Raymarine Axiom 7 Owner's manual

Basic operation instructions

English (en-US)

Date: 03-2017

Document number: 81369-2

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Contents

Chapter1Importantinformation.................................................8

Disclaimers............................................................................8

Chapter2Setup........................................................................9

2.1Gettingstarted....................................................................9

Poweringonthedisplay............................................................9

Poweringoffthedisplay............................................................9

FirstpowerupDatamasterselection.............................................10

Startupwizard.......................................................................10

FirstpowerupLimitationonUseacknowledgement............................11

Datasourcesmenu.................................................................11

Identifyingengines..................................................................12

ConﬁguringTransducersettings..................................................13

2.2InsertingaMicroSDcard......................................................14

Memorycardcompatibility.........................................................14

2.3Shortcuts..........................................................................15

Adjustingbrightness................................................................15

Takingascreenshot................................................................15

Activatingtouchlock................................................................16

Radarstandby.......................................................................16

2.4Softwareupdates................................................................16

Updatingsoftwareusingamemorycard.........................................17

Updatingsoftwareviatheinternet................................................17

Chapter3Homescreen...............................................................18

3.1AcceptingtheLimitationsonUse............................................18

3.2Homescreenoverview.........................................................19

3.3Creating/CustomizinganApppage.......................................19

3.4Userproﬁles......................................................................20

3.5Mydata............................................................................21

3.6Settings............................................................................22

3.7ManOverboard(MOB).........................................................23

3.8Alarms..............................................................................25

3.9Satellitenavigation/positioning.............................................26

GNSSStatus.........................................................................26

GNSSSettings.......................................................................27

3.10Externaldevices................................................................28

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3.11Sidebar............................................................................29

3.12Dataoverlays....................................................................29

3.13EditingthesplitratioofaSplitscreenapppage.........................30

Chapter4Chartapp...................................................................31

4.1Chartappoverview..............................................................31

Chartappcontrols..................................................................32

Chartrangingandpanning........................................................33

Selectingachartcard..............................................................33

Chartmodes.........................................................................33

Vesseldetails........................................................................34

Layers................................................................................35

Viewandmotion....................................................................36

PlacingaWaypoint..................................................................36

BuildingaRoute.....................................................................36

RecordingaTrack...................................................................37

FollowingaRoute...................................................................37

PerformingaGoto..................................................................37

Chapter5Sonarapp..................................................................38

5.1Sonarappoverview.............................................................38

Sonarappcontrols..................................................................38

RealVision3Dcontrols.............................................................39

OpeningtheSonarapp.............................................................40

Sonarchannels......................................................................42

SelectingaSonarchannel.........................................................43

PlacingaWaypointintheSonarapp..............................................43

Chapter6Radarapp..................................................................44

6.1Radarappoverview.............................................................44

Radarappcontrols..................................................................44

OpeningtheRadarapp.............................................................45

Radarmodes........................................................................47

SelectingaRadarscanner.........................................................48

Chapter7Dashboardapp...........................................................50

7.1Dashboardappoverview.......................................................50

Dashboardappcontrols............................................................50

Switchingdatapage................................................................51

SelectingDatapagestodisplay...................................................51

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CustomizingexistingDatapages..................................................51

Chapter8Cameraapp...............................................................52

8.1Cameraappoverview...........................................................52

Cameraappcontrols...............................................................52

OpeningtheCameraapp..........................................................53

SelectinganIPvideofeed.........................................................54

Chapter9Audioapp..................................................................55

9.1Audioappoverview.............................................................55

Compatibleentertainmentsystems...............................................55

Audioappcontrols..................................................................56

OpeningtheAudioapp.............................................................57

Selectinganaudiosource..........................................................59

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Chapter1:Importantinformation

Warning:Ensuresafenavigation

Thisproductisintendedonlyasanaidtonavigationand

mustneverbeusedinpreferencetosoundnavigational

judgment.Onlyofﬁcialgovernmentchartsandnotices

tomarinerscontainallthecurrentinformationneeded

forsafenavigation,andthecaptainisresponsiblefor

theirprudentuse.Itistheuser’sresponsibilitytouse

ofﬁcialgovernmentcharts,noticestomariners,caution

andpropernavigationalskillwhenoperatingthisorany

otherRaymarineproduct.

Disclaimers

Raymarinedoesnotwarrantthatthisproductiserror-freeorthatitis

compatiblewithproductsmanufacturedbyanypersonorentityother

thanRaymarine.

Thisproductusesdigitalchartdata,andelectronicinformationfrom

GlobalNavigationSatelliteSystems(GNSS)whichmaycontainerrors.

Raymarinedoesnotwarranttheaccuracyofsuchinformationandyou

areadvisedthaterrorsinsuchinformationmaycausetheproductto

malfunction.Raymarineisnotresponsiblefordamagesorinjuries

causedbyyouruseorinabilitytousetheproduct,bytheinteraction

oftheproductwithproductsmanufacturedbyothers,orbyerrorsin

chartdataorinformationutilizedbytheproductandsuppliedbythird

parties.

Thisproductsupportselectronicchartsprovidedbythirdparty

supplierswhichmaybeembeddedorstoredonmemorycard.Useof

suchchartsissubjecttothesupplier’sEnd-UserLicenceAgreement.

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Chapter2:Setup

2.1Gettingstarted

Poweringonthedisplay

WhenpowerisavailabletotheMFDbuttheMFDisswitchedoff,the

Powersymbolwillbeilluminated.

Topoweronthedisplay:

1.SwipeyourﬁngerfromlefttorightacrossthePowerbuttonswipe

area.

TheMFDwillpowerup.

Poweringoffthedisplay

1.SwipeyourﬁngerfromlefttorightacrossthePowerbuttonswipe

area.

TheShortcutsmenuisdisplayed.

2.Pressandholdthe

Powersymboluntilthescreenswitchesoff.

Note:Whenpoweredoff,theunitmaystilldrawasmallamountof

powerfromthebattery,ifthisisaconcernunplugthepowersupply

orswitchoffatthebreaker.

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Switchingonandoffatthebreaker

IfyouwishtoensurethattheMFDisnotconsuminganypower

thenitmustbeswitchedoffatthebreakerorhavethepowercable

unplugged.

Whenthebreakerisswitchedbackon,orthecableisreconnected,

theMFDwillresumeinthesamepowerstatethatitwasinwhen

itwasswitchedoff.

FirstpowerupDatamasterselection

Networkscontainingmorethan1MFDmusthaveadesignatedData

master.TheDatamasteristheprimaryMFDinthenetworkandshould

betheMFDthatisconnectedtotheSeaTalkng®/NMEA2000CAN

busnetworkandanyotherdevicesandsourcesofdatainyoursystem.

TheDatamasterbridgesthedataovertheSea Talkhs™networktoany

compatiblenetworked‘repeater’MFDs.

BydefaultyourMFDwillbesetasaDatamaster.Ifyouareconnecting

toanetworkthatalreadyincludesMFDsthenonﬁrstpowerupyou

willberequestedtoconﬁrmyourDatamaster.

The“MultipleDatamastersfound”warningwillbedisplayedwhenever

anewMFDisaddedtoyournetwork.

Y oucanchangeyourDatamasteratanytimebyselectingAssignas

DatamasteragainstaMFDlistedintheNetworktaboftheSettings

menu:

Homescreen>Settings>Network.

Startupwizard

IftheMFDisbeinginstalledasastandaloneinstallationoraspartof

anewsystem,thentheﬁrsttimetheMFDispowereduptheStartup

wizardwillbedisplayed.TheStartupwizardwillhelpyouconﬁgure

importantsettingsonyourMFD.

Followtheonscreeninstructionsandconﬁguretherelevantsettings.

TheStartupwizardwillalsobedisplayedaftera

Factoryresetis

performed.

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FirstpowerupLimitationonUseacknowledgement

AfteryouhavecompletedtheStartupwizardtheLimitationonUse

(LoU)disclaimerisdisplayed.

Y oumustreadandagreetothetermsinordertouseyourMFD.

Selecting

OKmeansyouhaveacceptedthetermsofuse.

Datasourcesmenu

Whenasystemincludesmultiplesourcesofadatatype,suchasdepth

data,thesystemwillchoosethemostappropriatesourceforthedata.

Ifyouprefer,youcanmanuallyselectyourowndatasource.

TheDatasourcesmenucanbeaccessedonyourDatamasterMFD,

fromthe

Settingsmenu:Homescreen>Settings>Network>Data

sources.

Eachtabenablesyoutoviewandselectyourpreferreddatasource.

Thecurrentlyactivedatasourcewilldisplayitscurrentvalueinuse.

Datasourceselectioncanbemanualorsettoautomatic:

•Auto—yourMFDwillautomaticallyselectadevice.

•Manual—youcanmanuallyselectyourpreferreddevice.

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NetworkedMFDswillautomaticallybeupdatedtousetheData

sourcesselectedonyourDatamasterMFD.

Datasourcetypes

SettingstabDescription

Depth

Enablesyoutochooseasourceofdatafor

Depthreadings.

Speedthrough

water

Enablesyoutochooseasourceofdatafor

Speedreadings.

Heading

Enablesyoutochooseasourceofdatafor

Headingdata.

GPSEnablesyoutochooseasourceofdatafor

GPSdata.

GPSDatumInorderforyourGNSSreceiverandMFDto

correlateaccuratelywithyourpapercharts,

theymustbeusingthesamedatum.This

optionenablesyoutochooseasourceforthis

datum.

Wind

Enablesyoutochooseasourceofdatafor

Windreadings.

TimeandDate

Enablesyoutoselectthedeviceyouwantto

useforthetimeanddateinformationusedby

yourMFD.

Identifyingengines

EnginedatacanbedisplayedonyourMFDifyourenginesare

transmittingtherelevantsupporteddataontotheMFDnetwork.If

yoursystemhasmislabelledyourenginesthenyoucancorrectthis

usingtheEngineidentiﬁcationwizard.

TheEngineidentiﬁcationwizardcanbeaccessedfromtheBoatdetails

tab:

Homescreen>Settings>Boatdetails>Identifyengines.

1.Ensurethecorrectnumberofenginesisselectedinthe

Numof

Engines:box.

2.Select

Identifyengines.

3.Followtheonscreenpromptstocompletetheengineidentiﬁcation

wizard.

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ConﬁguringTransducersettings

ForsystemssetupwithSonar,youshouldconﬁgureyourtransducer

settings.

1.SelectTransducerfromtheSonarapp’sSettingsmenu:Menu

>Settings>Transducer

2.Selecthowyouwantyourdepthtoappear:

i.Belowtransducer(default)—Nooffsetrequired

ii.Belowkeel—Enterthedistancebetweenthetransducerface

andthebottomoftheKeel.

iii.Belowwaterline—Enterthedistancebetweenthebottomof

yourKeelandthewaterline.

3.Ifyourtransducerincludesatemperaturesensorthenyoucanalso

conﬁguretemperaturesettingsasfollows:

i.Enableordisabletemperaturereadingsasrequired.

ii.Ifenabled,checkthetemperaturereadingagainsttheactual

watertemperature.

iii.Ifthecurrentreadingrequiresadjustment,select

Calibrate

tempandenterthedifferencebetweenyour2readings.

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2.2InsertingaMicroSDcard

1.PullbackthemicroSDcardreadercoverasshownabove.

2.InsertyoumicroSDcardwiththecontactsfacingdown.

3.Closethecoverandensureitisseatedcorrectly.

Memorycardcompatibility

MicroSDmemorycardscanbeusedtobackup/archivedata(e.g.

Waypoints,RoutesandTracks).Oncedataisbackeduptoamemory

card,olddatacanbedeletedfromthesystem.Thearchiveddatacan

beretrievedatanytime.Itisrecommendedthatyourdataisbacked

uptoamemorycardonaregularbasis.

Compatiblecards

ThefollowingtypesofMicroSDcardsarecompatiblewithyourMFD:

TypeSize

Nativecard

format

Supported

Format

MicroSDSC(Micro

SecureDigital

StandardCapacity)

Upto4GBFAT12,FAT16

orFAT16B

NTFS,

FAT32

MicroSDHC(Micro

SecureDigital

HighCapacity)

4GBto32GBFAT32NTFS,

FAT32

MicroSDXC

(MicroSecure

DigitaleXtended

Capacity)

32GBto2TB

exFAT

NTFS,

FAT32

Speedclassrating

ForbestperformanceitisrecommendedthatyouuseClass10orUHS

(UltraHighSpeed)classmemorycards.

Usebrandedmemorycards

Whenarchivingdataitisrecommendedthatyouusegoodquality

brandedmemorycards.

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2.3Shortcuts

TheShortcutsmenucanbeaccessedbyswipinglefttorightacross

the

Powerbuttonswipearea.

Thefollowingshortcutsareavailable:

•TakeScreenshot

•ActivateTouchlock

•StopRadartransmitting

•Poweroff

•AdjustBrightness

Adjustingbrightness

LCDbrightnesscanbeadjustedfromtheShortcutsmenu.

1.Swipeyourﬁngerfromlefttorightacrossthe

Powerbuttonswipe

area.

TheShortcutsmenuisdisplayed

2.Movethe

Displaybrightnesscontrolalongthesliderbartoadjust

thebrightness.

WiththeShortcutsmenudisplayedyoucanalsousethe Power

buttonswipeareatoincreasethebrightnesslevelinincrements,

byrepeatingthelefttorightswipe.

Takingascreenshot

Y oucantakeascreenshotandsavetheimagetoexternalmemory.

1.Swipeyourﬁngerfromlefttorightacrossthe

Powerbuttonswipe

area.

TheShortcutsmenuisdisplayed.

2.Select

Takescreenshot.

Thescreenshotwillbesavedin.pngformattothe

Screenshotﬁle

location.TheScreenshotﬁlelocationcanbeselectedfromthe

This

DisplaytablocatedintheSettingsmenu:Homescreen>Settings>

ThisDisplay>Screenshotﬁle:.

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Activatingtouchlock

Inroughweatherconditionsprecipitationmayleadtoerroneous

touchesbeingdetectedbythetouchscreen.Intheseconditionsyou

canusetouchlocktopreventthis.

1.SelectActivatetouchlockfromtheShortcutsmenu.

Withtouchlockactivatedthetouchscreenwillbedisabled.T o

re-enablethetouchscreen,swipefromlefttorightacrossthe

Powerbuttonswipearea.

Radarstandby

Y oucanplaceatransmittingRadarinStandbyfromtheShortcuts

menu.

1.Select

StopRadartxfromtheShortcutsmenu.

2.4Softwareupdates

Raymarine®regularlyissuessoftwareupdatesforitsproductswhich

providenewandenhancedfeaturesandimprovedperformanceand

usability.Y oushouldensurethatyouhavethelatestsoftwarefor

yourproductsbyregularlycheckingtheRaymarine®websitefornew

softwarereleases.

www.raymarine.com/software

Note:

•ItisrecommendedthatyoualwaysbackupyourUserdatabefore

performingasoftwareupdate.

•TheMFD’s“Checkonline”featureisonlyavailablewhentheMFD

hasanInternetconnection.

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Updatingsoftwareusingamemorycard

1.Checkthesoftwareversionofyourproduct.

ThesoftwareversioncanbefoundontheGettingstartedtab:

( Homescreen>Settings>Gettingstarted).

2.CheckthelatestavailablesoftwareontheRaymarinewebsite:

(www.raymarine.com>Support>SoftwareUpdates).

3.Downloadthesoftwarepackage.

4.CopytheﬁlestoMicroSDcard.

5.InserttheMicroSDcardintothecardreaderslotonyourMFD.

6.Select

UpdatesoftwarefromtheGettingstartedtab:(Homescreen

>Settings>Gettingstarted).

7.Select

CheckSDcardfromthepopovermenu.

8.FollowtheonscreeninstructionstoupdateyourMFDsoftware.

Updatingsoftwareviatheinternet

1.Select

UpdatesoftwarefromtheGettingstartedtab:(Homescreen

>Settings>Gettingstarted).

2.Select

Checkonlinefromthepopovermenu.

3.TosetupaWi-Ficonnectionselect

Wi-Fisettingsandconnectto

therequiredWi-Fiaccesspoint/hotspot.

4.Select

Start.

5.Y ourMFDwillnowchecktheinternetforsoftwareupdates,follow

anyonscreeninstructionstocompletetheupdate.

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Chapter3:Homescreen

3.1AcceptingtheLimitationsonUse

AfteryourMFDhaspowereduptheHomescreenisdisplayed.

1.BeforeusingtheMFDyoumustaccepttheLimitationsonUse(LoU)

disclaimer.T oviewthefullLoUDisclaimer,select‘moredetails’.

TheLoUacknowledgmentisdisplayedeachtimethedisplayis

poweredonandforeachnewuserproﬁle.ThefullLoUtextcanbe

accessedatanytimefromthe Gettingstartedtab: Homescreen>

Settings>Gettingstarted>Viewtermsofuse.

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3.2Homescreenoverview

AllsettingsandappscanbeaccessedfromtheHomescreen.

1.GNSSposition/ﬁxdetails—Selecttheareatoviewﬁxaccuracy

andaccessGNSSsettings.

2.Proﬁle—Selecttheareatochangetheproﬁleinuseortocreate,

editordeleteproﬁles.

3.Externaldevicesandsystemtime—Selectthisareatoadjust

theUTCtimeoffset.

4.Apppageicons—Selectanicontoopentherelevantapplication

page.Usethe

LeftandRightarrows,orswipeyourﬁngerleftor

rightacrosstheareatocyclethroughtheavailableHomescreen

pages.

5.Settingsanddata—Thisareaprovidesaccesstothe

Settings,

AlarmsandMydatamenus.Y oucanalsoactivatetheManOver

Board(MOB)alarm.

Note:Whenmorethan1displayisconnectedtothesamenetwork,

thentheHomescreenoftheMFDdesignatedasDataMasterwill

bemirroredonallMFDs.

3.3Creating/CustomizinganApppage

1.PressandholdonanexistingApppageicontodisplayPopover

options.

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Y oucanCustomize,RenameorDeleteapppagesfromthe

Popoveroptions.

2.SelectCustomizefromthePopoveroptionstochangepagelayout

andappsused.T oCreateanewpagepressandholdonablank

spaceontheHomescreen.

3.SelecttheLayout:optiontochangethepagelayout.

4.SelecttheiconsfortheAppsthatyouwanttobedisplayedon

thepage.

5.Select

Nextandgivethepageamemorablename.

6.Select

Save.

ThepageissavedandthenewApppageiconwillbeshownonthe

Homescreen.

3.4Userproﬁles

Y oucanshareyourMFDwithotherusersbycreatinguserproﬁleson

yourMFD.Proﬁlesenableyoutoretainyourownpersonalsettings

whilstlettingotheruserspersonalizetheMFD’ssettingstotheir

preference.

Note:UserdatasuchasWaypoints,Routes,Tracks,imagesand

videorecordingsetc.willbeavailabletoallusers.

Y oucanaccesstheProﬁlespagebyselectingtheProﬁleIcononthe

Homescreen.

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SelectingthePlus(+)iconwillcreateanewproﬁlebasedontheproﬁle

thatiscurrentlyinuse.

MFDsettingschangesareuniquetotheproﬁleinuseandareretained

thenexttimetheproﬁleisused.

Thedistanceandtimethataproﬁlehasbeenactiveisdisplayedfor

eachproﬁle.

Proﬁlenamesandiconscanbecustomized.Youcanalsoresetthe

distanceandtimeforeachproﬁle.

AGuestproﬁleisavailablefortemporaryusers.Settingchangestothe

Guestproﬁlearenotretained.EachtimetheGuestproﬁleisactivated

thesettingsarebasedonthelastusedproﬁle.

WhentheMFDisrebootedthelastusedproﬁlewillbeactive.

Demoproﬁlesarealsoavailabletohelpyoupracticeoperatingyour

MFDwithsimulateddata.

3.5Mydata

Selectingthe

MydataiconfromtheHomescreenprovidesaccessto

userdatasuchas

Waypoints,Routes,Tracks,Tripdataandmedia

Files.Y oucanalsoImport/exportUserdatafromtheMydatamenu.

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SelectingWaypoints,RoutesorTrackswilltakeyoutotherelevant

listwhereyoucanmanageandcustomizeyourdata.

SelectingTripwilldisplaythetripcounters.

Selecting

Resetman.tripwillresettheTripcountertozero.

Selecting

Filesopensaﬁlebrowser.

Selecting

Import/exportallowsyoutobackuporrestoreUserdata

usingexternalstorage.

ForfurtherinformationonWaypoints,RoutesandTrackspleaserefer

to:.

3.6Settings

TheSettingsmenucontainsimportantinformationandsettingsfor

yourMFD.

The

Settingsmenuissplitupintodifferenttabs,thesettingsavailable

are:

TabOptions

Getting

started

•Viewhardwareandsoftwareinformationabout

yourMFD.

•Viewcartographydetailsforinsertedchartcards.

•UpdateMFDsoftware

•ViewtheLoUdisclaimer(

Gettingstartedtab).

•Changetheuserinterfacelanguage

Boatdetails

•Setboaticonandname.

•ConﬁgureMinimumsafedepth,heightandwidth.

•Conﬁgureengines.

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