Garmin 521 Manual De Usuario

Configuring the Chartplotter

You can set the unit to sound an audible alarm when certain 

conditions are met. By default, all alarms are turned off.

1.  From the Home screen, select 

 > 

.

2.  Select an alarm category.
3.  Select an alarm.
4.  Select 

 to turn on the alarm.

5.  Specify alarm information.

  To set a navigation alarm from the Home screen, select 

 > 

 > 

.

arrival—set an alarm to sound when you are within a specified 

distance or time from a turn or a destination waypoint.

Type—select whether you want arrival alarms to sound only 

when nearing destinations or when nearing either turns or 

destinations. Select 

 to disable arrival alarms. 

activation—select whether the arrival alarm triggers on time to 

arrival or distance to arrival.

Change Time/Change distance—if you have Activation set to 

Time, select 

 to set the number of minutes before 

arrival that the alarm should sound. If you have Activation set 

to Distance, select 

 to set the distance before 

arrival that the alarm should sound. Use the 

 to change 

the time or distance.

anchor drag—set an alarm to sound when you exceed a specified 

drift distance.
Off Course—set an alarm to sound when you are off course by a 

specified distance.

  To set a system alarm from the Home screen, select 

 > 

 > 

.

Clock—set an alarm using the system (GPS) clock. The unit must 

be on for the clock alarm to work.
battery—set an alarm to sound when the battery reaches a specified 

low voltage.
gPS accuracy—set an alarm to sound when the GPS location 

accuracy falls outside the specified value.