Furuno GP-1850WF, GP-1850WDF manual Creating Track-based Routes, Save route menu, New route window

7.4Creating Track-based Routes

You can create routes based on your ship’s track by entering waypoints at own ship’s position. This feature is useful when you wish to retrace a track.

1.Press the [WPT/RTE] key to open the WAYPOINT & ROUTE menu.

2.Press the CREATE VOYAGE BASED ROUTE soft key to show the save route menu.

ABCDEF			LENGTH	SAVE
			25.6 nm	ROUTE
ABCDEFGHIJKL			WAYPOINTS
			35	NEW
BRIDGE			LENGTH
			56.7 nm	SELECT
12:30	29SE97		WAYPOINTS
				ROUTE
			6
FISH01			LENGTH
			21.1 nm
15:21 01OCT97			WAYPOINTS
			3
HPT001			LENGTH
			4.7 nm
16:45 01OCT97			WAYPOINTS
			1	RETURN
DGPS 3D		SEARCH FOR _ _ _		RETURN

Save route menu

3.Press the NEW soft key to show the new route window.

Next consecutive route number

SAVE

ROUTE

ROUTE NAME

0 0 6	START
	LOG

COMMENT

DGPS 3D CANCEL

New route window

7. ROUTES

4.If required, you may change the route name and enter a comment, using the [CLEAR] key, cursor pad and alphanumeric keys.

5.Press the START LOG soft key to show the track-based route screen. If you entered an existing route name at step 4, you are asked if you want to add track-based waypoints to the existing route. Then, press the [ENTER] key to select YES, or the [CLEAR] key to escape.

ROUTE NAME: XYZ	SAVE
COMMENT: BEST FISHING	ROUTE

01	LEG
	FINISH
	LOG
02
03
04
	COORD
05	TYPE
	RETURN
DGPS 3D	RETURN

Route contents display

6.Press the [PLOT] key to show the plot display. The SAVE icon appears at the bottom of the screen.

		NORTH
		UP
		ZOOM
		IN
		ZOOM
		OUT
		COURSE
		UP
DGPS 3D	S A	NAV
	V E	POS

SAVE icon

SAVE icon appearance on the plotter display

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