Garmin D2 Waypoints, Flight Plans, Navigating to a Destination, Troubleshooting, Creating a Waypoint, Creating a Flight Plan, Navigating to the Nearest Airport

Waypoints

Waypoints are locations you record and store in the device.

Creating a Waypoint

You can save your current location as a waypoint.

1Hold the action key.

2 Select an option:

•To save the waypoint without changes, select Save.

•To make changes to the waypoint, select Edit, make changes to the waypoint, and select Save.

Flight Plans

A flight plan is a sequence of waypoints or locations that leads you to your final destination. Flight plans are similar to routes but use direct routing optimized for aviation. You can create flight plans on your device or by using the Garmin® Pilot application for mobile devices.

Creating a Flight Plan

1Select the action key.

2Select Flightplan > Create New.

3 Select First Point.

4 Select a category.

5 Select the first point on the route.

6 Select Next Point.

7 Repeat steps 4–6 until the route is complete.

8 Select Done to save the route.

Navigating to a Destination

Before you can navigate to a destination, you must enable GPS and acquire satellite signals (Acquiring Satellite Signals and Recording a Track).

1Select the action key.

2 Select an option:

NOTE: Not all options are available in all profiles.

•Select Waypoints.

•Select Tracks.

•Select Routes.

•Select Flightplan.

•Select GPS Tools > Coordinates.

•Select GPS Tools > POIs.

•Select GPS Tools > Geocaches.

3Select a destination or enter information about the destination.

4Select Go.

The device displays information about your next waypoint.

5Select or to view additional navigation data pages (Viewing the Data Pages).

Navigating to the Nearest Airport

1Hold .

A list of the nearest airports appears.

2Select an airport.

Navigating to an Airport by Identifier

You can navigate directly to an airport by searching for the airport identifier.

1Hold .

2Enter all or part of the alphanumeric airport identifier and select the action key.

A list of matching airports appears.

3Select the airport.

Navigating with the Horizontal Situation Indicator

1While navigating, from the time of day page, select .

Course line pointer. Indicates the direction of the desired course

line from your starting point to your next waypoint.

Bearing indicator. Indicates the bearing to your next waypoint.

To-and-from indicator. Indicates whether you are headed to or

from the waypoint.

Course deviation indicator (CDI). Indicates the location of the

desired course line in relation to your location.

Course deviation distance. The dots indicate your distance off

course.

TIP: You can select the action key to adjust the scale.

2Change your direction until the bearing indicator is aligned with the painted mark at the top of watch bezel to move toward your next waypoint.

TIP: If the to-and-from indicator points opposite the course line pointer, you are moving away from your next waypoint.

3Continue toward your next waypoint.

The course deviation indicator moves toward the course line pointer. When the course deviation indicator is fully aligned with the course line pointer, you are on the selected course to your next waypoint.