3. PLOTTER OPERATION

3.9.3Inserting waypoints

Waypoints can be inserted in a route as follows:

Inserting a waypoint from the route list

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

2.Press the WAYPOINTS/ROUTES soft key.

3.Press the ROUTES soft key.

4.Use the trackball to select a route.

5.Press the EDIT ROUTE soft key. The route name screen appears.

6.Press the LOCAL LIST soft key.

ROUTE NAME: 001

COMMENT:

 

01

 

48° 18.290'N

 

LEG

 

 

 

123° 14.286'W

 

 

 

007WPT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

90.0°

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

02

 

48° 17.341'N

 

2.86nm

 

 

 

 

123° 10.232'W

 

 

 

 

005WPT

 

 

 

 

 

322.6°

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.08nm

 

 

03

 

48° 20.261'N

 

 

 

 

 

123° 11.658'W

 

 

 

 

003WPT

 

 

 

 

 

75.2°

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

04

 

48° 19.862'N

 

4.99nm

 

 

 

 

123° 04.190'W

 

 

 

 

006WPT

 

 

 

 

152.5°

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

19.87nm

 

EDIT ROUTE

INSERT

WPT

REMOVE

WPT

CHANGE

WPT

COORD

TYPE

RETURN

Edit route menu

7.Use the trackball to place the cursor at the location where you want to insert a waypoint.

8.Press the INSERT WPT or CHANGE WPT soft key as appropriate. The local waypoint list appears.

LOCAL LIST

001001WPT

34° 44.111'N

135° 21.134'W

002002WPT

34° 43.432'N

135° 41.456'W

003003WPT

34° 14.124'N

135° 21.567'W

004004WPT

34° 34.490'N

135° 51.387'W

Waypoint list for editing a route (local list)

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Furuno 1833C, 1933C, 1943C manual Inserting waypoints, Inserting a waypoint from the route list, Edit route menu

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