Eagle Electronics 502cDF manual Navigation

The Satellite Status Page has its own menu, which is used for setting various options. To access the Satellite Status Page Menu, from the Status Page, press MENU.

Navigation Page

This screen has a compass rose that not only shows your direction of travel, but also the direction to a recalled waypoint. To get to the Navi- gation Page, press PAGES← → to NAVIGATIONEXIT.

The navigation screen looks like the one below when you're not navi- gating to a waypoint or following a route or trail. Your position is shown by an arrow in the center of the screen. Your trail history, or path you've just taken, is depicted by the line extending from the arrow. The arrow pointing down at the top of the compass rose indicates the cur- rent track (direction of travel) you are taking.

Track or compass heading indicator, showing direction of travel

Trail line

Navigation information displays in customizable data boxes

Compass

rose

Present position arrow

Navigation Page showing a traveler recording a trail toward the southwest. Page looks like this when the unit is not navigating to a waypoint, following a route or backtracking a trail.

When navigating to a waypoint, the Navigation screen looks like the following figure. Your ground speed, track, distance and bearing to waypoint, and course are all shown digitally on this screen.

NOTE:

Remember, when the Speed, Track and Position information dis- plays are flashing, satellite lock has not been achieved and no posi- tion fix has been determined. A question mark will flash on the present position arrow in the center of the compass rose.

Speed is your velocity as you travel. You can customize the Speed data box to display Closing Speed instead. Closing Speed, also known as ve-

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