7. ROUTES

Often a trip from one place to another involves several course changes, requiring a series of route points (waypoints) which you navi- gate to, one after another. The sequence of waypoints leading to the ultimate destination is called a route. Your unit can automatically advance to the next waypoint on a route, so you do not have to change the destination waypoint repeatedly.

You can store up to 200 routes. A route may consist of 35 points.

7.1Entering Routes

Entering routes through the route list

This method constructs routes using exist- ing waypoints.

1.Press the [WPT/RTE] key to open the waypoint & route menu.

2.Press the soft key ROUTES to open the route menu.

ABCDEF

 

LENGTH

ROUTE

 

25.6 nm

 

 

ABCDEFGHIJKL

WAYPOINTS

 

35

GO TO

BRIDGE

 

LENGTH

 

 

 

56.7 nm

NEW

12:30

29SE97

WAYPOINTS

ROUTE

6

 

 

 

FISH01

 

LENGTH

EDIT

 

21.1 nm

ROUTE

 

 

 

 

15:21 01OCT97

WAYPOINTS

 

3

 

 

 

 

ERASE

 

 

 

LENGTH

HPT001

 

ROUTE

 

4.7 nm

 

16:45 01OCT97

WAYPOINTS

 

1

RETURN

 

 

 

 

DGPS 3D

SEARCH FOR _ _ _

RETURN

Figure 7-1 Route menu

3.Press the soft key NEW ROUTE to open the new route entry screen.

 

NEW

ROUTE NAME

ROUTE

 

0 0 1

PLOT

 

 

LOCAL

COMMENT

LIST

ALPH

 

 

LIST

CONECT

ROUTE

 

 

 

DGPS 3D

 

CANCEL

 

 

 

Figure 7-2 New route entry screen

4.If desired you can change the route name shown and/or add a comment. To change route name, press the [CLEAR] key to clear the route name. Use the cursor pad to locate the cursor and then press ap- propriate alphanumeric key. To enter a comment, place the cursor in the COM- MENT window. Use the cursor pad and alphanumeric keys to enter your com- ment. A route name may consist of six characters; comment, 13 characters.

5.Press the soft key LOCAL LIST or ALPH LIST to open the waypoint list.

6.Press or to select a waypoint, and press the soft key ADD WPT to add it to the route.

7.Repeat step 6 to complete the route.

When you want to clear a waypoint se- lected, press the soft key ERASE LST WP. Each pressing of this key deletes the last waypoint entered.

8.Press the soft key SAVE to register the route.

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Furuno GP-1850F, GP-1850DF manual Entering Routes, Entering routes through the route list, Abcdef

GP-1850F, GP-1850DF specifications

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