Garmin GPSMAP 8500, Owner'S Manual

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Before you can navigate to a waypoint, you must create a
waypoint.
1
Select Info > User Data > Waypoints .
2
Select a waypoint.
3 Select Navigate To .
4 Select an option:
• To navigate directly to the location, select
Go To .
• To create a route to the location, including turns, select
Route To .
• To use Auto Guidance, select Auto Guidance .
5 Review the course indicated by the magenta line.
NOTE: When using Auto Guidance, a gray segment within
any part of the magenta line indicates that Auto Guidance
cannot calculate part of the Auto Guidance line. This is due to
the settings for minimum safe water depth and minimum safe
obstacle height.
6 Follow the magenta line, steering to avoid land, shallow
water, and other obstacles.
Deleting a Waypoint or an MOB
1 Select Info > User Data > Waypoints .
2
Select a waypoint or an MOB.
3
Select Review > Delete .
Deleting All Waypoints
Select Info > User Data > Clear User Data > Waypoints >
All .
Setting and Following a Direct Course Using Go To
CAUTION
When using Go To, a direct course and a corrected course may
pass over land or shallow water. Use visual sightings, and steer
to avoid land, shallow water, and other dangerous objects.
You can set and follow a direct course from your current location
to a selected destination.
1
Select a destination ( Destinations , page 13 ).
2
Select Navigate To > Go To .
A magenta line appears. In the center of the magenta line is
a thinner purple line that represents the corrected course
from your current location to the destination. The corrected
course is dynamic, and it moves with your boat when you are
off course.
3
Follow the magenta line, steering to avoid land, shallow
water, and other obstacles.
4
If you are off course, follow the purple line (corrected course)
to go to your destination, or steer back to the magenta line
(direct course).
Routes
Creating and Navigating a Route From Your Present
Location
You can create and immediately navigate a route on the
Navigation chart or the Fishing chart. This method does not
save the route or the waypoint data.
1
From the Navigation chart or Fishing chart, select a
destination.
2
Select Route To .
3
Select the location of the last turn before the destination.
4
Select Add Turn .
5
If necessary, repeat to add turns, working backward from the
destination to the present location of your vessel.
The last turn you add should be the first turn you make,
starting from your present location. It should be the turn
closest to your vessel.
6
If necessary, select Menu .
7
Select Done .
8 Review the course indicated by the magenta line.
9 Follow the magenta line, steering to avoid land, shallow
water, and other obstacles.
Creating and Saving a Route
This procedure saves the route and all the waypoints in it. The
starting point can be your present location or another location.
You can add up to 250 waypoints, or turns, to one route.
1 Select Info > User Data > Routes & Auto Guidance Paths
> New > Route Using Chart .
2
Select the starting location of the route.
3
Select Add Turn .
4
Select the location of the next turn on the chart.
5 Select Add Turn .
The chartplotter marks the location of the turn with a
waypoint.
6 If necessary, repeat steps 4 and 5 to add more turns.
7 Select the final destination.
Viewing a List of Routes and Auto Guidance Paths
1
Select Info > User Data > Routes & Auto Guidance Paths .
2
If necessary, select Filter to see routes only or Auto
Guidance paths only.
Editing a Saved Route
You can change the name of a route or change the turns the
route contains.
1
Select Info > User Data > Routes & Auto Guidance Paths .
2
Select a route.
3
Select Review > Edit Route .
4
Select an option:
• To change the name, select
Name , and enter the name.
• To select a waypoint from the turn list, select Edit Turns >
Use Turn List , and select a waypoint from the list.
• To select a turn using the chart, select Edit Turns > Use
Chart , and select a location on the chart.
Browsing for and Navigating a Saved Route
Before you can browse a list of routes and navigate to one of
them, you must create and save at least one route.
1
Select Info > User Data > Routes & Auto Guidance Paths .
2
Select a route.
3 Select Navigate To .
4 Select an option:
• To navigate the route from the starting point used when
the route was created, select Forward .
• To navigate the route from the destination point used
when the route was created, select Backward .
A magenta line appears. In the center of the magenta line is
a thinner purple line that represents the corrected course
from your present location to the destination. The corrected
course is dynamic, and it moves with your boat when you are
off course.
5 Review the course indicated by the magenta line.
6
Follow the magenta line along each leg in the route, steering
to avoid land, shallow water, and other obstacles.
14 Navigation with a Chartplotter