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Garmin GPSMAP 545s User Manual

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GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner’s Manual

Using Charts

Setting the Safe-zone Collision Alarm

The safe-zone collision alarm can be used with AIS. The safe zone

is used for collision avoidance, and can be customized. All safe-zone

collision alarm settings are applied to all charts.

1. From the Home screen, select

Configure

>

Other Vessels

>

AIS

Alarm

>

On

.

A message banner appears and an alarm sounds when an

AIS-activated vessel enters the safe-zone ring around your boat.

The object is also labeled as dangerous on the screen. The

Off

setting disables the message banner and the audible alarm, but

the object is still labeled as dangerous on the screen.

2. Select

Range

to set the measured radius of the safe-zone ring to

a specified distance from 500 ft. to 2.0 nm (or from 150 m to 3.0

km, or from 500 ft. to 2.0 mi.).

3. Select a distance.
4. Select

Time To

to sound an alarm if AIS determines that a

target will intersect the safe zone within the defined time interval

(ranging from 1 to 24 minutes).

5. Select a time.

Viewing a List of AIS Threats

NOTE: The Fishing chart and Mariner’s Eye 3D are available with a

preprogrammed BlueChart g2 Vision data card.

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

>

AIS List

.