On any Page display except Satellite Status, you can "float" or overlay additional GPS or navigation data on the screen with the Overlay Data command. For example, if you left your watch at home, you could dis-play the local time on top of the map. Or, if you wanted to see details about your route and trip, you could show your bearing, course, average speed and trip distance.
The various data available from your unit are divided into categories in the Overlay Data menu. These categories include GPS Data, Naviga-tion, Trip Calculator, Time, Sonar Data and Miscellaneous Data.
You can select items from any of these categories for display, in any combination — the category divisions are there only to help you sort through the information.
Overlay Data, with Navigation and Sonar Data categories expanded.
To overlay information on your screen:
1. Press MENU|↓ to OVERLAY DATA|ENT.
2. If you currently have any overlay data on your screen, it will be listed here. Select (ENTER TO ADD) and press ENT. The data viewer shows information categories with "+" or "–" symbols next to each category name. A category with a "+" next to it is expandable, meaning its con-tents are hidden.
Selecting the category name and pressing ENT will show the category's contents, so you can choose items within it. An expanded category (one with a "–" next to its name) can be collapsed to hide its contents. Just select the category name and press ENT.
3. Expand any categories that might contain data you want to display.
Then press ↓ or ↑ to select a data option.
4. With the data option highlighted, press ENT to check it (turn on) and uncheck it (turn off). As you turn it on, the data will appear on top of the screen. Every Page display has a maximum number of items you can show using the Overlay Data command.
5. After the desired changes are made, press EXIT|EXIT to return to the page display.
From Overlay Data Shown (left) press ENT to see Data Viewer (center).
Select a category and press ENT. Next, select information to show on screen and press ENT to check it and turn it on (right).
At left, Map Page showing boat cruising Puget Sound, Washington, with Overlay Data turned on. This example shows Depth, Ground Speed and the Steering Arrow. Note that the Steering Arrow always points directly to the destination you are navigating toward. In this case, the boater is headed on a northwesterly course of 275º. Since the helmsman is on course, the Steering Arrow is pointing straight ahead.
If the helmsman veered off course, the arrow would show which direc-tion to steer to get back on course. Right, Sonar Page with Overlay Steering
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To remove overlaid data:
1. While on the Page that shows the item or items you want to remove, press MENU|↓ to OVERLAY DATA|ENT.
2. You'll see a list of the overlay data currently displayed. Select the item you want to remove from your display and press ENT|ENT to re-move the data. To rere-move another item, select the item and press ENT|ENT.
3. When you have finished removing all the items you want from the screen, press EXIT to return to the page display.
NOTE
You can also remove data directly from the Data Viewer menu by un-checking the data option you would like to remove.
Overlay Data Shown, with Date option selected (left). Press ENT to ac-cess REMOVE option (center). Press ENT again to remove item and return
to Overlay Data Shown (right).
To move overlaid data:
You may find it useful to rearrange data that is floating in your display window.
1. From one of the Map Pages, press MENU|↓ to OVERLAY DATA|ENT. 2. You'll see a list of the overlay data currently displayed. Select the item you want to move and press ENT|→ to MOVE|ENT.
3. The data begins to flash on your screen. Use any combination of →,
←, ↑ and ↓ to move the data to a new location on the screen.
4. When satisfied, press EXIT|EXIT. NOTE:
The Customize command and the Overlay Data command both use the same information categories. The difference between the two
commands is that Customize changes only the data boxes on a screen, and Overlay Data changes only the information floating on the screen without a box. See Customize Page Displays, on page 89, for information on customizing data boxes.
Left, Water temp in the overlay data shown menu. Right, the overlay data size window. Notice the water speed data description at the top of
the data information window.
To change displayed data font size:
1. From the Map or Sonar page, press MENU|↓ to OVERLAY DATA|ENT. 2. Press ↓ or ↑ to select Data Type|press ENT, then use ↓ or ↑ to scroll to overlay size, press ENT. Press ↓ or ↑ to select the desired data size.
Press ENT|EXIT.
The selected data type will be displayed in the new size. (To change the font size for another Data Type, repeat these steps, beginning with step two above.)
3. To return to the previous page, press EXIT. NOTE:
Some data types can be displayed in only one font size. If that is the case, the Data Size box will not be displayed for that data type.