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Route nav – Garmin GPS 155XL TSO User Manual

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The GPS 155XL’s route catalog page is used to create, edit, delete or copy routes,

and serves as the main page for a host of functions. These include route activation,
determining the closest point of approach and search-and-rescue operations. It also
displays a summary of routes currently stored in memory, with the departure and
arrival route waypoints and total distance for the selected route number. To scroll
through the available routes, rotate

K. A one-line user comment may be added to

any storage route, which will be displayed on the route catalog page.

To add user comments to any route (except route 0):

1. Rotate

K

to display the route you would like to add comments to.

2. Press

C

and use

O

to highlight the bottom row.

3. Use

K

and

O

to enter comments, and press

E

. To erase press

\

, then

E

.

The route action field, located at the top right of the page, is used to select the

desired route operation. The following functions are available:

• Activate - activate the route for navigation
• Reverse - activate a route in reverse order
• Edit - create a new route, or edit an existing route
• Approach - select an approach for the route (see Section 5)
• Star -

select a STAR for the route (see Section 5)

• Sid -

select a SID for the route (see Section 5)

• Delete - delete a route
• Copy - copy the current route to an empty route
• CPA -

calculate the closest point of approach

• Search - perform search-and-rescue ladder operations
• RAIM prd - evaluate enroute RAIM availability over the entire route

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SECTION

4

ROUTE NAV

Route Catalog Page

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1

4

5

3

Route Catalog Page

1. Route selection field
2. Route action field
3. Departure/Arrival waypoints
4. Cumulative distance of route
5. Comments/Parallel track offset field

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