Furuno 1943, 1933, 1833 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 (see page 1-15 for details), 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 is saved to 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 trackball to place the cursor where you want to enter a waypoint.

4.Press the NEW WPT soft key. The waypoint window appears and it shows waypoint mark shape, waypoint name, comment (default: date and time), 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
			34° 44.000'N				359.9°
			135° 21.000'W				0.00nm
		L A T			3 4 ° 1 2 . 1 3 4 ' N
		L O N			003WPT
				1 3 4 ° 1 2 . 3 4 5 ' W
						00:00 01JAN00
			34° 44.000'N				359.9°
			135° 21.000'W				0.00nm

PROXIMITY ALARM RADIUS

0 . 0 0 n m

NEW

WPT

MARK

SHAPE

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.

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