Setting the Safe-Zone Collision Alarm

This feature is a tool for situational awareness only and may not prevent groundings or collisions in all circumstances. It is your obligation to ensure safe operation of your vessel.

The Beeper setting must be turned on to make alarms audible (System Settings). Failure to set audible alarms could lead to injury or property damage.

Before you can set a safe-zone collision alarm, you must have a compatible chartplotter connected to an AIS device.

The safe-zone collision alarm is used only with AIS. The safe zone is used for collision avoidance, and can be customized.

Select Settings > Alarms > AIS > AIS Alarm > On.

A message banner appears and an alarm sounds when an AIS-activated vessel enters the safe-zone area around your boat. The object is also labeled as dangerous on the screen. When the alarm is off, the message banner and audible alarm are disabled, but the object is still labeled as dangerous on the screen.
Select Range.
Select a distance for the safe-zone radius around your vessel.
Select Time To.
Select a time at which the alarm will sound if a target is determined to intersect the safe zone.

For example, to be notified of a pending intersection 10 minutes before it will likely occur, set Time To to 10, and the alarm will sound 10 minutes before the vessel intersects the safe zone.

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