Advanced Waypoint Features; Nearest Waypoints; Proximity Waypoints - Garmin GPS 75 Owner's Manual

ADVANCED WAYPOINT FEATURES

5.1NEAREST WAYPOINTS

An important feature of the GPS 75 is the ability to display up to nine
nearest waypoints, within 100 nautical miles of your present position. In
an emergency, you may use the nearest waypoint feature to find the
closest point of safety in your area. As was discussed in Section 3.4, you
may access the waypoint pages by pressing the WPT key.
· Move the cursor to the desired waypoint name with the arrow keys.
· Press GOTO and ENT.

5.2PROXIMITY WAYPOINTS

The Proximity Waypoint Page allows you to define an alarm circle
around a waypoint. This feature is useful in defining an area around a
rock, reef, or restricted waters.
waypoints, the GPS 75 will notify you with an alarm tone and the
message, "Prox Alarm-[waypoint name]," if you enter the alarm circle.
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If the Nearest Waypoint Page is not
currently displayed, press the NRST
softkey.
waypoint names including bearing
and range from present position. You
can scroll through the
listed by using the arrow keys.
To GOTO a Nearest Waypoint...
When you approach one of these
The GPS 75 allows you to define a
maximum
waypoints.
proximity waypoint list using the
arrow keys.
This page displays
of nine
Scroll through the
the
waypoints
proximity
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