonar View...... 82 RealVь 3D Down Sonar View..........83 RealVь 3D Historical Sonar View.... 83 Garmin FrontVь Sonar View......... 85 Triple Beam Sonar View................85 LiveScope Sonar View................... 85 Zooming in a Panoptix LiveVь or LiveScope Sonar View................... 86 Perspective View........................... 86 OneVь Scanning Sonar..................

87 LiveScope and Perspective Sonar Setup............................. 101 LiveScope and Perspective Appearance Settings.................. 102 LiveScope and Perspective Layout Settings......................... 102 LiveScope and Perspective Transducer Installation Settings... 102 Starting and Stopping OneVь Scanning................................... 87 Interacting with the OneVь Sonar View......................................... 87 Changing Between 2D and 3D Views....................................... 87 OneVь Sonar Options................. 88 Sonar Views in Combo Screens......... 88 Spy Pole Control...........................103

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