How To Show Or Hide All Routes; How To Follow A Route; How To Follow An On-Screen Route - Furuno MFD12 Operator's Manual

5.8

How to Show or Hide All Routes

All routes can be shown or hidden. An active route cannot be removed from the screen
unless route following is stopped.
1. Long-push the RotoKey to show the soft controls.
2. Use the RotoKey to select [Routes].
3. Use the RotoKey to select [Show] then push the key to show or hide all routes.
5.9

How to Follow a Route

Before you follow a route, make sure that the path to the route is clear. Make sure to
zoom your chart to check for hazards that do not appear on a smaller scale.
5.9.1

How to Follow an On-screen Route

1. Put the cursor on a leg of the route to follow then push
the right-click button to show the Routes pop-up menu.
2. Use the RotoKey to select [Activate].
Note: You can also activate a route by putting the cursor
on the route then press the GOTO/LIST key.
When you select a route to follow, the following occurs.
• The color of all route legs changes from blue to red and a
dashed line runs between the current position and 1st
route point.
• The arrows on the route legs point in the direction to follow the route.
Arrow points in
direction to follow route
A red dashed line runs between current position and the point. This line is the course
to follow to get to the point. The point arrival area is indicated with a circle, or both cir-
cle and line. You can select the arrival area indication method with [Waypoint Switch-
ing Mode] in the [Routes-General] menu. To receive an aural alarm when you are
within a preset distance, turn on [Waypoint Notification] and set [Switching Circle Ra-
dius] on the [Routes-General] menu. The XTE alarm lines, red for port side, green for
starboard side, show the XTE alarm range. You can show or hide these lines with
[XTE Alarm Lines] in the [Routes-General] menu.
Route leg (red line)
Arrival area
(Appears when Waypoint Switching
Method in the Routes menu is set
for Circle, or Circle and Cross Line.)
Course to 1st route point
(red dashed line)
XTE alarm line
(red, left, right, green)
Boat icon
(your position)
5. Routes
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