Garmin GPSMAP 9000 Series, Owner'S Manual

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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.
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 Select Done.
7 Review the course indicated by the magenta line.
8 Follow the magenta line, steering to avoid land, shallow water, and other obstacles.
Creating and Saving a Route
You can add up to 250 turns to one route.
1 Select Info > Routes > New > Route Using Chart.
2 Select the starting location of the route.
The starting point can be your present location or another location.
3 Select Add Turn.
4 Select the location of the next turn on the chart.
5 Select Add Turn.
6 If necessary, repeat steps 4 and 5 to add more turns.
7 Select Done.
Viewing a List of Routes and Auto Guidance Paths
1 Select Info > Routes.
2 If necessary, select Filter to see routes only or Auto Guidance paths only.
3 Select Sort to sort the list of available routes by range, length, or name.
Editing a Saved Route
You can change the name of a route or change the turns the route contains.
1 Select Info > Routes.
2 Select a route.
3 Select Review > Edit Route.
4 Select an option:
• To change the name, select Name, and enter the name.
• To edit a turn from a list, select Edit Turns > Use Turn List, and select a turn from the list.
• To select a turn using the chart, select Edit Turns > Use Chart, and select a location on the chart.
Modifying a turn that uses a saved waypoint does not move that waypoint, it relocates the turn in the route.
Moving the location of a waypoint used in a route does not move the turn in the route.
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