GPSMAP
®
6000/7000 Series Owner’s Manual 67
Device Conguration
Alarms
By default, all alarms are turned off. The chartplotter must be on for the alarms to work.
Navigation Alarms
Setting an Arrival Alarm
You can set an alarm to sound when you are within a specied distance or time from a turn or destination
waypoint.
1. From the Home screen, select > >> .
2. Complete an action:
• Select . Indicate whether you want arrival alarms to sound only when nearing , or
when nearing .
• Select . Indicate whether the arrival alarm triggers based on to arrival or based on
to arrival.
• Select (if Activation is set to ) or (if activation is set to )
to indicate how long or how far before arrival the alarm should sound, in either minutes or a unit of
distance. For the GPSMAP 6000 series, use the or the to enter the time or
distance. For the GPSMAP 7000 series, use the on-screen keyboard. Select .
Setting the Anchor Drag Alarm
You can set an alarm to sound when you exceed a specied drift distance while anchored.
1. From the Home screen, select > >> >.
2. Enter the drift distance that triggers the alarm:
• For the GPSMAP 6000 series, use the or the .
• For the GPSMAP 7000 series, use the on-screen keyboard.
3. Select .
Setting the Off Course Alarm
You can set an alarm to sound when you are off course by a specied distance.
1. From the Home screen, select > > > > .
2. Enter the off-course distance that triggers the alarm:
• For the GPSMAP 6000 series, use the r or the .
• For the GPSMAP 7000 series, use the on-screen keyboard.
3. Select .
