Garmin® Marine Chartplotter/Sounder Is Incorrectly Displaying Land or Depth Shadings

It has been identified that certain Garmin® Marine Chartplotters/Sounders may incorrectly or incompletely draw areas of marine charts in a way that makes land or shallow water areas appear to be navigable water. Service Bulletin No. 1018 Revision A has been released to address this concern. Those products and unit software versions affected are listed below.

Software version 5.70

• GPSMAP® 4008
• GPSMAP® 4012
• GPSMAP® 4010
• GPSMAP® 4208
• GPSMAP® 4212
• GPSMAP® 4210
• GPSMAP® 5008
• GPSMAP® 5012
• GPSMAP® 5015
• GPSMAP® 5208
• GPSMAP® 5212
• GPSMAP® 5215

Software version 3.30

• GPSMAP® 620
• GPSMAP® 640

Software version 2.20

• GPSMAP® 6008
• GPSMAP® 6012
• GPSMAP® 6208
• GPSMAP® 6212
• GPSMAP® 7012
• GPSMAP® 7015
• GPSMAP® 7212
• GPSMAP® 7215

Software version 2.30

• GPSMAP® 720
• GPSMAP® 740
• GPSMAP® 750

In order to correct your land and depth shadings, your Garmin Marine Chartplotter/Sounder will need to be updated. Please see below the updated version that will correct your chartplotter. You can update your device by visiting Garmin's Marine Device Software Update page.

For your safety, it is mandatory that you update your Garmin Marine Chartplotter/Sounder. To learn more about Service Bulletin No. 1018 Revision A, and other Service Alerts that may impact your Garmin Marine Device, please visit http://www8.garmin.com/marine/servicenotices.jsp.