Furuno 1742, 1753C, 1733C Waypoints, Entering waypoints, Entering a waypoint at own ship position

3. PLOTTER OPERATION

3.8Waypoints

In navigation terminology, a waypoint is a particular location on a voyage whether it be a starting, intermediate or destination point. A waypoint is the simplest piece of information your equipment requires to get you to a destination, in the shortest distance possible.

This unit has 999 waypoints into which you can enter position information. You may enter a waypoint five ways: at own ship position, at MOB position (page3-61), by cursor, by range and bearing, and through the waypoint list (manual input of latitude and longitude).

3.8.1Entering waypoints

Entering a waypoint at own ship position

Press the [SAVE/MOB] key momentarily to store your position as a waypoint. This new waypoint will automatically be saved in the waypoint list, under the youngest empty waypoint number.

Entering a waypoint with the cursor

1.Press the [MENU] key to open the menu.

2.Press the WAYPOINTS/ROUTES, WAYPOINTS and WAYPOINT BY CURSOR soft keys. The plotter display appears.

3.Operate the cursor pad to place the cursor on the location desired.

4.Press the NEW WPT soft key. The waypoint window appears and it shows waypoint mark shape, waypoint name, comment (default: time and date), position of waypoint and proximity alarm radius.

	MARK NAME
▲		°				0	0 1 W P T°
		34			44	000'N		359.9
		135°
					21.000'W			0.00nm
		COMMENT
						002WPT
	0 2 : 3 6 0 1 J A N 0 1
							00:00 01JAN00
	P		OSITION					359.9°
		34°		44.000'N
			135° 21.000'W					0.00nm
		L A T
						3 4 ° 1 2 . 1 3 4 ' N
		L O N				003WPT
							00:00 01JAN00
		34°			1 3 4 ° 1 2 . 3 4 5 ' W
				44.000'N				359.9°
			135° 21.000'W					0.00nm

PROXIMITY ALARM RADIUS

0 . 0 0 n m

NEW

WPT

SELECT

MARK

COORD

TYPE

N < - -> S E < - -> W

SAVE

RETURN

Waypoint window

5.If you do not need to change the waypoint data, press the SAVE soft key to register the waypoint. The steps which follow show you how to change waypoint data.

6.For the color model, press the SELECT MARK soft key.

7.Press the MARK SHAPE soft key to open the mark shape selection window.

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