Distance And Bearing Calculator; Goto: Navigating To A Point Or Along A Route - Navman TRACKFISH 6600 Installation And Operation Manual

3-3 Distance and bearing calculator

The distance and bearing calculator can plot a
course of one or several legs and to show the
bearing and length of each leg, as well as the
total distance along the course. The completed
course can be converted into a route.
To use the distance and bearing calculator:
ESC
1 Press until the chart display is
displayed. Press MENU and select
Distance.
2 Move the cursor to the start of the fi rst
leg. It does not matter if this point is a
waypoint or not. Press ENTER.
3 To add a leg to the course, move the
cursor to the end of the leg. It does not
matter if this point is a waypoint or not.
The display shows the bearing and length
of the leg, as well as the total distance
along the course. Press ENTER.

3-4 GOTO: Navigating to a point or along a route

The GOTO/AUTO key is a shortcut to start
navigating to a point on the chart, to a waypoint
or along a route.
Starting to navigate
Navigating to a point on the chart
1 Press ESC until the chart display
is displayed.
2 Move the cursor to the destination point.
3 Press GOTO/AUTO and select
Goto cursor.
Navigating to a waypoint
See section 5-3-1.
Navigating along a route
See section 6-3-1.
Warning: Make sure the course does not
pass over land or dangerous waters.
The TRACKFISH navigates to the destination
as described in section 3-1.
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4 To remove the last leg from the course,
press MENU and select Remove.
5 Repeat the above two steps to enter the
whole course.
6 To save the new course as a route,
press MENU and select Save. This
also saves any new points on the
course as new waypoints, with default
names. If necessary, edit the route later
(see section 6-2-2) and edit any new
waypoints later (see section 5-2-3).
7 Finally, press ESC to return to the
chart display.
Note: See section 15-7 for Log functions.
Cancelling navigation
Cancelling navigating to a point on the chart
or to a waypoint
ESC
1 Press
displayed.
GOTO/AUTO
2 Press
Cancel goto.
Cancelling navigating along a route
See section 6-3-3.
NAVMAN
until the chart display is
and select
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