Introduction to Navigation

Use your 500 Series™ Fishfinder to mark waypoints at areas of interest and to navigate to those waypoints via a savable route. A route represents the shortest intended distance between waypoints. You can a lso v iew and save tr acks, which represent the actual path of the boat.

Waypoints, Routes, and Tracks

Waypoints are stored pos itions (lat itude, lo ngitude) t hat allo w you to mar k areas of interest or navigation points (i.e. a marker buoy, dock, or fishing hole). Your Fishfinder can store up to 3000 waypoints.

 

 

 

 

 

Waypoints, Routes, and Tracks

Depth

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Decluttered

 

 

 

Route

Waypoints

 

 

 

Track

 

 

 

XTE: Cross Track

 

 

 

Error. Distance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Waypoint

 

 

 

of Boat from

 

 

 

Route

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DTG:

 

 

 

BRG: Bearing to

Distance to

 

 

 

 

 

 

Waypoint

Go to

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Waypoint

 

 

 

Bearing of Boat

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

with Respect to

Water

 

 

 

 

 

True North

Surface

 

 

 

 

Temperature

Speed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

of Boat

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Introduction to Navigation