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56 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner’s Manual
Conguring the Chartplotter
—enter the total fuel capacity of your boat.
Conguring Other Vessels
To congure settings for boats other than your own, from the
Home screen, select Congure > Other Vessels�
: To congure AIS or DSC information for other boats, your
unit must be connected to an external AIS or DSC device.
—turn AIS (Automatic Identication System) on or off. AIS
alerts you to area trafc by providing boat IDs, position, course,
and speed for boats that are within range and equipped with a
transponder.
—turn DSC (Digital Selective Calling) on or off.
—create a safe zone around your boat for collision
avoidance. The zone can be customized.
To customize safe-zone settings:
From the Home screen, select Congure > Other Vessels > AIS
Alarm�
• Range—change the measured radius of the safe-zone ring to
a specied distance from 500 ft� to 2�0 nm (or from 150 m to
3�0 km, or from 500 ft� to 2�0 mi)�
• Time to (Safe Zone)—sounds an alarm if AIS or MARPA
determines that a target will intersect the safe zone within the
dened time interval (from 1 to 24 minutes)�
• AIS Alarm—when On is selected, a message is displayed
(“AIS: Dangerous Target”) when a vessel enters the safe
zone� When Off is selected, the message will not be
displayed�
Restoring the Original Factory Settings
: This procedure deletes all settings information you have
entered.
1� From the Home screen, select Congure > System > System
Information > Factory Settings�
2� Select Yes to restore all factory settings, or select No to cancel�
The unit reboots and prompts you to adjust unit settings (page 2)�