Garmin Tip: How to hide menu bar for more screen space

[tom redington]

Here’s a quick tutorial to hide the menu bar at the bottom of Garmin sonar units. This frees up more screen space, especially valuable when viewing LiveScope or maps/sonar on a split screen. The menu bar is still there, you just need to swipe up from the bottom to bring it back when you need it.

I did this on an EchoMap Ultra 106sv. Depending on your model & software version, the steps on your unit could be slightly different, but this feature is available on most Garmin units.

Watch this quick video to see how:

[PMantle]

[RangerTim619]

I like it ..
Thanks so much for the tip

[MichAngler]

I use this on my small 7" unit but on the 106 I use for LS I keep the menu visible because when you touch the screen to get the menu to pop up I always end up pausing the LS screen

[sapwood2012]

Hey guys
can someone tell me why I don’t see videos on here. Sorry to ask in this post but I can’t see your video so thought I would go ahead and ask now. Thanks for any pointers.

[Stroker3.2XS]

Tip worked on a 943 and 8612 on the latest software load. Slightly different: Home > settings > preferences > menu bar = auto

[MichAngler]

Hey guys
can someone tell me why I don’t see videos on here. Sorry to ask in this post but I can’t see your video so thought I would go ahead and ask now. Thanks for any pointers.

http://www.bbcboards.net/showthread.php?t=1161206

[sapwood2012]

http://www.bbcboards.net/showthread.php?t=1161206

Thanks for sharing!

[Farmerman99]

I do to,wish there was a way to disable the pause function

[MikeF]

I do to,wish there was a way to disable the pause function

Yes, an on/off would be nice, although I would probably just leave it on all the time.

Excellent way to freeze the frame for a screenshot recording or a camera pic.

Just pause, then slide the center of the crosshair to any corner and then you can take all the time in the world to hold that darn Home button to capture the screenshot.

[Farmerman99]

True, so how do I get it off pause, Ive been touching the home button then the panoptix button

[MikeF]

Lower left side, back button