Direct-To Navigation - Garmin 500W Series Pilot's Manual & Reference

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Direct-To Navigation

Direct-To Navigation

The 500W-series unit can use direct point-to-point
navigation to guide you from takeoff to touchdown,
even in the IFR environment. Once a destination is
selected, the unit provides course and distance data
based upon a direct course from your present position
to your destination. A destination can be selected from
any page with the direct-to key.
Destination Waypoint
Identifier Field
Select Direct-To Waypoint Page
To select a direct-to destination:
Press the direct-to key. The Select Drect-to
1.
Waypont Page appears wth the destnaton
field hghlghted. The drect-to waypont may
also be selected by faclty or cty name. See
Secton 3 for more nformaton.
Turn the small right knob to enter the first
2.
letter of the destnaton waypont dentfier. The
destnaton waypont may be an arport, VOR,
NDB, ntersecton or user waypont, as long as
t s n the database or stored n memory as a
user waypont.
3. Turn the large right knob to the rght to move
the cursor to the next character poston.
4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 to spell out the rest of
the waypont dentfier.
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5. Press ENT to confirm the dentfier. The "Act-
vate?" functon field s hghlghted.
Confirm the selected direct-to destination by
highlighting "Activate?" and pressing ENT.
6. Press ENT to actvate a drect-to course to the
selected destnaton. Press and hold CLR to
"Activate?"
return to the default NAV page.
Function Field
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