Humminbird PLATINUM CARTOGRAPHY User Manual

Platinum™ Cartography

Accessory Manual

Platinum

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Cartography

Thank You!

Thank you for choosing Humminbird®, America's #1 name in fishfinders. Humminbird® has built its reputation by designing and manufacturing top-quality, thoroughly reliable marine equipment. Your Humminbird® is designed for trouble-free use in even the harshest marine environment. In the unlikely event that your Humminbird® does require repairs, we offer an exclusive Service Policy - free of charge during the first year after purchase, and available at a reasonable rate after the one-year period. For complete details, see the separate warranty card included with your accessory. We encourage you to read this operations manual carefully in order to get full benefit from all the features and applications of your Humminbird® product.

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WARNING! This device should not be used as a navigational aid to prevent collision, grounding, boat damage, or personal injury. When the boat is moving, water depth may change too quickly to allow time for you to react. Always operate the boat at very slow speeds if you suspect shallow water or submerged objects.

CAUTION: Platinum™ Cartography is designed to supplement the use of authorized government charts, not be used instead of them. You should use official government charts for the most up to date information to ensure safe navigation.

Platinum™ Cartography is a registered trademark of Navionics®.

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Table of Contents

How Platinum™ Cartography Works 1

Multi-Media Card (MMC)/SD Slot 2

Software Updates .................................................................................................... 2

Additional Platinum™ Cartography Key Functions 3

VIEW Key .................................................................................................................. 3

MENU Key ................................................................................................................ 3

4-WAY Cursor Control Key ...................................................................................... 4

EXIT Key .................................................................................................................... 4

INFO Key .................................................................................................................. 5

GOTO Key .................................................................................................................. 5

ZOOM [+/-] Keys ...................................................................................................... 6

Chart/Pilot Book Combo View ................................................................................ 7

How to Use the Pilot Book ...................................................................................... 8

Moving Through the Pilot Book .............................................................................. 8

Bird’s Eye View........................................................................................................ 11

Chart View .............................................................................................................. 13

Nearest Port and Chart Information...................................................................... 14

How Platinum™ Cartography Affects The Menu System 15

Navigation X-Press™ Menu Platinum™ Cartography Addition

(Navigation Views only) 16

Overlay Transparency Exaggeration

(only in Navigation Views, 1100 Series™ models only)

(only in Navigation Views when Chart Aerial Overlay is visible)

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Chart Menu Tab Platinum™ Cartography Additions 17

Chart Detail Level .................................................................................................. 17

Map Borders............................................................................................................ 18

Platinum™ Menu Tab (only with Platinum™ Cartography MMC/SD card) 19

Chart Aerial Overlay .............................................................................................. 19

3D Aerial Overlay .................................................................................................... 19

Platinum 3D ............................................................................................................ 19

Troubleshooting 20

Fishing System Doesn’t Power Up........................................................................ 20

Fishing System Defaults to Simulator with a Transducer Attached .................. 20

Display Problems .................................................................................................... 21

Finding the Cause of Noise .................................................................................. 22

Humminbird® Accessories 23

Glossary 24

Contact Humminbird® 30

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How Platinum™Cartography Works

Platinum™Cartography is only available in the 858c, 898c, 955c, 957c, 958c, 967c, 997c, 998c and 1100 Series™models if you have an optional-purchase Navionics®Platinum™Cartography MMC/SD card installed. Platinum Cartography provides:

• a photographic overlay on certain views,

• additional icons for ports and other landmarks,

• pilot books that provide commentary from captains for certain ports,

• panoramic photos of some ports (such as marinas), and

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• 3D Platinum

3D Platinum™Cartography displays a 3 dimensional rendered view of both the water where you are navigating and the ports and land masses in the area surrounding the boat's position. Land is shown in varying shades of yellow, with the color changes indicating the relative height above sea level. Water and submerged objects are shown in varying shades of blue, with the color changes indicating the relative depth.

NOTE: If you cannot see any Platinum™information, the MMC/SD card installed in your control head may not have any Platinum™data for the area you are viewing. In this case, zoom out far enough to see the dotted gridlines on the Bird’s Eye View, which indicate areas where 3D data is available. Then, using the 4-WAY Cursor Control key, move into the center of the dotted gridlines, and press the Zoom + key to zoom in again. See Bird’s Eye View for more information.

NOTE: It may take a moment for the Platinum

Cartography.

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information to load.

The user interface will change to show the following Platinum™Cartography features when you install a Navionics®Platinum™Cartography MMC/SD card:

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• A new Platinum™main menu tab will appear that contains the Chart Aerial Overlay, 3D Aerial Overlay, and Platinum 3D menu choices;

• The Chart/Pilot Book View is added to the Views Menu, and to the views rotation after the Chart View (The Chart/Pilot Book View is hidden by default);

• The Bird’s Eye View changes to show charts loaded with 3D representations for a new 3D Bird’s Eye View that has the following added functionality:

- The zoom level will affect how much space is taken up in the view and how much white space is shown.

- Platinum™Navaids (navigational aids) are displayed as long as the Chart Detail Level is set to Navigation or higher.

- An aerial photo overlay is shown on the 3D representation of the Bird's Eye View.

NOTE: You must be zoomed in enough, but not too close, to be able to see the 3D overlay.

• Chart views will display Navionics®Platinum™items, depending on the Chart Detail level set; when All is selected, all of the Platinum™icons that are available on a particular part of the map will be displayed.

- When Chart Aerial Overlay is set to Visible on the Platinum™Main Menu, you'll see a photo on top of your chart, and the Overlay Transparency X-Press™Menu that allows you to adjust the transparency via a slider will be added to the Chart views.

• INFO key functionality:

- Port Info has new functionality. The following three selections come up as a submenu:

Port Information

Pilot Book

Panoramic Photo:

(see

How to Use the Pilot Book

(see

Nearest Port and Chart Information

for more information)

for more

information)

NOTE: Each selection is displayed only if it is actually available for the port, and if only one selection is available, it is displayed without any submenu selection.

NOTE: Choosing any of these options cursors to the item of interest.

Multi-Media Card (MMC)/SD Slot

Your Humminbird®Fishing System also has a multi-media card (MMC)/SD slot that is used to insert optional-purchase cards containing additional detailed maps. If you insert an MMC/SD that contains a more detailed chart for a particular location, your Humminbird®Fishing System will retrieve that chart and display it automatically. Use

Inserting an MMC/SD

into the Card Slot

the illustration to locate the position of the MMC/SD slot cover, remove the MMC/SD

slot cover, then insert the MMC/SD into the slot. The label on the MMC/SD should face toward the left side of the unit. Press down on the card until it clicks into place and replace the slot cover. Then, replace and tighten snugly - do NOT overtighten, as this will not improve water resistance, and may damage the cover.

Software Updates

Use the MMC/SD slot to update the software version of your control head. To update the software in your control head, plug in the appropriate MMC/SD card that contains a software update file; the unit will recognize it, will tell you what software version your control head is currently running, and will ask you if you want to update the software in the unit to match that on the MMC/SD card. You can obtain software updates from the

www.humminbird.com

website.

Additional Platinum™Cartography Key Functions

Your user interface consists of a set of easy-to-use keys that work with various on-screen views and menus to give you flexibility and control over your fishing experience. Your control head operations manual contains full descriptions of the functions of these keys, but the following keys have additional Platinum™Cartography functionality when a Platinum Cartography MMC/SD card is installed:

• VIEW key

• MENU key

VIEW Key

The VIEW key is used to cycle through all available views.

Press the VIEW key to advance to the next view. Repeatedly pressing VIEW cycles through all views available. Views can be hidden to optimize the system to your fishing requirements.

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• When you have the Platinum™MMD/SD card installed, the view rotation will include the Chart/Pilot Book View.

NOTE: Use the Views tab under the Main Menu to change each view to Hidden or Visible.

• 4-WAY Cursor Control key

• EXIT key

• INFO key

• GOTO key

• ZOOM [+/-] keys.

MENU Key

The MENU key is used to access the menu system.

X-Press™Menu -

X-Press™Menu displays the new Overlay Transparency Platinum™X-Press Menu choice in any of the Chart navigation views when Chart Aerial Overlay is set to Visible. See

Overlay Transparency (only in Navigation Views when Chart Aerial Overlay is visible)

Main Menu -

The Main Menu System is organized under tabbed headings to help you find a specific menu item quickly: Alarms, Sonar, Navigation, Chart, Setup, Views, Accessories, and Platinum™tabs are part of your tabbed Main Menu System.

Press the MENU key once for the X-Press™Menu. The

Navigation X-Press™Platinum™Cartography Additions:

for more information.

Press the MENU key twice for the tabbed Main Menu System.

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4-WAY Cursor Control Key

The 4-WAY Cursor Control key has multiple Platinum Cartography functions, depending on the situation:

EXIT Key

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The EXIT key has one function specific to Platinum Cartography:

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Pilot Book Selection -

Use the 4-WAY Cursor Control keys to select a port icon (shown as a sailboat within a white square), then press the INFO key to display the Port Info menu. When a pilot book is

available, you can use the 4-WAY Cursor Control keys to select a pilot book, then use the 4-WAY Cursor Control keys to navigate through the pilot book, in combination with the GOTO key. See

How to Use the Pilot Book

for more

information.

NOTE: You can also view the pilot book by pressing the VIEW key until the Chart/Pilot Book View appears.

Change 3D Perspective -

Use any arrow key to change the perspective in the 3D Bird's Eye View. Subsequent presses of arrow keys rotate and tilt the 3D representation.

• If you are viewing a panoramic photo in a Bird's Eye or Chart view, pressing EXIT will exit the panoramic photo and return you to the normal view with the cursor active.

INFO Key

Press the INFO key while in any navigation view to display information about objects that are nearest to an active cursor.

NOTE: You can use the INFO key to obtain extra information about specific Navionics

NOTE: Your control head will have one of the keys shown here. Both keys function in the same way.

icons.

Chart Info menu:

If the cursor is not active, pressing the INFO key will highlight the Chart Info menu. Use the 4-WAY Cursor Control key to highlight Nearest Port, Nearest Tide Station or Nearest Current Station, then use the RIGHT Cursor key to display the requested information.

Port Info menu:

If the cursor is active, pressing the INFO key will displaythePort Info menu. From theChart Info menu, if you choose Nearest Port using the 4-WAY Cursor Control keys, the Port Info menu will also be displayed. Use the 4-WAY Cursor Control key to

highlight Port Information, Pilot Book or Panoramic Photo (some of thesemaynotbe present, dependingon what is actually available for the map at this location), then use the RIGHT Cursor key to display the requested information.

NOTE: Not all menu choices will be displayed, as they are dependent on what information is available from your MMC/SD card at that point in the map.

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NOTE: The built-in UniMap This information is only available from optional purchase MMC/SD cards.

NOTE: If a Chart Information text box appears instead of one of the Info menus, this means that there is no additional pilot book or panoramic photo information available near your cursor's location.

does not contain Port, Tide or Current information.

GOTO Key

The GOTO key has additional Platinum™Cartography functionality in the pilot book, where it is used to move from screen to screen in the pilot book hierarchy. See the

Chart/Pilot Book View

section for more information.

ZOOM (+/-) Keys

Sonar V

iews

Track

View

Combo

View

Bird's

Eye

View

Press the - or + ZOOM keys while in any of the Navigation Views or the Sonar Zoom View to change the scale of the view to appear closer or farther away.

NOTE: Platinum™information, such as a 3D or photographic overlay, will not be displayed if you are zoomed out too far, or zoomed in too far. Use the ZOOM keys to adjust your perspective until you can see the Platinum

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information.

Views

Chart/Pilot Book Combo View will be added to the View Rotation when a Platinum Multi-Media Card (MMC)/SD Card is installed in the Fishing System. In addition, the following views will have additional Platinum™Cartography features added to them:

New Platinum™ Cartography View:

• Chart/Pilot Book Combo View

Navigation Views Affected by Platinum™ Cartography:

• Bird's Eye View

• Chart Views

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Cartography

Chart/Pilot Book Combo View

The pilot book is a collection of captain's log entries, displayed in book form, that is associated with certain ports. Chart/Pilot Book Combo View shows both the Chart and Pilot Book views in a combination split screen. You can perform any of the functions for either of these views, but only when the view you want to control is selected as the active side.

NOTE: Press the MENU key once to access the Navigation X-Press™Menu, and using the 4-WAY Cursor Control Key, change the Active Side of the Combo View to right or left.

NOTE: The Chart/Pilot Book Combo View defaults to Hidden; you must make it Visible using the Chart/Pilot Book View menu on the Views Main Menu tab. However, if you select Pilot Book from the Port Info menu, you will be taken to the Chart/Pilot Book Combo View automatically, regardless of how the view is set to display. See View Main Menu and Nearest Port and Chart Information for more information.

NOTE: See Chart View for more information about the Chart side of this view.

Chart/Pilot Book Combo View

Use the UP and DOWN 4-WAY Cursor Control

Keys to scroll up and down in the display

Highlighting the left arrow icon and pressing

the GOTO Key takes you to the previous page.

Highlighting the Home icon and then pressing the GOTO Key takes you back a level - this icon is inactive if you are in the Pilot Book Index.

Highlighting the right arrow icon and pressing the GOTO Key takes you to the next page.

When you select Pilot Book from the Nearest Port submenu, or from the selected port if your cursor is active, the pilot book will open to the selected port on the Chart/Pilot Book Combo View. If you then change to a different view on the view rotation (using the VIEW key), then re-display the Chart/Pilot Book Combo View, the pilot book will remain open to the last page displayed until you power down the unit. If you have not yet selected a port when you go to the Chart/Pilot Book Combo View in the view rotation, the pilot book will open to the pilot book index. See

Pilot Book

for more information.

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