Mercury Engine Details

You are responsible for the maintenance of the engines on your vessel. Failure to properly maintain the engines could result in an accident causing property damage, serious personal injury, or death.

When your chartplotter is connected to a compatible Mercury^® engine, you can view engine data using the Mercury Engine overlay on the chartplotter.

Adding the Mercury Engine Overlay

From the page where you want to add the overlay, select Options > Edit Overlays.

TIP: You can also select Toolbars from the menu bar to quickly change the overlays.
Select Top Bar or Bottom Bar.
Select Mercury Engine.
Select Back.

Mercury Engine Overlay

You can use the Mercury Engine Overlay to view engine data (Adding the Mercury Engine Overlay).

NOTE: Due to space constraints on the overlay, some items may not appear if the vessel has multiple engines.


	Port engine RPM
	Starboard engine RPM
	Total available fuel
	Fuel usage
	Sport Exhaust control (if supported) (Enabling the Mercury Engine Sport Exhaust Setting)

TIP: You can also view an overview of engine details on the Mercury gauges page (Mercury Engine Gauges).

Enabling the Mercury Engine Sport Exhaust Setting

When your chartplotter is connected to a compatible Mercury engine, you can use the Mercury Engine overlay on the chartplotter to enable the Sport Exhaust setting. The Sport Exhaust setting alters the engine sound.

On the Mercury Engine overlay, select Sport Exhaust > On.

TIP: You can select Toolbars from the menu bar to quickly open the overlay.

TIP: You can also enable the Sport Exhaust setting from the Mercury gauges page menu.

GPSMAP® 8400/8600/9000 Series

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Mercury Engine Details

Adding the Mercury Engine Overlay

Mercury Engine Overlay

Enabling the Mercury Engine Sport Exhaust Setting