Goto A Destination - Magellan eXplorist 400 User Manual

GOTO a Destination

You can use your eXplorist receiver to go to ("GOTO") any
destination in your POI database. This can be one of the POI's
that was preloaded in your eXplorist receiver, a geocaching point
or a POI that you have saved. Once a GOTO route has been
defined, your eXplorist receiver will guide you in a straight line to
your destination. If you need to move away from the suggested
path, the eXplorist receiver will continuously update the route,
keeping you headed towards your destination.
Setting a GOTO Route
From any screen, press
Select the topic in your database where the POI
is located. Highlight the topic that contains the
POI you are looking for is in. Use the left or
right arrows on the joystick, select
Alphabetical or Nearest.
Choose the POI that you want to go to and
press Enter. The information at the bottom
of the screen is the bearing and distance to the
highlighted POI from your present position.
The last viewed Nav screen is displayed and
the eXplorist receiver begins computing the
navigational information required to get you to your
destination.
will continuously record your track. Track is then a history of
everywhere you have gone. At anytime you want to reverse your
direction and head back to where you started, you can create a
GOTO
Some navigational information that is computed
requires that you be moving for it to be calculated.
When that information is not being calculated, the
navigational fields will be filled with dashes.
As you travel with your eXplorist receiver on, it
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