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WAYPOINTS
This GPS receiver gives you the ability to create your own database of
locations, called “waypoints”. You can save your present position, cursor
position, or enter a coordinate and save it as a waypoint. For example,
you may wish to store the location of your boat dock as a waypoint before
starting on a trip. When you want to return, all you have to do is recall the
waypoint and the unit will show distance and bearing from your present
position to the dock. This unit stores up to 1000 waypoints.
Saving Your Present Position as a Waypoint
(Quick Save Method)
To save your present position,
simply press the WPT key twice.
Your current position is placed
into the first available waypoint
number on the list. A message
appears on the display telling you
the waypoint number it just used.
This also momentarily places you
in the waypoint menu. Anytime
this menu is showing, simply
press the WPT key once and the
unit will store your present posi-
tion on the waypoint list.
Saving the Cursor Position as a Waypoint
When the cursor is showing on
the map and you press the WPT
key twice, the cursor’s position is
placed into the first available
waypoint number. In the example
screen shown at right, the cursor
was placed at the desired loca-
tion. Pressing the WPT twice
causes waypoint number 2 to be
placed at the cursor’s crosshairs.
(Waypoint 2 was the next avail-
able waypoint number.) A mes-
sage appears on the display telling you the waypoint number it just used.
Wait a few seconds and the menu will clear automatically. Press the EXIT
key to erase the cursor.
