2. Press
E
and enter the waypoint name using the
arrow keypad.
3. Press
E
to accept.
Once the name has been accepted, the field highlight
will move to the position field, where you can manually
enter the position of the new waypoint:
4. Press
E
and enter the latitude/longitude using the
arrow keypad.
After the latitude and longitude entry is complete,
press
E
to save the new waypoint. If you are defining
the new waypoint position by referencing (entering a dis-
tance and bearing from) a known waypoint or your pre-
sent position, skip step 4 above and follow these steps:
4. Highlight the ‘REF’ field and press
E
.
5. If you are referencing a waypoint, enter the identifier of
the reference waypoint. (If you want to reference your
present position, leave the ‘REF’ field blank.)
6. Press
E
. The field highlight will advance to the bear-
ing (BRG) field.
7. Press
E
and enter the bearing to the new waypoint
from the reference position.
8. Press
E
to confirm the bearing. The field highlight
will move to the distance (DST) field.
9. Press
E
and enter the distance to the new waypoint
from the reference position.
10. Press
E
to confirm the distance. The GPS 92 will
calculate the coordinates of the waypoint and store it in
memory.
User Comments
Once a new user waypoint is saved, the unit will
assign a default user comment (the date and time of
creation) to the new waypoint. You can replace the
default comment with your own 16-character comment
at any time, right from the user waypoint page.
To enter a user comment:
1. Highlight the comment field and press
E
.
2. To clear the default comment, press the left arrow key
when the cursor is in the left most character position.
3. Enter the comment and press
E
.
Entering a new user way-
point’s name.
Entering a new user way-
point’s position.
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Creating User
Waypoints
Reference
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