Garmin GPSCOM 190 - Manual (Page 35)

R eference
Cmiting
User
Wo>poutis
MflVPOIHT
USR:
TOWES-
REF:
BRO DST
RENftME'? NEW?
DELETE? DONE?
130.75 119.00
Entering a new user way­
point’s name.
HftVPOINT
USR:
TOWER
H 35^29.180'
W107^20.600
REF:
BRG
lAT
DST
1.68J
RENflriE? NEH?
DELETE? DONE?
130.75 119.00
Entering a new user way-
polrifs position.
Once the name has been accepted, the field highlight
will move to the position field, where you can manually
enter the position of the new waypoint:
1. Enter the lat/lon.
After the latitude and longitude entry is complete,
press to save the new waypoint. If you are defining
the new waypoint position by referencing (entering a dis­
tance and bearing from) a
knowTi waypoint or your pre­
sent position:
1. Highlight the 'REF field.
2. If you are referencing a waypoint enter the identifier of
the reference waypoint (If you want to reference your
present position, leave the 'REF field blank.}
3. Press
ing field.
. The field highlight will advance to the bear-
To enter a bearing and range from the reference
position;
1. Enter the bearing of the new waypoint from the refer­
ence position.
2. Press to confirm the bearing. The field highlight
will move to the distance field.
3. Enter the distance of the new waypoint from the refer­
ence position.
4. Press to confirm the distance. The GPSCOM 190
will calculate the coordinates of the waypoint and store
it in memory.
User Comments
Once a new' user waypoint is saved, the unit will
assign a default user comment (the date and time of
creation) to the new' waypoint. You can replace the
delault comment to your own 16 character comment at
any time, right from the user w'aypoint page.
To enter a user comment:
1. Highlight the comment field.
2. To clear the default comment, press the left arrow key
when the cursor is in the left most character position.
3. Enter the comment and press