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7. NAVIGATION

7-3

Navigating to a single quick waypoint

1. Referring to page 7-1 for the procedure, set GO TO METHOD to

“1. 1POINT”.

2. Press the [DISP] key, and then select the PLOTTER NAV INFO 1 or PILOT

NAV INFO 1 display.

3. Press the [DISP] key. If the cursor is not displayed, press the [CURSOR

ON/OFF] key to display it.

4. Operate the trackball to place the cursor on the location where you want to

enter the quick point.

5. Press the [GOTO] key.

A light-blue line connects between own ship and destination, marked “QP<01>,”
and it shows the shortest course to the destination.

Arrows on the line show the direction to follow to get quick point. Range and
bearing from own ship to the destination appear at the top of screen. This
location is saved to the WAYPOINT LIST as waypoint “QP01.”

Note 1: Each time a quick point is entered previous quick points having the

same numbers as newly entered ones are written over.

Note 2: If range and bearing from own ship to the destination do not appear on

the screen, refer to paragraph 9.6.2.