Garmin GPSMAP 2006C User Manual

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Alarms Tab— allows you to deﬁne the alarm setting for Anchor Drag, Arrival, Off Course, Clock, Shallow
Water, Deep Water, Battery, DGPS, and Accuracy.

System Alarms:

• Clock— provides an alarm for the system clock. Enter a time in the time ﬁeld and turn the alarm on

and off from the control ﬁeld menu. Remember to enter alarm times in the same time format (UTC

or local) you’re using for your system. The unit must be on for the clock alarm to work.

• Battery— sets an alarm to sound when the battery is reaching a critical state of discharge.
• Differential GPS (DGPS) — DGPS alarm will sound when the unit loses a differential ﬁx.
• Accuracy — alarm will sound when the GPS position accuracy falls outside the user-set value.

Nav Alarms:

• Anchor Drag— sets an alarm to sound when you’ve exceeded a speciﬁed drift distance. Enter a

value in the distance ﬁeld and use the control ﬁeld to turn the alarm on and off.

• Arrival— sets an alarm to sound when you’re a speciﬁed distance or time away from a destination

waypoint. Enter a distance radius or time for sounding the alarm and use the control ﬁeld to set the

alarm to ‘Off’, ‘Dist’ (Distance), or ‘Time’.

• Off Course— sets an alarm to sound when you’re off a desired course by a speciﬁed distance. Enter

a distance in the distance ﬁeld and use the control ﬁeld to turn the off course alarm on and off.

Sonar Alarms:

• Shallow Water/Deep Water— set alarms to sound when you enter an area of speciﬁed depth that is

too shallow and/or too deep. Enter a depth in the distance ﬁelds and use the control ﬁelds to turn

the alarms on and off. You must be receiving sonar NMEA data (pg. 76) for this function to work.

• Water Temperature— sets an alarm to sound when the transducer reports a temperature above,

below, inside or outside the speciﬁed value.

• Fish— alarm sounds when unit detects a ﬁsh of the speciﬁed size symbol(s).

To set an alarm:

1. Use the ARROW KEYPAD to highlight the desired ‘Alarm tab’. Then highlight the ﬁeld below the alarm

name you wish activate and press ENTER/MARK.

2. Change the mode to ‘On’ (Dist or Time for the ‘Arrival’ alarm) and press ENTER/MARK.
3. Highlight the next ﬁeld to the right and press ENTER/MARK. Then enter the desired settings and press

ENTER/MARK to ﬁnish.

4. To have an alarm sound until it is acknowledged, place a check mark in the ‘Persist’ ﬁeld. Press ENTER/

MARK to acknowledge an alarm.

Alarms Tab - System Alarms

Main Menu: Alarms Tab

Alarms Tab - Nav Alarms

Alarms Tab - Sonar Alarms