Auto Guidance - Garmin GPSMAP 8000 Series Owner's Manual

2
Select Navigate To > Route To.
3
Select the location of the last turn before the destination.
4
Select Add Turn.
5
If necessary, repeat step 3 and 4 to add additional 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 Navigate Route.
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.
1
Select Info > User Data > Routes & Auto Guidance Paths
> New > Use 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
Select Info > User Data > Routes & Auto Guidance Paths.
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.
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6
Follow the magenta line along each leg in the route, steering
to avoid land, shallow water, and other obstacles.
7 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).
Browsing for and Navigating Parallel to 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 Offset to navigate parallel to the route, offset from it
by a specific distance.
5
Indicate how to navigate the route:
• To navigate the route from the starting point used when
the route was created, to the left of the original route,
select Forward - Port.
• To navigate the route from the starting point used when
the route was created, to the right of the original route,
select Forward - Starboard.
• To navigate the route from the destination point used
when the route was created, to the left of the original
route, select Backward - Port.
• To navigate the route from the destination point used
when the route was created, to the right of the original
route, select Backward - Starboard.
6
If necessary, select Done.
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.
7 Review the course indicated by the magenta line.
8
Follow the magenta line along each leg in the route, steering
to avoid land, shallow water, and other obstacles.
9
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).
Deleting a Saved Route
1 Select Info > User Data > Routes & Auto Guidance Paths.
2
Select a route.
3 Select Review > Delete.
Deleting All Saved Routes
Select Info > User Data > Clear User Data > Routes &
Auto Guidance Paths.

Auto Guidance

The Auto Guidance feature is based on electronic chart
information. That data does not ensure obstacle and bottom
clearance. Carefully compare the course to all visual sightings,
and avoid any land, shallow water, or other obstacles that may
be in your path.
NOTE: Auto Guidance is available with premium charts, in some
areas.
You can use Auto Guidance to plot the best path to your
destination. Auto Guidance uses your chartplotter to scan chart
data, such as water depth and known obstacles, to calculate a
suggested path. You can adjust the path during navigation.
CAUTION
Navigation with a Chartplotter