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3 distance and bearing calculator, 2-5 finding places – Navman 5380 User Manual

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TRACKER 5380 Installation and Operation Manual

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3-3 Distance and bearing calculator

The distance and bearing calculator can plot
a course of one or several legs and show the
bearing and length of each leg, as well as the
total distance along the course. The completed
course can be converted into a route.

To use the distance and bearing calculator:

1 Press

until the chart display is

displayed. Press

and select

Distance.

2

Move the cursor to the start of the first leg.
It does not matter if this point is a waypoint
or not. Press

.

3

To add a leg to the course, move the cursor
to the end of the leg. It does not matter if
this point is a waypoint or not. The display
shows the bearing and length of the leg, as
well as the total distance along the course.
Press

.

4

To remove the last leg from the course,
press

and select

Remove.

5

Repeat the above two steps to enter the
whole course.

6

To save the new course as a route, press

and select

Save.

This also

saves any new points on the course as
new waypoints, with default names. If
necessary, edit the route later (see section
6-2-2) and edit any new waypoints later
(see section 5-2-3).

7 Finally,

press

to return to the chart

display.

3-2-5 Finding places

To see places near the boat’s position, press

to switch to centre on boat mode.

To see places near a different point, move the
cursor to that point on the chart.

To find and display places of interest:

1 Press

and select

Find.

2

Select the type of place: Waypoints, Routes,
Ports, Port services or Tide stations.

3

For a Port service, select the type of service
to find.

4

A list of places is displayed. If there are
more places than will fit on the display,
press

or

to scroll up or down a

page at a time.

5

Select the place and press

. The chart

display changes to show the selected place
in the middle of the display.

6

To see stored information about the
selected place, press

and select

Chart info

(see section 3-2-4). To

display a tide chart for a selected tide
station, select

Tide height

from the

chart info.