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Safety Shading and Fishing Charts on a Garmin® Marine Device
BlueChart® g2, BlueChart® g3 and BlueChart® g2, BlueChart® g3 Vision offer many features that enhance a boater's experience when used in conjunction with a compatible device. While these features are intended to improve a user's experience, only certain features of the mapping are compatible with specified devices.1
Safety Shading allows a user to enable contour shading for all depth contours shallower than user-defined safe depth. To adjust Safety Shading select Setup > Marine > Appearance.
Fishing Charts aid in viewing the bottom contours and depth soundings with less visual clutter on the display.
To determine whether your device can display one or both of these features, consult the Owner's Manual.
1 If the device uses a proprietary Garmin Data Card for expandable memory or mapping and is BlueChart g2/g3 compatible, it is compatible with Safety Shading but NOT Fishing Charts.
The Garmin GPSMAP® 62, GPSMAP® 64, GPSMAP® 66, GPSMAP® 67, GPSMAP® 78, Montana, and Oregon 600/700 series of devices are compatible with both safety shading and fishing charts. The Colorado, Dakota, and Oregon (except 600/700 series) devices are compatible with Fishing Charts, but not Safety Shading. All other Garmin handheld devices are not compatible with either Safety Shading or Fishing Charts.