Humminbird 700 SERIES 786CI User manual

Section Title
786ci Chartplotter
Operations Manual
786ci Chartplotter
Operations Manual
531702-1_A

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How GPS and Cartography Work 1
What’s On the Display 3
Views 5
Bird's ye Views ........................................................................................................ 7
Chart Views ................................................................................................................ 9
Instrument View ...................................................................................................... 13
Screen Snapshot View ............................................................................................ 14
Screen Snapshots .................................................................................................... 15
View Orientation ...................................................................................................... 18
Viewing Cartography .............................................................................................. 19
Introduction to Navigation 22
Waypoints, Routes, and Tracks .............................................................................. 23
Save, dit, or Delete a Waypoint ............................................................................ 24
Navigate to a Waypoint or Position ........................................................................ 26
Add a Waypoint Target or Trolling Grid .................................................................. 27
Save, dit, or Delete a Route .................................................................................. 29
Save or Clear a Current Track.................................................................................. 30
dit, Delete, or Hide Saved Tracks .......................................................................... 31
Man Overboard (MOB) Navigation ........................................................................ 32
Using Your 700 Series™ Control Head 34
Key Functions 35
POW R/LIGHT Key .................................................................................................. 35
VI W Key ................................................................................................................ 35
INFO Key .................................................................................................................. 36
M NU Key .............................................................................................................. 36
4-WAY Cursor Control Key ...................................................................................... 37
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MARK Key .............................................................................................................. 38
GOTO Key................................................................................................................ 38
ZOOM (+/-) Key...................................................................................................... 39
VI W PR S T Keys................................................................................................ 39
XIT Key ................................................................................................................ 40
Multi-Media Card (MMC)/SD Slot 41
Adding Maps to Your Chartplotter........................................................................ 41
Updating Software ................................................................................................ 42
xporting Navigation Data .................................................................................... 43
Accessory Bus 44
Powering On the Unit 45
he Menu System 46
Start-Up Options Menu 47
Normal Operation .................................................................................................. 48
Simulator .............................................................................................................. 48
System Status ...................................................................................................... 49
Self Test.................................................................................................................. 49
Accessory Test........................................................................................................ 50
GPS Diagnostic View ............................................................................................ 51
PC Connect (with optional-purchase PC Connect cable only) ...................................... 51
X-Press™ Menu 52
Main Menu 53
Quick Tips for the Main Menu .................................................................................. 54
User Mode (Normal or Advanced) .............................................................................. 55
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Navigation X-Press™ Menu (Navigation views only) 57
Waypoint [Name] (Only with an active cursor on a waypoint) ...................................... 58
Cursor To Waypoint (Chart Views only) ...................................................................... 59
Save Current Track .................................................................................................. 59
Clear Current Track .................................................................................................. 60
Save Current Route (only when Navigating) .............................................................. 60
Skip Next Waypoint (only when Navigating) .............................................................. 61
Cancel Navigation (only when Navigating) ................................................................ 61
Cancel MOB Navigation (only when MOB Navigation is activated) .............................. 62
Remove Target (only if Target is Active) ...................................................................... 62
Remove Grid (only if Grid is Active).............................................................................. 63
Waypoint [Name] (Most recently-created waypoint) .................................................... 63
Select Readouts ...................................................................................................... 65
Screen Snapshot X-Press™ Menu
(Screen Snapshot View only) 73
Delete Image (optional-purchase MMC/SD Card, Screen Snapshot View only) ................ 74
Delete All Images (optional-purchase MMC/SD Card, Screen Snapshot View only) ........ 74
Alarms Menu ab 75
Low Battery Alarm .................................................................................................. 76
Aux. Temp. Alarm (with optional-purchase temp. probe or Temp/Speed only) ................ 76
Temp. Alarm ............................................................................................................ 77
Off Course Alarm...................................................................................................... 78
Arrival Alarm ............................................................................................................ 79
Drift Alarm................................................................................................................ 79
Alarm Tone .............................................................................................................. 80
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Navigation Menu ab 81
Current Track.......................................................................................................... 82
Saved Tracks .......................................................................................................... 83
Waypoints .............................................................................................................. 85
Routes .................................................................................................................... 87
Chart Orientation .................................................................................................. 89
North Reference .................................................................................................... 89
Waypoint Decluttering .......................................................................................... 89
Grid Rotation .......................................................................................................... 90
Trackpoint Interval ................................................................................................ 90
Track Min Distance (Advanced) .............................................................................. 91
Track Color Range.................................................................................................. 91
Map Datum (Advanced) .......................................................................................... 92
Course Projection Line .......................................................................................... 92
xport All Nav Data (Advanced) .............................................................................. 93
Delete All Nav Data (Advanced) .............................................................................. 93
Continuous Navigation Mode .............................................................................. 94
GPS Receiver Override .......................................................................................... 94
Chart Menu ab 95
Chart Detail Level .................................................................................................. 96
Map Borders .......................................................................................................... 97
Lat/Lon Grid............................................................................................................ 98
Spot Soundings...................................................................................................... 98
Navaids on Bird’s ye View .................................................................................. 98
Shaded Depth ........................................................................................................ 99
Set Simulation Position (Advanced) ........................................................................ 99
Set Map Offset (Advanced) .................................................................................. 100
Clear Map Offset (Advanced) ................................................................................ 100
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Setup Menu ab 101
Units - Depth.......................................................................................................... 102
Units - Temp ( nternational only) .............................................................................. 102
Units - Distance...................................................................................................... 102
Units - Speed.......................................................................................................... 103
User Mode ............................................................................................................ 103
Language ( nternational only).................................................................................... 103
Triplog Reset .......................................................................................................... 104
Restore Defaults .................................................................................................... 104
Aux. Temp. Offset (Advanced).................................................................................. 105
Temp. Offset (Advanced) .......................................................................................... 105
Speed Calibration (Advanced, with Temp/Speed only)................................................ 106
Local Time Zone (Advanced) .................................................................................... 106
Daylight Saving Time (Advanced)............................................................................ 107
Position Format (Advanced) .................................................................................... 107
Time Format (Advanced, nternational only)................................................................ 108
Date Format (Advanced, nternational only)................................................................ 108
Digits Format (Advanced) ........................................................................................ 109
NM A Output (Advanced) ...................................................................................... 109
Demonstration........................................................................................................ 110
Views Menu ab 111
Accessories Menu ab 112
Using Screen Snapshot ........................................................................................ 112
roubleshooting 115
Chartplotter Doesn’t Power Up ............................................................................ 115
Display Problems.................................................................................................... 116
Finding the Cause of Noise .................................................................................. 117
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700 Series™ Chartplotter Accessories 118
Specifications 120
Glossary 121
Contact Humminbird® 129
N TE: Entries in this Table of Contents which list ( nternational Only) are only
available on products sold outside of the U.S. by our authorized nternational
Distributors. t is important to note that products sold in the U.S. are not intended for
resale in the international market. To obtain a list of authorized nternational
Distributors, please visit our website at www.humminbird.com or contact our
Customer Resource Center at 1-800-633-1468 to locate the distributor nearest you.
N TE: Entries in this Table of Contents which list (with PC Connect Cable only) or
(with Temp/Speed only) require the purchase of separate accessories. You can visit
our website at www.humminbird.com to order these accessories online or contact
our Customer Resource Center at 1-800-633-1468.
N TE: Some features discussed in this manual require a separate purchase, and
some features are only available on international models. Every effort has been
made to clearly identify those features. Please read the manual carefully in order to
understand the full capabilities of your model.
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How GPS and Cartography Work
Your 700 Series™ Chartplotter supports GPS and chartplotting. It uses GPS
to determine your position and display it on a grid. The Global Positioning
System (GPS) is a satellite navigation system designed and maintained by the
U.S. Department of Defense. GPS was originally intended for military use;
however, civilians may also take advantage of its highly accurate position
capabilities, typically within +/- 4.5 meters, depending on conditions. This
means that 95% of the time, the GPS receiver will read a location within 4.5
meters of your actual position. Your GPS Receiver also uses information from
WAAS (the Wide Area Augmentation System), GNOS (the uropean
Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service), and MSAS (the MTSAT Satellite
Augmentation System) satellites if they are available in your area.
GPS uses a constellation of over 24 satellites that
continually send radio signals to the earth. Your
present position is determined by receiving signals
from up to 16 satellites and measuring the
distance from the satellites.
All satellites broadcast a uniquely coded signal
once per second at exactly the same time. The GPS
receiver on your boat receives signals from
satellites that are visible to it. Based on time
differences between each received signal, the GPS receiver determines its
distance to each satellite. With distances known, the GPS receiver mathematically
triangulates its own position. With once per second updates, the GPS receiver
then calculates its velocity and bearing.
How GPS an Cartography Work

2How GPS an Cartography Work
The following GPS functionality is currently supported by the 700 Series™
Chartplotter when it is connected to the included GPS receiver:
• View current position
• View current track (breadcrumb trail)
• View precision speed and heading from your GPS receiver
• Save tracks, waypoints, and routes
• Travel a route and navigate from one waypoint to the next.
Your 700 Series™ supports Navionics® Gold, HotMaps™ and HotMaps™
Premium on MMC or SD card media. You can insert optional-purchase cards
in the (MMC)/SD slot on your control head to access additional detailed
maps. See Using Your 700 Series Control Head: MMC/SD Card for more
information.
N TE: Your 700 Series™ supports Navionics® Gold, HotMaps™, and HotMaps™
Premium. Your 700 Series™ does not support Navionics® Classic Charts or
Platinum™ Cartography.
Your unit also comes with a built-in UniMap™ with a more detailed map of
North America (Domestic models) or a more detailed map of urope and
Southeast Asia, including Australia and New Zealand (International models).
Your 700 Series™ uses the GPS Receiver to determine the position of the
boat automatically and uses the zoom level settings on a particular view to
select the best chart to display. See Viewing Cartography for more
information.

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What’s on the Display
Cursor I fo Box: indicate the Latitude and Longitude of
the cur or po ition, the di tance to travel to the cur or
po ition and the bearing to the cur or po ition i hown with
a GPS receiver. A waypoint can be marked at the cur or
po ition for later retrieval and u e with a GPS receiver.
Boat Ico
Latitude a d Lo gitude Positio of Cursor
Map Scale
Route: Two or more linked waypoint that how
intended navigation and the horte t path from one
waypoint to the next.
Track: Detailed po ition hi tory, di played a a
breadcrumb trail of trackpoint .
Speed Over Grou d: the mea urement of the boat’
progre acro a given di tance, and i the peed
mea urement provided by GPS.
DTG: Di tance to Go to Waypoint
Cartography
NEXT: Next Waypoint in the Route
TTG: Time to Go to Waypoint
What’s On the Display
The 700 Series™ Chartplotter can display a variety of useful information.

4What’s on the Display
Active Cursor Ico
Course Over Grou d: the current direction the boat i
traveling mea ured in degree from North.
Waypoi t
Selectable Readout Boxes
XTE: Cross Track Error: Di tance of Boat from Route
Beari g to Waypoi t
Beari g to Cursor
Latitude a d Lo gitude Positio of Boat
Dista ce to Cursor
Course Projectio Li e: Arrow extending from the
bow of the boat that project your current cour e and
how where the boat will go if you continue on your
pre ent cour e.

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Views
The GPS and navigation information from your Chartplotter are displayed on
your screen in a variety of easy-to-read views. There are many views available
on your Chartplotter. When you press the VI W key, the display cycles through
the available views on your screen. When you press the XIT key, the display
cycles through the available views in reverse order.
When you first power up the control head, GPS Diagnostic View will be the
default view until GPS Communications are established. At that point, all the
other views become available. You can display and hide any view to suit your
preferences.
N TE: When you change any menu settings that affect the display, the view will
update immediately. You don't have to exit the menu to apply the change to the screen.
The views available on your Chartplotter are as follows:
• Bird's ye No Readouts View • Instrument View
• Bird's ye View • Screen Snapshot View
• Bird's ye Big Digits View See
Start-Up Options Menu:
• Chart No Readouts View • GPS Diagnostic View
• Chart View • Self Test
• Chart Big Digits View • Accessory Test
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To customize your views rotation:
You can choose which views are hidden or visible in your view rotation.
1. Press the M NU key twice to access the tabbed Main Menu, then
press the RIGHT Cursor key until the Views tab is selected.
2. Press the UP or DOWN Cursor keys to select a View.
3. Press the L FT or RIGHT Cursor keys to change the status of the view
from Hidden to Visible or vice versa.
To program each PRESET key:
Another way to access your favorite views quickly is to store them on the VI W
PR S T keys. Instead of using the VI W key to cycle through every view to find
the one you want, you can program the VI W PR S T keys to display a specific
view immediately.
1. Press the VI W key to cycle to the view you want to store.
2. Press and hold one of the VI W PR S T keys for several seconds. A
chime will indicate that the view has been saved. You can store up to
three views, one on each key.
To change the Digital Readouts:
ach view displays digital readout information (such as speed or time), which
varies with the view selected, the accessory attached, and whether or not you
are navigating. See Navigation X-Press™Menu: Select Readouts for more
information.
1. Press the M NU key once to access the Navigation X-Press™Menu.
2. Press the DOWN key to highlight Select Readouts, and press the RIGHT
Cursor key to access the Select Readouts submenu.
3. Press the UP or DOWN Cursor keys to select a Readout position, then
press the RIGHT or L FT Cursor keys to choose what will be displayed in
that position. To hide the data window, select Off.
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Bird’s Eye Views
Bird's Eye Views - The Standard Bird's ye, Bird's ye Big Digits, and Bird's ye No
Readouts Views show a 3-D, perspective view of the track and the chart’s land
contour from a point above and behind the boat (the eye point). As the boat turns,
the eye point moves to follow the boat.
When you press the 4-WAY Cursor key in the Bird’s Eye View, the position of the
eye point will shift. This allows you to move and turn the eye point so that you can
look off to the sides, or even behind the boat. Pressing the RIGHT or L FT arrow
keys on the 4-WAY Cursor key turns the eye point right or left, while pressing
the UP arrow key moves the eye point forward, and pressing the DOWN arrow
key moves the eye point backward.
Pressing the XIT key moves the eye point back to its original position behind
and above the boat.
N TE: Standard Bird's Eye View and Chart View share the same set of nine readouts, seven
of which are adjustable. When you change the readouts displayed on the Bird's Eye View, the
readouts are also changed on the Chart View.
Bird’s Eye iew
Boat con
XTE: Cross
Track Error
BRG: Bearing
COG: Course
Over Ground
Next Waypoint
TTG: Time To Go
to Next Waypoint
DTG: Distance
To Go to Next
Waypoint
SOG: Speed
Over Ground Latitude and Longitude
Position of Boat
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You may also choose Bird's Eye Big Digits View or Bird's Eye No Readouts
View if you prefer.
N TE: Bird's Eye Big Digits View, Chart Big Digits View, and nstrument View share the same
set of eight readouts. When you change the readouts displayed on one of these views, the
readouts are also changed on the other two views. See Navigation X-Press™ Menu: Select
Readouts for more information.
Bird's Eye Big Digits iew
Next Waypoint
in the Route
TTG: Time to Go
to Next Waypoint
DTG: Distance
to Go to Next
Waypoint
Latitude and
Longitude Position
of Boat
XTE: Cross
Track Error
SOG: Speed
Over Ground
Last Waypoint
in the Route
TTG: Time to Go
to Last Waypoint
DTG: Distance
to Go to Last
Waypoint
Time
BRG: Bearing
COG: Course
Over Ground
Views

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Chart Views
Chart Views - The standard Chart, Chart Big Digits, and Chart No Readouts Views
show cartography from the built-in UniMap™ or an optional MMC/SD map for
the area surrounding your current position. The current track (also known as the
position history or breadcrumb trail) showing where the boat has been, along
with saved tracks, waypoints, and the current route (when navigating), are
overlaid on the chart.
• Use the 4-WAY Cursor Control key to shift/pan the chart to another
area.
• Press the ZOOM (+/-) keys to zoom in and out.
• Press the INFO key to get information on the chart objects near the
cursor.
N TE: Standard Bird's Eye View and Chart View share the same set of nine readouts, seven
of which are adjustable. When you change the readouts displayed on the Bird's Eye View, the
readouts are also changed on the Chart View.
N TE: Bird's Eye Big Digits View, Chart Big Digits View, and nstrument View share the same
set of eight readouts. When you change the readouts displayed on one of these views, the
readouts are also changed on the other two views. See Navigation X-Press™ Menu: Select
Readouts for more information.
N TE: When two or more waypoints overlap, or are displayed close together on a
chart view, the screen will automatically declutter—waypoint names will shorten
and the waypoint icons will change into small blue icons.
To view a Decluttered Waypoint at full size, use the 4-WAY Cursor Control key to
move the cursor onto a decluttered waypoint icon. When the cursor snaps onto the
icon, the full-size waypoint name and icon will be displayed. You can also press the
ZOOM+ key until you can see the individual waypoints on the screen.
Views

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Chart iew with Active Cursor, shown
with Optional-Purchase Navionics® Cartography
D ST: Distance
to Cursor
BRG: Bearing
to Cursor
Active Cursor
COG: Course
Over Ground
Latitude and
Longitude
Position of
Cursor
Cursor nfo Box
Cartography
Map Scale
Latitude and
Longitude
Position of Boat
SOG: Speed
Over Ground
Chart iew without Active Cursor, shown with
Optional-Purchase Navionics® Cartography
Cartography
Map Scale
SOG: Speed
Over Ground
Latitude and
Longitude
Position of
Boat
COG: Course
Over Ground
Views

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Chart iew with Active Cursor, with Optional-Purchase
Navionics® Cartography, Showing Navigation
Latitude and
Longitude Position
of Cursor
Cursor nfo Box
Map Scale
Next Waypoint
in Route
TTG: Time To Go
to Next Waypoint
DTG: Distance To Go
to Next Waypoint
SOG: Speed
Over Ground
D ST: Distance to
Cursor
BRG: Bearing
to Cursor
Active Cursor
XTE: Cross Track Error
Cartography
BRG: Bearing
COG: Course
Over Ground
Latitude and Longitude
Position of Boat
Views