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Chapter 6 - Creating Waypoints
Creating a new
waypoint at the
waypoints screen
(entering
coordinates)
Page 6-12
If you use the default waypoint name, the 961 automatically names
this type of new waypoint sequentially, such as
*SAVED02*
, and so on. The word
waypoint, and the number increases by one each time you save this
type of waypoint. The saved waypoints' numbering reverts back to
*SAVED00*
when the 961 reaches the limit you had set using the
SAVE WPTS
SAVED
how many
matically recycled, press the
screen, then press the
waypoint with this same name will be overwritten. (This wrap-around
feature keeps the waypoint list from getting filled with
points.) If the old waypoint was in the trip or in a route, its coordi-
nates will be kept there as an unnamed waypoint.
If you marked a specific route on the
SAVE
keypresses and then press the
ically saves the point in this route (the timed
dialog box automatically disappears after nine seconds unless you
press any menu key). With this feature, you can save a sequence of
waypoints in a route—with only one keypress for each new way-
point. As long as the
can press the
route, rather than waiting for the nine-second countdown.
To add a new waypoint at the WAYPOINTS screen:
1. At the WAYPOINTS screen, press the NEW WAYPT key.
The 961 creates a blank line just above the currently
selected waypoint, and the flashing cursor goes to the
NAME field. Your present position, if known, is already
inserted into the LATITUDE and LONGITUDE fields (or
GRI, TD#1 and TD#2, if displayed).
2. Use the KEYPAD to enter a name for the new waypoint,
which must be different from all the others in the 961's
database.
3. Press the CURSOR PAD left or right to move to the other
fields—SYMBOL, DISTANCE, BRG, and LATITUDE and
LONGITUDE or GRI, TD#1 and TD#2, using the KEYPAD
to change the values. Enter coordinates as either distance
NOTE:
DISPLAY SETUP
function at the
waypoints the 961 retains before they're auto-
STAR
DISPLAY SETUP
NOTE:
VESSEL POSITION
SAVE
key again and again to save points in the
961 Operations and Reference Manual Rev. D
*SAVED01*
SAVED
designates a saved
screen (to choose
key to reach the
key). At this limit, the old
SAVED
ROUTES
screen to accept
SAVE
key, the 961 automat-
VESSEL POSITION
dialog box is up, you
,
SETUP
way-
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