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Chapter 3 - Using the Controls
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You can also search the list for a particular waypoint by enter-
ing the first few characters of the category you’re sorting by.
The
WAYPOINTS
screen has five menu keys—
GO TO
,
TDS,LT/
LN
,
NEW WAYPT
,
COPY
, and
EDIT
—that control waypoint
functions.
Use the
GO TO
key to:
• go directly to the selected waypoint (erases the future part
of your trip)
• add the selected waypoints to the end of your current trip
(if you’re already past the last waypoint, you’ll start navi-
gating along the newly entered leg)
Use the
TDS,LT/LN
key to:
• switch between displaying lat/lon coordinates or TDs
Use the
NEW WAYPT
key to:
• add a new waypoint to the list
Use the
COPY
key to:
• make a new waypoint by editing a copy of an existing one
Use the
EDIT
key to:
• edit a waypoint
• erase a waypoint
For in-depth information about waypoints, see ”Creating Way-
points” starting on page 6-1.
Routes screen
The
ROUTES
screen lists all your stored routes sorted by
whether a route is marked for display on the
CHART
screen;
whether a route is marked to accept
SAVE
keypresses; name;
date the route was last modified; total distance covered by
each route (length); and proximity (distance from your present
position). Until you store user-defined routes in the database,
the
ROUTES
screen will be completely blank.
A route is a pre-defined
sequence of waypoints.
A leg is a straight line con-
necting two waypoints in a
route.