NOTE: Do not use your Navionics® card to update your plotter software or have it in your plotter when you update!
Chart Layers
Menu> Chart Options> Chart Source> Navionics Set Chart Source to Navionics (Menu > Chart Options)
Go to Menu > Chart Options > View > SonarChart [Fish N Chip] SonarChart™ [Fish N Chip] OFF = Nautical Chart – official charting detail SonarChart [Fish N Chip] ON= SonarChart – high-definition bottom contour detail
Navionics Recommended Chart Settings
Menu > Chart Options > Settings gives you access to: Colored Seabed Areas (On) Annotation (Full) Chart Details (All) Contour Depth (All)
Optional Chart Settings/Features
Menu > Chart Options > View: Shading (On/Off) – Gives maps a textured view Dynamic Icons (On) - Tides/Currents Easy View (On/Off) - Text and icon magnifying feature
Menu > Chart Options> Community Edits: [Navionics] Community Edits (On/Off)
Navionics Features Available With Platinum+™ Products
Satellite Imagery, Relief Shading or Sonar Imagery
Menu > Chart Options > View: Photo Overlay (Full) Transparency: Min = Full Overlay (harder to see chart details) or Max = Less Overlay (harder to see overlay details)
Panoramic Photos
Target a camera icon using your cursor and select the pop-up to display detailed information.
3D View
Menu > Chart Options > 3D Allows for a three-dimensional view of water contours with the ability to pan and rotate the chart information at different angles.
Navionics Advanced Features
Advanced Features are included with an active subscription for updates on your chart plotter card. Not all features are available for all models. See our Compatibility Guide for the most current information.
Advanced Map Options
Menu > Chart Options > View: SonarChart Density – density of contours displayed on SonarChart layer Fishing Range – select a range of depths to fill with a different color Shallow Water Highlight – highlights shallow water between 0 and up to 10m/30ft
SonarChart Live
Menu > Overlay > SonarChart Live Transparency – Min = Full Overlay (harder to see chart details) or Max = Less Overlay (harder to see overlay details) Minimum Depth – Considered safety depth when creating SonarChart Live SonarChart Live Tide Correction – Found from Home screen Settings > System > Chart > SonarChart Live Tide Correction (On) – Allows contours to be adjusted according to nearest tide station for tidal waters
Dock-to-dock Route Guidance
IMPORTANT: Dock-to-dock Route Guidance is for planning purposes only and does not replace safe navigation operations.
Before using, from your Home screen go to Settings > System > Chart to enter your Boat Settings.
Activate the cursor on the chart panel
Select Menu > New > New Route
Position the first waypoint on the chart panel
Position the second waypoint on the chart panel
Select Dock-to-dock Route Guidance
Select Entire Route or Selection
Select Accept to start route creation
Once the preview opens, you can adjust your route points if necessary
Select Keep
Select Save
NOTE: Dock-to-dock Route Guidance will not create a route when the start or end point is in an unsafe area (such as on land).
Plotter Sync
Plotter Sync allows you to transfer routes & markers and update charts on your plotter card from the Boating app on a mobile device.