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Garmin GPSMAP 545s User Manual

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GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner’s Manual

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Using Charts

weather—sets up and displays various weather parameters,

including precipitation (NEXRAD), cloud cover, visibility, WX

buoys, and the weather legend. Sea temperature and fish species can

be displayed on the Fishing chart (

page 19

).

The weather feature is only available if the chartplotter is

connected to a weather module and you have an XM

®

subscription.

See

page 60

for additional information.

NOTE: If weather is set to Off, none of the weather options will

be visible on the chart.

Wind direction

indicator

Compass rose

Changing the Chart Appearance

From the Home screen, select

Charts

>

Navigation Chart

>

MENU

>

Chart Setup

>

Chart

appearance

.

Orientation—changes the perspective of the map display.
North Up—sets the top of the map display to a north heading.
Head Up—sets the map display to the current track heading.
Course Up—sets the map so the direction of navigation is

always up. The heading line appears vertically on the screen if

shown.