Creating Routes From A List Of Waypoints; Saving A Route As You Travel - NorthStar 6000i Quickstart Manual And Reference Manual

Creating routes from a list of waypoints

To create a route from a list of existing
waypoints:

Saving a route as you travel

To make a record of a trip that you may
want to repeat later, you can save
waypoints into a route as you travel by
pressing the SAVE/MOB key every time
you pass a point you want to store in the
route.
The save-route function makes this a very
simple process: First, you tell the 6000i
that you want to save a route as you travel,
then you press SAVE/MOB as you pass
each new waypoint, then you tell it to stop
Reference section 4 — Creating waypoints and routes
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Creating routes from a list of waypoints

1. Press WAYPTS/ROUTES , then press
Routes .
New to display the
2. Press
screen.
3. Enter the name of the route using the key-
pad and cursor pad.
Use list menu key is displayed,
4. If the
press it to change from chart-based edit-
ing to list-based editing.
5. Press ENTER .
6. Press Insert .
The SELECT WAYPT screen appears, list-
ing all of your stored waypoints.
7. If you want to switch between the
and
ALPHA
8. Move the cursor to select the desired way-
NEW ROUTE
point, then press ENTER to place the
waypoint in your route. Or, press
create a new waypoint, then add it to the
route.
9. Repeat Steps 7 and 8 until your new route
is complete.
To see or edit the route on the CHART
screen at any time, press
Return
entry screen.
saving the route when you reach the end
of the route.
To begin saving a route as you travel:
1. Press WAYPTS/ROUTES , and then press
Routes to display the
LOCAL
Next view .
lists, press
New to
Chart.
Press
to go back to the NEW ROUTE
screen:
ROUTES
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