Furuno 1724C, 1734C manual Navigating to waypoints, Navigating to a single quick point

3. PLOTTER OPERATION

Navigating to a single quick point

1.Place the cursor on an existing waypoint (GOTO WPT soft key appears) or a new location (GOTO CURSOR soft key appears).

2.Select “1 POINT” following the procedure in the above paragraph.

3.Depending on the selection you made at step 1, press the GOTO CURSOR or GOTO WPT soft key.

A solid blue line with arrows connects between own ship and destination, which is marked as “<QP01>” for cursor-selected location or waypoint name in case of waypoint. This line shows the shortest course to the destination. Arrows on the line show the direction to follow to get to the quick point. Range and bearing from own ship to the destination appear at the top of screen. The quick point location is saved to the waypoint list as waypoint “QP01.”

Navigating to multiple quick points

1.Select “35 POINTS” following the procedure in “Selecting quick point entry method” on the previous page.

2.Press the GOTO soft key.

3.Place the cursor on an existing waypoint (SELECT WPT soft key appears) or a new location (ADD QP soft key appears).

4.Depending on the action taken at step 3, press the SELECT WPT or ADD QP soft key. “QP<01>” appears at the cursor location if a quick point is selected. To erase last-entered quick point (waypoint), press the ERASE LST QP (ERASE LST WP) soft key.

5.Repeat steps 3 and 4 to complete the route.

6.Push the ENTER knob to finish.

A solid light-blue line with arrows connects between own ship and the first point and all other points are connected with a green dashed line with arrows. Arrows on the line show the direction to follow to get to your destination. Quick points are numbered in sequential order from QP<01> and are saved to the waypoint list. Range and bearing from own ship to the first destination appear at the top of screen. The quick points are saved as a route, under the name “Q>RTE” (Quick Route).

3.10.2 Navigating to waypoints

Selecting a waypoint from the plotter display

1.Operate the Cursor pad to select a waypoint.

2.Press the GOTO WPT soft key.

Note: GOTO method should be selected to “1 POINT” on the PLOTTER SETUP menu.

Selecting a waypoint from the waypoint list

1.Press the MENU key to open the menu.

2.Press the WAYPOINTS/ROUTES soft key.

3.Press the WAYPOINTS soft key to open the waypoint menu.

4.Press the LOCAL LIST or ALPHANUMERIC LIST soft key as desired.

5.Use the Cursor pad to select a waypoint.

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