Where To?
1.From the Home screen, select Where To? > Waypoints.
2.Select a waypoint.
3.Select Navigate To.
4.Complete an action:
•Select Go To.
•Select Route To.
•Select Guide To to use Auto Guidance.
5.Review the course indicated by the magenta line.
Note: When using Auto Guidance, a gray line within any part of the magenta line indicates that Auto Guidance cannot calculate part of the Auto Guidance line due to the minimum safe water depth and the minimum safe obstacle height settings (page 59).
6.Follow the magenta line, steering to avoid land, shallow water, and other obstacles.
Browsing for and Navigating a Saved RouteBefore you can browse a list of routes and navigate to one of them, you must create and save at least one route (page 37).
1.From the Home screen, select Where To? > Routes.
2.Select a route.
3.Select Navigate To.
4.Complete an action:
•Select Forward to navigate the route from the starting point used when the route was created.
•Select Backward to navigate the route from the destination point used when the route was created.
A magenta line appears. In the center of the magenta line is a thinner purple line that represents the corrected course from your current location to the destination. The corrected course is dynamic, and it moves with your boat when you are off course.
5.Review the course indicated by the magenta line.
6.Follow the magenta line along each leg in the route, steering to avoid land, shallow water, and other obstacles.
Note: If you are off course, follow the purple line (corrected course) to go to your destination, or steer back to the magenta line (direct course).
Browsing for and Navigating Parallel to a Saved RouteBefore you can browse a list of routes and navigate to one of them, you must create and save at least one route (page 37).
1.From the Home screen, select Where To? > Routes.
2.Select a route.
3.Select Review > Navigate To.
4.Select Offset to navigate parallel to the route, offset from it by a specific distance.
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