Operation Basics
This section introduces you to the Precedus and describes its
controls and operating functions.
Controls
This button turns the unit ON and OFF, and also allows you
Menu/Pwr
to select features from the Main Menu. Turn the unit ON by
pressing the
pressing the
seconds. Press
the display backlight.
Press the
Enter
information.
The arrow buttons allow you to move the "cursor" to
Arrow keys
highlight information that you want to select.
Use the New Waypoint function to create your own
New
Waypoint
waypoints and store them in the Precedus's memory. You
can create and name up to 1,000 of your own waypoints. A
Waypoint is a place you navigate from and to. A Waypoint
can be based upon your present position, or you can enter
latitude and longitude coordinates (abbreviated as Lat/Lon)
to define the waypoint location.
Use this function to get information about any waypoint in
Info
the Precedus's built-in database, including those you have
created.
Available information includes:
button once. Turn the power OFF by
button and holding it down for two
button to accept the selected or highlighted
Waypoint identifier and type (Airport, VOR, NDB,
Intersection, or User)
Bearing and distance to the waypoint from your current
position
Lat/Lon coordinates of the waypoint
For airports, the elevation, fuel availability and type,
radio communication frequencies, runway details, and
more
Sunrise/Sunset calculator
while viewing the Main Menu to adjust