36 GPSMAP 5000 Series Owner’s Manual
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3. Touch the NMEA output sentence to select on or off.
4. Touch Off to disable, or touch On to enable the 0183 NMEA output sentence.
Posn. Precision—adjusts the number of digits (Two Digits, Three Digits, or Four Digits) to the
right of the decimal point for transmission of NMEA output.
Waypoint IDs—selects how the unit outputs waypoint identiers (Names or Numbers).
Defaults—resets NMEA 0183 settings to their default settings (OK or Cancel).
NMEA 2000 Setup (optional)—provides a means of differentiating units in a NMEA 2000 network.
Device Instance is used if you have two or more of the same NMEA 2000 devices in your
system. For example, if you have two 5208s in your system, touch Device Instance and enter
different numbers for each device.
System Instance is used if you have two or more separate NMEA systems on your boat with
a gateway between the systems. If this is the case, touch System Instance and assign different
numbers to each system.
Setting Alarms
You can set the unit to sound an audible alarm when certain conditions are met. By default, all
alarms are turned off.
To set an alarm:
1. From the Home screen, touch Congure > Alarms.
2. Touch an alarm category (Navigation, Engine, System, Sonar, or Weather) and set to On or
Off. Alarms include:
Navigation - Anchor Drag, Arrival, Off Course
Engine - Fuel
System - Clock, Battery, GPS Accuracy
Sonar - Shallow Water, Deep Water, Water Temp, Fish
Weather (only if XM WX weather is available) - Marine, Tornado, Severe Storm, Flood,
Flash Flood
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