Garmin GPS 120 - Manual (Page 36)

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home.
Create a series of way-
points with the morh he;y
and save them to an
open route from the
Marh Position Page,
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head hoefe to port, sim-
ply activate the route
you created in inverted
order (see page 30).
This method is especially
useful when you're in
unfamiliar waters or you
are simpi)'running out
of daylight.
The GPS 120 lets you create and store up to 20
routes of 30 waypoints each. Routes are created,
copied and edited through the route definition
page, which is accessed through the Menu Page,
To select the route definition page:
1. Press imtj] the Menu Page appears.
2. Use the ak and ▼ keys to highlightthe
'routes' submenu page.
3. Press the key to display the routes page.
4. To return to the Menu Page, press
Comment
field
Route
Waypoint
Seipirnce
Route Action
Fields ■'
Route
Number
Route Leg
Distance
, Desired Troclt
o/Leg
The route number field is displayed at the top of
the page, with a 16 character user comment below.
If no user comment is entered, the field will dis­
play the first and last waypoint in the route. The
waypoint list in the middle of the page accepts up
to 30 waypoints for each route, with fields for
desired track and distance between legs.
Below the waypoint list are the route page func­
tion fields which let you copy, clear, invert or acti­
vate the displayed route. Routes 1-19 are used as
storage routes, with route 0 always serving as the
active route you are navigating. If you want to save
a route currently in route 0, be sure to copy it to
another open route, as it will be overwritten by the
next route activation.
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